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Smithfield Heritage Park reviews
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sillybizz
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Experience:
22.3 years
427 played
413 reviews
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Reviewed:
Played on:Jun 10, 2023
Played the course:once
Pros:
- Flat, concrete tee pads
- Beautiful tee signs
- Excellent shape baskets
- Nice course flow and ends where it starts
- Practice basket
- A few alternative baskets
- Nice variety in hole length
- Most holes have some sort of obstacle
Hole 1 is a short throw across a running stream or creek to a basket slightly uphill out in the open. Only fifty feet or so to clear the creek so most everyone should make it.
Hole 2 is a mostly open, very short throw with only a single tree and a gazebo to throw around, favors RHBH hyzer
Hole 3 amps the distance to nearly 300 with a large tree in the middle of the fairway, the OB road on your right and the OB creek on your left.
Hole 4 is a 270 footer across the road that is mostly open. RHBH or RHFH skip shots off the road seem nice.
Hole 5 is a longer one at 335 feet and feels slightly uphill. Favors RHBH hyzers as most of this course does.
Hole 6 is the only truly open, long, boring hole on the course and is basically there because this is where your out and back starts looping you back to the car and have to walk that way anyway.
Hole 7 is a nice ace run with only a few skinny trees and its branches blocking your way. A skip ace off the pavement here would be a fun one.
Hole 8 is my favorite hole on the course as its a very low ceiling throw to a basket 270 feet away. Personally I think the highest probability of a birdie on this hole is a roller which is what I threw a FH roller and was putting at about 30 feet. Spoiler alert: I missed the 30 footer and the birdie.
Hole 9 uses hole 3's fairway and creates a potentially dangerous situation if players are being careful. With where this course is located and from what I saw I think it's probably ok, not too much traffic even on a sunny Saturday afternoon.
- Beautiful tee signs
- Excellent shape baskets
- Nice course flow and ends where it starts
- Practice basket
- A few alternative baskets
- Nice variety in hole length
- Most holes have some sort of obstacle
Hole 1 is a short throw across a running stream or creek to a basket slightly uphill out in the open. Only fifty feet or so to clear the creek so most everyone should make it.
Hole 2 is a mostly open, very short throw with only a single tree and a gazebo to throw around, favors RHBH hyzer
Hole 3 amps the distance to nearly 300 with a large tree in the middle of the fairway, the OB road on your right and the OB creek on your left.
Hole 4 is a 270 footer across the road that is mostly open. RHBH or RHFH skip shots off the road seem nice.
Hole 5 is a longer one at 335 feet and feels slightly uphill. Favors RHBH hyzers as most of this course does.
Hole 6 is the only truly open, long, boring hole on the course and is basically there because this is where your out and back starts looping you back to the car and have to walk that way anyway.
Hole 7 is a nice ace run with only a few skinny trees and its branches blocking your way. A skip ace off the pavement here would be a fun one.
Hole 8 is my favorite hole on the course as its a very low ceiling throw to a basket 270 feet away. Personally I think the highest probability of a birdie on this hole is a roller which is what I threw a FH roller and was putting at about 30 feet. Spoiler alert: I missed the 30 footer and the birdie.
Hole 9 uses hole 3's fairway and creates a potentially dangerous situation if players are being careful. With where this course is located and from what I saw I think it's probably ok, not too much traffic even on a sunny Saturday afternoon.
Cons:
- Most of the holes are semi open and at least one is wide open
- Bad throws not punished
- Many holes are very short
- Potential for danger with a road parallel and close to fairways
- Plays down a walking path
- Hole 7 plays near a baseball diamond
- Bad throws not punished
- Many holes are very short
- Potential for danger with a road parallel and close to fairways
- Plays down a walking path
- Hole 7 plays near a baseball diamond
Other Thoughts:
This place is better than your average crappy 9 hole course in a city park. I saw a mother and son out here playing and high fiving on every single hole. They told me where the course goes and were extremely friendly. No this is not The Fort or a destination course but for its flaws it also has some character and is actually fun to play. I would recommend playing it if traveling through the area.
