Heritage Point DGC reviews
7
0
No Me Gusta El Punto Heritage 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:May 22, 2021
Played the course:once
Pros:
-The basics. The tee pads are nice and the tee signs give accurate hole measurements. I liked the mach pins.
-Some of the pin placements were cool. #2 was mentioned by many previous reviewers but it is a nice spot on a steep and tall hill. Cool look and great practice on lay up shots. It's probably 20' above the base of the hill where it instantly rises.
-Few interesting looking holes. #9 offers a nice and fair mando gate pretty close to the tee pad. Not a hard gap to hit, but requires a good straight shot to reach the pin from the pad. #12-14 was a good three hole stretch. Decent elevation changes. #12 offers a low ceiling the whole way and plays slightly downhill. #13 was a nice strong right to left curl going back uphill. I may be in the minority here, but I liked #14 too. It's pretty much a "split fairway" but strongly favorable on the left side. Nice sharp left to right sidearm throw. Tight but fair hole.
-Ends well with a cool finisher. Best hole on the course. From the tee pad, the hill you throw up leading to the basket on #18 looks a lot steeper than it really is. It's probably close to 30' up in elevation, so it's a difficult 290' to reach, especially with a fallen tree in the fairway. I think the thought process on this hole was great. You want to get it up there. Some players will have to give it all they've got to get their drive up the hill and have a look at birdie. The basket is just barely on top of the hill, so if you go far off the drive or the up shot, you'll have a dangerous putt looking back down at the steep hill you initially threw all the way up on.
-The bridge built on the way to hole nine was created as an eagle scout project by Will Pendley. That bridge is a lot more appealing than more than half of the holes here. There were a few others. Bridges are convenient but even more so here since this is a wildlife habitat. I'm not looking to walk in high grass infested by whatever kind of snakes are present in there. Luckily for me though, this was my first and last trip here.
-Some of the pin placements were cool. #2 was mentioned by many previous reviewers but it is a nice spot on a steep and tall hill. Cool look and great practice on lay up shots. It's probably 20' above the base of the hill where it instantly rises.
-Few interesting looking holes. #9 offers a nice and fair mando gate pretty close to the tee pad. Not a hard gap to hit, but requires a good straight shot to reach the pin from the pad. #12-14 was a good three hole stretch. Decent elevation changes. #12 offers a low ceiling the whole way and plays slightly downhill. #13 was a nice strong right to left curl going back uphill. I may be in the minority here, but I liked #14 too. It's pretty much a "split fairway" but strongly favorable on the left side. Nice sharp left to right sidearm throw. Tight but fair hole.
-Ends well with a cool finisher. Best hole on the course. From the tee pad, the hill you throw up leading to the basket on #18 looks a lot steeper than it really is. It's probably close to 30' up in elevation, so it's a difficult 290' to reach, especially with a fallen tree in the fairway. I think the thought process on this hole was great. You want to get it up there. Some players will have to give it all they've got to get their drive up the hill and have a look at birdie. The basket is just barely on top of the hill, so if you go far off the drive or the up shot, you'll have a dangerous putt looking back down at the steep hill you initially threw all the way up on.
-The bridge built on the way to hole nine was created as an eagle scout project by Will Pendley. That bridge is a lot more appealing than more than half of the holes here. There were a few others. Bridges are convenient but even more so here since this is a wildlife habitat. I'm not looking to walk in high grass infested by whatever kind of snakes are present in there. Luckily for me though, this was my first and last trip here.
Cons:
-I don't have any idea why the terrain is brought up as a warning when you are playing in wildlife habitat. It says so on the sign before you get to #1. I get that there are some steep walks to the next pad (most obvious would be from hole three to four down the hill), but FORGET ABOUT THAT! This course isn't that hilly. It said it was very hilly in the description and hell no it ain't! There were a couple steep uphill holes but other than that the elevation was pretty light for the most part. Someone said that they wouldn't recommend it for kids because of the terrain. Oh YEAH?! Well when I was a kid, my parents were always telling me to slow down when we'd hike Crowder's Mountain! When I was a kid, my dad had to borrow a neighbor's big ladder because I climbed high up a tree and got my foot stuck! When I was a kid, I did backflips off of swingsets and jumped off the top of playgrounds during recess just to make my parents and teachers nervous. When I was a kid, I wasn't scared of a little adventure and got in trouble for it sometimes. but one thing I was scared of, was snakes. I guarantee you they are out here and I don't know what else. That is why you shouldn't bring your kids here! Not because it's a little tiring! I mean come on! A kid could handle some hills.
