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Kennett Square, PA

Anson B. Nixon Park

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3.085(based on 48 reviews)
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Experience: 8.6 years 6 played 1 reviews
1.00 star(s)

A gorgeous park, but a potentially discriminative disc golf course... 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 15, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

Anson B. Nixon Park is a gorgeous park with a family-friendly atmosphere and various fun activities. The park is located near Kennett Square, a quaint town with several great watering holes and local hotspots, and is easy to get to, being right off of Route 1. I would definitely return to Anson B. Nixon Park again for family get-togethers, barbeques, or to play any number of sports at their excellent facilities. I would not, however, return to play disc golf there.

Cons:

The disc golf course at Anson B. Nixon park has many other reviews that describe the shots there as "varied" and "technical". I could only agree that the shots needed for this course are "technical" insofar as a RHBH player will need just about every shot in the game. The shots are nowhere close to "varied" or "technical" if you are a LHBH or a RHFH player; in those cases this course was, perhaps quite literally, made for you! About 75% of the course is laid out with a slight --> severe dogleg right. A local player joined me on my first run to show me the layout, but by the time we got halfway through the course my response to his descriptions became, "Let me guess, another shot to the right." My theory is that this course was designed either by (1) a left-handed/forehand player, or (2) someone who had minimal experience with the game.

Some of the pin locations were just plain weird. Sometimes I just couldn't understand why a hole was designed the way it was! The layout was confusing and counter-intuitive at times as well.

Other Thoughts:

I felt like this disc golf course would unintentionally exclude a huge majority of local/travel disc golf players -- any beginner, any RHBH intermediate, most forehand intermediate, some RHBH advanced. If you would fall into any of these categories above, I would say that this course probably isn't for you. I would expect that a handful of birdies are possible, but not probable, and that frustration would most likely be imminent. My advice for you would be: "Stay away!" If you are NOT part of the categories above, and you are in fact a left-handed backhand player or a right-handed forehand player, this course would probably be fantastic for stealing strokes off of your RHBH friends! I'd expect birdies to be more plentiful and way easier, and my advice would be: "Go hunting!"

Since my guess is that about 80% of players would have a major disadvantage, just by the design of this course, I decided that it was only fair to take away 80% of the stars from this course.
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