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The Dragon reviews
5
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Windy Mini 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Updated:
Played on:Feb 4, 2018
Played the course:once
Pros:
-Long, technically challenging course (if you use mandos, OBs, and hazards)
-Very clean park
-Well placed goals that are in excellent condition
-Very clean park
-Well placed goals that are in excellent condition
Cons:
-No tee pads
-No tee signs
-No welcome sign with layout
-No indication of OB or hazards at the tee
-All the OB and hazard rules are hard to follow
-Flow passes dangerously close to running trails and roads.
-No tee signs
-No welcome sign with layout
-No indication of OB or hazards at the tee
-All the OB and hazard rules are hard to follow
-Flow passes dangerously close to running trails and roads.
Other Thoughts:
This course is still a work in process. They will eventually get tee boxes and signage, and that will make it a little better.
My bigger issue was all the hazard and OB rules that were not blatantly obvious at the tee pad. It seems like they squeezed the course in and tried to make up for not having natural obstacles by putting imaginary boundaries onto holes. Hole 9 is the biggest example of this. The rules were hard for many in the mini this Sunday to understand. I would prefer to play the course as it is laid out rather than imagine ways to make a course you just installed harder. To be fair, we played this weekend with winds that ranged from 20-38 mph, so the conditions were stupid hard anyway. The course did not need imaginary hazards to make it harder. I prefer courses that incorporate the natural obstacles available, and then let you decide how to navigate those obstacles. If the location does not have championship level obstacles available, then don't build it as a championship level course. Even with tee pads, signs, and no hazard/OB, this course would probably never be more than 3-4 for me.
Just for the record, I liked hole 9 the least and I liked hole 11 the most.
Updated on 9/9/19 due to its position on my continuing bell curve of courses played. Very close to being a 3.
9/28/20 Update:
Out of the 66 courses I have reviewed, this is where this course ranks along with similarly rated courses:
Rank-Course, Location
35-Timmons Park, Greenville, SC
36-Crooked Creek Park, Chapin, SC
37-USC Upstate, Spartanburg, SC
38-Trails DGC, Anderson, SC
39-Shoally Creek DGC, Boiling Springs, SC
40-The Dragon, Purcell, OK
41-Mulerider DGC, Magnolia, AR
42-Lakeside DGC, Elmore City, OK
43-Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Enid, OK
44-Broadlawn Park, Ardmore, OK
My bigger issue was all the hazard and OB rules that were not blatantly obvious at the tee pad. It seems like they squeezed the course in and tried to make up for not having natural obstacles by putting imaginary boundaries onto holes. Hole 9 is the biggest example of this. The rules were hard for many in the mini this Sunday to understand. I would prefer to play the course as it is laid out rather than imagine ways to make a course you just installed harder. To be fair, we played this weekend with winds that ranged from 20-38 mph, so the conditions were stupid hard anyway. The course did not need imaginary hazards to make it harder. I prefer courses that incorporate the natural obstacles available, and then let you decide how to navigate those obstacles. If the location does not have championship level obstacles available, then don't build it as a championship level course. Even with tee pads, signs, and no hazard/OB, this course would probably never be more than 3-4 for me.
Just for the record, I liked hole 9 the least and I liked hole 11 the most.
Updated on 9/9/19 due to its position on my continuing bell curve of courses played. Very close to being a 3.
9/28/20 Update:
Out of the 66 courses I have reviewed, this is where this course ranks along with similarly rated courses:
Rank-Course, Location
35-Timmons Park, Greenville, SC
36-Crooked Creek Park, Chapin, SC
37-USC Upstate, Spartanburg, SC
38-Trails DGC, Anderson, SC
39-Shoally Creek DGC, Boiling Springs, SC
40-The Dragon, Purcell, OK
41-Mulerider DGC, Magnolia, AR
42-Lakeside DGC, Elmore City, OK
43-Northwestern Oklahoma State University, Enid, OK
44-Broadlawn Park, Ardmore, OK
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