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Boardman Park reviews
10
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This Course is GRRREAT!
Reviewed:
Played on:Aug 15, 2023
Played the course:once
Pros:
The course has a great amount of parking available, plenty close to the beginning and end of the course - no long walks to get started on the round. The park is beautiful and maintained with care.
The course kiosk has a giant course map (I took a picture to refer to when unable to find my way).
There are restrooms just after hole 1, and also port o potties after hole 2. Water fountain at the restrooms between 1/2.
**To address previous reviews regarding the tee signs**
These are some of the best tee signs I've ever seen. Not only do they have the usual: hole number, length, map, and sponsor mention, they also feature QR codes that lead you to videos of drones flying down each fairway to show you each hole. I've uploaded a couple of pictures of the new tee signs to the media section.
The beginning of the course gives you a chance to warm up with some longer, more open shots. While open, these shots do have trees in strategic positions to maintain accuracy off the tee.
The course heads into the woods, utilizing some of the existing nature walking paths to get from basket to the next tee, as well as maintain fairways with a definitive OB.
This course offers a variety of shots both off the teepad as well as throughout the fairways. I was able to throw backhand, forehand, hyzer, turnover, and anhyzer shots from various spots throughout each hole.
I thoroughly enjoyed the use of elevation and water throughout the wooded holes:
- Hole 8 is a straight forward, up and down fairway crossing the creek, I thought it was the perfect opening to the water play.
- Hole 9 was a nice dogleg left, with the basket being on a forced island green with the creek running in front of and beside the green.
- Hole 10 was my favorite use of the creek in play, starting with an elevated tee pads, giving a great downhill shot, but not so much youre going to lose your disc to overpowering. The creek snakes through and around the backside of the entire fairway and green area, finishing off with a picturesque green being wrapped into the water. Being a dogleg right, it was definitely a great offering to the shot selection.
The wooded holes are great, the use of mulch down the fairways definitely helped to guide the water out of the areas of play during my rainy round.
The course kiosk has a giant course map (I took a picture to refer to when unable to find my way).
There are restrooms just after hole 1, and also port o potties after hole 2. Water fountain at the restrooms between 1/2.
**To address previous reviews regarding the tee signs**
These are some of the best tee signs I've ever seen. Not only do they have the usual: hole number, length, map, and sponsor mention, they also feature QR codes that lead you to videos of drones flying down each fairway to show you each hole. I've uploaded a couple of pictures of the new tee signs to the media section.
The beginning of the course gives you a chance to warm up with some longer, more open shots. While open, these shots do have trees in strategic positions to maintain accuracy off the tee.
The course heads into the woods, utilizing some of the existing nature walking paths to get from basket to the next tee, as well as maintain fairways with a definitive OB.
This course offers a variety of shots both off the teepad as well as throughout the fairways. I was able to throw backhand, forehand, hyzer, turnover, and anhyzer shots from various spots throughout each hole.
I thoroughly enjoyed the use of elevation and water throughout the wooded holes:
- Hole 8 is a straight forward, up and down fairway crossing the creek, I thought it was the perfect opening to the water play.
- Hole 9 was a nice dogleg left, with the basket being on a forced island green with the creek running in front of and beside the green.
- Hole 10 was my favorite use of the creek in play, starting with an elevated tee pads, giving a great downhill shot, but not so much youre going to lose your disc to overpowering. The creek snakes through and around the backside of the entire fairway and green area, finishing off with a picturesque green being wrapped into the water. Being a dogleg right, it was definitely a great offering to the shot selection.
The wooded holes are great, the use of mulch down the fairways definitely helped to guide the water out of the areas of play during my rainy round.
Cons:
The walking path has the ability to come into play on the first two holes of the course, but it's manageable if you don't have the patience of a 5 year old.
I didn't see any trash cans throughout the course, not a big deal but definitely nice to not have to pack everything out.
Finding my way from some of the baskets to the next tee pad was a small challenge. (A small bit of bright colored tape can be of great service and cheap here)
- on this note, I didn't find hole 17 tee pad for almost 15 minutes after 16 basket, even with my picture of the course map.
There weren't many holes that had a bench to take a break. Not the hugest deal, but sometimes it's nice to sit and enjoy s bottle of water and the sights and sounds of nature.
I didn't see any trash cans throughout the course, not a big deal but definitely nice to not have to pack everything out.
Finding my way from some of the baskets to the next tee pad was a small challenge. (A small bit of bright colored tape can be of great service and cheap here)
- on this note, I didn't find hole 17 tee pad for almost 15 minutes after 16 basket, even with my picture of the course map.
There weren't many holes that had a bench to take a break. Not the hugest deal, but sometimes it's nice to sit and enjoy s bottle of water and the sights and sounds of nature.
Other Thoughts:
I thought this course was a great public park course. With a few small upgrades and attention to detail, it has potential to be one of the best courses in the area.
