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Montgomery, TX

Church of Woodforest DGC

2.255(based on 2 reviews)
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sisyphus
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Experience: 12.7 years 398 played 383 reviews
1.00 star(s)

One good work day per year would help

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 11, 2023 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

This little church woods, nine hole disc golf course has DGA Mach V baskets and distances amenable to recreational arms. It appears to have been intended for beginners, and has decent looking signage, reasonable rubber mat tees, and interestingly planned lines of flight through relatively sparse, flat woods.

Cons:

It could be a fun loop if those who care about this course would come in and seriously cut back the underbrush throughout, in all the places where beginners will be throwing their discs. Right now, you're dealing with a lot of thorny berry vines and plants any time you stray off the intended, cleared, 6 to 15 foot wide paths (I hesitate to call them 'fair' ways) leading to the baskets. If you need to scout 2/3rds of the way down the fairway to locate a 120' hole's location, it's probably a little too thick for beginners. And there are no 'next tee' signs, so for the holes that aren't immediately visible from the green, there's an occasional search moment for first time players.

When I added the hole distance information here for dgcr, I initially used distances on the signs until it became obvious they were WAY off (especially on 5,6,8&9), so some were paced out estimates. The longest hole, at 320' +, is definitely not fun to throw if you have to keep it in a lane not much wider than a hallway. Hey, the course plays safely, but isn't really a lot of fun in its current state.

Tee signs have some unusual pars for the design (some par twos are ok with me, but a split fairway 185' slightly rising green with thorns encroaching everywhere is not a 'two' for the intended audience). The first basket is already bent, and there is some trash in the entry gap there. However, this course actually tolerated the past day or two of rain fairly well.

Other Thoughts:

Having cleared acres of honeysuckle, vines and thorn bushes on a few holes myself, I know this course could be cleared fairly readily to become fun for the intended audience, and it could be maintained through these woods with one solid work day per year. Hope that happens, it would raise my rating a full pint immediately! Final note: don't stop in at the similarly named church ¼ mile further north (like I did).
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Pizza God
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Experience: 36.1 years 1727 played 579 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Fun little course 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Feb 4, 2021 Played the course:once

Pros:

New baskets
Lots of tree's
Good for a "behind the church" course

Cons:

Some of the tee's were not marked.
While a lot of the holes have been cleared, it is still pretty rough.

Other Thoughts:

This is exactly what I want to see in a church property course. They should be for the church members, not the disc golfing public. (although I have no problem with using a course for outreach to the disc golf community either)

9 holes circling around behind the church in the woods. Mostly short, it clocks in under 2000ft and really only has one hole over 300ft.

Most of the holes have left or right intended fairways. It was a pretty even mix in my opinion.

My biggest issue would be hole 3, not just the longest hole on the course, but really the only hole that had not been cleared. It is a very tight, long hole if you follow the path. I threw a turnover out into the open, I didn't see any mando's. If the rough is cleared out, this hole would probably be the best hole on the course. (it's been 3 months since I played it, if the hole has been cleared, ignore what I said)

Would I play here again? It's not a destination course, but if I was in the area, this would be a course I would enjoy playing and throwing for the ace runs.
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