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Carrollton, GA

Hobbs Farm Park

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edfaits
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 13.6 years 91 played 42 reviews
5.00 star(s)

From the Rec Player Perspective 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 2, 2022 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Layout: With PDGA color layouts for Red, White, and Blue (and occasional bonus Gold Baskets), this is a course that can be played and enjoyed by just about any skill level. I played the "Red" layout, I had birdie opportunities throughout, but if I messed up, I could quickly card a bogey (or worse). The property is scenic and though not blessed with "mountainsides" it makes effective use of whatever elevation changes are there. There are holes that favor RHBH, forehands, Lefty Backhands, maybe even a chance to work in a Tomahawk or Thumber. Parts of the course are "technical" and reward accuracy, but there a few holes that favor the "open bomber" skills too. Overall a good balance.

-At par 66, the many par fours and a couple of par fives create lots of risk/reward decisions. With water in play on a half dozen holes, course management is as important as throwing skills.

-Well suited for beginners. Though there is water on several holes, there's usually a "safe" route that doesn't have a high risk for a lost disc if you don't take risks, and even in the "thicker" woods it wasn't too hard to find a disc a bit off the fairway. I played in late winter, I suspect it gets a bit gnarlier after spring leaf-out.

-Baskets: Decent "Pro" Prodigy baskets, Green color shows up OK (a few "long" bonus baskets are gold). They catch pretty well, though they are not the "disc swallowing next generation pro baskets" that some vendors now offer. All are well mounted on "fair" greens, though some occasional well-placed trees and some slopes will force you to choose some risk/reward calculations.

-Three brushed cement tee boxes per hole. Even the Red Tees are "full size", with signs, and many have brooms and benches. They felt safe to throw off, with no "drop offs" to worry about.

-Tee signs informative and accurate. Show distance and flight path options to the hole. Course routing was easy, though once or twice I did look at the UDisc map.

-Beautiful town park, free to play. Rest rooms, hiking trails, nature, plenty of parking. Place seems to have a solid core of local players, and is also a destination course that gets out-of-towners like me. On the weeknight I played there I caught up with a few groups of friendly and helpful players, and never had any serious backups or waits.

-For a multi-use park, I felt there were no safety issues. Though paths occasionally crossed with other park uses, I was never throwing near anyone.

Cons:

-Parking was a bit confusing... the primary lot was marked with signs that said "Church Use ONLY", which the locals told me is either wrong or totally ignored by everyone. I parked in a lot a little further up, and since I was pushing "sunset" I started on hole 16 and finished my round on 15. Still made of a nice loop and I hit every hole, but I would have liked to have played it in the correct order.

-A few signs of drainage and erosion issues. I played a day after a moderately heavy rain, and a few fairways were "squishy" in spots.

Other Thoughts:

-Overall a great course. My wife usually doesn't walk courses with me, but she caddied for me on this one "because it was pretty", and she commented that I was smiling the whole time I played, though I seem to remember getting grumpy after hitting a couple of trees on hole 14.

I've now played over 80 courses from California to the Canadian Maritime, and Hobbs Farm is in my top five. It's one of the few "top tier" courses out there that pays as much attention to the Rec Player experience as the Pros.
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cantstopthechop
Experience: 10.9 years 5 played 1 reviews
5.00 star(s)

Best course in the southeast 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 23, 2021 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

The best course in the southeast. 3 tee pads, concrete, multiple baskets.

Cons:

Very long with some unforgiving rough.
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Bennybennybenny
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 13.2 years 306 played 288 reviews
5.00 star(s)

A John Houck Masterpiece 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jun 29, 2020 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Word on the disc golf streets is John Houck is the best course designer. I always thought that was probably right, even before I got to play one of his courses. Truth is, I spend a good amount of time on this site and while browsing, I have seen many high quality courses designed by him. Most of his courses are not in the Southeast. To all my fellow Southeastern folks, it's worth a long drive to play here! Looks nice on the media and looks a thousand times better when you are actually out there at Hobbs Farm (No offense to lazrman778. Great pics! It's just that many things often look better in actuality). After playing this course, I think John Houck is probably the best course designer in disc golf! Hobbs Farm is top notch with three or four sets of tee pads on almost every hole. Six holes (#2, 3, 10, 13, 17, and 18) have two pin positions that are both in play. You get to pick which one to play!

