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Trojan Park

3.35(based on 28 reviews)
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wolfhaley
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Experience: 20.2 years 1074 played 648 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 13, 2024 Played the course:once

Pros:

Trojan Park is home to an 18 hole course that plays around a lake and features a good amount of water danger throughout. It's easy enough to play it safe on most holes and not lose a disc though. There's trees in play on most of the holes too. Not a lot of them, but enough to force you to shape some lines a bit.

The baskets are Mach II's, all of which are in good shape and catch pretty well. One basket and pin position per hole.

Concrete tees on each hole. These are well done. Good sized, level and grippy. I didn't have any issues with these. One tee pad per hole.

The course is pretty well laid out here. I used the Udisc map and just started on hole 18 and played through hole 17. This makes the most sense since hole 18 starts right next to the parking lot. I believe that they had the course numbered the way we played it but I'm not for certain. The navigation is pretty simple for the most part. There's really only three spots where the navigation isn't obvious, so a map would certainly be helpful but isn't absolutely necessary.

There's temporary style tee signs for each hole right now. Well, most of the holes at least. These are really nice and would look great if they made them permanent. Colorful and detailed hole map, hole #, par and distance on each one. They also have a next tee arrow on the map and a description of any OB that is in play.

The park was in great shape and seems to be well taken care of. It's located literally right off of Hwy 30 and is free to play. I doubt this one is ever too busy due to it's location and the potential for lost plastic.

Cons:

There's numerous opportunities to lose a disc if you really go after these holes. Like I said above, it's easy enough to play it safe but your score will suffer by laying it up so much. I'd recommend bringing some discs you don't mind losing if you want to play the course aggressively.

There's a walking trail that comes into play on quite a few holes. The path wraps around the lake just like the course so expect lots of walkers on nice days. There's also potential for there being fishermen in the way.

The rough on hole 15 (according to Udisc) has some nasty rough off the fairway. Very sharp stuff. This was the only hole that seemed too bad in that regard though.

The course is pretty much completely flat.

Other Thoughts:

This course wasn't too bad actually. I hate losing discs in ponds but this design is actually pretty forgiving in that regard. Fun course but if it wasn't for the lake it'd just be a pretty standard style park course, which is fine. Worth a visit if you're passing through but you won't be missing much if you pass on by.
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Schreuds2.0
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 7.1 years 93 played 81 reviews
2.50 star(s)

What seems to have once been a spectacular course is now...delapitated 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 6, 2019 Played the course:once

Pros:

-the fairways on this course are quite nice, shortish grass, granted, a little soggy and covered in goose poop because of the lake and other water, but overall, the fairways are in pristine condition.
-the rough is also very good, or should I say, bad (to be in). There is a clear difference between the fairway and the rough, which makes the rough more punishing and the fairway more desirable.
-This course is pretty darn flat. But, whenever there is a ridge or a bump or a slight hill, it is a feature of the hole.
-This course also has great trees, they are rather sparse out at Trojan, but they are well incorporated into the design.
-Water is really what defines this course. Without water, there would not be much reason to come to this course. Probably the best incorporation of rivers and lakes into a disc golf course I have ever witnessed. Most holes have water, but it isn't forced, a very fun (and dangerous) feature, expect to lose a disc
-Trojan Park is a very pretty location, super cool to have a disc golf course on it

Cons:

-Tees themselves are concrete, which isn't bad, but the tees are quite small. Also, a few holes seem to use paths or other concrete things to tee off of, according to the map at least, however, on the actual course, there is nothing marked, this is seen on holes 1, 10, and 13.
-Tee signs are not present at any tee area. This is very bad for this course as there is also no indication of where the next hole is, and no indication of where the basket is either.
-The baskets are older Mach V's which aren't too bad, pretty typical really, but they don't have numbers or anything on them, so it can be confusing which basket you are throwing to, especially without tee signs.
-Navigation is nearly impossible out here. I'm sure locals can find their way about, but I would not have been able to play this course without uDisc's maps
-This course is missing two baskets by my count. Both hole 2 and 4 had no basket. There did seem to be a random basket in the area labeled "pet area" so I'm not sure why it wasn't put out onto the course.
-Another con unique to this course is the fishermen. Now I know they're just out there having fun, and they have as much right to as disc golfers do, but, there simply isn't a hole that has water in play, but fishermen not in play. They are essentially obstacles that are part of the course. I skipped hole 10 because there were people fishing directly in front of the basket.
-as mentioned in the title, this place seems a little beaten down, I counted two overgrown and closed parking lots and one picnic area that looked like some ruins, the baskets are old, the tees aren't marked, people don't seem to know there is a disc golf course there anymore. I find this highly unfortunate, considering that if there was a little more effort put into this course it would be a heck of a lot better.

Other Thoughts:

This course has a great design to it, and is fun to play because of the challenge. However, it is very difficult to navigate and seems to have already passed its glory days.
Bring your waterproof shoes, especially in the rain
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AceAtHornings
Experience: 12.3 years 2 played 2 reviews
2.50 star(s)

If you want to be challenged, this is your course! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 14, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

Overall, this has to be one of the most challenging courses I've played. I even lost a couple discs today. And this course is unique...you're not going to find too many courses with this much water hazard.

Cons:

This course should be at least a 3.0...I gave it a 2.5 simply because the course is hard to navigate. The lack of labels and signage took away from the experience...I want to take in the scenery and think about my game, instead of racking my brain trying to figure out where the next hole is. Also, part of the course is right smack next to a two-lane hwy...detracts from the overall experience just a little.

Other Thoughts:

Add some basic signage...and I mean basic (like arrows painted on rocks, etc). Then I would consider rating this course a 3.0
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