I've been a resident of Norwalk, CT for nearly 10 years, and when I first moved here with my wife, the only course in Fairfield County was Cranbury Park. Cranbury is in a league of its own when it comes to long, wooded, and technical. The installation of courses at Waveny Park in New Canaan and Veteran's Park in Bridgeport were similar in feel and design and were predominantly wooded and technical.

Sherwood feels like these courses' wide open younger brother. With 18 baskets, sign/bag posts at every hole, and recently installed tee bricks to define a legitimate spot to drive from, Sherwood will soon reach the ranks of elite CT disc golf along with Cranbury, Bridgeport, and Wickham Park.

The layout will play and feel easy on a beautiful calm day, but sitting on the Long Island Sound, when the wind whips up, disc selection, shot shaping, and putting will become paramount. Park staff were involved in the course creation and are actively involved in reducing safety hazards to players, limiting impacts by players to other park users, and protecting wildlife by limiting course access to certain areas of the park.

From October to April the park and the course are open and free to play. And given the fact that it is immediately off of I-95 at exit 18, it's easy to hit up on your way along the Boston/NYC/Philly corridor.

Lastly, the potential for longer tees and basket positions has been discussed with park staff and exists on a great many holes.

As the current layout is not permanent, tees are currently just grass, sand, or dirt, although a few holes use park roads (ie: asphalt). With just over two months of traffic, the natural tee areas are already getting worn in, and provide significantly better traction than they did in July.

It maybe a year or two before a semi-permanent layout is decided upon and concrete/rubber tees installed. So while the tees are negative now, long-term they won't be.

The Cranbury/Bridgeport golf clubs have combined much of their volunteer efforts to install just the second "wide-open bomber" course in the entire state after Wickham. Although a fall tournament is not currently planned as of this review, a Sunday morning league will be starting on Oct. 4th at 10am with a rotating format between doubles and singles. With appropriate scheduling (likely fall or spring to avoid high park usage months), any tournament will have the potential to use alternate tees to increase the overall length of several holes. And as a long-time tournament player, this reviewer's dream is a two-day high class B tier or A tier event utilizing Cranbury Park and Sherwood. Additionally, as this is the first course installed in a CT State Park, the possibility of installing courses in other low-profile parks with less usage just went up exponentially in my opinion. With a number of available parks in Fairfield County, the possibility of increasing course density to the point where a PDGA tournament like Bowling Green or even a Worlds could be held is now a reality.