Shawshank Disc Golf Penitentiary

@bobarik

49

Beautiful and challenging. Very unique shots, I really enjoyed the course design. The owner is extremely friendly!

@fritz1694

73

Really liked this course. Lots of trees, with some moderately open holes. Great interaction with the owner. And bought a couple dozen eggs. Will def return.

@donchoad

163

Amazing!

@nathanalleman

253

Formerly a top 100 UDisc course and #1 in Texas, this layout is a bit of a vestige of a design philosophy from another era, when courses with super tight and almost impossible lines were considered the ideal. Fortunately, many newer courses have moved on to emphasize clear, fair, and reasonable lines, challenging the player to hit them rather than to just hope to get lucky. To wit: the owner bragged to us about one hole being "the worst designed hole in Texas", a narrow 276' par 4 hiking path lined by trees and scrub with a right angle 115' down the fairway. Lest all this read as hating, there is much to like in the diversity of holes and elevation. Yet the combination of trees and water in many holes make for a high possibility of lost discs. Hole 21 has a completely blind pond we didn't know was there until one of us lost a disc in it. The owner/designer is a nice guy eager to talk about the course. My guess is 20 years ago when it was fairly new it was impressive, but pads, signs, and baskets are showing wear and age. This course has a 4.7 average Udisc rating which is much higher than it currently deserves, but it is certainly still worth playing. At this point it should probably be a 4.3.

@caadams53

56

We showed up late and started running on hole 1, the owner quickly rolled up on us (in a golf cart) and gave the suggested play through for how late we started. Such a unique course! And the owner is a class act. I’ll be back!!

@flomogopher

42

Truly an amazing course! Only issues I have are that the tees, while huge, have major footing issue and that the Mach V baskets are insanely bad at catching. So many great putts down the middle or an inch to the side don’t even have a shot of staying in, which is unfair. For the teepads, there’s parts where the connecting pads are lifted up and make your x-step extremely difficult.

@robbiedude

46

Played the course for the first time on 2-3-24. This is a private course so we called ahead to make sure we could come. Owner was super cool. We played the course and spoke with the owner afterwards. This course has 23 holes. The shot variety is great. There are clever signs all over the place to give the course personality. There are some elevation changes and water shots. The owner of the course was super chill. He's pretty funny too. He is an older gentleman but has a few jokes. I would recommend playing this course, but call ahead as this is a privately owned course on a property where the residents reside.

@mrobey300

36

Great course. Steve and family were very welcoming to our group. Love the shot variety. Challenging but not impossible.

@patoink

323

Remote quiet course, I had a great time. Long tee pads, good layout, good course.

@andideloach

45

Best “pay to play” course I’ve been to! Had a lot of fun, challenging but fair

@karenmoore71

46

Awesome course, great layout and tons of trees. So peaceful out here. The owner gave me some tips..thank you for that!!

@swilkes83

45

I have played many courses in many states and this course is absolutely amazing! Top 3 of all time for me. I can only think of Caliber in Idaho as being even comparable. Thank you to the hosts, the time you have spent on this course is so obvious and appreciated. Not another soul on the course on a Saturday…how? Again…amazing!

@scotted

48

If you’re a gambling man this course is for you. Some amazing holes, some god awful holes. Tee pads slick / uneven (rubber) & baskets poor quality / mixed type. May luck be on your side…& extra discs :)

@carterkid01

39

Very fun, very well maintained, very tough

@blackirish

64

Had a birthday round out here with my son, and the owner Steve played with us. It was an instructional round on rollers. The man is amazing I half expected him to roll across the water. If you want to have a really good time on a beautiful course hurry up and get here

@robcraig

52

Great signage, never had trouble finding the next tee. Super fun track! Will definitely play again. Tee signs with the hole layout is the only thing that would improve my experience, but UDisc helped that! Will for sure play again.

@samsungmcr

42

I'm from Indiana, loved the course! Challenging, but enjoyable.

@scherrick23

64

Well designed & Fun Course... however 1x playing here & there’s a monsoon Type rain storm

@hobobaggins1

53

Great course, grass is a little high today. Very well shaded , but it felt like a jungle mid day but of course it’s Texas...hot.

@farmerfinn

48

great course and well designed