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The Incinerator reviews
17
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Average, but nice for a county lacking public courses drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Nov 12, 2022
Played the course:once
Pros:
Forgive me in advance for this review. I usually write reviews within a day or two of playing the course so I can remember details better. (After 194 courses played to date, they start to run together.) However, with the Incinerator -- a course that I've had on my wish list for a long time due to it being a short drive from where I live -- I was waiting for the back 9 to be added to the course page before writing the review. Anyways, here goes!
+ Granville County badly needed a public DG track and the Incinerator filled that void. It was a 9-hole track for a couple of years before it was finally completed. While this certainly isn't the destination course you'll find next door in Person County (see Rockness Monster and Sasquatch, 2 of the 3 "monster courses," which are awesome), the Incinerator is a nice option for folks in the area in a well-maintained public park with other amenities, such as tennis courts, ball fields, and walking trails.
+ This being a public park with other amenities -- and thus non-frolf park-goers -- and also the first full track in the county, it makes sense for this to be a beginner-friendly course to introduce players to the game. It succeeds as intended.
+ Good mix of wooded and park-style holes. While this isn't a bomber course and hole lengths are on the shorter side, there are a few opportunities to cut loose, as well as holes where technical precision is more important than distance.
+ Decent variety in hole layouts, distances, and types of shots needed.
+ Navigation is easy to follow with the UDisc map.
+ New baskets
+ White/intermediate (concrete tees) and Red/recreational (natural tees)
+ Granville County badly needed a public DG track and the Incinerator filled that void. It was a 9-hole track for a couple of years before it was finally completed. While this certainly isn't the destination course you'll find next door in Person County (see Rockness Monster and Sasquatch, 2 of the 3 "monster courses," which are awesome), the Incinerator is a nice option for folks in the area in a well-maintained public park with other amenities, such as tennis courts, ball fields, and walking trails.
+ This being a public park with other amenities -- and thus non-frolf park-goers -- and also the first full track in the county, it makes sense for this to be a beginner-friendly course to introduce players to the game. It succeeds as intended.
+ Good mix of wooded and park-style holes. While this isn't a bomber course and hole lengths are on the shorter side, there are a few opportunities to cut loose, as well as holes where technical precision is more important than distance.
+ Decent variety in hole layouts, distances, and types of shots needed.
+ Navigation is easy to follow with the UDisc map.
+ New baskets
+ White/intermediate (concrete tees) and Red/recreational (natural tees)
Cons:
Cons...
- Not an overly challenging or exceptionally fun course. It's average, but not bad, on both counts. There isn't really a stand-out signature hole. Risk/reward elements and fast greens not really present.
- While the navigation is simple to follow with the UDisc map, there are long walks between several of the holes.
- Not an overly challenging or exceptionally fun course. It's average, but not bad, on both counts. There isn't really a stand-out signature hole. Risk/reward elements and fast greens not really present.
- While the navigation is simple to follow with the UDisc map, there are long walks between several of the holes.
Other Thoughts:
Worth stopping in if you haven't played it, especially in conjunction with the other more memorable courses for a day trip.
10
0
Try this good park course, you won't get burned! 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Oct 12, 2019
Played the course:once
Pros:
Nice, new DISCatchers. Easy to spot throughout the park.
Concrete tee pads for white (long) tees.
4X4 posts to mark the tees.
Variety of holes, thick woods, moderate woods, open holes and three Par 4s.
Restrooms and water available at park office.
Concrete tee pads for white (long) tees.
4X4 posts to mark the tees.
Variety of holes, thick woods, moderate woods, open holes and three Par 4s.
Restrooms and water available at park office.
Cons:
Tee pads are short.
Posts at tees have the hole # and that is about it.
Several of the holes have conflicts with other park Users. The day I was there, Saturday morning soccer was going on, so #3,#4 and #5 were not playable. All the other holes seemed to have no conflicts.
Posts at tees have the hole # and that is about it.
Several of the holes have conflicts with other park Users. The day I was there, Saturday morning soccer was going on, so #3,#4 and #5 were not playable. All the other holes seemed to have no conflicts.
Other Thoughts:
A pretty good course in this small town with no other public courses within 20 miles.
Situated in a multi-purpose park with soccer fields, ballfields, a playground and amphitheater. The designers did a good job of placing the holes in unused sections of the park, for the most part. In doing so, you play several types of holes and move around most of the park, #1 and 7 are heavily wooded, #2,6 and 9 are moderately wooded (6 mostly near the basket) and open holes, #3,4,5 and 8. That's pretty good variety for a nine hole course.
Most of the holes are away from other users of the park, but the three I mentioned above were not playable the day I was there. #3 goes across an overflow parking lot, and #4 and 5 play near the soccer fields, just too many people around to risk a bad throw. Those would be fun holes to play and I did get to play #3 as the parking lot cleared out by the time I was done.
A couple of the Par 4s were my favorite holes:
#2 - tee is along the walking path for a slight uphill tee shot that has to be placed well to set you up for the left turn of the fairway, then a wide enough fairway through moderate woods.
#6 - tee from the backside of the park, near the walking path to a sloped fairway that falls away to thick brush, then downhill to an open area leading to the basket carved into thick woods. A really good hole.
Plans are in the works to make this an 18 hole course. It looks like there is more room for that, on the other side of the park, around the baseball fields and more soccer fields. I hope they see enough interest in these 9 to get that done, because that could make this an even better course.
(See my notes on the Course Info. page for the best entrance and parking to access the first hole.)
Situated in a multi-purpose park with soccer fields, ballfields, a playground and amphitheater. The designers did a good job of placing the holes in unused sections of the park, for the most part. In doing so, you play several types of holes and move around most of the park, #1 and 7 are heavily wooded, #2,6 and 9 are moderately wooded (6 mostly near the basket) and open holes, #3,4,5 and 8. That's pretty good variety for a nine hole course.
Most of the holes are away from other users of the park, but the three I mentioned above were not playable the day I was there. #3 goes across an overflow parking lot, and #4 and 5 play near the soccer fields, just too many people around to risk a bad throw. Those would be fun holes to play and I did get to play #3 as the parking lot cleared out by the time I was done.
A couple of the Par 4s were my favorite holes:
#2 - tee is along the walking path for a slight uphill tee shot that has to be placed well to set you up for the left turn of the fairway, then a wide enough fairway through moderate woods.
#6 - tee from the backside of the park, near the walking path to a sloped fairway that falls away to thick brush, then downhill to an open area leading to the basket carved into thick woods. A really good hole.
Plans are in the works to make this an 18 hole course. It looks like there is more room for that, on the other side of the park, around the baseball fields and more soccer fields. I hope they see enough interest in these 9 to get that done, because that could make this an even better course.
(See my notes on the Course Info. page for the best entrance and parking to access the first hole.)
