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Aurora, CO

Centre Hills Park

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Wise Fool
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Experience: 15.2 years 125 played 118 reviews
2.00 star(s)

The Definition of Lightly Wooded 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 26, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Brand new baskets that are in good shape and catch well. Each basket is numbered on top, which makes it easy to know which basket you are throwing at.
-Course is fairly easy to navigate. There is one spot on the course that can cause problems (between hole 5 and 6 and 12 and 13, see below) but other than that one area, it is easy to see the next tee-pad from the last hole.
-Nice concrete tee-pads. All of the concrete tee-pads are quite long, especially for the distance of the holes. You will have more than enough room for any run-up or pre-throw things you do.
-Small elevation. There are a few ups and downs on the course, but nothing extreme.
-Quite a bit of water comes into play on this course. While it is nothing extreme, a lot of holes play along several ponds. A bad shot definitely has a chance of going into the water. The water is not extremely punishing but as I said above it can definitely affect a bad throw.
-Quite a bit of ace runs. The water behind some of the ace runs make them a little more interesting as if you over throw the basket going for an ace on several holes, you could easily end up in the pond, which add some nice risk/reward to the usual ace runs.
-Good place for mid-range and putter practice.
-Grass was short in most areas and unless you throw a disc in the pond, you probably won't lose a disc on this course.

Cons:

-No tee-signs currently. While it is easy to know which basket to throw to, it would still be nice to have tee-signs to know distance, and any hole layout changes.
-The course gets quite a bit repetitive. There are very few trees on this course. Other than holes 9 and 17 there are basically no trees that come into play. Since most of the baskets are straight ahead of the tee-pad, all of the holes mostly play as straight ahead shots and after a few holes it starts getting repetitive.
-The majority of holes on this course are quite short. I believe the longest is about 350 feet and the majority of holes were under 300 feet, while most of them seemed to be under 250 feet.
-The only real obstacle on this course is truly the water. I was also said to see no direct carry over any of the water. The ponds were short enough lengthwise that I feel like a couple direct carries over the water would be nice and add to the course a bit. As it stands the water really only comes into play on the side of the holes, and good shots will avoid the water.
-Navigation between hole 5 and 6 is confusing the first time. After throwing five you will see a tee-pad to your right on the same side of the pond that looks like your next tee-pad, but it is really the tee-pad for hole 11. The tee-pad for six is across the bridge on the other side of the ponds.
-To get to hole 13 from hole 12, you have to walk straight down the fairway for hole 5 leading to a safety hazard. There are a few other holes, where the next tee-pad is very close to the fairway of the last hole.
-The water in the ponds looked a little nasty, if you throw a disc in it, it might not be fun to retrieve.
-None of the holes were super memorable or difficult, for more experienced players there will be a lot of birdies here.

Other Thoughts:

Overall, this course has a few fun holes, but nothing spectacular or memorable. It feels a lot like a shorter version of the nearby Expo Disc Golf Course. Both courses are lightly wooded courses that play around several ponds, and feel quite similar, except Expo plays a little longer. While there are a lot of shorter holes, I wouldn't necessarily call this a good beginner course as the water along side many of the fairways could be intimidating to beginning players. Overall, this is an ok course, but not worth going out of your way for.
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