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Lenoir City, TN

Lenoir City Park

2.55(based on 1 reviews)
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Experience: 41 years 76 played 4 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Stay calm and carry on 2+ years drive by

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

Pros:

Nine holes with both short and long tees that try to avoid high use areas of this city park. Eighteen can be played by alternating S/L and going around twice.

Pleasant setting in mixed woods/grass park alongside (or flying over) Tellico Lake. Some surprisingly long long tees have been fit into limited space.

Hole #2L feels like a signature hole, over the lake and through the woods while avoiding any crowds. The rating of par 4 for a few of the long tees seems appropriate.

Nearby, Calhoun's Tiki Hut offers marina-side deck service for drowning the pain of your lost discs.

Cons:

The design ethos seems to have been to put water into play as often as possible. Three of nine short tees and arguably 7 of 9 long tees have water in play, several requiring long carries off the tee. This feels a bit gratuitous, thought it might also have been a strategy for fitting more and longer holes into a tight wooded area - over the water there are clearer sight lines. Unfortunately, the combination of trees and the waters edge can sometimes capriciously take a $20 toll for a generally not-that-bad shot.

The choice to make even the short tee on #1 a narrow-lane water carry is disappointing as it certainly discourages beginners from ever even trying the course (was this intentional?) At minimum, a well-marked drop zone would helpful.

Holes #3 and #4 go through heavily used areas (past pavilions and over a volleyball court) and may occasionally need to be skipped.

Hole #5 short tee uses a narrow foreground double mando, but from the long tee the mando just breaks the holes into a layup to the short tee, and then onward. From the longs, ignoring the mando feels better.

Hole #6 water is only a hazard if you go long or far right. The former is less likely for the trees, but an unlucky carom could invoke the later.

Other Thoughts:

If you like that risk/reward feeling in your disc golf, this course may be for you. The short tees play safer, but take away much of the charm, leaving you a modest but pleasant city-park experience.
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