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Edgley DGC reviews
10
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Reviewed:
Played on:May 1, 2023
Played the course:once
Pros:
-Edgley Disc Golf Course plays around the perimeter of the beautiful Edgley Ultimate Fields, in the northern part of the expansive Fairmount Park.
-Great location. The course is only a short drive from downtown Philadelphia and also easily accessed with the #38 or #40 bus.
-Hole 6, a tight woods shot to an elevated basket, and hole 9, a long, slightly downhill open shot, were the most attractive.
-Great location. The course is only a short drive from downtown Philadelphia and also easily accessed with the #38 or #40 bus.
-Hole 6, a tight woods shot to an elevated basket, and hole 9, a long, slightly downhill open shot, were the most attractive.
Cons:
-Reviews from two years ago describe the course as in a developmental stage. Unfortunately, it still is. Baskets are the portable Innova Discatcher Sport models (passable, but not great) and the tees are a mixture of natural, astroturf, and rubber, all in terrible condition. Only one tee sign remains. There are plenty of garbage cans, but trash is scattered throughout the course. Thick bushes on several holes can eat your disc.
-The course design is mediocre at best. I think holes 2 and 7 would be much improved with a slightly easier tee placement. There are also several holes which start from the open field and require a shot to crash the trees on the edge. Not much imagination is required.
-Several holes would be unplayable when the fields are in use for Ultimate or other activities.
-The course design is mediocre at best. I think holes 2 and 7 would be much improved with a slightly easier tee placement. There are also several holes which start from the open field and require a shot to crash the trees on the edge. Not much imagination is required.
-Several holes would be unplayable when the fields are in use for Ultimate or other activities.
Other Thoughts:
-The first tee is behind the Ultimate clubhouse — a large, decrepit old yellow house, maybe a former park ranger station. The next several holes play counterclockwise around the main Ultimate field, before crossing the driveway to the small Ultimate field for the last three holes.
-The Ultimate fields are immaculate — a great place for field work on a quiet day.
-With a great location and active local disc golf club, it's surprising that this course has not been brought up to a better standard. It wouldn't take much — new tees, minor tree trimming, and redesign of a couple holes would make this a good, solid 9-hole track. At the moment, however, it still looks like a backyard hobby course.
-The Ultimate fields are immaculate — a great place for field work on a quiet day.
-With a great location and active local disc golf club, it's surprising that this course has not been brought up to a better standard. It wouldn't take much — new tees, minor tree trimming, and redesign of a couple holes would make this a good, solid 9-hole track. At the moment, however, it still looks like a backyard hobby course.
14
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Fledgling Edgley 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Apr 10, 2021
Played the course:2-4 times
Pros:
+ Quiet and peaceful playing grounds on the outskirts of an ultimate frisbee field.
+ The course favors open shots. It has some wooded holes, too, but...
+ The course favors open shots. It has some wooded holes, too, but...
Cons:
- ...The wooded fairways were very rough around the edges. They needed more clean-up and well-defined fairways.
- Tee signs were laminated paper tacked to trees and poles. Some were missing altogther. No 'next' signage, either, but a course this small and centralized doesn't necessarily need them.
- Baskets are free-standing residential-grade variety.
- Tee areas were mostly bare ground with spray painted logs.
- Trash visible on most holes but espeically holes 6 - 8.
- Tee signs were laminated paper tacked to trees and poles. Some were missing altogther. No 'next' signage, either, but a course this small and centralized doesn't necessarily need them.
- Baskets are free-standing residential-grade variety.
- Tee areas were mostly bare ground with spray painted logs.
- Trash visible on most holes but espeically holes 6 - 8.
Other Thoughts:
Hole6 was my favorite to play because it was the only one with any elevation and bothered to challenge the player's power and angle control. Plus, it had an elevated basket. Hole8 looked the nicest with that wide-open field at the edge of the park. Hole4 was my least favorite because it was flat and direct.
This review is from an early-April playthrough. It is very possible that much has changed between then and now. So, from that dated perspective, Edgely Fields felt as though it was still in its developmental stage. At times I got the impression that I was playing an unfinished hole while the designers were deciding whether or not to install permanent fixtures where the relocatable ones stood.
It was kind of intriguing to play a course this fresh and young. To see a raw tract of land with just tee pads traced on the ground, temporary portable baskets surrounded by woodchips and wooded fairways still in the process of being carved out felt like I was getting a glimpse under the hood of what it takes to get a disc golf course up and running.
Novelty and curiosity alone don't (usually) carry a disc golf course, though. The golfing was more than a bit bland. The woodsiest holes of 6 and 7 didn't do much to breathe life into the course. The open holes have considerable distance for the recreational and intermediate players, but they feel pretty samey with so many fairways ending to the right and precious little to differentiate one from the other.
Still, for a course that is just starting out, Edgely's nine holes are perfectly playable if not too engaging. There is much more work to do here, but players can still stop by for an easy warm-up before visiting its big brother Sedgley.
