Going down tomorrow to check out Houck's latest and greatest. 2 courses at Selah Ranch.
http://www.selahranch.com/disc-golf.html
http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=4528
Will play Falconhead golf course in Austin along with Star Ranch and some disc golf at East Metro Park and maybe Circle C.
http://www.starranchgolf.com/golf/proto/starranch/
http://www.falconheadaustin.com/
http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=2645
http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=542
Plans to play the new Crossroads Life DGC in SW Dallas, followed by Texas Star GC in Euless.
http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=4633
http://www.texasstargolf.com/
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Courses in Texas
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Schoen-hopper
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Re: Courses in Texas
Time to resurrect this thread.
That 12/2011 trip was awesome. Texas has great ball golf and disc golf.
Selah Ranch was a disc golf resort near Talco, TX. You can rent a golf cart! Two courses: Creekside and Lakeside. Both had 18 very creatively designed holes. Lots of water hazards and they were used to perfection. Just look at dgcoursereview. These are the 2 top rated courses in Texas and that's saying a lot. Signature hole on Lakeside is a par 5 with an island green. Unless you are both very long and very accurate and very gutsy, you have to lay up twice before going for the island. I got my par! The coolest thing about these courses is that they play to par 68 and 69 for upper advanced and pro. Shorter tees play to those par values for lower divisions as well. These are the real deal as far as par 4 and par 5 holes go. It's not at all just a long course. Play them and you will discover the next level of disc golf.
http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=4528
Went down to TX again Dec 27-30, 2012. Again played some incredible golf and disc golf. Temps were cold, not even 50 degrees most days, but a lot warmer than it was in Kansas.
Played the new Roy G. Guerrero in Austin. There must have been a huge amount of work to carve this course out of the trees. All of it was hauled out too. Tee signs were vinyl stickers on stone with a flat cut at 45 degrees. Dgcr says Mike Olse did the course design. I think he is a Houck prodigy of sorts? Not sure, but I think they have worked together. The course is great. There are tons of trees, but really the fairways are huge considering. I probably would have left a few more in the fairways. A few of the holes played a little too similarly, which is kind of unusual on a wooded course. Seems like a mistake was made with the greens though. Why wouldn't they leave a few trees around the greens? They are all wide open. All in all still a great course.
Played Circle C again. Probably the top course in the Austin city limits. The first time I played it, it was just okay. But since the redesign and all the work, it is just a masterpiece. You have to play it.
Didn't play much disc golf in Dallas as there was snow there until it melted about the 29th. As I've posted previously, Dallas and Austin have tons of good courses. But Austin has a good percentage of great courses while Dallas has only a few (but quite a few decent ones). Very worth the drive down there to check them out. If your only going to Dallas, check out Harry Myers, if I could only give one recommendation. Better yet, get out to Selah Ranch!
That 12/2011 trip was awesome. Texas has great ball golf and disc golf.
Selah Ranch was a disc golf resort near Talco, TX. You can rent a golf cart! Two courses: Creekside and Lakeside. Both had 18 very creatively designed holes. Lots of water hazards and they were used to perfection. Just look at dgcoursereview. These are the 2 top rated courses in Texas and that's saying a lot. Signature hole on Lakeside is a par 5 with an island green. Unless you are both very long and very accurate and very gutsy, you have to lay up twice before going for the island. I got my par! The coolest thing about these courses is that they play to par 68 and 69 for upper advanced and pro. Shorter tees play to those par values for lower divisions as well. These are the real deal as far as par 4 and par 5 holes go. It's not at all just a long course. Play them and you will discover the next level of disc golf.
http://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=4528
Went down to TX again Dec 27-30, 2012. Again played some incredible golf and disc golf. Temps were cold, not even 50 degrees most days, but a lot warmer than it was in Kansas.
Played the new Roy G. Guerrero in Austin. There must have been a huge amount of work to carve this course out of the trees. All of it was hauled out too. Tee signs were vinyl stickers on stone with a flat cut at 45 degrees. Dgcr says Mike Olse did the course design. I think he is a Houck prodigy of sorts? Not sure, but I think they have worked together. The course is great. There are tons of trees, but really the fairways are huge considering. I probably would have left a few more in the fairways. A few of the holes played a little too similarly, which is kind of unusual on a wooded course. Seems like a mistake was made with the greens though. Why wouldn't they leave a few trees around the greens? They are all wide open. All in all still a great course.
Played Circle C again. Probably the top course in the Austin city limits. The first time I played it, it was just okay. But since the redesign and all the work, it is just a masterpiece. You have to play it.
Didn't play much disc golf in Dallas as there was snow there until it melted about the 29th. As I've posted previously, Dallas and Austin have tons of good courses. But Austin has a good percentage of great courses while Dallas has only a few (but quite a few decent ones). Very worth the drive down there to check them out. If your only going to Dallas, check out Harry Myers, if I could only give one recommendation. Better yet, get out to Selah Ranch!