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Point Rock Park reviews
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Nice Park Course with Layout Issues 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Mar 31, 2021
Played the course:once
Pros:
- Good length to fairways despite small footprint of course
- Mature trees, road/path, and creek provide enough obstacles and hazards to make for an entertaining round
- Pleasant park is enjoyable to play through
- Mature trees, road/path, and creek provide enough obstacles and hazards to make for an entertaining round
- Pleasant park is enjoyable to play through
Cons:
- Several layout issues including conflicts with the road/path, a playground, and too close baskets and tees
- Mostly open and completely flat
- Natural tees and a couple missing tee signs
- Mostly open and completely flat
- Natural tees and a couple missing tee signs
Other Thoughts:
The disc golf course at Point Rock Park plays down and back a narrow strip of land bounded by a wooded hillside and Carrol Creek. It is a lovely park that is great to play through with a handful of other amenities including multiple playgrounds and pavilions. Unfortunately the narrow nature of the course results in many areas of conflict between neighboring fairways and other park amenities. The narrow access road/walking path is thrown over on both Holes 3 and 4, long/errant drives on Hole 1 have the chance of reaching either of the playgrounds, and there are multiple locations where drives could find the next tee or neighboring fairways. The good news is that the park does seem to be pretty low traffic, but a crowded day would definitely be problematic.
The actual golf is not terribly exciting, but has enough going on to make for an entertaining round. Mature trees force some limited shot shaping, and the creek and road create OB boundaries for a little added challenge. The creek is in play to varying degrees on Holes 5 to 9, but looks to generally be shallow and clear enough to allow retrieval for those willing to get a little wet. I had one disc go in on Hole 8 and was able to get it back with minimal effort using a Kwik Stik.
The DISCatcher baskets are on the older side but still catch well. The tee signs are nice, showing hole number, par, distance, and a basic depiction of the fairway. The signs are missing on both Holes 7 and 9. While the tee area is apparent for Hole 7, I had to assume a tee location on Hole 9. The natural tees seem to be barely worn, adding to my perception of the course getting little traffic.
Hopefully the safety issues present never manifest in any actual issues because this is actually quite a nice little nine-hole course with some decent fairway distances and obstacles. It is quick to play through and worth stopping at if you are in the area.
The actual golf is not terribly exciting, but has enough going on to make for an entertaining round. Mature trees force some limited shot shaping, and the creek and road create OB boundaries for a little added challenge. The creek is in play to varying degrees on Holes 5 to 9, but looks to generally be shallow and clear enough to allow retrieval for those willing to get a little wet. I had one disc go in on Hole 8 and was able to get it back with minimal effort using a Kwik Stik.
The DISCatcher baskets are on the older side but still catch well. The tee signs are nice, showing hole number, par, distance, and a basic depiction of the fairway. The signs are missing on both Holes 7 and 9. While the tee area is apparent for Hole 7, I had to assume a tee location on Hole 9. The natural tees seem to be barely worn, adding to my perception of the course getting little traffic.
Hopefully the safety issues present never manifest in any actual issues because this is actually quite a nice little nine-hole course with some decent fairway distances and obstacles. It is quick to play through and worth stopping at if you are in the area.
