Parma, NY

Parma DGC

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Jimbucket
Experience: 19.8 years 25 played 3 reviews
5.00 star(s)

Beautiful 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 5, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

Amazing, well planned, good for all levels, well maintained, technical in parts. Very easy to figure out. They have maps, and nice signs.

Cons:

NONE! I just wish more courses were like this one.

Other Thoughts:

Pay close attention to certain holes. As with many DG courses, some holes play very close to others, I did notice this on a couple holes here.
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illuminatefreak
Experience: 13.8 years 55 played 6 reviews
5.00 star(s)

Signature Holes, Signature Holes, Signature Holes!! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Apr 5, 2013 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

I absolutely LOVE this course. It's a bit of a hike for me from my house (about a 50 minute drive) but I've made it on multiple occasions... it's just worth it in every way!
- Giant concrete tee pads.
- More than half of the course are signature holes (memorable and unique). #10 is just something you want to ace... bad!
- Awesome course design. Every hole feels like something different than the last or the next.
- Wooded holes require a good line to not get into trouble but are also very fair.
- Practice basket
- No other usage of land which means only traffic are other DG'ers
- Great scenery and landscape!
- Very well maintained.
- Great balance of straight, left turn, right turn holes. Makes you think before you throw.

Cons:

If I had to nit-pick, I'd say...
- I wish the gates were open before 7am. I'm an early riser and enjoy to play at sunrise. But that has nothing to do with the course itself... which is difficult to find anything wrong with in my opinion.
- Course Layout . more navigation signs would be nice. Using a guide would be best. Where you'd think you'd go for the next hole isn't always where it actually is. Definitely recommend printing the map. Can be confusing if it's your first time. Had to skip a few holes my first time out until I came on here and got some clarification on placement. That was when the layout had changed and the map wasn't updated though. Map is up to date now.

Other Thoughts:

This is a GREAT course all around. My buddy got his first ace on hole #2 which was sweet to watch and experience.

I've brought friends trying Disc Golf out for the first time (or fairly new to it). After experiencing this course, they're hooked!

If you're in the area, and you don't play this course, you have no idea what you're missing!! It's not just a round of disc golf... it's an experience.
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jkanick38
Experience: 13.9 years 13 played 11 reviews
5.00 star(s)

Really Nice 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Mar 25, 2012 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

great mix of holes well kept and well mowed, great scenery and follows through nature trail good for all levels of players, very pretty during summer great signs installed help the locating of tees and baskets

Cons:

can be muddy in areas early in the season,Ground bees on hole 8 right after tee box for those who dont like bees last spring that ai played.

Other Thoughts:

Overal a challenging course, lost of differnt styles of holes ranging from heavy wooded to wide open. has some elivations changes but mostly flat and open water on a few holes only may be a pro for some and a con for others, again very prety to play through. best course in rochester
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theeassassin
Experience: 12.6 years 2 played 2 reviews
5.00 star(s)

Top of the line 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 13, 2011 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

This course has it all. Mix of all shots, elevation changes, technical holes, open field shots. Amazing tee pads and hole signs. Very scenic. Defiantly a must play for any local players

Cons:

Navigation, not horrible but defiantly need a map the first few times played. Walking distance between holes and length of time needed to play all 18 but this is just getting a little nit picky now.

Other Thoughts:

Parking in VFW a little weird, course hours open but gate was shut, just parked off to side and left note on car stating that I was playing disc golf.
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lcra0825
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 17.7 years 152 played 39 reviews
5.00 star(s)

A little bit of everything

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Aug 12, 2011 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

- cement tee pads
- New signs with distances and pars!
- a good mix of wooden and open holes
- great scenery
- most hole require contol of throws.
- good variety of hole designs
- use of elevation on several holes
- well mantained
- the flow of the course is good but sometimes the tees are hard to find. Hole 1 starts at the parking lot and hole 18 ends near the parking lot

Cons:

- can be hard to find the tees. be sure to bring a map
- alternate tees are either not available or if they are, they are not clear.
- On hole 1 there is a big patch of brush to the right that seems to suck up many discs. When leaving hole 18, dont be tempted to shoot a practice shot back towards the parking lot because a little bit of anhyzer and end up in the brush.

Other Thoughts:

Like I said there is a little bit of everything on this course. Some holes are open and some are not. Some holes start in the open and go into the woods. Some holes start in the woods and lead into the open. Some holes are up hill and some are down hill. One hole start up hill and you have to shoot over a valley to the basket which is on a hill on the other side. There is water but there is not much danger of losing a disc. Probably my favorite hole is #9 where you tee off from a hill and have to shhot between two trees to the basket which is across a small streem and guarded by a wall. The only thing I can think of to make this course as good as courses like Maple Hill would to be add alternate baskets and better defined alternate tees.

After playing some courses in Michigan I realized there has to be a greater distinction between Parma and a Flip City or Leviathan kind of course so I am changing my rating of parma to a 4 as opposed to 4.5

8/26 The changes the reviewer at the vey top talked about have happened. I have been working all week at Parma during the silver tournament on the PDGA tour. The course is in pristine condition. Basically they just flipped the front 9 with the back 9 only changing some of the holes. The ones they did change are amazing. The course is split almost 50/50 wooded holes and open holes. They added two cement tees and two baskets for every hole. Two of the holes have 3 tees too make I it extra long. Hole #13( the old #4) is now 955 feet long from the longest tee. There are 2 additional cement tees on that hole if 955 feet is too long. Every kind of throw is required on this course. With 4 different layouts (2 tees and 2 baskets) everyone can participate at Parma. Come and check it out.
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Chiefstang
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 14.9 years 101 played 21 reviews
5.00 star(s)

Rochester's secret! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Dec 28, 2010 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Really a great mix. There's good elevation changes, a wide open field, some great wooded shots, righty throws, lefty throws... Just great. Brand new tee-pads and signs are a huge plus!

It's really not a matter of wanting to use all the discs in your bag, it's more out of neccessity.

The new layout is just great. I miss maybe one or two of the old holes, but the new ones more than make up for it.

I don't have a huge arm, so it seemed as though I did alot of drive, drive, putt as opposed to drive, approach, putt. Made it pretty challenging for me personally, and I scored a little higher than I like initially. After playing more rounds and accepting the challenge, rather than fighting it, the course took a shine for me.

Stronger arms will love this one.

Cons:

A little tricky to navigate. Make sure you have a current map, or a guide if you're new to the course.

The old layout had a great hole over a pond, but they've gotten rid of that, leaving only a small stream as any potential water danger. Wish there was a little more risk, but I'm just getting picky.

Other Thoughts:

With the Amateur Worlds coming, this course has been evolving quickly, and I have a feeling it will be the favorite come next summer. It has rapidly gone frome an average course, to a true force to be reckoned with. Even if you've played it in the past, it's worth the trip to re-test your arm at Parma.
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