-Some cringe looking holes. Bad start on #1. It's a weird tight flex forehand. Nice that it plays on the terrace and all but the gap was almost poke and hope because of bad maintenance. #3 is dreadful! Just a lackluster straight 150' hole onto a drop off. Go long and you'll be down a huge hill. A two could turn into a five or worse because it's poke and hope back up there if you go long. Holes #4-8 are all at the bottom floor of the course. Completely flat, forgettable, somewhat messy, and tend to flood.
-The bathroom isn't until #11 and I was ready to lose my shit before I got to #11. I was fixin' to lose it on hole five or six because this course was no bueno for me.
-The hole diagrams on the tee signs are confusing and inaccurate. Many straighter holes where the diagrams looks to as the hole is not straight or the hole sharply turns left or right and diagram makes it look like it barely turns at all.
-#4's teepad is under the bridge you walk on to get there. The tee needs to be moved somewhere else. The bridge serves a real purpose because the grass it's over could be infested by ticks, bugs, snakes, or something else that's hard to spot.
-While some fairways are discernable and clear, others are not as much because of low limbs and extended branches making the holes look unkempt. I don't recommend this course. Beginners won't like it because of strange lines and high grass and more experienced players won't be interested because they have better courses in Dalton like Westside and Edwards Park. Not to mention, if more experienced players come, they'll be irritated with a few fairways and won't be in the mood to play if they land in the rough because it's messy and hard to pitch out of.
-Some cringe looking holes. Bad start on #1. It's a weird tight flex forehand. Nice that it plays on the terrace and all but the gap was almost poke and hope because of bad maintenance. #3 is dreadful! Just a lackluster straight 150' hole onto a drop off. Go long and you'll be down a huge hill. A two could turn into a five or worse because it's poke and hope back up there if you go long. Holes #4-8 are all at the bottom floor of the course. Completely flat, forgettable, somewhat messy, and tend to flood.
-The bathroom isn't until #11 and I was ready to lose my shit before I got to #11. I was fixin' to lose it on hole five or six because this course was no bueno for me.
-The hole diagrams on the tee signs are confusing and inaccurate. Many straighter holes where the diagrams looks to as the hole is not straight or the hole sharply turns left or right and diagram makes it look like it barely turns at all.
-#4's teepad is under the bridge you walk on to get there. The tee needs to be moved somewhere else. The bridge serves a real purpose because the grass it's over could be infested by ticks, bugs, snakes, or something else that's hard to spot.
-While some fairways are discernable and clear, others are not as much because of low limbs and extended branches making the holes look unkempt. I don't recommend this course. Beginners won't like it because of strange lines and high grass and more experienced players won't be interested because they have better courses in Dalton like Westside and Edwards Park. Not to mention, if more experienced players come, they'll be irritated with a few fairways and won't be in the mood to play if they land in the rough because it's messy and hard to pitch out of.
Other Thoughts:
-Maybe this is just a summer issue and looks better in the winter, so I'm giving Heritage Point a 2. I liked a few holes here but didn't enjoy more than half of them. My round was mostly me halfheartedly teeing off, picking up my disc and walking to the next hole without playing my second shot. I found this course to be pretty anticlimactic aside from the last hole. It's just there as a support act pretty much.
-On a more positive side, it's good that there's a shorter course in Dalton, Georgia because the others are longer. But the fairways are more clear and they have more character and offer different ways to reach them. If you practice here, your scramble game and ability to get out of the rough may improve because of the shorter holes but then again, you might lose a disc or two.
-On a more positive side, it's good that there's a shorter course in Dalton, Georgia because the others are longer. But the fairways are more clear and they have more character and offer different ways to reach them. If you practice here, your scramble game and ability to get out of the rough may improve because of the shorter holes but then again, you might lose a disc or two.
