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West Jefferson, OH

Life in Christ Fellowship DGC

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2.55(based on 5 reviews)
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MrFrosty
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 31.2 years 764 played 387 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Don't Forget To Yell FORE !! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 13, 2021 Played the course:once

Pros:

Life In Christ Fellowship in a nondenominational church located just off of I-70 , west of Columbus . They have decided to design and maintain a disc golf course on part of their grounds . There is plenty of parking close to the kiosk and the first hole . I didn't see a bathroom open , and since the church services were over on the Sunday late afternoon that I was there , I am not sure you can use theirs .
-- THE EQUIPMENT -- There is a nice kiosk near hole 1 . People are putting found discs ( I found one , too , and called the owner to pick it up ) up in the Kiosk roof's supports . There is also a garbage can near the kiosk , which was the only one I remember seeing . Please carry out what you carry in .
The course advertises 18 holes , and they utilize the tees and baskets to its utmost . There are 10 large springy rubber tee pads to share with the 18 holes . There are a large 5' X 9' . You might use it pointed one way towards a basket , and use it the other way coming back .
The tee signs are good. Very descriptive , they give you hole number , par , distance flight path , and even a commandment . Since there was no commandment that said , "Thou Shall no covet thy neighbor's drive , I was inclined to use a mulligan or 2 during my round . The baskets are the MVP Black Hole , which were adequate .
Worth mentioning. They had some cool little brooms attached to the tee signs for you to brush off needy tee pads .
-- THE LANDSCAPE -- The course plays mostly flat or slightly sloping . Much of it is kind of park style , with a few woods holes at the beginning and end . A large pond may come into play on holes 1 and maybe 17 . There is a small gulley that will come into play also on 2 & 17 . Grass cutting may have been neglected as of late , at the grass was at least ankle deep , to higher . The overgrowth can be brutal ( see cons ) .
-- THE HIGHLIGHTS -- No highlight holes , but a couple of interesting ones . #3 is a par 4 298' hole that starts with a hard left to a landing zone in a gulley and on a narrow path . The basket is out of the brush and a hard right to the basket .
Best hole to me was #11 , 531' where you drive to an opening that releases a 2nd drive ( maybe approach ) uphill to the basket , which has brush on the right and behind it .
__ THE TIME -- I was turned around and a little confused here , so it took me and hour and 10 minutes to play the course . A foursome that had most of the course to theirselves will get through in a little under 2 hours .
-- I don't know if the course has a large following or not , and there was 1 other person out on the course when I was . You might have this place exclusively yours on off-peak times.

Cons:

Safety - They have consolidated this course that should hold 9 holes into a crowded 18 . There are baskets overlapping fairways , blind shots that might go into other players , baskets close to tee pads . All I can say is , " Heads Up " !
Navigation -- You need to print the map here . It sounds easy to go out for 10 holes , then play all holes coming back , but it's not . I had to backtrack to play 14 . Seeing 3 baskets at a time plus tee pads will do that to you .
Disc Risk -- Medium . If the course was longer , I would have rated it higher . The grass was high , the bushes were thick , and if you wander out of the fairways and into the course framing brush here , you disc might bs a goner .The overgrowth with its thorns can break skin . The pond should be out of play and hard to throw into .
Crowding -- I imagine that there will be waits if several groups play at once ., since baskets and tee pads are shared . Keep this in mind if you play during popular hours .
Easy , Lack Of Wow -- Some will be disappointed in the lack of challenging holes . This may be by design , as the church may not want the congregation and locals to feel intimidated . A couple of holes make it hard or impossible to get to like 3 , 17 , 6 & 14 .

Other Thoughts:

Don't let my course review score influence a chance to play . This was a good course placement to open up the I-70 Columbus - Dayton Corridor . The course is inexpensive advertising for Life In Christ Fellowship Church , and a way of saying Hi and inviting the public and curious to drop by . I think , with a few tweaks , the course could be a staple to the Columbus disc golf world . Any course that ever has a donation box , drop a couple of dollars in .
MY RECOMMENDATION -- For the congregation and the newbies , you may want to bring spotters if you want to play here . Same with families . Some control will help you leave with the discs you came with . When I set that guy's disc up in the wood supports of the kiosk , his disc had company . If you are a local living in the Jefferson area , this course is okay for you . Intermediates and up might want to head toward Veteran's , unless living down the street . Travelers might step off of I-70 to play a few holes out and back , just to pump blood back into their legs . Course Baggers , a good way to pick up another course while collecting in Columbus .
A Round Here Is Up To You ,,,,,
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20 1
leath
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 11 years 145 played 17 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Caution: Flying Discs 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 6, 2021 Played the course:once

Pros:

- Kiosk is well-stocked with scorecards and pencils, a diagram of the course layout, and rules posted. Plenty of parking directly by hole 1.
- Tee signs are in good shape, easy to find, and have the necessary information.
- The 10 MVP baskets are in great shape and catch well.
- There are a handful of wooded holes that provide a change of pace from the otherwise mostly-open fairways.

Cons:

- The out-and-back layout results in playing holes in reverse on the "back 9". Fairways, tees, and baskets are shared on most of the holes. I guess this would not be a problem if you're alone on the course, but the day I played (early March) there were 5 other groups.
- Tees are too close to baskets, and in some cases are actually in the fairway of other holes. Four holes overlap at a basket/nearby tee in SEVEN different places on the course. Add in blind shots and you've got a lot of potential for injury.

Other Thoughts:

- Difficulty and challenge seem to be for appropriate for recreational players, consistent with the tees being red. All but 2 holes are under 300'.
- Tee pads are rubber mats over gravel. They're large enough and pretty flat.
- I played in early March, and the fairways and rough were all low, but from what I could tell the fairways are reasonably sized. I'm guessing conditions will not always be so nice - I did see some a bit of thorny vegetation just off the fairways. A lot will depend on how well they keep up with course maintenance and mowing.
- As I mentioned in the cons, the safety concerns are significant in both number and severity. Even in winter there are partially-to-completely blind tee shots that either pass or approach other tees. I imagine this will be even worse during the summer when the leaves are out. The shared-fairway/tee/basket design allowed for 18 holes with only 10 baskets and 11 tees, but comes at a cost.
- I would have rated this around a 2.5, but because of the safety concerns I'm deducting a full point. With multiple groups on the course, it's one of the most dangerous layouts I've seen. I seem to be in the minority, but I prefer 9 good holes to 18 mediocre ones, and for me this falls into the would-have-been-better-as-a-9-hole category.


Family Friendliness Rating: 1.5, I guess (0.5 when course is busy, 2.5 when you're the only ones)
PROS: Holes are short enough for kids to play. Pretty easy to push a large-wheel stroller around here, just a couple wet spots to deal with.

CONS: Safety concerns mentioned above. There's also a pond that could come into play on 2 and 17.
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