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New Market DGC

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Spiky
Experience: 35.9 years 109 played 9 reviews
4.00 star(s)

First real review

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 1, 2023 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Complicated holes not found elsewhere. Every single hole that is decried by the other reviews here are the reason to PLAY this course, not the reason to avoid it. And, it's probably going to be windy when you are there. This course is a challenge!

Hole 2, it's become easier due to natural loss of limbs in the trees. It used to be more difficult. You need to be able to throw high and with precision to make the green through the seemingly impenetrable line of trees. A seldom-thrown shot on most courses. Or, there is a cop-out down low to play for a 3.

Hole 6 has a smaller row of trees blocking you, but with extreme hook shot options to both sides. Do you have an extreme hook in your arm, and bag? How about a skip?

Hole 7 is deceptively dangerous from nearby water and odd choppy hilly terrain. You really need to treat it as if it's an island and you must be on the green.

Hole 12 is the reason to come here. This is where I'm throwing multiple discs (if no lineup) to see what I can do. A ridiculously guarded, small green buried in heavy brush with no view of the basket from the tee. RHBH is possible to be on the green. I like to play it with a mando on the trees near the end to make it even harder. Can you go almost 300' down a hill to a narrow gap and then get a flare skip to the green?

Hole 15 is another great, tricky hole. Depending on time of year the lines can be quite hard to find, plus it is well up a hill. Or, if you have the distance, you can do a major spike hyzer, but....to the top of a hill.

Cons:

Lack of signs and proper tees. Can be very muddy, I do agree that playing here after rain (or any place with natural tees) is a bad idea.

Hole 1 is kinda nice, starting out with a massive elevation drop and the need to STOP your disc at the bottom, but the climb to start the round for no more benefit than that is a little off. I wish there was a way to use that hill more effectively.

11 and 13 fairways are a bit tight to each other. Keep your eyes open.

Definitely RHBH-heavy.

Other Thoughts:

This is not a beginner course. Most courses in a little city park are raw beginner courses, and barely an ace run for experienced amateurs. This one is upper-intermediate level. Yes, part of the reason I wrote this review is the other reviews are (IMO) very jaded and wrong.

Stay on the fairway. The first time I played this course, back when it was only 9 holes, grass in parts of the rough was taller than me. I am 6'4".
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wolfhaley
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Premium Member
Experience: 20 years 987 played 555 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 22, 2023 Played the course:once

Pros:

New Market DGC aka Sweeney park is an 18 hole course that plays along the west side of the park and doesn't really come into contact with any park activities other than the walking trails that weave through the park. The course plays more on the open side but there's still enough trees and elevation to make things interesting. The lake and a pond you need to throw over on hole 8 add some water challenge. The lake isn't REALLY in play but could be with a terrible shot. The pond absolutely is though.

The tees are natural. Just grass/dirt. All were still in solid condition. Nothing rutted up or unusable. At least when dry. One tee per hole.

The baskets were all Mach III's. All in good shape and caught pretty well. As well as Mach III's do at least. One basket and pin placement per hole.

The flow of the course is OK. Pretty easy to follow for the most part. A map is recommended just in case, but it's totally doable without one. Starts and ends near the parking lot.

There's 4x4 posts by each tee. A few of them had tee signs, many to most did not. The posts have bag hooks on them which was kinda cool.

Cons:

The course plays in a mostly prairie type area. This is my least favorite type of course. I played it in late fall so the rough off the fairways wasn't too bad. In the summer months this course will be awful. Expect lost discs and/or lots of time searching in tall brush. The thing I hate most about this type of rough is the lack of landmarks to note. It all looks the same.

The tee pads and signs aren't great, or even good. The tees will be terrible after any kind of rain. The signs serve mostly as a marker for where the tee is located.

