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Hidden Valley Park

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Surge5
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Experience: 9.8 years 167 played 167 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Point and Shoot 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 4, 2021 Played the course:once

Pros:

9 concrete tees with signage that gives distances for both pin spots.

9 MachIII baskets that are still in fairly decent shape for being so old. However, they are MachIII baskets...

Some sweeping elevation which is used a little bit. Holes 4 and 9 go downhill fairly far, and hole 6 is one you have to punch up the hill pretty hard.

The pin tucked into the trees on 5 requires decent accuracy over 300ft of ground. Hole 4 is also a challenge whether you go through or over the trees.

Cons:

Apart from holes 4 and 5 there are very few if any obstacles on these holes. Some young trees are present, but they are never really in the way except for hole 8's long pin. There's nothing to this course besides one nice pin spot and one hole you have to throw through the trees on.

The tees could be considered a little small, but for the level of player this course is intended for, it's fine.

Most of the alternate pin spots only add 30-40 feet to the hole and don't change the shape of the shot at all.

Hole 9 does play a bit close to the playground especially if you're throwing backhand.

Not many pins outside the 250-350 range except hole 7.

Other Thoughts:

This is a nice introductory 9er for newer players to air some shots out and see how they fly. Being up on the hills you may have wind to contend with, but that just adds to the practice value.

For more experienced players, this course is a nice warmup as it does have the distance for some mid-range practice, but it will be a birdie-fest if you really attack the baskets.
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bigreddog
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Experience: 12.2 years 195 played 63 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Waste of potential 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 8, 2013 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Navigation between holes is not a problem. All tee posts can be seen from the previous basket and the numbers on top help make sure you're at the right one. 10/10

Baskets are brand new and looking great. Tees are concrete and just a tad small. 9/10

Finding discs is very easy on seven of the holes. If you do throw it in the woods on 4 and 5 (the only ones with any obstacles) the brush is pretty thick, but it's only really in play on 4. 9/10

Navigation on the holes themselves is good after you get past the first hole. Holes 4 and 7 are blind but aren't bad to find. The tees do a pretty good job pointing to the basket, but there are a couple of weird ones, especially hole 6. 7/10 and will improve to 9 or 10 when hole maps and numbers at the tops of baskets are added.

There are no severe elevation changes on the course but there is some variety. Hole 1 is a valley, 2 slopes from left to right. Holes 3, 6, and 7 are slightly uphill, while 5 and 9 are slightly down. 6/10

I'm on the fence a little about course maintenance. I'm going to hesitantly give it a 6/10 in expectation of upcoming improvements. The grass is mowed and there are tee signs that will eventually have maps in them. It looks like a couple of benches will be added along the walking trail.

Cons:

With the exception of a huge hyzer route on hole 4, this course does not force a variety of shot paths. 1/10

There is almost no variety of openness on shots. Hole 4's drive is the only tee shot with obstacles and hole 5's basket kinda has obstacles if you miss to one side or the other. 1/10

There is no decisionmaking required at all except on hole 5, where you can choose to lay up and pretty much guarantee a 3 or go for the basket knowing that if you miss to one side or the other you're in the woods. 1/10

The use of obstacles here is terrible. There are a few newly planted trees that could maybe have an impact on the shots in about ten years but for now only holes 4 and 5 have any obstacles. 2/10

No running water or bathrooms, no shade, and currently no benches, but some may be added along the walking trail somewhat close to the course. It's pretty short and only nine holes so that helps but still 2/10 on comfort during the round

This course will offer almost no challenge to players with any experience at all, I would reserve this solely for new players and juniors. Challenging all levels 2/10

There is very little variety in distance here. There is one long hole (7) and one short hole (2) but most play somewhere between 270 and 300. 2/10

There are some alternate hole positions. I have only seen the pins in one setting, but I did see an alternate location in the ground on two holes. The two I saw did not change the hole much because the holes were still completely wide open, and didn't change the distance by more than 30 or 40ft. I'm hoping the rest are better, so I am going to give them the benefit of the doubt and say 3/10. This is the best I think they could possibly be, and it may really be a 2 or a 1.

Other Thoughts:

Overall challenge 2/10, it reminds me a lot of Bluejacket DGC in Eudora, KS for those who have played there.

This land has potential to be a good nine hole course, but the designers did not utilize it at all. The most guarded pin here other than hole 5 is the practice basket. The opposite side of the park provides more severe elevation changes and more obstacles but they instead just built the whole course out in the open. Hole 4 has the opportunity for an awesome shot if the tee were ten feet to the right and the basket 50ft to the left. I was very disappointed after seeing the possibility for some cool holes that this course was almost completely wide open.
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kcnickster
Experience: 15.4 years 85 played 17 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Brand New 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 2, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

Wide open, nice baskets and nice tee pads, very easy to navigate for the most part.

Cons:

The group I played voted that the course, maybe the one of the most boring in KC. Just wide open throws for the most part. The baskets were not numbered and #1 and #2 were not quite obvious which was which. Several of the tee-pads were sloped with the hill which was not optimal.

Other Thoughts:

Maybe when some trees get planted and some of the small ones there grow larger the course might be OK.
Number 4 and number 6 tee's were not pointed at the pins.
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