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Middletown, MD

Skycroft Conference Center DGC

1.835(based on 3 reviews)
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Crooow
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Experience: 37.1 years 249 played 52 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Typical Camp Course 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Oct 14, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

First two holes are fun - downhill with a variety of trees. Well kept grounds. People at the main center were friendly. Most of the holes have distance listed on the tee marker.

Cons:

Single chain rough baskets (though they still caught okay). All holes after the first 2 are open and mostly flat. All holes pretty short after the first two. No map - first time navigation was very difficult (see below). People at the center were unaware that the course is here. Grass tees marked by a small wooden post. Never found the post for #7 and the post for #2 was different looking and had no sign so it took me a while to realize it was the correct tee (see below). Baskets not numbered which made first time navigation a little tricky.

Other Thoughts:

This is a typical camp course. I was pleasantly surprised by the first two holes even though it took me ten minutes to figure out hole #2 (see below). Unfortunately after hole 2, it is your basic "throw around the edges of a big field course".

I entered by the Michael Road entrance (recommended). As you drive up to the parking lot, you will see a basket to your right and a tee marker farther up the hill. That is hole #1. I went into the center to ask if it was okay for me to play and they said yes but what is a disc golf course? They even had a teenage boy working the food place and he was unaware of the course.

Hole #1 plays down beside the entrance road. It is 400 feet downhill with a nice scattering of trees to keep you honest.

Hole #2 is across the entrance road. There is a wooden post with a #2 on it but no distance or par as there was at #1. It implied that the fairway was down the hill but there were a lot of trees and a structure at the bottom. I hiked around on about 5 trails looking for a basket or a different tee off spot. I almost decided to abandon the course but then walked all the way down to Michael Road and spotted a basket. I assumed it was #2's (as it was) which made this the longest hole on the course and most challenging. The basket is down near Michael on that same side of the road as the #2 tee.

Then it was time to look around again. I saw an athletic field across Michael and went over there and found #3 tee pretty easily. This hole plays flat but the basket is behind a mound and has a pole on top. It's 250 feet long.

Number 4 tee is nearby and plays 258 feet along a ridge beside the baseball diamond.

Number 5 plays 260 feet down the other side of the baseball diamond. You'll see basket #6 as you walk the fairway.

Number 6 is 221 feet and continues counterclockwise around the edge of the field. The woods force you to play a slight right curve (basket not visible from tee).

After #6 I could see 3 baskets across the field. I could not find a tee for #7 so I teed off near basket #6. There is a soccer/football field to the right so I estimate the hole length as 300 feet (it might be a little more). The basket is the leftmost of the 3 that you see at the far end of the field.

Number 8 is a 201-footer to a basket near the woods in the far corner.

Number 9 plays right back along the same "fairway" as 8 to a basket near #7's basket. It is only 166 feet.

Then you can safari back to basket #3, walk across Michael and safari up to basket #1.

So it is you basic camp course. Fun for the kids who stay there. I would give it a 2 but the first two holes were fun enough for me to bump it up to a 2.5. Not worth a special trip but if you are nearby anyway and have to bag a course, it's tolerable.

A map would help - I tried drawing one but I stink at such things so I took a lot of pictures instead. Maybe I'll make a map in Powerpoint where my horrible drawing skills won't matter.
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