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Englewood, FL

Ann Dever Park

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DiscMan Walking
Experience: 33.2 years 124 played 9 reviews
3.00 star(s)

A long and winding road 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 13, 2020 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

On the upside it follows along really well. Nice baskets, picnic tables, trash containers and decent fairways. It has the potential to be a really great course with work and a little tweaking.

Cons:

The whole park could use a controlled burn. If you can't throw extremely accurately then you are in for an Easter egg hunt every time you throw. Pros should have no problem with this but if you are trying to attract people to the sport - this is not the way to do it.
There are no mando's. Hole 8 can be seriously reduced by not taking the fairway. It was obvious that someone wanted the fairway to be a big looping hyzer shot but the 340 feet goes down to about 250 if you cut across the palmettos and land on the fairway straight across. I say make it a mando.
Most people would probably say that the fairways are too narrow. I think they are fair if you throw straight - I had a couple of errant throws that made me regret my decision to play here. Risk/reward is 70/30 - nearly all of your shots entail some risk and disc hunting - you are severely punished for a shot that may be just 10 feet either side of the fairway. I lost one disc that way - I spent 15 minutes looking for it in the blazing sun, and I thought I knew exactly where it was and I was only 15 feet off the fairway. Anyone finding a light green D3 on 13 let me know.


Other Thoughts:

Some suggestions for improving the course;
1) create am tees - the established tees are set at the pro to advanced distances (470, 435, 385, 570...)
Now that the pro tees are in, just plop down some pads closer so that everyone can play the course. I can see someone just starting give up and say "570 feet, I can't do that!"
2) Move the PAD of number one over by the parking area for the swimming pool so that you throw north to one then back south on two. When you finish on 18 it would save you about a 1/4 mile walk back to your vehicle.
3) bring water!!!!
4) Long pants are not a bad idea.
5) don't throw light green discs!
6) IF they don't add AM tees then no one will play this course. Look at the reviews - 3 in 2018, 1 in 2019, and 2 in 2020. Six reviews in 3 years tells me that no one is excited about this course. In the description there isn't anyone who designed it - I've laid out 2 courses and you can believe me I am proud of my work and noted I designed the layouts. I don't think there is a club that actively sponsors weeklys, monthly's or tournaments. Somebody needs to take ownership and champions this course.
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spin
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
3.00 star(s)

will be good 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jan 5, 2019 Played the course:once

Pros:

park like, good length

Cons:

#2

Other Thoughts:

A new course which means until the rough is trampled you could lose a disc. They should just eliminate 1 and 2. 1 is a good opening, "get loosened up" hole, but #2 is a waste. Over too much water for most throwers. 1 being so far from 18 adds a ultra long walk back to cars. They could easily add 2 holes in the woods as all holes are spread out. Tough to tell where baskets are in woods but if you keep it to the fairways, no problem.
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thrembo
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Premium Member
Experience: 49 years 242 played 195 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Carved Out Of The Florida Jungle Forest 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Dec 7, 2018 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Brand new course. Nice concrete tees and fresh mach-v baskets. The course starts out with an out of place hole 1 that is fairly short and easy. Then jumps to a scary water carry and then goes into the coastal Florida jungle/forest The course looks to have been carved out of the wilderness by some kind of Lorax machine that ate the trees/jungle and spit out the mulch behind it. So most of the fairways hook back and forth 20-40 feet wide with dense jungle rough on the sides. This course will make you think about your lines and test your resolve on the risk/reward looks. The course is scenic, for the most part, and even has a couple of signature type holes. Hole 2 of course and I like the holes around 14. Navigation is super easy. I would describe the course as moderate length and technical. The course is fun to play. There is one picnic table (hole 10) and a few trash cans on the course. There are two separate course maps. One each for the front and back nine.

Cons:

There are many blind pin placements that will require first-timers walk down the fairway to locate baskets. The rough is dense. I would recommend spotting on holes 3-18. There are no tee signs but the tees have the hole number stenciled on them.

Other Thoughts:

I love that new course smell! This course is still a little raw and rustic but already plays well, mind the rough. I already have this course in my top 25 Florida courses out of over 100 FL courses played. I think this will be one of the areas best courses when she breaks in.
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