Sonora Park reviews
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Disappointing course
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Played on:Nov 4, 2023
Played the course:2-4 times
Pros:
It is an easy drive from I-20 just off of Business 287.
Several groups were there for other activities and seemed to be having a good time. It looks great for a picnic or a get-together.
It is very clean.
There are a few places where the discs can be retrieved from the creek, or even played on the spot if you prefer.
Holes 7-9 are the easiest on the course (see below).
Tees are old school, wide at the back and narrow toward the front, which is the most friendly for different throwing styles.
An advanced player may enjoy a quick game here.
Several groups were there for other activities and seemed to be having a good time. It looks great for a picnic or a get-together.
It is very clean.
There are a few places where the discs can be retrieved from the creek, or even played on the spot if you prefer.
Holes 7-9 are the easiest on the course (see below).
Tees are old school, wide at the back and narrow toward the front, which is the most friendly for different throwing styles.
An advanced player may enjoy a quick game here.
Cons:
There is no map, and tee 1 is difficult to find. Go up the hill away from the basket, and it is over the ridge. Other holes had multiple possibilities so my group split up and eventually found the right tee or basket.
Someone suggested to use the UDisc app, but to me it is a black eye on a 9 hole course for the navigation to be poor enough to have to use it.
The creek provides challenge in the same way a poisonous spider does. My group spent over half an hour on hole 6, trying to retrieve discs. The group before me and another group after us also had to search the creek. The bank crumbles away so you are likely to fall in, and it is also loaded with poison ivy. The water is dirty, you get a few shots at it in the deep parts, and then it's gone into mud.
In avoiding the creek, you will likely miss putts and a beginner lose what little confidence she/he has. An average player may be frustrated by the end of hole 6.
7-9 are relatively easy and less likely to lose anything, but by then beginning players may have quit.
Someone suggested to use the UDisc app, but to me it is a black eye on a 9 hole course for the navigation to be poor enough to have to use it.
The creek provides challenge in the same way a poisonous spider does. My group spent over half an hour on hole 6, trying to retrieve discs. The group before me and another group after us also had to search the creek. The bank crumbles away so you are likely to fall in, and it is also loaded with poison ivy. The water is dirty, you get a few shots at it in the deep parts, and then it's gone into mud.
In avoiding the creek, you will likely miss putts and a beginner lose what little confidence she/he has. An average player may be frustrated by the end of hole 6.
7-9 are relatively easy and less likely to lose anything, but by then beginning players may have quit.
Other Thoughts:
Summary: nothing special overall, but rather unfriendly to beginning players (or players who like their discs) for a 9 hole course. There are other better options around.
Updated 1/24
After playing this two more times with a group, we have lost discs each time (average of 1 disc a round for a group of 4). It is frustrating to the extreme. Hole 6 does seem to suck the life out of the course because it is so difficult for a left-handed or forehand player to stay out of the creek on the right; to me if 6 could be eliminated and a different hole added or the basket moved at least 50 feet from its current location, this would be a three
course. There are apologists for disc-hungry courses, but I am not one of them...
Updated 1/24
After playing this two more times with a group, we have lost discs each time (average of 1 disc a round for a group of 4). It is frustrating to the extreme. Hole 6 does seem to suck the life out of the course because it is so difficult for a left-handed or forehand player to stay out of the creek on the right; to me if 6 could be eliminated and a different hole added or the basket moved at least 50 feet from its current location, this would be a three
course. There are apologists for disc-hungry courses, but I am not one of them...
