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Tomar Park reviews
9
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wolfhaley
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Premium Member
Experience:
20 years
1008 played
579 reviews
2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Sep 18, 2021
Played the course:once
Pros:
Tomar park has all the elements one could ask for in a disc golf course. It's technically attached to a very nice 9 hole course (Spencer Park) so that it can be played as an 18 hole loop. Spencer Park is a solid 2.5 to 3 rated course. Tomar is a 1 at the moment.
The baskets are beautiful Discatchers. Nice, shiny brand new ones at that. These things look awesome and catch great. One per hole and as far as I could tell one pin position. Hard to get a read here, but that was the feel.
There are decently sized, level and grippy concrete pads here. These are more than sufficient for a course of this length. One tee per hole.
The park has all the elements you'd want or need to make an above average 9 hole course. The course is flat as flat can be, but there are tons of trees, a creek and beautiful natural fairways through the woods.
The course starts and ends by the parking area. Course was generally clean, is permanent and is free to play.
The baskets are beautiful Discatchers. Nice, shiny brand new ones at that. These things look awesome and catch great. One per hole and as far as I could tell one pin position. Hard to get a read here, but that was the feel.
There are decently sized, level and grippy concrete pads here. These are more than sufficient for a course of this length. One tee per hole.
The park has all the elements you'd want or need to make an above average 9 hole course. The course is flat as flat can be, but there are tons of trees, a creek and beautiful natural fairways through the woods.
The course starts and ends by the parking area. Course was generally clean, is permanent and is free to play.
Cons:
I'm going to grade this as it was when I played it. And it was in rough shape to say the least.
There were 2 baskets missing. Holes 3 and 5 had no baskets. Just not even there. Poof, gone. I wondered why my scorecard was off when I got to hole 7. It's because we played what was supposed to be hole 5 plus hole 6.
That was after walking over the bridge and scouting for hole 3's basket. Which is nowhere to be found. Oh well, just head to hole 4. That means walk back across the bridge and throw over the creek. Except there's no "fairway" to 4. I'm looking at the basket from behind the pin. Amazon jungle looking rough surrounding the pin.
Hole 7, we're over the awful nonsense playing over the creek now at least. Nope. There's a huge branch hanging off a tree in the fairway blocking basically any reasonable shot. A roller won't even work here, BH or FH. Another wasted hole.
The rough consists of pricker bushes the likes of I've never seen before. Hell, the fairway was made up of these too. The actual rough was more of these, downed trees and some of the nastiest nettles known to man. Yay.
There were 2 baskets missing. Holes 3 and 5 had no baskets. Just not even there. Poof, gone. I wondered why my scorecard was off when I got to hole 7. It's because we played what was supposed to be hole 5 plus hole 6.
That was after walking over the bridge and scouting for hole 3's basket. Which is nowhere to be found. Oh well, just head to hole 4. That means walk back across the bridge and throw over the creek. Except there's no "fairway" to 4. I'm looking at the basket from behind the pin. Amazon jungle looking rough surrounding the pin.
Hole 7, we're over the awful nonsense playing over the creek now at least. Nope. There's a huge branch hanging off a tree in the fairway blocking basically any reasonable shot. A roller won't even work here, BH or FH. Another wasted hole.
The rough consists of pricker bushes the likes of I've never seen before. Hell, the fairway was made up of these too. The actual rough was more of these, downed trees and some of the nastiest nettles known to man. Yay.
Other Thoughts:
My playing this course is a small snapshot in time. I don't feel that this course is usually this awful. But I can only go by what I encountered. And it wasn't a pleasant experience. There's 2 other courses nearby, Spencer and Tuthill that are in such better shape. I'd suggest playing those before this one.
Like I said to start, this one has all the attributes you'd want for a good to great niner. It's not there yet though. Skip this one and play the others and you'll still have a solid day of discin'.
Like I said to start, this one has all the attributes you'd want for a good to great niner. It's not there yet though. Skip this one and play the others and you'll still have a solid day of discin'.
8
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SIoux Falls is getting better for DGing 2+ years
Reviewed:
Updated:
Played on:Apr 27, 2017
Played the course:once
Pros:
+First and foremost- there is now 36 holes of DG within walking distance of each other in Sioux Falls. Spencer and Tomar are a legit 18 that can be played together with minimal flow issues. Tuthill is in an adjacent park and is a 2 min drive away. 36 great holes of golf!
+Lots of fun woods holes. Multiple lines to each basket but never a super easy hole.
+Some risk/reward holes in a few different ways. First, go for it with a driver but may end up deep in rough vs lay up in fairway but maybe not get far enough. Second, the river definitely comes into play on a few holes. 3,5,6 especially.
+Navigation is already easy and will get better with improved signage, tee boxes, and use.
+High fun factor for me. Holes are a good length and have good variety. Good density of woods, not too easy or too hard. A chance to lose a disc but not too high.
+If you're really short on time, skip 3-4 and play 5 from the drop box. A quick 7 all on the south side of the river.
+Good parking and bathrooms available at Park. Rest of park is out of the way and shouldn't mess with DG at all.
+Due to other DG options in immediate area, shouldn't be busy at all.
+No bias here as far as throwing styles go. Some go right, some straight, some left.
+Nice, new concrete pads!
+Lots of fun woods holes. Multiple lines to each basket but never a super easy hole.
+Some risk/reward holes in a few different ways. First, go for it with a driver but may end up deep in rough vs lay up in fairway but maybe not get far enough. Second, the river definitely comes into play on a few holes. 3,5,6 especially.
+Navigation is already easy and will get better with improved signage, tee boxes, and use.
+High fun factor for me. Holes are a good length and have good variety. Good density of woods, not too easy or too hard. A chance to lose a disc but not too high.
+If you're really short on time, skip 3-4 and play 5 from the drop box. A quick 7 all on the south side of the river.
+Good parking and bathrooms available at Park. Rest of park is out of the way and shouldn't mess with DG at all.
+Due to other DG options in immediate area, shouldn't be busy at all.
+No bias here as far as throwing styles go. Some go right, some straight, some left.
+Nice, new concrete pads!
Cons:
-Could lose a disc into the Big Sioux River.
-Could be a bit muddy with some rain.
-Signage could be updated and made more permanent.
-Just enough room for 9 holes here (can play as a full 18 with Spencer)
-Absolutely no elevation change here. Flat river bottom.
-Could probably flood in a very wet year.
-Could be a bit muddy with some rain.
-Signage could be updated and made more permanent.
-Just enough room for 9 holes here (can play as a full 18 with Spencer)
-Absolutely no elevation change here. Flat river bottom.
-Could probably flood in a very wet year.
Other Thoughts:
-Hole 5 is a funny hole. I'll play it a few more times and update my review.
-If you want to play as a 18 with Spencer, I would start here at Tomar, play 1-4 then hop onto Spencer's 7 which is just across the bike path. Play 7-9 then 1-6 and head back to the Bike Path bridge to play Tomar's 5.
-I'll play here over and over. It was fun!
-If you want to play as a 18 with Spencer, I would start here at Tomar, play 1-4 then hop onto Spencer's 7 which is just across the bike path. Play 7-9 then 1-6 and head back to the Bike Path bridge to play Tomar's 5.
-I'll play here over and over. It was fun!
