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Schererville, IN

Autumn Creek Park

1.55(based on 3 reviews)
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EspressoPatronum
Gold level trusted reviewer
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Experience: 18.8 years 256 played 243 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Another Phantom Creek!

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 17, 2023 Played the course:once

Pros:

- Innova DISCatchers with bright yellow bands look brand new
- well manicured park
- multiuse park, but disc golf area is mostly isolated
- hole numbers on baskets
- nice use of next tee indicators on baskets
- some surprisingly good technical challenge on the more wooded holes
- tee signs show pars, distances, and rudimentary maps
- some limited elevation change incorporated on a few holes
- no noted safety hazards
- decent place to bring beginners just starting to get a feel for more obstacles

Cons:

- very short
- not a ton of intrigue for skill levels beyond beginner on most holes
- gravel tees are just ok and not flat in places
- almost entirely flat
- besides a few wooded holes, virtually no obstacles
- not much in the way of defined fairways or shot shaping on many holes
- some rough is very dense, more like prairie/marsh land
- no real amenities
- scenery is not exciting and mostly plays like a newbie park course
- feel of this course is not appealing; like you are playing in subdivision backyards
- somewhat repetitive

Other Thoughts:

Well, once again I couldn't find the creek. We do like to give picturesque, misleading names to our most mundane areas of the midwest, don't we?

Holes 1, 2, 5, and 9 have virtually no intrigue whatsoever. They are flat, mostly wide open, and fairly short and boring. You will likely not use your distance driver here, and won't get challenged much on 2/3 of the holes.

Holes 6-8 probably provide the best technical challenge with some cool wooded shots with a bit of elevation change. There is some tight woods golf here that fades by the end of hole 8. If the whole course were like this, I could imagine it being a 2.5 or maybe even close to a 3. Unfortunately, the rest of the course is completely uninspiring.

The baskets here are excellent, the tee signs are decent, and the gravel tees are fairly mediocre. There are no real amenities to speak of, but at least the safety situation seems good and there's no shots over a playground or anything. Whoever designed this course did make some excellent use of the wooded/marshy areas on a few holes, but I would have liked to see more of the course play in this area. Going back and forth repeatedly into the wide open, flat field just didn't make for inspiring play.

I suppose on the plus there are several solid ace opportunities here, though I'm not sure they're ones most players would feel particularly proud of (under 100 ft. isn't really boast-worthy, but I'd take it!). This would be a decent place to bring beginners ready to branch out from wide open disc golf; the distances are short, and most holes are very easy, but a few do introduce that level of technical challenge that shows you what disc golf can be. For anyone intermediate and beyond - or even experienced beginner - I think this is more of a bagging stop than anything.

All that said, the park was in excellent shape and the course seemed well enough maintained. I don't recommend going out of the way for this at all but I've certainly played much worse. Most of the 9 hole courses in NW Indiana aren't anything to write home about, unfortunately.
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Tpysh
Experience: 12.9 years 118 played 1 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Work in Progress 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 30, 2021 Played the course:once

Pros:

Good mix of holes between open and wooded.
Good for beginners to learn on.
Playing partner added basket # stickers and tape markers on baskets for next whole direction as well played today.

Cons:

Most of the wooded holes need to be mowed and trimmed back. Get off the fairway and rough is thick and dense.

Other Thoughts:

This is a new course and will get better with time.
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Jukeshoe
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Experience: 14.7 years 316 played 268 reviews
1.00 star(s)

2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 30, 2021 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Nine holes in a small park (basically just a playground) tucked in a suburban cookie-cutter neighborhood. Park on the street near the corners of Pershing Road & Jeffrey Street, as the park is so small it seems not to have its own address.
- Short holes cater to beginners, rec-level players, and putter only ace-hunting rounds. Only one hole even approaches 300', the 295' hole #9. Two holes (#'s 4 & 7) are sub-100'
- Descriptive signs show the hole details, distance, and map.
- Freshly installed fine-gravel tees. I'm hoping this is a base for concrete tees, and not the final product, because there is some real mushiness here.
- Designer attempted to incorporate a thicket of woods and schule to spice things up from just a open field, with mixed results. Hole #'s 1-8 weave in and out of the woods. Hole #1 is a downhill shot with a very small green area, crazy thick rough on all sides. Hole #2 is out of the thicket
and up the small hill. Hole #4 plays through the thicket/woods, with a large tree looming over the green. Hole #5 punches through a small wooded gap into the open; #6's basket and green is tucked just into the woods, tee in the open. Hole #7 is a fully wooded hole, the only one. Next, Hole #8 plays from the edge of the woods to the open. Last hole is an almost 300' bomber to get back to the start.

Cons:

- The schule is ri-damn-diculous for such a short "beginner/rec" friendly course. A huge swampy thicket area was used as though it was woods, but anything a foot off the fairway is in super thick, super nasty thicket. Not fun stuff...from many years of experience with this sort of "woods" at Lemon Lake. Poison ivy everywhere on the wooded holes, more than the usual amount.
- Trash everywhere on the wooded holes. It's like when they cut into the thicket/woods to install the course, they hit a rich vein of old trash heap. Pretty unappealing, aesthetically.
- The swampy area, of course, produces swampy area-level of flies & mosquitoes.
- Janky OB orange tape lining the woods in places doesn't add to the vibe.
- Holes ridiculously close to previous and/or next holes. Slightly wonky flow with backtracking (the transition from 3 to 4).
- The gravel tees are so mushy I just teed from the grass when possible.

Other Thoughts:

- Not much here to recommend. Definitely not worth heading out of your way. If you're in the 'hood and jonesing for something, this might work. Just don't bring more than a putter, and one you're not overly worried about losing, at that.
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