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Eastgate Park reviews
4
0
enragedmullet
Gold level trusted reviewer
Premium Member
Experience:
12.6 years
115 played
79 reviews
Something in the air 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Nov 22, 2017
Played the course:once
Pros:
-it's a course, of course, and about time for Dothan to get one
-great beginner course
-free to play
-variety in distances
-great Mach X baskets
-good signage, decent navigation, only needed the map once and all it'd take is a next tee sign to eliminate that
-port-o-johns on-site near the course's start
-plays a loop
-concrete tees
-great beginner course
-free to play
-variety in distances
-great Mach X baskets
-good signage, decent navigation, only needed the map once and all it'd take is a next tee sign to eliminate that
-port-o-johns on-site near the course's start
-plays a loop
-concrete tees
Cons:
-mostly one-dimensional, you're basically throwing in an open field for most of the holes
-no benches or trash cans
-dearth of shots required
-no benches or trash cans
-dearth of shots required
Other Thoughts:
-Mr. Butlertron's review is pretty accurate, just wanted to throw in my two cents
-Dothan's first course, still young and going through growing pains. The first thing you may notice when you get here is the aroma of the nearby dairy.
I can see the wind being an issue here some days as you're playing in/around a field, and many holes will get pretty hot w/ no shade in the summer.
It's a great place to bring beginners due to the lack of obstacles/mandos on most holes. Having said that, there are a few holes here that are pretty fun, especially if you disregard the flight path illustrated on the signs:
10 shows you shooting a RHFH around the canopy of a HUGE oak tree. I chose to shoot into/under the canopy - made it more of a challenge, requiring a steady, low shot, and enabling you to get some shade under a beautiful tree.
11 shows another RHFH around two trees, however, you can see the basket barely 200' away in between the trees. If you play those trees as a thread-the-needle mando it REALLY adds to the fun factor.
12 is a fun blind RHBH hyzer
17 is also an interesting hole, bringing a small frog pond into play a bit and if you aren't careful, a lot.
Eastgate is a nice stroll around a multi-use park but it can get a little monotonous. That said, I've seen a lot worse, and I think it's still a work-in-progress so things should only get better from here. When you pull up you may see some cars parked near a pond and port-o-john. There is a proper parking lot just beyond there, but it seems either is acceptable.
-Dothan's first course, still young and going through growing pains. The first thing you may notice when you get here is the aroma of the nearby dairy.
I can see the wind being an issue here some days as you're playing in/around a field, and many holes will get pretty hot w/ no shade in the summer.
It's a great place to bring beginners due to the lack of obstacles/mandos on most holes. Having said that, there are a few holes here that are pretty fun, especially if you disregard the flight path illustrated on the signs:
10 shows you shooting a RHFH around the canopy of a HUGE oak tree. I chose to shoot into/under the canopy - made it more of a challenge, requiring a steady, low shot, and enabling you to get some shade under a beautiful tree.
11 shows another RHFH around two trees, however, you can see the basket barely 200' away in between the trees. If you play those trees as a thread-the-needle mando it REALLY adds to the fun factor.
12 is a fun blind RHBH hyzer
17 is also an interesting hole, bringing a small frog pond into play a bit and if you aren't careful, a lot.
Eastgate is a nice stroll around a multi-use park but it can get a little monotonous. That said, I've seen a lot worse, and I think it's still a work-in-progress so things should only get better from here. When you pull up you may see some cars parked near a pond and port-o-john. There is a proper parking lot just beyond there, but it seems either is acceptable.
7
0
Farmold Schwarzenacres 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Oct 21, 2017
Played the course:once
Pros:
- free to play, plenty of parking
- concrete tees, level with ground for easy run-ups
- Mach X baskets
- high quality tee signs
- beginner friendly course design
- mowed grass leading to the basket, mowed circles around the pin
- intuitive layout, some directional signs were added when needed
- slight variations in elevation on the early half of the course
- a couple ob hazards
- outhouse on location
- concrete tees, level with ground for easy run-ups
- Mach X baskets
- high quality tee signs
- beginner friendly course design
- mowed grass leading to the basket, mowed circles around the pin
- intuitive layout, some directional signs were added when needed
- slight variations in elevation on the early half of the course
- a couple ob hazards
- outhouse on location
Cons:
- not much shade
- not much distance variation
- the area is prone to windy weather
- straight forward hole design, sort of boring
- wide open fairways, not much fairway definition
- no benches
- not much distance variation
- the area is prone to windy weather
- straight forward hole design, sort of boring
- wide open fairways, not much fairway definition
- no benches
Other Thoughts:
The theme of the course is long and open. Most holes average 300+ ft of unobstructed cleanly cut fairways. The tees, signs, and baskets are all top notch. Disc retrieval is not an issue here, either. Beginners will appreciate the freedom to blast drives without worrying anything interfering with their throws, besides wind. The biggest factor during a visit to Eastgate will likely be the wind. Keep your approaches and drives low or the wind will carry them away from the pin with ease, even if it doesn't appear to be the least bit windy.
As nice as the course looked and whatnot, the overall repetitiveness made my experience fairly bland. The course lacked multiple pins and tees, but it didn't matter. There was nothing to shoot around. Hole # 11 gave me hope that the course would transition into some sort of technical fairways, but instead I was spit out back into more open fields. Incorporating a counter clockwise design on the park property from the practice pin would have been a better use of the land, me thinks. That way would allow for more possibilities for technical play, while still making open holes availible. Ending on a massive downhill drive to basket 1 from the dog park would have been a much more memorable end to this plain course.
Eastgate Park is probably not a course I would come back to throw. There just wasn't enough excitement for me, playing the course was sort of a grind. I can't imagine what it would be like if the weather was truly windy. Likewise, a cloudless, hot, sunny summer's day sounds equally as dreadful with the lack of fairway cover.
As nice as the course looked and whatnot, the overall repetitiveness made my experience fairly bland. The course lacked multiple pins and tees, but it didn't matter. There was nothing to shoot around. Hole # 11 gave me hope that the course would transition into some sort of technical fairways, but instead I was spit out back into more open fields. Incorporating a counter clockwise design on the park property from the practice pin would have been a better use of the land, me thinks. That way would allow for more possibilities for technical play, while still making open holes availible. Ending on a massive downhill drive to basket 1 from the dog park would have been a much more memorable end to this plain course.
Eastgate Park is probably not a course I would come back to throw. There just wasn't enough excitement for me, playing the course was sort of a grind. I can't imagine what it would be like if the weather was truly windy. Likewise, a cloudless, hot, sunny summer's day sounds equally as dreadful with the lack of fairway cover.
