Wyandotte, MI

Wyandotte Memorial Park

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MisterJ
Experience: 7.6 years 36 played 22 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Needs Work 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 9, 2017 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Aesthetic - I'm not saying this is beautiful park by any means. There are a few tree, some grass, it's a small Wayne County park, and it was clean. I just couldn't say it was a CON.

TeePads/Baskets - The baskets are fine, easy to see, most/all have the hole number well written on them. The park is known as a grass teepad park, so knowing this, the teepads are all right. Having said that, I believe at least 5 of the Tee-Offs are near walking paths which run in the same directions as the hole which allow for asphalt tee-pads. Overall, teepads and baskets, not too bad.

Fun - It's a real struggle to say fun was a Pro for this course. There weren't too many people during the school week at lunch in the spring-time, but there were enough to cause disruptions in your game. The ground was soggy and sloshy, and with a lack of variety and lack of people to talk to or things to look at, it is tough. Based on my couple of visits, I had fun exploring, but that would wear off quick if it stayed like this forever. But I assume I can help some of the easy short-comings, and some wetness will subside and the fun level will increase as the weather improves.

Maintained/Bugs - This is probably the brightest star. No bugs at all. They cut the grass, blow, trim trees, this place is very well cared for. I would be surprised if you see debris for long as well. But the one CON on this, too much maintenance, their are work trucks parked all over the course and driving down the walking paths.

Signage - The signs are just barely passable as of May 2017. They are 4x4 posts signifying the teepads. They have been marked and painted to signify hole # and direction of the basket. They aren't great, but with a small course this is just enough to make them passable if they hold up.

Locatability - First off, the park is marked, but I came in a one way entrance into the parking lot. And leaving the park is a maze of one way streets that luckily I paid attention to, I'm not used to one way streets or even watching for it. That in itself isn't as easy as most parks. There is now a course map, and the posts are labeled enough to help guide you along and with the shortness of the course, I believe just about anyone should be able to get around this course.

Cons:

Challenge - Not too much of a challenge. Flat, no water (except for the ground being soggy). There are some strategically placed trees, and oddly enough I hit more trees hear than in a densely forested course. The biggest challenge is avoiding walkers, grass-cutters, ball-players, and city trucks parked in the middle of the fairways. But if you wait a while, all these things move on their own and the challenge subsides.

Variety - If by variety you mean (1 tree, straight and flat) or (2 trees, straight and flat), or (3 trees straight and flat), or (2 trees and a building/fence) then yes there is variety. Otherwise, no... no variety.

Congestion - I am saying this is a CON. I was only here a couple times, for very short periods of time yet I had to skip over holes due to work trucks parked in the fairways (FYI my picture is proof). I almost got run over right after my drive off 6 when walking down the walking path as another work truck drove right at me and didn't flinch playing chicken (I lost). I had to wait on multiple holes because walkers wouldn't take too kindly, or may not even know what to do when I yelled heads up or four, so I just waited for all of them to be well clear.

Other Thoughts:

What's holding it back from higher rating - Keep the course as 9 holes, but make it longer, there is more room, or move some of the holes in such a way that more holes are away from the walking paths, and after moving it, if the holes could be positioned by walking paths or concrete pads could be added, this would result in another .5 increase. I don't know if much else can be done as this is a multi-use park. (As of putting this review in I have completed some of the above items, but not enough to change my score)

Kid Friendly - Yes, this is definitely a kid friendly course, relatively short and easy, with lots of other things to do, bring the kids to this course for sure.

Older/Less Active Player Friendly - Yes, this is not a bad choice for the less active older players. Because there are walking paths to get around, and there is always and easy way back to the parking lot, and the course is short and flat and the only issue would be the soggy ground.

Rookie Friendly & Average Player Friendly - Couple friends have 30 minutes free to play some disc golf, perhaps they may choose this place. It's not the best choice unless they are in the area and can't get anywhere else. But there are so many shortcomings, you could do a lot better elsewhere.

