Course #2: Hiestand Park – Madison, WI

Map. PDGA

This was another beautiful disc golf course closer to downtown Madison, and this one is absolutely free. Maybe not the most difficult course, but definitely a fun one to play. There are lots of birdie opportunities and also a lot of holes where you can pull out the long distance drivers. Elevation changes appear on almost every hole. There are pro and am tees for every hole, too. Glass bottles are technically not allowed on the course, but we didn’t have any problems. The mosquitoes here were pretty ruthless, especially once you get into the woods. Bring bug spray.

Hole #1

A pretty simple, straight uphill shot to open things off. The basket is just to the left at the top of the hill.

Hole #2

Another straight shot here on hole 2. Because of the shadows we couldn’t really see where the basket was from the tee pad, but it’s dead straight.

The basket is well-guarded, making a birdie very difficult.

Hole #3

I like these long, downhill shots. There are no trees here, so you can really just throw it as hard as you can.

Hole #4

This was the first tough hole on the course, especially from the blacks. You have to get a good turnover shot from the tee, and it has to be far, too. You can’t actually see the basket from the back tee, so I snuck around the corner to get a look at it.

Hole #5

I didn’t get a picture of the basket on this hole because we were being pressured by the group we were passing, but it is setup on the top of a wall at the top of the hill heading into the woods to the right. The tree at the end of the fairway provides a large obstacle if your shot hyzers off to the left.

Hole #6

For some reason the lighting was all screwy on this hole and the dozen or so pictures I took all came out fuzzy, but you get the idea.
Hole #7

This was probably the most difficult tee shot on the whole course. There isn’t much space in between all those trees on the left.

Even after getting around the first group of trees, the basket is well-protected against any upshots.

Hole #8

Low ceiling and a tight, uphill left-turn make this another difficult tee shot.

Hole #9

More low ceiling trees, this time with a right turn.

Hole #10

Another long hole starts out the back nine. That, along with the scenic, sloping fairway makes this look like a ball-golf hole.

Hole #11

Nothing fancy about this hole. One of the easier ones on the course.
Hole #12

And then it got hard again…

Hole #13

The best line is the hyzer line just to the right of the center trees. At least, it was for me.
Hole #14

Here’s another straight, low-ceiling shot. I picked the wrong disc and ended up way left of the fairway. Please trust me when I say you really don’t want to do that.

Purty.

Hole #15

Long. Staight. Don’t miss the fairway.

Hole #16

Hole #17

I guess I could have circled this basket, too, but it’s in between the two trees straight ahead.

Hole #18

The hole curves a little over to the right, with the basket being along the left-most edge of the fairway.