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East Brainerd Church of Christ reviews
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wellsbranch250
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Experience:
10.3 years
659 played
639 reviews
A Reading Of The Last Rites 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Jun 27, 2020
Played the course:once
Pros:
(0.255 Rating) 5 baskets in a couple open fields.
- PAST MEMORIES - The best thing about this small church course is sadly the past. There used to be ten baskets here and it had a mix of open holes and short wooded holes. I imagine that Brainerd was likely several players first experience at disc golf. The layout appears to have been very beginner friendly.
- QUICK PLAY - That's right, you can get in and out quick. Easy to spot all five of the remaining baskets from the parking lot. Check out the course map on the "links/file" tab for directions on where to tee for holes (5,6,7,9 and 10)
- PAST MEMORIES - The best thing about this small church course is sadly the past. There used to be ten baskets here and it had a mix of open holes and short wooded holes. I imagine that Brainerd was likely several players first experience at disc golf. The layout appears to have been very beginner friendly.
- QUICK PLAY - That's right, you can get in and out quick. Easy to spot all five of the remaining baskets from the parking lot. Check out the course map on the "links/file" tab for directions on where to tee for holes (5,6,7,9 and 10)
Cons:
The course was struggling, and then the winds came.
- TORNADO DAMAGE - On April 13th 2020, this area of Chattanooga was hit by an EF3 tornado, with winds estimated at 145 mph. The woods portion of this course, holes (1) to (4), have lost enough trees that it's no longer safe to venture into. Against better judgement, I looked around anyways for ten minutes and didn't find any traces of the course, other than one bench. In addition, I'm going to assume that basket (8), in the open, was destroyed by a fallen tree from the adjacent woods to the west.
- LACK OF CHALLENGE - The remaining baskets are all in the open. Holes (5,6 and 7) are all 225-foot straight putter runs. Hole (9) is similar but with woods 20 feet on the right the whole way. Hole (10) is open with woods on the right as well, but this one is about 300 feet long. I birdied 4 out of 5 of them.
- NAVIGATION - The only way to navigate this course is to download the course map on DGCR. I did not observe any number markings while on site. I did notice metal stakes near the tee noted located on the map, but I am not entirely sure that it's their purpose.
- AMENITIES - The five remaining baskets are in ok shape. Other basic amenities like signage and tees, are no longer present. There are no other amenities
- UNIQUENESS - I would rank the variety here into my bottom 10 out of 436 courses played. Mostly flat, open and boring.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - Even before the tornado, I likely would have scored the course beauty into my lower third among courses played to date. In its current state, it's in my bottom 10 percent.
- TORNADO DAMAGE - On April 13th 2020, this area of Chattanooga was hit by an EF3 tornado, with winds estimated at 145 mph. The woods portion of this course, holes (1) to (4), have lost enough trees that it's no longer safe to venture into. Against better judgement, I looked around anyways for ten minutes and didn't find any traces of the course, other than one bench. In addition, I'm going to assume that basket (8), in the open, was destroyed by a fallen tree from the adjacent woods to the west.
- LACK OF CHALLENGE - The remaining baskets are all in the open. Holes (5,6 and 7) are all 225-foot straight putter runs. Hole (9) is similar but with woods 20 feet on the right the whole way. Hole (10) is open with woods on the right as well, but this one is about 300 feet long. I birdied 4 out of 5 of them.
- NAVIGATION - The only way to navigate this course is to download the course map on DGCR. I did not observe any number markings while on site. I did notice metal stakes near the tee noted located on the map, but I am not entirely sure that it's their purpose.
- AMENITIES - The five remaining baskets are in ok shape. Other basic amenities like signage and tees, are no longer present. There are no other amenities
- UNIQUENESS - I would rank the variety here into my bottom 10 out of 436 courses played. Mostly flat, open and boring.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - Even before the tornado, I likely would have scored the course beauty into my lower third among courses played to date. In its current state, it's in my bottom 10 percent.
Other Thoughts:
I barely quantify this as a course. If I lived within a couple blocks, I could see myself playing the first 5 holes according to the online map and then playing backwards from (10's) basket to get 4 more holes to make 9. No need to come visit this course unless you want to see the skeletal remains of a course. I've played every non private course in the Chattanooga area as of this review, and I would put this one firmly at the bottom. "I shall play here nevermore"