-Course has more elevation than it may appear. You start off with a picturesque rolling hill hole #1. You immediately see that you're in for something huge. Tee shot (from all three tees) is pretty open. The blue pad has a couple more trees to avoid, but still isn't risky to really rip one. The decline of the hill is more than the incline. Reaching the top of the hill sets you up well for a good approach shot. Require two good throws to birdie, but only mildly challenging for pros from the blue pad. Intermediates will likely find this hole easier for it's 580' par four length on the white pad. Good warm up that isn't too difficult. #2 from the blue pad is one of the greatest par fives I have ever played (maybe THE greatest one yet!). 903' from the blue pad to green pin and nearly 1000' to the orange pin! The tee shot is a long downhill bomb from that pad. About 55%-60% of the this hole is open from the blue. The orange basket is about 400' into the woods and the green (short pin) is about 300' into the woods as well, so you have to penetrate a little through some trees (many different fair lines to take here). Course ends with an excellent open rolling hill #18. Big uphill drive that later descends downhill to a green under some trees. Orange pin is past that green. I could go on, but I'll mention more of it below.

-Fairway diversity. Some holes are straight while more are not. Not many legitimate 90 degree doglegs (maybe #4), but many slight doglegs that'll spark your interest. Many holes bend to the left or right and strongly advise you to bring a full bag. Even the straight holes have some sort of shot shaping requirements that give you a good feeling if you birdie. Every birdie is a good one here, but at the same time there was nothing I considered to be unfair. I played the blues (would've played golds but my arm was pretty sore) and shot -5. Was happy with that score! Every hole is rewarding even from the blues or golds.

-One thing I enjoy is a fair mix. There is a pro level course outside my hometown with fourteen par fours on it's long layout, which I do not find enjoyable. I usually like a course primarily with par threes and maybe a few par fours, because there are more reachable holes. I like it when reachable holes are at least pretty common on a course. Hobbs Farm has an excellent balance between par threes, fours, and fives. Par is 66 from each layout. There are eight par threes, eight par fours, and two par fives. Lots of reachable holes, lots of multi shot holes, but no overuse of multi shot holes. Regardless of the layout you play, you'll see a few short holes, some lengthy par threes for your skill level, and some multi shot par fours and fives.

-Many of the par threes have some amount of shock or spice to them. #8 was my favorite of all the par threes. I'm very partial to elevation. This hole is down more than thirty feet below the blue pad. Hole is open, with caution required. There's a mando pointing to the right side where the basket is. The mando appears to be senseless but it's really not. Hole is only 291' long and plays just under 200'. It can be tough to be accurate. The mando tree is pretty far from the pad and not far from the basket. But it's straight ahead of the pads and the basket is a good bit to the right hiding past some trees. If you throw hard, you'll risk missing the mando. You could simply go too straight and left of the mando tree and go far past the basket. An easy mistake to make, but a good consequence on a big downhill hole.

-Hole #3 and #13 are both special par threes too with their distinctive merits to them. #3 is the shortest par three but the gap you have to hit is immediate past the tee and you want to hook left or fade right (there's a tree in the middle giving you two route options. Hole only has two pads, but it also has two pins. The orange pin is on a big wooden platform! #13 is the water hole. Has three pads (gold, blue/white, and red) and two pin placements. Unless you play the red pad, you'll be throwing over the water. Lots of risk, especially from the gold pad with it being over 300' and having a more demanding tee shot with more water. Excellent hole with risk that rewards. Was a pretty easy birdie from the 277' pin position.

-There is an enormous bridge you cross to get to #9 that protects you from walking over the creature habitat. It's a bit of a walk, so lots of money was put into that! You also get to tee off on that bridge when you play #17. Another par three with a ton of risk (it takes a solid throw to get over the habitat). The hole is short from the long pad to green pin (254') and 202' short to short, so distance isn't really a concern. It's more of a mentality test.

