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Liverpool, NY

Clay Park - Eastwood

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2.55(based on 3 reviews)
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jonnieoh
Experience: 14 played 13 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Challenging woods course—lots of P.I. 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 9, 2020 Played the course:once

Pros:

Very shaded (great for hot, mid-day rounds in July & August), poured concrete tee pads, very clear signage pointing to each next hole, picnic table at most tees. Also nice that it is in the same park as another great 18-hole course, too!

Cons:

Most holes are in the deep woods, so there are often trees in your way, and on some holes, it's A LOT of trees. You're often teeing off in alleys of trees and shrubberies. While they provide good shade for those hot July days, they're also obviously tough to play around. Also, unless you're a pro, and can always keep your discs in the mown fairway, be warned that there is a lot of poison ivy throughout every hole. It's not a question of if your disc(s) will touch poison ivy, it's when. I'd recommend having many backup discs of each type, especially fairway drivers and midranges, because you'll need them after one or two land in a big patch of the leaves-of-three (let them be!).

The holes are generally not open or long enough to warrant your Big Bertha-equivalent ultra-long-range drivers. You simply won't have enough room or lack of obstacles to ever really "go for it" at all. I drove from the tee box a large majority of the holes using midrange discs.

Other Thoughts:

It's great to have another option to play, especially in the same park as another (great) 18-hole course, but this course is monotonous--every hole is the same, every time; there is simply not enough variation. I prefer a mixture of (some) challenging woods holes, but also some less-stressful open holes where you can let the big dog discs run, so to speak.

But honestly, the biggest reason I gave it a lower score is that there's Poision Ivy everywhere -- it is honestly a real buzzkill. Instead of being able to enjoy the round, I'm constantly worried about throwing my disc into the fringe, and seeing how much of a patch of P.I. I landed in. I really wish they'd somehow be able to get rid of it. Because of these reasons, I'm not likely to play this course again.

Suggestion: when you get home from playing here, you'll want to take a very cold shower with some degreasing dish soap (like Dawn). Don't use hot water; that opens up your skin's pores, and you'll get a worse P.I. rash. Also, soak your discs in dish soap, to neutralize the urushiol oil that you'll likely have on them, from the many trips you'll take through the Poision Ivy.

I'm glad to say I have tried this course, and would play it again, if they were able to keep the P.I. out of it, but it's too much--it's everywhere. Know what it looks like, and I wish you good luck in avoiding it.
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