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Coggshall Park reviews
2
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Jmano33
Experience:
12 years
17 played
5 reviews
Spotter please 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Oct 25, 2016
Played the course:5+ times
Pros:
- Secluded public park... no one will bother you during round
- rarely crowded, and even if crowded there is enough space between holes to prevent clogging
- Nice when leaves fall as it makes some baskets easier to see
- Good mix of holes going up hill and flat...
- Open and tight, makes for good diversity
- rarely crowded, and even if crowded there is enough space between holes to prevent clogging
- Nice when leaves fall as it makes some baskets easier to see
- Good mix of holes going up hill and flat...
- Open and tight, makes for good diversity
Cons:
- If you love your disc, have a spotter for holes 7 / 9... ANY shot that isn't straight will go into the very thick underbrush and will be gone forever (RIP Star Katana lost today)... Having someone about 150 feet down will prevent this and the inevitable headache with searching forever.
Other Thoughts:
Not a bad course.. it is 1/2 mile off of rte 2 which makes it very accessible for someone coming from Western MA or Boston...
7
0
2+ years
Reviewed:
Updated:
Played on:Nov 8, 2015
Played the course:once
Pros:
As you move farther west from Boston, the hills get bigger and bigger. I was surprised at how much elevation the course presented. The middle of the course zigs and zags up and down a steep portion of the hill.
Holes 4-12 hold some fun holes as you go up and down. Hole 8 is a 193-foot tunnel shot with ace potential (I clanged the front of the basket). Hole 9 is a downhill shot with multiple ways to get to the basket. Hole 11 is a big RHBH anhyzer, one of the few holes that finishes in the open.
There are multi-shot holes here. They don't all work (see below), but hole 17 is a good one. There is a landing zone for your slightly downhill drive before the fairway declines steeply off to the right, requiring a well-placed forehand to get a 3.
Navigation was pretty easy.
On a nice Sunday afternoon in November, I was one of maybe 6 people on the course.
Holes 4-12 hold some fun holes as you go up and down. Hole 8 is a 193-foot tunnel shot with ace potential (I clanged the front of the basket). Hole 9 is a downhill shot with multiple ways to get to the basket. Hole 11 is a big RHBH anhyzer, one of the few holes that finishes in the open.
There are multi-shot holes here. They don't all work (see below), but hole 17 is a good one. There is a landing zone for your slightly downhill drive before the fairway declines steeply off to the right, requiring a well-placed forehand to get a 3.
Navigation was pretty easy.
On a nice Sunday afternoon in November, I was one of maybe 6 people on the course.
Cons:
There is too much emphasis of length on a lot of holes. You already have elevation and woods, so adding length requires some careful design, and I don't think it succeeded here. Too many of the longer holes did not have realistic landing zones, so the multi-shot strategy wasn't really there; you were just driving and hoping you didn't end up in some brush. Holes 6 (a great cross-valley drive that didn't need distance tacked on) and 14 are prime examples.
Lots of blind shots. This made playing here for the first time pretty annoying. Hole 15 is a great steep uphill drive, but the hole is out of sight on a plane up top. Why? If you have the basket at the top of the hill, it is not only visible, it adds challenge, punishing long drives with a tough comeback and short drives with a possible rollaway.
Some tee signs would help. Distance and fairway direction were a bit of a guessing game (only par is shown).
The brush wasn't bad on this Sunday in November, but I could see it being really bad in the summer.
Lots of blind shots. This made playing here for the first time pretty annoying. Hole 15 is a great steep uphill drive, but the hole is out of sight on a plane up top. Why? If you have the basket at the top of the hill, it is not only visible, it adds challenge, punishing long drives with a tough comeback and short drives with a possible rollaway.
Some tee signs would help. Distance and fairway direction were a bit of a guessing game (only par is shown).
The brush wasn't bad on this Sunday in November, but I could see it being really bad in the summer.
Other Thoughts:
As of this writing, the course is rated 2.81. To be clear, Coggshall is better than that. It was built not long after this site came online, so the older reviews reflect a 9-hole course or one that wasn't very polished.
I am updating my rating and review a few years later. After playing ~10 rounds here, I really like this course. There are a lot of memorable holes, and the mix of challenging and fun holes is really great. It's a fun tournament course and an uncrowded, enjoyable casual course.
I am updating my rating and review a few years later. After playing ~10 rounds here, I really like this course. There are a lot of memorable holes, and the mix of challenging and fun holes is really great. It's a fun tournament course and an uncrowded, enjoyable casual course.
4
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xdzt
Experience:
4 played
1 reviews
Great course taking form 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Mar 24, 2012
Played the course:once
Pros:
- Very cool course with lots of interesting holes
- Quiet
- Some opportunities for bigger (but precise) arms
- Only 12 min. from Devens, making for a pleasant 36 holes in the woods
- Now has 18 holes, with some great additions in the "top" nine
- Quality baskets
- It's clear that a lot of work has been done on this course and it's a reasonable expectation that a lot of work will continue to be done, turning this into the gem it deserves to be
- Quiet
- Some opportunities for bigger (but precise) arms
- Only 12 min. from Devens, making for a pleasant 36 holes in the woods
- Now has 18 holes, with some great additions in the "top" nine
- Quality baskets
- It's clear that a lot of work has been done on this course and it's a reasonable expectation that a lot of work will continue to be done, turning this into the gem it deserves to be
Cons:
- Lack of signage hurts both in navigating between holes and at the teebox on blind shots
- Some rough teeboxes
- I imagine this will be a *very* buggy course come summertime, bring bugspray
- A lot of underbrush off of the fairways can make it a little tricky to navigate to errant discs.
- Some rough teeboxes
- I imagine this will be a *very* buggy course come summertime, bring bugspray
- A lot of underbrush off of the fairways can make it a little tricky to navigate to errant discs.
Other Thoughts:
Despite its open lines of sight, this is a narrow course. That said, there are very few trees in the middle of the narrow fairways, meaning that if you don't stray you won't need to worry about unlucky bounces.
I think there's no doubt that this course is going to blow up in popularity as it nears a more completed state. It's a challenging, but exceptionally fair, course.
Coggshall's location can't be beat. Right off of rt 2, it is a 12 minute drive to Devens DGC, and there's a Play it Again Sports about 1 mile down the road in Leominster to buy some new plastic while you're in the area.
I think there's no doubt that this course is going to blow up in popularity as it nears a more completed state. It's a challenging, but exceptionally fair, course.
Coggshall's location can't be beat. Right off of rt 2, it is a 12 minute drive to Devens DGC, and there's a Play it Again Sports about 1 mile down the road in Leominster to buy some new plastic while you're in the area.
