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Knoxville, TN

Inskip Park Junior DGC

2.655(based on 10 reviews)
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bjreagh
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Experience: 27.8 years 350 played 321 reviews
1.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 22, 2021 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

The primary purpose here is a course for kids and beginners, and what a good one it is. It achieves this by its hole lengths, however don't let the distances fool you because the design is interesting and provides a good glimpse of many challenges one would find on more difficult courses. There are open and wooded holes, some elevation, guarded baskets, and a wide range of hole lengths. In other words, this is not just 9 baskets in a boring open field, so bravo!

9 holes/baskets, but each has 2 tees (a short and a little bit longer). Obviously you can play both for 18 holes, or move to the back tees for more challenge once the front set become mastered.

The tee signs are soooo cool! They had kids draw the hole maps. They look nice, are well done, and add to the overall vibe of being a course for kids.

Cons:

Tees are circles and are totally fine for throwing from, but as a course that is going to be introducing people to disc golf, having standard rectangles that you find almost everywhere else would have made more sense to me.

Navigation is not impossible, but not automatic at times since there are other paths and trails in the woods that are not disc golf paths. First time here you might do some searching down wrong paths. Next tee signs would be helpful, but not completely necessary I suppose.

Other Thoughts:

For experienced players, this is nice putter/mid course. Though a driver might be useful for the longest hole which also has a low ceiling. I played here as a warm-up to Harmon Hills and Panther Creek and had a lot of fun.

Rating these kinds of courses is so tricky and kind of unfair.
For a kids/introductory course, this is a great one. I would bring my young kids here to play, no question. But as far as giving it a rating for the masses out of the 300+ I have played, it likely won't be that interesting to most people who have played a few rounds before. Unless maybe a warmup round or a place to quickly practice the short game.

Kids course- 4.0 Excellent
For everyone else- 1.5+ Passable
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MrFrosty
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Experience: 31.2 years 764 played 387 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Pitch and Putt Intro Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 15, 2019 Played the course:once

Pros:

Pulling into the lot for Inskip Park Junior , the name of the park is all you need to know . There is a pool featured that sits off to the back right of the first tee and behind the #9 basket . The pool looks real nice , especially for the kids . The course , well , I have to grade for everyone . This would be the park that you would take your 10 year old to play . or just goof around with if you own 2 disc that you carry around with you . If the objective is to introduce disc gold to the kids , then objective met . I thought it was entertaining to me that the tee pads are small and circular cement . This was a first for me . I didn't like them just because even though the holes are all short and I could throw them all from a stationary stance , little kids ( Juniors ) have to learn to throw from a run up . Okay , the baskets are your basic older design . Nondescript and not numbered . Still okay for beginners . The signage is actually a treat . It looks like they had a contest to see who could color in the best basket signs ( the best feature ) , describing the length and tee location from both locations . SURPRISE , they have a short and LONG tee , and a NEXT arrow to help you navigate . Remember to look at these . I am not making fun of it ,. The sign even reads on the side Inskip Youth , so they are not trying to pass this course off as something that it isn't . There is actually some good use of the elevation here . I was actually hoping that they would feature a water carry hole that would turn out to be one of those fish ponds that you see at carnivals . Pull a fish , get an ACE . haha . Just kidding . Anyway , the holes are pretty vanilla in the they throw mostly straight ahead , just some length difference , maybe a little up or downhill and with a few small trees or brush blocking a direct path to the basket . The one hole that was a little out of place was #5 . A narrow fairway flanked by small trees on both sides , 155' for the short tees and 235' for the longs . A little challenging for a birdie because of the low canopy that can bat down your first throw . The first tee is a easy drive 45' or 120' with no obstruction . The last hole is a throw coming out of the woods downhill to a basket with a tree beside it 110' or 160' . Don't take this course for anything that it is or isn't . It's a great intro course for kids , families after dinner , or ACE RUN CITY for the bigger kids or adults . Not much chance of losing a disc . It is a very quick play . I played it by myself in under 25 minutes without a map .

Cons:

#1 course is even short for the kids . #2 Tee pads could be a little dangerous . No amenities , which is okay , because the play is so quick , you don't need benches or trash cans . Carry out what you carry in . #3 most important . Kids , color us out of towners a map so we can navigate the course a little easier .

Other Thoughts:

All in all , this is an okay course . It will appeal to some of the locals and elementary kids . This might be fun if you are waterlogged from the pool next door and have to be out of the water for a half hour . This would also be a perfect course for your first ace . I do have to address this : 2.94 ,which is the grade for Inskip's course . Really !!?? Admiral Farragut Park and Plumb Creek are rated less than this course . My Recommendation : unless bagging a quickie course there is no reason to stop here , unless you want to be hassled by the pool security guard when trying to find where the course is . JUST DRIVE ON BY .
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