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Farmington, PA

Nemacolin Woodlands Resort

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1.755(based on 4 reviews)
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BigAl724
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Experience: 11.7 years 178 played 144 reviews
1.00 star(s)

Very Basic, Bad Design 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 26, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

Nemacolin Woodlands is a huge ski resort with an endless amount of things to do throughout the year. The disc golf course is located all the way in the back of the resort at the top of ski/zip line area. You have to go through the Adventure Center which is where you can pick up a course map and rent discs if needed. The nice part is that the course is free if you provide your own discs.

While the design is straight forward, the course does present some challenge combining elevation changes and very tight fairways that you do not want to venture off of. The are a few wooded holes as well.

There is a good mix of hyzer, anny, and straight shots in this 9 hole course. Five of the nine holes are also 350 feet or above.

The course is set on a beautiful, peaceful mountainside.

The baskets are in good shape and you will most likely have this course all to yourself. Tee markers show where to throw from.

The fairways were kept nice when I was there, but other reviewers had different experiences.

Cons:

I really had to stretch to find good things about this course. It clearly is a low priority of the resort and the zip line interferes a little bit being so close to a few holes.

The tees are natural, though they don't cause a lot of harm.

The rough is pretty awful on the sides of each fairway and is the main obstacle of the course. Not much else to contend with.

Navigation is confusing without tee signs or numbered baskets. This makes the map a necessity, and it still can be confusing.

The baskets are single chained.

This course doesn't aim at a particular skill level, showing poor design. The course wouldn't be too much fun for new players because of the nasty rough and the poor navigation, but would be boring to most average and above players with too many boring, straight-forward holes.

Other Thoughts:

This course is not good but is still better than nothing, which IMO constitutes a one disc rating. It is unfortunate that they didn't hire a more committed designer, as this land has potential with the ski slopes and nearby woods.

I would only play this course if you are at the resort or traveling to nearby courses such as Jumonville or Red Neck DGC.
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