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Kittanning, PA

West Hills Community Park

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2.755(based on 2 reviews)
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The Red Death 30
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 27 years 82 played 37 reviews
3.00 star(s)

A Tale of Two Courses

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 24, 2023 Played the course:once

Pros:

Most of the front 9 seem to be the majority of what was their original 9. These holes are the absolute best of this course. There are some nice designs here. The first hole plays BH hyzer into a pretty little wetland green. The 3rd hold may be the best on the course. It gives you two clear lane options. Both bring real risk or reward on them. For the majority of the front 9 they didn't always have a ton of "woods" to mess design with but they made creative shot choices with the obstacles that they had available.

There are tees on half the holes right now

The front of this course is in a beatiful wetland. The day we were there it was just full of singing birds, like Disney movie soundtrack stuff here.

Cons:

The back 9 felt like they were just happy to have 9 more. And YES, 9 more holes is cool no matter whether they match the first or not. But it loses the feel of the course. They are primarily 180 foot birdie runs in a field. No real obstacles and no real challenge.

The tees on the front are on the small side and they disappear on the back altogether. There is no signage here. Like they hung up sponsor signs on nice wooden posts and didn't even paint bad numbers on them.

Other Thoughts:

We came on a Monday afternoon. Nothing anywhere suggests that it isn't okay to be on this property on a school day, but it felt weird. There are street signs that I couldn't quite understand saying not to follow the Google maps directions in since you drive through school property. Absolutely not a course you're going to have a few beers.
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Jimb
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 17.2 years 126 played 54 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Fun With Limitations 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 11, 2021 Played the course:once

Pros:

The course is in a small park, beside a school, but kept away from other activities. Two nice concrete pads and two Black Hole/Black Hole Portal, yellow and black, baskets per hole. These baskets are quite nice and caught every putt that they should have. The 9 holes begin and end close to the parking lot. Hole #5 also finishes back close to the parking lot.

Holes #1-6 play on a long, gently sloping hill and take good advantage of the limited elevation change on the property. Holes 7-9 play on the other side of a small creek and also use the little bit of elevation available there. Most tee shots are either somewhat up or down hill, with only a few basically level.

The course plays mainly around scattered shrubs and smallish trees with a lot of open area in-between. The creek could easily come into play on #7 as you have to hit gaps through trees while going over the creek.

The dual tees do a pretty good job of changing up the holes, with most of the long tees having different routes or added doglegs vs. the shorts. A couple, more or less, seem to just add length. Four or five of the different basket locations do a good job of making the holes play differently, too. There are predominantly straight and left turning throws required off the tees.

Cons:

When I played it had been raining a couple days earlier and a few of the holes paid the price. Fairway #1 was under water. Grass was coming up through the water, but it was a mess. The lower end of hole #2 and #5 were also soaked. Hopefully dryer weather will take care of this.

The biggest issue, which will depend on maintenance, is the fairways. On almost all of the holes, the fairway was a 10-15' wide grassy area, cut into the surrounding grass, weeds, and shrubs. When I played, most holes weren't too thick off of the fairways, but thick enough to be a small hassle looking for most tee shots. Some areas of the brush lining the fairways are pretty thick, though. I could easily see lost discs and long searches being common here.

Other Thoughts:

The course and I, admittedly, got off to a rough start. After walking down the fairway towards my tee shot on #1, the water forced me to walk a long way around to find a reasonable path to the basket. Again, once dry, multiple holes would instantly become more enjoyable.

The selection of black vs yellow basket placements somewhat confused me. It seems that about half of each color basket is the short/easier position with the others being the opposite. This just seemed odd.

I didn't make note of the hole lengths, but there is a good variety. A couple are very short (<200'), while some are true bomber holes (>500').

I would probably go back again, if in the area, to really see the variety offered by the 4 available layouts. I would think that most players would be able to find something fun about the course. If I get to play it again, I wouldn't be surprised if I ended up moving my rating from 2.5 to 3.
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