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Middleburg, PA

Midd-West DGC

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1.55(based on 2 reviews)
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HyooMac
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Experience: 6.9 years 421 played 389 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Play Only When Vacant

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Aug 14, 2023 Played the course:once

Other Thoughts:

Campus course with a layout that's not playable if school is in session, if athletic fields are in use, if cars are parked in certain lots, or if anybody is using some of the sidewalks or the main entrances to some of the buildings.


Throws on many of the front nine holes will endanger people using the campus, and the back nine features several lines across parking lots. Two of the holes on the back nine are 90 degree doglegs around the edges of a neighbor's property. If you want to play this course, I suggest you do so soon - I can't imagine it will be allowed to remain in the ground very long without substantial redesign.


No signage. Excellent DiscGolfPark baskets with directional arrows welded in the base of the cages. Some tees are white turf mats, but most are from sidewalks. Look for the small school mustang mascot insignias in blue paint along the edge of the sidewalk to indicate the teeing areas, but beware that the baskets aren't in a perpendicular line from the sidewalk, as implied by the painted marks.


Midd-West is a shared campus with high, middle and elementary schools, but the length of some holes suggests this course is mostly for high schoolers and older: it starts with a 388' dogleg par 3, and the back nine has three more 3's close to 400'.


In its defense, this is a "reasonable" course with some decent holes here (as long as you're playing when nobody is around). #6 plays with a sidewalk and street all along the right, and a steep slope down to the left - so hanging a RHBH drive out over the OB road, or a RHFH to crash the hill are choice of plays for birdie. #7 can be played as an island: 189' slightly uphill to a basket on a grassy island separating a few driveways. Most of the back nine are dull, but not terrible (but stay out of the neighbor's yard). #18 plays as a mirror image to #7: this time, the road is all along the left, and there's a line of trees straight off the tee that stretches the length of the hole


Layout finishes in a loop, but it's spread out (especially the back nine), and it takes over an hour to play


Throwing around and across athletic fields and parking lots isn't very much fun, but it's decent enough a bagging stop if you're playing the nearby magnificent Faylor Lake course. A "2" rating might be too high for a course that presents this much danger to others, but let's assume you'll time your visit so it doesn't interfere with school hours or after school sports. And you get there before liability claims or neighbor complaints shut it down.
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DiscinOhio
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Experience: 11 years 203 played 192 reviews
1.00 star(s)

Hide Your Cars!

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 1, 2023 Played the course:once

Pros:

Just down the road from Faylor Lake, you'll find Midd-West DGC. Don't let the nice blue DiscGolfPark baskets fool you... this is a really bad disc golf course.

+ Starting off with the good, each hole has its own DGP basket, which may be my new favorites. Each basket has a navigational arrow welded into the cage.

+ When available, tees are marked on concrete areas. If concrete is not available, there are white turf tee boxes on a few holes.

Cons:

- From the very first hole all the way until 18, it's easy to see why this course is only open outside of school hours. Some holes play very close to buildings and windows. Many holes play over/along parking lots, roads, and walkways. I played during a weekend evening in July, and there were still multiple holes with cars parked in the "fairway", which is just a parking lot. It would be a stretch to put 9 holes here, let alone 18.

- Outside of vehicles, there aren't really any obstacles. While an isolated tree or two may come into play, most holes are wide open.

- Tees are marked, however there are no hole numbers or signs.

Other Thoughts:

Having courses on school property is great. However, with the current layout, I can't imagine this would even be playable when kids are actually there. There's just too many holes that play over/along the parking lot.

Play an extra round at Faylor Lake if you're in the area and skip this one. Wish I would have done that.

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