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Marble Falls, TX

Westside Park DGC

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3.55(based on 15 reviews)
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sommelier73
Experience: 12.1 years 34 played 7 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Cute course, hampered by flooding 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 4, 2015 Played the course:once

Pros:

Well laid out, nice baskets, concrete tee pads. Loved the island hole (#3). Good mix of technical short holes, and big bomber holes. Par is very generous. Signage is excellent.

Cons:

Some of the holes were inaccesible due to the water (we had some flooding recently here), and those that had bridges were just fallen logs. I'm not a fan of those kinds of crossings. Would have been nice to have an indicator on each tee sign where the next tee is in relation to the basket.

Other Thoughts:

Played here after not getting out for a couple of weeks, so I was seriously in withdrawals and ready to throw at just about anything. This cute little 9-holer was just enough to satisfy my need to throw, while offering some interesting challenges as well. I didn't enjoy the challenge of trying to figure out how to cross the many, many streams, but I understand that during the drier season it isn't as bad. Par is generous with any hole over 400' being par 4. I would recommend this course for a young, agile beginner to inermediate player.
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hotstang
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 13 years 452 played 59 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Westside Park 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 22, 2015 Played the course:once

Pros:

Nice size park for a 9 hole course.
Nice large teepads.
Two tees on 6 holes.
Great use of park available.
Bathrooms.
Plenty of parking.
Several hole bring creek into play.

Cons:

Few holes need mowing.
Only 9 holes, but most have 2 tees.
But not much difference to lines. Mainly distance.

Other Thoughts:

Playground Basketball and activities for the family.
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A Wise Engineer
Experience: 15.3 years 19 played 2 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Fun course when maintained 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Aug 21, 2016 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

- Concrete Tees

- Nice Signs

- Restrooms

- Nice mix of distance and precision

- Multiple Tee Boxes for most holes

This course is a decent 9-hole course that is a good fit for amateurs and experienced disc golfers alike. It has a nice mix of long open fairways and challenging obstacles. I live just down the road and have been enjoying this course since it was built. Hole 6 is by far my favorite hole whenever conditions are good.

Cons:

This course used to be extremely nice when it first opened, but has been hit and miss since then. Occasional lack of maintenance leads to sticker burrs and tall grass sometimes around holes 6-9. When the creek is flowing from rain holes 6, 8, and the blue tee for 9 can become inaccessible due to the crossings being washed away or underwater. Some opportunities to lose discs around water hazards.

Other Thoughts:

Overall the design of this course is nice for a 9-hole. Definitely worth a play if you're in the neighborhood but be careful. Just navigating the course can be dangerous depending on the condition.
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denny ritner
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 26 years 170 played 115 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Worth a play, if you're in the area 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 23, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

The course utilizes some of the unique topography and trees in the park to provide an experience that is varied in look and challenge. The course tests distance, accuracy, and provides several strategic decision-making shots.

The signage, tee pads, and ease of navigation get high marks. The two sets of tees compliment each other well in accomodating players of a fairly wide range of skill levels and variety for the locals.

Cons:

As a previous reviewer noted, some of the water crossings are a little precarious. It greatly surprised me to see two creek crossings on elevated logs in a public park. Locals told me that a friend of theirs had fallen and blew up her knee from one of the crossings.

From hole 3's basket, the walk to hole 4's tee crosses immediately next to hole 2's basket.

Hole 1 offers a left to right shot and a right to left shot. The right to left shot has a stand-up bbq grill in the middle of the shot, which is only 20 ft. away from a picnic table.

Hole 8, unfortunately had several trees die which had provided the only challenge on the hole and now it's a wide-open dinker.

The creeks are disc-eaters :(

Other Thoughts:

Be a kind disc golfer: leave the course cleaner than the way you found it.
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skurf
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 21.7 years 39 played 16 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Diverse 9 Holer with some distance 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Oct 8, 2009 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

-concrete tees with separate red and blue tees on many holes.

-Best signage I've ever seen with a sign for both red and blue tee boxes as well as an overall map at the beginning and a sign that tells you the rules of disc golf.

-Good mix of long and short holes. 3 par 4's.

-The shorter holes offer a technical challenge like avoiding water, hitting small gaps or tight turning fairways.

-Many of the pins are in challenging locations. Some are on the sides of hills or near the creek's edge or both.

-Wood steps, rock steps, utility poles used as creek crossings.

-Some very large, beautiful oaks that make for some nice disc golf obstacles

-Trash cans, restrooms, water fountain, playground.

Cons:

-The park is next to some kind of rock quarry/rock processing plant and holes 1, 6, 7, 8, and 9 play next to or near it. Pretty much ruins the ambiance of what is otherwise a really nice park.

-You have to partially walk back down the fairway to get to the next tee on 2 occasions due to the location of the creek crossings.

-A lot of the tee pads are not flush with the ground so you need to be extra careful with where you plant and where you follow through.

-Hole 6 is really just ridiculous. I'm all for a challenge, but not when that challenge has a high probability of losing my disc. You go up this hill to the tee box only to have to make this tight right turning touch shot with a low ceiling and some seriously nasty water right in front of the pin. Basically, if you hit a tree you lose your disc and the likelihood of doing that is increased by creating a low ceiling due to throwing off the hill.

Other Thoughts:

I really like the fact that this 9 hole course has some par 4's where you can really rip into it. Then add in the multiple tees and technical aspects of some of the shorter holes and you've got yourself a nice little 9 holer.

The creek comes into play on a lot holes, and overall, probably a little too much. Hole 7 is nearly 600' and the entire fairway runs right next to the creek and then the pin is guarded by a couple trees that will swat your disc into the water on the approach shot, but I guess that's why it's a par 4 and there is a shorter/safer tee to throw from on this hole.

An interesting aspect about the dual tees is that the difficulty seems to be dramatically reduced from the shorter tees. This is great for this particular course because it is the first and only course in the city so most of the locals will be beginners. However, it somewhat makes the dual tees pointless for a more experienced player. When I play two rounds out here I play them both from the long tees because the short tees are not nearly as challenging and actually take away the appeal of many of the holes.

Not only is the course diverse in distance and shot type, but it is extremely well tended. The city has truly devoted some resources to make (and keep) this course looking and playing great. After the recent flood, there were city workers out here every day fixing up the park and putting in the baskets that had been washed away, making new paths across the creek and what not. They have got the course looking as good as ever and the grass is always mowed. Every time I go out there it seems that there are city workers maintaining or improving the park and/or DGC.
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