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Preisker DGC

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DocHaole
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Experience: 16.8 years 79 played 48 reviews
2.50 star(s)

BRING THE MAP 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 4, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

-18 holes

- Beautiful park: The course plays on well kept grass and some sandy areas with large pines and a few small hills.

- A good mix of tight technical shots with wide open bombs.

- Bathrooms, trashcans, playgrounds, a pond, horseshoe pits, soccerfields. A great place to come and hang out and do things other than disc golf.

Cons:

- Navigation is impossible without the map. Fortunately I read the reviews and printed out a map before I went. But even then there are no signs telling you what hole you are one. Those nice red white and blue tees in the pictues ARE NOT THERE!! And a few of the baskets had the wrong number on them. If you forgot the map, just go to Waller.

- Crowds: This for me is the biggest con. Although there were relatively few disc golfers at the park it was over run with other park users. This includes people playing horseshoes, soccer players, picnicers, dog walkers and little kids just running around. . . and this is on a weekday. This is all well and good except that the course runs through all these areas. I am surprised that no one has gotten hurt because this is an accident waiting to happen.

Other Thoughts:

MANDOS EVERYWHERE: (Streets and Walls) I have to put this as a neutral because it really makes the course exciting because it demands accuracy, but then it's really frusrtating when you end up in someones backyard, or hitting a parked car. For exampe hole #9 is a tight shot through the trees with the pin just off the wall that runs to the left side. Well there was a car parked right at the fence line to the right, so you have to choose: 1: Go right, risk hitting the car 2:Go left risk hanging it out into the trailer park (I ended up in the trailer park).

I can get past the navigation issues because once you play the course a couple times it doesn't matter, however the safety issue here is a big deal. Like on hole 13 I get to the tee, check the map, see the top yellow bar of the pin and let er rip. A beautiful shot (if I say so myself) and it landed 10 feet to the right of the basket. It's a good thing I wasn't any closer because what I didn't see that sitting behind a tree was a family having a picnic. And they had their 2 chihuahuas tied to the basket. The people looked like they had never seen a disc golfer before and were super pissed. So after picking up and not putting I said "lo Siento" and went on my way.

I then had to skip 14 and 15 for the group of people playing soccer. Keep in mind this is a weekday. Maybe this isn't the norm for this park, but I can only imagine that this issue get exponentially worse on the weekends.

Long story short: Beautiful park, great hole design, would be a 3.5 and a lot of fun. But non DG crowds and poor mapping leave it lacking.
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