Avoca, IA

Avoca DGC

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2.335(based on 3 reviews)
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mndiscg
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Experience: 16.4 years 502 played 494 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Big Oaks in a small town park

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 18, 2024 Played the course:once

Pros:

+Nice concrete tees
+Nice baskets in good shape. DGA with Red on them.
+Large Oak trees and more for obstacles and shade. The park is large and nicely maintained. Lots of other stuff to do here including pool, walking trails, playground, dog park, sand volleyball, basketball, baseball/softball.
+Decent variety in length. Some shorter ace runs and a few that were longer for park style courses.
+Shouldn't lose a disc here.
+Good for beginners and kids.

Cons:

-Overall, it was pretty open, park style course. I like to hit trees and only brushed a branch near the end of one hole.
-The hole that aims right at the historic school building is awkward. It doesn't play well and throwing at a historic building seems wrong.
-No signage at all. Including any course map signage at the start. It's hard to find the first hole and then you can see a few baskets off many of the tees.
-Pretty flat.
-It was crazy windy when I played and that can happen often here.
-Throws over and near the paths often.

Other Thoughts:

+This course is near the interstate and isn't a bad course. It's a pretty simple park style course in a smaller town. They put all forms of recreation into this park.
+Worth a stop if you are a course bagger or a traveler on 80. My kids enjoyed the playgrounds while I got a quick round in.
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knobby325
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Experience: 9.3 years 335 played 252 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Park course, not far off I-80 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 6, 2021 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Concrete tee pads (With hole # stenciled)
-Nice Mach V Baskets
-Layout is OK
-Quick play, quiet park, not far off I-80

Cons:

-No signage
-Had to use UDisc to find 1st tee (Added a map)
-Walking path in play on #1, #2, #3, and #4
-Historic schoolhouse in play on #4
-Creek could be in play on #2 and #3
-Minimal elevation, some trees to work around, but mostly straight lines

Other Thoughts:

Avoca DGC plays in Eddington Memorial Park, just east of Avoca, IA. A nice multi-use park, the disc golf shares its area with a couple of shelters (not really in play), an historic schoolhouse building, and a walking path. The only other person I saw in the park was at the pool, so very quiet, but mid-day on a Friday, could be more traffic on the weekends. I had a little trouble locating the first tee (added that info and a map), and eventually jumped in at tee #7, which was closest to parking. Nice large tee pads shoot towards nice Mach V baskets in a red/orange (easy to spot.) #7 did have a Mando tree to go left of, annoying for the RHBH, not an issue for RHFH. Course has minimal elevation and a usual park style number of trees to work around. Only 2 blind shots with #3 tucked in behind some trees on the right, and #4 is a left curve around the schoolhouse (Don't throw at the basket you see, it's #7). Flow was OK, the map will help. No signage is the knock here. Could do with a bench or trash can as well (although the park was clean and well mowed). If you need to stretch your legs while heading across on I-80, it's about a mile into town off the interstate and less than a mile from the turn in town out across the river to the park. I parked near the basketball court. Not a destination, but a nice stop. I might play again, if in the area.
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aphilso1
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Experience: 7.1 years 52 played 50 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Nice little course in rural Iowa 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 13, 2019 Played the course:once

Pros:

Stopped by on my way through town, and was glad I did. This is a really well thought out course in a quaint small town park. Every hole requires you to execute an actual golf shot...there are no wide open "throw whatever line you want" holes. Trees and other obstacles are well used to create low ceilings, mandos, and other fun lines. Also, on a mid-50's sunny day in the spring there were only 4 people total at the park, so this is a course that doesn't appear to get excessively busy.

The baskets are brand new Mach 5's, and the tee pads are concrete and in great shape. Added bonus: someone was smart enough to spray paint the hole number on every tee pad, which means all baskets and pads are easy to identify.

Cons:

Only 9 holes, and of those holes at least half are under 250'. No elevation changes. This is basically a pitch and putt course.

Other Thoughts:

This is about as perfect as a little pitch and putt course can get. It's hard to rate a super short 9 hole course higher than 3*, but this little gem has great infrastructure and a really fun layout. I highly recommend it as a quick warm up course if you're planning on heading to the nearby Sunnyside course in Atlantic, IA.
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