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Delanson, NY

Shafer Park DGC

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2.55(based on 2 reviews)
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kenjiac
Experience: 16.8 years 137 played 2 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Thanks for the kind words HyooMac drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 26, 2022 Played the course:once

Pros:

I designed this course to teach basic shot shaping.

Cons:

It is flat fairly open area.

Other Thoughts:

Response to HyooMac pretty accurate review. His cons were;

Hole 3 the courts. the tee is purposely put close to the fence to discourage throwing over it. The appropriate line is an anhyzer around the corner of the court.

Hole 8 intended shot here is a overstable putter/mid flex. I purposely blocked the hyzer line. I wanted to putt the tee a little closer to the brush to completely block the hyzer shot but it is there if you want to try it. You should be putting a disc on anny that will still come back making an s shape flight.

Hole 9 the town put in brand new baseball field across the street this one doesn't get used. I had the basket further away and the town had expressed that i should use the back stop of more of an obstacle so i moved the basket a little closer.

This park is very under used only thing that get any real use is the basket ball courts.

Grand opening 9/9/22 signage should be completed and installed prior to the grand opening.
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HyooMac
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Experience: 6.9 years 421 played 389 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Good Use of “Baskets Around a Park Perimeter”

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 21, 2022 Played the course:once

Pros:

+ Excellent use of a wide open park: placing baskets in the surrounding treelines, and placing a few of the open ones in spots with danger of rollaways


+ Huge 4' x 12' tees made with timber-framed pavers. All level and flush to the ground in case you need more than 12 feet for your runup


+ The designers did their best to avoid simple, straight, open holes - even though they were working with what is essentially a huge open field. It's a little bit forced at times (throwing around or over the tennis courts on hole #2, and throwing around a single tree on hole #5), but the total number of shot shapes required is pretty impressive



Cons:

- Hole #8 needs some trimming in order to provide fair throwing lines. There's a grove of tall pines directly between the tee and the basket, but the gaps are too narrow to clear. Throwing a RH hyzer up and around the trees is prevented by a huge bush in front of the right side of the tee. The only way to have a line is to attempt a standstill hyzer from the front left corner of the tee

Other Thoughts:

~ Unusual for perimeter park layout, this one starts counter-clockwise, but reverses and finishes the loop clockwise. Navigation is pretty intuitive; there are directional arrows hanging from the bottoms of the brand new DGA baskets. Several basket-to-tee routes have been cut through the woods to avoid walking in the lines of other holes


~ Tees are marked with numbered wooden blocks; no signs yet


~ Many of the holes circle a baseball diamond, but I think they're all far enough out in the outfield that you could play when a game is going on. The one problem spot could be hole #9, which finished up behind home plate


~ Overall, an excellent beginner course. Although experienced players will get bored with it pretty quickly, it's a really good use of the land that the designer had to work with




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