-Nice prodigy baskets. Great shape and they look very cool. Green pins and orange pins.

-Great signage. The orange pins were added after the tee signs were put in. There are stickers that mark the orange pins. So it's well updated.

-Extremely groomed. Sometimes there's a course where you'll unfortunately lose a disc in a fairway because it's not well kept or polish. Won't happen to you here.

-The par fours have a ton to offer as well. Holes #11 and #15 really encourage you to throw as far as you can while maintaining decent accuracy. Other holes (#12, and #14) are a bit peculiar yet unique and enjoyable at the same time being wooded with split fairways that curve. #7 is really fun being steep uphill with some room to rip a big drive. Both par fives are outstanding and are not similar. #2 allows a rip off the pad while #4 demands serious accuracy right off the tee. You are faced with two gaps. The left gap is wider and covers more distance. The right gap covers less distance but is somewhat harder due to being less wide and closer to the rough. I hit the right gap and was able to birdie this hole without any trouble. The red pad on this hole is a good entry level par five. 543' dogleg right. The tee shot strongly encourages an anhyzer that avoids the immediate trees. You could throw three short shots just under 200' and still have a good chance for birdie.

Cons:

-I really don't like venomous creatures and there may be some here (bjreagh mentioned a large snake in the water and water snakes can be really scary). I was scared to come across one on #13 since it's right next to a marshy reserve. You may see one or more as you cross the bridge. There is a warning sign after #16 requesting that you do not harm any creatures. That's an indication that there are some to keep an eye out for. If you land in the water or the rough off the bridge, do not retrieve your disc. Just buy a new one. That may seem like a harsh recommendation, but nothing like the stay at home order when all you gotta do is wear a damn mask.

-You cross #2's fairway to get to #7 but so what.

Other Thoughts:

-Hobbs Farm is incredible! There are a few scary spots to go near but the disc golf experience is so great that you'll probably forget about the possibility of snakes when you leave. Don't disregard this warning when you come, because there is evidence of different creatures that may be harmful to humans. Stay out of the water on #13 and do not exit the bridge when you cross it until you reach the end of it. That's the best safety advice I can give you. Take caution, but do not hesitate to come here if you haven't yet. I think there's a lot of shock value and a lot of excellent hole design. I wouldn't recommend you bring a first timer here. It's difficult! There's no simplicity in regards to hole design here. And not many courses have the potential to be like Hobbs Farm. Starters need to see the value in courses that are fun, but not as fun as this one. There are many awesome courses in disc golf, yet this one is unarguably one of the best. I think that beginners should enjoy more basic courses before they set their gaze on Hobbs Farm.

-It's a materialistic design oozing awesomeness that is free for all to play. It's well known, it looks awesome, and it really is awesome! Sometimes the best looking product is not as good as it seems in the expensive TV commercials. Especially some of those acne products (we've all had that misfortune!). A lot is spent making those stupid commercials and the product isn't that great. That's not the case here. Many people told me how great Hobbs Farm is and it really is as great as they said it was! So much money was spent making this course the gem that it is, and it's an outstanding course. It's risky to spend a lot of money on entertainment, but this was money well spent! You need to play here if you are not a beginner!!!
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Foyboy89
Experience: 9.7 years 40 played 18 reviews
5.00 star(s)

Maybe Georgia's Best 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 11, 2018 Played the course:once

Pros:

This course raises the standard in all of the usual gradable categories. Practice Basket, Free parking, Great Signage, multiple tee pads, multiple true Par 4 and par 5 holes, and the list could go on and on.

Cons:

you have to kinds Grasp for straws here. The layout is a little spread out so you have a few long walks between hols but there is plenty of next tee signs to make your round flow smoothly. the park is popular so occasionally you have to wait for a runner or throw around a picnic but would you not want a course in a popular place for the betterment of the sport? I will mention the bridge on hole 5 had a dead Snake that one of the Maintenance staff had killed right before we played the hole so my wife freaked out but it get it Snakes live near creeks.

