Midland, TX

Cowden Park

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c_a_miller
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 11.9 years 299 played 207 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Meh 9 hole course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 6, 2016 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

This course is situated in a small park with very little interaction with the other park go-ers. There are nine holes with good baskets including hole 9 being a brand new Mach X basket.

The course plays longer than a pitch and putt style course. It has several holes that are over 400' in length that would make a 2 a very impressive score.

There are only a few trees on the course, but I felt that the holes on the course were strategically placed to where the trees come into play either off the tee or at the basket. Hole 8 is a fun hole with a double mando right off the tee.

From what I understand, the concrete pads are new and they are a decent size for this style of course.

On the same point as the usage of the foliage, Cowden Park has more elevation than Windlands Park, and it uses it to its advantage in what ways it can.

Cons:

I imagine this park floods after a rain, as the park is built on a retention pond for the neighborhood. There are no bathrooms, and very little parking for any of the park users.

Even though the trees are used strategically, the course still lacks in any kind of variety. Although some holes may be hard to two, they are also very hard to four, which makes for a boring course.

The course is safer than Windlands Park because of the lack of interaction with other patrons, but what it lacks in every other department in pure fun value.

Other Thoughts:

This is one of only two courses in Midland, this being the only nine course. Midland gold really lacks a solid course. Cowden Park can be played fairly quickly and is a good introduction to new players. If you are in the area, you can play both courses in two hours. Still, it is a very meh course.
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rickbergman10
Experience: 10 years 6 played 3 reviews
1.00 star(s)

It's ok... 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 20, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

Good tee pads.
Good shade opportunities.
Nice grass park.
One elevated basket.
Pretty wide open.

Cons:

Missing the 9th basket.
Always a lot of bystanders, usually in the way.
Lots of misquotes. (June)
Baskets right up against the road. With cars behind them.
Drop off at the end of some of the tee pads.
Mostly short straight holes. Good for practice though.

Other Thoughts:

I'm not impressed by the course. Windlands is much better and seems to be less busy. Since #9 doesn't have a basket we played a par 4 to #1 basket. Made it more fun. Needs work or relocation.
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csheller89
Experience: 14.8 years 64 played 3 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Cowden 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 21, 2013 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

This course will really test your fundamentals, especially if you play all the OB. It's easy to find your discs even on bad shots. There are actually 19 holes on this course playing off 9 baskets.

Cons:

There is not a lot of techichnical shots. It can get conjested on nice days. There are normally a lot of people out there not playing golf.

Other Thoughts:

Find a local and play the back nine. It's normally very windy and will really test your putting.
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tkmcdougal
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 16.1 years 196 played 96 reviews
2.00 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Feb 16, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

At least this course wasn't a pitch and putt like some 9 holers. They tried to use the little elevation on most of the holes by putting the baskets on the hills and you tee off on the hill for the next hole.

Cons:

There is little to no parking. They apparently just added tee pads, but one of my pet peeves is when the tee pads are on a hill so if you fall off the tee pad when you throw it is scary that you may twist an ankle. The course was pretty boring There was no sort of challenge. Hole 4 was absolutely terrible The backstop was right in the middle of the fairway. Also hole 5 has a chain linked fence right off the tee box.

Other Thoughts:

I'm surprised this city only has one 9 hole course. On my way into the city I drove by several signs that pointing to other parks This course was boring and honestly wasn't that fun.
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quietman2005
Experience: 11.9 years 41 played 12 reviews
3.00 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jan 3, 2013 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

They have added nice concrete tee pads to all the tees. Good signs at all the tees. Not a hard course to follow.

Cons:

A bathroom near by would be nice. If you like lots of difficult technical shots you may be disappointed.

Other Thoughts:

The new tee pads and signs that have been added have made this a much better course. Do not follow either of the maps found in the "links/files" tab. They are both out of date. The first tee is near the handycapped parking at the play ground and it is easy to follow the course from there.
It would be nice if the city of Midland would put in an 18 hole course somewhere. It is kind of a shame that many other smaller communities near by have much better courses than Midland
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jets9311
Experience: 14.1 years 6 played 3 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Open course, bring a GPS to find tees. 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 30, 2012 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

You definitely get to put your driver to good use. There aren't any holes where you can't use it. The course is very wide open, so if you rip off an errant shot, you can make up for it because there aren't many trees or obstacles to overcome.

Cons:

The biggest problem is the layout of the course. I had no idea where I was going or even where to start my first time out. I just sat on a bench and waited for a couple groups to go by and followed them to learn the course. There are zero signs marking the course; all you have is the baskets to see. The tee boxes are marked with strips of metal in the ground, so they're nearly impossible to locate without scouting out the entire park (especially hole 5 and 8).

The only other problem is that it may be TOO open. It can get a little bit boring actually. The basket locations under most of the trees is what saves it from being a waste of time.

Other Thoughts:

Under the files for this course, I added a map of the course that shows where the trees are which will help as a reference when you are trying to locate tees and correct baskets.

7 of the 9 baskets are located under tree cover, so you can take that as either a pro or con. There's 1 basket in the middle of nowhere in the open, and the 9th basket is behind some small evergreen trees.

You do indeed have to be careful of people at the park that arn't there for the disc golf, because most are blissfully unaware that they're in the path of discs. I've played probably 10 times so far, and most of the people out there have done it a few times, so groups are usually courteous and allow singles to play through.
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Mr Butters
Experience: 12 years 243 played 4 reviews
2.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 18, 2012 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

The course makes the best use of the park. With all the baskets located around the few trees the holes are fun with a little challenge. Great course to introduce new players to the sport.

