Hole sixteen is a short finesse par three that you'll want to birdie. It plays just 138' from the combined red / green tee box. You'll need to avoid trees the entire way, though you'll have a pretty generous left-to-right line to get close. You may even have a tight right-to-left line in there somewhere, but you'll have to avoid lots of scruff. If you happened to stay left and go long, a deep slope awaits, with some pretty gnarly rough down there. You'll be working hard to save par if you end up in that stuff. But throw clean, hit that left-to-right line, and you may even have an ace run. Make the wood chips and you'll at least be putting for birdie.

An interesting hole where you will be teeing from the edge of the woods, throwing a drive across the meadow and hopefully have your drive dip into a protected little glade for a birdie look. From the red tees, you'll have 279' shot, with a distinct left to right line. The hole features a double mandatory. Your shot must pass between two marked trees, with the right tree more of a factor. Miss the mando, and you'll go to the drop zone, and have to bend a 60' putt to save par. This is one hole were a two shot swing in a tight match is possible. The green tees will give you a 75' head start, but you'll still have to turn your drive into the glade past some tall oaks to have a shot at birdie.

After spending lots of times in the woods since the first hole, hole thirteen (hole eight at the moment) is a transition hole that starts with a tunnel shot through the woods and takes huge right turn into the meadow. From the red tee, you'll need about 175' of carry straight through the woods, then a huge turn to the right for another 100 feet to the basket. For a right handed player, you'll need to decide on a big anny, or maybe throw that forehand. For a lefty, take something overstable and rip a nice hyzer backhand. Just absolutely make sure you avoid the guardian trees and make the clearing. An early tree and a bad kick can leave you with a tough scramble for par. From the green tee,

This an interesting hole, slightly downhill, a right-to-left fairway protected by some guardian trees along the way. It finishes to a hanging basket. From the red tees, it's a blind 269' toss to the basket. You'll have to thread it through a couple of particularly menacing early trees, then hope your hyzer follows the line of the fairway toward the basket. Lefties will need to either control an anny through this tough line, or break out a forehand. From the green tee, players get more than 100' break in distance and avoids the dangerous early trees, with one big exception. A tall pine just in front and to the right of the box completely takes out the option of the right hander's foreha

Hole seven is the final in a sequence of 4 short holes that climb up along then away from Calico Creek. It is the shortest, at least from the red tee, and has the least elevation change, a rise of five feet or so. What makes this one tricky is two leaning beech trees that jut in to the fairway. You have some wide lines to the basket, but with the trees tilted at a nearly 45 degree angle, you'll need to control your disc in both azimuth and altitude. A single teepad serves both the red and green layouts. Just a carry of 155 feet will get you to the basket. The fairway is moderately tight with beech and pine, though you should have a good chance to save par unless you get a bad ricochet o

Open and one of the shortest par threes around. Automatic birdie, right? Not so fast. You'll have to deal with some elevation, make sure you take that in to account. From the red tee, you'll have an uphill toss of 219'. With the basket tucked into the right side, it will prevent you from throwing that favorite right hand backhand hyzer you may be so fond of. You'll need to put a putter or mid maybe with a bit of anny, or give a forehand a go. I've even seen some big tomahawks parked on this hole. Lefties may have a bit of room to hyzer to the basket. It's a good hole to make an ace run, anything past the basket probably isn't going too far. The green tee pad is even shorter, just 1

Hole five is the famous "Old Man in the Tree" hole. It's a very short uphill pitch and should be an easy birdie opportunity... if you can avoid the trees, especially the Old Man. It's just 175' from the red tee and only a 110' uphill toss from the green tee. You'll have a few lines to choose from. The left-to-right line is inviting, though you'll have a couple of late trees that you'll need to miss to park that drive. The right-to-left line is blocked from the red tee, but you may have a line from the green box, though if you get a bad kick Calico Creek may swallow your disk. The brook plays casual, free 1 meter relief, but good luck getting decent footing for your scramble throw. If you

Hole three is the most difficult test on the layout. From the red tee, you'll need to carry 283' and navigate a narrow pinch point about 100' from the basket. A short pine, a maple tree, and a couple of small birch trees jut into the fairway from the right side, ready to catch any disk slightly off line. With Calico Creek along the left side of the fairway, this means you'll have to throw a fairly straight shot... no big hyzers here. The hole plays slightly down hill. The water plays "casual", so you can take a free lift if your disc happens to get wet, though even with your 1 meter relief you may have a bad stance and no open lines to the basket. From the green tee your route is shorter

More than once I've heard Calico Creek dismissed as "just a pitch and putt...". That makes me wonder if that person ever got passed the first hole. Hole two plays a twisty 241 feet from the red tees, with guardian trees coming in to play pretty quickly. Sure, if you can thread the needle, you can birdie this hole, but it's going to take a near perfect shot. With an 80' advantage, this is much easier from the green tees. It takes out some of those "early trees" and has a pretty fair line to the basket. From the green tees you can take aim at the giant specimen pine tree just to the right of the basket. If you come up short or catch an early tree, you'll likely have an awkward stance for

I'll admit it, I'm not an objective reviewer when it comes to Calico Creek. I LOVE the place. For a variety of reasons, I have a personal connection to this course. Calico Creek from the green tees gives beginners an exposure to classic a New England woods course without being too overwhelming. From day one, a newbie has a chance to make some pars and maybe even have a look at a birdie. Elevation, shaping shots through the woods, facing risk/reward options and putting on contoured greens are all a part of the experience, though with shorter and more forgiving fairways. From the red tees, Calico Creek is a bit more of a challenge, though it doesn't have the "teeth" of the Spoonwood Ridge

The original vision of the New England Disc Golf Center was to create an environment for everyone to enjoy disc golf. Spoonwood Ridge was our first layout… designed to challenge advanced players with a “classic New England woods” par 65 layout. After Spoonwood Ridge was opened, we soon laid out six additional holes in the open “meadows” around the parking lot as the beginner course. The name “The Meadows” stuck. “The Meadows” has now evolved in to a wonderful 12-hole layout, with the final six holes in various stages of development. Soon all 18 holes will be finished. With six of the holes still “in the meadows” and 12 of the holes either completely or mostly in the woods, a new name for