North Vancouver, BC

Eastview Park

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bee_ryce
Experience: 20 years 31 played 9 reviews
2.00 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 30, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

This is a nice little park in North Vancouver with many huge beautiful trees, as you would hope to see in a course in awesome North Van. As pointed out this is a tonal course, which is not as fun as playing on baskets, but nonetheless these are good quality, well marked tones.

There is an accurate course map posted at the start of the course, the first tee can be found just on the opposite side of the wooden fence at the entrance to the park. Most of the teepads are numbered which is always nice to have. With the map it is very easy to find your way around, but a bit tricky without it, so i'd recommend taking a photo of it before you start your round.

This is a short course, good for beginners or experienced players looking to work on their short game. A decent player would not need anything more than a putter and a straight flying midrange to score well here.

Cons:

Course design could certainly be more interesting. Virtually every hole is a straight shot in the ~140-240 foot range. There is a nice open area in the middle of the course where holes 3 and 4 are located, which i can see being a bottleneck as far as dog walkers and other park users are concerned.

Other Thoughts:

I wouldn't travel too far to play this course, if you are visiting the area be sure to check out Robert Burnaby Park.
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The Valkyrie Kid
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 45.9 years 1562 played 1507 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Give Me Baskets Or Give Me Death!

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Sep 24, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

Give Me Baskets Or Give Me HIV!
Give Me Baskets Or Give Me A Wife Who Looks Like Rosie O'Donnell!
Give Me Baskets Or Give Me Migraines!
Give Me Baskets Or Give Me Leprosy!

Should I go on? I have a million. This could be a forum topic. But maybe it just shows my distaste for any course not featuring baskets. I automatically subtract one point on my rating for trying to get by with tonals, horizontal hula hoops, objects, or anything other than baskets.
This is another of those lovely little British Colombia parks with towering cedar trees and ferns on the ground below. The course starts through a wooded area for two holes, then holes 3 and 4 play across a grassy area before 5-9 play back into another wooded area. The teepads are not always easy to find. It took awhile for me to find # 1 on the sidewalk near the gate. The holes are short, mostly in the 150-200' range. The tonals have a red number and yellow tape on them to help you with the navigation. They do make a most pleasent ringing noise which resonates for what seems like quite a long time, almost like high quality lawn chimes. Or maybe like a large tuning rod.
A large number of diseased trees have been cut down on the fairway of # 7 and 8. They're still lying there and it appears as though they're going to be left there. I'm sure that's opened up the course quite a lot there.

Cons:

The holes are short, recreational in nature and not too challenging. I had to skip # 3 as a gentleman was playing with his dog on the grassy area there. My personal disdain for basketless courses has already been well documented.

Other Thoughts:

I guess this course could appeal to the neighborhood kid on bicycle crowd. I would think anyone with an automobile would drive to one of the courses with baskets.

UPDATE: I see the course now has real honest to goodness baskets. This alone makes my review outdated and irrelevant. I stand before you humbled and corrected. I therefore will raise my rating to the 2.0 level which is a full 1/2 point more than the respected reviewer Wells Branch bestowed it.
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aardvarkious
Experience: 23 played 5 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Really easy but fun 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 30, 2010 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

A few interesting layouts, friendly locals, impossible to loose a disk.

Cons:

Lots of dog walkers- you'll need to wait a few time. All holes are very short.

Other Thoughts:

A kind of fun course to fool around on, but not worth driving to if you are more than 10-15 minutes out.
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theHip
Experience: 15.1 years 20 played 12 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Meh. 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 5, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

This is a course that is brand new (1 year old) and built in a limited space. For the location, I would say this is not a bad course at all. It has 9 holes. Holes aren't too long, but not too short either. Most of the holes are in a wooded area, and some are open.

Cons:

All holes are marked but some holes were hard to find. All of the holes feature tonals, and they are numbered, this helped me figure out where the tee-off's were.

Other Thoughts:

I travelled out to North Van to play this one, and it does not live up to the other courses Vancouver has to offer.
But if you lived in this area it would be a great "backyard" course for you to check out.
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