Tipton, IA

Tipton City Park

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Log242
Experience: 14.9 years 3 played 3 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Hometown Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 2, 2016 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Empty
Challenging
Open
New
Fun

Cons:

Missing Holes (Depending upon season)
Relatively too wide open on some holes
Conflict with sporting events

Other Thoughts:

As this being a new home course, I was excited for Tipton to transform their old 9 hole golf course into an 18 hole course. I love to play the course whenever I'm back in town because it provides a challenging and thrilling experience.

But one issue with the course is that during summer Football practice to the end of track season (August-May) They have 4 holes (13-16) removed to athlete safety. Unfortunately, that can be a problem plus on windy days, the wide open 500 foot holes can be a real challenge to get a par on.

With all cons set aside, this course is one I would recommend to people particularly in the summer. You don't have large groups of people playing here so it's a wide open course to play on.

Be sure to check out tournament information sometime in June. It'll be the 2nd annual tournament and last year had a great turnout.

Best Score (+6)
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cmax25
Experience: 21.9 years 76 played 8 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Good use of Park Space 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 24, 2015 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

The course resides in the city park just north of US 130 and is easily accessible from I-80 or Highway 30. Plenty of space to park allow you to start from a wide variety of holes. For example, I park near the hole 2 tee-pad, and then walk back and play holes 1-8, which are the most played holes on the course.

Rarely, anybody plays this course so you have it to yourself most of the time.

Good mixture of holes that are 250 feet to 400 feet, some of which cannot be reached in one throw.

The course is friendlier for a right handed forehand thrower than a right handed backhand.

Friendly people always around this area makes this course an inviting place to play. Surely, you will feel welcomed.

Park is constantly in use, so they're are many people playing either basketball, tennis, running track, etc. As opposed to a graveyard where no one is around.

Signs help illustrate where the holes are. Although, some of the distances seem to be off, as with the case on hole 4. Listed distance is 240 feet but feels much more like 340 feet long.

Favorite holes are 3-4-7- and 8 forces you to throw a blind shot from the top of a hill before it descents.

Cons:

Some holes are poorly designed. Such as:Holes 9-10 are long boring holes that can be skipped. They are 500 feet long and force you to throw straight across the soccer field in a straight line. I would rather see them placed elsewhere along the hill near the baseball diamond.

In addition, the park department has taken out holes 13-16 for football season since the field is being used by the High School Team.

Traffic along the road on hole 3,4 can get busy at times, forcing you to be patient with pedestrians frequently present.

The course aligns with some residents yards (Holes 5-6) some farm fields holes 7-8, so an errant throw means you have to navigate through private property. Be aware of the soybeans or corn. Although, the harvest has already been picked as of this posting.

No tee pads yet, although this does not necessarily dampen the experience. In fact, erosion has not yet set in so the throwing surface is acceptable for now.

Other Thoughts:

The course has a limited amount of potential available once improvements are made. In the meantime, feel free to stop by and play the first 8 holes.

As it stands, the course gets 2.5 stars but could stretch to 3.00-3.25 once the infrastructure is in place.

Nice little option for those traveling through the area between Davenport, Iowa City, Cedar Rapids.

Parking near the swimming pool is your best bet because this leaves the option of playing the back nine as well. Although, the back nine is longer and not worth your time if the pins are not in place between holes 13-16.

I spoke to the Parks and Rec Supervisor who said he would like to get some tournaments started next year in an effort to bolster awareness to the course.

Check out the local grocery store for some snacks and refreshments either before or after your round. Other wise, Tipton has a Casey's pizza and Hardee's if you get hungry.
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walker139
Experience: 14.7 years 193 played 7 reviews
0.50 star(s)

Needs some help 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 11, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

Well there were a few fun shots, Most from safari tees, because navigation was impossible.
Friendly setting, not much if any traffic around the course, even though the grounds were full of people.

Cons:

Most tee signs are missing.
Baskets are in terrible condition, one basket is literally resting 1 inch above the ground. Quite a few others were tilting terribly.

Other Thoughts:

Set up on in a busy sports complex next to a school, but not too many people around the course. With a little love this course could be very fun and a good introduction to disc golf for the public.
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EventHorizon
Experience: 15 years 118 played 3 reviews
0.50 star(s)

Skip it! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 17, 2012 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Very nice city park. As you turn into the park area is nicely maintained with quite a few people using the tennis courts, baseball diamonds, etc. Of what tee pad signs there were, the signage was nice. Huge potential for a nice amateur course if upgraded.

Cons:

This course was a huge disappointment. A rating of 1.5 is too high. Expectations are high when you see how nice everything else is, yet when you get onto the course, it is a much different story. First off, navigation was deplorable because where was none. At least of what I seen while wondering around looking for hole 1. The only tip on where to start is on the course description and it says hole 1 starts at the top of the hill. It would be nice if there was a course layout board or some indicator where hole 1 is located. 2nd, some of the baskets are either damaged or missing. I even saw a couple kids pull a basket out of the ground when I was on hole 9. It is too bad cause the baskets are not bad ones, its just like someone put the course in and left.

Other Thoughts:

Such a great looking park for such a poorly executed course. Some concrete pads, better signage, possibly a bulletin board, and a couple of baskets and this course could really be a go to course when driving pass the area.
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waffles
Experience: 16.7 years 76 played
1.00 star(s)

Needs work 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 18, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

Checking out the lifeguards at the pool was pretty alright. The elevation and turf conditions were very nice.

Cons:

Junky baskets, 2 missing tee signs, 1 missing basket.

Other Thoughts:

The pars that were marked were marked pretty high. A 278 wide-open downhill par 4 doesn't make much sense. Throw some gravel or RR ties down or something to at least mark the tees. There's not even trampled grass making it easy to guess where the tees should be.
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wolito
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 17.1 years 88 played 86 reviews
2.00 star(s)

old city park course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 17, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

9 hole course that is easy to get to and park. Hole one is on top of the hill. Large trees add to the challenge of driving off the tee. Varied length of holes so birdies are available here. Elevation helps to mix things up a bit.

Cons:

This course is worn. The teesigns are missing on several holes. The baskets are bent out of shape on some and in general are poorly crafted homemade designs. Basket 9 is missing. This is a course that is just thrown into a park for the sake of it being there. Poor course design and flow.

Other Thoughts:

Left this course after my round and was glad I was done with it. This course is just beat up and not quiet sure what can be done to rescue it. Lots of other space left in the park to have had made it 18, but after playing this, I am glad they did not do that.
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