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Coleman Park reviews
2
1
Pretty nice if it has not rained 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Dec 30, 2018
Played the course:once
Pros:
Great park around a huge pond
Great Tee boxes
Best post Ever
Great baskets
Good wildlife
2 pads long/short on every hole
Great Tee boxes
Best post Ever
Great baskets
Good wildlife
2 pads long/short on every hole
Cons:
If it rains even in past week it gets flooded and swampy
The post are great but the info giving is only hole# and distance
If it is blind then you have no clue
and yes 18 should play towards the parking lot
The post are great but the info giving is only hole# and distance
If it is blind then you have no clue
and yes 18 should play towards the parking lot
Other Thoughts:
Great park in a little town. Well worth the stop.
Some water in play in several holes
Some water in play in several holes
4
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mavsfan
Experience:
31.9 years
21 played
5 reviews
After a bit of seasoning 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Updated:
Played on:Sep 24, 2014
Played the course:5+ times
Pros:
Great Tees: dual cement boxes with hole information on markers. Relatively new course so disc catchers are in very good condition. Practice Basket and green for putting as soon as you enter the park.
Cons:
The hike back from 18 to parking after the round.
Navigation to hole 3 basically backtracks through the 1st green. Finding the tee boxes for 11-13 is a maze and the holes run parallel. Hole 12 apparently has only 1 tee box visible and is not well marked as to the finding of a second. As it is you basically follow a WW pattern of playing South and walking North from the tee box of #10 to the tee box of of 14. There are a couple of hikes, (16-17 for example) where you hope you are going in the right direction. Then there is the additional walk to the 19th hole. New players (ok everyone) will need secondary plastic as there is water water everywhere... and not a drop to drink.
Navigation to hole 3 basically backtracks through the 1st green. Finding the tee boxes for 11-13 is a maze and the holes run parallel. Hole 12 apparently has only 1 tee box visible and is not well marked as to the finding of a second. As it is you basically follow a WW pattern of playing South and walking North from the tee box of #10 to the tee box of of 14. There are a couple of hikes, (16-17 for example) where you hope you are going in the right direction. Then there is the additional walk to the 19th hole. New players (ok everyone) will need secondary plastic as there is water water everywhere... and not a drop to drink.
Other Thoughts:
The pictures of the course in regard to the peninsula (#2) are a bit dated. The city has determined that 2-3 foot cattail type vegetation is good for the course and there is a border that will save your disc if you keep it low and makes for what should be a feasible rolling play. [edit/update: Hello Winter - City just bushwhacked the vegetation and there is no border until the middle of summer at best guess!] However, misplay a hyzer bomb and you will have some dives that the aviary nature enthusiast will love.
Wind is always an issue playing most courses in Texas, but I learned to play in Abilene so I did not find it oppressive. I would rate this course a bit higher for play-ability except that the first throw on this course you are in jeopardy of going in the drink: I have observed 1,2,3,8,9,14,15,17,18 all make plastic disappear.
Overall for a newbie course, and most of the locals are as this is the first in SS, it is enough of a challenge to keep you coming back.
How would I improve it? 18 should play back towards the dam of Coleman Lake and possibly behind it a bit instead of playing away from the parking area - probably some easement issues with the power lines prevent much use of this space but it would really cool to play with a 20-30 foot wall on your left. Hole 11 should be reworked to tee from an elevated position just to the west of the softball field that marks the southern boundary of the course. This could provide an elevated tee opportunity for beginners - the other elevated tee box (16) is for advanced players as marked. Doing so would allow the use of the existing tee boxes for 11 as par 5 option for #12. The main benefit of this would be to eliminate the backtracking and subsequent playing of 11 & 12 in the same direction as # 10. I think I will attempt this tomorrow for an estimate of practicality.
The course is designed to follow the walk-path around the lake and when finishing the course the expectation is to walk back across the dam to the parking area. I walked the course backwards to get back the first time through (better scenery, but it got pretty dark) and that was a subsequent beating after the course took down the vintage plastic.
Practical Advice: IF you have two vehicles available park one under the tree at the North East corner of the park (not officially park access, but not illegal at this point) and drive the other to the park entrance on the North West side of the lake. Finish 18 get in the vehicle on the NE side under the shade and drive back to the vehicle at the park entrance.
Wind is always an issue playing most courses in Texas, but I learned to play in Abilene so I did not find it oppressive. I would rate this course a bit higher for play-ability except that the first throw on this course you are in jeopardy of going in the drink: I have observed 1,2,3,8,9,14,15,17,18 all make plastic disappear.
Overall for a newbie course, and most of the locals are as this is the first in SS, it is enough of a challenge to keep you coming back.
How would I improve it? 18 should play back towards the dam of Coleman Lake and possibly behind it a bit instead of playing away from the parking area - probably some easement issues with the power lines prevent much use of this space but it would really cool to play with a 20-30 foot wall on your left. Hole 11 should be reworked to tee from an elevated position just to the west of the softball field that marks the southern boundary of the course. This could provide an elevated tee opportunity for beginners - the other elevated tee box (16) is for advanced players as marked. Doing so would allow the use of the existing tee boxes for 11 as par 5 option for #12. The main benefit of this would be to eliminate the backtracking and subsequent playing of 11 & 12 in the same direction as # 10. I think I will attempt this tomorrow for an estimate of practicality.
The course is designed to follow the walk-path around the lake and when finishing the course the expectation is to walk back across the dam to the parking area. I walked the course backwards to get back the first time through (better scenery, but it got pretty dark) and that was a subsequent beating after the course took down the vintage plastic.
Practical Advice: IF you have two vehicles available park one under the tree at the North East corner of the park (not officially park access, but not illegal at this point) and drive the other to the park entrance on the North West side of the lake. Finish 18 get in the vehicle on the NE side under the shade and drive back to the vehicle at the park entrance.
