Lakeview Park reviews
5
1
hugheshilton
Experience:
13.7 years
44 played
6 reviews
A Disappointment 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Dec 22, 2013
Played the course:once
Pros:
- Beautiful park setting.
- Some technical holes that will really make you consider your shots from a risk/reward point of view.
- Multiple pads (2 or even 3!) on most holes.
- Multiple basket placements.
- Navigation from hole to hole is pretty easy.
- Some technical holes that will really make you consider your shots from a risk/reward point of view.
- Multiple pads (2 or even 3!) on most holes.
- Multiple basket placements.
- Navigation from hole to hole is pretty easy.
Cons:
- Real punishments for missing your lines (as in an opportunity to lose a disc in the river on about 2/3rds of the holes).
- It's kind of hard to tell which placement any particular basket is actually in.
- There were some holes on the back 9 with really no sort of defined fairway. You were just throwing through a huge group of trees and hoping you didn't hit one of the big branches. I don't mind narrow fairways at all, but having some sort of defined fairway is important. "Throw and pray" type holes are not particularly fun.
- LOTS of overlapping/shared/crossing fairways. I can't stress enough how terrible the final 9 holes of this course are if you have a group either behind or in front of you. You're literally throwing AT each other on almost every hole. It's ridiculous. Whoever designed this course should have made a 12-15 hole course, which is all they really have room for instead of creating an 18 hole course where you're likely to get hit on about half the holes. It's really a shame, but getting hit by fast flying plastic can really ruin your round and your day.
- It's kind of hard to tell which placement any particular basket is actually in.
- There were some holes on the back 9 with really no sort of defined fairway. You were just throwing through a huge group of trees and hoping you didn't hit one of the big branches. I don't mind narrow fairways at all, but having some sort of defined fairway is important. "Throw and pray" type holes are not particularly fun.
- LOTS of overlapping/shared/crossing fairways. I can't stress enough how terrible the final 9 holes of this course are if you have a group either behind or in front of you. You're literally throwing AT each other on almost every hole. It's ridiculous. Whoever designed this course should have made a 12-15 hole course, which is all they really have room for instead of creating an 18 hole course where you're likely to get hit on about half the holes. It's really a shame, but getting hit by fast flying plastic can really ruin your round and your day.
Other Thoughts:
If there were no one else playing the course, this would really be a great place to play a round. It is a beautiful park and a fairly challenging course considering all the water hazards. However, when I played, there was a group of 6 or 7 idiots in front of us (me and a friend) who wouldn't let us pass. They were constantly chucking discs at us on the latter half of this course because of all the shared/overlapping fairways (not exactly their fault because the course is poorly designed but they had absolutely no courtesy about it). Literally almost every hole on the back 9 has an opportunity to hit someone playing either the previous hole or the next hole. Needless to say, this really detracts from the enjoyment of a round of golf. If this course were to eliminate several holes, they could have 12-15 really reasonable holes and I would give them a better rating than the current setup. It's just too easy to get hit on holes that share fairways.
9
0
Bring your waders 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Dec 12, 2009
Played the course:once
Pros:
-Good balance, variety
-Plenty of obstacles
-Good risk/reward quotient
-Fun for the finesse player
-Plenty of obstacles
-Good risk/reward quotient
-Fun for the finesse player
Cons:
-Concrete tees very small
-Poor signage
-Poor traffic flow in spots
-Some blind throws along walking path
-Poor signage
-Poor traffic flow in spots
-Some blind throws along walking path
Other Thoughts:
Lakeview Park is a small park that borders a lake on the east end, a dog park on the west end, the parking lot on the south and a street on the north. From what I understand, from researching the course in preparation for my trip, this park is a former botanical garden, supposedly a precursor to Cypress Gardens. You can see elements of this from the variety of tropical flora and a canal that winds through the park.
First impression of the course is that it's plenty of holes for the size of park. Holes are on the short side and are packed fairly tightly into the available land. The short length of the holes is offset greatly by the danger of OB provided by the lake and canal (water comes into play on 12 holes). Another impression is that finding your way around will require knowledge of the course or a good map. There are a couple of places where the next tee is not readily apparent and you might have to walk past several tees to get to the correct one (9 to 10 is an example). Also, when you stand on #16's tee, you will be tempted to play #17's basket as that is the one you can see. Tee signage is no help as most of it contains only the hole # and the distance, if there is signage at all.
Safety can be an issue with people walking their dogs along the paths, sometimes blindly. The course shares the park with a dog park, so I imagine this is a common occurence.
Overall, the course has a lot of liabilities. However, it is extremely enjoyable to play as the holes themselves are well designed in balance and variety. The water provides great risk and excitement, requiring finesse to score well (and to keep from losing your plastic).
First impression of the course is that it's plenty of holes for the size of park. Holes are on the short side and are packed fairly tightly into the available land. The short length of the holes is offset greatly by the danger of OB provided by the lake and canal (water comes into play on 12 holes). Another impression is that finding your way around will require knowledge of the course or a good map. There are a couple of places where the next tee is not readily apparent and you might have to walk past several tees to get to the correct one (9 to 10 is an example). Also, when you stand on #16's tee, you will be tempted to play #17's basket as that is the one you can see. Tee signage is no help as most of it contains only the hole # and the distance, if there is signage at all.
Safety can be an issue with people walking their dogs along the paths, sometimes blindly. The course shares the park with a dog park, so I imagine this is a common occurence.
Overall, the course has a lot of liabilities. However, it is extremely enjoyable to play as the holes themselves are well designed in balance and variety. The water provides great risk and excitement, requiring finesse to score well (and to keep from losing your plastic).
