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Denver Memorial Park DG reviews
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Good Beginner Course 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Dec 4, 2020
Played the course:once
Pros:
This is a "typical" niner looping an open public park, with the added benefit of a few wooded holes
+ The first unexpected touch is a "disc house" on a post by the first tee holding a half dozen loaner discs. That alone was worth a picture and a smile. You're in a public park with a baseball field and a skate park; it's not a stretch to think some new players will be introduced to the game
+ In the vein of new players, this is a good layout for beginners. Holes are short and pars are generous (the two holes longer than 400' are par 4's), and the run of three wooded holes (#2 - #4) provide a taste of something other than just baskets in open fields
+ Poured tees (stamped to look like paver tiles), good baskets
+ The first unexpected touch is a "disc house" on a post by the first tee holding a half dozen loaner discs. That alone was worth a picture and a smile. You're in a public park with a baseball field and a skate park; it's not a stretch to think some new players will be introduced to the game
+ In the vein of new players, this is a good layout for beginners. Holes are short and pars are generous (the two holes longer than 400' are par 4's), and the run of three wooded holes (#2 - #4) provide a taste of something other than just baskets in open fields
+ Poured tees (stamped to look like paver tiles), good baskets
Cons:
- Temporary paper signs at the tees (assume permanent ones will be coming) - and some of them missing. This led us to a big navigational error, because coming out of the woods on #4, the tee that's right in front of you is #8 (with no signage). We didn't realize our error until we reached #9 - which led to a lot of backtracking (I think we played 1-2-3-4-8-9-5-6-7 and had a long wet walk back to the car)
- It was a long wet walk because much of the park is in a bowl. The wooded section of the course is especially muddy (fairways can be impassible), and even the open sections of the park can be very wet
- Although the wooded hole #4 is only 329' and par 4, the lines are a bit narrow for beginners. It's not a "bad" hole, and the par is generous - but the woods cut in pretty close for an otherwise beginner course so it felt out of place for this layout
- It was a long wet walk because much of the park is in a bowl. The wooded section of the course is especially muddy (fairways can be impassible), and even the open sections of the park can be very wet
- Although the wooded hole #4 is only 329' and par 4, the lines are a bit narrow for beginners. It's not a "bad" hole, and the par is generous - but the woods cut in pretty close for an otherwise beginner course so it felt out of place for this layout
Other Thoughts:
~ Hooray for Eagle Scout projects!
~ The course starts out promisingly, but ends gets pretty dull after you come out of the woods on hole #4. The rest ends up being just another course in an open park, working it's way around athletic fields
RECOMMENDED COMBINATIONS:
This is a 30 minute play, and it's not interesting enough to play a second time. You can play a few 9's by combining this with Elizabeth Township, or as a warmup if you're headed to play the 27 at Roland Park
~ The course starts out promisingly, but ends gets pretty dull after you come out of the woods on hole #4. The rest ends up being just another course in an open park, working it's way around athletic fields
RECOMMENDED COMBINATIONS:
This is a 30 minute play, and it's not interesting enough to play a second time. You can play a few 9's by combining this with Elizabeth Township, or as a warmup if you're headed to play the 27 at Roland Park
