Canton, MI

Freedom Park

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Nbkarson
Experience: 3.8 years 2 played 2 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Solid course for beginners 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 2, 2020 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

- The course is a good place for beginners to get the hang of things and still play a good round.
- Concret tee pads and the course if well laid out making it easy to find the next tee
- Holes definitely favor those with a good forehand shot (good or bad depending on the person)
- Many baskets are shaded
- Fairway is well maintained

Cons:

- Walking path through some areas of the course. Occasionally people will walk through
- Once you get some basic concepts of the course, it's pretty straight forward with not a lot of difficulty
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Other Thoughts:

Although there is technically a "back 9" to total 18 baskets. There are still only 9 baskets to play with. The back 9 tees can be difficult to find and are marked by a plank of wood sticking out of the ground
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tbonesocrul
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 183 played 21 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Well kept pitch n putt course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 18, 2017 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

- Concrete tee pads
- Well maintained fairways
- Variety in shape of holes, some holes also have multiple approaches
- Tee pads have metal numbers in them
- a few scattered benches and tables
- tree lined fairways still require accurate throws
- the rough is well kept, not a lot of poison or thorny plants

Cons:

- The layout is confusing, I still walk the wrong directions after holes and have to do a lot of backtracking
- walking trails near several holes so look before you throw
- Graffiti :(
- No elevation in the park, so no elevation at play
- the park is older so some of the concrete pads are cracked and uneven. The baskets are older models as well.

Other Thoughts:

Being a 9 hole course in a multi-use park on small land is always going to make it tough to provide and amazing disc golf experience. That said I was impressed by how the fairways were well defined and the holes were shaped to force you to use a lot of different shots. While you can easily play this course with 1 putter only, you will be forced to throw many different lines.

The improvements I could see helping this course is better signage, something as simple as bricks near the baskets pointing to the next holes. A few trashcans on the course would help. Some more expensive improvements could be new baskets or redoing the concrete tee pads (though that would definitely be overkill for what this course is).

As a recent transplant to MI this course has been a nice place to work on my form and try different styles of throws. Being used to open courses without wooded fairways this course is a great place to work on control and placement. If your disc does go into the woods it is generally easy to find because there isn't too much ground cover.
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torihanus
Experience: 9 years 37 played 16 reviews
1.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 9, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

1.) Course has concrete teepads, which is always a bonus in my book.
2.) Course is in a park, which can be both a positive and negative. A positive is that it utilizes the land well. You get a variety of dogleg shots, along with narrow and wider shots. In addition, the course uses the trees to its advantage.
3.) Baskets are double-chained and grips well.
4.) Course is free to play, another bonus in my book!

Cons:

1.) Navigation would have been tough for me, if I didn't have my boyfriend with me. There aren't any "next tee" signs to help you navigate, and that would have been useful for a couple of the holes.
2.) Signage is horrendous. Most of the holes don't have a sign up, or there is a sign but someone graffitied over it. You had to walk down some of the fairways to find the basket.
3.) Course is in a park, so many of the holes are next to bike/walking paths. Be careful of pedestrians!
4.) Only saw one trash basket at one of the holes, and it was full. The course could use maybe one or two more.

Other Thoughts:

A passable course for Canton residents like myself. Only a five minute drive for me, so I'm sure I will be there more often than not. This course will definitely help me out with my accuracy with narrow drives.
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PerfectPair
Experience: 8 played 8 reviews
3.00 star(s)

lost keys 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 13, 2015 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

concrete tees, easy lay out to get used to.

Cons:

trash left behind by other golfers. I know they do not provide trash cans throughout course but you can take it with you...

Other Thoughts:

we lost a set of keys on this course...if found please contact me via email at [email protected], thank you!
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apdrvya
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Premium Member
Experience: 13.9 years 350 played 293 reviews
1.50 star(s)

french fries? NO, freedom fries! 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 5, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

Aesthetic-- plays through a small park in the suburbs. areas are NOT disc golf exclusive and there is a walking/biking/running path that intersects several times. be careful!

Teepads-- nice, concrete. was not expecting concrete at a 9 hole course but hey, it was a pleasant surprise!

