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Harrisville DGC reviews
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sillybizz
Diamond level trusted reviewer
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Experience:
22.3 years
427 played
413 reviews
Another course with 'magic number' problems/design flaws
Reviewed:
Played on:Sep 30, 2022
Played the course:once
Pros:
Aesthetics:
I think this the biggest pro I think of for this course as you get the pond, creek from said pond, lush green grass, and amazing mountains to look at while playing. Creek and/or pond being in play for a majority of the course. There is a busy street that the parking lot is attached to but it can hardly be heard from the course.
Elevation, hazards, and obstacles:
The course starts on a hill sloping down toward the creek with hole 1's basket just in front of it. From there you throw up and down this hill for the most part in the first four holes and also on hole 7 IIRC. This elevation does help make the holes fun. Hazards and obstacles mainly consist of the creek and pond but there are a few holes like 7 with a decent amount of trees guarding the fairway.
Overall you don't need more than a midrange on most holes considering the distance - I brought 2 putters and only wished I had something more on hole 9. This place is geared for the local families that want to play here I believe.
I think this the biggest pro I think of for this course as you get the pond, creek from said pond, lush green grass, and amazing mountains to look at while playing. Creek and/or pond being in play for a majority of the course. There is a busy street that the parking lot is attached to but it can hardly be heard from the course.
Elevation, hazards, and obstacles:
The course starts on a hill sloping down toward the creek with hole 1's basket just in front of it. From there you throw up and down this hill for the most part in the first four holes and also on hole 7 IIRC. This elevation does help make the holes fun. Hazards and obstacles mainly consist of the creek and pond but there are a few holes like 7 with a decent amount of trees guarding the fairway.
Overall you don't need more than a midrange on most holes considering the distance - I brought 2 putters and only wished I had something more on hole 9. This place is geared for the local families that want to play here I believe.
Cons:
Magic number problems:
Holes 5 and 6 are obviously here to get you to the 'magic number' which in this case in 9. Magic number problems are when you design courses with a set number of holes you want on a course (usually 9, 18 or a multiple of 3) without considering if that number is the most efficient or best use of the space given. Holes 5 and 6 are the result of said problems when you 'have to' make 9 holes - which are filler holes. If you have played here (or even if you haven't really) and you're reading my review ask yourself this question: Would this course be worse without two (TWO!) 100 foot, wide open holes? Of course not, you might even argue it would be better without these holes. Without pushing the magic number you could have combined a few holes and made it a nice 5-7 hole course. As is it's pretty much a 6-7 hole course anyway.
DANGER!:
There is one bridge in the middle of the course that is part of the green for hole 1, fairway for hole 9, and the walking path from hole 6 to hole 7. Also hole 7 has you throwing over the parking lot (it's not the only line just the only line that makes any sense) which is especially dangerous considering how much traffic this course gets. I played it around lunch time during the week and had to skip it for fear of hitting a few cars. There are countless numbers of other people here playing the course or just walking through the park utterly oblivious or not caring that they are in a disc golf area. I almost had to scrap playing the course after hole 4 due to restrictions with other users which I've never had to due on a weekday in the afternoon.
It's just too short and not challenging enough to even make you bring more than 2 discs IMO. No serious golfers would play here unless they are course bagging whores like myself. What I'm gleaning from past reviews is that this course used to be better, then it got redesigned and it got much worse. Honestly with how busy this park is the governing body (city or county) should move the course to another park better suited for disc golf and less occupied by other users.
Holes 5 and 6 are obviously here to get you to the 'magic number' which in this case in 9. Magic number problems are when you design courses with a set number of holes you want on a course (usually 9, 18 or a multiple of 3) without considering if that number is the most efficient or best use of the space given. Holes 5 and 6 are the result of said problems when you 'have to' make 9 holes - which are filler holes. If you have played here (or even if you haven't really) and you're reading my review ask yourself this question: Would this course be worse without two (TWO!) 100 foot, wide open holes? Of course not, you might even argue it would be better without these holes. Without pushing the magic number you could have combined a few holes and made it a nice 5-7 hole course. As is it's pretty much a 6-7 hole course anyway.
DANGER!:
There is one bridge in the middle of the course that is part of the green for hole 1, fairway for hole 9, and the walking path from hole 6 to hole 7. Also hole 7 has you throwing over the parking lot (it's not the only line just the only line that makes any sense) which is especially dangerous considering how much traffic this course gets. I played it around lunch time during the week and had to skip it for fear of hitting a few cars. There are countless numbers of other people here playing the course or just walking through the park utterly oblivious or not caring that they are in a disc golf area. I almost had to scrap playing the course after hole 4 due to restrictions with other users which I've never had to due on a weekday in the afternoon.
It's just too short and not challenging enough to even make you bring more than 2 discs IMO. No serious golfers would play here unless they are course bagging whores like myself. What I'm gleaning from past reviews is that this course used to be better, then it got redesigned and it got much worse. Honestly with how busy this park is the governing body (city or county) should move the course to another park better suited for disc golf and less occupied by other users.
Other Thoughts:
There are some fun throws here (If you can actually throw without someone in your fairway) for your putter or superclass discs and nice views in a nice park but the design overall is severely lacking thought. I think I would designate this course as a baggers only course on a weekday before noon as it seems it's not playable any other time and not worth it to wait for people to move or skip holes.
