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North Attleboro, MA

World War I Park DGC

2.695(based on 8 reviews)
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Hector Chain
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Experience: 16.4 years 222 played 191 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Slaying the Archduke 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 14, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

I didn't get to explore the whole park, but driving through I saw a memorial, tons of campsites, picnickers in full force, some football or soccer fields, a zoo (!), and a lot of woods. Not a bad place to spend a fall afternoon.

The course is a 9-hole loop entirely in the woods. There are decent elevation changes, although strangely I don't remember a hole with significant downhill elevation changes. They are mostly in the 200-300 foot range. One hole claimed to be over 400 feet, but that distance was suspect.

The fairway design looked good, and a few holes had separate lanes to the basket.
I didn't have to consult the map after finding hole 1.

A few holes have baskets perched on rocky outcroppings, similar to what you see at Borderland and Dacey.

Cons:

The course is new and still feels pretty rough. The fairways are nicely cleared of saplings and are more than playable, but throughout the entire course you are wading through underbrush. It's not terribly thick or thorny, more just annoying. I feel like some of this could be sprayed and killed.

Two tee pads had rubber pads that were maybe 5 feet long, and the rest were just stakes in the ground. I didn't feel comfortable with an X-step on several holes.

The tee signs just list the distance. On a few holes you couldn't see the basket, so the first time through I was guessing. The tees could definitely use some orange flags on top to make them more visible.

The walk from the lot to hole 1 wasn't awful but was longer than you'd like. Same with the walk from 3 to 4.

Other Thoughts:

After playing through 6 groups at Borderland, it was nice to come here and only run into one other group. This fills a niche in this area as Borderland gets more and more crowded. That said, in its current state it's less rec-friendly than Borderland until more of the ground shrubs (or whatever you might call them) are gone.

I wonder if there is an opportunity for 9 more holes, perhaps using the power line easement on the other side of the parking lot for a few holes?

I would gladly come back once some better tee pads are in and the fairways are a little clearer.
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