The design is suspect here. Hole 12 is a joke. One of the poorer designed holes I've seen in awhile. Hole 15 we flat out skipped since there's no actual line. Just walked it and I'm glad we didn't waste our time throwing it. Hole 2 is so overgrown it's not even funny. The play is basically some type of overhand shot and hope for the best. Hole 6 is stupid too. Probably only the fourth worst hole on the course, but also probably the fourth worst hole I've played all year. The top three all reside on this track.

You need to walk halfway back up hole 4's fairway to get to the tee for hole 5. Errant shots from 3's tee could endanger players on 4's tee. Potential conflict on holes 6 and 7. The design is horrendous out here is what I'm getting at. Just bad.

Other Thoughts:

This one wasn't good. There's not much good to say about it. Honestly, probably the worst designed course I've played all year. Safety issues, unrealistic lines, terrible rough, you name it. The twin cities have so many great options. While not technically in the twin cities, it's pretty close. I wouldn't bother even considering this one. It was doable, albeit frustrating, in late fall. It'd be a nightmare in the summer. Very disappointing course. I'll give it a passable grade, barely. D minus.
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Naenae
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 1 years 40 played 40 reviews
2.50 star(s)

A good start, but needs work.

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jul 28, 2023 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Decent course for rural location. You'll usually have the place to yourself. Nearby picnic tables, portapotty.

Cons:

Roughs are...rough. Easy place to lose a disc, and some holes really have no safe landing zones/lines of attack.

Other Thoughts:

There is plenty of land here, and the potential for a really nice course. Some thought needs to be given to making some holes more playable.
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TakeTheLocalRoute
Experience: 12.9 years 85 played 4 reviews
1.00 star(s)

New Market DGC 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 28, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Buckets by some pins for trash
-Baskets are in good condition
-Low traffic (none when I played)

Cons:

-No tee pads

-Terrible course maintenance. You can tell someone mows but the baskets are often full of overgrown weeds and thorns. Hole 10's basket was more plant than metal.

-Navigation is hard. The stakes in the ground that mark tee areas don't have numbers on them. I couldn't find the stake for hole 8

-Hole 8 would be fun if the fairway wasn't 4 feet wide (no exaggeration). It's just thick grass that is waist high and the pond. Basically you need to park it 300+ feet away or you'll be searching for awhile

-The thick grass which borders all fairways is THICK. Saw a few critters in the grass when I was looking for discs

-Some holes require backtracking to get to the next hole. Would be a hazard if there was more traffic

-Walked out of the tall grass with itchy legs and I'm sure there are ticks everywhere in there

-"Bridges" over damp areas are falling apart. It looks like pallets covered in a rug but I fell through in a couple spots where the wood was broken into mud/puddles

Other Thoughts:

It was a challenging course, but the lack of maintenance and signage and the thick grass just made it frustrating. I loved hole 1 but it quickly went downhill. I honestly cannot see any reason I would return here. The course needs a major facelift
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andycrenshaw
Experience: 2 played 2 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Gilded 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 10, 2013 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

The course itself is located in a beautiful backroads location completely secluded from everyone. As soon as you drive up to the course you'll think about how nice everything is and hole 1(on top of the mound) is so much different than all the other courses. Unfortunately, this impression gets interrupted.

-Looks great
-Few, if any, other players
-Unique Terrain
-Quality Baskets
-For beginner-amateur players
-Driving variety (Forehand+Backhand+Tomahawk)

Cons:

So while everything looks great and is created well, the New Market DGC has some EXTREME DOWNFALLS.

Hole 3, you have one of the farthest holes on the course (270ft?). The fairway is cut nice and neat so my friends and I try our best to stay on it. But we're not the best so of course it deviates and our discs all land up in the Long grass next to the cut fairway. The grass itself is itchy and weedy, so we try pulling our discs out as fast as possible. As we return to the fairway, one of us realizes they have a wood tick on them. And so begins the endless search of wood ticks on our legs, arms, etc.

