Hebron, OH

Evans Park

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Switters213
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 21.8 years 77 played 21 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Wide Open Fields. Good Quick 9. drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jun 4, 2022 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

- Plenty of free parking.
- Clean, not muddy
- Easy to spot baskets and tee areas.
- Nice quick 9-hole play through.
- Mostly non-technical wide-open field.
- Good place to practice drives and mid-range shots.
- Some interesting obstacles. Challenging tree placements on the last few holes.
- Almost impossible to lose a disc out here. (when mowed) - Good beginner-friendly course.

Cons:

- No tee pads
- No hole number on baskets
- Maps don't point in direction of throw
- The course will be very short for those who drive 300+.
- Non "technical" course. Wide open field means very little shot shaping or exotic putting required.
- Very Flat elevation. No water hazards.
- Course plays close to walking trail and some houses and roads. Big arms may need to dial it back to keep discs in the field of play.
- Windy
- No trash cans or benches

Other Thoughts:

This is a nice easy 9 holes to play through in a clean, well-maintained public park. It'll never be a stop on the pro-tour, but that isn't the purpose or intention of parks like this.

If you want to throw a quick hour of disc golf after work, this is the place. If you want to teach beginners how to play, this is the place.

If you want a wide open field to "grip it and rip it" this is sort of the place. (quite a few holes are under 300". I guess it depends how far you drive.)

If you want a technical challenge with elevation changes, 700-foot par-4's, water hazards, left and right doglegs, mandos, and tight gaps, this isn't the place.

Appreciate this course for what it is. If you want more, there are bigger challenges just a few miles away.
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The Katana Kid
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 8.4 years 184 played 56 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Course bagger delight: close to highway, quick to play, and a NICE course! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 19, 2018 Played the course:once

Pros:

The tee signs and baskets are both nice. The course is open and easy to navigate. The last hole uses a little mound to perch the basket near a thick rough. I threw several discs at this challenging target; trying both my go to RHFH, as well as RHBH.This is a nice end to a fun round.

The course designsrs used this property well. Good job! There are some trees and bushes in this field that become well placed guardians to several of the baskets.

The course plays in an open field that starts at the northwest corner of the back gravel parking lot, just like the info page says. You play counterclockwise around the field and end up fairly close to where you started.

When I was there the grass was freshly mown but judging from other reviews it seems like this course is well maintained. The fairways are well defined from the rough on each hole. If there is ever competition at this course then the rough could be a penalty since the line of demarcation is so clear.

Cons:

There are no tee pads here, but i didn't find this to be a problem. Yet it was dry when i was there. Brushed concrete pads would be nice if it was wet.

Other Thoughts:

I learned a new feature of dgcr to find this place. If you're searching for a course along a route you can click on the map view and all the courses in that area will come up. Nice! I'm surprised I hadn't figured this out already.

Evans Park is very close to highway 70 east of Columbus. If you're ever on a cross country road trip and in this area then this is a great stop.
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ForearmGalore
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 10.9 years 248 played 42 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Good, simple course 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 30, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Easy to find and plenty of parking plus a porta potty.
-Fairways are mowed down so you can follow course well. The tee signs also have arrows pointing you in the right direction.
-Backhand and forehand lines are available on every hole.
-Very little opportunities to lose a disc.
-A quick play if you love to travel and play.
-Course is in a community park, but it's not close enough to anything else that it limits your throws or slows you down.
-Great place for beginners, or great place to try out new discs. A bad throw won't hurt you too badly.

Cons:

-Little variety of shots. Really holes 7 and 9 are the only change ups.
-You can't see hole 2's basket from the tee spot. It's straight ahead, but there's a hill in the way that prevents you from seeing the basket. This is good for course variety, but is confusing your first time playing.
-No tee pads, but tee signs let you know where to throw from.
-Hole 4 throws toward a gravel road. Doesn't look like many cars drive it that often, but still something to think about.

Other Thoughts:

For being in what seems to be a small town, this is a nice course. It's well kept and it looks like they're trying to vary up the shots with some trees growing in.

Definitely worth a quick stop off the interstate.

