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Sam Houston Elementary DGC reviews
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wellsbranch250
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Experience:
10.3 years
662 played
641 reviews
Four Opportunities To Ricochet Off A Building For An Ace!
Reviewed:
Played on:Jul 2, 2022
Played the course:once
Cons:
(0.329 Rating) A cupcake school course with chances to break stuff.
- HAZARDS - Driving up and seeing the baskets along the school grounds was a euphoria and a "shaking the head" kind of moment. A euphoria, because I wasn't 100 percent sure that the course had baskets. It wasn't yet listed on DGCR and my other app said it was an object course at the time. After getting out of the car, and really getting a firm look of the place, I was left in awe. Baskets are literally right up against classroom buildings. One of the holes actually plays threw the heart of a pavilion. Whomever laid this one out, had no concept or care that discs can damage property and injure people. There wasn't much to work with on this small school property, but the level of unsafe design is among the worst I've ever seen. Bottom 10 for sure. A similar length of layout could have been achieved without this many problems.
- LACK OF CHALLENGE - Most players are only going to need a putter here, except on maybe the last hole. The average hole length is just above 125. Several holes are obstacle free. Every hole felt like deuce or die. It just wasn't any fun for me to play these elementary lines.
- HOLE VARIETY - Unless backstop classroom windows count as a unique design element, there is nothing here game-play wise worth replicating on a future course build. The longest hole is 200 feet. Every tee shot is either open or mostly open. I did like the above average elevation change that the course offered.
- AMENITIES - Basically just MachII baskets and tee signs. Several of the baskets are leaning. The tee sign for (1) was missing and I looked nearly everywhere. Tees are natural without a line. There is a nice shelter with picnic tables by hole (7), but I would be leery using it as it's the center of the fairway on this hole.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - I subjectively grade courses on a curve ordered from heavenly to repulsive, and this one just about re-altered the base line. With 566 courses played as of this review, I slotted this one 563rd.
Pros: Counts as a course played.
- IT'S A COURSE - The 9 baskets at Sam Houston are in good to poor shape and there are 8 tee signs from what I was able to find. That's a course to me. It also sort-of felt golfy. I'm not even sure what golfy means. Probably not even a word. Thus is why it felt that way.
- QUICK PLAY NAVIGATION - The only other personally redeeming quality I found was how quick it was for me to play it. 15 minutes was all it took. Generally easy to follow. A couple years from now, a list of hardcore baggers will be able to be retrieved from the course's DGCR "played" list.
- BEGINNER FRIENDLY - I think the course may work ok for new players, but it'll be an experience that won't translate to how a typical course should play. Generally open with a lot of school property hazards and interactions. Note, I don't award any points just because a course offers a beginner friendly element.
- HAZARDS - Driving up and seeing the baskets along the school grounds was a euphoria and a "shaking the head" kind of moment. A euphoria, because I wasn't 100 percent sure that the course had baskets. It wasn't yet listed on DGCR and my other app said it was an object course at the time. After getting out of the car, and really getting a firm look of the place, I was left in awe. Baskets are literally right up against classroom buildings. One of the holes actually plays threw the heart of a pavilion. Whomever laid this one out, had no concept or care that discs can damage property and injure people. There wasn't much to work with on this small school property, but the level of unsafe design is among the worst I've ever seen. Bottom 10 for sure. A similar length of layout could have been achieved without this many problems.
- LACK OF CHALLENGE - Most players are only going to need a putter here, except on maybe the last hole. The average hole length is just above 125. Several holes are obstacle free. Every hole felt like deuce or die. It just wasn't any fun for me to play these elementary lines.
- HOLE VARIETY - Unless backstop classroom windows count as a unique design element, there is nothing here game-play wise worth replicating on a future course build. The longest hole is 200 feet. Every tee shot is either open or mostly open. I did like the above average elevation change that the course offered.
- AMENITIES - Basically just MachII baskets and tee signs. Several of the baskets are leaning. The tee sign for (1) was missing and I looked nearly everywhere. Tees are natural without a line. There is a nice shelter with picnic tables by hole (7), but I would be leery using it as it's the center of the fairway on this hole.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - I subjectively grade courses on a curve ordered from heavenly to repulsive, and this one just about re-altered the base line. With 566 courses played as of this review, I slotted this one 563rd.
Pros: Counts as a course played.
- IT'S A COURSE - The 9 baskets at Sam Houston are in good to poor shape and there are 8 tee signs from what I was able to find. That's a course to me. It also sort-of felt golfy. I'm not even sure what golfy means. Probably not even a word. Thus is why it felt that way.
- QUICK PLAY NAVIGATION - The only other personally redeeming quality I found was how quick it was for me to play it. 15 minutes was all it took. Generally easy to follow. A couple years from now, a list of hardcore baggers will be able to be retrieved from the course's DGCR "played" list.
- BEGINNER FRIENDLY - I think the course may work ok for new players, but it'll be an experience that won't translate to how a typical course should play. Generally open with a lot of school property hazards and interactions. Note, I don't award any points just because a course offers a beginner friendly element.
Other Thoughts:
The second lowest rating score I've ever given to a course with at least 9 baskets (188 9-holers played as of this review). I even very much try not to give any 9-basket course a 0.5. There are just too many colossal issues here and it's compounded with poor game-play. I would not recommend seeking out this course except to those that are trying to take over the lead on the Tennessee course bagging leader-board. Most course baggers that play here will probably wish after that they hadn't even been tempted to play it. Every player that's thrown one other course will be disappointed.
