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Osborn Metropark DGC reviews
6
0
icandisc
Experience:
11.8 years
60 played
9 reviews
A positive start! 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Updated:
Played on:Aug 26, 2013
Played the course:2-4 times
Pros:
Metroparks want to add disc golf to parks
No other options in area
Commercial backing/support for holes
No other options in area
Commercial backing/support for holes
Cons:
Clearly needs a designer
Seemingly beginner friendly (the holes are short and can all be shot with mid/approach discs), but not because of extreme precision required when throwing
The rough will eat your disc
Lack of design in holes
Seemingly beginner friendly (the holes are short and can all be shot with mid/approach discs), but not because of extreme precision required when throwing
The rough will eat your disc
Lack of design in holes
Other Thoughts:
It's wonderful to see a new course appear and local discers should support this effort. Work with the metroparks to expand to 18 and add some design into the holes. Opening up the fairways would go a long way towards making this playable. On the teepads, well, make your own spots much further back to throw from to add diversity and interest to the course. I never threw from the tiny concrete pad they set out.
Overall in the summer you will contend with being in the sun and losing discs to the weeds. In the winter I imagine these will be less of an issue, and is probably the best time to play the course as it stands.
UPDATE: It's been a few years and I see nothing has changed with the course. I almost lost a disc again playing it. I literally played the entire course with my putter (there was maybe 2 mid shots, which faded too long, went into the brush, and I went right back to my putter).
HOLE 9
I found even the glorious Hole 9 was best played the same way; up the middle with a putter. I don't know if the hole was worse than I remembered or not, but it too doesn't pass muster. The hole isn't maintained to give you any lines or shots at the pin.
MORE CONS
You may find, as I did, people simply use the course as a spot to run and walk. The cross country team was running the course while I was there and "politely" picked up my disc after I teed off. Thanks guys!
MY RECOMMENDATION
The ONLY hole you play that even has semblance of a proper disc golf hole is a simple dogleg right with a smallish tree/bush in the middle of the fairway. Maybe you should just play that one a few times.
Thus my rating must drop. If for some reason you still find yourself at this course, consider it putting practice.
Overall in the summer you will contend with being in the sun and losing discs to the weeds. In the winter I imagine these will be less of an issue, and is probably the best time to play the course as it stands.
UPDATE: It's been a few years and I see nothing has changed with the course. I almost lost a disc again playing it. I literally played the entire course with my putter (there was maybe 2 mid shots, which faded too long, went into the brush, and I went right back to my putter).
HOLE 9
I found even the glorious Hole 9 was best played the same way; up the middle with a putter. I don't know if the hole was worse than I remembered or not, but it too doesn't pass muster. The hole isn't maintained to give you any lines or shots at the pin.
MORE CONS
You may find, as I did, people simply use the course as a spot to run and walk. The cross country team was running the course while I was there and "politely" picked up my disc after I teed off. Thanks guys!
MY RECOMMENDATION
The ONLY hole you play that even has semblance of a proper disc golf hole is a simple dogleg right with a smallish tree/bush in the middle of the fairway. Maybe you should just play that one a few times.
Thus my rating must drop. If for some reason you still find yourself at this course, consider it putting practice.
