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Calico Creek should be considered a "rec level" course (PDGA Red & Green layouts), but in no way is it anything less than professional in quality. The layout provides a rich and varied experience and the course meets or exceeds the high standards that you would expect on a "pay to play" course. Calico Creek features top-of-the line baskets and tee pads. The baskets are Prodigy "T-2" baskets, in a brilliant red that shows off beautifully both in the open meadow and the deep da

The Spoonwood Ridge finishing hole can be a nightmare... Calico Creek's is a dream. It's a wide-open downhill ace run, maybe even in front of a gallery spectating from the pro shop, or maybe a carload of arriving players come up the driveway. From the reds, take aim at the unprotected basket 252' away. The greens play at 173', but in both cases the downhill makes it play shorter than its measured distance. I think of all the first-time players that will have Calico Creek as t

Hole 17 requires that you hit a tight gap from down in the woods to approach the basket that sits in the meadow. From the reds, you have...

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

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...