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Cumberland , WI

Cumberland Ball Fields

1.55(based on 2 reviews)
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wolfhaley
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1.50 star(s)

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 29, 2024 Played the course:once

Pros:

Cumberland Ball Fields aka Islander Park is home to a pretty basic but straightforward nine hole disc golf course. The course plays almost exactly in a counter clockwise loop around the outskirts of the four baseball fields starting and ending by the parking lot just south of the indoor ice hockey building. The only exception to the loop is that hole 9 plays toward the woods going north after holing out on hole 8. Still ends very close to the lot and at least ends on a borderline interesting hole too.

The baskets are brand spanking new looking Discatchers. These have the classic yellow top bands and stand out great. Just some awesome targets honestly. These are all in great shape and catch fantastic. One basket and pin position per hole. Best part about this course.

The course is designed pretty nicely with the very limited space available here. Yes it plays around the ball fields pretty much exclusively but it's about as well as could be achieved here. There's a tiny bit of elevation in play and holes 6 and 7 at least the trees bordering the property add at least a small semblance of danger. Plus there's the ever present risk of actually throwing over the outfield fences. The area around here is mostly farm fields for miles around so the wind should be a factor more often than not which adds some challenge. Most of the challenge really.

Free to play, I'd assume permanent and the park itself was in great shape. Nice option for an area that's kind of lacking as far as disc golf goes.

Cons:

The number one con, by far, is the tee pads. These are all nicely sized and framed in by 4x4's. Plenty long and wide enough. The problem is that they're filled in with rocks. Not gravel, golf ball sized rocks you'd use to landscape your garden. These might just be the worst tee pads I've ever played on. Almost indescribable how awful these were. I ended up teeing off to the side of these by hole three. Terrible and clearly made by someone who's never thrown a disc in their life.

Very repetitive feeling course for the most part. It's just a bunch of wide open shots that you don't want to go over a fence to your left the whole time. Always your left too.

The course doesn't drain too well. Lots of wet and muddy areas if it has rained recently.

There are tee signs wedged into the front left corner of each tee pad. These have the logo for the park and the hole number. Cute but useless for the most part.

Other Thoughts:

This one was a tough one to rate. The baskets are great but the tee pads are some of the worst I've ever seen. The tees can be avoided by standing off to the side and not changing the hole at all though. The baskets are pretty vital and get the job done great. The golf is bland but better than nothing. If you happen to be near here it's not going to take too much time to play. I wouldn't bother but you can do worse too. Passable is about right here.
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DeanMoriarty
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1.50 star(s)

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Reviewed: Played on:Oct 10, 2023 Played the course:once

Pros:

- Course has some decent distances averaging from the 200-350 foot range. Definitely a place to grip and rip with little to no objects in your way. You are playing around the baseball fields so probably not the best idea to play here when there's a game going on.

- The equipment was more than fine. I believe they were DISCatchers that caught very well and were in brand new shape. I really like these baskets and they seem to hold the test of time.

- The layout is pretty easy to follow so you won't need to pull out uDisc or a map or anything like that. I believe you can see the pins from most of the teepads as well.

- There's a giant parking lot for the baseball fields so parking shouldn't be an issue even if there's a game going on. There is also bathrooms which I am not quite sure are open all year round.

Cons:

- First and foremost, the giant river rocks are a terrible idea for teepads. Always use the smaller, crushed up gravel because those rocks are going to be scattered all over the place in a years time. Also, they are pretty dangerous to be x-stepping over. I basically just tee'd off next to the teebox as I almost twisted my ankle trying to tee off on hole 2.

- There isn't really any tee signs at the moment and I'm not quite sure if they do plan on putting some in any time soon. There are these little placards in the top corner of the teebox that denotes which hole you are on so there's at least something I suppose.

- It's playing around a local ball field that I imagine could get busy during the summertime. So showing up here during that time of the year could potentially be a hit or miss on whether you'd be able to get an entire round in or not.

Other Thoughts:

Overall, this wasn't the worst course I played on my little trip to this area. This was a pretty solid, but pretty boring Wisco 9er. I really hope they change out those giant river rocks for some crushed up gravel because someone is definitely going to twist an ankle trying to x-step.

Side note, this course combined with the high school course down the street makes up a quick bagging sesh if you're one of those course bagger types. Although, I recommend coming here in the fall or later and also after around 4 o'clock if you want to play both courses unobstructed.
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