Pro Player Friendly - I would have to say no, there is no challenge here, nothing to see, unless you want to throw some discs, and then hit the skate park.
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apdrvya
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Premium Member
Experience: 13.9 years 350 played 293 reviews
1.00 star(s)

Flatlanders 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 8, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

Aesthetic-- plays around a multi-use park. plays very very dangerously close to ALL amenities. Dear god be careful!

Baskets-- all in good repair and accounted for.

Routing/nav-- pretty easy actually. I was prepared for a nightmare but it wasn't to be.

Cons:

Teesignage-- the most basic possible. most tee numbers are missing or bent to hell. but finding your way to the next tee is easy.

Variety/Challenge/Danger-- plays down paths, near amenities and near parking lots. a lot of danger here. the course is entirely flat. no elevation and very spotty trees provide little to challenge.

Risk v Reward-- Not for disc golfers, maybe for walkers!

Other Thoughts:

not good.
not good at all.
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Innovadude
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 25.8 years 235 played 180 reviews
2.00 star(s)

FORE! 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 19, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

- Very clean play no rough
- Well mowed and clean
- A few shots with trees in the way but not for a pro
- Good baskets

Cons:

- Almost every hole has parking lot/skatepark/baseball field/bathrooms or walking paths in play, very hard to throw without risking hitting someone if it's busy there
- There are only about 3 different lengths- 480ft, 305-325ft, and 240-250ft. of holes
- Distance marked on signs off by 35+ft. sometimes
- Last holes shoots over fenced in area can't retrieve discs and if you throw to the pin you can't see if there's someone off to the right in harms way (takes 350ft to get there)

Other Thoughts:

There's really nothing here to be worth the stop- Riverview is minutes away and has more trees, less risk of injuring a kid
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PerfectPair
Experience: 8 played 8 reviews
1.50 star(s)

not a fan 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 13, 2012 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Nice Neighborhood. Course easy to get to. Ample parking near course. Park is pretty clean, not alot of trash or broken bottles near the tees like at some courses.
Nice for some basic shot practice, or for working on your short game.

Cons:

Layout can be very confusing, especially for newer players and course newbies.

Certain holes are difficult to do during ball games because of spectators walking through course, and sitting in bleachers nearby.

Tees are not very informative as to which way to the pin. Pin not informative as to which way to next Tee.
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MikelNovack
Experience: 6 played 5 reviews
1.00 star(s)

Great idea, POOR execution 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 10, 2012 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Nice Innova baskets.

Very very well kept park.

Water fountains along the course.

Cons:

Pretty much everything, it's a waste of 9 good Discatcher baskets. I think they could've put the course elsewhere in Wyandotte and had great success.

During the spring/summer it's nearly impossible to play in the afternoon and evening. The chance of injuring an innocent bystander is extremely high.

As mentioned by others the bike/walk path goes right through the course. There are three (IIRC) baseball diamonds which if in use draw lots of people that easily interfere. The skatepark is a huge downer for me, it's always packed in the summer with skaters. Which is great for them, but is really unfortunate that the disc golf course is so close..

Other Thoughts:

I've played the course 3.5 times all well before noon and have only seen one other golfer. I unfortunately had to cut one round short due to a truck aimlessly driving around the course (park maintenance I assume).

I don't like the course, makes me nervous with how many people could possibly get injured. It's not very playable in the afternoon due to all the people.

If you're in the area and it's not in the afternoon give it a shot. I'd suggest going right down Sibley to Seitz Middle School to play Riverview Grasslands though.
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otherguy14
Experience: 10 played 9 reviews
2.50 star(s)

HEADS UP! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 28, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

Lil tee numbers
Good baskets
Plenty of parking
Free

Cons:

Bike path going through most holes
In the middle of bussy park
No obsticles no real curves to holes mostly straight on shots
Have to shoot around people
No real tee's

Other Thoughts:

Quickly built course without much thought or work put into it. The only thing that makes this course worth it is you can combine this course with the one a mile down the road in riverview to make a decent 18 game
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Robocision
Experience: 17.3 years 7 played 7 reviews
0.50 star(s)

Skip at all costs 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Mar 13, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

New baskets

Cons:

Most poorly laid out course I've ever seen. People walking through the fairways, rollerblade paths crossing fairways, the skate park mentioned by others.

