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Tonawanda, NY

Lincoln Park DGC

2.135(based on 12 reviews)
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paul2432
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 45 years 123 played 15 reviews
2.00 star(s)

9 holes? too few. 18 holes? too many - let's do a 12 holer! 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Oct 6, 2019 Played the course:once

Pros:

Course offers concrete tee pads, decent Innova Discatchers. A nice course map at the parking lot. There is some variety of length of holes. The holes are pretty much in the open, so losing a disc is pretty hard to do.

Cons:

Where to begin - In all reality the park's department did try and put in a decent course, but failed pretty badly.

Right off the bat, the first hole is really hard to find. The concrete pads are only about six feet in length. No real ability to get a good run up.

The holes are basically just straight with a few trees to work around.

Instead of spacing out the holes, each of the next tees is usually only around 30 feet away from the previous basket.

There are tee signs, but they are just numbered and no map of each hole.

The course is pancake flat.

Some holes play next to shelters. A bad shot could really end up hitting/hurting someone.

Other Thoughts:

The course isn't terrible, but definitely not worth playing if you're a serious golfer. It's ok for rec players or a quick round for course baggers. A course you might play if your aunt Sally lived within a mile of the park. What puzzles me the most is why they came up with 12-hole design. There's enough room to do a fun 18-hole pitch and putt and still keep some of the longer holes. Or they could have just done a really challenging 9 hole course. Instead they came up with lucky 12 ;)

This was clearly a Parks and Recreation design, meaning that this was designed and installed by someone who works for the city/town but has never played disc golf. A good course designer would have made this much better. Overall it was a nice effort, but overall it fails to be anything more than an ok rec course.
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Lance81
Experience: 7 played 4 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Adequate little course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jun 25, 2015 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

- No danger of losing a disc.
- Has concrete pads, though they are a bit small.
- The par 5 holes are exceedingly generous, even for novices.
- 12 short holes: can be played pretty quickly, and is a decent course for beginners.
- Well marked and easy to find your way around.

Cons:

- 12 holes crammed into tight quarters, so inaccurate throws might get onto other fairways or into picnic and playground areas. This is especially troublesome on the last five holes.
- No real variety from hole to hole: all flat, only one dogleg, and no really long holes.
- Lots of trees, so you'll almost certainly hit branches if you really try to air out a drive.
- A few holes can get muddy if there's been rain, but not nearly as bad Ellicott Creek Park.
- Only one set of tees.

Other Thoughts:

Overall I like this course because it's a good place to work on your accuracy and approach shots. If you can keep your shots low and straight you'll eat this course for breakfast. Even if you hit a lot of tree trunks (as I did) you can usually recover quite easily, making this a generally forgiving course for beginners. The biggest issue is how cramped the course is, so you should definitely play during the park's off-peak times like weekday mornings in order to avoid picnickers and kids on the playgrounds. The designers might have done better with a 9 hole course to give the holes a little more breathing room. The course is nothing special, but good for a quick practice round if you live in the area.
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lcra0825
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 17.7 years 152 played 39 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Great course for getting people involved in disc golf 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 28, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

- bathrooms on location
- good parking (Some of the courses like this you have to find parking on the street)
- Nice central location. It should be used by many people who wouldn't normally play disc golf
- Hole design utilizes the trees very well as obstacles requiring you to shape your drive
- Tees are easy enough to find and baskets are numbered to make finding your way around quite easily
- some longer distances which is rare in courses of this kind
- Seems to be well maintained with park office on sight. One of the rec directors informed me that tee signs are on the way, and he gave me a scorecard and a full color layout of the course
- No worries of losing discs here

Cons:

- there is not much variety in scenery as it is in a park. Every hole looks the same
- The park wasn't busy when I played but I could forsee the possibility of the course intruding with non-disc golf visitors. One of my drives landed in the middle of a swing set, luckily there was no one swinging there
- Regular disc golfers will only consider this a practice course because of it only being 12 holes

Other Thoughts:

First I would like to mention that I only rate courses with less than 18 holes a max of three and this is better than the other area nine hole courses due to its ease of playability. This course is great for families and those people who wouldn't normally play disc golf while will still be used for quick rounds by regular disc golfers in the area. I was quite impressed with the maintenance of the course and how easy it was to find the tees and baskets. I had trouble with this at the other nine hole courses in the area.
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