Minerva, OH

Minerva DGC

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DiscinOhio
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Experience: 10.9 years 203 played 192 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Fun At Times, but Danger Lurks Everywhere... 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 10, 2018 Played the course:once

Pros:

+ Minerva's disc golf course plays through two connected parks; Bicentennial Park and Veteran's Memorial Park. The course is made for beginners and plays along trails and activity areas.

+ All of the tees are concrete, and the baskets are in good shape and catch well. There's a permanent restroom and a large parking lot right by the first tee.

+ There's a few fun holes as long as the park isn't too busy. Minus the danger, #4 and #7 were pretty fun holes. Both played over the creek with sharp turns and a tough pin position.

+ Easy to navigate, as most tees are very close to the previous basket.

Cons:

- The course is extremely (yes, it's bad) dangerous. 8 out of 9 holes play over or very close to the walking path. #4 is a blind throw around a sharp corner over a path.

- #8 is hilariously bad, and might be the worst hole I've played to date. It's a random 500 footer that plays over/right next to several hazards, I'll name a few;
* Walking Path
*Basketball Courts
* Playground
* A ball court for a game of some kind
* The tee for #4
* Several benches

- Beginners might want to skip the water holes, because newbies are almost guaranteed to lose a disc. I played after an inch of rain, so maybe it's usually a clear stream.

- A few tee signs are missing, and a few are barely readable.

Other Thoughts:

You'll wanna skip Minerva unless you're just bagging courses. It's very dangerous, and not worth the time unless you play during a low popularity time.
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swatso
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Experience: 15.7 years 755 played 414 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Target Audience? 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 29, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

The long concrete tees are quite nice.

Cons:

Single tee/single pin position. Many throwing lanes (some blind) near to other park users. Basket-4 missing. Sign-2 missing. A bit right-turn heavy.

Other Thoughts:

This is an odd course - not sure for whom it is designed. The concrete tees are top quality, but the signs are old. The distances are variable, but the elevation change is non-existent. Trees/small woods force some shot-shaping on most holes, but walking paths and other-use areas often come into play. Many baskets are mostly unguarded, but two are placed quite close to a wide and fast-running creek (more like a mini-river).

Plays in a counter-clockwise direction, with basket-4, holes 5&6, and tee-7 across the bridge. Most visible basket from tee-1, close and to the left, is actually #9 (remember this when you're at tee-9) - basket-1 is at the end of the row of trees going away from the teepad. Tee-8 is near the outfield fence.

Difficult course to recommend, as there are features that are both well, and poorly, suited to all level of players.
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