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Decatur, AL

The Outback

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Mr. Butlertron
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Experience: 21.3 years 675 played 131 reviews
1.00 star(s)

A penitent man shall par 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 2, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

- free to play, plenty of parking
- wide open forgiving layout
- quality baskets, numbered
- well landscaped
- given terrain, the layout has a reasonable amount of challenges/fun factor
- multiple tees per basket
- safari savy course

Cons:

- layout flirts with various hazards: a playground, parking lots, neighborhood fence lines, and streets
- holes marked with flat, numbered concrete tiles, some missing or impossible to find
- the lack of directional aids makes the layout difficult to follow in some areas
- not many trees, has an overly open layout
- prone to wind
- not much shade
- lacks many other course amenities: bathrooms, benches, kiosk, ect
- no multiple pins
- natural tees

Other Thoughts:

This course has a fairly bare bones type setup. 9 baskets are spread around a mostly open park style church property. The layout features a few mando and culvert themed holes that make the round more interesting. Beginners will appreciate the relative openness, paired with the semi long fairway distances. Advance players will likely be bored.


First time arriving players, or course baggers will probably dislike the amount of time they'll spend searching for faded parking lot tees, or the flat tiles marking the natural tees that are flush with the grass. The grounds are mostly flat, which adds difficulty. This also makes deciphering this layout problematic. Let's not kid ourselves, 9 baskets with multiple tees is not the same as 18 holes. Marking them (a)/(b) or hole # am/pro would be easier to follow.

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