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Nixa, MO

McCauley Park

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The Valkyrie Kid
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Experience: 46 years 1562 played 1507 reviews
2.50 star(s)

The Good, The Bad And The Ugly! 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 12, 2018 Played the course:once

Pros:

The Good.

The Dale Roberts Memorial Disc Golf in McCauley Park starts in an absolutely beautiful park, which looks to be perfect for disc golf. The park is green, lovely and well-manicured like you're playing at a country club. The park is surrounded by large expensive homes. There is a large, perfect course sign and map. There are decent tee signs w/bag holders, long, grippy concrete pads and older DGA baskets with the always hard to read red numbers. At this point, I can only wonder what previous reviewers were thinking with their low to average ratings.
Hole # 1 starts with a delicious 349' hole down and over a culvert. # 2 is also a very cool and pretty hole, 249'. This course is looking like a million dollars. # 18 is a 500' throw down through a small valley.

Cons:

The Bad.

Some seriously bad design flaws start to show. # 6 is 325' with the sign facing towards the building when you are actually throwing over the street, down the hill and into the woods. # 9 throws over the parking lot to a basket on the hillside. It was also be easy to throw into the oncoming traffic. There are some missing signs. The flow of the course is poor.

Other Thoughts:

The Ugly.

The holes over near the soccer fields are a horrific design. # 12 basket is close to neighbor's houses. # 13 plays right alongside neighbor's backyards. So many discs will land in their yards. # 14 throws almost over the soccer goal, shouldn't be playable when games are in progress. # 15 is hard to find. # 16 tee pad is on far side of play area and then this basket is set too close to neighbor's yards.
There are too many activities here to try and squeeze an 18-hole intermediate course into. On nice days there would so many kids spilling over from the large aquatic pool area onto the # 18 fairway area. By the time, I finished, I knew why this course only merits an average rating.
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mrbro855
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Experience: 10.6 years 363 played 105 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Tale of two courses?? 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 21, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

Concrete tee pads, signage, use of elevation, 18 holes....
Started out pretty good, with use of elevation, trees, a bit of the woods..... then it got somewhat boring.
Distance was good.... a bit longer than typical city parks, but few really long throws....
Memorable Hole: #18 A downhill 500 footer with just enough trees to make you think. Good way to end the course!!

Cons:

The back nine wound through the athletic fields, which probably limits the opportunities to play if activity is going on.
Also, that back nine had about 4 repetitive holes that were just 300 foot holes with minimal obstacles.
Need direction to find #16 when done #15... other side of playground...

Other Thoughts:

Started out really fun, then got a bit repetitive on back 9.
Worthy of a "decent" rating.... not sure what more could be done to improve it.... only so much to work with....
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Donovan
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Experience: 37.1 years 302 played 188 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Merry-Go-Round Style 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 15, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

This course is also called The Dale Roberts Memorial DGC, The Center. This course literally goes AROUND the park and Community Center. They mow here very often so tall grass is not an issue. You can get by without a map, but one of those never really hurts. There is some use of the slight elevation here and there is some use of trees. However, this is mostly a wide-open hole designed course with just a few holes dealing with some OB threats. A couple of holes do throw over the roads. I usually find this dangerous, but it's not bad here. Actually, those holes were kind of fun to throw on. There are concrete tees and a tee sign on every hole. When the Center is open the bathroom is available.

Cons:

There is not much along the way of challenges here. There is a "hole-map" on the tee signs, but it turns out to be the same pointless icon image on each sign instead. This can be a busy place, so people can be in the way now and then. When the kids are on the soccer fields and around the back parking lot, you will need to be extra careful. There are no trashcans on the course, but the place was still very clean.

Other Thoughts:

The Fun Factor is just OK. There is not much to get excited about. There are a few ace run holes, but for the most part, this is just a typical course. It is a nice place to play a simple round, but I do not think it is road trip worthy.
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anhyzer24
Experience: 24.9 years 114 played 6 reviews
2.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 27, 2009 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Well maintained park, very clean. Concrete tee pads and signs on each hole. Bag hangers on roughly half of the sign posts.

Cons:

Boring! There were a couple interesting holes (1, 6, 12, 18), but most of the course is wide open, straight shots, without much length.

Other Thoughts:

Compared to the other courses I've played in the area, this would be your best bet, because it at least allows you to practice different routes to the basket. Don't bother traveling to play it though, it's nothing special.
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