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Ponca City, OK

War Memorial Park

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2.645(based on 7 reviews)
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Chained Evil
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 14 years 1101 played 232 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Eye of the Beholder 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 14, 2013 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

This course plays super quick and you can get in multiple rounds. Ample tee pads, great baskets, and adequate signage. Trash cans at most holes.
This is a great course for beginners or someone that doesn't want a long bomber style of course.
More advanced players can work on their mid range game here. This course is well maintained and has restrooms on site. This is a good place for Ace Runs. Holes 7 & 8 have alternate tees.
The flow of the course is logical and there are both A & B pins positions. The baskets are moved around from time to time which helps make for slightly different lines.
War Memorial uses what trees are there to its advantage.

Cons:

Can get crowded at times due to the popularity of the course and also because it is so short. There are no benches, however with this course being as short as it is, wasn't an issue for me but might be for some.
Pros will most likely be bored here. Walking paths come into play on holes 1, 2, and 7, and are often busy with walkers/joggers.
Many of the holes are open here so wind will factor in. Also several holes don't have a lot of shade so it can get hot here in the summer time.
As of this review #8's basket is bent, most likely from a mower.
There isn't much elevation here in this park.

Other Thoughts:

This is a the kind of course that you look forward to early in your dg career. It isn't long and you should score well, it also helps build up your confidence. As you progress you will want to test your midrange game here. Or maybe you just want to run the chains and see if you can add to your ace count. Ponca City Disc Golf Club has 3 courses now in the Ponca City area with this course being the entry level course If you are looking for a course with more length then hit up the Lake Ponca course. Want a more technical course? PCDGC has you covered in that dept too. Check out Lake Ponca Bois D' Arc for a technical challenge. Overall this is a fun, short course that is an entry level, park style course. It serves its purpose well in that regard.
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Dan H.
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 16.3 years 81 played 24 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Short but not bad.... 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 26, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Good tees

-Good baskets

-Great tee signs

-Easy to navigate

-good use of trees w/ slight left and right hooks

-clean & pleasant park

-nice course map on site

-easy to locate

-alternate concrete tees!

-alternate basket positions

Cons:

-pretty short/easy I played the course in about 20 minutes with only a fairway driver and putter. I finished 4 under par assuming all par 3s even with 1 OB bogey. very easy, even from the longer tees.

-pars on tee signs are off. these should all be par 3 or 2

-very flat course

Other Thoughts:

They probably could have used a larger portion of the park to make this course longer and more challenging but other than that, the design is pretty good. It was very short and easy but still fun. There is one hole (7?) that was about '350 and that was a fun one to play and would be a challenge to birdie for the average player. I would recommend playing this course if you haven't before and you want a really quick/easy round. It would be a great course for a beginner to start on. If you are in the area, I would HIGHLY recommend you play the Lake Ponca courses instead. They are very good courses.
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Paul25934
Experience: 19 played 3 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Old school course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jan 3, 2013 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Quick and easy original 9 holes with some nice safari courses

Cons:

Lots of traffic from other players and people using the walkway that surrounds the course. FORE!!!

Other Thoughts:

3rd permanent pole hole course in oklahoma. This is the course i first started playing on 11+ years ago. It has seen many of negative things since then including lots of trees being removed. Still fun to play every so often
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