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Canton, OH

Schneider Park

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DiscinOhio
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Experience: 11 years 203 played 192 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Tiring Little Course 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 8, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

Schneider is a compact 9-holer that winds up and down a large hill, through fields of long grass.

Convenient location, right across from GlenOak HS.

Could be good for beginners, but the long grass and gusty winds atop the hill could make for a painful round.

Nice baskets and tee signs. There is also a course info board with scorecards and pencils.

*These are some of the best scorecards I've seen on a disc golf course. Very well done!

There's a couple of fun downhill shots. Even though they are really short, still fun to see if you can bring home an ace.

Cons:

The biggest thing I take away from Schneider is it's meant for pure beginners. That being said, anyone with more experience won't find too much fun here.

Gusty winds and long grass can make this round a pain looking all over for discs. Lost one between #1 and #2, the wind just swept it away.

Baskets seem to be crooked, so the navigational tape is pretty much pointless.

Other Thoughts:

This is a nice little 9-holer just across from GlenOak High School (Go Eagles!). Not much replay value here for anyone higher than a total beginner. Still good for the sport!
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swatso
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 15.8 years 755 played 414 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Seek and Destroy 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 11, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

Makes good use of the limited resources (hillock and two treelines) that are available.

Good scorecard/map available at kiosk.

Excellent teesigns, containing loads of information. Easy to navigate, even sans map.

Cons:

Depending upon your accuracy, and the length of the dense rough defining/bordering most of the fairways, you may be participating in several disc searches.

Single tee location/basket position. The small teepads were lacking the necessary gravel/crush, and were a bit of a tripping hazard.

Other Thoughts:

Course is situated in a small public park across from Glenoak High School, and does a good job of avoiding other park users. Up (thrice) and down (twice) an open hillock, with fairway cut through thick weeds/grasses/wildflowers, are the early challenges you'll encounter, with the fifth hole requiring a sharp right turn through the treeline window at the ~200' mark. After lefty-late number-6, the last three, very short holes, play in within the second treeline/patch, including a tunnel, a short downslope, and a pinballish x-slope finishing hole.

For the most part, the distances and difficulty of the holes are appropriate for beginners/intermediates, but during growing season, the rough may prove too tenacious.
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Burky
Experience: 12.2 years 53 played 4 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Wear your pants 2+ years drive by

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

Pros:

great course to learn on
nice baskets
never crowded
nice course for kids (playable and beautiful playground)
mix of open and wooded holes
even a beginner can score on
fairly dry
quick 9 hole rounds(20-25 minutes)
map on each hole
scorecards at first tee

Cons:

plays short
heavy, heavy summer brush just off fairways
just one set of tees
gravel tee pads can be sketchy; slippery at times

Other Thoughts:

This is the course that my daughter and I learned to play on. For what the course is it is nice. Course plays short and big arms will find little challenge. Course is a great place to learn to throw and learn how to make puts. It is a really great course for kids to play and walk. My younger daughter (5 years old) regularly walks the course just fine. Course plays up and down a large hill then winds through some lightly wooded area. The main complaint about the course is the the lack of mowing during the summer. The plain township parks department mows the fairways all summer long but just off the fairways there is no mowing at all. This leads to high dense weeds, brambles and scratch grass. In places this can reach waist high. Try to keep good sight lines on your discs to prevent losing them.

#1- uphill straight shot. Looks like this year they are not mowing in front of the basket so it requires a straight carry over this area.

#2-downhill straight shot back to parking area. Definitely ace-able and easy birdie. (still waiting for that ace)

#3- straight shot that goes uphill and then back down. Basket is tucked in trees. Try to get disc to crest hill and you'll have a good look at birdie.

#4- uphill straight shot. Lot of hill to carry.

#5- Signature hole. Starts on top of hill the anhyzers past big grove of trees. There is a gap you can hit but if you through a solid disc it can normally make it through trees down to lower level. Hard hole but normally play this one pretty good.

