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Maricopa Meadows reviews
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Startedw165
Experience:
39.7 years
343 played
11 reviews
Great residential course 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Apr 3, 2015
Played the course:once
Pros:
A different type of DG course. Lush ball golf style holes placed into an existing residential, pedestrian-friendly environment.
The turf grass is a pleasure to play on. Baskets in very good shape. Excellent tee pads. Practice basket near tee 1.
Course redesign and corresponding improvements are significant. Reviews before 2015 are less valid for the new layout.
Many negatives of pre-2015 reviews have been addressed:
* flow is now better, with counter -clockwise direction for holes 3 - 20
* Tee rocks gone, tripping hazard removed
* Updated course more difficult on some holes, yet overall par now lower
* long walk back to parking lot replaced with 2 holes, including disc eating pond on #20
* a few holes have better layout in regards to peds and road
Overall excellent use of available space.
HOA courses, especially those along the main roadway struggle to have significant shot variation - but MM does well for what they had to work with: flat, sometimes tight greenbelts. The community as a whole is designed with each block having different shaped green areas with varying distance between the road and closest house or landscaping. Grassy areas are not just a uniform narrow strip of land alongside the road.
6 water holes, one with minor elevation provide some hole variation.
Installation of a DG course here makes use of all that lush grass in a positive way. The grass was here and part of what the community did before disc golf came to town.
The turf grass is a pleasure to play on. Baskets in very good shape. Excellent tee pads. Practice basket near tee 1.
Course redesign and corresponding improvements are significant. Reviews before 2015 are less valid for the new layout.
Many negatives of pre-2015 reviews have been addressed:
* flow is now better, with counter -clockwise direction for holes 3 - 20
* Tee rocks gone, tripping hazard removed
* Updated course more difficult on some holes, yet overall par now lower
* long walk back to parking lot replaced with 2 holes, including disc eating pond on #20
* a few holes have better layout in regards to peds and road
Overall excellent use of available space.
HOA courses, especially those along the main roadway struggle to have significant shot variation - but MM does well for what they had to work with: flat, sometimes tight greenbelts. The community as a whole is designed with each block having different shaped green areas with varying distance between the road and closest house or landscaping. Grassy areas are not just a uniform narrow strip of land alongside the road.
6 water holes, one with minor elevation provide some hole variation.
Installation of a DG course here makes use of all that lush grass in a positive way. The grass was here and part of what the community did before disc golf came to town.
Cons:
Certain days and times may be subject to heavy use by non-golfers.
Chance to lose discs on holes # 1 - 5 & # 20. Little chance to retrieve anything from their murky waters.
Technically only for residents.
No benches. No bathrooms or water available, perhaps not necessary since all players are residents.
Map link is for old layout. Only accurate for holes 1 thru 5 now.
Biggest con is the area around holes 1 to 5 is primarily for use by local families. While the playgrounds here are only in play for extreme mis-throws, kids and families enjoy the trees, birds and areas surrounding the ponds and thus unwittingly come into play. Patience will be required and you may lose a stroke playing around them. After hole 6, one will encounter much fewer delays: mostly active walkers, runners and traffic that move through quicker and do not require altering your shot after a short wait.
Chance to lose discs on holes # 1 - 5 & # 20. Little chance to retrieve anything from their murky waters.
Technically only for residents.
No benches. No bathrooms or water available, perhaps not necessary since all players are residents.
Map link is for old layout. Only accurate for holes 1 thru 5 now.
Biggest con is the area around holes 1 to 5 is primarily for use by local families. While the playgrounds here are only in play for extreme mis-throws, kids and families enjoy the trees, birds and areas surrounding the ponds and thus unwittingly come into play. Patience will be required and you may lose a stroke playing around them. After hole 6, one will encounter much fewer delays: mostly active walkers, runners and traffic that move through quicker and do not require altering your shot after a short wait.
Other Thoughts:
Having driven the area first, the general flow of the course was easy to grasp. To get to #6, go north across W. Dutchman Dr. For #7, cross the main road and turn around (south).
RHBH is favored for some holes along the main road (6 to 18). Other holes do not even it out overall, but give lefties some to like.
Starting with the tougher water holes, accompanying pedestrian and family traffic, unclear tee locations(3 & 4) and lost disc potential made the start of the course unnerving. But that's where the parking is, so guess it makes sense to have #1 there. Be warmed up and acclimated before you begin.
Course management and shot placement are critical here. Will force many to refine their game and refrain from grip & rip on every open hole. If you keep finding yourself on the road or out of bounds, back off a bit and focus on accuracy.
I played on a Friday morning. Busy as school started around 8am, but I still only had to wait 3 times for pedestrians or traffic during a full round. My total 'wait to throw time' was longer for wind gusts than for people and cars.
An outsiders take on "residents only": all who are respectful of families & small children as the primary park users are welcome to play, but refrain from obnoxious behavior or you might get asked to leave.
RHBH is favored for some holes along the main road (6 to 18). Other holes do not even it out overall, but give lefties some to like.
Starting with the tougher water holes, accompanying pedestrian and family traffic, unclear tee locations(3 & 4) and lost disc potential made the start of the course unnerving. But that's where the parking is, so guess it makes sense to have #1 there. Be warmed up and acclimated before you begin.
Course management and shot placement are critical here. Will force many to refine their game and refrain from grip & rip on every open hole. If you keep finding yourself on the road or out of bounds, back off a bit and focus on accuracy.
I played on a Friday morning. Busy as school started around 8am, but I still only had to wait 3 times for pedestrians or traffic during a full round. My total 'wait to throw time' was longer for wind gusts than for people and cars.
An outsiders take on "residents only": all who are respectful of families & small children as the primary park users are welcome to play, but refrain from obnoxious behavior or you might get asked to leave.