Other Thoughts:

I have played 29 courses in Georgia and I think this is the best one by far. the one exception may be the 3 courses at the PDGA national center in Appling, GA that I have not personally played but watched the Hall of Fame National Tour tournament there but they are in a whole separate Category. as far as public park Disc Golf this may be the best course I have ever played.
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Bflinn
Experience: 39.3 years 74 played 3 reviews
5.00 star(s)

Top notch 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 20, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

3-4 tee pads per hole, all with great signs, benches, and brooms. I played all long tees (except for the few that had puddles around them), to long baskets. I started playing this course 20 minutes after a massive downpour. Very playable. Huge but fair holes. Cart friendly bridges and steps, beautifullly groomed fairways, and directional markers where needed. I didn't have a map, and didn't need one. I will go out of my way to play here whenever I'm heading south.

Cons:

12 hours from home, can't play it every day.
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sjberry2017
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 10.9 years 51 played 19 reviews
5.00 star(s)

One of the Best 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Dec 17, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

(A note: I played all blue tees to green baskets)

Great baskets which catch very well

Most holes have two baskets, green and orange.

Multiple tees on all holes, most have three but some have two or four tees. Tees also have brooms for clearing them.

Practice basket with cool brick ring around the base.

Great mix of holes, lots of placement golf, a few grip and rip holes, some technical short shots, and many holes where you need to link multiple good shots together.

Fantastic mix of types of golf; no holes feel like a repeat at all.

Great ground play; lots of holes play into or with a hill side, so you need to plan for where your discs land.

Most holes in the woods have tight but fair lines, really fun.

Several unique greens. The wooden structure for hole 3 orange, hole 4's placement on the side of the creek, hole 8 down the hill, hole 9 surrounded by mulch and a wooden barrier, and most greens have some mature trees which help define where to land for a good putt.

Gorgeous and varied land; field holes, wooded holes, play out of the woods to open and from the open into the woods.

Well manicured and taken care of; not much litter and nothing overgrown.

Benches on most, if not all, tees.

Great infrastructure: awesome bridges and plenty of next tee signs.

Tee signs are super helpful; blue, white, and red signs have distances and pars for all three tees listed on each sign. I didn't check the gold ones.

Tees, signs, and benches are out of the way of each other. Not once during the round did I step up to a tee and find that the white or red tee was in my way.

Baskets have flags to help with visibility.

Mandos are well marked.

Hole 18 finished maybe 100 feet from hole 1's tee. Also, hole 18 can be easily reached from hole 8's pin, so it's easy to play a nine hole loop. Holes 2-6 can also be easily bypassed, so any amount of time can be accounted for in a round.

Hole 13 has a pole on it to help with retrieving discs from the water.

Heated restrooms and a map and info board between hole 15 and 16. 6/7/2018 Update: played the course for the second time today, this time in good weather. The little wooden kiosk past the practice basket has a course map as well. Still far from hole 1, but not nearly as much of a trek!

Cons:

A couple of the transitions between holes are long. Specifically 1-2, 6-7, 8-9, 11-12, 15-16, 16-17.

6/7/2018: My gripe about the map is no more, as there is one at the wooden kiosk by the practice basket. Still a touch out of the way, but not nearly as bad as being at Hole 15/16. That map is still there as well.

I played while it was raining (mostly drizzle and light rain) and after the course had been soaked, so it was super muddy in spots, but overall did hold water well.

Some holes have the possibility of losing a disc; I actually managed to lose one on hole 13 in the water.

Some tees on the longer holes are a bit short, but there's plenty of room to run up to them.

I was the only golfer on the course, but many of the fairways are close to each other, as well as pins and tees, so I imagine there are opportunities for some holes to interfere with each other. Mandos and design should minimize this, but we all know some folks love to ignore mandos and errant throws do occur. This is throughout the course.

Some will have a problem with a few of the holes being in the fields, but there are enough trees on these holes combined with elevation change and enough woods holes to where the chance to really lean into a disc and let it fly is super fun. Also, these holes have greens which are well defined by trees and elevation so there is still some placement involved.

This course is not in my backyard.

