Lake Harmony, PA

Francis E. Walter Dam - Original

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HyooMac
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Experience: 6.8 years 419 played 387 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Past its Prime 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Dec 17, 2021 Played the course:once

Other Thoughts:

Lack of upkeep has taken its toll on this decent, long layout. Judging from the reviews, the course peaked somewhere around 2014 and has been in decline since.


Signage is spotty, tees are old and baskets are rusting (some missing chains, some leaning). A few holes have alternate baskets that don't appear on maps or uDisc. And a few holes include old teepads aimed in the direction of where holes used to be? If you're going to play here, expect to spend extra time wandering around at various junctures looking for the course.


Even with all this said, there are some very good holes here. Sandy soil, playing through scrubby oaks and low pines that force you to shape your shots on otherwise fairly straight holes. The problem comes back to the lack of upkeep: holes don't really play as designed, because the original lines are now blocked by trees, bushes and weeds that have grown in over the years.


Hole #2 is an unfortunately poor design: you throw down a narrow footpath that ends in about 100' with a wall of high trees. It turns out the hole was designed to be a high blind shot over all those trees. This is a recipe for disaster and lost discs; you might want to skip #2 and play another hole twice.


If you have the time - and the patience - it's not the worst place to spend your time. You'll get lost, your feet will get wet, you'll throw at some beat up old baskets that have become obscured by trees and tall grasses. It sort of feels like playing disc golf in a ghost town. But if you go, get there soon because someday it may be swallowed up by the landscape.

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jedimasterbryan
Experience: 12.9 years 18 played 11 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Not great 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Sep 2, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Concrete tees(except for #15)
-Multiple pin positions on some holes
-Decent variety of holes will test a lot of different shots
-Good variety in terms of hole lengths

Cons:

-Course layout was pretty poor some pins were difficult to locate
-Poor signage, navigation was often difficult
-Hole layout signs were non descriptive and often times misleading
-A lot fot eh baskets were in poor condition, rusty, not solid, etc.
-The benches on the course were all in a state of disrepair and broken. And some holes had chairs that looked like they'd just been pulled from a dumpster.

Other Thoughts:

Overall I was not impressed with this course. I think a lot of landscaping needs to be done here. Also look at rearranging holes a bit. For example hole 17 ends towards the parking lot and then 18 takes you further away from the lot. It also seems that with the marshy land this course would be unplayable with any kind of rain or bad weather.

Also, this is NOT a 27 hole course, this is an 18 hole course and 9 of the pins have alternate pin placements.

UPDATE: If you're looking into this course read the reviews, all of them. You can see there is a consensus about certain cons of this course. It seems like a bunch of the locals are giving reviews that list any major cons thumbs down(listing them as unhelpful) even though most of the reviews have the same complaints.
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4 8
smokey420
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
2.00 star(s)

not that great 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 7, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

a few open shots nice t boxes most cement

Cons:

i did not like this course at all i guess maybe its just not a begginers course but me and my freinds spent more time looking for discs than throwing them. alot of the time you cant even see where youre disc lands. its muddy and wet not very enjoyable and its very very confusing if you do play i would highley recomend printing the course map otherwise u will never make it through. if youre in that area u may as well go to hickory run much better place

Other Thoughts:

it is a fun course thoe some shots of 500 ft its like playing ontop of a mountain pretty cool scenery wouldnt recomend it thoe
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Fireal
Experience: 17.9 years 88 played 2 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Frances Walter Dam 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jun 3, 2017 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

The course is nice if you are trying to work on throwing for distance. Or want to play a variety of open holes, I believe there is over 30 baskets at this point.

Cons:

It seems to always be wet, with nowhere to navigate around and stay dry. The course is also very rocky, so discs tend to get damaged and scuffed fairly easily. No signs or directional markers leading from hole to hole also make it difficult to navigate.
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