Tyler, TX

Lindsey Park - Blue Course

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hookem41
Experience: 22.9 years 36 played 5 reviews
4.00 star(s)

The Lindsey Park trifecta! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 21, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

This is referred to as the Hickory course locally, and has awesome use of elevation, as well as trees to make a great variety of open and wooded holes. Great stone tee signs on every hole here. Good use of OB with fence lines on 1 & 2, tight double mando on 1, and park road on hole 3. Also some good mando's on 15 and 18 to avoid the softball fields. Excellent trimming and tree removal before the last tournament here to make getting off the tee much more fair on every hole now. Again, great short and long tee pads on every hole except 6, 7, 8, and 10 and multiple pins on 6, 7, 10, 11, & 15. Great variety of reachable holes and grip and rip holes. Again, benches and trash cans abundant throughout the course.

Cons:

Again, very little. The flow is a little goofy at some points, it crosses the park road twice, but there's 3 courses in one park so that'll happen. Hole 1 starts off from a different parking lot, along with where18 finishes, from the other 2 courses. This is now the easiest of the 3 courses in my opinion, regardless of the distance on 1 & 2.

Other Thoughts:

Hickory is another cart friendly course, it will also play significantly more difficult if the wind is blowing. Not much chance to pass back by your vehicle on this course either, so take what you need with you. Extra water in the summer, not a whole lot of shade except on about 4 holes. Lindsey park is an amazing place to play disc golf, you can take a whole day and not play the same hole twice if you wanted. Do yourself a favor and check it out!
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Notorious21
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 13.7 years 103 played 48 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Interesting mix 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 21, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

- Multiple concrete tee pads for each hole
- Quite a variety of holes - long, short, uphill, downhill, wooded, open
- Good shade in the summer
- Requires some creative shot selection
- Very fun overall course, surprisingly not crowded

Cons:

- 799 feet on hole 2 is a little over the top
- Some of the wooded holes (7, 10) were so narrow that it seemed to take more luck than skill to get through them

Other Thoughts:

- After spending a perfect sunny, 75 degree day at Lindsey park and seeing only a few other disc golfers, I couldn't help but wonder why these courses are so under-utilized by the citizens of Tyler. If this were park were in the Dallas metroplex, it would be completely packed on a day like today.
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coolpooky7
Experience: 13.6 years 35 played 22 reviews
4.00 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Feb 20, 2011 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Another great Lindsey course. A lot of tough uphill shots but there are just as many fun downhill shots to show off the arm. My favorite holes are 6 through 12. A good mix of trees and elevation. 12 is a really good ace hole. Many different pin placements as well. Never know where the basket is.

Cons:

Some of the cages are the old cages. They seem to be smaller to me and don't really catch the discs as well. But some people may like the smaller baskets to improve their putting. Its just an opinion.
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Donovan
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Premium Member
Experience: 37.1 years 302 played 187 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Play Nice With The Hungry Angry Trees! 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 2, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

This is another great course at Lindsey Park. This course has elevation, wooded, wide-open, variable lengths, tunnel shots, great pin placements, and lots of good tree use. I loved that the wooded holes happen a couple of different times during the round instead of being bunched together like most courses. In the heat, it is nice to duck into the woods. The course has some elevation in couple of spots, but the latter few holes are the best of these. The protected pins here are great. One pin is guarded by a hungry and angry tree. But if you beat the branches enough, it just might give you your disc back. ;) I love the hole lengths here. Some long bombs, some ace runs, and everything in between. You have to love the fact that this also keeps things fresh and non-repetitive. The concrete tee and baskets are in a good shape here. This is a big course and they know it. There are bathrooms at the main parking area and one by hole 15 or 16 (I think). There were trashcans along the way also.

Cons:

Navigation is messy, so take the map or get a guide. For first time players or people who travel to play courses, this is a huge negative. The tee signs are of the tombstone style with only hole number and footage on them. They are cool looking and I am sure a Lindsey Park aesthetic, but a hole layout or next tee marker would be very useful. There are poisonous plants in the woods, so be careful. That is all I could think of.

Other Thoughts:

The Fun Factor her was really good. I loved the course and thought it was really fun. The variety of hole styles and lengths made me actually wish it did not end at 18 holes even though I know many people find this course really long. I will most certainly come play here again and this town is worth of a road trip.
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JeffThroW
Experience: 18.8 years 716 played 33 reviews
4.00 star(s)

The best North Texas gets 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Apr 22, 2010 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

This place has something for every kind of thrower,Course lies mostly atop a large mound of sand with grass mixed.Great use of the parks natural beauty utilizing the hilly pine tree areas forcing players to try very tight somewhat intricate lay-ups to allow for par,mostly long holes not too many right out in front of you.In north Texas this course sits atop my number one spot.

Cons:

A long way to walk for an 18 hole course but who's complaining with such quality in most holes.Why beautiful courses like this don't have seating areas is beyond me.

Other Thoughts:

This is the harder more elevated course,partial to long lightly wooded to open elevation changing shots myself this course has 4 or five of those.
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cc0049
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 21 years 168 played 56 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Very enjoyable course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 15, 2008 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

This was a very fun and very challenging course. There are concrete tee pads on all holes and they provide the opportunity to choose between a short or a long, which I love. The long tees seemed to add quite a bit more length and challenge on the holes. Hole 2 is REALLY fun for a big arm thrower. It is a long downhill shot with trees all the way down. There are a lot of windows to hit giving you a lot of options for what to drive with. My first time to play, I think I easily unloaded half my bag and then gathered them up to throw again...it was that fun. The rest of the course has a lot of holes that are through sparsely wooded fariways and then several holes that are very densely wooded technical shots. There are also a few holes that offer decent elevation change. The baskets are good and the course was in great shape. I really enjoyed playing here and will look forward to the next time I'm in Tyler to play again.

Cons:

This course was very difficult to navigate on my own. I spent a lot of time walking up the fairway to find the basket and then walking back to tee. It was very tiring. I did not have a map and I can't say if you can find them or not, but you would definitely fair better with one. Grab someone that knows the course to help you navigate. There was one spot in particular (I think it was between holes 5 and 6) that I spent about 20 minutes trying to find the next tee box. The sign after hole 5 pointed me entirely in the wrong direction. It wasn't until I saw the one other person playing the course that he was able to point out where to go. He then helped me navigate the holes back in the dense part of the trees, otherwise I'm sure I would have had trouble finding my way around on those.

Other Thoughts:

When I played this course there was only one other player on the Blue course. There were a lot more people playing the Red course which is right next door. I guess that the Red is a little bit easier...but not too much easier for me. There are two courses right next to each other that are high level, high quality courses. It doesn't get much better than that. I hear also that there are a couple of other courses in Tyler that are pretty good.
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overstable
Experience: 4 played 3 reviews
4.00 star(s)

tyler rocks.. 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 24, 2007 Played the course:never

Pros:

This course is one of the first real good courses I played ...besides ellison pk in ny....i live near this course for 4 years and I loved it and ,yes we did cater to the long arm...but everything is bigger in tx!....LZM

Cons:

concrete tees for all holes... no cons but your game..!!...LZM

Other Thoughts:

LZM
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NIBSTOOLS
Experience: 35 played 35 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Long and challenging course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jan 20, 2007 Played the course:never

Pros:

Long well maintained course or you can play the other "red course"!

Cons:

May be frustrating if you don't have a long shot!

Other Thoughts:

Played in the "ice bowl" Ice bowl in texas!? Ha Ha! Played our ice bowl in Syracuse two weeks later in two feet of snow!
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