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Tracy City Elementary DGC reviews
10
0
A Limping Skeleton of Itself 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Jun 16, 2020
Played the course:once
Pros:
Not much to speak of anymore.
-Amenities: 6 of the original DISCatchers are accessible. There are also tee posts for (5) and (6).
-Two Good Holes: I enjoyed playing what I think was (4), which was a 300-foot downhill shot with a pocket green on the right, and (5), which was a 250-foot shot over an intruding left-to-right slope.
-Amenities: 6 of the original DISCatchers are accessible. There are also tee posts for (5) and (6).
-Two Good Holes: I enjoyed playing what I think was (4), which was a 300-foot downhill shot with a pocket green on the right, and (5), which was a 250-foot shot over an intruding left-to-right slope.
Cons:
So many fatal problems.
-Missing Holes: (1) and (2) both appear to be missing, and based on reviews and course conditions, (1) has been absent for a number of years. You might as well count (7) as missing because its basket is deep in 5-foot tall grasses that, if you are foolish enough to play, will eat your disc, give you 12 ticks, and probably introduce you to an exciting variety of snake.
-Missing Tees: (5) and (6) are the only places with tee signs, which is problematic when you have natural tees. I guessed at the position of tee (3) and from there just threw from one basket to the next.
-Navigation: Related to missing tees. It's a good thing that the baskets have numbers printed on them, because otherwise I would have had no clue where to start or what the flow was. It was okay once I got started (using the basket-to-basket approach), but that was only because I had already walked the whole course looking for the beginning (which I may not have found even with the help of DGCR now that (1) and (2) are missing) and so knew which baskets had which numbers.
-Rough: Even setting aside the jungle on (7), the rough here has good potential to eat errant shots in the (3)-(5) area.
-Lack of Variety/Challenge: All straight shots in the 150-300-foot range, excepting (4) and (5) as noted earlier. Most of these are probably par-2's. All that to say, it's boring.
-Access: I don't take points off for this, but do note that it is a school course and will only be playable at select times.
-Missing Holes: (1) and (2) both appear to be missing, and based on reviews and course conditions, (1) has been absent for a number of years. You might as well count (7) as missing because its basket is deep in 5-foot tall grasses that, if you are foolish enough to play, will eat your disc, give you 12 ticks, and probably introduce you to an exciting variety of snake.
-Missing Tees: (5) and (6) are the only places with tee signs, which is problematic when you have natural tees. I guessed at the position of tee (3) and from there just threw from one basket to the next.
-Navigation: Related to missing tees. It's a good thing that the baskets have numbers printed on them, because otherwise I would have had no clue where to start or what the flow was. It was okay once I got started (using the basket-to-basket approach), but that was only because I had already walked the whole course looking for the beginning (which I may not have found even with the help of DGCR now that (1) and (2) are missing) and so knew which baskets had which numbers.
-Rough: Even setting aside the jungle on (7), the rough here has good potential to eat errant shots in the (3)-(5) area.
-Lack of Variety/Challenge: All straight shots in the 150-300-foot range, excepting (4) and (5) as noted earlier. Most of these are probably par-2's. All that to say, it's boring.
-Access: I don't take points off for this, but do note that it is a school course and will only be playable at select times.
Other Thoughts:
This is as close as I've come in 50 courses to giving a 0.0 rating. Missing holes and missing tees don't help an already-boring course. However, holes (4) and (5) were legitimate holes that I enjoyed and there are 6 playable baskets (for which you could invent your own holes), so Tracy City Elementary School salvages a "Bad." Realistically, anyone except course baggers should go to the new and nearby Baggenstoss Farms instead.
12
0
Not what it was 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Updated:
Played on:Mar 16, 2019
Played the course:2-4 times
Pros:
Update- Some baskets exist, not 9 anymore. I saw 6 baskets last time I drove by. 2 in one area by the playground, the others are behind the school.
Original- This is a 9 hole course. There are basic tee signs and natural tees. Nice baskets. Decent layout, mostly open. Variety of obstacles would include a couple of trees, some rough, a ditch, a hill, a playground, soccer goal, volleyball net pole, monkey bars and propane tanks!! (Some of these may get moved from time to time, but other equipment may become a factor, who knows, it is an active school yard!)
There are 2 distances on each sign and 2 possible basket locations.
Overall the course is pretty easy and short, with many birdie and ace opportunities.
Original- This is a 9 hole course. There are basic tee signs and natural tees. Nice baskets. Decent layout, mostly open. Variety of obstacles would include a couple of trees, some rough, a ditch, a hill, a playground, soccer goal, volleyball net pole, monkey bars and propane tanks!! (Some of these may get moved from time to time, but other equipment may become a factor, who knows, it is an active school yard!)
There are 2 distances on each sign and 2 possible basket locations.
Overall the course is pretty easy and short, with many birdie and ace opportunities.
Cons:
Update- most holes either have baskets gone, or tees are unclear, and too much other stuff interferes with play like structures, or tall grass. Course is down to 6 baskets, and one of those is unplayable. Tees? hard to say.
Original- No specified tee area, you just pick a spot near the tee sign. Signs are kind of small, but once you find #1 you will have no problems.
I played on a holiday when nobody was around, but I would assume on days when school was in session the general public could not play this course.
#1 does play across the parking lot, but again if you go on a day with no school it shouldn't be a problem.
Original- No specified tee area, you just pick a spot near the tee sign. Signs are kind of small, but once you find #1 you will have no problems.
I played on a holiday when nobody was around, but I would assume on days when school was in session the general public could not play this course.
#1 does play across the parking lot, but again if you go on a day with no school it shouldn't be a problem.
Other Thoughts:
Update- This course has gotten progressively worse over the years, and is bordering on being a practice area now, rather than a course. I don't play here, I just happen to drive by about once a year on my way to hiking the Fiery Gizzard trail. I always check it out, but sadly it keeps getting worse. Maybe the school kids use it in some way, I hope,.
Last time I played here I had some fun playing 4 holes in a circle introducing my son to disc golf. But now 2 of those baskets are gone.
Original- I wished I had a disc golf at my school when I was a kid!!!
#1-5 are longer holes around playground area
#6-9 are much shorter in back of the school
#1 tee is near the front of the school (GONE, playground now)
#2- look out for the soccer net (GONE, greenway now)
#3- to the back corner
#4- longest hole along tree line play
#5- back across ditch toward #1 and plays around the hill behind the school
#6- short with basket on hill
#7- make the monkeybars a mando for a real challenge! (BURIED in grass)
#8- short towards trees
#9- uphill towards propane tanks
This course is also very close to a trailhead of the Fiery Gizzard Trail, part of the South Cumberland Recreation Area if you want to go hiking after you play!
Last time I played here I had some fun playing 4 holes in a circle introducing my son to disc golf. But now 2 of those baskets are gone.
Original- I wished I had a disc golf at my school when I was a kid!!!
#1-5 are longer holes around playground area
#6-9 are much shorter in back of the school
#1 tee is near the front of the school (GONE, playground now)
#2- look out for the soccer net (GONE, greenway now)
#3- to the back corner
#4- longest hole along tree line play
#5- back across ditch toward #1 and plays around the hill behind the school
#6- short with basket on hill
#7- make the monkeybars a mando for a real challenge! (BURIED in grass)
#8- short towards trees
#9- uphill towards propane tanks
This course is also very close to a trailhead of the Fiery Gizzard Trail, part of the South Cumberland Recreation Area if you want to go hiking after you play!
