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Hammond, IN

Pulaski Park

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Jukeshoe
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 14.7 years 316 played 268 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Two Pulaskis walk into a bar. The third one ducks. 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 8, 2020 Played the course:once

Pros:

- Pulaski plays through a small multi-use park in beautiful Hammond, IN. While the course and other activities encroach a little bit upon each other, the course avoids major conflicts with other park activities.
- Sweet orange spider web style baskets...fun to still see this style of basket in use. Easy to see, catch superbly.
- All the typical things you need to make it a course...pads, signage, and the like.
- Simple, very lightly tree'd, flat and forgettable as your first girlfriend, Pulaski still manages to present an enjoyable 18 holes of deuce or die, ace run fun, and/or beginner- and family- friendly disc golf.

Cons:

- Not much to really distinguish this course from any number of other flat, lightly tree'd, mostly open, forgettable courses.
- Missing and or damaged signs on a couple of holes. Not really anything that detracts from the round. A couple of leaning baskets...[insert slightly racist joke re: drunken Poles at Pulaski here]
- Just kinda meh.

Other Thoughts:

-Thoroughly enjoyed a nice relaxing round here, mostly due to the much lessened presence of goose poop after an earlier round at the nearby Forsythe in Whiting, IN. So Pulaski's got that going for it: come for the less goose crap, stay for the birdies!
-Beware the Ghosts of Skater Punks Past lurking in the abandoned pool past the fence just to the right of #1's fairway.
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bigronbowski
Experience: 13.9 years 39 played 11 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Industrial Workers Suprise 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Sep 26, 2013 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

New baskets. No burrs or thorns. The great thing about this course is the fact that if you work in the Northwest Indiana industrial sector, for instance, the BP refinery or Mittal (Inland) Steel, this is a great course to stop and practice on the way home from work.

Cons:

Natural tees. Missing tee markers. Unattractive neighborhood. Holes too close to roads, paths, practice fields, and playground.

Other Thoughts:

This park was given a complete makeover last year. Since the update the course has been changed. The media connected with this course needs updated. The course used to play around the majority of the park with some long, open holes on the north end. The course now plays entirely on the south side. Hole 1 starts on the east side of the pool south of the skate ramps. Be very careful not to go over the fence! Hole 2 is similar to the old hole 1 but tees about 30' west. Hole 3 is the old hole 2. If the soccer field is in use holes 2 and 3 can be dangerous to play. If you turn a disc over you will likely land on the soccer field. Hole 4 is the old hole 3 and this trend continues until hole 8. After hole 7 backtrack and the tee for 8 is west and a little south of the tee for 7. In the late summer and fall the football field is in use making 13 and 15 dangerous to play. Also during this season there is cheerleading practice in the way of holes 17 and 18. After a heavy rain holes 2 and 18 will have water hazards. If you can't play a hole due to people hazards, it's very easy to make up holes to complete the round. If the football field is not in use it's a great place to practice driving. This a great course to practice your technical game.
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Dave242
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 29.9 years 394 played 276 reviews
2.00 star(s)

C+ = As average as the come 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 1, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

- Trees are nice - shady course (except 13-17)
- Grassy course. Mowed. Probably does not get too muddy during wet spells
- Short length and low challenge caters to beginners
- Variety of hole shapes keeps things interesting
- No potential for lost discs
- Most tees have signs. The ones that don't are tricky to find.

Cons:

- Sketchy (unsafe?) neighborhood
- Parts of course hard to navigate. I could not find tee one, so I decided to play from the sidewalk by the course kiosk. Tee 13 is painted on the sidewalk after you backtrack from playing 12
- You play over sidewalks and picnic tables and close to a ballfield. I am doubtful there is a ton of traffic in the park, so this might not be a huge issue. But be aware.
- Baskets as old and run-down
- Not sure if they open the bathrooms - they seem like they have been locked for a long time.
- Natural tees are a con, but not a huge con as the holes are short enough where a huge run-up is not required. And they are not rutted out.

Other Thoughts:

What I personally like and how this course stacks up in my list of 18 hole courses:

1) Holes with good risk/reward. Fair, but harsh punishment for bad decisions or execution. == C-
(This course is very open. Impossible for a bad drive to cause you to take a 4....unless it is really bad and goes OB on a road.)

2) Holes that have rewarding birdie opportunities for me. I throw 300' accurately, 360' max. == C+
(Most of the holes are too short and/or too open to feel rewarding.)

3) More wooded than open - lots of variety of shots required caused by hole shape and topography == C+
(The design of some holes incorporate trees to force you to throw a certain line. Several tunnel shots.)

4) Natural beauty (Appalachian beauty preferred) and seclusion. == C-
(In a run down, old park and neighborhood. Not pretty and not secluded. There are lots of nice trees and it is grassy.)

5) Bonus points for multi-throw holes with defined landing zones, good risk/reward and multiple options to play them. == N/A
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