Rick Petrie

I used to enjoy the course (as a beginner in 2008-2010) because I thought it's what "Big Time" disc golf was going to be like. However, I am starting to change my opinion of the course because most of the difficulty is it's length & it's length alone. Yesterday I found myself throwing my 2nd drive past potentially cool pin placements, only to be approaching and/or putting at a basket setting in a HUGE open flat area. Is this sport golf or a distance competition? What's the point of the second ...
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I used to enjoy the course (as a beginner in 2008-2010) because I thought it's what "Big Time" disc golf was going to be like. However, I am starting to change my opinion of the course because most of the difficulty is it's length & it's length alone.

Yesterday I found myself throwing my 2nd drive past potentially cool pin placements, only to be approaching and/or putting at a basket setting in a HUGE open flat area. Is this sport golf or a distance competition? What's the point of the second drive if it's nearly identical to the first drive?

Yes, this is partially a commentary from a sore loser & after playing it on a late winter windy day (technically last day of winter). However I heard the same length comments from a lot of respected am & pro players at today's Capital City Classic.

In my opinion, it's time to re-work the layout of the Big Shunga disc golf course. After all, it's a temp course so this should be seen as an opportunity to create some excitement for future events & market it as such.
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Played this temporary course set up in the 2015 State Games of America tournament. PROS: Rolling hills were great for uphill & downhill shots. Tall majestic trees, of all types (pine, cedar & deciduous) some with low hanging canopy's, were fun to navigate around. Great use of the water feature (pond) with fountain. Got to throw over it three times. Once throwing perpendicular across it, twice glancing across the edge, plus one time with it looming straight behind the basket & onlookers at the T ...
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Played this temporary course set up in the 2015 State Games of America tournament.
PROS: Rolling hills were great for uphill & downhill shots. Tall majestic trees, of all types (pine, cedar & deciduous) some with low hanging canopy's, were fun to navigate around. Great use of the water feature (pond) with fountain. Got to throw over it three times. Once throwing perpendicular across it, twice glancing across the edge, plus one time with it looming straight behind the basket & onlookers at the Tourney HQ! High quality baskets on every fairway, which is not guaranteed on a temp course.
CONS: A couple of the "tee pads" were on up-hill slopes or humps, which made for very awkward starts to fairways. A couple of the baskets were placed unnecessarily close to pine trees (pet peeve of mine), but caused me no trouble today.
The pros far outweighed the cons!
Great temporary course!
Bravo course designers!
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I especially like it because it's in my home town, thus giving me a handy place to play when I go back home to visit family. They did the best they could with the property they had to work with. Nice mix of right & left fairways, a handful of tunnel shots & a few semi-open drives so you can "air it out", make for a fun round. Great course for kids & beginners to get hooked on the sport. Hopefully the local school district will eventually let them use more of the adjacent USD property to ...
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I especially like it because it's in my home town, thus giving me a handy place to play when I go back home to visit family.

They did the best they could with the property they had to work with. Nice mix of right & left fairways, a handful of tunnel shots & a few semi-open drives so you can "air it out", make for a fun round.

Great course for kids & beginners to get hooked on the sport. Hopefully the local school district will eventually let them use more of the adjacent USD property to expand it to 18 holes.

Bonus: Excellent playground equipment, open air shelter, benches, etc. for non-players to entertain themselves while others in their group play disc golf.

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Interesting course with a variety of terrain to deal with depending on what hole you're playing. This course starts with dark green sprinkler fed grass on wide open fairways, then transitions to mountain prairie / high desert vegetation & soil, then back to plush grass. All but one of the baskets are visible from the tee pads, thus they tempt you into "going for it" maybe even when you shouldn't. The view to the west of the Rocky Mountains, and the city below, adds to the atmosphere. It is ea ...
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Interesting course with a variety of terrain to deal with depending on what hole you're playing. This course starts with dark green sprinkler fed grass on wide open fairways, then transitions to mountain prairie / high desert vegetation & soil, then back to plush grass. All but one of the baskets are visible from the tee pads, thus they tempt you into "going for it" maybe even when you shouldn't. The view to the west of the Rocky Mountains, and the city below, adds to the atmosphere.

It is easy to traverse from point to point for the first 12 fairways, then again on 17 & 18. However, fairways #13 thru #16 need to have much better paths through the fairways full of cactus & brush so people can traverse (without drawing blood).

None of the fairways are extremely long, no vertical vegetation challenges above 7' tall (other than on #4), no on-site course map making it nearly impossible to navigate without bringing your own map. The red & blue post for tee pad markers work well, but fairway maps are still needed.

Baskets/fairways 1 thru 4, plus 17 & 18 seem to be in direct conflict with campus sidewalks, streets & buildings. Presumably that makes 6 of the holes unplayable while classes are in session. However, during the summer months while school is out of session it is (presumably) playable every day.
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Really nice course complete with plush sprinkler system grass on 16 of 18 holes. Fun length fairways that require a stroke by stroke game plan because of the evergreen trees. Great use of the retaining walls on #13, #16 & #17. I really like holes #1, #11, #12, & #16. Plus, loved holes #5, #13, #17 & #18. What's up with all the graffiti on the tee signs? Don't let those non-players win! Stay on top of it and they will eventually get tired of the game... Side note: After playing it once, plu ...
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Really nice course complete with plush sprinkler system grass on 16 of 18 holes. Fun length fairways that require a stroke by stroke game plan because of the evergreen trees. Great use of the retaining walls on #13, #16 & #17. I really like holes #1, #11, #12, & #16. Plus, loved holes #5, #13, #17 & #18.

What's up with all the graffiti on the tee signs? Don't let those non-players win! Stay on top of it and they will eventually get tired of the game...

Side note: After playing it once, plus walking & driving through it on multiple days (while visiting town), disc golf seemed to be more of a casual & family oriented activity at this course than I've seen at other courses I've played. Thus I saw more women & family groups playing this course than I've seen at most courses. Seeing this reminded me of the many positives this sport has to offer.

All & all, well done Pueblo! You've got a nice course, inside an already impressive Pueblo City Park. A must play course if you're in the area.
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The park name CiCo stands for "City County" as in City of Manhattan / Riley County. That being said, a large majority of CiCo Park is owned by Riley County, and maintained by them (fair grounds, much of the open space, etc.). Meanwhile, a much smaller portion of the park is maintained by the City (the swimming pool, baseball fields, etc.) This "course" is not maintained by either the City or the County, thus it is kind of a stretch to even call it a course. If you want to play the course ...
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The park name CiCo stands for "City County" as in City of Manhattan / Riley County. That being said, a large majority of CiCo Park is owned by Riley County, and maintained by them (fair grounds, much of the open space, etc.). Meanwhile, a much smaller portion of the park is maintained by the City (the swimming pool, baseball fields, etc.)

This "course" is not maintained by either the City or the County, thus it is kind of a stretch to even call it a course.

If you want to play the course that is recognized by the City, play Warner Park.
If you want to play the course that is recognized by the County, play Fairmont Park.

Call me a disc golf snob, but I would not recommend playing this "course" if you want a modern disc golf experience.

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