Other Thoughts:

Hobbs Farm disc golf course was a fantastic way to take break in the middle of a long interstate drive, playing around and through a large open park with a wonderful walking and biking trail. From the first hole to the final putt it was raining, but every tee shot was fun and every hole challenging. Many holes on the course require linking several shots together to get the birdie, with several tough but fun par 3's. Trees and elevation abound throughout Hobbs Farm, defining fairways and making it an extremely fun course to play. There is a lot of great infrastructure here, with fantastic tee signs, tees, bridges, directional signs to the next tees, and other various course equipment. Each hole presents a unique challenge and none of them feel like a repeat of a previous hole on the course. Some of my favorite holes from the round were:

Hole 1: a long par 4 to start off, hole 1 plays up a hill along mature trees, with a dogleg right at the top of the hill back down to a guarded basket. Slight elevation changes and a few big trees around the pin make the upshot an exercise in placement golf, a theme of the course.

Hole 2: The tee shot is a booming throw down a hill from trees into a wide open field. However, placement is key because the next shot crosses a creek thorough a tree line to a small meadow, then through another stand of trees to the pin.

Hole 4: following a short and tight hole 3, hole 4 has three lines off the blue tee to a fairway down a hillside. The pin is perched on the other side of the creek, maybe about twenty feet from it. The creek bank is uniquely carved out and really fun to play from.

Hole 7: following a couple fun woods holes, hole 7 is across the road and plays up the same hillside as hole one. Several mature trees to the left and a swampy area to the right define the narrow fairway. Throwing along this fairway and playing into the side of the hill, the upshot plays up the rest of the hill and among trees to the pin perched on the side of the hill.

Hole 9 plays up a tight wooded fairway to a dogleg left, with the green placed at the bottom of an elevation drop. A small wood frame filled with mulch surrounds the pin.

Hole 11: The blue tee plays from a somewhat sheltered area beneath a tree with a lower ceiling down an open fairway. The landing zone is a pick your own adventure area, with several different ways to play down to a pin surrounded by somewhat lower to the ground trees.

Hole 16: Plays down a tight wooded corridor, just a fun shot.

Hole 17: One of the signature holes on the course, Hole 17 tees from the boardwalk which connects holes 1-8 and 18 to the other holes. A short midrange shot, there's also a forehand flex line (right handed thrower). Reaching the other side isn't that difficult and it's also easy to retrieve a disc. Not the most difficult hole but really pretty and a super fun shot.

Hole 18: One final grip and rip hole. It plays up a hill and then back down. It's mostly open until the green, where several large trees define where the upshot needs to land. The orange basket is up a little mini cliff, making the upshot to that pin even more crucial.

There really isn't a whole lot more to say about this course, it's an extremely well taken care of and gorgeous course with a variety of fun shots and great baskets which catch well. The cons I could find are mostly nitpicky and if you have a chance to play this course, you definitely need to take it! I played with a steady rain and still had a blast!
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thrembo
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Premium Member
Experience: 49 years 242 played 195 reviews
5.00 star(s)

Best Course In Georgia? Yeah, Could Be! 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Sep 2, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

Amazing course with tons of elevation changes, water hazards and mature trees. Possibly the best designed course that I have played on. Generally three sets of tees per hole, each with its own tee sign, bench and broom. Looks like some new baskets have been added giving a few holes two baskets to throw at. A wide variety of hole types and lengths. Scenic signature holes including 13 (elevated tee to cool water feature) and 17 (elevated tee on a fricken bridge!). Navigation is a breeze and this course features the most next tee signs that I have ever seen. The course is very well maintained. And of course the main pro: This course is FUN to play. I could go on, but trust me, PLAY THIS COURSE!

Cons:

The only con that I can even think of is that there is some longish walks between some holes.

Other Thoughts:

I had a hard time deciding what adjectives to use to describe this course. Amazing spectacular etc. I heard that they spent $100,000 to build this course, $25,000 of it on just the bridge/tee feature. The course also caters to all skill levels and should be enjoyable to all except the most feeble. This is the first 5 that I have awarded a course, and it is certainly one of my favorites.
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hcrebel34
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
5.00 star(s)

Great Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 18, 2017 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Awesome well designed course, John Houck design.
Offers something for many different skill levels with three different pads (Red, White, Blue).
We are able to have competitive matches with friends of different skill levels because of the different levels.
Nice open fairways that can be forgiving for entry level players.
The Blue Pads (Pro) tighten those fairways up a bit.
Hole 13 throws over water onto a peninsula. One of the coolest holes I've ever played.
Very nice signs on EVERY hole.
Directions to next pad are clearly marked and the course flows nicely. A first timer could easily find their way to the next basket.

