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Oskaloosa, IA

Edmundson Park

3.465(based on 13 reviews)
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Spike Hyzer 23
Experience: 30.8 years 92 played 88 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Beautiful Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Mar 9, 2015 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

The course is laid out well, has slightly rolling hills and has the look and feel of a ball golf course with only minimal obstruction in the way of few mature trees that are fairly well placed.

Hole 13 was my favorite, a true disc golf hole that is pleasing to the eye and technical.

Cons:

The shots are very straightforward and little creativity is demanded. The biggest factor here is distance, which once again means that only the big arms will score.

The first time I played the course was in February and there was over 4 feet of snow on the ground, the tees weren't cleared, and the wind was blowing 30 MPH. That was the major challenge.

Other Thoughts:

The main problem with courses like this is that the designers seem to have come from a ball golf background and don't realize that disc golf requires much more in the way of obstacles in order to create fair and natural penalties (that also reward a player with exceptional creativity in escaping those traps with good second shots).

This sort of course is becoming obsolete in my opinion, and the PDGA should begin eliminating them in favor of the heavily wooded and technical courses that don't rely solely on length.
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