Shrewsbury, United Kingdom

On The Side Disc Golf

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Jillian
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 4.4 years 26 played 26 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Fun to play with the local group 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Dec 28, 2020 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

-Great red tees layout
-Challenges distance and shot shaping
-Creatively packed into a small property

Cons:

-Lack of signage makes it difficult to navigate, especially as multiple tees play to the same baskets
-Lots of blind holes on a well used public park, not safe to play solo and expect lots of waiting in a group
-Wooded holes feel unfair/forced. Mutliple holes play through the same patch of woodland, no real defined lines.
-It feels like the long course would interact alot better with the park if a 9 hole layout was chosen rather than 18. It would probably allow for much more solid hole designs as well rather than comprimising to permit multiple.

Other Thoughts:

The course has improved each time I have visited it and it continues to develop. The dangerous hole 10 has been changed since previous reviews and retains the fun factor whilst no longer endangering pedestrians from the path/entrance. At its core, despite some of its flaws, it is a free to play course in the UK (where the sport is mostly unknown) that is continuing to be supported and that can only be a good thing. I'm from the area so I'm always happy to play when I'm visiting, but as of right now I wouldn't travel there specifically for disc golf.

Update: Also want to take the time to mention that I find it weird so few events are run here. Even though some holes share baskets, creating a 9 hole event layout that would bring players over to this course can only be a good thing. Right now it seems to be quite an isolated place only visited by the local group.
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rhatton1
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 17.1 years 48 played 46 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Ok for what it is 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 21, 2016 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

- Good catching locally made baskets
- Nice park

Cons:

- Poor signage
- Holes into blind walking paths
- Hole crossing basketball court
- Mere doesn't come into play

Other Thoughts:

It's always felt like a miss for me with a lovely mere in the middle that doesn't come into play - I believe this originally was due to local restrictions. Hopefully a redesign in the future may change this.

There are a good range of holes here, it helps to have a booming sidearm or a pinpoint RHBH anny.

There are restrictions with basket locations which makes many of them feel a bit samey - start in the open throw through space to a small gap in the bushes. This makes it very easy to take safe 3's throughout and risk 4's or worse by going for 2's.

The best hole is probably the most dangerous with a shot across space and then down a tunnel to the basket. This whole tunnel is a walking path and really blind off the tee. It worries me, yet is a very fun hole to play.

There are a couple of paths that cross blindly over fairways. Try to be really aware of these as you play.

The last hole crossing the basketball court is a good hole but just very dangerous.

It's not a course I would make a big detour for but play if you are in the area, it is fun.
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lathama
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Experience: 7.9 years 44 played 44 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Nice course set around a lake 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 12, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

Nice baskets

Lovely area to play disc golf in

Cons:

No map. Without my excellent guide today I would have struggled to navigate around the course.

Natural tee pads, some have a wooden line, but most are just areas of worn grass.

9th hole shoots straight across a basketball court, not great but helps with tour9aiming so you miss the kids

Other Thoughts:

Hole 1 - nice mando between tree and pole leads out to a basket in the hedge. This is harder than it looks.

Hole 2 - tee from the finish post of the box pump track, straight over the track and the to the far side of park

Hole 3 - Downhill to large tree and the up to right. Nice hole

Hole 4 - Long hole dogleg left. OB into trees on left so no cutting the corner. Very long for par 3.

Hole 5 - Nice short hole, back up the hill. Tee off from within the tree lined and then up to basket. This hole could easily be aced.

Hole 6 - Superb hole. Down hill which tapers to a point in the trees. Tight second shot required.

Hole 7 - This hole hugs the trees to the right down to the children's play area.

Hole 8 - Other side of the play area, back to the basket just beyond the 7th tee. Looks straight forward, but watch the cross wind

Hole 9 - Straight over the basket ball court. If you land on the court or paths you are OB. Beware also of Lake OB on right.
The lone tree to on right hand side of basketball court Is mando (you must be left of it)
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swatso
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 15.7 years 755 played 414 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Inconspicuous 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:May 21, 2011 Played the course:once

Pros:

Two tee locations per hole. Solid-looking double-chained baskets. One of a few, permanent, basket-courses in the UK.

Cons:

Small, flat, community park used by a variety of patrons, mostly dog walkers and children playing. A mature English hedge, with its supporting briars, nettles, and long grasses, is not somewhere you want to toss your disc - I felt fortunate to find/retrieve one of two discs I tossed into these hedges. Fairways 1-4 clamor over each other. Flush-to-ground faded tee markers a bit difficult to find.

Other Thoughts:

Take a small mere (mid-sized pond), surround it with a narrow strip of small trees, hedges, and tall grass, then surround it on three-sides with open space/grass, then border these grassy areas with another thin stip of trees and hedges, and you have the park that contains the course. The baskets are located just inside these narrow tree-hedge lines, not obvious to the casual park user, but simple enough to spot by a disc golfer.

The holes themselves aren't bad. From the short tees, distances and throwing paths are appropriate for beginners, or experienced players wanting to work on their approach game. From the long tees, there are challenging windows to hit mid- or late-flight, variety of turns needed, and a couple fairly long holes.

Problems arise, however, if there are other people using the park. A pedestrian entrance to the park and a number of walking paths, somewhat blind from the long tees, are located in the morass that forms holes 1-4. Basket-6 is located near a tot lot. Hole-7 has you throwing across a football pitch. Hole-8 has you throwing across an (ob) asphalt playing surface. I was quite nervous while playing this course on a sunny but windy Saturday afternoon, as there were many people about.

Fair course, best played when there are no other park patrons - and stay out of the hedges!
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