Challenge/variety-- decent variety here. lefts and rights are nicely balanced with a couple straight shots. Narrow tight lanes abound here.

Cons:

Routing and nav-- the maps provided on here are not good. very hard to follow them and the routing here is abysmal.

Signage-- the routing wouldn't be as awful if the signage was in place. I found 2 or 3 actual signs throughout the park... I hate when signs are missing and you're guessing where to throw.

Baskets-- remind me of cass benton. they are rough and spray painted... Much like the signage they are not taken care of by anyone.

Other Thoughts:

decent park, reasonable course just not spectacular by any means.
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Trizzor
Experience: 10.7 years 29 played 9 reviews
2.00 star(s)

My first disc golf course. 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Aug 5, 2013 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

• Easily accessible, very quickly played.
• Great for beginners, short holes
• Very little bugs or mud the few times I've been

Cons:

• Extremely busy
• Cramped; A volleyball court, playground, tennis courts all within feet of a couple holes.
• Lots of trash and broken glass around the tees.
• Two cracked cement tees of nine.

Other Thoughts:

This was my first course ever, it made me realize that disc golf is more than just throwing a frisbee. This course got me hooked on the game, and I've been loving every minute since.
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The Yodeler
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Decent for where it is at 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 7, 2013 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

-Quiet neighborhood
-Well maintained fairways
-Numbered tee pads
-Very little to no waiting time

Cons:

-A little overgrown on a couple holes, kind of easy to lose a disc or two
-Floods really bad, hence pretty muddy
-Mosquitos are very very bad
-Very short distance holes

Other Thoughts:

A decent little course if you're looking for a practice round or two. Also good if your strapped for time. I personally go here to practice putting. It does a good job utilizing what little space it has.
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moods5588
Experience: 12.1 years 12 played 1 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Great course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Aug 6, 2013 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

- It's a very easy course to find your way through
- fairways are taken care of pretty well
- good for a quick 9 holes
- short holes so it's a great beginner course

Cons:

- wooded areas offer a lot of places to lose a disc
- a lot of the signs have been beaten up pretty bad
- could use some trash cans throughout course to help with amount of trash throughout course

Other Thoughts:

mosquitoes are pretty bad right now so I would definitely bring some bug spray. I haven't run into a huge amount of people playing the course. The few I have seen have been very courteous and friendly. Lets keep the game clean guys. Take out what you bring in.
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rdblake01
Experience: 5 played 5 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Easy lunch break 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 2, 2013 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Close to work for me. It is very short, with a few shots that wind thru trees. You do have to be accurate on a few holes in the trees. I can play 18 and be back to work in less than an hour.

Cons:

It is short. I play with a midrange and putter, and I am a short thrower. Mosquitos are BAD this time of year. Mainly due to the low areas around the course.

Other Thoughts:

It gets very wet in the spring. This is a good course for beginners or if you work in the area. I would not make a special trip to play here unless you can't throw over 200 feet.
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leindecjoeld
Experience: 12 years 18 played 4 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Don't go out of your way 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 7, 2013 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

-Cement Tee Pads
-Easy to follow layout
-Good use of small area

Cons:

-Always busy
-Little variety
-Course floods in spring
-No real challenge to the course (all holes are less than 300 ft.)
-Holes throw close to walking paths/people will just walk through fairways.

Other Thoughts:

If you live in the area this course can serve as a quick practice course. The course is short, and it plays very fast... provided there is not a line at the tees. I have been stuck waiting for 4-5 groups to play through at holes. Every time I have been here the course has been busy.

In the spring the course floods quite a bit. This flooding completely covers the tee pad for hole two, and in makes the wooded holes (5-9) muddy. This mud combined with the heavy foot traffic makes a mess of the fairways and walking paths.

This course is not all bad. I will use this course to work on my putting game. It is a nice change of pace to be able to play an entire course with a putter, and this course absolutely allows one to do this. If you have a little free time and you live in the area this course can give you a good warm up or some nice practice on your putting/ mid-range game.
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Cantolope
Experience: 16 years 6 played 3 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Freedom "IS" Free 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 3, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

Clean, nine hole layout combines several ample drive opportunities through fields and several nice approach shots through tree hallways. Light Underbrush makes it easy to find discs. Light or no wait times.

