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Memorial Park reviews
7
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New, fun, Family/beginner course done very well! 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Feb 17, 2020
Played the course:once
Pros:
Nice, brand new DISCatchers.
Rubber tee mats with small, minimal tee signs. Since you can see every basket from the tee, you don't really need a hole map.
Plays through small City park that contains the pool, a playground and picnic shelters. This was obviously planned as a short, beginner/family course, and they accomplished that.
Starts with a couple of flat holes, then has elevation change on the rest of the holes, great variety in that.
Low chance of disc loss, even with a creek in play on four holes.
Rubber tee mats with small, minimal tee signs. Since you can see every basket from the tee, you don't really need a hole map.
Plays through small City park that contains the pool, a playground and picnic shelters. This was obviously planned as a short, beginner/family course, and they accomplished that.
Starts with a couple of flat holes, then has elevation change on the rest of the holes, great variety in that.
Low chance of disc loss, even with a creek in play on four holes.
Cons:
Tee mats appear to be just laid on the ground, they could become uneven and an issue soon.
#9 doesn't finish too close to #1. Just a short walk in the park to get back!
If you go long on #9, you could lose a disc there.
All holes are short, averaging 190', might not appeal to some, but they are just right for this course.
#9 doesn't finish too close to #1. Just a short walk in the park to get back!
If you go long on #9, you could lose a disc there.
All holes are short, averaging 190', might not appeal to some, but they are just right for this course.
Other Thoughts:
Brand new course, outfitted with brand new DISCatchers in this small city park. They were so proud of this course, the city even had a sign made announcing the course (see my post in the "Post a Cool Disc Golf Pic" thread, #4193). And they should be, nice entry level course surrounding the decades old public pool that is probably real popular on hot summer days.
Every hole was fun to play and will hopefully recruit some new players to the game. All short holes, a variety of directions and elevations make every hole interesting. I normally don't go through a description of every hole, but all of these were fun to play, I liked the first two holes, flat with just a couple of trees on each to shape your shot. Cross that park road and #3 is an awesome ace run, downhill beside a steep hillside, pretty much blind from the tee. If you take a couple of steps to the left, you can spot the basket. After that, you head into the woods and I was thinking, uh-oh, here comes the overgrown wooded mess!! Boy was I wrong, nice path to the tee, same rubber mat, then a plenty wide fairway, turning right and downhill, covered with mulch through the wooded area, nice work P&R! Then #5 is a another downhill ace run, somewhat guarded, with the creek lurking behind, #6 crosses the creek, uphill and to the right. Step up to a quiet cul-de-sac to tee for #7, a very short downhill putter shot, a little too close to that basket is the tee for #8, uphill to a small level area along side a short residential street. For the finale, the tee is elevated, then down through a couple of large, old growth trees to the basket near the creek and in front of a pretty stone look bridge.
Really no parking lot for the park, just spots on the street that borders the park. If I were to make a change to the course, it would have #9 finish closer to #1. My best suggestion would be to eliminate current #8, then have new #8 tee move away from #7 basket a little (or move it up on the hill) and then go along the creek to the current #9 basket. Then, walk across the bridge, just past the shelter and make new #9 a short uphill to a fast green near the playground fence. It would be about 150' uphill, on an angle away from the park road.
I like a course that fits so well into the mold it was designed for, so I'm bumping my rating up .5 for that task well done.
Every hole was fun to play and will hopefully recruit some new players to the game. All short holes, a variety of directions and elevations make every hole interesting. I normally don't go through a description of every hole, but all of these were fun to play, I liked the first two holes, flat with just a couple of trees on each to shape your shot. Cross that park road and #3 is an awesome ace run, downhill beside a steep hillside, pretty much blind from the tee. If you take a couple of steps to the left, you can spot the basket. After that, you head into the woods and I was thinking, uh-oh, here comes the overgrown wooded mess!! Boy was I wrong, nice path to the tee, same rubber mat, then a plenty wide fairway, turning right and downhill, covered with mulch through the wooded area, nice work P&R! Then #5 is a another downhill ace run, somewhat guarded, with the creek lurking behind, #6 crosses the creek, uphill and to the right. Step up to a quiet cul-de-sac to tee for #7, a very short downhill putter shot, a little too close to that basket is the tee for #8, uphill to a small level area along side a short residential street. For the finale, the tee is elevated, then down through a couple of large, old growth trees to the basket near the creek and in front of a pretty stone look bridge.
Really no parking lot for the park, just spots on the street that borders the park. If I were to make a change to the course, it would have #9 finish closer to #1. My best suggestion would be to eliminate current #8, then have new #8 tee move away from #7 basket a little (or move it up on the hill) and then go along the creek to the current #9 basket. Then, walk across the bridge, just past the shelter and make new #9 a short uphill to a fast green near the playground fence. It would be about 150' uphill, on an angle away from the park road.
I like a course that fits so well into the mold it was designed for, so I'm bumping my rating up .5 for that task well done.
