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Robertsdale Baptist Church DGC reviews
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Try and see 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Jul 8, 2021
Played the course:once
Pros:
Course is better maintained than any of the 18 hole courses I have played in Alabama. This upped my rating from 1.5 to 2.
You can test your strength on the 820 foot 7th hole.
Course is very forgiving as there are almost no obstacles.
Baskets are great.
Easy to find with Google.
You can test your strength on the 820 foot 7th hole.
Course is very forgiving as there are almost no obstacles.
Baskets are great.
Easy to find with Google.
Cons:
It wasn't clear where the course began so had to drive around a bit. Park in front of the pond.
Awkward signage that is hard to read from a distance. I replayed a couple of holes the first time because I threw to the wrong basket.
No tee for hole 3 (the others start in grass at a sign). I threw from the #1 tee which made 3 shots over the pond.
The pond, a tree on hole 4 and a trailer near the basket for 6? make the only obstacles. Honestly there weren't many natural obstacles that could be used.
My GPS couldn't find the church, as it needed a physical address.
Awkward signage that is hard to read from a distance. I replayed a couple of holes the first time because I threw to the wrong basket.
No tee for hole 3 (the others start in grass at a sign). I threw from the #1 tee which made 3 shots over the pond.
The pond, a tree on hole 4 and a trailer near the basket for 6? make the only obstacles. Honestly there weren't many natural obstacles that could be used.
My GPS couldn't find the church, as it needed a physical address.
Other Thoughts:
I agree with the previous reviewer that this course might well be combined with Robertsdale Links and the 5 hole course in Silverhill. Together they have some variety and are more fun than any of the 3 separately.
It appears to be designed as a beginner course, but the pond and the 820 foot hole could make it difficult to use this course to teach someone to play. Its best use may be for a practice course for different distance throws.
It appears to be designed as a beginner course, but the pond and the 820 foot hole could make it difficult to use this course to teach someone to play. Its best use may be for a practice course for different distance throws.
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wellsbranch250
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Course Baggin Chronicles – Episode Two – A New Hope… For 9 Down 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Aug 26, 2020
Played the course:once
Pros:
(1.420 Rating) An open layout with a couple water clears.
- BEGINNER FRIENDLY - A nice course to introduce a new player to the game. No overgrowth areas and the odds of losing a disc is limited to the two water holes. The newest of new, should just proceed to tee (4) from basket (1). The course difficultly is good for Novice level players and satisfactory for Recreational players.
- MAINTENANCE - The course was in great shape on a weekday morning during the summer. Completely mowed and no trash observed.
- QUICK PLAY - I finished the course in 22 minutes, but then had a +5 minute walk back to car.
- ACEABILITY - A few of the holes are highly aceable. Players will have great opportunities on holes (4), (6) and especially (8).
- THE POND - Of the 3 courses in town as of this review, this is the only one with a water feature in play. There are two clears, with the longest one being about 225 feet to avoid the drink. Although I do take off points for a course's disc loss factor, I often add way more rating due to the added beauty, challenge and variety. Thus the pond in this case, it took the course from a high 1.0, and made it a low 1.5 in my books.
- NAVIGATION - Should be easy due to the open nature. Signage is limited to numbered white tipped 4x4s which are typically easily spotable from the prior basket.
- CHAINS - If I recall correctly, the baskets are T3s from prodigy. They look flimsy, but catch surprisingly well.
- LOCATION - One of 3 courses I bagged in the area in 75 minutes, and I photographed all three for DGCR.
- BEGINNER FRIENDLY - A nice course to introduce a new player to the game. No overgrowth areas and the odds of losing a disc is limited to the two water holes. The newest of new, should just proceed to tee (4) from basket (1). The course difficultly is good for Novice level players and satisfactory for Recreational players.
- MAINTENANCE - The course was in great shape on a weekday morning during the summer. Completely mowed and no trash observed.
- QUICK PLAY - I finished the course in 22 minutes, but then had a +5 minute walk back to car.
- ACEABILITY - A few of the holes are highly aceable. Players will have great opportunities on holes (4), (6) and especially (8).
- THE POND - Of the 3 courses in town as of this review, this is the only one with a water feature in play. There are two clears, with the longest one being about 225 feet to avoid the drink. Although I do take off points for a course's disc loss factor, I often add way more rating due to the added beauty, challenge and variety. Thus the pond in this case, it took the course from a high 1.0, and made it a low 1.5 in my books.
- NAVIGATION - Should be easy due to the open nature. Signage is limited to numbered white tipped 4x4s which are typically easily spotable from the prior basket.
- CHAINS - If I recall correctly, the baskets are T3s from prodigy. They look flimsy, but catch surprisingly well.
- LOCATION - One of 3 courses I bagged in the area in 75 minutes, and I photographed all three for DGCR.
Cons:
The standard church niner.
- UNIQUENESS - The variety here is pretty bland. As noted above, there is a water element on holes (2) and (3), and one big tree on holes (1) and (4). The rest of the course is wide open. Hole (7) is a featureless par 5 and (9) is a featureless par 4. To be fair to those that laid the course out, every reasonable obstacle available was used, so kudos to them.
- ELEVATION - Among the flattest courses I've ever thrown on. Less than 5 feet of elevation change on the entire layout. Perfect for a disc golf cart though.
- DIFFICULTY - I was 8 down going into hole 9 once again and botched the drive to ultimately fail to achieve my first 9 down score. So yeah , there's not much of a challenge here. Recreational players should have no problem breaking par. The water clear on (2) and (3) is the only significant challenge here. Novice players will likely be delighted as they should break par routinely if they can make a few putts. I think an even par round of 30 will equate to a sub 800 rated round.
- NO LOOP - After (9), it's an 800 foot plus walk back to (1).
- TEES - Natural tees with no tee line. No tee seating or tee shading either.
- EXTRAS - The course lacks most of the extra amenity items found at the older established courses. The tee signs are very basic being just a 4 by 4 post with a number and a distance. There is no community board, no alternate tees, no alternate basket placements and no practice basket.
- UNIQUENESS - The variety here is pretty bland. As noted above, there is a water element on holes (2) and (3), and one big tree on holes (1) and (4). The rest of the course is wide open. Hole (7) is a featureless par 5 and (9) is a featureless par 4. To be fair to those that laid the course out, every reasonable obstacle available was used, so kudos to them.
- ELEVATION - Among the flattest courses I've ever thrown on. Less than 5 feet of elevation change on the entire layout. Perfect for a disc golf cart though.
- DIFFICULTY - I was 8 down going into hole 9 once again and botched the drive to ultimately fail to achieve my first 9 down score. So yeah , there's not much of a challenge here. Recreational players should have no problem breaking par. The water clear on (2) and (3) is the only significant challenge here. Novice players will likely be delighted as they should break par routinely if they can make a few putts. I think an even par round of 30 will equate to a sub 800 rated round.
- NO LOOP - After (9), it's an 800 foot plus walk back to (1).
- TEES - Natural tees with no tee line. No tee seating or tee shading either.
- EXTRAS - The course lacks most of the extra amenity items found at the older established courses. The tee signs are very basic being just a 4 by 4 post with a number and a distance. There is no community board, no alternate tees, no alternate basket placements and no practice basket.
Other Thoughts:
A decent course considering the land limitations. For Recreational and Novice level players, this course will offer the basics of the game in a user friendly format. Perhaps it's a reasonable course to those players. For those at the Intermediate level and above, the term passable seems very appropriate. Overall, not worth driving 20 minutes out of the way to go play, but this will be must play hit for course baggers due to the two other nearby courses.
