Wilmore, KY

Centennial Park

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sisyphus
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Experience: 12.7 years 398 played 383 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Pretty Family Park Course 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 20, 2013 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Centennial Park in Wilmore, Kentucky has a lot of space behind a family-friendly neighborhood, with three parking areas, a gazebo, playground, basketball court, sports fields, a long, paved jogging path, and an updated nine hole disc golf course. The course consists of smallish concrete tee pads well-aimed at their respective Discatcher baskets. There is a tee sign by hole one (and I assume the others were removed during the redesign). The flow is mostly obvious, but you might want to print out the newer aerial map. Though the course is mostly open and devoid of obstacles, the hole lengths vary greatly, and the traverse of the creek, the play along the woodline on 6, and the long bomber back to the new raised mound ninth basket give it some good variety, and a signature finish.

Scaled in distance for the Recreational to Intermediate arm, this is not a bad course to practice your basic shots. It probably won't attract too many higher level players, due to the limited challenges. It's interesting to note that they've planted a couple of stands of decorative grasses in the 'fade' line (rhbh) of most of the holes, meaning if your disc deflects off of these, it will make your finishing putt just a bit trickier.

The signature feature of this course has got to be the large white stone benches at each tee. Very attractive and well-placed.

Cons:

The lack of obstacles out here will turn off players wanting more challenge, and the distances on all but one hole would make this a pitch and putt for advanced to open players. All the holes can be approached with a left-fading shot (or practically any shot for that matter, as there aren't really any major obstacles to force particular lines). And the course is very open, with wind often coming into consideration here. There was very little opportunity to use elevation here, either.

The flow gets - interesting - in a few places: Hole two was apparently shortened to a basket perhaps 160' from the tee, but you still angle across the corner of the parking lot, over the path sign, a handicapped parking sign, and the port-o-let, all of which come into play. And if it's wet, the drainage creek just past the basket is a nuisance (hazard). Hole three plays straight up along the walking path, and the ninth tee is actually within the putting circle. Speaking of the ninth, while it is a cool, long, uphill hole finishing at a mound-topping basket, the fairway crosses the first fairway.

Other Thoughts:

I created a new map for the current layout of the course, as there were obviously changes desired to move hole nine away from the soccer field. The redesign moved teepads and the amazing stone benches. I can't imagine the grunt work needed to move those! Nice job: it looks awesome!

Also, I noted that the entrance to the park is at the corner of Kinslow and Corbitt Drives, and not off of Harrodsburg Road (68).
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brettricewku
Experience: 14.9 years 63 played 8 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Underrated 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 24, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

Kept very well. Grass mowed beautifully with well defined fairways and greens. Concrete teepads with teesigns on each hole. A good 9 hole course. Baskets were very nice.

Cons:

Very repetitive. No obstacles besides the tree on hole 1. Can see how when crowded the walking path could produce problems.

Other Thoughts:

I would not go out of my way to play here again but it is definately worth checking out if you are in the area. I loved the last hole. Teepads arent bad at all unless youre doing 360's IMO, just not as wide as usual.
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