Frankfort, KY

East Frankfort Park DGC

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Futurelawyer90
Experience: 11 years 10 played 3 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Decent Course that will be great in time 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 18, 2016 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

-Very good mix of very technical and easy wooded holes.
-Concrete tee pads are in good shape.

Cons:

-Some holes don't have concrete tee pads.
-Some of the brush and trees need to cleaned up around some holes.
-Signage needs to be greatly improved.

Other Thoughts:

This course is a decent course that can be a great course with some work. I know that the club in Frankfort is working hard on it to improve it but there are some things they could have already done but haven't. Mostly the signage. When I played out there by myself, I had difficulty navigating the course past hole 12.
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Hamilton
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Experience: 16.1 years 55 played 49 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Wooded fun with SOME challenge 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 28, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

I love a course that has both open and wooded shots, and this has both.

All concrete tee pads, plenty of length and in great shape. Discatcher baskets in very good condition. Some tee signs are there, but the map on here is just adequate to navigate the course. Facilities are nice (bathrooms, parking, etc).

The park is nice size, and very well maintained. There are very nice playgrounds, a dog park, and what appears to be a defunct pool (likely a casualty of our severely anemic budget I'm sure). Fairways are mowed pretty well, and not cut too short.

My memorable holes:
1 - Tough uphill hyzer into the woods. Challenging shot that plays longer than it is.
7 - Tough long anhyzer (RHBH) with trees on the right, playing uphill to the basket in the trees.
11 - Hard hyzer (short hole) and by hyzer I mean more of a boomerang shot, too bad a tree had fallen right in the typical throw area. Looked to be recent, so hopefully it will be removed soon. Luckily I still got a decent line to the basket.
15 - Long soft hyzer through the trees, nicely laid out.
17 - Anhyzer...to the max. Seriously, the fairway goes about 100 feet straight then 90 degrees to the right. I tried a forehand and still couldn't cut the corner.

Cons:

Tee signs are only partially present. What seems to be a neat feature of having the hole number and distance in the concrete for each tee is actually deceiving, since it appears the original layout has been changed significantly and those distances are not longer accurate.

Most holes are very short, and sometimes ridiculously tree-laden, while others (like 4 and 5) are super easy straight no-risk shots. Several holes could benefit from a little bit of tree removal to make a more playable hole, or just redesign the hole altogether.

Course navigation. There are some decent walks between holes a total of SEVEN times, including walking back to the parking lot after 18. Without the map, this would be a nightmare to follow.

Other Thoughts:

My rating of a 2.5 is based on the fact that the course is fun, but could really stand to have a thorough going-over. The terrain and trees are there, but the design aspect is a little lacking since the holes are either so-so, depend on a lucky shot, or way too easy.

Overall I feel this course is a good course to catch to add one to your repertoire, or if you need to kill some time in the Frankfort, KY area. It was by no means unenjoyable to play, but I was disappointed to see the potential that this course COULD have with the right mind laying it out.
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bigjb
Experience: 66 played 1 reviews
2.50 star(s)

a gem in the rough 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jan 6, 2009 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

nice tee's that have a approximate distance on them. equal amount of left/right/straight holes. need all your shots.

Cons:

it is short and the rough needs some refining. there tends to be some errosion issues that are in the works of being fixed.

Other Thoughts:

the course is undergoing some slow changes. the course pro has been deployed to iraq for 3 of the past 4 years but has returned to propel the course to a updated look. alternate pin placements are also in the works.
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dwain
Experience: 16.9 years 14 played 11 reviews
2.50 star(s)

seen better, seen worse 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 3, 2008 Played the course:never

Pros:

Good use of space in a fairly small park (in DG terms) with some incredibly tight fairways. A technical course that requires a lot of gentle sidearm shots and a prayer for a good roll. It's a really nice park with some pretty walks from hole to hole, a creek or two, and a great dog park. I know those things aren't related to disc golf, but the course wasn't that remarkable, so I'm reaching for other things!

Cons:

Short and seriously tight fairways--some only 100-150--in which it's too easy to get a bad bounce and end up waist deep in brush. Course can be hard to follow and may require a little bit of exploration. By far the greatest con, though, is the insane underbrush. I don't mind a short, technical course, but this was almost too much.

Other Thoughts:

When I went in May 2008, a tree was crashed down on the pad for one of the holes (6?).

Also, the pool there has the most serious security surrounding it. Two fences, one with prison-style barbed wire on type!
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