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Capitol Tech. University DGC reviews
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Okay - should improve 2+ years
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Played on:Mar 22, 2022
Played the course:once
Pros:
Grounds are pleasant and serene (rare for a campus course). Baskets are bright red DGAs that caught okay.. Has 10 holes (a bonus of one over usual campus courses). Half the holes were fun (see below). Not busy (played on a Tuesday at 10:30 AM). Convenient parking. Campus employees saw me (obviously a non-student) but ignored me. Easy to access off the Capitol Beltway. Baskets are numbered (although #10 is marked 'P') and easily visible from their tee areas. Decent variety of hole lengths. #7 is an ace run. Course loops back near the starting point.
Cons:
No benches, no bag hooks, no tee pads, no tee signs. Only one basket position per hole. Mostly open. Fairways 2 and 3 cross each other. Fairway #3 crosses two parking areas. Fairways 6 and 9 cross walking paths. Fairway 6 also has a bench and a gazebo in it. Some backtracking (see below). Hole #10 is a 518-foot par 3 (although it is listed as a par 4 in one of the three places that lists par). Don't even think about trying to play without a map (the one on udisc is great).
Other Thoughts:
Course begins right at the campus entrance and you can park very close. I used udisc to get the suggested course map and guesstimated tee spots from that
and the hole lengths. The course basically goes clockwise around the campus.
Hole 1 (300 feet) tees off from the entrance to the campus to a basket down near a decrepit basketball court. There is some undulating ground in the fairway. Straightforward routine hole to start your round.
Hole 2 (304 feet) tees off the basketball court (concrete) to a basket up on a small hill. The climb is gradual; I enjoyed this hole.
Hole 3 (338 feet) tees off from the hilltop along #2's fairway. You throw across a double parking lot to a basket near the campus building. The parking lot was empty (except for my car back near tee #1) so no danger the day I played. Under that condition, I liked the hole..
Hole 4 (239 feet) also tees off the same hill as tee #3 (and basket #2). You basically need to hike back to the #2 basket along the #3 fairway and then turn right. You throw through a gap in the woods and the basket is down and around to the left - tucked around a corner against the woods. I also enjoyed playing this hole but not the backtrack hiking. Note that dino2disc played from #3's basket which seems to make more sense (flow-wise) but I played it as the udisc map said (and how Monocacy played it) which was more fun. When they put in a tee pad, we'll know which way is correct.
Hole 5 (261 feet) is located in a big clearing on the other side of a very small streamlet. I didn't realize until I had walked down near the basket that I was supposed to cross the streamlet (plenty of rocks to step on) so I ended up backtracking again (although there didn't appear to be any earlier clean crossings). A flat vanilla hole.
Hole 6 (372 feet) is located inside the roads and walkways. The map says to tee off inside a triangle formed by three walking paths but also says 'concrete'. I teed off from a paved area near the triangle. There is a pond to avoid on the left and there is a bench and a gazebo in the fairway but nobody was there when I played it. I tipped the roof of the gazebo with my drive. The most 'challenging' of the holes (and not that challenging); I enjoyed it.
Hole 7 (193 feet) is the ace run (obviously). To get to the pad you walk 'left' from #6's basket and between the two buildings. You tee off from the top of the patio (multiple levels) to a basket down and slightly in the woods. Definitely fun but unplayable if anyone is out there eating/reading/texting.
Hole 8 (360 feet) tees off to the right from #7's fairway. No idea where so I just chose something that looked like 360 feet away. A flat boring hole.
Hole 9 (271 feet) throws across the road to a basket near the decrepit soccer field on a small bump after a small gully. An okay hole.
Hole 10 (518 feet) throws from the parking area (or walking path) back near the road you just threw across so it requires backtracking. I decided to throw my #10 tee shot after I teed off #9 to avoid that backtracking. Boring straight flat hole.
All in all, a mixed bag. If the campus was busy, I would avoid at all costs. If the course was all like #2, #3, #4, #6, and #7 and had tee pads, it might be worth playing again (it's about an hour from my house). There are other nearby courses (Calvert and Rockburn) that make a pleasant if easy mini-road trip. Added a link to the udisc map.
and the hole lengths. The course basically goes clockwise around the campus.
Hole 1 (300 feet) tees off from the entrance to the campus to a basket down near a decrepit basketball court. There is some undulating ground in the fairway. Straightforward routine hole to start your round.
Hole 2 (304 feet) tees off the basketball court (concrete) to a basket up on a small hill. The climb is gradual; I enjoyed this hole.
Hole 3 (338 feet) tees off from the hilltop along #2's fairway. You throw across a double parking lot to a basket near the campus building. The parking lot was empty (except for my car back near tee #1) so no danger the day I played. Under that condition, I liked the hole..
Hole 4 (239 feet) also tees off the same hill as tee #3 (and basket #2). You basically need to hike back to the #2 basket along the #3 fairway and then turn right. You throw through a gap in the woods and the basket is down and around to the left - tucked around a corner against the woods. I also enjoyed playing this hole but not the backtrack hiking. Note that dino2disc played from #3's basket which seems to make more sense (flow-wise) but I played it as the udisc map said (and how Monocacy played it) which was more fun. When they put in a tee pad, we'll know which way is correct.
Hole 5 (261 feet) is located in a big clearing on the other side of a very small streamlet. I didn't realize until I had walked down near the basket that I was supposed to cross the streamlet (plenty of rocks to step on) so I ended up backtracking again (although there didn't appear to be any earlier clean crossings). A flat vanilla hole.
Hole 6 (372 feet) is located inside the roads and walkways. The map says to tee off inside a triangle formed by three walking paths but also says 'concrete'. I teed off from a paved area near the triangle. There is a pond to avoid on the left and there is a bench and a gazebo in the fairway but nobody was there when I played it. I tipped the roof of the gazebo with my drive. The most 'challenging' of the holes (and not that challenging); I enjoyed it.
Hole 7 (193 feet) is the ace run (obviously). To get to the pad you walk 'left' from #6's basket and between the two buildings. You tee off from the top of the patio (multiple levels) to a basket down and slightly in the woods. Definitely fun but unplayable if anyone is out there eating/reading/texting.
Hole 8 (360 feet) tees off to the right from #7's fairway. No idea where so I just chose something that looked like 360 feet away. A flat boring hole.
Hole 9 (271 feet) throws across the road to a basket near the decrepit soccer field on a small bump after a small gully. An okay hole.
Hole 10 (518 feet) throws from the parking area (or walking path) back near the road you just threw across so it requires backtracking. I decided to throw my #10 tee shot after I teed off #9 to avoid that backtracking. Boring straight flat hole.
All in all, a mixed bag. If the campus was busy, I would avoid at all costs. If the course was all like #2, #3, #4, #6, and #7 and had tee pads, it might be worth playing again (it's about an hour from my house). There are other nearby courses (Calvert and Rockburn) that make a pleasant if easy mini-road trip. Added a link to the udisc map.
