L.L. Stewart Stubb

What an amazing, beautiful course. Easily one of my new favorites. Very tight fairways, very tough. Do not stray from the path, or pay the price with every shot that gets smacked down by a jagged tree limb to get back on the fairway. But a great course flow. I would give it an A rating but there is more work to be done on the back 9, many limbs and debris from construction of the course need cleared, more tee signs need put up, and hopefully a few fairways opened up a tad. I really like the Oran ...
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What an amazing, beautiful course. Easily one of my new favorites. Very tight fairways, very tough. Do not stray from the path, or pay the price with every shot that gets smacked down by a jagged tree limb to get back on the fairway. But a great course flow. I would give it an A rating but there is more work to be done on the back 9, many limbs and debris from construction of the course need cleared, more tee signs need put up, and hopefully a few fairways opened up a tad. I really like the Orange DISCatcher baskets for visibility. This is a MUST SEE course, spend the day here, truly worth the trip. I cannot wait to volunteer on the next work party and help.
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Overall great course! Mountain style disc golf is epic. Bring your disc spotting eyes because the ferns off the fairway can easily hide your disc even when you don't expect them to. Front nine is easier and loops so you can play nine and quit back to the parking lot. Pros: Challenging, technical layout, especially the long positions. Great use of elevation, not too repetitive. Good mix of forehand/backhand lines. Solid teepad construction, log steps to prevent erosion, easy to follow lay ...
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Overall great course! Mountain style disc golf is epic. Bring your disc spotting eyes because the ferns off the fairway can easily hide your disc even when you don't expect them to. Front nine is easier and loops so you can play nine and quit back to the parking lot.

Pros: Challenging, technical layout, especially the long positions. Great use of elevation, not too repetitive. Good mix of forehand/backhand lines. Solid teepad construction, log steps to prevent erosion, easy to follow layout. Challenging teepad positions. Holes 4, 9, 11, 16 and 18 all force me (RHBH) to play the very corner of the teepad to open up my line or they entice me use a forehand shot. I love that and hate it at the same time! (OK, so if you're envoking that much emotion on my side you defintely did a good job designing course layout.)

Cons: To start I realize this course is a youngling, and most of which I describe here will be easily remedied. Underbrush. Its a mountain course and at no point will you forget that. Fairways are the size of walking trails on most holes. Get off the fairway and expect to use most of your 30 second time limit removing fallen sticks and dead branches out of your footing. A few pin positons/fairways need reconsidering. Hole 12 needs at tree or two downed, approach on hole 14 in the long as well. High Branches. Hole 12 (a downhill anhyzer, RHBH) has too many high branches protruding into the fairway. Its a do-able shot to get down the fairway for 3 (on a par 4), but some good shots will be punished by going too high. Lastly, I feel like a few of the teepads are in awkward positions. This is quite possibly due to my inclination to throw RHBH. Some of the teepads are definitely forehand dominant to the point where its frustrating. You will have a great "hallway" fairway to shoot down that is ruined by the fact that the teepad is kinked off to one side reducing the line to "dont hit that first tree on the left, also don't go too wide right after missing that first tree." Holes 11, 16, and 18 come to mind. I list this in cons, but is probably more accurately a pro considering that it takes me away from my comfort zone and forces me to throw forehand. That being said, I would have much more fun if the aforementioned holes were neutral to throwing style and I don't believe it would detract from the challenge. I believe with the extreme elevation a few more pin positions could have more of an emphasis on risk/reward putts. Its definitely used on holes like 4 and 9, but the difference between a good and a great course can be, as Steady Ed put it, "precarious putting."

I will change my review to reflect any improvements in the future, but I hope my insight brings another point of view for the course designers to consider. Overall, great job, very unique course for the area, and I will keep coming back to get my butt kicked by the stub!
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