Murray, KY

Central Park DGC

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3.465(based on 26 reviews)
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Hawgman
Experience: 15.9 years 161 played 14 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Great Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Sep 13, 2021 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Great course, well maintained, 27holes 36 different baskets. The original 18 have been redesigned. There are red and yellow baskets on many holes. Hole 13 has two different tee pads to the same basket. Good variety of shots good use of elevation. Holes 2, 5, 11, 16,17 have only one basket. On the Red layout Holes 6,9,14,23,24,27 are Par 4s. On the yellow layout 6,7,9,10,14,19,20,21,22,23,24,27 are par 4s. 21 Is my favorite hole long and tough but beatiful trees line the fairway. Hole 25 yellow (long basket plays across creek stunning hole but a challenging 3. Baskets were recently updated with the powder coat paint and new chains. New tee signs.

Cons:

Could use a little trimming on the front 18 in some areas. Hole 3 at lunch time has cars parked right in the corner next to the pavilion and your disc flight could hit a car if not aimed correctly. The Dog park cramps the line on 17 IMO I would like to see a redesign and moving this basket elsewhere.
Watch for hikers and bike riders on some of the trails that intertwine with the course many are unaware of the DGC and sit in the fairways and on the bridges.

Other Thoughts:

Challenging but very fun course.
Hole 19 yellow has a tree with a long arm over the creek would be fun to have a hanging basket there imo.
The original 18 will warm you up for the new 18. Plan to stay and play all 36 for a fun DG day!
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entlover
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Big Improvement 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 23, 2017 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

The park has recently added 9 more holes and they are doozies, each with a red (short placement) basket and with a yellow (long Placement) basket. On top of an already entertaining course, these holes are extremely challenging and almost entirely wooded. The shots are well balanced for lefties and righties, including the old holes. I can now play this course with 27 holes in one visit, not to mention the additional 9 placements on the new holes. I wish I lived closer to this course.

Cons:

If you don't like wooded courses, this course would not be for you. There are only a handful of holes that let you throw off the pad without a tree near the fairway.
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Silverskunk
Experience: 4 played 2 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Good Challenge/ Great Park 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 20, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

This is a good layout in a really great multipurpose park. The front 9 played you in and out of the woods, up and down and also along open grassy areas. Pin placement often meant different approach shots were needed so it kept things interesting.

Cons:

Par might be a challenge for beginners, but don't be discouraged. This course gives you enough room to shoot and will allow your game to improve.

Sometimes coming out of the woods you forget that others might be using the park. Keep an eye out for others on 3 (pavilion/kid park), 11 (pool) and 17 (dog park).

Other Thoughts:

Plays better the second time when you have a better idea where to throw.

I was there in the heat of the summer and the park was well used, but the course still flowed nicely and the woods were very passible - not too hard to find an errant disc!
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DG addict24
Experience: 12.6 years 29 played 18 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Better than rated 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 5, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

A nice, technical course that requires all the shots. You got holes that go from the open to the woods, from the woods to the open, stay in the woods, and stay in the open. There were BIG left to right holes, and BIG right to left holes. For as tight of a course as it was, it had some pretty good length, and that made it a tough course. There are some birdie opportunities too though. There is a good use of elevation, and it makes for some fun shots. The elevation can cause trouble, on 11 for example, and make you avoid ending up in certain places. It punishes you when you miss your line, and you'll be scrambling for par. It also rewards you with birdie opportunities if you hit your line. The course was very well kept, and the teepads were nice and long.

Cons:

Navigation can be an issue, with multiple paths near the basket on some holes that lead to nowhere. And as previous reviews have stated, there is a long walk from 10 to 11. There was a softball game going on while we were there, and some people were pretty close to the fairway. There is also a dog area that you really need to throw over on 17 that you don't want to throw in and it gets in your way.

Other Thoughts:

I came here expecting a decent course and it turned out to be one of the better courses I've played. Probably my 2nd favorite in western Kentucky, behind Madisonville. I really enjoyed my round.
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bjreagh
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 27.7 years 350 played 321 reviews
4.00 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jun 27, 2018 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

I am totally updating and rewriting my review. I played this course back in 2009 and it was good then, but after my round in the summer of 2018, I was blown away. It has matured nicely and now has more holes. Summary: I am upping my rating from 3.0 to 4.0!

There are 3 sets of 9-hole loops with 1, 10, 19 all beginning near the parking lot. You could actually play the sets in any order or leave any out depending on your time. I feel that each 9 progressively became more challenging.

This course is a really tough test of skill and patience and at times strategy of how to best attack, but every hole is totally fair. It is mostly heavily wooded and the handful of more open holes on the first 9 still have plenty of trees to avoid. This place is also quite hilly, not insane, but the slopes on nearly every hole will definitely have an impact on your lie and footing. Also, some small creeks in play on some.

The most recent new 9 is amazing. It is longer yet still very hilly and wooded and some very tricky risk/reward basket placements. Each hole on this set has 2 permanent baskets: red (shorter) and yellow (longer.) This 9 could have just as easily been named its own separate course. I was really blown away at how well groomed these long wooded fairways were, knowing this was a newish set of holes. Well done designers and maintainers!!!

If I lived here or close to here, I would play here all the time.

Cons:

HB hole maps on the tee signs drive me crazy. Every hole on every course apparently looks the same on paper- some kind of straight ahead tadpole shaped fairway. On many of his courses you can usually see the basket from the tee, so who cares. But at this course most of the baskets are blind. You have to do a lot of scouting, and that can be doubly exhausting. I wish the signs had more detail as to which way the fairway was bending and where the basket actually is.

Hole 11 is essentially all by itself and you have to walk all the way around the pool to get there. Hard to find, long awkward walk, the hole is nothing special. Seems like there could have some other place to get a hole in besides there.

There are hiking trails winding all over the woods in all sections of the course. Some disc golf specific signs and arrows would be very helpful so first timers would know when to use those trails and when not to. (1st time here take a picture of the map)

Because the third 9 came later, it begins next to the first 9, with the middle 9 across the road. A bit weird if you did not know why they were numbered this way. Again, I might have kept the original course as 1-18 and then made the new 9 its own name like the advanced course or something, since there are also 18 baskets on it. Doesn't really matter, the volume of fun throwing here is the same regardless.

Other Thoughts:

The first 9 holes I did not remember very well after 9 years between rounds. Looks like the park has had some additions elsewhere, so not sure if these 9 have totally changed or just slightly changed or if all my course memories are blending together. In my old review I made a comment about hitting light poles on hole 1, but that seems to no longer the case. Oh well, doesn't matter because the course is great how it is now.

Just a couple minutes drive from the college campus.
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