This review is from an early-April playthrough. It is very possible that much has changed between then and now. So, from that dated perspective, Edgely Fields felt as though it was still in its developmental stage. At times I got the impression that I was playing an unfinished hole while the designers were deciding whether or not to install permanent fixtures where the relocatable ones stood.
It was kind of intriguing to play a course this fresh and young. To see a raw tract of land with just tee pads traced on the ground, temporary portable baskets surrounded by woodchips and wooded fairways still in the process of being carved out felt like I was getting a glimpse under the hood of what it takes to get a disc golf course up and running.
Novelty and curiosity alone don't (usually) carry a disc golf course, though. The golfing was more than a bit bland. The woodsiest holes of 6 and 7 didn't do much to breathe life into the course. The open holes have considerable distance for the recreational and intermediate players, but they feel pretty samey with so many fairways ending to the right and precious little to differentiate one from the other.
Still, for a course that is just starting out, Edgely's nine holes are perfectly playable if not too engaging. There is much more work to do here, but players can still stop by for an easy warm-up before visiting its big brother Sedgley.
11
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A bizarre mix, but with potential 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:May 6, 2021
Played the course:once
Pros:
Finally Sedgley Woods is not the only course in downtown Philly!! Definitely excited anytime we get a new course in the South Jersey and Philly area! That being said, this place was really hard to find (see below for helpful directions to 1st tee). It's still a work in progress that honestly could benefit from some additional fine tuning. Starting with the good things:
- So far this place is nowhere near as well known or ridiculously busy as Sedgley Woods always is. If you want to play a quick round in town, go here and skip the half-day-long Sedgley queue.
- Strong variety between open field bomb opportunities (#4 and #9), fairly standard moderate woods holes (#1 and #7), and a super-dense woods challenge (#6).
- Plenty of parking either by the open field or at the apartment complex paralleling hole #9.
- Navigation after the first hole is pretty intuitive.
- Located just a couple mile drive from Sedgley Woods if you want to combine the two courses for a 36 hole day.
- So far this place is nowhere near as well known or ridiculously busy as Sedgley Woods always is. If you want to play a quick round in town, go here and skip the half-day-long Sedgley queue.
- Strong variety between open field bomb opportunities (#4 and #9), fairly standard moderate woods holes (#1 and #7), and a super-dense woods challenge (#6).
- Plenty of parking either by the open field or at the apartment complex paralleling hole #9.
- Navigation after the first hole is pretty intuitive.
- Located just a couple mile drive from Sedgley Woods if you want to combine the two courses for a 36 hole day.
Cons:
- HOW TO FIND 1ST TEE: This was a nightmare, I never would have found it if there hadn't been someone else there who told me precisely where to go. First step: drive down Edgley Ave. until you see a basket pretty close to the street on your right (it's for #9). Right after that basket take the short gravel road to the right to a gravel parking area with an old faint yellow house straight ahead of you and a large field to your left. This is where you can park. The first tee is literally on the patio/sidewalk right against the southeast corner of the house (yes, you read that right, it's truly bizarre).
- Annoyingly repetitive doglegs: #2, 3, and 5 are all the same hole, a hard right dogleg around trees lining the edge of the field. You're essentially forced to throw forehands again and again and again here... and that's a third of all the holes here! UGH...
- #1 and #6 need some additional clear cutting. #6 especially will shock you because you've had four straight open holes then "BAM!": solid woods with a 3ft hole through a 100 spindly trees that you have to nail. This is one heck of a stark contrast from #5, and makes it feel almost out of place here.
- The elevated basket on #6. Sorry, but I always find these gimmicky, and it adds even more difficulty to an already difficult hole.
- The baskets are single-chain practice Discatchers. Maybe obvious to say it, but it sucks getting robbed of a birdie by the light chains - I'm talking to you basket #5!
- Most tee signs are already gone, and most tees are dirt swaths with roots that are a little hard to find because they haven't been worn in much yet. Hope concrete tees are coming sometime soon.
- Annoyingly repetitive doglegs: #2, 3, and 5 are all the same hole, a hard right dogleg around trees lining the edge of the field. You're essentially forced to throw forehands again and again and again here... and that's a third of all the holes here! UGH...
- #1 and #6 need some additional clear cutting. #6 especially will shock you because you've had four straight open holes then "BAM!": solid woods with a 3ft hole through a 100 spindly trees that you have to nail. This is one heck of a stark contrast from #5, and makes it feel almost out of place here.
- The elevated basket on #6. Sorry, but I always find these gimmicky, and it adds even more difficulty to an already difficult hole.
- The baskets are single-chain practice Discatchers. Maybe obvious to say it, but it sucks getting robbed of a birdie by the light chains - I'm talking to you basket #5!
- Most tee signs are already gone, and most tees are dirt swaths with roots that are a little hard to find because they haven't been worn in much yet. Hope concrete tees are coming sometime soon.
