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Grove City, PA

Grove City

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The Red Death 30
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 26.9 years 81 played 36 reviews
3.50 star(s)

A Course with a Personality

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jul 7, 2023 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

I actually really enjoy Park style disc golf. I recognize that it's not everyone's cup of tea, but I think it's a wonderful way to see the personality of a town and its' park. This provides that in ample amounts. The course starts off a bit generic. You are mostly in the unused part of the park throwing 250ish open shots. The 3 alternate holes are really nice. You walk over to the "Memorial" part of Grove City Memorial Park. There is a pretty fountain, a war memorial, a duck pond and some other really nice features that are photogenic for sure. You start getting into some of the prettier parts of the natural park here too with a nice wetland swamp behind a basket. Then you play around a few picnic shelters, which always offer a cool opportunity to show our game off to some non-players. One of these holes plays up onto a rise with another really pretty little walking trail area and gazebo.

In the Back 9 you get out of the main part of the park and start playing more Woods Golf. The park is beautiful back in this section, full of old growth fern forest and you get a nice solitary feel of being out in nature. It's very much the yin to the yang of the front 9. Where the front is wide open birdie golf, these are tight fairways with little room for error. It all ends up at my favorite hole on the course, the 18th plays across a small valley and up to a basket on the other side of a seesaw

UPDATE TO REVIEW::
They now have 18 concrete tees, which is a huge improvement to this course. They are well made, the right size and angled well. Those things seem standard but they are often not. The course looks really good right now.

Cons:

The course is in rough shape. It was probably never a top notch course and isn't maintained all that greatly. The front 9 in the park are always in great shape, but the back 9 not so much. The weeds and rough can get pretty high.

The tee signs are terrible. These are old school stickers on white tees but they are placed in terrible spots. A few of them are still lin goofy spots relative to the tee position, like right beside or right behind. Those things limit players at times.

Now they have concretes, but there is only one set, too, so no Reds or Blues here, just standard White. No other tees, at all.

There is, also, very little in the way of signage. When you finish Hole 9 (or 12 depending on your play), there is nothing to tell you to take a long walk down the road to the next tee into the woods. Similarly, the walk from 15 to 16 can be a bit confusing, along with the walk back to get to 17. You just basically wander into the woods and then double back on yourself. Wrap it up with a half mile walk from 17 to 18 because you were nowhere near your car at that point otherwise.

Other Thoughts:

I'll say it... with the concrete added this is now the best course in town. I'd rather play here than Hunter Farm just about any day.

There are restrooms here as it's situated in a park. There is plenty of garbage cans as well and even picnic shelters you could probably squat in for a lunch break. First tee is easy to find.

Stop and have lunch at Main Street Diner across the street. I'm a big fan of supporting local restaurants on my excursions and it's your basic American diner, with good people and good food.
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SoupSizzle
Experience: 8.9 years 24 played 6 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:May 29, 2015 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Front 9--There are a lot of fun holes for both beginner and advanced. Short & Open but still has some challenging shots. Very fun and relaxing in a nice park. Landscaping & vegetation in park for this 9 is done well and course kept mowed.

Back 9---VERY technical & challenging course. Nice mix of short & long holes with lots of trees and some elevation.

Cons:

Front 9- As this park is very busy, sometimes the baskets are removed for park events without notice and there are often people around near the course...just have to be patient

There probably should be signs directing the players from the basket of 9 to the tee of 10, as its a small walk. Hole 18's tee is slightly dangerous and it does not add any benefit to tee of directly over a road. Could move tee across the road and not affect the par at all.

Other Thoughts:

For those coming who have never played, I would suggest you plan on parking near the pool, as you would have a more central location to start and end then parking by hole 1.
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AceInTheHole88
Experience: 19.8 years 2 played 2 reviews
3.50 star(s)

GC DGC 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 15, 2011 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Working at the GE plant right across the street, this course is perfect for a lunch-time round of disc golf. It's not too long or strenuous, and there's virtually no risk of losing your disc. It's a nice course for all skill levels. I've been playing for 7 years and my best round is 4 under; my coworkers who've just started playing have managed as good as 2 under. The current 9 are a variety of short and long, lefty and righty holes. Nothing terribly challenging but still very fun.

Cons:

Wood chip/mulch tee pads. Quite frankly, I'd prefer plain grass tee pads, but if you move just left or right of the tee pad, that's exactly what you get (and by the worn grass next to the tee pads, that seems like what people are doing). Baskets are a little low to the ground. Running into the course designers, I'm told the Borough of Grove City didn't want to leave the 1" piece of pipe sticking out of the ground if the baskets were removed, so the baskets are dug into the ground a bit. However, the designer(s) said they're aiming to add an extension piece to put the baskets up to the correct height.
If you're looking for a long course with a bunch of obstacles, look elsewhere.

Other Thoughts:

The course is only 9 holes now, but the designers laid out 18 and are simply waiting on funding for the other 9. If you play this course at all, make a donation so we can have 9 more to play! The current 9 seem to be the more beginner-friendly of the 18 planned holes. Looking at the layout for all 18, one of the other 9 plays by the pond, two play near the pool, 3 play by the wooded area around the monument. Altogether, the 9 that aren't built look pretty cool, so I'd like to see them installed sooner rather than later.
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