Willow Creek 2 Course Location: Heading south on Willow Way from Dry Creek Road, the course begins past the crosswalk on the east side of the street where a DGA Course Rules sign is located. If you reach the volleyball courts, you’ve gone too far.
Hole #1 - Cottonwood - Par 3 - 89 yards: From the DGA Course Rules sign, the tee box marker is to the left. This 89-yard hole shoots the gap between two trees. Approach the basket keeping right of Willow Creek. Make sure to avoid the playground, which is out of bounds (OOB). Cutting across the playground could be dangerous and is cheating.
Hole #2 - Blue Spruce - Par 5 - 202 yards: This 202-yard beauty shoots straight up the Willow Greenbelt from a tee box behind the green-striped manhole cover. The clearly visible basket sits near a Blue Spruce in front of the upper Willow Greenbelt bridge.
Hole #3: - Ponderosa Pine - Par 4 - 144 yards: Perhaps the toughest hole on the course, hole three tees off near the path to the south of the bridge, and winds 144 yards east to a basket tucking into a grove of Ponderosa Pines. The narrow greenbelt at this location, the trees, and the strict OOB penalty for landing in a homeowner’s yard will cause players to make short, accurate throws. Current course rules require players to dogleg left and then right, making a lay-up throw north of the creek and approaching the number-three basket with an over-the-water shot.
Hole #4 - Cattail - Par 4 - 139 yards: Hole number four is on the south path, adjacent to prominent utility boxes. From here, the 139-yard hole plays straight down the greenbelt. The approach to the number-four basket, which is back side of number two, is dominated by a daunting bridge-hazard, making chipping a challenge.
After completing hole four, walk down the south Willow Greenbelt path, turn left, and walk up and through the narrow Lower Kettle Greenbelt. The walk to the upper course section will provide ardent golfers with the opportunity to enjoy the scenery, bet on the upcoming number-five basket, and make excuses for their performance on number four. Because of the close proximity of backyards and the marshy conditions, there are no baskets located in the Lower Kettle Greenbelt and throwing discs in this area is strongly discouraged.
Hole #5 - Cooper Hawk - Par 3 - 71 yards: The tee box marker for this 71-yard hole is to the right of your first prominent rock outcropping as you walk onto the Upper Kettle Greenbelt. The wide fairway leading to the number-five basket is located on the gentle rise to the east in front of the fence line. It will temp older golfers to pull muscles while booming their drives.
Hole #6 - Sugar Maple - Par 3 - 71 yards: From hole five, head southeast and up the hill to the number-six tee box between a Sugar Maple tree to your right and a Ponderosa Pine to your left. From this elevated tee, mountain views abound for all but the shortest and most nearsighted golfers. This 71-yard hole plays downhill and across the wide fairway to a basket nestled between two Russian Olives, near the hole five tee.
Hole #7 - Great Horned Owl - Par 3 - 87 yards: From the tee box marker next to the rock outcropping just south of basket six, this hole plays south and hugs the right (west) edge of the park for 87 yards. After an approach over the path, the number seven basket is tucked in front of two crabapple trees.
Hole #8 - Russian Olive - Par 4 - 142 yards: From the number-seven basket, climb the hill to a tee box marker located between an oak tree to your left and a Ponderosa Pine to your right. This hole doglegs to the left (north and then west) around a Russian Olive tree and to the basket located 142 yards away in front of the Russian Olives. The basket will be familiar since it doubles as number six. Reverse the walk down the Lower Kettle Greenbelt and stop where the path “Ts” with the south path of the Willow Greenbelt.
Hole #9 - Cottontail - Par 4 - 132 yards: From a tee box where the paths come to a “T,” the number-nine hole plays down the Willow Greenbelt for 132 yards to the basket located just to the left of the bridge. This basket is the back side of number one.
The “par” ratings above are the initial ratings. More or less experienced Frisbee golfing groups are free to establish their own par ratings. In fact, players may design their own courses of nine or more holes, using different approaches to the baskets. In doing so, however, please always strictly avoid the playground and homeowner yards, and recognize the out-of-bounds areas and associated penalties described above.
Please refer to the following link for Disc Golf Association Rules for Recreational Play: https://discgolf.com/disc-golf-education-development/disc-golf-rules-for-recreational-play/
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