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New Gloucester, ME

Pineland Farms - Patriot

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Hector Chain
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Experience: 16 years 222 played 191 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Pineland Far 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 16, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

The scenery from the start of the course is really attractive, overlooking a valley with views miles long to the hills in the distance.

There is a nice mix of open and wooded holes here. Hole 4 is a tantalizing bomb off of an elevated tee to the rolling mounds below, some 600+ feet away. Hole 2 is a drive down a steep ridge into the woods. Hole 16, one of the few short holes, is a fun ace run across a marsh to a basket on top of a bowl.

Tee pads are expertly installed and look really nice. Navigation wasn't bad.

Cons:

Whoever designed the course has a real love affair with distance. My god. There is very little variety in that respect. After hole 3, it is an onslaught of holes that either a) play really long or b) are actually really long. Midway through the course, I started to lose interest. Another 500 foot wooded hole? Great. Oh, this one is only 350-feet...but it's straight uphill. Hole 18 has a nice uphill drive out of the woods, and then is followed by about 350 more of fairway. Just cuz. On one of the uphill holes I threw three shots before I even saw the basket (many of the baskets are blind).

Tee signs are just okay, showing the distance and general fairway but have a real problem with showing the real contour of the fairway (a pet peeve of mine; don't show a straight shot if the fairway clearly requires a big hyzer around a bend).

Other Thoughts:

I don't completely understand what Pineland Farms is, but I like it. It looks like a college campus, but it has trails for biking, cross country skiing, and all manner of outdoor activities. You check in on the lower level of a farm-to-table deli and grocery store with some great food options and craft beer. This is not your usual setting for disc golf. Good stuff.

But when I'm reviewing a course, I have to consider if I'd play this course a lot if I lived in the area. The answer in this case is probably not. Have you ever eaten ice cream for 18 straight meals? You'd probably get pretty tired of it, even if the 10th flavor you had was an objectively fantastic flavor (say, cookies and cream cake batter). It's too bad. There are some really good holes here. But it's too much.
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