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Cape Girardeau, MO

Capaha Park DGC

1.295(based on 12 reviews)
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Cujo
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 29.9 years 254 played 31 reviews
1.00 star(s)

Over the Road, over the sidewalk, into cars.... who knows 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 15, 2020 Played the course:once

Pros:

I'm not sure what I like reviewing more...good courses or bad courses. Bad courses like this one are fun to review. Pictures can show some bad design but I much prefer going into the reviews and reading if I haven't played the course.

Pros: The park has a nice baseball stadium as the centerpiece and it's nice to look at.
- There are baskets to throw your discs into although I wouldn't.
- the Design will literally have you laughing on several of the holes.

Cons:

I cannot remember a more laughable design. This course has it all as I'm about to document

Hole 1. My favorite laughable design flaw on this course is throwing over roads. Not sidewalks...... the Road, you know, that place where cars are driving or possibly parked. Hole 1 is a 2 shot hole and the second shot has you throw over the road in the park or out over the road that enter the parks. For giggles there is also a sidewalk to throw over. I had to wait for a few minutes to judge when I would have time to throw between people walking in the park and cars driving on the roads. Fun
Hole 2 - This might be the only normal hole on the course
Hole 3 - If you are playing this course in the summer then there will be people sitting on the hill in this fairway or in their cars. its dangerous. I was there during a baseball game and people had their cars parked in the lot and sitting on the hill to watch the game.
Hole 4 - This hole has you throw at a playground. yep. sure does. What could go wrong there. Also, if you go long you can be in the circle and once again on the park road.
Hole 5 - You literally use the same fairway as hole 4. Can't see anything wrong with that. Oops, until you hyzer into the group playing behind you , or directly into the playground..
Hole 6 - Hey, another normal disc golf hole, and it's a good one. This one gives the course .5 star. Hooray
Hole 7 - Another hole where you have to throw over a sidewalk. Have I mentioned this park is very heavily used?!? This is the main city park in a decent sized city. There will be people all over this park on a nice day.
Hole 8 - Stop it. A 2nd hole with a playground in the vicinity of the basket....you cannot be serious. And it's a short hole so if you aren't confident judging distance you can easily go long right into it

Folks I promise you are not ready for the last 2 holes on this course, but fear not! You will likely be waiting to play them due to their awful design.
Hole 9 - The basket is placed just on the other side of the main road into the park! You have to either be confident you can throw a 275ft+ air shot to carry the road or layup. The problem is this. If you are trying to throw over the road from the tee you have to hope no one is going to drive by in the 5-10 seconds while your disc is in the air. I was hoping people had a turn signal on so I knew if they were going to turn into the park. The best bet was to wait for a red light at the stop light near the entrance and then throw quickly and hope.
Hole 10 - As bad as Hole 9 is, Hole 10 is worse. You have a low ceiling and another carry over the main park road! Come on really! On a busy weekend there will be cars parked on both sides of the roads. You are throwing directly at the cars. The only way to "safely" play this hole is to layup short of the road off the tee then throw over the road. Of course there are also playgrounds and pavilions near this basket and fairway as well. Great.

Other Thoughts:

Playing this course to add to your collection is fine. It's a 2star course if the park is completely empty, of course when is a park of this size ever completely empty.... Just make sure to visit in the winter or at a time of day when people are at home.
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chamblin
Experience: 2 played 1 reviews
1.00 star(s)

Slightly Scandalous 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Aug 28, 2011 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

This course has some really nice baskets and pads. It is the only disc golf course within a pretty good clip, and a first for the area.

Cons:

This is a very busy park, and you will have a hard time playing the whole course without getting in someone's way or someone being in your way.

Many of the holes are downright dangerous for new players. Some holes can bring Broadway (a busy, major street) into play. Holes 1, 2, 8, 9, and 10 all play across city streets that actually have traffic and parking on them.

I am a very new player. Here is what my first (admittedly bad) game was like:

Hole 1: Threw disc onto West End Blvd
Hole 2: Threw disc into (locked) ball field. Had to climb the fence.
Hole 3: Almost hit a guy (and his dog) in a pavilion. Thankfully he was not angry.
Hole 4: No kids in the playground, thankfully. Somehow managed to throw the disc into the street.
Hole 5: Guy teeing off of hole 4 had to wait for us to go by, because the teebox is in the middle of the fairway for hole 5.
Hole 6, 7, 8: No major incidents
Hole 9: Much more experienced player chucked his disc into a VERY busy Broadway off the tee behind me. Thankfully, I did not have this problem.
Hole 10: Van was parked right in the straight shot from the tee to the basket. Luckily, I missed it.

Other Thoughts:

With some rework this course could be good. It needs a lot fewer baskets in my opinion, and they could stand to move things closer together. Hole 1 and 2 do not need to cross the street, they are plenty long without it, for example.

Update: Hole 2 has been moved to the other side of the street. This helps a ton with the hole's practicality.
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