Millersville, MD

Kinder Farm Park - Old Layout

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Longjonsilverz
Experience: 18 years 54 played 21 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Good if you live nearby 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 24, 2014 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Fairly open course for those who enjoy that. Good for beginners with very few chances to lose a disc. Nice park with a petting zoo, walking trails and other things. Maintenance is good for what little is out there. (except tees)

Cons:

Probably the biggest con is the park entrance fee, however you can just walk in from somewhere else and not have to pay if you're willing to walk that far. The tees are natural and the grass has eroded away on nearly every hole and so its basically like an uneven sand pit, which is not good. It can be difficult to find the next holes for a first timer without a map. There are a few spots around the course where pick-nick tables are placed nearly in the middle of the fairways. Only 9 holes, wind can be a factor.

Other Thoughts:

Not a bad course but not a great one either. The design is decent but not great. Some baskets are too close to some low branching trees which doesn't reward a good tee shot since the only way possible to ace or birdie some holes is to somehow skip one off the ground into the basket, if you're lucky enough. Easy to play though, and good for beginners if the wind isn't too bad. This isn't a course you would go way out of your way to play, but if you live nearby its a nice easy round to practice some shots on. There's enough room for many more holes at this park and hopefully more will be added someday.
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Pauly456
Experience: 11.8 years 6 played 1 reviews
3.00 star(s)

will keep a beginner interested 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 8, 2014 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

-Perfect for a beginner
-great for testing a new disc
-great park to bring family

Cons:

-park charges for entry, but you can park at sports complex and walk the trails to the course for free
-a lot of runners and dog walkers around course
-only nine holes

Other Thoughts:

-add difficulty by making road and trails OB
-just like any course, watch for snakes. Almost lost my hand. The ranger are nice and took time to explain it wasn't a poisonous snake.
-Rated a 4 for beginners and 2 for a pro
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JSlavy
Experience: 14.1 years 7 played 3 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Nice Practice Local Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 19, 2012 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

- Good course to take a beginner.
- Somewhat short, open holes with some decent trees as obstacles but not much heavy brush. Baskets 2 and 8 contain some heavy brush but that's it.
- Good course to test out new discs. Basic straight away, hyzer and anhyzer shots with little chance of losing a disc you are new to throwing.
- Excellent practice course if you live nearby. Plays fast allowing you to go through multple times to tweak your game.

Cons:

- Only nine baskets
- Too many pedestrians and picnickers in the same space as the course. I have had to skip holes to avoid.
- Have to pay to drive into park. Paying good money to drive in and have a family picnic keep you from playing 1 or 2 holes of a nine hole course would really tick me off. I park at the nearby baseball fields and walk in about .5 miles. The walk is good exercise which adds to the value of being a practice course.
- No wooded tunnel holes. 1 or 2 would be nice and there is room for them.
- No tee pads and some tees are heavily rutted.

Other Thoughts:

The extra .5 score is because of its usefulness as a local practice course. Not worth going out of your way to play but worth playing if you are in the area or live nearby. Walk in, don't pay!

This course could be a little gem if expanded and upgraded with pads and alternate blue tees. The space is there and you could have wooded holes. The price to park would not be as bad if there were 18 holes.
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parTake30
Experience: 12.8 years 103 played 13 reviews
2.00 star(s)

2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 26, 2011 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

this is a well maintained course, fairly wide open holes. good course for a quick round. its pretty easy to find the next hole. its pretty hard to lose a disc here. on the second hole, the basket is back in a pretty tight area between some bushes. the third hole runs parallel to the road that runs through the park. the 5th hole is a wide open, straight shot. after throwing all my drivers on the 7th hole, i found that a for me a flick was my best shot because of the trees to the right and straight in front of the basket. the 8th hole is pretty tough, you need some good hyzer because of the sharp left to the basket tucked back in the woods.

Cons:

theres a 6 dollar fee to enter the park, which i was not aware of. i didnt have cash, but luckily the woman at the gate let me in anyways.
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cmartin
Experience: 12.7 years 8 played 3 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Basically a DG Pitch & Putt 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 21, 2011 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Nice setting. Has a couple of holes that can be challenging (#8). Trees come into play on about 1/2 the holes and the other 1/2 are very straight with the potential for an reasonably easy ace on any of them. There are slight elevation changes and, depending on the time of year and recent weather, #5 & #6 may have water to drive over.

Cons:

Course is too short. On a few holes branches literally hang down and almost touch the baskets making putting very challenging. The park is multi-use so it's very common to have people in the middle of fairways (I've seen picnics set up, a couple laying out on a blanket, kids playing football, a father teaching his kids soccer) that you have to avoid.

Other Thoughts:

The course has a good variety of holes - a few new players can just try to learn to drive and work on their distance - a few that help with learning techniques to get around obstacles. I think this is a pretty good beginners course to learn the fundamentals on.
If there was any way to extend the course to 18 holes (and keep or increase the difficulty) the course would get much higher marks.
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aDedhed
Experience: 23.8 years 31 played 21 reviews
2.00 star(s)

so-so 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 23, 2011 Played the course:once

Pros:

good beginner course and a good finish to a 3 course day. short, quick and fun.

