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Shawnee Park - Old Layout

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aclay
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Experience: 39.6 years 309 played 235 reviews
1.00 star(s)

Shawnee Park 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Aug 6, 2020 Played the course:once

Pros:

-- Doesn't appear to get a lot of play, so unlikely to be crowded with disc golfers.
-- Restroom and water available at east end of park (past the 9/18 tee pads) near basketball court and pond.
-- Course maps available (near 6 and 9), but they are not accurate (see Cons).
-- Best hole is No. 3: 287 foot RHBH, slightly downhill as you get close to the basket with a big drop-off to a creek about 30 feet behind the basket.

Cons:

-- Safety issues abound. The course loops around the property twice, leading to a lot of issues where a good tee shot on a hole would endanger someone on the tee or near the basket for another hole. Examples: 3 throws over the 4/13 tee pad; 12 tees 30 feet behind (and very slightly left) of the #3 tee; the tee shot on 5 goes over the 14 tee (around the trees, so hidden from view), and a good tee shot from 5 could easily hit someone putting of 14. In addition, most holes play more or less parallel to another hole, so a slightly errant shots puts someone on the other hole in danger.
-- No. 2 is incredibly boring: 194 feet straight with no obstacles of any kind.
-- 8 and 17 are the SAME hole except for different mandos: one requires you to go right of a tree in front of you; the other requires you to go left.
-- Tees are natural. Many have tree roots and are so rutted that the are unusable.
-- Tee signs only have the hole number. Distance and layout would be nice since a few baskets are not visible from the tee.
-- Baskets are old and have seen better days.
-- Parking lot is small.
-- An errant throw (or a kick off of a tree) on No. 1 could result in a disc hitting a car in the parking lot.
-- Poor flow. When you finish #1, you walk to the nearest (most logical) tee to discover that you are at #10. Your direct route from 1 basket to 2 tee takes you through the 10 fairway; 11 to 12 takes you through the 3 fairway; 9 and 18 fairways cross, although the maps do not show that. The maps show 9 and 18 being parallel, but the baskets have been switched for years (according to previous reviews), so this is no accident. The photos of individual holes (posted here 10 years ago) show the fairways crossing, so this has been an issue for a LONG time. The distances listed on the map appear to match the actual layout and not the design on the maps.
-- Walking path brings non disc golfers into play. When I played on a Thursday afternoon in August, I saw a lot more walkers than disc golfers.

Other Thoughts:

-- The best feature here (creek) is underutilized. Other than No. 3, there is no real danger of reaching it.
-- This would be a better course as a 9-holer rather than 18. I would suggest using holes 10, 11, 3-8 and finish with 9 (according to the map, not the actual layout) to bring a few trees into play to guard that basket.
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mikebushell
Experience: 80 played 1 reviews
1.00 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 29, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

Nice location, and great potential

Cons:

The lay out is terrible, it's Very confusing, there are no maps/signs telling you where to start where to end, there are fairways that cross each other,and tee boxes right in front of baskets, tee boxes I front of each other,from one tee box you are looking at 3 baskets, I will not be playing this course again!!

Other Thoughts:

Don't put a picnic table right beside a basket
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twispar
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
1.00 star(s)

Unkept. Bad Layout. 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 5, 2015 Played the course:once

Pros:

Its close I guess. There is a map of the course too.

Cons:

Very unkept. The grass was over a foot in many places (almost lost a disk in the fairway because of overgrowth). There are holes that I had to search for to find, and honestly, I don't even know how you are supposed to throw to them! Hole number four is surrounded by trees to the point where there is a single gap that you could maybe throw through. Bad course layout too. There are multiple tees that are shared between holes. Throws over pathways, baskets near tees, etc. Not a good experience and I do not recommend playing on it until it is fixed.
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Fast Eddie
Experience: 12.5 years 18 played 5 reviews
1.00 star(s)

confused 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 26, 2011 Played the course:once

Pros:

i could not really think of any pros for this course
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Cons:

tee box locationd very confusing its like someone just threw a rock out in a field & said ok lets put a tee box here

Other Thoughts:

not worth the drive
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Roc1Time
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 22.8 years 131 played 118 reviews
1.00 star(s)

Waste of 9 Baskets 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Feb 22, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

Good for beginers and people who live close by. You can throw tons of shots due to it being pretty open....just look out for ALL of the mandos! Good lunchtime course.

Cons:

Stupid!! Waste of 9 baskets. Holes sit next to each other and people throwing all over the place. There are I think 7 or maybe 8 mandos which is way too many for my taste.The mixing and matching of holes and baskets make it very confusing and stupid for a serious golfer. This alos got kind of dangerous as we were almost hit three times in one round by people on other holes.

Other Thoughts:

Mini at 2 on Sundays
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