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Yahoola Creek Park reviews
9
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Fun course, yield to pedestrians 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Dec 27, 2021
Played the course:once
Pros:
Yahoola Creek is a fun park style course in Dahlonega, GA. This course is slightly above average on the fun meter, average challenge for intermediate players (on the easy side for advanced players), but loses some points for course safety and sharing common areas with a busy community park.
+ A fun course that takes advantage of a small river running through the park with several water holes, including three water carries across the river. There are also a couple of death putt greens with the basket perched on a hill or ridge. Fun risk/reward elements.
+ This is mostly an open course, but there is good variety in hole lengths, some elevation, natural OB (water) and manufactured OB (roads, fenced areas, etc.). Fun course and decent challenge.
+ There are a wooded holes on the course and some technical shot-making is required.
+ A couple holes have elevated tees or tees on the top or side of hills to allow for long, sweeping, open downhill tee shots. Those are always fun.
+ I imagine wind is a factor frequently at this open, North Georgia foothills course. It was when I played. This adds to the challenge, especially on the greens.
+ Well-maintained and pretty park
+ Good baskets, easy navigation
+ A fun course that takes advantage of a small river running through the park with several water holes, including three water carries across the river. There are also a couple of death putt greens with the basket perched on a hill or ridge. Fun risk/reward elements.
+ This is mostly an open course, but there is good variety in hole lengths, some elevation, natural OB (water) and manufactured OB (roads, fenced areas, etc.). Fun course and decent challenge.
+ There are a wooded holes on the course and some technical shot-making is required.
+ A couple holes have elevated tees or tees on the top or side of hills to allow for long, sweeping, open downhill tee shots. Those are always fun.
+ I imagine wind is a factor frequently at this open, North Georgia foothills course. It was when I played. This adds to the challenge, especially on the greens.
+ Well-maintained and pretty park
+ Good baskets, easy navigation
Cons:
Overall, this course is fine -- and worth playing if you are in the area. But there are some cons:
- The biggest con is safety. Quite a few holes are very close to picnic and pedestrian areas. In fact, a paved walking trail winds through several holes. Hole 19's basket is right beside a picnic table. That hole should be pulled, even though it adds a water carry hole. Another hole is near a picnic area, with a double mando to attempt to direct you away from picnic goers. It's not an issue so long as you're watchful and yield to walkers, joggers, and park visitors. Just be aware. And be okay with skipping holes if pedestrians make it unsafe.
- Some of the turf tee pads are pretty slippery.
- While a fun course for beginners to rec players to intermediate throwers, advanced and up will get bored and won't be too challenged.
- The biggest con is safety. Quite a few holes are very close to picnic and pedestrian areas. In fact, a paved walking trail winds through several holes. Hole 19's basket is right beside a picnic table. That hole should be pulled, even though it adds a water carry hole. Another hole is near a picnic area, with a double mando to attempt to direct you away from picnic goers. It's not an issue so long as you're watchful and yield to walkers, joggers, and park visitors. Just be aware. And be okay with skipping holes if pedestrians make it unsafe.
- Some of the turf tee pads are pretty slippery.
- While a fun course for beginners to rec players to intermediate throwers, advanced and up will get bored and won't be too challenged.
Other Thoughts:
Worth playing Yahoola Creek if you can! North Georgia Canopy Tours is less than an hour from here, so that's the destination course in the area, but this is a good alternative if your travels don't allow for other options.
6
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Yahoola Creek Park 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Updated:
Played on:Jun 10, 2017
Played the course:2-4 times
Pros:
Has tee signs only indicating hole number
Some holes have an alternate short pad
Good mix of open/wooded fairways with doglegs and slight elevations
Has some mandos throughout
Has next tee signs posted on the baskets and targets throughout
Course flows pretty well except for between holes 10&11 and 16&17
Water comes into play on many of the holes where holes 1, 16, and 18 are water carries over the shallow, wide creek - small factor in losing a disc
Well-maintained
Free parking
Restrooms
Water fountain and soda machine
Some holes have an alternate short pad
Good mix of open/wooded fairways with doglegs and slight elevations
Has some mandos throughout
Has next tee signs posted on the baskets and targets throughout
Course flows pretty well except for between holes 10&11 and 16&17
Water comes into play on many of the holes where holes 1, 16, and 18 are water carries over the shallow, wide creek - small factor in losing a disc
Well-maintained
Free parking
Restrooms
Water fountain and soda machine
Cons:
Safety issues - course has a few holes that play across and near the road and park's amenities
Has 3 target posts (had 6 the year before)
Some natural tee pads are not flat - recommend teeing off on the grass/dirt around them
Course design and flow could use improvement as hole #17 intersects with holes 1&18; hole #6 has a flower garden area in its fairway and OB fenced area - may be worth skipping
No variety in pars - par 54
Course can get crowded at times as it's popular with parkgoers
Has 3 target posts (had 6 the year before)
Some natural tee pads are not flat - recommend teeing off on the grass/dirt around them
Course design and flow could use improvement as hole #17 intersects with holes 1&18; hole #6 has a flower garden area in its fairway and OB fenced area - may be worth skipping
No variety in pars - par 54
Course can get crowded at times as it's popular with parkgoers
Other Thoughts:
This is nice, fun multi-use 18 hole course in Dahlonega that I enjoyed playing on a Saturday afternoon. I played here the year before and noticed that the local club replaced three targets with DISCatchers - making it a 15 basket and 3 target course now. Hopefully holes 6, 8, and 12 will get baskets soon. I also noticed hole #1 was redesigned and it now plays across a creek and is about 175 feet instead of the 326 feet. The hole #1 tee sign is on the kiosk and is easy to spot and is between the paved parking lot and creek. The major con for this course is that there are lots of parkgoers here - either to relax along the creek or attend the ball games nearby. Hole #15 is unplayable when lots of parkgoers are here. Some of the natural tee pads needs to be flattened and it would be so much nicer if there were concrete tee pads instead. Some of the course design could use improvement as hole #17 stretches through holes 1&18 and hole #6 has a tall flower garden in its fairway. I got to see a couple of groundhogs for the first time in the wild scurrying out of that garden. All holes play like a par 3 so no variety in pars or hole lengths here. It's not a destination course but it's decent to play. I made a day trip with Meeks Park and this course.
