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enragedmullet
Gold level trusted reviewer
Premium Member
Experience:
12.5 years
115 played
79 reviews
Beginners, Baggers & (Quarantine) Breakers 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Mar 28, 2020
Played the course:once
Pros:
• Mach II baskets still catch well
• Plays a loop, and despite sub-par tees/signage the course flows pretty intuitively. Once you've played it once you know it.
• I pulled out both backhands and forehands, as well as a couple overhead shots a couple times. There is a variety of hole distances, though they're all on the short side. Sometimes super short. Like 70-80' short.
• If you can catch it on a day that you have the course to yourself, it's a fun little round, especially if you live in an area where courses are thin on the ground.
• It's the last 18 hole course heading north from the Bangor area until you get to Northern Aroostook county or well into Canada.
• Plays a loop, and despite sub-par tees/signage the course flows pretty intuitively. Once you've played it once you know it.
• I pulled out both backhands and forehands, as well as a couple overhead shots a couple times. There is a variety of hole distances, though they're all on the short side. Sometimes super short. Like 70-80' short.
• If you can catch it on a day that you have the course to yourself, it's a fun little round, especially if you live in an area where courses are thin on the ground.
• It's the last 18 hole course heading north from the Bangor area until you get to Northern Aroostook county or well into Canada.
Cons:
- The tee situation is sad. Some are just grass, the tees at some of the wooded holes are literally standstill-only due to roots and such. (It's an elementary school course though so I could really care less about this.). Signage is next to nothing. The little flags are helpful but can be hard to see/find.
- No amenities to speak of, tee-side or otherwise. (Again, it's a school course).
- Much of the course is on the short side.
Really any con I can think of feels nit-picky when you consider where it is. Would I expect a 70 or 80' hole on a Houck-designed course? Hell no. Am I glad the course is suited to the age-group? Totally.
- No amenities to speak of, tee-side or otherwise. (Again, it's a school course).
- Much of the course is on the short side.
Really any con I can think of feels nit-picky when you consider where it is. Would I expect a 70 or 80' hole on a Houck-designed course? Hell no. Am I glad the course is suited to the age-group? Totally.
Other Thoughts:
I had a quarantine-be-damned reason to travel an hour this weekend to Enfield. Right before leaving I checked the course map and it turned out I was going to be a ten minute drive from the only course within a half hour of the area. I'd seen it on the site before but its 1.5 rating and location over an hour away (and at a school no less) told me I'd probably never play it. However, presented with this opportunity I decided to check it out. If it went well, I figured I could at least update some things and give it its first review in a few years. Turns out the entire campus was empty, and I had the place to myself, which wasn't a huge surprise.
On arrival I didn't see any of the reflector markers mentioned in the course description but there were loads of little surveyor flags. I resolved to play some safari golf for a while. As it turns out the second set of flags I played from had a number on them, and I ended up playing the whole course more or less in order. The course starts on the west side of the campus (your right side as you're driving in). The first 6 holes are field shots, then you head into the woods for a few holes. 11-12 skirt the woods but aren't really in them. 13 and 14 take you back in. 15-18 are back in the open. It plays in a counterclockwise direction around the school, ending on the northside along the driveway.
My 2.0 rating is reflective of my round there during a time when most people are staying at home quarantining. If school was in session and things were business-as-usual, I'd probably err on the side of 1.5. Discobedience's review from 9 years ago, while short, is accurate. It's not going to knock your socks off, but there are some cool holes here, especially in the woods - 9 & 14 specifically come to mind as being just as good as any other course.
If I lived in the area, I'd probably play it often but solely due to lack of options. I think it's a great little course for introducing kids to the sport though. Some long holes let them air it out, and some attainable ace runs for small arms (70-80' holes). It's also worth the stop for baggers IMO, if you know there's not going to be anything going on that might interfere, and you're already passing through. It was a fun round, but a part of that fun definitely came from knowing I wouldn't run into anybody and having the place to myself.
On arrival I didn't see any of the reflector markers mentioned in the course description but there were loads of little surveyor flags. I resolved to play some safari golf for a while. As it turns out the second set of flags I played from had a number on them, and I ended up playing the whole course more or less in order. The course starts on the west side of the campus (your right side as you're driving in). The first 6 holes are field shots, then you head into the woods for a few holes. 11-12 skirt the woods but aren't really in them. 13 and 14 take you back in. 15-18 are back in the open. It plays in a counterclockwise direction around the school, ending on the northside along the driveway.
My 2.0 rating is reflective of my round there during a time when most people are staying at home quarantining. If school was in session and things were business-as-usual, I'd probably err on the side of 1.5. Discobedience's review from 9 years ago, while short, is accurate. It's not going to knock your socks off, but there are some cool holes here, especially in the woods - 9 & 14 specifically come to mind as being just as good as any other course.
If I lived in the area, I'd probably play it often but solely due to lack of options. I think it's a great little course for introducing kids to the sport though. Some long holes let them air it out, and some attainable ace runs for small arms (70-80' holes). It's also worth the stop for baggers IMO, if you know there's not going to be anything going on that might interfere, and you're already passing through. It was a fun round, but a part of that fun definitely came from knowing I wouldn't run into anybody and having the place to myself.
5
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Discobedience
Experience:
14.9 years
89 played
12 reviews
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Reviewed:
Played on:Aug 7, 2010
Played the course:once
Pros:
The course had some interesting holes and some decent wide open shots. If you are playing with children there are quite a few holes designed just for the little people. The course was well manicured.
Cons:
Some holes are not real golf holes, you might be 80 feet from the basket without any line to get there. The location is poor unless you're from central Maine.
Other Thoughts:
This is located on a school grounds and school rulles must be observed, which means no social beverages of an adult nature. The course is run by some great people associated with the school. Unless you were in the area or hard up for gas money, I'd take my play elsewhere.
