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Brookfield, IL

Kiwanis Park

0.865(based on 7 reviews)
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EspressoPatronum
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Experience: 18.8 years 256 played 243 reviews
1.00 star(s)

A Wholly Forgettable Safety Nightmare 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 23, 2020 Played the course:once

Pros:

- nice concrete tees
- nice, color tee signs
- baskets generally in good repair
- located in a well-kept, clean park with natural areas

Cons:

- safety hazards everywhere (described below)
- tee 1 pointed completely wrong direction
- one basket installed crooked
- completely flat and uninspiring
- some obstacles due to trees, but otherwise mostly very short holes
- crammed into a relatively small area of a park
- back and forth, repetitive shots

Other Thoughts:

This is easily one of the worst courses I have played, and that's saying something considering the tees, baskets, and signs were all generally in great shape. That's probably all that bumped it up to a 1 instead of a 0.5 for me.

Kiwanis Park is a nice enough park, with a playground, baseball fields, walking paths, and some wooded/natural areas. None of this fits that well with disc golf, unfortunately. The safety hazards are everywhere. On hole 3 you're throwing straight at the playground. There were 2 kids on the swings when I was playing and I had to lay up my shot to make sure I didn't risk hitting them. On hole 4 in particular, you're almost throwing towards the road on the edge of the park, as well as directly over the walking path. There are numerous other opportunities to hit walkers.

While I appreciate Brookfield's effort to put a course in (something my home city has not done), this one feels forced. They clearly put in some effort by putting in the concrete tees, etc. but it feels crammed into an area it doesn't fit into, with 4 of the 7 holes basically going back and forth through the same area with nothing unique about them.

This course is for bagging and maybe beginner practice, but I can't imagine what would bring anyone back unless they lived extremely close. I would struggle to have fun here if the park was at all crowded, and with only 7 ultra-flat and short holes, there's just nothing to get excited about here.
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Qikly
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Experience: 11.9 years 181 played 150 reviews
1.00 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 14, 2017 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Kiwanis Park's DGC is a simple seven holes that occupy mostly one corner of a small city park. There are a few small trees and other such minor obstacles to force you to shape your drive around, as well as a road that intuitively serves as out of bounds. The distances are short, with nothing over 250' feet. Even the truest beginner can play this course. And there are at least a few holes featuring enough obstacles to teach some basic aspects of line-shaping and playing a disc's fade. Experienced players will enjoy ace runs galore.

This is probably the quickest course I've ever played. I managed to play a full round in 10-15 minutes tops and played most of it again in half that time. Tees are well-signed for such a small park which is a nice perk that makes navigation all the easier.

The park itself seems very well-kept.

Cons:

Beyond just being a very small, casual course with little in the way of obstacles and only a basic design, Kiwanis Park DGC sits a bit precariously amidst what seems to be a well-trafficked park. There's a little league field, a play set, and a few other park activities that abut the course, as well as walking paths that thread throughout. This means that conflict with other park goers is imminent if not actually omnipresent. You have to be very aware of and respectful to others if you're going to play this course safely. Thankfully the short holes at least mitigate the safety threat somewhat.

Hole 1's tee sits at a very odd angle in relation to its basket. Wedged next to the baseball field, this made the layout's beginning a bit unintuitive as well as made me further concerned about a beginner throwing an errant disc at other park goers.

Other Thoughts:

Kiwanis is a simple disc golf course that you can bag quickly as you hit up other courses in the area. It pairs well with say Central Park, a great, much more technical 9 nearby. Kiwanis is worth a visit, but only if you don't have high expectations and are conscious of others using the park.
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