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Herman C. Michael Park

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lazrman778
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 13.2 years 264 played 100 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Herman C. Michael Park 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 13, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

Has most tee signs

Short course which can be appreciated by the junior or rec player

Good mix of wooded and open fairways with slight elevations on some holes

Restrooms

Free parking

Cons:

Missing hole #16 basket

Missing a few tee signs

Some of the natural tee pads have exposed tree roots

Lots of trees where some fairways are tight and can be quite unfair

No next tee signs - can be confusing for a first-timer

Course navigation was fairly straightforward until hole #16

Pond can swallow some discs if you're not accurate on holes #5 & #7

Park seems to be popular with parkgoers on nice days especially near holes #14 & #15

Other Thoughts:

This is a nice, short course in Oconee County for the junior or rec player. The rough natural tee pads coupled with tight fairways made some holes on the course more challenging to me than it should have. I was disappointed to see basket #16 missing and hopefully the parks department will get that resolved and also replace the missing tee signs. The course is not a destination course but it does have some variety in holes for the beginner.
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BillyChipp
Experience: 13.7 years 4 played 2 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Watch Out For Trees! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 14, 2013 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

-Good tee marker locations at the end of holes
-Decent mix of wooded and open area holes
-Open area holes seem like they were just plopped down wherever there was space

Cons:

-Can get VERY crowded, expect to be waiting at the tee box
-Holes are packed into a very small area
-No defined fairways, frequently tough to find a decent throwing path from the tee box
-Tee box condition can be poor
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hyzerfool
Experience: 30.9 years 168 played 6 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Most of a fun little course 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Feb 15, 2010 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Many of the holes in the woods are fun in a short, cute sort of way.

Most of the course is isolated from other users of the park.

Holes are generally fair.

Cons:

Very short.

Several of the holes that aren't in the woods are as boring as you're going to find anywhere.

Tee pads are inconsistent (as natural pads usually are).

A couple of the holes in the woods have a bit of throw and hope to them.

Other Thoughts:

Overall, it's a fun little course and I think it's worth playing. Sure, it's unlikely you'll be telling your grandchildren about the course, but if you're in the area, bring out the roc and the putter and play a round.

That said, it's not a course you want to drive far out of your way to play.
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Sea Bass
Experience: 23.8 years 84 played 13 reviews
2.00 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 7, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Well marked.You will have no problem finding your way around here.

-Great course for families and new players.The day I played there were 2 dad with kids groups, a group of ladies, and a whole bunch of rec players.

-Trees help to make up for shortness of course.Most of the fairways out here would be pretty much invalid on a standard length course,But with this course being so short, It does not seem so bad.Without the extremely narrow fairways, it would be so easy that it would be no fun to play.

-Speed play.Do you need to squeeze in a round as fast as possible? Well, this is the place. 45 min or so for 18 here does not seem unreasonable.

-Little to no undergrowth in woods.If you get off the fairway its no problem to recover.I played bad and hit a bunch of trees and still shot in the 40's.

-Fun to play.I expected to hate this course, but I was pleasantly suprised.Yeah its uber short and easy, but I had a good time.For me, thats the most important factor.

Cons:

-Teepads. Many are slanted and have roots and rocks in the way.The pad on #3 was right where a drainage ditch ends and was unbelievably muddy.

-Short pads are a joke.Even the ladies and kids I saw out there were playing the long pads.

-Not much shot selection.I'm RHBH and it seemed to me almost every shot was straight with a touch of hyzer.

-After school care.I was told that during the week the first 3 holes can be unplayable due to kids.I did not see this myself though.

-Way too short.Not much to keep a experienced player interested here.

-The last few holes play over or very close to parking areas a b-ball court and a beach volleyball pit.

Other Thoughts:

Like I said earlier, I thought I would hate this course but I actually enjoyed it quite a bit.I dont suggest traveling here to play it but if you live in the athens area this could be a fun course to play once in a while.
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krazybronco
Experience: 11 played 5 reviews
2.00 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jan 11, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

the mutiple tees helps with the challange does make accuracy/luck a premium.
short so can get a quick round in

Cons:

you have to be lucky becuase some of the fairways are very narrow.
short for advance players the longest hole i think was 312 ft long

Other Thoughts:

i think it could have been opened up just a little more but not alot

but still a fun course for the family and speed
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darktoaster
Experience: 22.8 years 34 played 11 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Extremely Short 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 19, 2008 Played the course:once

Pros:

I appreciated that all of the holes had nice tee signs showing the distance of the hole as well as a suggested flight path from the tee.

The little signs after each hole pointing to the next tee were very helpful for finding my way around the course the first time.

I suppose that the extremely short red tees could be good for young children to play from.

Cons:

My major gripe with this course is that it is one very short hole(many under 200ft) after another. It isn't just the woods holes that are short even a few of the open ones are extremely short from the long( used very loosely) tees. Hole number 17 is the shortest wide open hole I have ever played as it is only 154ft( it even felt shorter than that). At least they decided to call it a par 2.

My other complaint is that I was able to throw basically the same shot( tomahawk) on about 75% of the holes.I didn't really feel as if a variety of shots were needed in order to score well on this course.

My last complaint was that several of the course's holes crossed walking paths,roads,and even the parking lot which although it didn't hinder my round could have slowed down play if the park was busier at the time.

Other Thoughts:

The teepads were all dirt/grass/mud. I also couldn't find a restroom while I was there but assume that there was one in the main park building that was closed during my visit.
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