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Edora Park reviews
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Disappointing Course Design 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Aug 22, 2019
Played the course:once
Pros:
-18 Holes
-Many holes have multiple baskets, which allows experienced players and new players to play together on an appropriately challenging course
-Located in a very nice, well maintained park
-Multiple holes with some real (500'+) length
-Friendly locals
-Many holes have multiple baskets, which allows experienced players and new players to play together on an appropriately challenging course
-Located in a very nice, well maintained park
-Multiple holes with some real (500'+) length
-Friendly locals
Cons:
-Illogical, extremely confusing layout.
-A few teepads were mad of nice grippy concrete, but the majority were either old moldy carpet, old slick non-textured concrete, or even no teepad at all
-Many holes have no signage. Combined with the illogical layout and existence of some holes completely lacking any teepad, and the course feels like a temp safari track
-Back half of the course is located about 1/4 mile away from the front, and is very hard to find. The back holes aren't maintained like the front either, which combined with the long walk is probably why we were the only players on the course wiling to play those holes.
-Likely due to the odd layout, locals play the course in a variety of hole orders. Most players appear to cut out stretches of holes they deem unworthy of playing, and instead lop through their favorite holes multiple times. This causes traffic jams in places, even on a weekday morning.
-Multiple holes have blind shots. That would be fine, except that the holes often have a different hole's basket in clear sight...with no signage, that resulted in confusion where multiple groups on different holes were throwing to the same basket (because it's hard to tell which basket to throw to)
-And to top it all off, the layout incorporates crossing fairways in very high traffic areas. Danger, Will Robinson.
-A few teepads were mad of nice grippy concrete, but the majority were either old moldy carpet, old slick non-textured concrete, or even no teepad at all
-Many holes have no signage. Combined with the illogical layout and existence of some holes completely lacking any teepad, and the course feels like a temp safari track
-Back half of the course is located about 1/4 mile away from the front, and is very hard to find. The back holes aren't maintained like the front either, which combined with the long walk is probably why we were the only players on the course wiling to play those holes.
-Likely due to the odd layout, locals play the course in a variety of hole orders. Most players appear to cut out stretches of holes they deem unworthy of playing, and instead lop through their favorite holes multiple times. This causes traffic jams in places, even on a weekday morning.
-Multiple holes have blind shots. That would be fine, except that the holes often have a different hole's basket in clear sight...with no signage, that resulted in confusion where multiple groups on different holes were throwing to the same basket (because it's hard to tell which basket to throw to)
-And to top it all off, the layout incorporates crossing fairways in very high traffic areas. Danger, Will Robinson.
Other Thoughts:
I had three separate locals, upon finding out I was a traveler, all groan and say they wish I could've seen the course last year. Apparently the city came in and took a portion of the old course layout to use for other park projects. What is left is really a very below average course, and one that is not remotely close to the quality you'd expect given it's rating. I feel terrible for the locals, who were all super friendly and helpful and aided me in navigating the mess that is the current layout. That being said, I review courses with the traveling player in mind, so you know if a course is worth playing. Right now, Edora is barely worth the time to play. Hopefully the local club can eventually make improvements given the course footprint they now have. But in it's current shape it's not a good course.
