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Scarboro Hills

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HyooMac
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Experience: 6.8 years 421 played 387 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Pay Attention to “Hills” in the Name 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 6, 2021 Played the course:once

Pros:

+ Dedicated disc golf facility on county park property that's gotten a lot of care in designing an 18 hole course with multiple baskets and tees


+ Lots of elevation change (some pretty steep); much of the course plays across several open fields on a hillside - but it changes over to woods for most of the back nine


+ A few clever open holes (#2 is a gem, with one basket tucked to the right against a creek), and some tricky wooded holes where you have to compensate for the elevation when throwing through tight lines


+ Multiple basket positions and tees, keeping it interesting for local players and leagues. The shortest layout is OK for beginners who are willing to learn what elevation changes do to their throws



Cons:

- Old Mach 3 baskets are really difficult to spot on the wooded holes (and when they're tucked in the treeline on open holes like on #12)


- The signage is newer than the old DGA shown in photos, but it was surprisingly difficult to interpret, because each sign illustrates all the various tees, alternate baskets, and basket positions on the hole. There are a few spots on the front nine where next hole navigation is made difficult because a handful of tees for various holes are visible. Even when I'd get to the right hole, I wasn't sure which tee I was standing on, or absolutely sure which basket I was throwing to. These are first-time player problems and they're pretty much restricted to the front nine, but they made it hard to get into the flow of play


Other Thoughts:

~ A beautiful sign greeted me as I entered the property, indicating this to be a dedicated disc golf facility. My expectations only grew as I walked through the parking lot, passing cars with various disc golf related stickers, a few picnic tables with players, backpacks and the amount of activity you generally find at a "destination course." But what I found was pretty….just OK. It's a well-used track that takes advantage of elevation, and has a good mix of wooded and open holes


~ I like variety, but I think the local club is trying to do too much with these holes by adding all the optional tees, baskets and basket placements. The property and the terrain don't provide much opportunity for variety, with alternate versions of the holes being just a little bit longer, or the basket being just a little bit different angle


~ It's great to find any disc golf-only location, and credit to the County and the local club for creating the place. Regulars have built in ways to keep it interesting, but there's only so much the property can really give you. There are four layouts listed on DGCR (and a dozen variations on uDisc), all for a course that maxes out at around 5300'.


~ I'm sure this course is a lot of fun to play regularly. The first-timer would do well to hook up with a local for guidance, and to be shown the subtleties built into the various layouts


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Fuzzpuddle
Experience: 10 played 3 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Fun & challenging, but could be better 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 16, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Multiple well-maintained tee boxes at most holes, paired with multiple baskets can make for a different round each time.
-Good course layout, with minimal repetition and overlap.
-Plenty of parking.
-Park is dedicated to disc golf.
-Beautiful setting, well maintained grounds, and plenty of wildlife to observe.
-Course pars are fair, plenty of challenges.

Cons:

-No overall course map/info posted.
-Tee box signs are permanent, but the marked baskets change, so they don't reflect the current course layout.
-Baskets are difficult to see, especially in the wooded areas (only one was bright orange)
-Some of the alternate baskets were not installed.

Other Thoughts:

Today was my first round at Scarborro Hills, so I found myself walking ahead at multiple holes to find the baskets and get an idea of where I was throwing. I will definitely return, as it is only 25 minutes from my home.
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unsmith
Experience: 9.9 years 14 played 8 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Disc Golf and Mountain Hiking 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 19, 2014 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Dedicated park space, which is rare around these parts. Well maintained with thought put into hole locations and multiple pin placements per hole. While kind of in the middle of nowhere, there is sufficient parking.

This course encourages (and sometimes requires) different shots to play well. Backhand, forehand/flick, thumber/tomahawk, roller, rescue shots, and putts with elevation changes are ALL part of your round here. It will challenge you but you will enjoy it.

OB exists here and there, but it's just there to keep play out of certain areas and isn't set up to punish players.

Cons:

If you are a beginner or out of shape this course will brutalize you. Most of the woods holes have plenty of trees to contend with and plenty of stickers/thorns to shred your legs when you go looking for wayward discs. The back nine involves a few treks up and down the mountain which can be challenging to walk.

Many of the baskets are missing flags and/or have shredded flags, so the baskets can be challenging to find for a first-timer since they are the older Mach 3 type with no bright spots to catch your eye. Could do with some new flags or bright pink tape around the top of the baskets to make them stick out in the woods.

Other Thoughts:

Popular course on the weekends, so if you are the social type this is a decent chance to meet up with other disc golfers. Please pick up after yourself; I saw far too many discarded beer cans for a course like this.

If there are mandos here I couldn't find them. A couple of holes look like they might have them, but nothing sticks out to indicate that.

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timg
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Experience: 21.9 years 356 played 59 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Pretty Good 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:May 26, 2007 Played the course:never

Pros:

Good hole variety, all tees had nice rubber pads, great signs.

Cons:

Tough to find since it looks like you're going down someones driveway to get to the course. Keep going down the "driveway" and you'll get there :)

Other Thoughts:

Most holes play in either open fields or the woods. I'd say it's a 50/50 mix of the two. The course played fairly short although there were some longer holes to be found.

This was a pretty fun course but I can't say it's worth a really long drive just to play this one course. If you're passing close by and manage to find it then it may be worth a stop to play a quick 18.
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