Cons:

pretty basic tee to basket locations. won't be driving the 30 mins to play there. many more courses within that drive time for me to enjoy rather than this one

Other Thoughts:

$6 fee to get in the park is definatly not worth this 9 hole course
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SippiSteve
Experience: 13.5 years 4 played 1 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Kinder Farm Park, Beginner Friendly Fun 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 27, 2011 Played the course:once

Pros:

Kinder Farm Park is a great beginner course, with short, mostly open holes. There are a few trees to work around that will prepare novices for more advanced courses. Holes range from 200 feet to 350 feet. Traffic is very light. Non-disc golfing pedestrians are not often a problem, the only exception being a few holes (2, 3, 6, possibly 9) that have walking trails/roads nearby.

Cons:

Lack of multiple basket locations makes this course very boring after multiple plays, and the tee-boxes (read: ruts in the ground) make teeing off in the proper spot difficult. The overall simplicity of this course does not warrant much replay, except for those cases where you are unable to travel to a better course.
A couple of the baskets are also in need of replacement / maintenance. No chains are missing, but a few of the baskets are bent and/or warped.

Other Thoughts:

This course could stand much improvement if Kinder Farm either maintained the tee-pad areas, or installed real tee-pads. There are also many holes that could use the multiple pin treatment, to keep things fresh.

All of the other attractions for Kinder Farm Park make this a great place for families to visit, but you can tell the disc golf course is low priority, which is a shame.
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OzzyMac
Experience: 23 years 18 played 17 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Down on the Farm 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 3, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

Nice little course, a fine place to go if you have small children. We took our kids and had a BLAST. The farm is very accessible, the playground is huge, and the course is also family friendly. Course had scorecard/map and there were some good opportunities for aces.

Cons:

Cross shooting on some holes. Only 9 holes. Paying to get into the park. Can be a little confusing for such a short course.

Other Thoughts:

I'd say this is a 1.5 if you go alone, a 3.5 if you bring the kids, so I settled with a high end ranking since I brought my three kids. The wife even enjoyed a few hours hanging out here, and she doesn't golf.
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Radarx
Experience: 14.1 years 80 played 12 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Waisted Potential 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 20, 2010 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Tee Markers clear, found all holes without a map. As stated before, 9 holes are beginner friendly. Elevation changes. Excellent course to learn on in windy conditions and with all the open holes wind can make this course challenging. Hard to loose a disc. Approach shots challenging when trees blooming. Small course for quick rounds.

Cons:

Baskets not marked or marked wrong. Ignor 3 sign on top of basket for hole 1. Tee areas dirt or grass, needs some leveling. Couple baskets bent some. Wasted course potential. So much woods, stream & property around yet its not used for the disc course. Needs longer more challenging holes. Sometimes have to watch out for and wait for joggers-walkers.

Other Thoughts:

I really wish somebody would take this project on of trying to expand or improve this course. With a park like that its a shame this course is the way it is. So much waisted potential. Maybe if you start paying to park they might buy more baskets although the $6 cost I believe goes more towards taking care of the farm animals there for the kids. If anything do what Pine Grove did and utilize the baskets twice for 18 holes.

I added a maps on here under the link tab, added updated photos as well.

I am not so sure the course fottage on this web site is correct. You can see some of the tee signs in the photos and they are different than what is listed here.

Course not to crowded so you can create your own holes driving to different baskets.
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sidewinder22
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 17.7 years 297 played 197 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Fun for beginner 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 14, 2009 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Tee signs, nice baskets, fairly easy to navigate, some elevation changes. Nice bathrooms. Hard to lose a disc. Has a farm.

Cons:

Only 9 easy holes. Busy park with ignorant picnic'ers. Mostly open hole layout. Can be interesting with other players on the course. $5 parking(you can park further for free and walk through the farm). Closed on Tuesdays. Poison Ivy in summer. Natural tees.

Other Thoughts:

This was the first course I ever played and got me hooked. This is a great course to take a beginner. More experienced players will be left feeling blah. The actual farm is pretty cool with animals.
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jrawk
Experience: 14.7 years 85 played 13 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Closed on Tuesdays 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Mar 29, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

- Its inside a very nice park your whole family will enjoy.
- Course is groomed well.
- The 9 holes are beginner friendly, with hole 8 being the most challenging; gradually uphill with a sharp dog leg left cut into the woods.
- Very low chance of losing a disc.
- Uses available elevation changes on most holes.

Cons:

- PARK IS CLOSED ON TUESDAYS. You may be able to walk into the DG course but signs at the closed gate says trespassing not allowed when closed. This is the gate at the entrance to the Pay-to-park section of the park.
- Grass/dirt tees aren't fun after rainy days.

