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Schoeneck Park reviews
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Learner's Course in a Good Way
Reviewed:
Played on:Jun 21, 2022
Played the course:once
Pros:
Shoeneck is a nice little DG course whose greatest asset is its proximity to other beginner courses. It's literally less than five minutes straight down the road from Denver Memorial Park, another learner course, and a bit more than ten minutes from the Elizabeth Township course, a beginner level course.
Whereas Denver is completely flat, with a mix of holes both forest and open; Shoeneck is almost completely open, well-mowed with a mix of flat and downhill holes as it takes place on a gentle downward slope.
I went there at around 5pm on a nice cloudy late June day with perfect temperature and weather (73 degrees) and the park was still empty. Maybe just a Tuesday thing, but probably not.
I did appreciate how easy but slightly varied the holes were. And the fact that, if I wanted to do a second or third round through, the course and sparse crowd made it amenable to hole combining in all sorts of ways.
There are just tee signs with a direction arrow/distance and grass as tees. I couldn't identify the make of the baskets but they had the tallest cages I have ever seen. Otherwise a-ok. The setup here is just fine, concrete tees might actually be a detriment considering the short hops and skill level involved.
There's a close-up view of Interstate 76 and traffic on the bottom most holes, #8-9.
Whereas Denver is completely flat, with a mix of holes both forest and open; Shoeneck is almost completely open, well-mowed with a mix of flat and downhill holes as it takes place on a gentle downward slope.
I went there at around 5pm on a nice cloudy late June day with perfect temperature and weather (73 degrees) and the park was still empty. Maybe just a Tuesday thing, but probably not.
I did appreciate how easy but slightly varied the holes were. And the fact that, if I wanted to do a second or third round through, the course and sparse crowd made it amenable to hole combining in all sorts of ways.
There are just tee signs with a direction arrow/distance and grass as tees. I couldn't identify the make of the baskets but they had the tallest cages I have ever seen. Otherwise a-ok. The setup here is just fine, concrete tees might actually be a detriment considering the short hops and skill level involved.
There's a close-up view of Interstate 76 and traffic on the bottom most holes, #8-9.
Cons:
If I had a complaint, it's that the few holes that do take place on the treed perimeter, the discs are a bit easy to lose there - the brush is thick and nasty with thorns, brush, and vines.
Like #3, downhill with the tree line immediately left, basket cut into the treeline niche. Against my better instincts after throwing a leopard that turned over right, I redid my tee shot with a Roc that faded somewhere before the basket in the brush. Despite knowing where it was generally, I couldn't locate it.
Like #3, downhill with the tree line immediately left, basket cut into the treeline niche. Against my better instincts after throwing a leopard that turned over right, I redid my tee shot with a Roc that faded somewhere before the basket in the brush. Despite knowing where it was generally, I couldn't locate it.
Other Thoughts:
1: Short 177ft straight on.
2: Starts near street. 206ft slightly downhill, left to right slope.
3: Downhill, treeline immediate left entire way. 244ft. Basket hidden.
4: 204ft across field. Flat but right to left slope.
5: Another field crosser, 209ft. Starts in basin, giving path a hump.
6: 193ft Downhill akin to #3 but with Basket on mound away from trees.
7: Short 147ft skip across a (now dry) detention pond to a slightly uphill basket.
8: Treeline left. 153ft to basket nook.
9: 154ft ft straight on. Open.
Out of OOOOO discs or XXXXX strikes.
Terrain: Oo - Passable. Nothing exciting but well-mowed. Treeline could be cleared of nastiness.
Execution: OOO - Good but low effort needed to install. At this level, it just means nothing major was screwed up.
Upkeep: N/A. New.
Difficulty: O - It's a learner's course with learning distances. But rough on a few adds a bit in a bad way.
Fun Factor: OOo - I had a reasonably good time at this course and think it's ideal for teaching the game to a younger crowd or simply for someone wanting to have a low-fuss game.
Crowded: x. Was not crowded here at all. But my first and only visit.
Overall: OOo - A good learning 9er. If you make it a destination course, it'll be disappointing.
2: Starts near street. 206ft slightly downhill, left to right slope.
3: Downhill, treeline immediate left entire way. 244ft. Basket hidden.
4: 204ft across field. Flat but right to left slope.
5: Another field crosser, 209ft. Starts in basin, giving path a hump.
6: 193ft Downhill akin to #3 but with Basket on mound away from trees.
7: Short 147ft skip across a (now dry) detention pond to a slightly uphill basket.
8: Treeline left. 153ft to basket nook.
9: 154ft ft straight on. Open.
Out of OOOOO discs or XXXXX strikes.
Terrain: Oo - Passable. Nothing exciting but well-mowed. Treeline could be cleared of nastiness.
Execution: OOO - Good but low effort needed to install. At this level, it just means nothing major was screwed up.
Upkeep: N/A. New.
Difficulty: O - It's a learner's course with learning distances. But rough on a few adds a bit in a bad way.
Fun Factor: OOo - I had a reasonably good time at this course and think it's ideal for teaching the game to a younger crowd or simply for someone wanting to have a low-fuss game.
Crowded: x. Was not crowded here at all. But my first and only visit.
Overall: OOo - A good learning 9er. If you make it a destination course, it'll be disappointing.
