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Hockley, TX

Zube Park DGC

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3.295(based on 12 reviews)
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Pizza God
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Experience: 36.2 years 1729 played 580 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Course of the Future 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 14, 2018 Played the course:once

Pros:

Nice Kiosk at Parking lot
HUGE parking lot
small pavilion at course
Good course flow
Good use of land given
Well defined fairways on most holes

Cons:

Restrooms are at the other side of the park
"Fresh" course that has new tree's planted

Other Thoughts:

This is a course that needs some time in the ground to be a great course. This is also something new in that small hills were built FOR the course, something we don't get to see very often. The hills help define the fairways and do com into play on some holes.

Most of the longer hole throw down a defined fairway between these hills with trees planted on them. In several years, these trees are going to be large and shade and help define the course even more.

There are a few old tree's that do come into play on the course.

The course designer also did a good mix of longer open holes, and short technical holes. But when I say "open" that means the fairways are open, but defined by a line of new trees.

The only holes that don't have these hills and tree lined fairways are the holes around the tree's that were already in the park. Holes 17 and 18 go back and forth threw an old stand of trees. I was disappointed in 18 though, there is a big hyzer over the parking lot, specially with that strong northern wind I had when I played. I hate to see a mando, but I think the design was to have you throw in the trees with a slight turnover shot.

In all, I did enjoy my round, there was a lot of puddles on the course as it had rained the night before, but I did not find the course muddy.

Would I play here again?

Not any time soon, but in 10+ years, I would love to play a round and see how the course looks with more mature tree's. This is truly a course of the future.
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The Valkyrie Kid
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 46 years 1562 played 1507 reviews
3.50 star(s)

My Favorite Houston Area So Far (by a hair)! 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Sep 25, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

Of the thirteen Houston area I've played on this trip so far, I feel that Zube has had the most honest, unbiased reviews. Zube as that same golf course feel as White Oaks and Agnes Moffitt. This new (2016) course has been built and designed for disc golf. As every previous reviewer has mentioned, there is a wonderful variety of hole lengths and designs. Distances range from 201' to # 11's 681'. There are open holes as well as a couple where you need to shape your shot around trees.

The course, being so new, has nice amenities. The concrete pads are great. New Chainstar baskets and simple little, almost vandal proof, signs. They are rugged.y built and just give the hole # and distance. And already, some marauding teenager has managed to tear the plate off the # 10 sign.

This is a large busy park. As I drove in, I was a little nervous to see about a million cars in the various parking lot but they were mostly here for the Sunday afternoon soccer games. The course begins at the back of the park near a large power line structure. I found navigation to be simple and intuitive. The course is almost flat with just a few little mounds here and there. There are scattered nature trees and scores of new plantings. Which will in time greatly change the nature of this course. Come back in twenty years and you might not recognize the course.

# 10 is both the signature hole here and the one you'll remember driving home. It's 306' throwing over a nice sized pond. The over the water carry is only about 200' which is enough to get into the heads of most recreational players.

The longer holes should appease the younger, better, big armed players while I think the variety will please everyone. It's just a lovely course to walk on. This designer understood the concept of mixing and matching hole lengths and types, not just throwing 350' hole after hole at you.

Cons:

A few holes are tightly bunched. You'll want to keep your head up when other players are near.

I wasn't thrilled with 17 & 18. They weren't bad but didn't quite fit in with the course's ambience. Kind of like, the designer filled the green area with 16 holes and then scrambled to put in the last two.

Mostly flat with scattered mature trees.

The first tee pad doesn't exactly point at basket # 1. Makes you wonder what basket am I throwing at.

Other Thoughts:

Someone compared this course to Agnes Moffutt and I think that's a good comparison. I'll give Zube the slight edge based on it's beauty and also it's nice variety. If I lived halfway, I'd enjoy playing them both as well as Texas Army Trail for that technical experience. I can happily say that Texas (Houston) does not suffer from lack of course choices. Keep up the good work, Texas. You might the first state to have 500 courses.
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gpttigers
Experience: 15 played 7 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Good mix of holes 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 29, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Some long holes, some short holes, a few wooded holes at the end
-Grass was well maintained and almost no rough
-Hard to lose a disc
-Good for beginners as well

Cons:

-As others have mentioned, on a busy day I could see how there could be some risk of incoming cannon fodder
-Limited shade
-Mostly flat

Other Thoughts:

The number 10 water holes takes about a 200 foot drive from the pad to clear. If someone doesn't want to risk it, they could shave 50 or so off of that and tee off in front of the pod.

Overall, it is a good course which I would certainly play more often if I lived closer. 400 foot par 3s are a good challenge.
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MadGame32
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 7.4 years 69 played 69 reviews
3.50 star(s)

High Ceiling for this Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:May 6, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Relatively new course.
-This course was built specifically for disc golf!
-Concrete tee pads on every hole.
-Some longer holes for a bit of distance challenge.
-Good flow from hole to hole.
-Very nice goals.
-Plenty of parking.
-One fun water hole that makes you nervous, but is easily carried.

Cons:

-Very little shade right now so it is getting ready to be really hot!
-Grass is struggling on some holes to establish itself.
-Tee signs give hole number and distance with nothing else. The tee sign on hole 10 is missing.
-Discrepancy between the tee signs and actual lengths recorded on this site.
-There was no welcome sign with course layout.
-There are plenty of trees, but they are very young. They will be great after they grow for a few years.

Other Thoughts:

-All in all, this is probably one of my favorite courses so far.
-I liked that it was built for disc golf from the start. (At least it looks that way.)
-I like longer courses that force you to put together multiple shots to get to the goal, and this one does that on its longer holes.
-According to PDGA guidelines, Hole 3 should be a par 4, and Hole 11 should be a par 5 for beginners. If the distance recorded for Hole 2 on the course sign is correct, it should be a par 4.
-This course has a lot of potential that I think it will grow into as the trees mature. With full grown trees, more descriptive tee signs, and a welcome sign, I probably would have gone 4.5-5 on the rating.

3/29/21 Update:

Out of the 68 courses I have reviewed, this is where this course ranks along with similarly rated courses:
Rank-Course, Location
16-Woodruff Leisure Center DGC, Woodruff, SC
17-Shaver Recreation Center Original, Seneca, SC
18-Foothills DGC, Easley, SC
19-Langley Pond DGC, Burnettown, SC
20-Century Park DGC, Greer, SC
21-Pipeline DGC, Spartanburg, SC
22-Zube Park DGC, Hockley, TX
23-Duncan Lake - East, Duncan, OK
24-Lindsey Park - Red Course, Tyler, TX
25-Veteran's Park, Arlington, TX
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