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BASICS:
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>Teepads--Good concrete pads, nice and long.
>Baskets--Decent, catch well (forgot to note specific type-oops)
># holes--18
>Setting, type of course, fee?--Free public park, partial park setting, partial wooded. Most holes seem fairly well separated from other park users.
>Ease of getting to--Several miles outside Silver Lake, easy access
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AMENITIES:
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>Parking--Abundant
>Bathrooms--Porta john by hole 1 (and 10).
>Practice basket/driving net--No.
>Water/food nearby--A few fast food places 10 minutes away.
>Clubhouse/disc shop--No.
>Benches--Few picnic tables sprinkled throughout.
>Trash cans--Enough.
>Bag holders--No.
>Tee signs--Pretty poor, shows two positions, but many did not seem to align with actual baskets at all. Best to use an online map, although udisc distances seemed off several times as well.
>Next tee direction/signs--No, but front nine is fairly intuitive or you can see from baskets. Back nine trickier, map is quite suggested.
>Wheelchair/cart friendly--No, yes.
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COURSE PLAY:
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>Shot variety--Pretty good, very few just straight shots. Even the more park setting holes have trees to shape your shots. Some wooded tight lines, some more open shots. No real bomber holes though.
>Open/wooded--About 6 open, 6 semi-open and 6 more tightly wooded, but all have fair, if not some tight, lines.
>Elevation--Not much, but what little exists is used well. Hole 16 area has a big hill which was not used at all, a bit disappointing, but there was a baseball diamond nearby, so maybe that is why.
>Distance of holes--A few in the 200' range, and a good combination up to almost 500'. Good variety here as well. About 5500'--6000' overall, exact distances on most holes not known.
>Layout, long walks (inc back to car), loops--2 nine hole loops, both ending at parking lot.
>Total distance walked--2.5 miles.
>Ease of finding next tee--Front nine good, back nine can be tricky, definitely want to have a map.
>General difficulty--Medium, most of front nine has birdie potential for someone with 325' range, but accuracy is key. Some of the wooded holes on back nine seemed tough to get a birdie. Some were pretty long for tighter lined wooded holes.
>Mud/water issues--None this day, but it was dry.
>Water or O/B to contend with--Other than a few roads, and the one island hole, none seen.
>Difficult rough/lost disc risk--Medium--especially on back nine. The rough is not horrible, but easy to find as fairways can be tight.
>Scrape/scratch risk--Medium.
>How busy was course/park--On a beautiful weekday late morning (60s), only two other groups were seen playing.
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OVERALL:
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>Fun/enjoyment factor, would I play again? Yes, great mix, good but fair challenge.
>Who will this course challenge? Rec to intermediate, perhaps advanced players (some of the woods holes especially)
>Is it worth a drive? Yes, 1-2 hours.
>Anything unique? Nothing in particular, but there is a good variety. No two holes seemed the same.
>Would be a half star higher with--Better signage/navigation (especially on back 9).
I am in my 50s, 105 or so courses played, 875ish.