Bellamy Park reviews
6
0
2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Jul 6, 2019
Played the course:once
Pros:
18 holes of tight technical woods, creek in play on a few holes, concrete tees, good baskets and signs, easy to navigate. Well-worn ground under the canopy of mature trees. Decent variety of length (ace runs to par 4s) and overall hole design is interesting and challenging. Most holes provide multiple options of which path you want to attempt to hit.
The wooded setting is nice, and the creek you encounter throughout is scenic.
Hole 1 is very unique teeing from old concrete structure (dam/bridge?) across the creek through a narrowish window to a hidden basket up to the right in the trees. Then you have to walk a ways down to cross a bridge to get to the rest of the course.
Protective netting for some tees. (it is needed, see cons)
The golf is pretty good if each hole had some breathing room or if you had the course to yourself, but...
The wooded setting is nice, and the creek you encounter throughout is scenic.
Hole 1 is very unique teeing from old concrete structure (dam/bridge?) across the creek through a narrowish window to a hidden basket up to the right in the trees. Then you have to walk a ways down to cross a bridge to get to the rest of the course.
Protective netting for some tees. (it is needed, see cons)
The golf is pretty good if each hole had some breathing room or if you had the course to yourself, but...
Cons:
The 18 holes play in a pretty tight area. Errant drives on many holes will find the neighboring fairway meaning groups are constantly getting in each other's way. And there are a few spots where you just feel cramped and in the way, or you are waiting on people in your way, but on different holes.
Holes 1 and 11 seem to partially share a fairway, plus the walk from 18 back to the parking lot crosses that same area. When teeing off on #1 (over a creek) there were groups of golfers (and walkers) everywhere in the landing area coming from all directions- it was nuts.
Another section around holes 12-17 seem to play practically on top of each other in spots. There were discs flying around everywhere hitting trees. I felt under attack.
Looking back at the map on DGCR after playing, it is not completely correct, looks like a couple holes added to get to 18, which explains why many holes have a squeezed feel.
The fairways are on the verge of too many trees in the middle of the fairways to the point where luck begins to beat out skill (and understand that I prefer wooded accuracy courses). Here one may hit your line but can just about count on hitting a tree at some point, you just hope it is later in the flight.
Holes 1 and 11 seem to partially share a fairway, plus the walk from 18 back to the parking lot crosses that same area. When teeing off on #1 (over a creek) there were groups of golfers (and walkers) everywhere in the landing area coming from all directions- it was nuts.
Another section around holes 12-17 seem to play practically on top of each other in spots. There were discs flying around everywhere hitting trees. I felt under attack.
Looking back at the map on DGCR after playing, it is not completely correct, looks like a couple holes added to get to 18, which explains why many holes have a squeezed feel.
The fairways are on the verge of too many trees in the middle of the fairways to the point where luck begins to beat out skill (and understand that I prefer wooded accuracy courses). Here one may hit your line but can just about count on hitting a tree at some point, you just hope it is later in the flight.
Other Thoughts:
After playing here, I read some other reviews when posting my own. The "house" on hole 11/18 is maybe a clubhouse? with some practice baskets and lots of additional parking. If so, hole 11 is a strange place to have such a thing, so I had no idea what the building was during my round. Parking/starting here is an option for those in the know, but then you still have the problem of getting to hole 1 crossing 18/11/1/2 get to tee 1.
FREE- which is not the norm in this section of the country. (there are obvious pros and cons to this)
This is not a bad course, just average and not much different than many other wooded park courses that exist, which is ok. I can see why this course is popular, can get crowded, and is highly rated by many. If I lived here I would play here frequently, but would try to avoid peak times like weekends and afternoons.
FREE- which is not the norm in this section of the country. (there are obvious pros and cons to this)
This is not a bad course, just average and not much different than many other wooded park courses that exist, which is ok. I can see why this course is popular, can get crowded, and is highly rated by many. If I lived here I would play here frequently, but would try to avoid peak times like weekends and afternoons.
4
2
Well, there's the river 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Jun 20, 2013
Played the course:once
Pros:
You come to Bellamy for one reason, to shoot over the roaring river. The first tee is just yards from a ripping river. On the one hand, any disc that fails to make it across is gone. On the other, it's not that far across. But it is definitely exciting.
You have to trek aways to get to the bridge where people can make a dry crossing before you can claim your successful drive and approach the basket. It's a victory march of sorts. After that however, the course doesn't have much left that marks it as a serious contender.
You have to trek aways to get to the bridge where people can make a dry crossing before you can claim your successful drive and approach the basket. It's a victory march of sorts. After that however, the course doesn't have much left that marks it as a serious contender.
Cons:
The river, used to such awesome extent on hole one, is never used well again. Its in the backdrop a few times, but the biggest impact it has is on the hole where you must throw essentially across a very mucky fairway.
There are one or two other spots where you could end up in the river but are much more likely to toss an errant throw in the section of woods that keeps the river from being a significant obstacle.
Other than that, there's not a ton of interesting holes. They're woodsy but not too difficult. There's a few that play awkwardly through what seems to be someone's backyard.
There are one or two other spots where you could end up in the river but are much more likely to toss an errant throw in the section of woods that keeps the river from being a significant obstacle.
Other than that, there's not a ton of interesting holes. They're woodsy but not too difficult. There's a few that play awkwardly through what seems to be someone's backyard.
Other Thoughts:
A few holes are really nice ace runs for a RHFH thrower, which I appreciate.
Beyond that, the only holes I wanted to replay were 12-18. It's a solid course with one memorable hole, but noting else will stick in your mind.
Beyond that, the only holes I wanted to replay were 12-18. It's a solid course with one memorable hole, but noting else will stick in your mind.
