Ok, top 115 disc golf courses
The question I inevitably get asked during a round is “What’s your favorite course?” Overall destination area complexes top the list. Highbridge is the best complex, any one of the courses there could nearly be my favorite. Hornings Hideout, the IDGC, Farragut, and Lemon Lakes would complete my top five, if we’re talking complexes and overall destination areas. Individual courses on the other hand. Birds of Paradise tops the list as the most beautiful enjoyable round of disc golf I’ve played, where my jaw drops as I approach every tee box.
How did I come up with this list? Completely subjectively, a gut feeling. My personal enjoyment factor at each particular course, which is affected by many things :
Amenities don’t mean much to me, I could care less about concrete tee pads or a bench to sit on at each hole.
Physical beauty stands out, both scenery and the beauty of each hole. I love extreme/adventure golf, the more rugged and secluded, the more enjoyable it is to me.
Which leads into the technical aspect of design – How well designed are the fairways/airways and landing areas? Are there unique holes that stand out? Variety of holes – distances, shapes, elevation, tree density, rough thickness.
Local scene – if I had a good time with the local players, at a tournament or event, if I played the course multiple times, different things stand out having seen the locals on their home turf.
Basically if a course makes me want to return for another go, it makes the list.
To answer the question, “What is your favorite course?” I came up with 110 responses, they’re in a rough order, the first 40 or so are in order of preference, after that they’re in no particular order. I’m sure I’ve forgotten some, feel free to remind me of certain courses.
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- Birds of Paradise
- Ozark Mountain
- Highbridge – The Bear
- Selah Lakeside
- Maple Hill
- Brakewell Steel
- Hornings Hideout Meadow
- Bailey
- Steady Ed Memorial
- Spencer Davis
- Highbridge – Granite
- Justin Trails – Big Brother
- Selah Creekside
- Leviathan
- Highbridge – Gold
- Nockamixon
- Borderlands
- Renny
- Mont Du Lac White Cedar
- Rollin’ Ridge
- Patterson lake
- Highbridge – Blueberry
- The Lodge – Island
- Blue Ribbon Pines
- Stoney Hill
- Hidden Lake
- Moraine
- Whistlers Bend
- Charlottes Web/Hornets Nest
- Camden II
- Kaposia
- West Lake
- Pickard
- Solitude
- The Lodge – Moccasin Creek
- Suggaree
- Jim Warner Memorial
- Nevin
- Austin Bible Ridge
- Hummel
- Idlewild
- Toboggan
- Diamond X
- Kirkwood
- Horseshoe Canyon Ranch
- Winter Park
- Oak Island
- Horning’s Hideout Canyon
- Wildcat Bluff
- Phantom Falls
- Mont Du Lac Eagle Peak
- Bohart Ranch
- Shawshank
- Basecamp Adventure Lodge
- Dexter
- Handyman Ace Hardware
- Walnut Ridge
- CMC Leadville
- Iron Hill
- Jackson Memorial
- Zobel
- Redwood Curtain
- Akita’s Run
- Jordan Creek
- Sundance Ranch
- Tyler
- Circle C
- Flip City
- Hickory Hills
- Pyramids
- French Creek
- Farragut AWOL
- Conifer
- The Tailings
- Giants Ridge
- Deer Lakes
- Ashe County
- PawPaw Whippin Post
- Holler in the Hills
- Cedar Glades
- Crooked Creek
- Bryant Lake
- PawPaw Woodshed
- Cedar Hill
- Standing Rocks
- Blue Angel Palmetto
- CMC Glenwood
- North Tahoe
- Forest City
- Windwood Presbyterian
- Goliath
- Hyzer Creek
- Shelton Springs
- Pageant Hill
- JP Mosely
- Orange Crush
- Black Diamond – Emery
- Parma
- Pioneer @ Rodeo
- Rogers Lakewood
- Middle Park
- Centralia
- Old Post
- Stafford
- East Roswell
- Milo McIver
- Flonacher
- Turkey Creek
- Tower Ridge
- Patapsco
- Live Oak – Gold
- Steelhead Creekside
- Mt Airy
- Lincoln Ridge
- Lemon Lakes Gold


It was a real pleasure to share your 902nd course with you earlier this year at Whistler’s Bend. Congratulations on reaching your goal. May you have many more adventures. (It’s great to see so many Oregon courses on your list.) -Matthew
Very happy to see rogers Lakewood on here, I think it is the most under rated courses in the Midwest
Glad to see that you enjoy Farragut State Park. I feel so spoiled living less then an hour away from that place. AWOL is an amazing course. From what I have heard, they are planning on putting in another championship caliber course this summer to make it 4 18 hole courses plus that little 9 hole family friendly course.
If you ever get a chance to come back this way, I’d love to play a round with you. Maybe hit up Four Mounds Disc Golf Reserve if you didn’t get to play any of those 3 18 holes or the 27 hole out there. Spokane/Northern Idaho disc golf is on the up and up!
I’m guessing that “extinct” courses aren’t listed. I’m not seeing Flyboy on this list. Where would it fit in?