Lafreniere Park - Old Layout reviews
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JTacoma03
Experience:
15.2 years
133 played
4 reviews
SO MUCH POTENTIAL! 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Mar 26, 2010
Played the course:once
Pros:
In a park which doesn't have a ton of variation in terrain, the layout of the holes gets pretty creative. The park space is utilized well, and the course stays interesting and fun once you make it to the next tee (see cons).
Cons:
1- This course is one of the worst in terms of navigation. Here's some help for other first timers so they don't waste the time that I did.
Hole #9 - cross the street and parking lot from 8. Go straight past the display board to the tee sign directly behind it. #9 is blind and plays to the left behind the rock waterfall.
Hole #10 - walk on the concrete path bordering the "lagoon" - around basket #23 - the path runs into #10 tee. It looks like you could play to 2 possible baskets, one over the lagoon and one to the right.
Hole#11 - the tee is where the "over the lagoon" basket for 10 is. So if you play to the other basket you'll be by Basket #11. Walk to the other side of the huge sand pile and play back towards where you just walked from.
Hole #13 - cross the divided street, Tee is between the soccer field and the street.
Hole #16 - cross the divided street again near the entrance to the park. You'll play back towards where 12 is.
Hole #18 - tee is on the hill, "top of the world" style hole
Hole #24 - the basket is on the top of the largest hill near the parking lot, hard to see and the tees look like they're facing a different basket.
2- Baskets: the actual basket area is not big enough, so expect bounce outs. The baskets are not uniform either - # of chains differs, basket size and depth also differ.
3- Basket labeling - normally I don't count this as a huge problem unless in a situation like this course has, where multiple baskets are visible and potentially playable from a single tee.
4- Tee signage: the only signs are numbers to label the teepads, which adds to the confusion of not having baskets labeled. distances might be nice, but I don't count off for that personally.
5- directions to the course: There's no way tell where the course starts, since there are 3 or 4 parking lots which border the course.
Directions: When you enter the park from Veterans Blvd. take first left past gates. Follow around until you see baskets on your right AND left, pull into that parking lot. If you pass the playground and park office you've gone too far.
Hole #9 - cross the street and parking lot from 8. Go straight past the display board to the tee sign directly behind it. #9 is blind and plays to the left behind the rock waterfall.
Hole #10 - walk on the concrete path bordering the "lagoon" - around basket #23 - the path runs into #10 tee. It looks like you could play to 2 possible baskets, one over the lagoon and one to the right.
Hole#11 - the tee is where the "over the lagoon" basket for 10 is. So if you play to the other basket you'll be by Basket #11. Walk to the other side of the huge sand pile and play back towards where you just walked from.
Hole #13 - cross the divided street, Tee is between the soccer field and the street.
Hole #16 - cross the divided street again near the entrance to the park. You'll play back towards where 12 is.
Hole #18 - tee is on the hill, "top of the world" style hole
Hole #24 - the basket is on the top of the largest hill near the parking lot, hard to see and the tees look like they're facing a different basket.
2- Baskets: the actual basket area is not big enough, so expect bounce outs. The baskets are not uniform either - # of chains differs, basket size and depth also differ.
3- Basket labeling - normally I don't count this as a huge problem unless in a situation like this course has, where multiple baskets are visible and potentially playable from a single tee.
4- Tee signage: the only signs are numbers to label the teepads, which adds to the confusion of not having baskets labeled. distances might be nice, but I don't count off for that personally.
5- directions to the course: There's no way tell where the course starts, since there are 3 or 4 parking lots which border the course.
Directions: When you enter the park from Veterans Blvd. take first left past gates. Follow around until you see baskets on your right AND left, pull into that parking lot. If you pass the playground and park office you've gone too far.
Other Thoughts:
This course has a ton of potential. I really debated between a 2.5 and a 3 rating. If the course could get new baskets, some tee markers/signs, and some navigation signs it'd boost up to a 3.5 or 4 without even touching the layout. I would love to see this course shown a little bit of love and make it really a gem in Louisiana.
