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Dalton, GA

Par2 Trail

1.255(based on 2 reviews)
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wellsbranch250
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 10.3 years 658 played 638 reviews
0.50 star(s)

Trail Of Never Playing Here Ever Again

Reviewed: Played on:May 21, 2023 Played the course:once

Pros:

(0.438 Rating) Eight putter runs that may now be six.
- ACEABILITY - The thought of walking away with an ace here was the only redeeming quality to me. Every hole is highly aceable to a skilled player. Every hole is less than 150 feet long. No obstacles either for those taking dead aim at the chains. The one caveat of hitting an ace here will be the self decision on whether it counts in one's own totals. Hole (2), for example, is listed at 69 feet long. I don't think I could personally claim a circle 2 edge putt as an ace. Wait…I do claim a 79-foot ace at Flying Armadillo… but, that one had a tank obstacle! Gotta count that :)
- CHAINS - Average prodigy baskets that are in good shape.
- BEGINNER FRIENDLY - 100 percent beginner friendly. A two-year old could play this course. Any player at or above the MA3 level will be dissatisfied with anything higher than a deuce.

Cons:

The struggle of trying to justify the counting of it as a course played.
- LAYOUT FLOW - Par2 Trail has perhaps the oddest transitions I've ever encountered. The course is literally played in a small city's old downtown setting. First, the course starts by an old rail station. After two long putts… excuse me, I mean after two holes, the course jumps to another park. This requires walking through a parking garage and crossing one busy street. Only a 500-foot gap in play though. After two holes at the second park, I then needed to walk about 1300 feet and cross three more city roads to play two more holes. The last two holes are in a fourth park across the street from tee (6).
- WALK BACK TO THE CAR - It's a 3000 foot walk back to tee (1). I crossed at least 5 city streets. I had a lot of time to think. Like about how much I didn't like that this course even exists. It felt really weird walking around downtown Dalton with a pair of red putters.
- NAVIGATION - Map-less first timers will not be able to figure the course out.
- SIX BASKETS - Perhaps I caught a bad day, but holes (3) and (4) at the outdoor amphitheater, were gone. No basket, no sign. Seems like they could have been pulled for an event. Perhaps they'll be back. This was a big factor in my rating score. I think this shaved off about a quarter of a point of my rating score, perhaps more.
- AMENITIES AND EXTRAS - As noted, Average baskets, T3s from Prodigy. Tees are natural with no defined throwing line. There is also a white vinyl tee sign at each of the six remaining holes. It has a hole number, par and distance on it. There are no other amenities or extras.
- HOLE VARIETY - All short putter runs.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - I went with 25 percentile. The second leg and fourth leg look nice. The third leg is awful.
- TIME WAITING - Prepare to wait in busy settings. Cars, bikes, pedestrians and trains could all come into play. Hole (8) may need to be skipped if park users are sitting near the basket.
- TIME PLAY - Because of the gaps in play and the long walk back to the car, this one takes longer than one would think. I was here over 40 minutes as a solo. I could have zombied thru two and a half rounds at nearby Dawnville in the same amount of time.

Other Thoughts:

Interesting course yes, but I personally don't think it works. It's severe lack of intrigue and its cumbersome nature, places it firmly on my "never playing again" list. If I lived within 200 feet of tee (1), I doubt I'd ever throw the course. I'd probably just practice between the first two baskets. No reason to check this out unless you are a hardcore course bagger in my opinion. The course is unlike any I've played to date. This is the kind of course that reviewer bennybennybenny plays, and then he writes an epic saga about it.
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Moose33
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 12.4 years 216 played 213 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Very interesting concept

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Dec 9, 2022 Played the course:once

Pros:

What Prodigy has done here is take some frankly kind of random green spaces in downtown Dalton and make a cool little putter course.

All holes are 70-130ft and par 2 and you could play a few holes after hitting up a local restaurant or shops, and even on the walk in between holes if you are so inclined.

The have signs that are printed on vinyl and are semi permanent, teepads are sidewalk or natural and the baskets are T2s in a variety of colors.

The incorporation into the city and the fact that you can drink downtown makes this a pretty cool way to integrate disc golf even further into the community.

Cons:

It's just a little par 2 course with 8 holes. Super fun but the only challenge will exist for newer players. As the shots are all basically open. I could see a new player trying to throw a fast discs and hitting a car or one over the railroad tracks by holes 1-2.

All but one hole is essentially a dead straight shot with no obstacles and just elevation on one.

Other Thoughts:

This is a really cool idea, and a great way to make disc golf a visible part of the growing community in Dalton.

I would probably give it a 1.5 as a course since it's just 8 very short hole, but they get an extra half point for the fact that it's downtown and you can interact with the downtown area as you toss.
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