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Orchard Hill DGC reviews
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nfraz
Experience:
2 played
2 reviews
Convenient 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Mar 24, 2016
Played the course:5+ times
Pros:
Reasonably easy for all players
Some fun holes
Good for beginners
Hole 5 is a good time
Ace run on 6
Solid baskets
Some fun holes
Good for beginners
Hole 5 is a good time
Ace run on 6
Solid baskets
Cons:
Can get boring for experienced players
Awful signage
Mediocre tees
Awful signage
Mediocre tees
Other Thoughts:
This course is extremely convenient for students. Follow a map and you'll find all of the tees and baskets, basically just look where the dirt is kicked up, and you're on the tee. Excellent baskets, some are knocked out of place (probably by drunk students). This course is a great place to learn how to play or teach someone else to play.
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Basshunter
Experience:
11.1 years
9 played
4 reviews
Make it 18! 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Jul 12, 2013
Played the course:2-4 times
Pros:
A very nice course when it has been recently mowed. When there are tee markers, they are great. Nice mix of hole types and a great beginner course while still offering enough variety to keep better players interested. Baskets are in great condition, the future of this being 18 is exciting. For locals, this could be an amazing resource. As a UMass alum and a lifelong resident of the area, I hope they will take it to 18 and foster the growth of disc golf in the Valley
Cons:
No tee markers 1-5. No really clear route from 4th hole to 5th tee. Tee boxes are marginal, at best. For rec playing though, i'm nitpicking, I thoroughly enjoy the course.
Other Thoughts:
Make it 18 and it will be one of the better western Mass DGCs
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maddymiata
Experience:
3 played
2 reviews
Nice course! 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Jun 23, 2013
Played the course:2-4 times
Pros:
nice layout of holes. well marked trails to next tee box. a few holes have very nice views of the surrounding hills. brand new pole holes. well mowed and groomed. Plays fairly quickly.
Cons:
need for future tee pads and better signage. some signs are already missing. The few remaining do help with the hole layout.
Other Thoughts:
Sign in parking lot directing players to first tee. (Go toward the cell tower.) Hoping this will get the thumbs up for 18 holes. An alternative is two different tee boxes at different length and angles to give you a slightly different "back" nine.
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jjr007
Experience:
5 played
4 reviews
Work in progress 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Apr 15, 2013
Played the course:2-4 times
Pros:
Nice new baskets, interesting layout.
Cons:
Thorny brush lining a fair amount of the holes.
They need to remove the barbed wire topped double fences along the left side of hole four. I got trapped between the fences, and had the dickens of a time getting to my disc.
Lack of decent tee boxes (being so new, I expect this will be gradually be addressed.)
They need to remove the barbed wire topped double fences along the left side of hole four. I got trapped between the fences, and had the dickens of a time getting to my disc.
Lack of decent tee boxes (being so new, I expect this will be gradually be addressed.)
Other Thoughts:
I am hoping that the students, and public, get behind this course, and play it often, so that the University decides to go ahead with the additional 9 holes.
