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Tamanend Park reviews
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A Hometown Course 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Jul 10, 2018
Played the course:once
Pros:
-Tyler East & West are close by.
-It's a fairly decent beginner's course in a nice but heavily forested community park.
-Except for #1 and #8, everything is well under 200'.
-#8 is a neat, low tunnel shot and my easy favorite of the course.
-Tees are long, rubber mats. Some were loose and curled up though and it looks to be concrete partially underneath.
-Baskets are often neatly tucked away into a patch of forest just for that extra touch.
-It's a fairly decent beginner's course in a nice but heavily forested community park.
-Except for #1 and #8, everything is well under 200'.
-#8 is a neat, low tunnel shot and my easy favorite of the course.
-Tees are long, rubber mats. Some were loose and curled up though and it looks to be concrete partially underneath.
-Baskets are often neatly tucked away into a patch of forest just for that extra touch.
Cons:
-Completely lacks signs and a cheap upgrade would be hanging arrows on the baskets, pointing to next tee.
-The forest paths bring random pedestrians into the course and have them wander into areas of play from #5-9.
-Mostly straightish shots.
-Popular DG phone app routes you to totally wrong place.
-The forest paths bring random pedestrians into the course and have them wander into areas of play from #5-9.
-Mostly straightish shots.
-Popular DG phone app routes you to totally wrong place.
Other Thoughts:
tldr; Without #1 and #8, the other seven holes average 177'. Other than nearby Tyler, it's a good hometown course for beginners in an otherwise DG desert. It was a fun course that I enjoyed but my rating was probably a tad higher than normal considering there are no signs. Still, it's a better 9er than what's typically around. Reading other reviews, it might be muddy other times of the year.
I came here purely because I drove to Tyler. First thing to know, the park is on Rt232 (aka 2nd Street Pike), if a certain phone app is routing you toward a Construction Company's driveway on Churchville Rd, you're one street over southeast.
First Tee is located at 40.1801644,-75.0355677 (Google Maps) by the blue roofed pavilion and nearby is the parking lot you'd want to use too, which was pretty far back.
#1-3 are open field. #1 was the longest at 316'. On the right is forest. Basket is behind big oak tree. #2 starts in forest and back out into field. Large bush left of basket potentially shapes shot but fairly open. #3 pad is about hundred feet NE towards green roofed pavilion. Basket is a little in forest past the bench. This was a short 140' forehander for me.
#4-9 are more into the forest but fairly open within them. #4 is 190' straight but basket blocked by vegetation, can be reached with either forehand or backhand from tee. Walk straight after the basket through forest and when it opens up again, Tee#5 will be on the right. #5 is 180' with the basket amongst a cluster of trees.
Take the open path on the left of the basket. #6 starts on top of a small hill and is a short downshot. Conversely, #7 is an straight upshot. Got my disc stuck in the considerable brush on the right here. The forest paths cut across the hole at the top, watch out for passersby, and the basket is tucked into the trees behind it.
Walk several hundred feet left (SW) on that trail back towards tee#6. On the right side will be tee#8 and it's a cool tunnel shot right through the forest and the second longest hole at 230'. Basket#8 is close to tee#5 out in the open. #9 starts in the forest path north and is a short curved left shot, ending shortly before the beach volleyball court.
Starting at #2, the consecutive holes look like they can be combined for more of a challenge, but watch out for forest path pedestrians.
I came here purely because I drove to Tyler. First thing to know, the park is on Rt232 (aka 2nd Street Pike), if a certain phone app is routing you toward a Construction Company's driveway on Churchville Rd, you're one street over southeast.
First Tee is located at 40.1801644,-75.0355677 (Google Maps) by the blue roofed pavilion and nearby is the parking lot you'd want to use too, which was pretty far back.
#1-3 are open field. #1 was the longest at 316'. On the right is forest. Basket is behind big oak tree. #2 starts in forest and back out into field. Large bush left of basket potentially shapes shot but fairly open. #3 pad is about hundred feet NE towards green roofed pavilion. Basket is a little in forest past the bench. This was a short 140' forehander for me.
#4-9 are more into the forest but fairly open within them. #4 is 190' straight but basket blocked by vegetation, can be reached with either forehand or backhand from tee. Walk straight after the basket through forest and when it opens up again, Tee#5 will be on the right. #5 is 180' with the basket amongst a cluster of trees.
Take the open path on the left of the basket. #6 starts on top of a small hill and is a short downshot. Conversely, #7 is an straight upshot. Got my disc stuck in the considerable brush on the right here. The forest paths cut across the hole at the top, watch out for passersby, and the basket is tucked into the trees behind it.
Walk several hundred feet left (SW) on that trail back towards tee#6. On the right side will be tee#8 and it's a cool tunnel shot right through the forest and the second longest hole at 230'. Basket#8 is close to tee#5 out in the open. #9 starts in the forest path north and is a short curved left shot, ending shortly before the beach volleyball court.
Starting at #2, the consecutive holes look like they can be combined for more of a challenge, but watch out for forest path pedestrians.
