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Osborn Metropark DGC reviews
7
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Rough Times Ahead 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Jun 6, 2014
Played the course:once
Pros:
1) Low traffic
2) Well manicured fairways
3) Highlight hole : 9
4) Nice course map on kiosk and beautiful color brochure with course map to take with you at the kiosk
2) Well manicured fairways
3) Highlight hole : 9
4) Nice course map on kiosk and beautiful color brochure with course map to take with you at the kiosk
Cons:
1) Concrete tees are way too small
2) Rough is way too thick
3) Lack of obstacles on many holes
2) Rough is way too thick
3) Lack of obstacles on many holes
Other Thoughts:
The good news is that I don't completely hate this course. The bad news is that I don't care for it much as a serious disc golfer.
This is a 9 hole course in Sandusky and considering there is nothing else close by, I tip my hat to those who took the time and used the money to put this course in the ground. Any course is better than no course. That said, there are quite a few problems with the course. Some are due to the land used, and some are due to design.
The course is 90% open and you would think that would make for an easy course. Wrong. The rough consists of densely populated grasses and other plants that will swallow your disc up quicker than a lumberjack can wolf down a stack of pancakes. Interestingly, the fairways are very well manicured and defined, but if you stray off of the fairway, I hope you brought a tent, some extra food and a way to make a campfire because your going to be there a while. This problem isn't so bad on the short holes, but there are several holes that are long and hole 7 is long and is a dog leg and the basket is hidden behind some young trees. If I was you, I would shoot a mid range on 7 if you don't have a spotter and if you do have a spotter, use him or her before you throw these long holes...especially 7!
Another big problem here are the tees. Whoever built these tees built them for Rick Moranis' kids after he shrunk them with the ray gun in the movie Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. I could barely fit my 6'5" frame on the tee just standing still, let alone trying to drive. In addition, the tees are circular, which isn't a bad idea, but they need to make them about 50-75% larger than they are right now.
The design isn't horrible as there is a nice mix of lefty and righty holes. My only complaint here is the lack of obstacles to shoot around or through. This isn't necessarily the designer's fault if this is the only land they had to work with, but it's a negative nevertheless.
The big surprise on the course is hole 9. What a difference! A tight wooded straight tunnel shot in the pine trees with the basket just left of this tunnel at the very end. If they only could've had more holes like this, they would've killed it. Even though this hole is way better than the other holes, I still have a complaint with it. The tunnel is so long and narrow and straight and hemmed in that if your disc strays off that line, you have to fight through a bunch of small pine branches on either side just to get to your disc and you will have no upshot. This problem could be fixed with some trimming, however. If they trimmed off all the lower small branches, this hole would be phenomenal.
All in all, I don't hate this course and if they made it 18 and had a lot more holes in the woods on the back nine, the rating would go up. But either way, the immediate problem with the course are the tees and that must be fixed before investing any more time and money into adding additional holes.
If someone from the park reads this and you want advice from someone who has been playing disc golf for about 15 years and who regularly plays in PDGA tournaments, I would love to help you guys fix up this course into a great disc golf destination. Please feel free to send me a private message on here and we can talk.
This is a 9 hole course in Sandusky and considering there is nothing else close by, I tip my hat to those who took the time and used the money to put this course in the ground. Any course is better than no course. That said, there are quite a few problems with the course. Some are due to the land used, and some are due to design.
The course is 90% open and you would think that would make for an easy course. Wrong. The rough consists of densely populated grasses and other plants that will swallow your disc up quicker than a lumberjack can wolf down a stack of pancakes. Interestingly, the fairways are very well manicured and defined, but if you stray off of the fairway, I hope you brought a tent, some extra food and a way to make a campfire because your going to be there a while. This problem isn't so bad on the short holes, but there are several holes that are long and hole 7 is long and is a dog leg and the basket is hidden behind some young trees. If I was you, I would shoot a mid range on 7 if you don't have a spotter and if you do have a spotter, use him or her before you throw these long holes...especially 7!
Another big problem here are the tees. Whoever built these tees built them for Rick Moranis' kids after he shrunk them with the ray gun in the movie Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. I could barely fit my 6'5" frame on the tee just standing still, let alone trying to drive. In addition, the tees are circular, which isn't a bad idea, but they need to make them about 50-75% larger than they are right now.
The design isn't horrible as there is a nice mix of lefty and righty holes. My only complaint here is the lack of obstacles to shoot around or through. This isn't necessarily the designer's fault if this is the only land they had to work with, but it's a negative nevertheless.
The big surprise on the course is hole 9. What a difference! A tight wooded straight tunnel shot in the pine trees with the basket just left of this tunnel at the very end. If they only could've had more holes like this, they would've killed it. Even though this hole is way better than the other holes, I still have a complaint with it. The tunnel is so long and narrow and straight and hemmed in that if your disc strays off that line, you have to fight through a bunch of small pine branches on either side just to get to your disc and you will have no upshot. This problem could be fixed with some trimming, however. If they trimmed off all the lower small branches, this hole would be phenomenal.
All in all, I don't hate this course and if they made it 18 and had a lot more holes in the woods on the back nine, the rating would go up. But either way, the immediate problem with the course are the tees and that must be fixed before investing any more time and money into adding additional holes.
If someone from the park reads this and you want advice from someone who has been playing disc golf for about 15 years and who regularly plays in PDGA tournaments, I would love to help you guys fix up this course into a great disc golf destination. Please feel free to send me a private message on here and we can talk.
