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Greenwood, IN

Freedom Park

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sisyphus
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Experience: 12.7 years 398 played 383 reviews
1.00 star(s)

Clearly a work in progress 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Nov 22, 2014 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Ample parking, a shelter near the first hole, two level concrete tees per 18 chain DGA basket, and a large, open park to work with, certainly merits the name 'Freedom'. There are currently six baskets in place as this new community park undergoes another massive construction project: a $10 million, state of the art water park. The disc golf course will obviously play second fiddle to that (and there's even a future design for a large wave pool!). So this review has to deal with what exists for the disc golfer stopping in, not what was or what might be.

Right now, it's probably worthwhile to pull up the map here on dgcr, park at the end of the lot, and throw the wide open, level holes 6 through 8, the lightly guarded (sapling planted trees) holes 9 and 1, then decide if you want to loop back for the longer tees, or find a spot along the parking lot to throw over to basket #5 on your way. You could get in a 12 hole double loop that way.

Cons:

However, there's not much attraction as the course currently stands. The entire space containing holes 2,3,4 & the tees for 5 is now a fenced construction zone for the water park.

They have an artificial hill, but didn't use it. Each hole is level, and only varies in terms of the distances (from the 178' short 9 to the 360' long 8), so it's really just a Recreational level course right now. There are tee signs oddly placed about two feet behind the long tees, but no other significant amenities. They tried to use the young grove of trees near the parking lot to force some line shaping on hole 1, but the short tee has already gotten so enclosed, you can't really get off a completely clean shot unless you go over top of the little things.

Hopefully, the future holds a resurrection of a better disc golf course here, with the use of the 'hill', and maybe playing more holes down the west side, and toward the south end of the park, where there is a nicely sized pond.

Other Thoughts:

I actually stopped in here to see Freedom Park for myself despite the fact that someone listed the course conditions as 'unplayable'. It is bad, but you can still use the remaining baskets for practice (if not for much of a challenge).
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