No tee boxes at all. Just a single post in the lawn indicating where to shoot from. Not even a patch of dirt.

Other Thoughts:

You may be thinking this course is worth playing once. It is not. Skip this course at all costs.
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HeyYoNick
Experience: 13.1 years 20 played 1 reviews
0.00 star(s)

Bad layout 2+ years drive by

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

Pros:

Clean park, decent baskets

Cons:

Everything its a waste of 9 baskets
busy park with everything too close (right in the middle) to the DG course

Other Thoughts:

Its nice to see more courses in the area but this was really disappointing. The concrete walking paths as fairways is probably the dumbest thing ever and trashed one of my new discs.
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bygwyllay
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 16.9 years 93 played 77 reviews
2.00 star(s)

MEH 2+ years drive by

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

Pros:

"Park" is really a well-kept area in a grade school's side yard. You play around the jungle gym for the lil' kids (hole #2), the skate park for the teens (holes #6 and #8), and the baseball field for the jocks (hole #4). Tees have no pads but are marked with 4X4 painted stakes in the ground showing hole number. Baskets are bright yellow and easy to see on the flat terrain. Course is laid out fair enough, as you play in a giant circle around the aforementioned obstacles. There are several mature trees that come into play, and absolutely no brush/schoal to ruin your day.

Cons:

Stakes in ground do NOT point in the correct direction on many holes. See the pics I posted for a visual. Dunno if the installers were drunk or what. Fortunately, the land is flat and the baskets are bright yellow. Everything is fairly open so it is quite difficult to aim at the incorrect basket.

Course is not very challenging. I have a feeling that kids play this at recess or for P.E. class. Awesome beginner's course. And by beginner I mean under the age of 15. Still, for what it is it was enjoyable to play through. No major flaws in design, just very simple.

I played in the early morning so there was nothing going on, but I can imagine if it's a summer afternoon and the park busy you will have to play conservatively around the playground and baseball field.

Other Thoughts:

Comparable courses: Riverview Grasslands is more secluded and layed out quite a bit better, but this is a nice compliment to play a full 18 in the downriver area. Lenawee Christian School also plays in a school's backyard, but the holes are very short there and not all baskets have metal chains (plastic). Wyandotte Memorial is a step up from that one in Adrian, MI.
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Viper124
Experience: 17.1 years 14 played 5 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Eh... 2+ years drive by

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

Pros:

- Nice new baskets.
- Simple layout which pretty much circles the entire park.
- Fairly open shots on every hole.
- Clean.

Cons:

- Safety was over looked. There are some shots where you could tell that one bad throw or a sudden cross-wind could result in injuring someone.

- The baseball diamonds come into play on three holes. A bad throw could result in your disc landing on the infield.

- The skatepark comes into play on two holes. A big gust of wind happened on one of my drives and I nearly nailed a little skater kid.

- The markers are a bit confusing. On hole 8 I shot towards the buildings thinking the basket was tucked behind the old swimming pool. Little did I know, the fairway was literally the track that goes between the building and the skate ramp.

- There's a bench right next to the hole 1 basket. I had to bogey the hole because I was afraid of hitting the guy taking a nap.

- The little skater kids. These little 10 year olds were too busy swearing ("F my bike. It sucks." "F you!" "F I hurt my knee."), that they couldn't hear me yelling for them to watch out. Then when my disc landed next to the ramp they just said, "This is an f-ing skatepark, what the hell are you doing, man."

Other Thoughts:

I'm sure if there was absolutely no one at this park, it would have been ok, but people were just oblivious to what was going on. There were three people walking their dogs, two guys jogging, and kids on bikes coming in and out of the place.