Cons:

Limited obstacles. Poison Ivy everywhere if you throw an errant shot. 1st tee can be difficult to find. (Its behind the playground, south/south-east of the parking lot)

Other Thoughts:

I don't know what all the complaints about joggers are about. None of the holes played directly onto or over any jogging path. At two or three points the jogging path is used to travel between baskets but this proved no problem. I didn't find the local youth to be troublesome at all, in fact they're quite helpful if you need help locating a tee (especially the 1st)
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otherguy14
Experience: 10 played 9 reviews
3.00 star(s)

good for beginners 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 13, 2011 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

good for beginners
decent course design
holes are not to far but not to close from tee
concrete tee pads
that are numbered
most of the signs are still there
good fairways

Cons:

in a park with lil kids
lots of people
not alot of wooded area
not alot of obsicles
when it floods IT FLOODS
only 9 holes
hole 9 is missing and it dosent seem like the city is gonna relpace it anytime soon
can be played in half an hour
dont really wana play it more than once

Other Thoughts:

for a small course its pritty cool, like i said though definaty for beginners.
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AKormendi
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 25.6 years 65 played 27 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Solid local 9, short but scenic. 2+ years drive by

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

Pros:

-Nice tee pads. Smooth grippy concrete.
-Well maintained clean fairways.
-Variety in shots, a few open, a few with some serious trees to bend around.
-Scenic in a suburban park sort of way.

Cons:

-Hole 5 appears to have had most of the obstacle trees of the right side of the fairway trimmed down. What appears on the map to be a fierce dogleg has an easy route straight to the basket over some low brush.
-No big distance.
-Navigation can be a little confusing with the missing signs. Not too bad, though.

Other Thoughts:

This course is nothing special but it has enough of everything to make it an enjoyable round. It's conveniently located near freeways and the outstanding Cass-Benton course. Quick enough and short enough to be played multiple times in a single visit, and enough variety in play to keep your interest.
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Viper124
Experience: 17.1 years 14 played 5 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Hmm... 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 28, 2010 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

- Nice and clean
- A good challenge for a short 9-hole
- Quick to play

Cons:

- All shots less than 300 ft.
- Local youth
- Oblivious dog walkers/joggers/etc.
- Thick plant life in some areas

Other Thoughts:

So this course is a nice place to go when you want to get a quick round in. It's smack dab in the middle of a nice quiet neighborhood and the park itself seems to be quite active.

Most, if not all, teepads have a number embedded into them.

This isn't quite the beginner course. I consider this more of a course to go to work on different shots. You will definitely have to dig into your bag of tricks (four is perfect for working on your helix shot).

The plant life has become pretty thick on some holes. My friend lost a disc as it came down into one of these thick areas, but that's just the nature of things. Fall will deal with that.

Like I stated in my cons, there's nothing beyond 300 ft, but I have seen people shooting from the parking lot at different baskets (in my opinion, it's not the smartest or safest idea with how busy the park can get).

Disc golfers aren't the only people on the course. I have seen joggers, walkers, and dog walkers come through.

Shooting on three is ridiculous. On more than one occasion, I have had to wait for hordes of teenagers who were walking through the fairway on three. Apparently there's a picnic table in the middle of the course that the local youth like to go to to engage in certain smoking activities.

All in all, it's a decent place to play. Just go before school lets out. It's pretty empty then.
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rortopan
Experience: 13.7 years 11 played 4 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Time for a Quicky 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 11, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Well maintained landscape
-Concrete tee pads
-low traffic

Cons:

-Missing pad signs
-broken pads
-broken baskets
-poor markings for next hole

Other Thoughts:

This course was good for a quick round, but its just a practice course compared to some of the nicer ones in the area. Par is easily obtained. The blind holes are the only real challenge to it and a lot of Ace opportunities. The broken baskets and signs are unfortunate because the park itself is nice.
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ZanierRules
Experience: 14.8 years 6 played 2 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Quick and Easy 2+ years drive by

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

Pros:

- Short holes, opportunity for aces abound
- Obvious fairways without many obstacles
- Easy course for beginners
- Outhouses available for use, and of course the rest of the park
- Hole numbers engrained on teepads, makes navigating a bit easier

Cons:

- Most of the signs have been taken or vandalised
- Bugs

Other Thoughts:

It's a short, easily navigated course that's fairly fun. There aren't many obstacles like hills, water, or trees, so the course is pretty bland.

