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Calgary, AB

Thorncliffe DGC

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thePiRaTE
Experience: 14 years 20 played 7 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Runs in the Hills 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 17, 2014 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

This course plays as something of a figure eight through a long, well groomed valley, utilizing the surrounding hills, landscaped growth and sparse trees to maximum effect. Natural tees are ground marked and moved regularly to reduce wear.

The primary challenge of this course is playing to baskets often on hills where one may discover 'the Thorncliffe Roll' on bad putting days. Holes 1, 2, 4, 5, 6 and 8 all can familiarize you with this term, but the relative openess of the layout usually allows a well thought out approach to account for this. Dense Nanking Cherry bush mandos - among other types of flora - provide a deep but navigable buffer between the park and surrounding neighborhood for the most part and feature delicious berries in season. Other under-filled copse areas as mandos are used to both provide challenge and to help eliminate crossover of air traffic.

Although making the most of it's vertical assets, the course is easily accessible with parking along various roads around the park or en masse at the Thorncliffe Greenview community association off it's North end. The hall of the latter offering a pub with pool, darts, bowling, washrooms and well priced refreshments adds to the appeal.

Although unmarked, many locals are familiar with the 'back 9', usually extending existing holes and occasionally changing the line entirely for a similar, but longer look at the theme of the standard 9.

Cons:

The dense bush perimeter can at times screen park walkers being seen from tee #3. Hole #6 runs parallel to an alley (mando) and back yards which can see the occasional disc veer into dangerous territory.

There is no signage and tees/baskets may not be instantly correlate-able if one is not familiar with the layout. Hopeful if the community accepts this lovely course over time pads and signs may be erected.

Other Thoughts:

At areas where disc golf and the community are more likely to come into contact (basket #1, tee #3, tee #5, basket #8, tee #9), it is advised to keep music lower and language clean to pro-actively maintain the goodwill of local residents.

Being relatively new, this course is not widely known by the general public and enjoys a relatively under-populated appeal as an alternative to burgeoning Baker park.
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