Pros:
(2.184 Rating) An incredibly pleasant moderately wooded flat course.
- FUN FACTOR - I refer to courses like this one as Jimmy Buffet Style. Gascoigne has a very friendly laid-back feel to it. There are benches on most holes. Searching for discs is a non possibility. Losing a disc will be limited to throwing high in a tree. Birdies can be had by novice players on a couple holes and the ace potential is very prevalent for higher skilled players. I'd be willing to bet there is a nice local scene too as the natural tees have some lane pitting.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - I scored Gascoigne a touch above average. Hole (1) out the gates is a really cool tee shot with an uprooted cedar that somehow lived in the middle of the fairway. Lots of 100 to 200 year old oaks and cedars litter the landscape, some as wide as a car. What's holding a higher score back is the lack of different elements. No water, no elevation change, no rocks, no backdrop views. The course has a very monotonous feel to it.
- MULTIPLE TEES - There are three sets of tees here, Gold, Blue and Green. Being a bit of a tee snob, I threw the one turf pad per hole layout, which is a mixture of both Blue and Gold Tees. The original first six pads were in great shape. The last three will need some repairs in the next year as the lumps are very noticeable. All the short Green tees and remaining Blue and Gold tees are natural surfaces. All of the tees are clearly marked with softball sized painted rocks.
- NAVIGATION - In my haste, I may have missed spotting a course map on site. Regardless, this is an easy to follow layout. Most tees can be quickly spotted from the prior basket. The transition between basket (1) and tee (2) could have been tricky with tee (5) being between them, but there's a nice directional arrow right there.
- CHAINS - Older DISCatchers with chains that still catch great.
- MAINTENANCE - The park was well maintained during my visit.
- QUICK PLAY - I had this one wrapped up in 30 minutes taking my time.
- PARK FACILITIES - Shelter, restrooms and a drinking fountain.
Cons:
A basic 9 holer.
- LACK OF CHALLENGE - Average difficulty from the back Gold tees. Only modest shot shaping and power requirements from that tee layout. In addition, the tees are not aligned to the correct colors per the PDGA guidelines. Gold is more like a tweener between an Intermediate to Recreational layout. Blue is a lower Red level Recreational Layout. Green looks to be correct at Novice level. The course is beginner friendly from the Green Layout.
- ELEVATION - Glass has more undulations than this course.
- VARIETY - Other than hole (1), the holes generally have the same look and feel throughout. As noted earlier in this review, there are no water features, rock features or backdrop views. The first six holes are moderately wooded and weave around 3 or 4 extremely large oaks or cedars. The last three holes are lightly wooded with one or two trees to game plan around.
- TEE SIGNAGE - Passable. Tee signs are only at the one turf tee per hole. Only a distance and number is given. A few seemed off by as much as thirty feet.
- WAITING - The nicest non-disc'n dog walkers that I've ever met on a disc golf course. All three I saw said hello. One even apologized when their dog jumped into my fairway that I was about to throw. Expect to wait a few times at the tee.
- PARKING - A sand and dirt parking lot with not much parking area.
Other Thoughts:
I was pleasantly surprised. One of the more laid back courses that I've ever played. It reminded me of several Florida courses I've thrown. I'd personally would like to score the course a 2.25. It offers all the basic elements of what I think disc golf should be. Although there are not a lot of thrills on this course, for those that just want to have an easy going round, the course will deliver. No reason for a cherry picker to come here. However, if you're in town on vacation or for work, this course will definitely feed the addiction.