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Martinsville, VA

J. Frank Wilson Memorial Park

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2.55(based on 4 reviews)
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BrotherDave
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Experience: 16.8 years 192 played 189 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Rated 'E' for Everyone 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:May 17, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

It's a pitch'n putt with fun elevation. It plays around a skate park and basketball court, up and down hills and a few valley shots which makes it thoroughly enjoyable. Great course for albinos, you never stray too far from the canopy of mature trees, a surprisingly verdant course for being in a city park. The baskets are solid, the tees are natural but in good shape mostly, and the designer(s) did an admirable job switching the holes up. For such a short course, it's impressive that the holes didn't suffer much from monotony, largely due to the elevation. A few baskets are located on quick greens to sprinkle some challenge on an otherwise easy course. Even a creek comes into play, kind of, on a couple of holes.

Cons:

• The assigned pars are extremely forgiving. Everything on this course should have been a par 3 and maybe a handful of par 2s if you're into that sort of thing.

• Natural tees but few holes require much of a run-up so they're not likely to get rutted out quickly.

• Lots of green underbrush and occasional briers so be wary of tossing green discs around on certain holes.

• The tee signs aren't terribly graphic. When in doubt, just throw straight.

• Couldn't really play 16 because one of the basketball playing homeys parked his whip directly behind the basket. Lots of potential to hit cars if you over shoot the basket any when the court is full.

Other Thoughts:

This isn't a road trip course by any means but it made a nice, fun warm-up for us on the way to Sontag. A really good course to work your putter game but I actually broke out a driver here and there to hit certain angles. Just a cool little park to kill time with a quick round.
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