Tyler, TX

Lindsey Park - Blue Course

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blake833
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 14 years 160 played 140 reviews
3.50 star(s)

The bulk buy of disc golf experiences 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 3, 2018 Played the course:once

Pros:

There are three courses at Lindsey Park, and they're all great, and all for different reasons. And how can you tell which course you're on? Well just look at the color of the DiscCatcher basket you're throwing to! If three courses of custom color Discatchers isn't amazing, I don't know what is.

Full Disclosure: I only played about half the Blue Course, it was my 4th 18 holer of the day, and it was about to rain. I played 1, couldn't find 2, so went to 10 and then crossed the road for 11-17, and then 18. I got some looks at the other holes, but it started raining so I didn't play the rest. But what I DID play, and could see, was pretty amazing.

The part of this park this course plays on is a mix of gentle elevation, to extreme. A few times you play straight uphill, or straight downhill, which honestly might be more difficult. At least mentally, not throwing 100ft into the air on a steep hill and hyzering waaay out is not something I get to practice, so this course gave me a great opportunity to experience that.

Every hole has a short and long tee, both concrete and in good condition. The tee sign is going to be at the shorter tee. I don't usually put this in a review, but I really liked the tee signs here. It doesn't add much to your experience, but it added enough to mine that I figure it's worth mentioning. Also, all three courses have the same style sign, so maybe they just grew on me by the time I got to my third course.

This course is a great compliment to the long and technical Gold Course, and the shorter Red Course. There are enough trees to influence your lines, but not enough to automatically give you a bogey if you miss your line. This course also makes good use of space, giving every hole ample room despite sharing some field space. I never felt right up against another hole, or in danger of throwing into another fairway.

The trees through the park are old and large. The accumulation of the whole experience is always augmented by some beautiful scenery.

Cons:

Obviously navigation could be better because I just couldn't find hole 2. And I looked HARD before looking at the weather and just deciding to move on to 10. After that it was preeetty easy, but still took a little searching. Kind of a theme for every course.

I think what really keeps this from being a 4 is just the lack of that amazing factor where you feel #blessed to be playing the course. I was looking for that on Gold, given it's high rating, but came closest to it on Red and Blue. But there are no particularly beautiful holes, or seeing something that's never been done before. If I go back and find maybe a few more technical holes I missed this time, I may bump it up to a 4.

Other Thoughts:

I loved playing what little bit of this course I did. If I go back through Tyler in the future, I would love to play this course first, then the Red.

I said this in my Review of Red, but it really is amazing to have three high quality courses in the same park. And it is further amazing that each hole have top of the line baskets, multiple concrete pads, and good signage. The investment in this course and the experiences of the disc golfers is noticeable, and staggering. The only other thing like it are places that are dedicated to having one top-of-the-line course, but for a community, this is absolutely amazing. I would love to go to a three round tournament here where every round was a different course. But then again that might make parking an issue...

Definitely play if you're driving through! At least one, but as many of the three courses as you can. (and no, I won't tell you which one!)
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hph04a
Experience: 12 played 6 reviews
3.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 19, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

Multiple tees and varied lengths of holes make the course great for all different skill levels. Concrete tee pads are nice. Good mix of open and wooded holes

Cons:

Navigation can get a little confusing at times, its not well marked. Hole maps are needed on the uphill holes where its impossible to see the pin and the holes where multiple pins are visible

Other Thoughts:

Several long holes to start off certainly gets you warmed up. A couple different times you will find yourself walking across the teepad you think you're supposed to be at to find the you are supposed to be at. All in all though, a very fun course to play. If you take a full day and play all three courses, this is the one I'd start with
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goodolrebel
Experience: 14.8 years 30 played 12 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Nice Course That Needs Signs 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 3, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

I like the Tee boxes being labeled Long and short Tee's and Tee boxes markes with the distaneces. Good use of the elevation changes specially the first 2 holes and 14,15, 16 and 17( I like throwing up and down that hill). The middle holes play in out of the woods, with a couple ace able holes (# 8 comes to mind) Holes 9 - 12 play through the wood with some good Tunnel shots (got lucky and made it across the creekgully on 12).

Cons:

Signs, Signs, Signs showing where the next Tee box is . The one thing I hate is walking around looking look for the next hole. A overall layout map would be nice showing where the first hole for each course is located.
With the sandy soil around the Tyler area it is prime soil for Goat Head Stickers.(Wear Tall Sox)

Other Thoughts:

Having 3 courses in one location is pretty cool. I liked playing in the tall pine trees of East Texas. The one thing I did notice was all of the Red Harvester ants and no Fire Ants. I'll take the Red ants any day.

Lindsey Blue Course over all I had a good time playing it. Just wished there was better signs showing the location of the next Tee Box.
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DeadEye
Experience: 43 played 11 reviews
3.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 23, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

Long distances allow for more difficult holes. A varied terrain of long open fields and tight wooded holes. Most difficult course I've played.

Cons:

Ants, Poison Ivy, bad navigation. Wear tall socks and bring a map.
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chalos13
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 16.9 years 35 played 35 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Long 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 25, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

Bring your long arm. This course has lost more length than the red course across the park. this course will stretch your game.

