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Creekside Park - Beginner Loop reviews
7
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Creekside's family course. 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Feb 17, 2020
Played the course:once
Pros:
A short, quick course that plays around back of the Community Center building.
DISCatcher baskets, in pretty good shape. Good tee signs.
Good use of elevation and foliage variety for this small # of holes, #2 is downhill and left, #4 a little uphill and #5 is uphill, through a tunnel out to the open grass, then #6 is slightly uphill and open, with the basket on the edge of the trees.
Good little warmup loop for the much longer, and tougher, 18 course.
DISCatcher baskets, in pretty good shape. Good tee signs.
Good use of elevation and foliage variety for this small # of holes, #2 is downhill and left, #4 a little uphill and #5 is uphill, through a tunnel out to the open grass, then #6 is slightly uphill and open, with the basket on the edge of the trees.
Good little warmup loop for the much longer, and tougher, 18 course.
Cons:
Not a lot of hole direction variety, they are either straight or turning left.
Some rust on the chains.
Some rust on the chains.
Other Thoughts:
This is a 6 hole loop at the start of the larger 18 hole course. #1 and 2 are the same hole for both courses, with a shorter Red tee for this course. You can play this as a warmup for the longer course (#6 finishes pointed right back to #1), as a cool down from that course, OR as it is probably intended, as a short, kid and family friendly beginner course.
For this purpose, this course really fits the bill. Only one hole over 225', and that's downhill. The lines could be a little larger, but they are not too tight. After playing 4 holes in the woods, and your tee shot on #5, #5 basket and #6 are in the open, on nice grass. Right about the time the kids, or wife, are tired of the trees and wanting something different.
The 18 hole course is a very good, 3.5 rated course that covers large parts of the park, many elevation changes, namesake creekside holes and a variety of holes. That course is not for everyone, nor does everyone have the time to play that course. This course could easily be played after a family picnic, when the kids are in sports practice at the other facilities in the park, or by kids at the park for an outing or camp. This is just the type of course that can probably get a lot of kids interested in the game.
Archdale P&R seems to take good care of their facilities including the ballfields, tennis courts, playground and community center at this park. They even take pride in the DG courses at this park, as evidenced by the Park logo (see my post in the "Post a Cool Disc Golf Pic" thread, #4192). There's a separate tournament layout in one of the cooler months of the year in the parts of the park you drive through on your way in.
No, this is not the Championship level course, its much better than a practice facility, and it's a good course to expose new players to the game.
For this purpose, this course really fits the bill. Only one hole over 225', and that's downhill. The lines could be a little larger, but they are not too tight. After playing 4 holes in the woods, and your tee shot on #5, #5 basket and #6 are in the open, on nice grass. Right about the time the kids, or wife, are tired of the trees and wanting something different.
The 18 hole course is a very good, 3.5 rated course that covers large parts of the park, many elevation changes, namesake creekside holes and a variety of holes. That course is not for everyone, nor does everyone have the time to play that course. This course could easily be played after a family picnic, when the kids are in sports practice at the other facilities in the park, or by kids at the park for an outing or camp. This is just the type of course that can probably get a lot of kids interested in the game.
Archdale P&R seems to take good care of their facilities including the ballfields, tennis courts, playground and community center at this park. They even take pride in the DG courses at this park, as evidenced by the Park logo (see my post in the "Post a Cool Disc Golf Pic" thread, #4192). There's a separate tournament layout in one of the cooler months of the year in the parts of the park you drive through on your way in.
No, this is not the Championship level course, its much better than a practice facility, and it's a good course to expose new players to the game.
4
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keltik
Experience:
17.1 years
47 played
14 reviews
I've played this more than the full course 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Jun 4, 2018
Played the course:5+ times
Pros:
It's short
close to where I work (really close to where I used to work)
It is disc golf
It's more fun if you throw lids or lid-like discs
Secluded feel (albeit brief)
close to where I work (really close to where I used to work)
It is disc golf
It's more fun if you throw lids or lid-like discs
Secluded feel (albeit brief)
Cons:
admittedly weird layout
familiarity breeds contempt
Hole 4
familiarity breeds contempt
Hole 4
Other Thoughts:
When I worked in Archdale, I played this course almost every day at lunch. The main course is too long to play on a lunch hour but this little slice of pachinko dinker hell will scratch that itch with a quickness.
I can still make it down here from where I currently work and play this loop twice and make it back before the hour is up.
I can still make it down here from where I currently work and play this loop twice and make it back before the hour is up.