Other Thoughts:

- It's a small course, but is nice to play a slow pace round with a bunch of non-serious friends two or three times during the day.
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swatso
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 15.7 years 755 played 414 reviews
1.00 star(s)

Consistently So-So 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jan 25, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

Minimal chance to lose a disc.
Having a disc golf course, however mediocre, is better than not having one.
The signs at the tees are okay.
Scorecard/map available at welcome sign.

Cons:

Single tee/single basket.
No signs indicating next tee location.
Tee "pads" are ruts in the dirt/sand.
Only nine holes.
$5 to enter park.
Picnic tables, grilles, walking paths, i.e. lots of "civilian" traffic in close proximity to course.
Baskets in mediocre condition.
Flow - after completing #2, you will walk past basket #8 - don't get hit! Likewise, when you complete #8, you will walk past basket #2 - don't get hit again!!

Other Thoughts:

The distances for the holes range from 250 to 320 feet.
#3,5,9 are wide open grip-n-rips. The other six holes will have a few trees involved somewhat near the basket.
#7 is probably the most challenging hole, as its trees come into play earlier and for a longer duration.
I had my bag with 11 discs, but could have gotten by with two drivers (slightly over/under stable), an approach disc, and a putter.
There is a map (Kinder 20?) someone gave to us (hardcopy) that showed alternate tee locations. Playing this way didn't eliminate all the Cons listed above, but did add distance, obstacles, and made me go to my bag for a wider selection of discs.
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Huck
Experience: 36.8 years 38 played 7 reviews
1.50 star(s)

used to be great 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 12, 2008 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

It is a disc golf course.

The hole lay out is actually fun to play.

There are some huge elevation changes (ok, not huge... but decent).

There are some very open and some very tight holes.

There is plenty of parking

There are walking trails and a really big, really cool playground for kids.

There are things to see and picnic areas.

Cons:

First it is a bit pricey to get in (would give it another full point if it was free or $1 - $2 to get in).

There are walking trails...some are very close and in one case cuts thru a fairway.

There are things to see and picnic areas... most of the picnic areas are in the fairways.

Kids and adults are always in the way (they see it the other way around).

There is not one hole that makes you want to take your friends to this course and say "check this out"

Other Thoughts:

before this park was renivated there used to be this amazing 9 hole course here that would beat you up and make you want to get better so you could get a better score.

Now it is a course that is good to play if it is close to you or you happen to be there for some other reason.
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prerube
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Premium Member
Experience: 16.8 years 274 played 235 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Welcome to dodgeball! 2+ years

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

Pros:

9 holes with with a good use of trees.
2 pins over 350 feet and 2 aceable holes (both under 290 ft, straight with no obstructions.)

Cons:

when the course is busy, you have to play dodgeball. Holes 2 and 8 play in opposite directions to the same area, so you are throwing at the same area someone else is throwing to. Holes 1 and 9 face each other and cross paths, so you are throwing at someone while they are throwing at you. 3 and 8 also face each other. 4 -7 also involve throwing the disc at someone or into their path. Hole 8 is the only hole that has a significant dog leg. the Hole 9 tee is across the bike path near a compost pile. Tees are nearly all sand and there is only 1 tee per hole (2 tees would not work here).
The basket at hole 1 has a faded 3 on it which adds to the confusion of the course (even with the crude map).

Other Thoughts:

DONT PAY. Another reviewer said you can park 1/2 mile and walk to the disc golf. I paid so I could get the map, but they have free maps on the sign, the person in the booth will probably give you a map as a walker also. The walk is well worth keeping the $5 in your pocket.
Take a quick peek at the tiny cemetary in the woods by hole 1.
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JesseBergeson
Experience: 21 years 1 played 1 reviews
2.00 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 1, 2008 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

You can get a real confidence boost by the short open holes which allow you to if not Ace at least hit the basket in one or two throws. There are many variations on the holes which local players continually make up to compensate for this short and unchanging course.

Cons:

5 dollors for a small non-impressing course. Many picnicers and other park goers in the middle of some holes. Watch out for poisen Ivy at all times, it grows rampantly in the brush.

Other Thoughts:

This is the closest course around and i actually play it daily because it requires a special trip to go farther to the spectacular Patapsco Valley course. My goal is to Ace every hole, although i do not see how i will ever achieve this on hole 8, i have easily birdied every whole including 8 on a good day. If you make your first right upon entering the park, before the toll gate, you can park for free at the athletic fields and walk .5 miles to the begining of the course. Just cross the street and walk past the sheep pen and through the farm. Watch out for poisen Ivy!!
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Greg Boyer
Experience: 21.9 years 5 played 5 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Good beginner course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 8, 2007 Played the course:never

Pros:

Fairly simple layout but still has a couple fun hyzer shots on 2 & 8. Aceable shots on 3 & 5-but not too easy.

Cons:

Picnicers can get in the way on summer weekends. Not very challenging after several plays.
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