Cons:

This course will frustrate new players, there are quite a few "tunnel" holes where shots get very tough

Other Thoughts:

I enjoy playing this course, but it always hurts my self esteem a little. It's fun, but it's tough.
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Roc1Time
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 22.8 years 131 played 118 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Yeah 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 9, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

Best of the 2 in the park. Lots more shots then the red course, which challenges you more. The elevation is very cool here(15/16). The are some wooded holes that are tight with a good mix of boomers as well. Not to difficult which I think makes it fun for the newbie. (Red tees at least) Fun course which rewards you for good shots and gets you if you dont. Good baskets and tees. Clean once again and well taken care of excpet for a couple of holes noted in the cons.

Cons:

Signage seems to be a big deal down here. Hard to navigate just like the red course. Holes 10 and 11 could use some manicuring as the poison ivy and underbrush has gotten almost out of control.

Other Thoughts:

Great having 36 holes in one park. Will go back for sure.
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NDABRUSH
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 16.3 years 58 played 47 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Very challenging to play and navigate 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Mar 31, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

Tight wooded holes, hole 7 especially. Elevation used to maximum in my opinion. I liked 16 so I threw a few just to watch them fly. Extra long tee pads. Good variety of shots are required. After hole 5, I met a local that said he helped design the courses. He whipped out a piece of paper and drew me a map of both courses from memory so I should mention friendly locals and plenty of them. If you are having problems navigating just let the group or guy play through and follow the locals. Thats what I did on the red course.

Cons:

At times hard to navigate. For the most part a confusing course to play though fun once you do.

Other Thoughts:

The first local I talked to said there is going to be a 3rd course here soon. Hopefully it will have elevation and will be densely wooded. Overall Lindsey Park definitely is a very good golf destination. With 3 18 hole courses in the same park that both have a great variety of shots, you will definitely have fun throwing every shot that you know.
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wolito
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 17.2 years 88 played 87 reviews
3.50 star(s)

fair course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Mar 9, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

This course has much to offer: long open holes, short narrow fairways and difficult wooded areas. Fair mix of straight, left and right shots. There is one super long hole, something like 900 feet I believe that is tricky. Tee off on a long downhill and navigate around some trees. I really love the middle section of this course as it is heavily wooded with super tight fairways. More elevation changes then the Red course. Nice teepads. Signs are a little worn but do there job.

Cons:

A big thing that I look for in a course is the flow and navigation. This had niether. Poor signage and a strange flow to it. A course should be designed so the first time thrower on the course won't have any problems. I got lost and had to walk several fairways just to know where to throw. I hate when they mix basket types, new and old on the same course, kind of tacky.

Other Thoughts:

Once you know where to go and throw, not too bad of a course. I will definately play it several more times. Holes 10 and 11 are heavily wooded and have thick underbrush. Posion ivy abounds and a little creek runs through it. Can easily lose a disc in this area so watch your plastic closely. This is the less busy of the now three courses on the site. Definately a higher degree of difficulty on this one. Having three courses in one place is incredible!
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cdubya0407
Experience: 3 played 3 reviews
3.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 15, 2008 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Pretty open course with mix of a few lightly wooded holes. Terrific miz of lengths of holes.

Cons:

Very difficult, often windy

Other Thoughts:

great place to spend a day of disc golf with the red and blue course being in the same park.
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Stan
Experience: 15.7 years 18 played 11 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Blue Is Best 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 14, 2008 Played the course:once

Pros:

This has everything except for water. A great balance of variety. Long holes (800 ft) and Short holes (150 ft). The most elevation changes in Tyler. Wooded holes and open holes. The ability to bend your shots is a must in order to reach par. Numerous blind shots.

One very fun hole was relatively short...throwing down a hill to a basket in a small clearing. Several holes have unique obstacles that force you to think.

Dual tees offer longer distances.

Cons:

I would like to see more signage...telling you where the next tee box is and where the baskets are.

I basically walked the course twice. With so many blind shots, you had to walk 150 ft to find the basket, walk back, and then throw. If it were a busy day, I would have frustrated those playing behind me. It wouldn't be such an issue if this was your regular course.

Other Thoughts:

I've played all 4 courses in Tyler and this one is the best. I look forward to playing it again. It's a nice, well kept course.

Make a day of it and play the Red as well.
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onjejank
Experience: 29.2 years 42 played 7 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Black and Blue 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 14, 2008 Played the course:once

Pros:

Long and lots of elevation here. You'll get some extreme chances at shooting uphill and downhill here. A third of the holes will test your distance and allow you to rip it. Very well kept course except... (see cons)

Cons:

through the middle holes of this course there are a few holes which have no clear line at all. Too many thin trees and no clear-cut path to shoot. Ideally there's a clear path (even if its very small) here, there's just throw and hope. Most of these holes you have to walk to find before you throw. Also, these holes need directions to the next tee badly. These cons keep the Blue from being great.

Other Thoughts:

I loved this course - probably a second playing would be more fun as I wouldn't have to wander around most holes looking for where to shoot. Still, it's well worth your time and will test every part of your game (including patience).
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