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Doctor's Park DGC reviews
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Doctor Doctor, Give Me The News 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Sep 5, 2017
Played the course:once
Pros:
(1.935 Rating) Doctor's Park is the perfect place for newer players.
- BEGINNER FRIENDLY - This is a very solid beginners and rec course, and they will love this course alike. No chance to lose a disc unless you put it way up in a tree. The fairway lanes are very wide or even completely open and there's only one small water hazards. In addition, for the tree areas that are here, there's no overgrowth underneath, which makes for round where most errant shots aren't further punished.
- LENGTH FOR A 9 - At 3,200 feet, one of the longer 9 holes courses I've played. A couple holes over 450 feet meaning that 99% of the players out there will have a chance to use their driver.
- CHAINS - Yeah DISCatchers.
- TEES - Nice sized concrete tee pads and in great shape. There should be no footing issues on this course.
- NAVIGATION - Really easy. There's a course map by tee (1). The holes mostly stack one after another. I only checked my map once between (6) and (7). The hole signage was adequate and showed hole #, distance and obstacles.
- QUICK PLAY - A single could easily complete a full 9 in less than 30 minutes. Groups of 4, twice thru, should probably finish in less than two hours.
- MAINTENANCE - The grounds appear to be mowed weekly. The park was very clean and as stated above, no areas of overgrowth along the layout.
- BEGINNER FRIENDLY - This is a very solid beginners and rec course, and they will love this course alike. No chance to lose a disc unless you put it way up in a tree. The fairway lanes are very wide or even completely open and there's only one small water hazards. In addition, for the tree areas that are here, there's no overgrowth underneath, which makes for round where most errant shots aren't further punished.
- LENGTH FOR A 9 - At 3,200 feet, one of the longer 9 holes courses I've played. A couple holes over 450 feet meaning that 99% of the players out there will have a chance to use their driver.
- CHAINS - Yeah DISCatchers.
- TEES - Nice sized concrete tee pads and in great shape. There should be no footing issues on this course.
- NAVIGATION - Really easy. There's a course map by tee (1). The holes mostly stack one after another. I only checked my map once between (6) and (7). The hole signage was adequate and showed hole #, distance and obstacles.
- QUICK PLAY - A single could easily complete a full 9 in less than 30 minutes. Groups of 4, twice thru, should probably finish in less than two hours.
- MAINTENANCE - The grounds appear to be mowed weekly. The park was very clean and as stated above, no areas of overgrowth along the layout.
Cons:
An average 9 hole course that's short on variety and lacking in difficulty.
- UNIQUENESS - Below average. With a mostly open layout, the thought process at the tees was limited. No tunnel shots or pocket shots to skip into. Also no par 5s, doglegs, or elevation outside of hole (18) which plays over a shallow 10 foot deep valley. There are a couple rec level par 4s and a small creek in play.
- CHARACTER - Doctor's Park is limited in the amount of course extras. No benches, limited tee shading, no multi basket placements or multi tees. The baskets, as mentioned in the Pros, are nice DISCatchers and there's a course map, rules of the game posting and practice basket by tee (1). Also shelters, restrooms and drinking fountains in the park, but they're not along the layout.
- LACK OF CHALLENGE - Advanced players will not be tested by this layout and should probably play them all par 3s. Intermediate players should finish a couple down. Shop shaping is very limited as well.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - Like most city park courses that circle ball fields, the park just lacks the pop of your state park layouts. There are either buildings, paths, chain link fences or all three of these items in every backdrop view from tee.
- DISCONTINUITY - A good 500 foot walk between (6 and 7) and at least that back to the parking by tee (1) after finishing. However, other than these examples, all of the rest of the basket to tee walks are less than 100 feet.
- SPACING - The spacing on holes (3-6) was marginal. With the lack of trees, a good grip lock will easily find an adjacent fairway.
- TIME WAITING - A walking path encompasses the entire course and comes into play of an errant throw from several tees. I waited for a couple walkers to clear on (7) where the path runs down the entire left side of the fairway.
- WIND - A very open layout, so expect wind on most days. I was personally blessed with a somewhat light wind day.
- UNIQUENESS - Below average. With a mostly open layout, the thought process at the tees was limited. No tunnel shots or pocket shots to skip into. Also no par 5s, doglegs, or elevation outside of hole (18) which plays over a shallow 10 foot deep valley. There are a couple rec level par 4s and a small creek in play.
- CHARACTER - Doctor's Park is limited in the amount of course extras. No benches, limited tee shading, no multi basket placements or multi tees. The baskets, as mentioned in the Pros, are nice DISCatchers and there's a course map, rules of the game posting and practice basket by tee (1). Also shelters, restrooms and drinking fountains in the park, but they're not along the layout.
- LACK OF CHALLENGE - Advanced players will not be tested by this layout and should probably play them all par 3s. Intermediate players should finish a couple down. Shop shaping is very limited as well.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - Like most city park courses that circle ball fields, the park just lacks the pop of your state park layouts. There are either buildings, paths, chain link fences or all three of these items in every backdrop view from tee.
- DISCONTINUITY - A good 500 foot walk between (6 and 7) and at least that back to the parking by tee (1) after finishing. However, other than these examples, all of the rest of the basket to tee walks are less than 100 feet.
- SPACING - The spacing on holes (3-6) was marginal. With the lack of trees, a good grip lock will easily find an adjacent fairway.
- TIME WAITING - A walking path encompasses the entire course and comes into play of an errant throw from several tees. I waited for a couple walkers to clear on (7) where the path runs down the entire left side of the fairway.
- WIND - A very open layout, so expect wind on most days. I was personally blessed with a somewhat light wind day.
Other Thoughts:
Doctor's Park is a quick stop of the interstate. Not a world changing view course, but fun enough to play if you're needing to stretch the legs after a long hour drive. For course baggers, there's a second course, Calvert City. It's literally a mile down the road. I didn't have time to check this one out but if you're looking for 18 unique holes, there's your second nine.