Cons:

The course is still filling out. Some trees are still growing into place to complete the design of the course. Once these trees (dogwoods I believe) fill out it will make holes 11 and 15 more challenging and fun by creating some lanes rather than having a wide open fairway.
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Noahlearner
Experience: 12.3 years 61 played 5 reviews
5.00 star(s)

Another Houck Masterpiece - MUST PLAY! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Feb 22, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

-- Superbly laid out with multiple tee pads with multiple lines to the basket.
-- Excellent Signage
-- Excellent wide cement teepads
-- Course is Hard AND ALSO fair. I never found myself feeling like there were any tweener holes or any luck box holes. All the fairways were fair ways.
-- Tight lines through woods demand midrange accuracy. Discs like rocs, buzzes, truths, cores, warships, compasses come to mind as weapons of choice.
-- whilere there are hyzer line (righty backhand) holes, there are also lefty or forehand holes too (10,13)
-- There are some surprising rollaway opportunities. Hole 8 was an easy putter downhill anny drive followed by a little fluffer upshot, that you can easily roll away down to the pond just below. This was especially hard to take when my drive was only 45 feet from the pin.Bird was lost.
-- Same scenario on the challenging hole 12. I laced my drive into the left gap and had a nice little forhand approach that landed 10 feet fom the basket but hit too much on edge and rolled 100 feet away. Bird was gonzo.
-- I especially enjoyed holes 1, 2, 4, 6, 12(sick),13, 14(sick), 16, 17 (the crosswalk and teepads are wow), and 18 was a great finishing hole.
-- Other holes allow you to bomb without fear. Think 2, 11, 15, hole 13

Cons:

-- Wish there was a bathroom by Hole 1.
-- The course isn't located near where I live!

Other Thoughts:

-- My original home course was his Nantucket disc golf course and when I travel, I always play Houck courses if I can(Selah Ranch, Harry Myers in Texas, Tall firs in Washington and now Hobbs Farm in Carrolton, GA).
-- This course feels like the Pinnacle of Houck Course design and it epitomizes a lot of the methods that he writes about in discgolfer magazine. It feels like this is what the future of disc golf should be like. Forget about just blasting drive after drive on a ball golf course. This course requires you to shoot for landing zones, sometimes with putters or midranges in order to score well.
-- You also have to stay inside your game and play patiently. On hole 5, I saw the line and when I threw hard I inevitably smashed into a tree and had a two stroke swing, but when I just saw the line and hit the line (and let the disc do the work, it all worked out great).
-- Other folk had mentioned that there were a number of blind drives. It wasn't as difficult as I expected based on their reviews, but I definitely suggest walking down the fairway on some holes when in doubt.
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cappysnax
Experience: 16 played 2 reviews
5.00 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 31, 2016 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

The best course in Georgia and one of the premier courses in the country..The PDGA should look at this for a big tourny.. Not gonna spend time with descriptions of the course because its been covered by others and the descriptions they have provided are dead accurate. This is more of an emotional appeal to get people out here..This is my "home course" and I feel unbelievably lucky to play it multiple times a week. I have been sucking at disc golf since 1991..I have played all over the country and I am hard pressed to think of a better course..This place truly stacks up with the very best and is an absolute blast to play

Cons:

only 18 holes..seriously there needs to be more..you will not want to quit
not enough trash cans
only 1 water fountain and its between 15 and 16







Other Thoughts:

if you love the game you cannot get here fast enough
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Upshawt1979
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Premium Member
Experience: 20.9 years 550 played 429 reviews
5.00 star(s)

Hooray for Hobbs 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 8, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

