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Tripton Park reviews
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wellsbranch250
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Experience:
10.3 years
661 played
640 reviews
A High Quality 9 Holer.
Reviewed:
Played on:Nov 19, 2022
Played the course:once
Pros:
(2.629 Rating) A dual tee park style course with one bomber hole.
- FUN FACTOR - For a niner, the Tripton course has a bunch of nice qualities to produce a good time for a wide swath of skill levels. First, I will note two tees per hole, thus veterans will have some decent challenges with extended hole lengths from the longs, while MA4s with have many birdie opportunities from the shorts. A couple holes, like (5) for example, will be giving out aces at a very high clip. I think searching for discs with be a low occurrence, and losing one will be rare. I would be willing to bet there's also a nice social scene here with weekly league events. The course is somewhat beginner friendly as well.
- DUAL TEES - As noted above, there are two tees on each hole. The short tees will be perfect for MA3s and MA4s, while the backs will be great for MA2s. Not really enough length to challenge MA1s or Pros, but that's the case at a lot of courses, especially niners.
- AMENITIES - The baskets are Pro 28 DISCatchers, the best target in the business. The tees are concrete, but really small. I measured 4 feet by 8 feet and that's not enough room for a 500-foot par 3. Also two practice baskets, shelters, picnic tables, playgrounds and likely a restroom somewhere in the park.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - Tripton DGC scored getting such a beautiful parcel to work with. A rolling landscape, with pockets of trees, a pond and a headwater creek. The park appears to be well-maintained as well. I scored this aspect roughly 60 percentile among the 580 courses I've played as of this review.
- HOLE VARIETY - About average variety in my opinion. A good mix of distances depending on tee choice. From mid 100s to lower 500s. There will be an occasional creek flowing, which comes into play twice, and there are a few trees and long grass areas to game plan around.
- SIGNAGE AND NAVIGATION - No course map posted, but due to the open nature of the course, first timers without a map will eventually figure it out with not that much trouble. The course sort-of plays in a counter-clockwise loop. Tee signage is well built and attractive. There are no descriptive lines on the tee signs, but the baskets can be seen from every tee, so it's really not a must requirement.
- QUICK PLAY - The short layout is a sub 30-minute play to quick course baggers.
- FUN FACTOR - For a niner, the Tripton course has a bunch of nice qualities to produce a good time for a wide swath of skill levels. First, I will note two tees per hole, thus veterans will have some decent challenges with extended hole lengths from the longs, while MA4s with have many birdie opportunities from the shorts. A couple holes, like (5) for example, will be giving out aces at a very high clip. I think searching for discs with be a low occurrence, and losing one will be rare. I would be willing to bet there's also a nice social scene here with weekly league events. The course is somewhat beginner friendly as well.
- DUAL TEES - As noted above, there are two tees on each hole. The short tees will be perfect for MA3s and MA4s, while the backs will be great for MA2s. Not really enough length to challenge MA1s or Pros, but that's the case at a lot of courses, especially niners.
- AMENITIES - The baskets are Pro 28 DISCatchers, the best target in the business. The tees are concrete, but really small. I measured 4 feet by 8 feet and that's not enough room for a 500-foot par 3. Also two practice baskets, shelters, picnic tables, playgrounds and likely a restroom somewhere in the park.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - Tripton DGC scored getting such a beautiful parcel to work with. A rolling landscape, with pockets of trees, a pond and a headwater creek. The park appears to be well-maintained as well. I scored this aspect roughly 60 percentile among the 580 courses I've played as of this review.
- HOLE VARIETY - About average variety in my opinion. A good mix of distances depending on tee choice. From mid 100s to lower 500s. There will be an occasional creek flowing, which comes into play twice, and there are a few trees and long grass areas to game plan around.
- SIGNAGE AND NAVIGATION - No course map posted, but due to the open nature of the course, first timers without a map will eventually figure it out with not that much trouble. The course sort-of plays in a counter-clockwise loop. Tee signage is well built and attractive. There are no descriptive lines on the tee signs, but the baskets can be seen from every tee, so it's really not a must requirement.
- QUICK PLAY - The short layout is a sub 30-minute play to quick course baggers.
Cons:
A solid niner that's just not complex enough for MA2s like me.
- HOLE 4 - This hole doesn't fit in with the rest of the course. The short tees are perfect for MA3s and MA4s except this hole. The long tees are generally aligned to a tweener between MA3s and MA2s except this hole. It's too long to be a par 3 and too short to be a par 4. The basket needs to be replanted about 100-feet longer and relabeled as a par 4. Kind of a waste of a hole right now in my opinion.
- LACK OF COMPLEXITY - There is very little technical challenge on this course. Hole (5) was the only hole where I had to think about the trees in relation to my planned route to attack the basket. The tee on (5) should have been poured about another 30 feet back too. I wished that the trees in general were used more effectively. I was also disappointed to not get a shot with the pond in play. Perhaps they weren't allowed to use that element.
- MULTI USE HAZARDS - Walking paths come into play several times. Players may need to pause from time to time. It's just a minor concern here. I don't recall any blind path conflicts.
- HOLE 4 - This hole doesn't fit in with the rest of the course. The short tees are perfect for MA3s and MA4s except this hole. The long tees are generally aligned to a tweener between MA3s and MA2s except this hole. It's too long to be a par 3 and too short to be a par 4. The basket needs to be replanted about 100-feet longer and relabeled as a par 4. Kind of a waste of a hole right now in my opinion.
- LACK OF COMPLEXITY - There is very little technical challenge on this course. Hole (5) was the only hole where I had to think about the trees in relation to my planned route to attack the basket. The tee on (5) should have been poured about another 30 feet back too. I wished that the trees in general were used more effectively. I was also disappointed to not get a shot with the pond in play. Perhaps they weren't allowed to use that element.
- MULTI USE HAZARDS - Walking paths come into play several times. Players may need to pause from time to time. It's just a minor concern here. I don't recall any blind path conflicts.
Other Thoughts:
Tripton Park is a really good niner. Among the nearly 200 courses I've played now with just nine baskets, this one is in my top twenty as of this review. I think there is potential here for me to personally score it a low 3.0, but it would take a bunch of money and/or course tweaks. First, the tee size needs more surface area. The course could also use some alternate placements and some benches. As is, I'm going with a strong 2.5. It reminds me of these high quality niners, Red Hawk in south central Tennessee and Asbury Church in Huntsville Alabama. Definitely worth checking out to those traveling along I65 and willing to detour 20 minutes off of the exit. Not destination level worthy in my opinion.