Fun to try and get a few aces on open holes like 1, 3, and 4.
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Aceswild
Experience: 32.7 years 5 played 4 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Swampy Neighborhood Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 1, 2010 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Some great ace opportunities exist in what will surely be a quick round for any and all who play this neighborhood course in Canton.

Cons:

Nine holes just fly by as you run for your life from the Deet resistant bugs in this swampy course with way too many blind throws into what will surely be a patch of poison ivy or a pack of teenage vandals.

Other Thoughts:

I've never played this course in the fall, but I would bet it would be at least a star better. Or you could just drive to the better nearby course at Lakeshore or Rolling Hills.
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WaldosBeard
Experience: 3 played 1 reviews
3.00 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 27, 2010 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Simple course with a few challenges. Nice when you don't have time for 18. Nice course to start out on. Good for practice.

Cons:

Turns into a total swamp after it rains and takes a while to dry up. bugs can be a bother.
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BogeyNoMore
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Premium Member
Experience: 19.8 years 479 played 183 reviews
1.50 star(s)

‘A’ for Effort… ‘C’ for Execution 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jun 26, 2010 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Pleasant setting in a quiet neighborhood park that's clean and well maintained.

Concrete pads with brass hole # imbedded in the tee pad (adds a nice touch) + tee signs w/distance and hole layout. Baskets in good condition.

Passable for beginners or a quick round if you're in the area. Short holes with little walking between them = quick rounds. Don't play here often, but I've never had to wait for a tee.

Fairly good shot variety for 9 holes - all look and feel different.

Cons:

A couple of fairways seem tight for such brushy borders. Tight, often illogical fairways, with fairly thick brush mean lots of time spent looking for discs - more than I feel is acceptable for a short course like this.

Course can be very swampy messy, with lots of bugs.

Brush surprisingly thick in areas for this little neighborhood park - wouldn't be surprised if you lose (or find) a disc here.

Is there a course anywhere with intact tee signs?

Other Thoughts:

Call me the "Bad Guy," but the bottom line is this course looks a lot better than it plays. Seems inviting and friendly, but playing here can be frustrating. I like the idea of bringing disc golf into the heart of this quiet community, but it simply wasn't executed well. Risk/reward ratio doesn't make sense here. I don't mind throwing annies , forehand, or touch shots, but the lines here don't seem very executable. Because of this, I can't consider this truly a good beginner course - I simply don't think this course helps you develop a good understanding of how discs behave or sharpen the skills you need for more challenging courses.

I return here every so often to see if my opinion will change - it hasn't. Kind of a shame, because if it were laid out differently, this course could have been a lot more fun to play.

Too many other good courses nearby that I can't recommend this to anyone who has to drive more than 10-15 min to get here.
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mcnal1sp
Experience: 22 years 7 played 7 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Freedom Park 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jul 9, 2010 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Clean, well-maintained park with nice variety of open and wooded holes. To me, this allows for plenty of chances to rip it, as well as challenging yourself when presented with doglegs and blind shots. It's also free and close, so I don't have to break the bank just to play. Seriously, $5 park fee and 2$ disc golf fee? (looking at you, Hudson Mills)

Cons:

There are A LOT of mosquitoes and, especially in the spring, stagnant water--while a nice hazard to challenge players--will become annoying. Also, there are no scorecards present. While it's unrealistic to comment on the length, I will say that I wish there were more than nine holes.

Other Thoughts:

All in all a good course with a great variety of holes for every type of player to have fun with. I've played tournaments here in the past and have had a blast doing so. Hopefully more will be scheduled in the future.
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