#6-Hyzer shot that goes approx. 230 feet and takes hard left

#7-my nemesis. Hole is very straight tunnel shot with heavy rough both right and left of trees. Immensely easier then #5 but this hole kills me every time.

#8- Downhill short shot through trees. Easy birdie and big time ace-able hole.

#9- Fairly straight shot through light forest. Two tunnel trees you must clear approx. 20 ft. off tee. Hard part about this hole is tee box is built on very unsteady sloping ground so the tee is not level at all. Make sure you get good footing so you don't slip and hurt self.

Just north of hole #9 dumps back into parking lot. Pictures that are up now don't due justice to how far the course has come. I'm working on getting some new ones up to show how course looks now. Best advice I can give is to make sure you wear pants or your going to have some extremely itchy legs if you spray disc at all. Nice course to learn on.

Updated 8/7/2014

Dropped my review from a 3 to a 1.5. Hate the way this course is being mowed ( or lack of). First 4 holes are the same rough as always, waist to chest high. On these holes if you track your disc you should be able to find it. The fifth is where the problems start. Rough has been to grow high over the hill and on top. In addition the path to walk down to the lower level is overgrown and barely passable. If you had never played here you might not find the path
The 6th is the disaster. tee shot is straight and then direct left turn at approx 250 yards. Heavy, heavy , heavy rough just to the right of the 12 foot fairway. That's right 12 FOOT FAIRWAY! Today through what I thought was a nice hyzer over the rough and it came back left just into the rough. Spent half hour with rough up to my shoulders and never found. I've played close to 50 courses and I don't know if I've ever seen a more poorly designed rough area.

In addition the path that leads from 8 basket to 9 tee is 100% overgrown and not passable. Again if you've never played here you might never find the tee.

While originally I said this was a beginners course it is now far from it. If you bring a beginner here expect them to spend an entire round in heavy nasty rough and still probably lose some discs. Will cause nothing but frustration I've vowed now to stick to wildwood, arberetum, and massillon and will only play here from october till early april because I will not lose discs on decent shots because of whatever someone from the parks department trimming ideas are.
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kinger
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 14.1 years 101 played 101 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Little Thrill on this Hill 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jun 28, 2011 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

~Brand spanking new park
~Playground, shelter, drinking fountain & bathrooms nearby
~Basket positions and layout take advantage of the terrain offered
~Signs and tee boxes are installed

Cons:

~Tee pads are small and are wooden timber boxes filled with fine stone
~Waist high brush on both sides of 30' mowed fairways
~Not enjoyable at all and essentially unplayable during the growing season

Other Thoughts:

I've visited this park twice now and it's a great place for the kids to play. The course tracks up, down and around a large hill for the first six holes then takes you through a narrow wooded area to complete the nine. Course is primarily mid range and putter friendly which I don't mind. The entire course is nearby the playground making this an appealing location to bring the whole family. Last night I grabbed my Roc, Ringer, and Warlock and attempted to play. After the first two holes I gave up and decided to just walk the rest of the course to check it out. Overall the layout and concept are really good and there are a few holes that could be amazingly fun. Unfortunately they've decided to make this a "links" style of course meaning they mow a 20'-30' wide strip of land from tee area to basket. So unless you can throw nuts on accurate across a windy hill you will be spending more time wading through high brush tracking down lost discs then playing the actual game. This is developing into Boettler Park Part 2 and it's frustrating seeing new baskets and good land go to waste. After I walked past No. 8's basket I spent about 10 minutes trying to find the 9th hole and still have no idea where it is. Through recent contact with the parks department I was assured that permanent tee pads and signage will be installed in July. They've also indicated that the fairways may be widened by 20', but I still don't think this will be enough especially for the new players this course is geared for. Keeping my fingers crossed for much needed improvements as this is an ideal destination for my family.

** I will update this review accordingly after all improvements are made to the course **

Played a winter round on 1/7/2012 during an unseasonably warm day. All of the brush has been mowed down for the season, tee signs and stone filled boxes are in place. With the continuous improvements and lack of vegetation it's a playable course, still lacking many factors that make a course good though.
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