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Edgley DGC reviews
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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.
