Sawyer Park reviews
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Short and surprisingly wooded town park course 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:May 30, 2021
Played the course:once
Pros:
+ A short layout hidden in a park with a surprisingly varied set of holes. The first few holes (which have second tees to become holes #10 and #11) play through a wooded park. You start behind a playground and head off picking your lines around old-growth trees interspersed on a flat and very pretty well-mowed park. But then...
+ Hole #3 is a wooded water carry: diagonally over a crossing creek. It's only 170', but it's a narrow slot to hit, and you feel the water on the left the whole way
+ Hole #4 takes you back across the creek. This time, the creek is perpendicular and requires only about 100' to clear, but the trees create only a few lanes, and it's easy to kick backwards down the bank into the water
+ The remaining holes are also short, but that creek pops up a few more times, and you're playing in surprisingly tight woods, considering the "town park setting" of the first few holes. There's even a bit of elevation on a few
+ Hole #3 is a wooded water carry: diagonally over a crossing creek. It's only 170', but it's a narrow slot to hit, and you feel the water on the left the whole way
+ Hole #4 takes you back across the creek. This time, the creek is perpendicular and requires only about 100' to clear, but the trees create only a few lanes, and it's easy to kick backwards down the bank into the water
+ The remaining holes are also short, but that creek pops up a few more times, and you're playing in surprisingly tight woods, considering the "town park setting" of the first few holes. There's even a bit of elevation on a few
Cons:
- Signage is just small white wood squares with hole numbers on them. No tees - just spots in the dirt near the signs where you figure you should stand when throwing
- Hole #9 is pretty much throwing directly at a walking path and footbridge where people will naturally stop. Watch out for walkers
- This is a short course but the tight woods create possibility for lost discs or lots of time spent searching. So beware that you could walk off really mad at what's not much more than a bagging stop
- Hole #9 is pretty much throwing directly at a walking path and footbridge where people will naturally stop. Watch out for walkers
- This is a short course but the tight woods create possibility for lost discs or lots of time spent searching. So beware that you could walk off really mad at what's not much more than a bagging stop
Other Thoughts:
~ After throwing across the water on #4, walk right - to the bridge near the front of the park to cross the creek (you'll use this bridge again on hole #9)
~ There's a great hand-written sign on hole #3 offering a short tee for people who don't want to throw over the water ("If you are new at this throw to basket #3 from here. Otherwise go on to tee pad #3")
~ Speaking of hand-written messages, the sign at #3 tee says "Pick up your dog's shit or fucking leave!" Not a fan of graffiti or defacing signs, but I agree with the sentiment
~ Credit goes to whoever figured out this layout. A few of the holes are dull, a few are fun, a few require really precise throws - but none of them are bad. I've been on a lot of nines hand-cut through woods that had me thinking "what the hell?" when standing on a tee. Sure, Sawyer Park is very short. It's more of an enjoyable bagging stop that you can play with a mid or a putter. But it accomplishes that pretty well
COURSE AMENITIES:
Good DisCatcher baskets, no tees, signage is only hole numbers. Use uDisc to navigate
RECOMMENDED COMBINATIONS:
Easy to get to Basil Marella and Parma with this as a 30 minute bagging stop along the way
~ There's a great hand-written sign on hole #3 offering a short tee for people who don't want to throw over the water ("If you are new at this throw to basket #3 from here. Otherwise go on to tee pad #3")
~ Speaking of hand-written messages, the sign at #3 tee says "Pick up your dog's shit or fucking leave!" Not a fan of graffiti or defacing signs, but I agree with the sentiment
~ Credit goes to whoever figured out this layout. A few of the holes are dull, a few are fun, a few require really precise throws - but none of them are bad. I've been on a lot of nines hand-cut through woods that had me thinking "what the hell?" when standing on a tee. Sure, Sawyer Park is very short. It's more of an enjoyable bagging stop that you can play with a mid or a putter. But it accomplishes that pretty well
COURSE AMENITIES:
Good DisCatcher baskets, no tees, signage is only hole numbers. Use uDisc to navigate
RECOMMENDED COMBINATIONS:
Easy to get to Basil Marella and Parma with this as a 30 minute bagging stop along the way
2
2
NIBSTOOLS
Experience:
35 played
35 reviews
Short and tight 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Nov 26, 2006
Played the course:never
Pros:
tight and challenging, need pin point accurate throws to get up for the 2.
Cons:
still alot of brush in "fairways" on the back side a guy I met up with was adding second tee positions so the course would play like 18. He said the course was a "work in progress"