-Wood Ticks are everywhere and in high quantity
-Poisonous plants in the long grass
-Water Hazard hole is too risky and if you throw your disc in there DO NOT GO IN THERE TO GET IT. LEECHES AND SEWAGE WATER INTAKE ARE NOT WORTH RETRIEVING YOUR DISC FOR.
-Long grass also takes forever to find discs(on top of the ticks and poisonous weeds)
-Some long holes and the tee setup can be a little confusing

Other Thoughts:

If the owner of the course is reading this-
You have made a spectacular course, but you need to handle all the weeds, long grass, wood ticks, and purify the pond on the water hazard hole.

If you are a typical Kenwood or Alimagnet player looking for something new- do not play this course until the wildlife has been dealt with.
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MNthrow
Experience: 19.9 years 14 played 4 reviews
3.00 star(s)

A Solid hometown course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 21, 2012 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

This course is a great 12 basket short course. It is a good mix of uphill, downhill, left, right, hazards and technical set ups.

The walk out to the 1st tee has an open field that you can warm up your arm a bit. The course flows nicely from the one tee to the next.

Fairways are nice and short, baskets are brand new and great wood-chipping at the pins.

No bomber holes but you have to be technical for much of the course and set up your shot and play the turns correctly.

Cons:

It's a great course that has the usual new course issues. No trash cans, no permanent tees, no distance markers at the tee's, only single tee'd.

After it has been up for a while I'm sure these will corrected and added. when this happens it will be 3.5 maybe 4 rating.

Other Thoughts:

The course itself isn't playing right nest to other recreation uses like basketball courts so you shouldn't have much issue with people in the way. Maybe a random person walking with a dog but they usually try to avoid you. Get out to it if you can.
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djschnabel
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 27.3 years 253 played 27 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Baby, Baby, Bryant 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 6, 2012 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

12 hole course playing up and down hills, around trees with a small variety of distances. Think Bryant Lake but much, much shorter, which I rated higher because it makes the course beginner and family friendly, but it still has the fun factor for those of us who really enjoy playing too much.

Cons:

The tee pads I hope are a work in progress. They are simply fence posts tapped slightly into the ground, but they stick out 5-6 feet. Pick a side and let 'er rip.

I did see horse tracks on a few holes, stay away from the steaming piles...

No trash cans. Natural tee pads.

Tall hill on hole one. Wha, wha, I know, but it doesn't fit. I see a staircase being built in the future.

The rough is rough. If you land two feet off of the 15-20 foot wide fairway, you might lose a disc. I spent way too much time looking for decent (not perfect) shots.

I saw a snake. I don't like snakes :/

Other Thoughts:

Before you start, there is a large open field, about 300-350 before the hill where you tee off of for hole one. You can throw a couple of discs here to warm up, and you shouldn't have too much of a problem finding them as you begin your round.
Hole one is downhill.
Hole two is throw a small gap and up hill.
Hole three is a RHBH hyzer to the left. If you find the rough to the left it is a bit thick.
Hole four is a shorter RHBH hyzer left downhill.
Hole five is slightly uphill, I think it plays a bit longer than 363.
Hole six, the first Lefty or RHFH friendly hole!!!
Hole seven, straight ahead.
Hole eight, signature hole, 338 feet with the basket set up on a hill. I suppose lefty friendly, but the pond which runs pretty much the entire length of the hole can be imposing. Longer than the pond shot at Benton Beach (hole 12 I think=300') but much more easily reached than hole 15 at Hidden Lake in St. Augusta. Near the basket there is some shrubbery which could throw you disc into the drink.
Hole nine, a fun uphill shot, pretty steep climb.
Hole ten, another RHBH dream hyzer shot downhill.
Hole eleven, straight ahead, slightly downhill.
Hole twelve, give her a little more, but not much different than hole one, two, seven, nine, ten and eleven. That is the biggest issue here, but it plays nicely as a beginner friendly course akin to Wabun and the like, but with the added fun factor of elevation in play. I only planned on playing it once, but I had to give it a second go-around because it was an enjoyable round.
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