10
3
Average, but trashy and swampy 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Dec 30, 2011
Played the course:once
Pros:
The park itself at Heritage Point is large and really nice, off a main highway and very easy to get to off I-75 between Atlanta and Chattanooga. The 18 hole course here is relatively new and is of the wooded technical variety. There is a good mix of holes with elevation and those that are flat. A small river is a secondary hazard beyond the rough on a couple of holes towards the end of the back 9.
Navigation was easy and there was a great color course map by hole #1. The nice restrooms and water fountain between holes 11 and 12 are nice since the course does not come back to your car until after 18, and almost seemed to be built solely for disc golf since they were not near any other park activities. The concrete tees are some of the best I have seen, including the wedge-shaped ones on slopes where they used very thick concrete to get them level (instead of the usual dirt that often eventually erodes.) The course map, tee signs, and baskets are as good as you could expect. It is evident there is lots of work being done here to improve this course by the parks department, boy scouts, and local disc golfers, and I appreciate their efforts.
Navigation was easy and there was a great color course map by hole #1. The nice restrooms and water fountain between holes 11 and 12 are nice since the course does not come back to your car until after 18, and almost seemed to be built solely for disc golf since they were not near any other park activities. The concrete tees are some of the best I have seen, including the wedge-shaped ones on slopes where they used very thick concrete to get them level (instead of the usual dirt that often eventually erodes.) The course map, tee signs, and baskets are as good as you could expect. It is evident there is lots of work being done here to improve this course by the parks department, boy scouts, and local disc golfers, and I appreciate their efforts.
Cons:
The park is nice, but unfortunately the course is not so nice. Part of this is the new course look, but the land it is on is swampy and littered with trash, and honestly looked like a wasteland in parts. The front was extremely unappealing to look at. Many of the fairways were muddy with standing water- many bridges and boardwalks had been built or were being built, which were nice, but to me is a sign that this course is usually swampy.
The tee signs showed 2 tees per hole, but there was only 1. (Maybe the second set is still to come, but I did not even see where they might be put in.) The holes started to become repetitive throughout the round with most in that 200' range, and all you really need off most tees is a straight shot. This course just doesn't demand a wide variety of skills and shots. There were also a couple of basket placements that seemed like they were not in the best possible location. (for example #3, the basket is over the edge of the cliff on the downslope, rather than on the edge, which to me eliminates the skillful and strategic risk/reward option, and instead makes everyone either play it safe or get lucky.)
A sign near tee #1 said to place found discs of others in the lost disc receptacle. What a great idea! However, the only receptacle I saw was a trashcan, so I hope people don't throw other's discs away.
The tee signs showed 2 tees per hole, but there was only 1. (Maybe the second set is still to come, but I did not even see where they might be put in.) The holes started to become repetitive throughout the round with most in that 200' range, and all you really need off most tees is a straight shot. This course just doesn't demand a wide variety of skills and shots. There were also a couple of basket placements that seemed like they were not in the best possible location. (for example #3, the basket is over the edge of the cliff on the downslope, rather than on the edge, which to me eliminates the skillful and strategic risk/reward option, and instead makes everyone either play it safe or get lucky.)
A sign near tee #1 said to place found discs of others in the lost disc receptacle. What a great idea! However, the only receptacle I saw was a trashcan, so I hope people don't throw other's discs away.
Other Thoughts:
This could be a fun short technical woods course if it were dry, but it seems chances are it won't be as most of the previous reviews have mentioned the standing water as well. To me, though, many of the holes were kind of boring and repetitive. The other reviews were pretty favorable and the pictures look great, but not in real life in December.
On DGCR a 2.5 is average, and the day I played here this course was just a notch below what I would expect for average. It seems most of the pros here are the amenities while most of the cons are the course itself. My recommendation is if you must play a round while in the area it will suffice, be sure it has not rained recently.
On DGCR a 2.5 is average, and the day I played here this course was just a notch below what I would expect for average. It seems most of the pros here are the amenities while most of the cons are the course itself. My recommendation is if you must play a round while in the area it will suffice, be sure it has not rained recently.