More experienced players will probably find this too easy.
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fishychains
Experience: 9.7 years 8 played 1 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Great beginner spot 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 20, 2014 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Very easy course to play on the right days. Its not hard to play good on this course when the conditions are right. Good layout with smaller newly planted trees growing and coming into play over the last year. Great warm up course or quick nine practice course for all skill levels. Porto-jon on site and mostly flat for fast play.

Cons:

Can be quite windy giving the location. It is easy to lose track of a stray throw in taller grass during the summer months. The parking lot can be packed due to soccer and football games going on.

Other Thoughts:

Would be better when the trees grow in and if there were more but all that being said, not too bad!
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ForehandAnhyzer
Experience: 19.9 years 12 played 6 reviews
3.00 star(s)

The Practice Arena 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 26, 2013 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

- A good utilisation of the space
- The rough has been cut and if they don't allow it to grow back (it was over 4 feet), it should be perfect to throw.
- Actually a pretty decent layout/variety of holes considering the space available.
- Porta Potty nearby.
- Lots of parking around.
- Not yet crowded. Any time you go, you are likely to be the only person on the course. I have only been on the course with one other group at a time.
- In a nice park.
- You can basically practice putting on hole 9 and then turn around and practice chucking discs.
- You can get some good practice in here.

Cons:

- Short
- Not very much variety in landscape - it is pretty much a square parcel of land that has been turned into a 9 hole disc golf course. There are trees planted but they are small and hopefully they have a chance to grow!
- Can be quite windy, and there is usually always some type of wind.
- No water or vending
- No trashcans
- No benches
- Natural Tees
- There is litter around but I suspect some of this is from the road.
- There are no signs around anywhere to indicate that there is a 9 hole disc golf course in the area.
- If the rough is not cut and is as tall as it was at the beginning of summer (4 feet all around the course if not on the trim fairway), then you will lose a disc.
- You stand the chance of throwing your disc into the adjacent corn field on a couple holes.
- The people whose house is on the course keep 2 dogs outside all the time and they bark and are somewhat annoying when trying to throw.
- Again, no water.

Other Thoughts:

This little warm-up is not much to write home about, but it does provide some unique opportunities The park has some good space to practice tossing discs and, due to my current proximity, has become a bit of a training grounds for me. There are not a great variety of looks throughout the course, but it does offer a few different opportunities and a couple actual challenges. I am glad I can throw all the discs in my bag here, including max distance drivers, all the way to overstable & understable mid ranges and putters.

Perhaps in the future there might be some sort of plot to expand the course, much like was done in Pickerington. The space in the park might be able to be utilised for such a thing, but perhaps at the expense of others.

A quick comment on local awareness of the course, I have been going to this park for over a year and until recently, I had no idea there was a disc golf course here. I even pulled up to the parking lot and have chucked discs in the fields there and I had no idea it was there. I am partially oblivious, but also, there is absolutely no indication that such a thing exists. I only found out about it by scouring all the information I could on local disc golf courses. It makes it a bit obscure but at least it is there! A fun place to get in a lot of good throws and putts.
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thebuckeyeguy
Experience: 144 played 17 reviews
3.00 star(s)

wellllll, ok 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 6, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

Pretty good use of the land available. Holes 8 and 9 are especially fun. There aren't many trees, but they're placed strategically close to and in front of the pads. Long grass has been cut. I could see how it would be a pain looking for discs if those weeds were up. Added challenge when playing along the corn field...if you go into the thick stuff near it, I think you've lost your disc. So you have to think a little bit before you throw.

Cons:

It's basically a flat and open field. There is a little bit of elevation here and there, but there's just not much to work with. I also found the course to be shockingly windy considering the weather was perfect.

Other Thoughts:

This is a nice course in a nice park. The designer did all that he could with what he had to use (I don't know what I'd do differently if given that plot of land). It is beginner-friendly, but you could make it more difficult by using mandos (even though there are trees off the pad, there is nothing at all left or right, so you can throw anything but straight and still park every hole. Making mandos would at least eliminate SOME tosses). Also, you could play the recently-cut thick grass as OB (there are defined fairways of short grass so this would be possible).
All in all this is anything but a desitnation course, but if you're in the area it's worth stopping by.
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