Other Thoughts:
- To me, the best hole is probably #8. It requires a long, gentle left turn along the field margin into a mulched area in the trees around the basket. Seems like a great hole layout to reward accuracy. Also this basket feels more 'established' as a hole due to the clearing of undergrowth and mulched landing area. Hope that's a sign of things to come with further course construction here.
- Props to the builders for establishing this course to diversify the downtown Philly disc golf scene! With just a few further installation efforts on tees, signs, and hopefully some hole redesigning, this course is sure to improve with time.
- Props to the builders for establishing this course to diversify the downtown Philly disc golf scene! With just a few further installation efforts on tees, signs, and hopefully some hole redesigning, this course is sure to improve with time.
16
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Edgely: Across the River from Sedgley 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Nov 1, 2020
Played the course:once
Pros:
Cleverly designed to take advantage of woods surrounding a large open field
A good combination of open and wooded holes - credit to the designers for figuring out a way to create a 9 hole course in this space
+ The map for hole #1 shows it to play as a left dogleg down a narrow biking trail, but on the November day I played, I found a window for a forehand route using the open field to the left. With a little bit of clearing, this hole could offer a good player's choice
+ Hole #6 is a short, deeply wooded hole where you throw across a valley and back up to a basket perched up on a stump. Clever design, although the woods haven't been cleared quite enough to make the sightlines you need for an ace run. It's still a little bit of a poke-and-hope
+ Hole #7 has the potential to be the best hole on the course. It's 250' gradual dogleg left, with a few mature oak trees defining the bend of the fairway
A good combination of open and wooded holes - credit to the designers for figuring out a way to create a 9 hole course in this space
+ The map for hole #1 shows it to play as a left dogleg down a narrow biking trail, but on the November day I played, I found a window for a forehand route using the open field to the left. With a little bit of clearing, this hole could offer a good player's choice
+ Hole #6 is a short, deeply wooded hole where you throw across a valley and back up to a basket perched up on a stump. Clever design, although the woods haven't been cleared quite enough to make the sightlines you need for an ace run. It's still a little bit of a poke-and-hope
+ Hole #7 has the potential to be the best hole on the course. It's 250' gradual dogleg left, with a few mature oak trees defining the bend of the fairway
Cons:
- Because 6 of the 9 holes are a counterclockwise loop around the edge of the playing field, there's a lot of left-to-right shot shaping. Holes 2,3 and 5 differ in lengths, but they all play across the open field with right doglegs to baskets tucked into the woods line. "Oh, this shot again..."
- Navigation is a little tough: Laminated signs are stuck to trees, and the transition from the initial loop to the last 3 holes requires some wandering (but please make sure to notice the hilariously-signed "beer garden" between holes 6 and 7)
- The course intersects with a bike trail during the initial loop. Be on the lookout, because they come upon you quickly and quietly
- Navigation is a little tough: Laminated signs are stuck to trees, and the transition from the initial loop to the last 3 holes requires some wandering (but please make sure to notice the hilariously-signed "beer garden" between holes 6 and 7)
- The course intersects with a bike trail during the initial loop. Be on the lookout, because they come upon you quickly and quietly
Other Thoughts:
~ Find parking by the abandoned yellow building - the closest "lot" in the park is really just a dirt pulloff in a pretty rundown area of the park
COURSE AMENITIES:
New baskets (although they're lightweight portable DisCatchers); tees are just marked spots on the ground (the first tee is on the concrete apron at the back corner of the yellow building). Not really cart-friendly: it's flat, but a lot of the wooded playing areas are barely recognizable as a course.
~ One of the genuine pleasures of bagging is finding the little-known or new courses that reflect a lot of hard work and love of the game by dedicated volunteers. The Philadelphia Area Disc Alliance is building something casual and fun here, but right now the course is still in the early stages
RECOMMENDED COMBINATIONS:
It's just across the river from the legendary Sedgley Woods, so you could play 36 holes of urban disc golf. Or for a change of pace, cross over to New Jersey and play the object course in Camden County Park in a nice old suburban neighborhood where you're trying to hit trees on purpose
COURSE AMENITIES:
New baskets (although they're lightweight portable DisCatchers); tees are just marked spots on the ground (the first tee is on the concrete apron at the back corner of the yellow building). Not really cart-friendly: it's flat, but a lot of the wooded playing areas are barely recognizable as a course.
~ One of the genuine pleasures of bagging is finding the little-known or new courses that reflect a lot of hard work and love of the game by dedicated volunteers. The Philadelphia Area Disc Alliance is building something casual and fun here, but right now the course is still in the early stages
RECOMMENDED COMBINATIONS:
It's just across the river from the legendary Sedgley Woods, so you could play 36 holes of urban disc golf. Or for a change of pace, cross over to New Jersey and play the object course in Camden County Park in a nice old suburban neighborhood where you're trying to hit trees on purpose
