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Madison, AL

Asbury UMC DGC

2.175(based on 3 reviews)
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bjreagh
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Experience: 27.8 years 350 played 321 reviews
1.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 30, 2019 Played the course:once

Pros:

Plenty of room here for 9 holes and the designer used the space well. Mostly open mowed grass land with baskets either placed near enough the tree lines to make it interesting or around the few isolated trees that exist, making the best of what would be a pretty boring, open course otherwise. Holes 4-6 playing on the adjacent property were my favorite as they played in and around a few more trees.

Navigation was fairly easy, tees and tee posts easy to find, baskets all visible. (I took the liberty to make a rough map and uploaded it to DGCR.)

A decent rec/intro course with normal hole lengths for this skill level (in that 200'-300'range). Lots of recovery room for errant shots or room to bail if you don't want to flirt with the tree lines.

Cons:

Baskets, oh these awful In-Step baskets- you just can't expect to routinely make long putts on them. In a perfect disc golf world these baskets would be moved to nearby Greenbrier and their Machs moved here.

Tees- at least the tee areas were easy to find- 2 long 4x4's in parallel. Yet many of theme had black landscape material between them, some held down by big rocks in the middle of the area, so I just played from beside them. With the tee posts here, natural tees would be just fine- forget carpet or other removable material.

Tee signs are just paper and not all were fully present. Writing the hole number and distance on the post and pointing the way to the basket would be more than sufficient here.

Hole 8- I first accidentally played to 3's basket since you can't see 8 basket, nor would one ever think 8 would be where it is when standing on the tee. The hole shape is la bit abnormal, and not great for a RHBH like me since it requires such a sharp, short cut. But a big anny, a forehand, a lefty, or a roller can possibly get you there for a 2.

Other Thoughts:

I showed up with low expectations, but left with a positive feeling. I would not want to play here more than a few times, as it really is suited for the casual player or a novice. Also good for a quick practice round.

Of the entry level 9-holers in Madison area of Huntsville this one is on the same level as Dublin, and both are way better than Greenbrier). Asbury is flatter and is more private/isolated and has longer holes. Dublin is shorter, has elevation and more obstacles but is in a popular city park.

I rated it 1.5 and with some different baskets, and a slight upgrade in the tee signs, it would approach a 2.0 (reasonable).
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