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Hawthorne Park reviews
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BogeyNoMore
Diamond level trusted reviewer
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Experience:
20 years
484 played
183 reviews
From 2.5 to 3.0 after 2021 improvements 2+ years
Reviewed:
Updated:
Played on:May 8, 2021
Played the course:5+ times
Pros:
Well balanced variety, in a semi-shared use setting.
• Variety: Very Good - Nice mix of fairway shapes, range of distances, balance across levels of woodedness, as well as fairly open, holes. Several holes require shot shaping, and decision making. Several favor primarily distance. A few require both.
• Elevation: Very Good - ranging from flat to significant. Impossible to ignore on several holes.
• Challenge: Good - shorts are well suited to rec/intermediate level players, without overwhelming beginners. Longs are definitely more intermediate/advanced friendly. Nice mix of holes to test a variety of skills: shot shaping, distance, some requiring both, dealing with elevation, as well as shot selection off the tee and managing risk/reward.
• Equipment: Decent - mixed bag of new Chainstar Pros and older Chainstars in good shape. Cement tees are decent (upgraded from carpet when course was expanded from 12 to 18 holes in 2021). 2 ft tall, white tee posts with hole # to help you get around.
• Aesthetics: Decent - about what you'd expect for a small, city park. Not too bad overall, but nothing to write home about. (see cons)
• Routing/Nav: Reasonable - plays all around this small city park. Definitely some tricky spots and a few long walks to next tee, but nothing awful. A few home-made next tee signs point you to next hole, (but course could still use a few more).
• Variety: Very Good - Nice mix of fairway shapes, range of distances, balance across levels of woodedness, as well as fairly open, holes. Several holes require shot shaping, and decision making. Several favor primarily distance. A few require both.
• Elevation: Very Good - ranging from flat to significant. Impossible to ignore on several holes.
• Challenge: Good - shorts are well suited to rec/intermediate level players, without overwhelming beginners. Longs are definitely more intermediate/advanced friendly. Nice mix of holes to test a variety of skills: shot shaping, distance, some requiring both, dealing with elevation, as well as shot selection off the tee and managing risk/reward.
• Equipment: Decent - mixed bag of new Chainstar Pros and older Chainstars in good shape. Cement tees are decent (upgraded from carpet when course was expanded from 12 to 18 holes in 2021). 2 ft tall, white tee posts with hole # to help you get around.
• Aesthetics: Decent - about what you'd expect for a small, city park. Not too bad overall, but nothing to write home about. (see cons)
• Routing/Nav: Reasonable - plays all around this small city park. Definitely some tricky spots and a few long walks to next tee, but nothing awful. A few home-made next tee signs point you to next hole, (but course could still use a few more).
Cons:
• Trash/Debris: The open holes are free of it, but there's plenty of it on the wooded holes. Definite buzz kill, and keeps the aesthetics from reaching their potential.
• The rough on a few of the wooded holes is thick and nasty, and not fun to search in.
• Potential safety/interaction with non DG'ers:
Designers did a pretty good job of routing things to avoid this, but there's no denying: New course, some open holes (a few of them blind from the tee), small (but fairly popular) city park = potential issues.
Non DG'ers who've been coming here for years have no idea what these baskets are, or that someone 300+ ft away is throwing frisbees in their general direction. Shouldn't be a problem as long as players and non-players exercise courtesy and common sense. Good news is it's not even an issue on the wooded holes.
• The rough on a few of the wooded holes is thick and nasty, and not fun to search in.
• Potential safety/interaction with non DG'ers:
Designers did a pretty good job of routing things to avoid this, but there's no denying: New course, some open holes (a few of them blind from the tee), small (but fairly popular) city park = potential issues.
Non DG'ers who've been coming here for years have no idea what these baskets are, or that someone 300+ ft away is throwing frisbees in their general direction. Shouldn't be a problem as long as players and non-players exercise courtesy and common sense. Good news is it's not even an issue on the wooded holes.
Other Thoughts:
Updated 1/31/2022: upgraded from 2.5 to 3.0 to reflect complete 18 hole configuration w/concrete tees. As far as disc play goes, Hawthorne is very good (I'd give it a 3.5 in that regard).
If trash were cleaned up, plus a budget for better maintenance/trimming, improved signage, it'd be a solid 3.5, and would likely get some 4.0's to end up around 3.75. Those issues need to be addressed for me to rate it higher than 3.0.
UDisc shows several layouts based on temp tournament configurations, featuring add'l holes/temp baskets not playable on a permanent basis, so those maps and hole #'s are misleading.
Not worth going out of your way for, but a fun round if you're in the area.
If trash were cleaned up, plus a budget for better maintenance/trimming, improved signage, it'd be a solid 3.5, and would likely get some 4.0's to end up around 3.75. Those issues need to be addressed for me to rate it higher than 3.0.
UDisc shows several layouts based on temp tournament configurations, featuring add'l holes/temp baskets not playable on a permanent basis, so those maps and hole #'s are misleading.
Not worth going out of your way for, but a fun round if you're in the area.
