Athens, GA

Sandy Creek Park

3.815(based on 37 reviews)
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DiscGolfMaster
Experience: 21.2 years 77 played 17 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Overrated 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 22, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

Some nice long holes and tight lines to hit through the woods. I had to use a nice mix of forehand, thumber, and backhand drives to get my disc down the fairway. Good mix of open and wooded.

Cons:

So where do I start... It's missing a hole, which is inexcusable for the amount of land they have to work with, they should have been able to rework a couple holes and add a new one in. The flow of the course, especially in the open, was terrible. Whose idea was it to have 3 different pads and 3 different pins with no way to mark which pin you are actually throwing at? So on most tees you either just guess what disc you should throw or walk out every fairway to see where to aim? It's already a long course, the last thing I wanted to do was walk each hole twice, how boring and what a flow killer. I won't be back until they have a way to mark on their tee signs which pin position the basket is currently at. The signs don't face the way you play like 99% of all other courses. It's just weird and was unnecessary to set it up that way. It makes it easier to envision in my head how the fairway is set up if I can stand on the teepad and face the direction in which to throw and glance over at the tee sign. Maybe that's just me. We had to cross other fairways several times throughout the course to get to the next tee. Very few next tee signs on the front nine where you really needed them. And the ones in the woods are tiny, the arrow and sign is about 2 inches long, easy to miss them.

Other Thoughts:

I like to walk from one hole to the next without having to constantly figure out where to go. I like to stand on the teepad, look down the fairway and look a the teesign, and using that information, choose the proper disc and throw. Can't do that at this course. You get from hole 7 to hole 9 by walking to the parking lot and across the entrance road. You'll see 23 basket, keep walking along tree line/road and you'll eventually see teepads for hole 9.
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parks22
Experience: 17.9 years 1 played 1 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Course has potential... 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 13, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

Diverse course with a good range of open and wooded holes, elevation, and obstacles. Decent course considering not many in the Athens area.

Cons:

Poison oak, and poison ivy very bad! This course has potential to be a great course but I think needs a little maintenance work. Some holes are heavily wooded in which one has to cross their fingers not to slam a disc into a tree.

Other Thoughts:

Don't think you should have to pay for this course. Still worth checking out if you're in the area but I recommend watching out for the spider webs and poison oak!
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