Hobbs Farm Park is an absolute blast to play. The course offers multiple tees on each hole (usually 3, at least 2), all concrete except for hole 17's interesting wooded decks with rubber pads. The bright green Prodigy baskets are topped with red flags, and will not be visible from the box on many holes. Starting with hole 1, the elevation changes are a big factor. A big grassy hill sits in front of the tees, and from the top it is a long way down the other side through several groups of mature trees. Great way to begin. Across the street, hole 2 is another long hole that crosses a gentle slope down a grassy field before entering a beautiful stand of woods on the other side of the creek dividing the two. I guess it could be the signature hole, as it really has most of the best elements of the course, all mashed up into one hole. The morning I played my disc knocking the trees next to the bridge scared off a group of deer in the trees. Hole 3 is a shorter one, with a couple of avenues to get there. It's uphill a little, I reached with a mid range and missed my birdie putt. Number 4 is another big one, similar to the first hole. Rising up a bit of a hill to a dogleg right at the crest, followed by a long descent. This time there are more trees creating a nice alley to the basket on the other side of another stream. Holes 5 and 6 are not as long or hilly, but still dealing with heavy woods. After crossing the street again, hole 7 works back up the hill the opposite direction of hole 1. It is very long with a handful of big trees, getting a lot more steep at the pin. There is also some thick rough and water along the right side that you should try to avoid. 8 is back down the mostly open backside of the hill, only a few trees stand to the right side in front of the basket, but the pin is on very fast approach and it is easy to overshoot or take a nasty roll to the bottom. A very nice deck bridges a marsh area to the 9th hole, and you will see the unusual situation that is hole 17 on the way. Hole 9 is another lengthy fairway crowded with woods, with a bit of a dogleg right and some tricky elevation change before offering split approaches left or right in front of the basket. 10 is a par three out of the trees and into open grass field. 11 is the same kind of open space covering a much longer distance, with large trees gathered near the basket. 12 is another crazy woodsy hole on the other side of the walking trail that is long and has a couple of routes to the green area. 13 is over water, from an elevated tee, and again my mid range got me with in 25 feet of the target but I choked on the birdie attempt. 14 will take you through another tough set of trails meandering over contoured and heavily wooded terrain, before opening up at the top a bit near the basket. 15 is kind of like 11, very long and open, few trees scattered over mostly flat grassy area. 16 is a par three, and the last heavily wooded hole. Hole 17 has two pads that jut out from the side of the deck that crosses the marsh. The rubber mats are good even when wet, with plenty of room. There it a short patch of water to get over, and a few trees on the other side that create windows approaching the pin. 18 will march steeply uphill for quite a way, and then drop slightly back down to the final basket surrounded by a few trees and shrubs.

I loved the variety of this course. Several water crossings. The elevation changes are great. Forrest sections are very challenging, but offer well defined flight paths. Equipment is new and the signs are wonderful. Overall the park is very scenic and layout utilizes all aspects equally well.

Cons:

Moving between holes 6 and 7 you have to cross the fairway on hole 2. Also the path from 8 to 9 is right next to the 17th hole and kind of close to the action. Not the easiest course, could be frustrating for new players.

Other Thoughts:

I played early after a night of rain, and the course was still reasonably dry and mud free. This is a really well designed course, with great fun factor and risk reward plays. I shot 6 over par from the long blue tees on my only round. I'm not a pro caliber disc golfer, but feel like I could eventually shoot a round at par here given a few opportunities to play the course. Very versatile with all of the tee box options, and consistently high quality from hole to hole. Worth checking out for sure if you have the chance to visit.
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Jlee92
Experience: 14 played 1 reviews
5.00 star(s)

Great Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 8, 2016 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Brand new Prodigy baskets with tall orange flags, large concrete tee pads, long, medium, and short tee pads on almost every hole, benches at 98% of tee pads. Signs showing hole layout and distance for every hole. Great signage between holes directing you to the next.

I just moved here from the Charlotte area where we have LOTS of nice courses and its great to have this course in my back yard. You can tell the creators put some time and money into Hobbs. The surrounding land is really nice and they've done a great job of clearing out the brush around the fairways and ensuring the course is maintained from what I've seen.

Other Thoughts:

I wish there were more courses like this around this area!

Water fountain at hole 16
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