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Gordon Barnett Park - Parkside (Old Layout)

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sdervan
Experience: 14.8 years 41 played 41 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Great course in a city park 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jan 11, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

Course pro and pro shop on site and open.
Great signage, layout, and flow.
Good mix of long and open holes with shorter challenging type as well.
Wooded holes and water holes.
I loved the flow and foliage used to the risk reward factor.
Great tee pads
Great baskets.
Some holes have to be navigated well and shots shaped just right to have a chance at birdie.

Cons:

Busy park with a good bit of foot traffic.
Some holes play close to a busy basketball course.

Other Thoughts:

Great course and has another 18 holes as well. When I get back to Orlando, I'll make sure to hit the other 18
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Daddy_Dragon
Experience: 32.9 years 13 played 13 reviews
4.00 star(s)

My Home Field 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 12, 2010 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Concrete tees.
Multiple ways of throwing (right, Left, straight, through woods, over water). Must be able to do more then straight throws to succeed on this course. Pro shop is open during decent hours. They have discs, snacks and drinks. And there are various bathrooms to use.

Cons:

Tee signs are old.
The so called stream that effects several of the front nine ( #2,3, sometimes 4,and 7 ) is a nightmare. Why, MUCK, MUCK, MUCK. Yes it is a long narrow water way, but if your disc lands in it, might as well kiss it good bye. It will sink and get lost in the MUCK. If you are lucky and are able to remember where your disc goes in and can mark it, the Pro Shop does have a stick to drag the MUCK. So I do my very best to stay away from the MUCK. Also, During rain and after rain, some of the course is "Yucky" to play. But can't blame the course for Mother Nature's actions.

Other Thoughts:

Can't say anything really bad about Barnet, it is the "HOME" field for my family. We even had family BBQs afterwards.
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pokamitch
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 38.2 years 30 played 27 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Good Fun in Orlando 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jul 2, 2009 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

This course is more wide open than the North course, but still supplies difficulty and plenty of fun shots. What really stood out to me was that I didn't have to pull out the Anhyzer really at all, (poka is Lefty) there were alternate routes for me. So it was definetly unbiased either way you play.

Excellent concrete tees with shorter tees for beginners. Very beautiful course and impeccably maintained. Plenty of trash cans. Benches scattered throughout to rest the pups. Excellent signage with the hole placement marked by a wingnut.

Pro shop with all the stuff. Bob runs a good show there. Nice plastic for reasonable prices. Lost and found. Restrooms that are clean at pro shop.

Water on a few holes. Excellent risk, reward factors throughout

Cons:

A lil wide open at some holes, but nothing to really gripe about. Some fairways get swampy from the rain, but, what do you do? Can't stop thge rain....

Other Thoughts:

I had a tough time rating this course less than the North course. They are very similiar, but the other cours is a bit more difficult.

Favorite Holes:

Front: #5. Nice shot through an open fairway that gets tight with a bog on the right. Take some good length and control to get through. Hole #2 stood out a bit, but wasn't hard for me because the creek is on the right, so I don't even sweat it. Probably harder for righties

Back: #14. Open at the tee, then gets kinda tight about 150'. You gotta hit the window just right with a nice S-turn. Not really long (325'), but long enough to test your accuracy
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Roller Coasters
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 19.9 years 39 played 17 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Beautiful Setting for Disc Golf 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 25, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

This is a wonderful park with old growth trees, great tees and signage, lush grass and almost no chance to lose discs and nice amenities, including a pro shop in the rec center.

This is a classic disc golf course in a really nice park. It is a wonderful change of pace from the saw palmettos that fill so many Florida courses. Not only is the setting great, the course itself is very well designed. There is a great variety of holes from both sets of tees. There are holes that are long - 550+, holes that are short - 220s, holes with trouble near the tee that open up and holes with open tee shots and trouble near the basket. The pacing is also done well so that you do not have a similar holes close to each other.

There are also multiple pin positions that are clearly marked on the very informative tee signs. The concrete tees are nice and long.

The creek that runs through the course and is integrated into holes 2-5 adds a great dimension and sense of danger. The good thing is that a disc thrown into the creek can most likely be retreived.

Cons:

The park is in a slightly questionable part of town, but I did not feel at all uncomfortable playing here. The grass was very thick, which would make rollers unthinkable. It is Florida in the summer and the grass could be cut every other day and still be thick. There was also a lot of standing water when we played it early in the morning. Again, it is the rainy season and these two points are not an issue for most of the year.

Other Thoughts:

Gordon Barnett Park was the last stop on a one and a half day, 100 hole, 6 course Orlando disc golf tour for my friend and I. We loved the feel and the atmosphere of the Parkside course. It is a wonderful course for advanced players as well as families. When I return to Orlando, this course will definitely be on the top of the list to play again.
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ntwrk
Experience: 28 years 16 played 12 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Great course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 24, 2008 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Great course layout
Very well maintained
Nice lush scenery
Nice variety of long and short holes
Good variety of obsticles

Cons:

Fire/Red biting ants
Be careful when going into the thick brush to find a disc. I got bitten/stung at least a dozen times going after one of my discs

Other Thoughts:

One of my favorite courses that I've played. Anytime I'm in the Oralndo area this is a must play.
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martinb
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 44.7 years 183 played 58 reviews
4.00 star(s)

gordon barnett park 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 20, 2004 Played the course:never

Pros:

two 18 hole courses. well maintained manicured location. has own pro shop to buy merchandise. it wasnt crowded when i played.

Cons:

none to speak of.

Other Thoughts:

played this in '04, and they were just adding the extra nine holes to make it two 36 hole courses. what existed at the time was great, there were a variety of shots to challenge right and left handed players. a fairly wide open course but with some tight technical drives needed as well. the conditions were excellent as well, mostly mowed grass with all kinds of trees to play around, and water danger to keep away from throughout the course. coming from an area where disc golf courses are few and far between, this is like a mecca to me. two well designed courses at the same location with a pro shop! what more could you ask for?
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