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Platt Park reviews
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The Four Lovely Pickleball Courts Overshadow The Disc Golf Here At Platt Park! 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Oct 17, 2021
Played the course:once
Pros:
PARK DESCRIPTION - Smallish city type park with wooded picnic area, restrooms, some picnic and play structure, four dedicated pickleball courts, ample parking, a wooded area which contains hole # 1 and then an open grassy area with holes 2 & 3.
VARIETY - Actually, there is quite a bit of variety ranging from # 1's 541', blind hole +without a clear line through the thickness of trees to the three short recreational holes in picnic area which all play 135' to 170'.
CHALLENGE - See variety above for the challenges here ranging from the # 1's intermediate level to the beginner level holes 5-6-7.
EQUIPMENT - Nice Discatchers with the yellow bands. The tee pads are natural but well enough here. There were signs with distances on most of the holes. Look for the # 5 sign on the restroom wall.
AESTHETICS - Because I play more pickleball then disc golf these days, the pickleball courts and the folks playing there garnered most of my attention. I was seriously torn between joining the folks playing pick and tackling the disc golf. In the end, I probably split my time here about 50/50 %.
FUN FACTOR - # 1, playing at 541' through a thicket of trees might be considered the signature holes for many while the three short recreational holes are the ones other players might enjoy. There is something here for a range of players but maybe not enough for most of us.
ROUTING/NAVIGATION - Nothing earth shattering difficult but just slightly confusing in places. I think the # 2 sign missing sign didn't help. Having not played many previous courses, if there were navigational aids at the bottom of the baskets, I missed them. Probably just a beginner mistake on my part.
VARIETY - Actually, there is quite a bit of variety ranging from # 1's 541', blind hole +without a clear line through the thickness of trees to the three short recreational holes in picnic area which all play 135' to 170'.
CHALLENGE - See variety above for the challenges here ranging from the # 1's intermediate level to the beginner level holes 5-6-7.
EQUIPMENT - Nice Discatchers with the yellow bands. The tee pads are natural but well enough here. There were signs with distances on most of the holes. Look for the # 5 sign on the restroom wall.
AESTHETICS - Because I play more pickleball then disc golf these days, the pickleball courts and the folks playing there garnered most of my attention. I was seriously torn between joining the folks playing pick and tackling the disc golf. In the end, I probably split my time here about 50/50 %.
FUN FACTOR - # 1, playing at 541' through a thicket of trees might be considered the signature holes for many while the three short recreational holes are the ones other players might enjoy. There is something here for a range of players but maybe not enough for most of us.
ROUTING/NAVIGATION - Nothing earth shattering difficult but just slightly confusing in places. I think the # 2 sign missing sign didn't help. Having not played many previous courses, if there were navigational aids at the bottom of the baskets, I missed them. Probably just a beginner mistake on my part.
Cons:
Hole # 1 seems out of place here. Doesn't fit in with the other beginner/rec holes.
A couple of holes play close to city streets where it would be easy for some beginner to fire a disc out into traffic, if there ever is any traffic?
I'm never too excited about par twos. Just make em an easy Par 3 and let some newbie pick up a birdie.
I didn't know where to tee off on hole 2.
A couple of holes play close to city streets where it would be easy for some beginner to fire a disc out into traffic, if there ever is any traffic?
I'm never too excited about par twos. Just make em an easy Par 3 and let some newbie pick up a birdie.
I didn't know where to tee off on hole 2.
Other Thoughts:
I see after reading previous reviews that Platt has experienced some design changes over it's years. what you have now is kind of the prototypical 9-hole park course complete with the typical shortcomings that most of our 1.5 and 2.0 rated courses have. These shortcomings include parks that can't accommodate a really enjoyable course or sub-par designs by park employees who aren't that familiar with disc golf design or courses with budget constraints or courses with vandalism issues. Platt Park DGC has just enough of these issues to make it the 2.0 rated course that it is. It's worth playing but the pickleball courts are what's most excellent and inviting!
