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Sunnybrook DGC reviews
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Drive By Shooting 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Apr 26, 2015
Played the course:once
Pros:
1) Good place to work on long drives
2) Golf carts
3) Some cool target placements
2) Golf carts
3) Some cool target placements
Cons:
1) Lack of signage/inadequate signage
2) No concrete tees/ripped flypads/dirt tee pads
3) Navigation problems - bring map
4) Uninspiring course design
5) Lack of obstacles
6) Interference with/by ball golf
2) No concrete tees/ripped flypads/dirt tee pads
3) Navigation problems - bring map
4) Uninspiring course design
5) Lack of obstacles
6) Interference with/by ball golf
Other Thoughts:
Scenery: 3/5
Difficulty v Fun factor (5/5 is best mix): 2.5/5
Tees: 2/5
Signage: 1.5/5
Navigation: 2/5
Course design: 2.5/5
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Total/Average: 2.25/5
I played this course for the first time last Sunday at the Sunnybrook Spring Fling PDGA tournament. I played from the long tees both rounds, so this review will only apply to the longs.
I signed up for this tournament as soon as I saw that I could play disc golf and use a golf cart both rounds. When can you ever do that in disc golf? Also, I was intrigued by the design - a disc golf course interwoven on and with a ball golf course.
Let me start with the positives. First, (and this has little to do with playing the course itself) this is disc golf at a ball golf course, so you have golf course amenities (and more). There is a clubhouse with an eating area, a restaurant, a bar with alcohol, you can play ball golf, and you can do bowling if you like. There may be even more activities there.
Second, when you go to play your round, you have the ability to rent a golf cart. I strongly suggest renting one if you're going to play from the long tees.
Third, if you are trying to practice your distance drives, this is a good place to do it. There are very few obstacles to get in your way and 12/18 holes are over 650', with two being over 1,000'.
Fourth, they have some inventive and unique target placements. Hanging targets, a target mounted on the crook of a tree, targets on raised surfaces. This is pretty neat.
For me, that is where the positives end. As much as wanted it to be a blast, it just wasn't. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't exhilarating like I imagined it would be. Let me start by commenting on the hole design. Now, I realize that they were limited by what they could do since they are sharing this course with ball golf, but....most of the holes are straight ahead from the tee with very few to no obstacles at all in between. This makes for a very repetitive and monotonous round.
Next up are the tees. For being on a ball golf course, I was surprised to see that there were no concrete tees. Maybe they have plans to put some in later, but for now there are none. Most of the holes do have rubber fly pads, but it seemed that many of these were damaged. Some fly pads had grass growing up through the tears in the pad. Some holes had just dirt tees. This didn't affect my driving ability, but I could see it affecting it if there was a recent rain. Further, I guess I expected more considering the venue.
The signage was either nonexistent, or was inadequate on many of the holes. A few of the holes had tee signs, but they were more like markers than signs, as they only had the hole number and distance - no hole map. Since the holes are so long, I found myself constantly looking and walking around looking for the target. This makes bringing/using a map critical when playing...and not just for locating the target, but also for navigation. There are no arrows or other indicators to tell you where to go for the next tee. Bring a map!
The last problem is, again, not the designers' fault, but is a function of the location. There were many times where I had to yield to people shooting ball golf. Conversely, there were many times that people playing ball golf should've yielded to me, but I was ignored. I know people that play ball golf are probably annoyed by disc golfers, but don't hate the player. I didn't put the course there. Further, I paid $60 to be there so I had just as much right to be there as they did.
My overall impression of this course: It's fun as a novelty-style course. It's an opportunity to play on a course with golf carts and I could see it being fun to play a round and then heading to the clubhouse afterward. That said, it would not be on my list to play on regular, or even semi-regular basis. It's too expensive, the design is lackluster, and the tees/signage/navigation aren't up to "par" for paying $30 a round. The total average of my ratings is 2.25, but I'm rounding up to 2.5.
Difficulty v Fun factor (5/5 is best mix): 2.5/5
Tees: 2/5
Signage: 1.5/5
Navigation: 2/5
Course design: 2.5/5
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Total/Average: 2.25/5
I played this course for the first time last Sunday at the Sunnybrook Spring Fling PDGA tournament. I played from the long tees both rounds, so this review will only apply to the longs.
I signed up for this tournament as soon as I saw that I could play disc golf and use a golf cart both rounds. When can you ever do that in disc golf? Also, I was intrigued by the design - a disc golf course interwoven on and with a ball golf course.
Let me start with the positives. First, (and this has little to do with playing the course itself) this is disc golf at a ball golf course, so you have golf course amenities (and more). There is a clubhouse with an eating area, a restaurant, a bar with alcohol, you can play ball golf, and you can do bowling if you like. There may be even more activities there.
Second, when you go to play your round, you have the ability to rent a golf cart. I strongly suggest renting one if you're going to play from the long tees.
Third, if you are trying to practice your distance drives, this is a good place to do it. There are very few obstacles to get in your way and 12/18 holes are over 650', with two being over 1,000'.
Fourth, they have some inventive and unique target placements. Hanging targets, a target mounted on the crook of a tree, targets on raised surfaces. This is pretty neat.
For me, that is where the positives end. As much as wanted it to be a blast, it just wasn't. It wasn't bad, but it wasn't exhilarating like I imagined it would be. Let me start by commenting on the hole design. Now, I realize that they were limited by what they could do since they are sharing this course with ball golf, but....most of the holes are straight ahead from the tee with very few to no obstacles at all in between. This makes for a very repetitive and monotonous round.
Next up are the tees. For being on a ball golf course, I was surprised to see that there were no concrete tees. Maybe they have plans to put some in later, but for now there are none. Most of the holes do have rubber fly pads, but it seemed that many of these were damaged. Some fly pads had grass growing up through the tears in the pad. Some holes had just dirt tees. This didn't affect my driving ability, but I could see it affecting it if there was a recent rain. Further, I guess I expected more considering the venue.
The signage was either nonexistent, or was inadequate on many of the holes. A few of the holes had tee signs, but they were more like markers than signs, as they only had the hole number and distance - no hole map. Since the holes are so long, I found myself constantly looking and walking around looking for the target. This makes bringing/using a map critical when playing...and not just for locating the target, but also for navigation. There are no arrows or other indicators to tell you where to go for the next tee. Bring a map!
The last problem is, again, not the designers' fault, but is a function of the location. There were many times where I had to yield to people shooting ball golf. Conversely, there were many times that people playing ball golf should've yielded to me, but I was ignored. I know people that play ball golf are probably annoyed by disc golfers, but don't hate the player. I didn't put the course there. Further, I paid $60 to be there so I had just as much right to be there as they did.
My overall impression of this course: It's fun as a novelty-style course. It's an opportunity to play on a course with golf carts and I could see it being fun to play a round and then heading to the clubhouse afterward. That said, it would not be on my list to play on regular, or even semi-regular basis. It's too expensive, the design is lackluster, and the tees/signage/navigation aren't up to "par" for paying $30 a round. The total average of my ratings is 2.25, but I'm rounding up to 2.5.
