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Kalamazoo, MI

Spring Valley Park

3.335(based on 12 reviews)
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Mulligan McGee
Experience: 14.9 years 19 played 2 reviews
2.00 star(s)

An interesting addition to Kalamazoo 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 23, 2017 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

This park is absolutely gorgeous! With lots of variety in both aesthetics and hole types. There is obviously a lot of effort already put into this course with promises of more to come. This course has been built with the community in mind with the difficulty set so that it will challenge new and intermediate players while still being interesting to more advanced players. The potential at this course is huge! When its done it will definitely be another gem in the crown that is The Crown Kalamazoo disc golf.

Cons:

Many of the holes play along and over the roads and trails. Many times the roads are intentionally used as part of the fairway. I know this is not entirely uncommon in multi use parks but I personally don't like the risk this poses to non disc golfers. Hole 7 is the worst offender in this regard. From the longs this hole is only 129' long yet it still manages to cross both the walking trial and the park road. I honestly would pull this hole it doesn't add anything special to the course and could pose a huge liability during peak park usage hours.

Navigation is another huge issue with this course even with a map new players will definitely want to tag along with a group of players who have played before. Now this is something I'm sure will get ironed out as the building of the course progresses. However as it stands the flow of the course is a little if'y espesially with the locations of 9 and 18. I would suggest to the designers that they should actually make 18 be ten and have seventeen be eighteen that way 1-10 are all on one side of the lake and 11-18 are all on the other with the pin of the new 18 being right next to the path leading to the parking lot.

The neighborhood that this course is situated as such that during the day it is perfectly safe and nice to be in however at night it can get a little rough as attested to by the bullet holes in some of the park signs. This really shouldn't cause a problem so long as you lock your car doors especially if you will be playing into the dusk hours.

Signage in the park is abysmal again something that will be fixed as the course nears completion but my warning is more of a health and safety notice. The metal stakes that were used are unfinished metal and can be very sharp. Normally this would not be a problem but since these signs are right next to where you tee of it is possible to step into them. I personally had this happen to me on hole two and was cut from just above the knee down to just above my ankle. It was a bloody mess and I hope these signs get fixed before anyone else has a chance to get hurt.

Other Thoughts:

I really look forward to seeing this course finished. I cap any unfinished courses at 3 so I rated the course from a 1-3 scale.
This course is being designed with an all can be aced design. Meaning that if the player has the arm to reach the pin it is possible to ace the whole. The only exception to this may be 13 due the the height. This isn't really a positive or a negative in my book but it is something you will notice as you play the park.
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