- It seems like they planted some new trees, probably to make the course a little more challenging once they mature. Though, I think I would rather drive the extra two miles to play the grasslands.

- Tee off for hole 1 is located a few feet from the hole 9 basket.
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zookept
Experience: 13.8 years 4 played 3 reviews
5.00 star(s)

Great for learning the game !!! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Aug 25, 2010 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Excellent newbie course, the pin and tees are all well marked and easy to see (it was just made this year) so its all new. No busy at all as many do not know its here, its close and easy to get to and play for anyone downriver. The shot are nice and straight with very little trees, i have been there a number of times already and it is helping me learn the game so i can play at the bigger courses.

Cons:

If you are an experienced DG, then maybe the course might not be that challlenging to you but its still fun and a great place to bring a starting player.

Other Thoughts:

I am just learning the game and have played at the larger course like firefighter park in troy and although nice, this course boosts the confidence more because i can drive up to the basket and par more shots. Have FUN !!!!
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BogeyNoMore
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Premium Member
Experience: 19.8 years 479 played 183 reviews
0.50 star(s)

Downriver Discers Deserve Better! 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Aug 6, 2010 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Clean park, decent baskets, tee markers are crude, but effective aid to navigation.

Halfway decent mix of distances, makes good use of some trees to force a few lines and keep you honest.

Another course for an area that hasn't got many. From the number of homes nearby, I expect this place to get a decent amount of action once word about it gets around.

The DG itself isn't bad, but the layout and non-DG traffic in a tight park detract from the experience. (see Other Thoughts below).

Cons:

New course is spread out all over a relatively small, busy, well established, multi-use park. Other park users seem completely oblivious to the fact that thay are walking through or along a "fairway."

Hole 6 is a disaster WAITING to happen: Fairly long, straight hole with a skate park situated approx halfway down, maybe 60' to the left of the fairway... with prevailing winds blowing in that direction... I cannot stress how well this is positioned to catch overstable disc that gains too much altitude. It's simply a matter of time before a skater gets Destroyed, Nuked, or attacked by a Ninja. Wanted to list this above under 'pros,' but thought I'd hold off on that until they until they set up a camera and link to YouTube so we can all watch the ensuing melee.

Close proximity to ball fields - probably unwise (if not impossible) to play a couple of the holes during a game.

Would be nice to include distance on tee posts.

Other Thoughts:

Rating the course strictly on the merit of how well it plays from a disc golf perspective, I'd give it a 1.5, but this course doesn't exist in a vacuum. Given it's lay-out, the volume of mutli-use traffic, and the overall environment, I have to drop it to 0.5.

I'm honestly surprised this course has survived with everything in the current configuration. I simply don't see how tight confines and mult-use settings will work together. Reminds me a lot of Brys Park, only smaller - they had to compromise to put a course there, too.

Have to say Riverview Grasslands (3 miles away) is a better alternative if you're in the area. Not much else worth saying other than locals can play here for a change of pace, or when played in combo with Riverview, you have a full 18 holes.
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m1morri1
Experience: 18 years 75 played 10 reviews
1.00 star(s)

Nothing to Say 2+ years drive by

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

Pros:

Nice new pins. Very well kept grass.

Cons:

No variety... Every shot was straight ahead. There are no lengths on the posts but I'm pretty sure there was only one hole over 300'.

Other Thoughts:

This course is probably meant for young kids just learning how to play disc golf.
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gabe32
Experience: 18.8 years 85 played 1 reviews
0.00 star(s)

9 baskets in a park 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 5, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

-9 new baskets
-tees numbered and marked by posts
-one of two courses in a 20 mi radius

Cons:

- designed around a walking track
-most baskets in awful locations (right next to benches, buildings, baseball field, skate park)

Other Thoughts:

The only really good thing about this place is that its one of two courses in the immediate downriver area. Pretty clear that almost no thought went into the design of this place. Closest course to my house and i can't see myself ever going back. If you looking to play in the area go to Riverview Grasslands, prob only a 2.5 star course but is 100 times better then this place.
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