Goliad, TX

Branch Nature Park

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aclay
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Experience: 39.6 years 309 played 236 reviews
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Branch Nature Park 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Mar 14, 2022 Played the course:once

Pros:

-- Decent baskets.
-- Nice land for disc golf, although it's a small property. There is some elevation, a few trees and a small bit of water (or at least a dry creek bed/ditch).
-- Some interesting holes that reward/require accuracy (a narrow gap between trees to reach one basket, an accurate RHBH hyzer with controlled distance to hit another green).
-- Very quick play. Holes are all short and very close to each other, so 15 minutes for a round is probably the norm.
-- Navigation is easy. Once you find the No. 1 tee (right of the playground as you approach from the very limited street parking), you won't have any trouble because you can see the next tee and basket every time.

Cons:

-- Safety issues abound. Holes 3-6 are two sets of parallel holes (so four holes total) packed into an area with space for two holes. Hole 8 tee is in the flight path to 7 basket. My tee shot on 7 (a 153-foot RHBH hyzer) landed in the 8 tee pad, and I made about a 15-20 foot birdie putt. Then the 8 basket is beside (less than 5 feet from) the 9 tee pad.
-- Because of how compact some of the holes are, there can be a question about which basket you are throwing to.
-- REALLY short. Longest hole is 202 feet, and five holes are shorter than 150 feet. As the course is set up, holes 2 and 7 are the best holes and each one is barely 150 feet.
-- Tee pads are posts in the ground. No map or distance, but you can see the basket (except for 7) from the tee, so it's not a big deal.
-- No facilities of any kind (parking, restrooms, benches, water, etc.). Given how short the course is (and the quick play), this isn't much of an issue.

Other Thoughts:

-- This course perhaps more than any other I have played (more than 220 as of this writing) is an example of cramming too many holes into the space to get to a predetermined number of holes. This could be a solid 6-hole course with a few tweaks: Push No. 1 basket back as much as the land will allow (40-50 feet?). It's still going to be a short hole (175ish), but it would really help. Push the No. 2 tee pad back approximately the same amount and you've got a 200-foot hole that requires you to hit an 8-foot gap between two trees that guard the basket. Eliminate holes 4-5. Both are really short (less than 130 feet), and they crowd 3 and 6. Combine 8 and 9 into one hole. Push the 8 tee pad forward 30-40 feet to get it out of the way of the 7 basket, and you're left with about a 200 foot hole shooting to a basket with an embankment behind it.
-- If I lived nearby, I would come here quite a lot, but I'd probably play a lot of Safari golf or just work on approach shots rather than playing the course as it's set up.
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