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Lamar, MO

Lamar City Park

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Osbo25
Experience: 14 played 1 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Better than nothing 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 23, 2018 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

In a small town with not much else to do, the simple fact that it exists is a big pro. All of the holes except for #6 have signs, which were very helpful. The park grounds crew keeps it pretty well trimmed. There is a good mixture of long holes (#9 tops out at over 500 feet) and challenging holes (#6 and #7 require precision shots to get through the trees), with the character of both natural obstacles and man-made obstacles (such as the train caboose on #8). The cluster of trees at #5 is a lot of fun to try to work around, especially since you can approach the basket on the other side of the cluster from either direction.

Cons:

The tee pads are way too short. They have rubber pads for every tee, but there's not enough pad to run up. I had to start well off the pad, which wound up throwing off my approach steps more often than I liked.

Some of the holes (#3 and #9 come to mind) have low-hanging tree branches right in front of the tee pad, making it exceedingly difficult to get off a decent drive, especially for longer holes. While the grass it trimmed very nicely, the trees need some work.

I played four rounds at 8:00 in the morning this last time through. When I first started no one was there, but as the morning progressed on, there were several times I had to wait for joggers/walkers to pass by. The course runs along the jogging/walking path. I could see this being an issue at busier times.

Other Thoughts:

I'm not sure I would go out of my way to play this course, but if you're passing through Lamar or staying in town it's worth checking out. It's not a great course, but it's still a course that does provide some challenge to it. Play it several times if you do. I managed to improve my score each of my subsequent rounds on this trip.
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asjzn6
Experience: 18.7 years 136 played 59 reviews
2.50 star(s)

A gem just off the highway 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 23, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

Good baskets, tee signs were pretty helpful. A couple of mandos to add difficulty. Tee pads are rubber with level terrain so you have good run ups. 3 par4 hole 6,7,9. Lots of character for small town, stop and play.

Cons:

No concrete tee pads. Lots of going over the running path. Throwing near playground on hole7

Other Thoughts:

Sweet little park stop and play through a couple of times
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grantbenson
Experience: 18.9 years 66 played 3 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Surprisingly challenging 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jul 23, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

- Decent variety of holes that call for different types of throws.
- The park is well maintained (plus the grounds crew guys were really friendly)
- Most of the tee signs are helpful, with one exception.
- Good use of the available trees.
- More challenging than I expected an almost unknown 9-hole course to be.
- Rubber tee pads aren't as nice as concrete, but they're much better than dirt.

Cons:

- The tee sign for hole 6 is hand-drawn with no distance marked. (The distance in the that I uploaded is a very rough estimate)
- The parking lot comes into play a decent amount, which could be an issue when there are baseball games going on in the park.
- Not much elevation change.
- Only 9 holes (Not that there's really room for more)

Other Thoughts:

Look out for the mando on hole 9. We didn't notice it initially, so the hole seemed like a really easy birdie (based on the labeled par of 4). The mando changes the hole entirely, and makes the par 4 label seem more reasonable. I'm guessing they put it in there to direct drives away from the baseball field.

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