best course in mobile

[ditchell]

i'm heading to NoLa to visit some relatives (who just happen to live by the only course down there) and i think i'm going to leave a day early and sidetrip through Mobile. so what's the most unique course to play down there? i might be able to get in two, but instead i might just go to the beach.

[Sivadenyaw]

I suggest you play Chickasabogue and Chickasaw. They are both great courses and are pretty close to one another.

The 'Bogue is mostly short through deep woods with very tight lines to the baskets (also cost a dollar to get into the park).

Chickasaw is a George Ward type course with a mix of long and short holes through a public park.

Have fun.

Michael

[Thomas M]

This is the tightes course I have ever played or seen. SOmeone told me it was the third hardest course in th eUS but I have never heard of such a raing system so take that with some salt. I did hear the hurricanse cleared out a lot of trees. Its disc golf to the tightest extreme. Tom M calls it Cottege Hell.

[Parkntwoputt]

This is the tightes course I have ever played or seen. SOmeone told me it was the third hardest course in th eUS but I have never heard of such a raing system so take that with some salt. I did hear the hurricanse cleared out a lot of trees. Its disc golf to the tightest extreme. Tom M calls it Cottege Hell.


Tight - Yes.

Third hardest - HARDLY. If I can shoot a 51 from the blues, it cannot be considered hard. Try Winthrop Gold, Colorado River, Highbridge Gold, Toboggan, Monster, Renny Gold, Blue Valley, etc, etc.

Official Ratings system - Not a chance, pure bias.

Hurricane Katrina did clear a lot of trees.

I now consider it to be similar to Mastin Lake in tightness and fairness. However Cottage Hill is longer, and flat.

Tom hasn't played the course in something like 405 years, I think.:rolleyes:


And yes, in MY OPINION, it is the best course in Mobile, and probably the only course I stop at whenever I go through town.

[Hilltopper]

Cottage Hill isn't difficult. It commits a huge sin of disc golf design. Poorly defined fairways. There are several holes that you just have to be lucky to not hit a tree. The holes are all reasonable, but it's maddening to throw good shots and have a 2 inch wide tree bonk your disc off into the rough. And this is from someone who LIKES tight wooded courses. If you want to see a good wooded course with length, I can suggest 50 of them (Beauty and The Beast in Maine are very good examples or The Sinks in Chatanooga more locally). Also, Cottage Hill is a bear to find your way around if you aren't a local. It also has baskets stolen every week, so don't expect to find all the baskets.

Now onto to what courses you should play! Skip the 'bouge (think any course in North Mississippi), Cottage Hill, and Chickasaw (too hard to find your way around and crappy tee pads). Municiple (Langdon) and USA are the way to go. Both are similar to George Ward and are safe, easy to find, and have 18 baskets all the time. If you play only one, USA is the way to go. Ask the locals, everyone knows it's the best course in town.

Josh

[Hilltopper]

Oh yeah. I know that from which I speak. Marla and I went to school at USA and go back several times a year. The first round of golf I ever played was at Muni.

Josh

Theoretically, I should also like Chickasabouge. Marla and I met by the 14th tee pad. :)

[Justin L]

I have to concur with Josh, play USA. It's easy to find, well laid out, and well lets be honest here the fringe benifets of playing a course on a college campus during fall term are nice. :o

[ditchell]

i was leaning towards USA for that very reason.

[Jebb]

just saw this - stay on watch for car-sized yellowjacket nests!

http://www.montgomeryadvertiser.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060717/NEWS02/607170317/1009

[Thomas M]

Why spend your only time to play an out of town course just to play one like your home course?

[MAJ DG]

I agree with you Thomas. The Bogue can be a fun course AND its different from GW and T'vegas for the most part. Its a relatively short tight course that can boost your ego when you hit seven or eight birdies :D (or crush your spirit when you take bogey after bogey after bogey :mad:). Its deffinitely worth a visit as you pass through Mobile.

[Hilltopper]

Cottage Hill is like the 6 wooded holes at George Ward (except it is poorly designed and frequently doesn't have baskets) or the wooded holes at Trussville. Tuscaloosa's monster of a wooded course is 45 minutes from B'ham. Why not play the best maintaned and designed course in the city?

Josh

PS Short wooded? Have you played courses in Mississippi. I wouldn't call it short until the average hole length drops below 250 feet. More than 250 I'ld say is medium. Over 300 would be long. Just my opinion though. :cool:

[Joe Thacker]

The best PRO course in Mobile is Hobbitt IMO, especially since it was tuned for the SNPC. Much more risk/reward and shotmaking required here than at Muni or USA. It is relatively easy to follow, but several of the baskets might be missing.

As far as the best course overall, it's a close race between Muni and USA. If it weren't for all the walking between holes, USA would be it, but the first time I played it, I missed one hole entirely. Muni is nice and from the looks of all the soil borings, there will be a lot more tennis courts and a lot fewer disc golf holes pretty soon. You might want to play there before it's too late. BTW, I'm not sure why they need more tennis courts as they were deserted when we were there for the SNPC.

Have fun either way!

[MAJ DG]

Yeah Joe,

Hobbit is an awesome course. Just TOUGH. No disrespect to ditchell, but if I'm not mistaken, he's a novice level player. As hard as Hobbit can be, it might be more aggrevating than enjoyable if your game isn't a little more developed. If he's looking for a challenge though (and all disc golfers should play challenging courses to improve their skills), Hobbit is it.

[ditchell]

well the point is moot. i drove straight home.

and despite not being that good i love playing tough courses. AM tees are for wussies*


*except 2,17,18 at trussville. those am tees are for men

[Hilltopper]

Hobbit's problem is course maintanance. I heard it looked GREAT at the championships. You should have seen it in June. 3 holes were completely submerged in Kudzu. You couldn't find the baskets, they had been swallowed!