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Resurrection Park reviews
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Experience:
2 played
2 reviews
Great Practice Course 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Jul 6, 2017
Played the course:once
Pros:
This course is just minutes off of HWY 95. Two turns and you're parked and ready to play.
The course is wide-open and let it rip on a few holes, hug the tree line on a couple of holes and a very low, very short tunnel shot hole.
There are bag hangers and signs on every hole.
It never seems fair to call a course a "practice" course; however, that would be the most accurate term for this one. It is clean, with brand new baskets and rubber mat tee pads. You can find out what those discs that hit trees 200 feet from the tee pad actually do when there is nothing to stop them. You can work on rollers, hyzers, anhyzers, forehand, backhand and putting. There are two par four holes (6 and 8), but I'm sure our locals will play them as par three's. If you played concerned with scoring, the big arms and good putters will rule. Not much need for mid-range or shot shaping anywhere. The course record on this 9 hole course will quickly be -9, even played as all par 3's. It will be the long drivers and consistent putters that get this. My first round was a +1, missing my usual 3 puts inside the circle and aiming for the wrong target on one hole.
The course is wide-open and let it rip on a few holes, hug the tree line on a couple of holes and a very low, very short tunnel shot hole.
There are bag hangers and signs on every hole.
It never seems fair to call a course a "practice" course; however, that would be the most accurate term for this one. It is clean, with brand new baskets and rubber mat tee pads. You can find out what those discs that hit trees 200 feet from the tee pad actually do when there is nothing to stop them. You can work on rollers, hyzers, anhyzers, forehand, backhand and putting. There are two par four holes (6 and 8), but I'm sure our locals will play them as par three's. If you played concerned with scoring, the big arms and good putters will rule. Not much need for mid-range or shot shaping anywhere. The course record on this 9 hole course will quickly be -9, even played as all par 3's. It will be the long drivers and consistent putters that get this. My first round was a +1, missing my usual 3 puts inside the circle and aiming for the wrong target on one hole.
Cons:
Bring sun screen, an umbrella and plenty of water. You are being shined upon almost every hole, unless you are an early riser/late starter.
I know my vision is not what it used to be, but with no markers for dead-reckoning and the grass just long enough to make it hard to get a visual on your disc unless you are right up on it, you may walk past your disc once or twice before locating it. Of course, that could just be me!
If you're looking for a challenging course, this is a con, but if you are just looking to figure out a new disc or practice your putting, it doesn't have to be.
I know my vision is not what it used to be, but with no markers for dead-reckoning and the grass just long enough to make it hard to get a visual on your disc unless you are right up on it, you may walk past your disc once or twice before locating it. Of course, that could just be me!
If you're looking for a challenging course, this is a con, but if you are just looking to figure out a new disc or practice your putting, it doesn't have to be.
Other Thoughts:
Elijah Lovejoy, the Preacher of the church in which the course is located, joined me for a few holes. He is a very nice young man, and said that he has plans for cement tee pads in the future.
I would not expect a crowd at this park right away; however, I imagine you would have to be on the look-out for pedestrians (walking trail) and other disc golfers due to the back and forth design of a few holes.
On slow days, I don't see why you could not mark off different tee locations to make the course more challenging. This would mostly only add distance because there are not enough natural obstacles to work around. Maybe some man made blinds or quick growing Poplar Trees could add a little technical aspect to the design.
In closing, thank you, Elijah Lovejoy, for providing another facility for the local disc-golf community. You have done well with the land available and making the course open to the public was very generous of you!
I would not expect a crowd at this park right away; however, I imagine you would have to be on the look-out for pedestrians (walking trail) and other disc golfers due to the back and forth design of a few holes.
On slow days, I don't see why you could not mark off different tee locations to make the course more challenging. This would mostly only add distance because there are not enough natural obstacles to work around. Maybe some man made blinds or quick growing Poplar Trees could add a little technical aspect to the design.
In closing, thank you, Elijah Lovejoy, for providing another facility for the local disc-golf community. You have done well with the land available and making the course open to the public was very generous of you!