Cons:

No restrooms. The natural tees are wore down and could use some work. A few are on a severe down slopes and make for fairly difficult drives.

Other Thoughts:

Not worth a long drive to play the course but have enjoyed playing there daily while working in the area. Someone recently added some flags to give an alternate tee location giving the course a slightly different look.
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BigN8r
Experience: 14.2 years 6 played 5 reviews
1.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 11, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

Wide open, great practice course. A good course to bring kids to if not too busy. Met a local and played it backwards to make 18 which was cool.

Cons:

In the very middle of Cowden park. Marked poorly and have to backtrack from 5 to 6.

Other Thoughts:

Needs a bathroom.
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dchirish123
Experience: 15 played 15 reviews
2.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 6, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

Great place to paractice long shots. Open fairway.

Cons:

Too short, too much walking between holes, and couldn't find tee boxes. Not well marked and would probably be a much better course if it was enlarged and marked better.

Other Thoughts:

Switch a couple of holes to make walking shorter and keep from players crossing. Add markers and tee pads and put in two pin placements to make it 18 holes. I would return to this course with these changes. Not worth driving more than 30 minutes to play at it's current level.
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SKnight579
Experience: 14.3 years 8 played 8 reviews
3.00 star(s)

On the way home 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 10, 2010 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Great place to practice long drives, two blocks out of the way home and play near daily as a result

Cons:

Little Shade and as many have said it fills with water for quite awhile with just alittle rain. Holes 5 and 6 should really be swapped, stops alot of extra walking if they would.

Other Thoughts:

Overall I enjoy the course, not alot of people playing daily so it works well for us. We play nearly daily after work on the way home it's great for a quick game.
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bandit6789
Experience: 14.3 years 6 played 1 reviews
2.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 20, 2010 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

In town, easy access, not busy at all.

Cons:

When it rains, it floods. You can still play a round, just have to skip holes 2 & 7. Natural tees are hard to find, and easy to loose footing on. Its hard to figure out how to play the course as there are no signs, just markers in the ground that get grown over by grass.

Other Thoughts:

I play here fairly often, and enjoy it. It sure would be nice to have some concrete launch pads. If you made it to this website, check out the map here to figure out how its laid out.
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jpelham
Experience: 15.9 years 5 played 3 reviews
2.50 star(s)

home town 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 12, 2009 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

no people in the way, good long drives...in my home town , fast course, (only trees on #4) tees marked well...good ol freindly Texans

Cons:

fast course..only 9 holes (no room for otheres though). It gets flooded since it is a rain ditch.

Other Thoughts:

Midland needs another one, or a better one..the park on Wadley across Midland Collage would be good. It dose not compete with otheres in the west Texas at all. Though, it is still disc golf and still fun and you can throw a long way.
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joshsauce
Experience: 4 played 4 reviews
1.50 star(s)

sneaky water. 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 19, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

On a good day this course would be very nice. Few trees and no water hazards to eat your disk.
There are a few cross park baskets where you can really let a good throw go. This course is good for a quick game.

Cons:

When it rains the inner part of the course fills with just enough water to be annoying. When it has rained and you try those cross park shots and don't quite make it cross park,you will inevitably land in sneaky water. Sneaky water is harmless for the most part, it just sits right below the grass line so you can't see it. So when you go to retrieve your disk you will encounter two things 1: " hahaha water" 2: " AWWWW CRAP water" the farther in you go, the worse it gets, filling your shoes with water, worse off it all sits right below the grass line, invisible. Also, No launching pads, We just playes from basket to basket. WATCH OUT FOR SNEAKY WATER.

Other Thoughts:

spent a good 15 mins getting a disk out of a rather stubborn tree. fun.
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westxchef
Experience: 32.1 years 39 played 2 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Convenient 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 4, 2008 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Convenient location in town.
Nice short course for a lunch break round.
Layout is very conducive for "Safari" holes.

Cons:

Park is a flood control basin; 1/2 in. of rain and at least 2 of the baskets are in a foot of water. 3 in. of rain and they can be covered. After rain it can be three or more weeks until basket 2 & 7 are dry enough to walk around.
The "Safari-ability" of this does make it playable a short time after a rain using all the perrimeter baskets.

Other Thoughts:

I can't complain too much; It's across the street from my house!!
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atticus1983
Experience: 18 years 7 played 2 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Relaxing and simple 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 2, 2008 Played the course:once

Pros:

Nice wide open shots, few trees and a quiet location in the center of Midland. If you would like to work on distance or just a relaxing game this is a wonderful course. There are few trees so seeing the pin is a breeze. The baskets are in good condition with natural tees. The whole park is well manicured and clean, just watch out for sand spurs.

Cons:

Course is very simple with some back tracking. Some re-arranging could make the course a bit more interesting. If you're looking for technical shots, you might want to make up your own course; you might need to anyway unless you have a guide as the holes aren't very well marked in the first place. As stated before, the tees are natural and aren't defined very well. Some of the tees are on a down-hill slope and have some ruts and dips.

Other Thoughts:

First impression is overall quite nice for a small course. If you're in the area for some reason stop on by and enjoy working on your drives. The park itself is nice and quiet but with minimal parking (2 spaces are all I found). The course is overall a par 3 with maybe one or two that could be a par 4. A tip on the layout: the first tee is by the small parking lot on the right and flows around the park in a clock-wise fashion.
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