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Kerr Park reviews
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Reviewed:
Played on:May 16, 2023
Played the course:once
Pros:
-Kerr Park is centrally located in Downingtown next to the town hall/municipal buildings. The majority of the layout follows Brandywine Creek from north to south, and under two main roads. The park is generally well-kept and also features basketball, tennis, baseball, and skateboarding.
-The layout is an excellent variety of short wooded shots (3-7), several standard park-style holes, and a few longer (350') open shots. The creek adds a challenge on a couple of holes as well. You'll use most of the discs in your bag here.
-The essentials are done right: concrete tees, Discatcher baskets, color tee signs. There are a few longer walks between holes, but reasonable given the elongated nature of the park.
-The layout is an excellent variety of short wooded shots (3-7), several standard park-style holes, and a few longer (350') open shots. The creek adds a challenge on a couple of holes as well. You'll use most of the discs in your bag here.
-The essentials are done right: concrete tees, Discatcher baskets, color tee signs. There are a few longer walks between holes, but reasonable given the elongated nature of the park.
Cons:
-The property is extremely flat, and except for the creek carry on #14, there are no especially memorable holes. Only one tee and basket location per hole.
-I'm not a fan of the metal sponsor signs hanging from the baskets with carabiners. If you hit the basket cage, the sign will rattle and make an awful noise.
-Most of the course is designed conservatively to minimize conflicts with other park users. However, 13-16 play very close to the pedestrian paths. Hole 13 is especially dangerous, sandwiched in a narrow strip between the creek and a path. On Saturdays, this hole is probably unplayable with the farmer's market.
-I'm not a fan of the metal sponsor signs hanging from the baskets with carabiners. If you hit the basket cage, the sign will rattle and make an awful noise.
-Most of the course is designed conservatively to minimize conflicts with other park users. However, 13-16 play very close to the pedestrian paths. Hole 13 is especially dangerous, sandwiched in a narrow strip between the creek and a path. On Saturdays, this hole is probably unplayable with the farmer's market.
Other Thoughts:
-Kerr Park is not a spectacular destination, but it's a perfectly adequate, nice community course.
4
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Scott12701
Experience:
34.1 years
63 played
6 reviews
Fun course in a nice park 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Mar 22, 2020
Played the course:once
Pros:
Nice mix of open and wooded holes.
Open holes still bring tall, old growth trees into play to make it interesting.
All holes have at least one clear line.
Even short holes require skill shots.
Good use of walking paths as OB.
Concrete tee pads.
Open holes still bring tall, old growth trees into play to make it interesting.
All holes have at least one clear line.
Even short holes require skill shots.
Good use of walking paths as OB.
Concrete tee pads.
Cons:
Long walk between some of the holes and from 18 back to 1.
Most of the open holes aren't overly challenging.
Some tee pads don't have signage (have UDisc ready).
Most of the open holes aren't overly challenging.
Some tee pads don't have signage (have UDisc ready).
Other Thoughts:
Kerr is a nice community park DGC with a good mix of open and wooded holes. The wooded holes are all short (under 300'), but even the shortest requires an accurate, well executed shot to give any chance of birdie. In addition, there's a good mix of right and left doglegs, which will require a good skill set of shots to play the holes.
The open holes are the longer holes, and most fall in the 325-350+ range, but are not overly difficult. Tall, old growth trees litter the park, and the course designers made good use of them to make the holes more challenging. For the most part, a well thrown drive of 280-300' will leave most with either a long birdie attempt or an easy up and down for par from 125' or less. The big arms will fare much better on these holes than those with average distance.
I did like how the course designers used the paved walking paths as OB, making for some challenging drives when they come into play.
Overall, I think Kerr is a fun course in a very nice, well maintained park. It might not be the most challenging course you will play, but it is a nice place to go for a fun round of disc golf.
The open holes are the longer holes, and most fall in the 325-350+ range, but are not overly difficult. Tall, old growth trees litter the park, and the course designers made good use of them to make the holes more challenging. For the most part, a well thrown drive of 280-300' will leave most with either a long birdie attempt or an easy up and down for par from 125' or less. The big arms will fare much better on these holes than those with average distance.
I did like how the course designers used the paved walking paths as OB, making for some challenging drives when they come into play.
Overall, I think Kerr is a fun course in a very nice, well maintained park. It might not be the most challenging course you will play, but it is a nice place to go for a fun round of disc golf.
