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Calgary, AB

Thorncliffe DGC

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stratedge
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Experience: 10.9 years 71 played 23 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Nice use of a nice park 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 20, 2013 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

A very nice 9 hole course that just barely fits into the park, but doesn't feel too shortened by it. A decent amount of vertical to make things interesting, and good use of a smattering of groves of trees around the baskets to make things as technical as possible. It's a very well maintained park and the community centre near the parking lot actually has a pub with drinks/food for after your game.

I also like that there are a lot of bushes surrounding the course so as to create a nice buffer between the fairways and the urban hazards OB. If you lose a disc into these bushes they're compact at the ground level so it's relatively easy to find your disc. I really hate the use of fences/roads as hazards on courses so this is really welcome here.

Overall the park really isolates you from the urban surroundings and is very peaceful and scenic, so it has a great atmosphere.

Cons:

Really the biggest con is that it's only 9 holes, and leaves you wanting more.

It is slightly sparse in terms of trees to provide more technical shots, even though every hole has at least some cover. There is occasional traffic through the course, but nothing out of the ordinary for most disc golf courses.

The natural tees are still in good shape, but as this course increases in popularity you can tell that will change. Hopefully the CDGC moves the tees each year so we don't end up with dirt holes like the Forest Lawn course.

Other Thoughts:

A great course in a nice park, definitely worth playing for every Calgarian and worthwhile if you're from out of town and in the NE quadrant. Bring a map as the tee markers in the ground will be hard to spot unless you know where they are (although looking for the worn down grass now really helps).
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