Practice Courses??? in the united states

[lion]

So I noticed there are 61 practice courses in the United States and 11 in California. Its like we just cant win, so we put a practice course in. I have played 12 practice courses in the united states

1 in Nevada
1 in Arizona
10 in California

Anyone else play these? Do you even consider them? Would you even list a place with 2-8 baskets? I just had a friend beat me at a 5 hole practice course in Ventura and he celebrated like he won the super bowl. The ones I have played have had 2-9 baskets at there locations and most had make shift tees or areas where it looked like people were using as tees. Just surprised there arent more.

[smarkquart]

A high school near me only has three holes, but they have full tee pads and information painted on the pad. The first hole is okay, it is 310 feet with a row of young pine trees guarding the rhbh hyzer line in. When they grow more it will become a tricky shot. The second hole is wide open 280 feet. The only challenge is if you play the path and or beyond as OB. The third shot is worthy of most bigger courses. It is a 340 foot dogleg left but has gradual elevation. Deep on the left is a small pond that should not be in play unless you really fade out. There are younger trees on the right side of the dogleg that will really close down the hyzer bomb line when they mature. Considering it is 340 uphill and I would prefer to not tempt the water, it takes almost everything I have with an on-target clean release to park it.

From the top of that hill you can safari down to the practice basket which is approximately 200 feet.

[onemilemore]

Lion, do you consider Sunset Park in San Marcos a practice course, or just a short superclass course?

[bholy08]

never played one, don't know of any in the entire state.

[lion]

Practice courses are considered practice if there are no tees! Sunset in San Marcos is a course because of the tee signs. If you go to the courses tab and click browse courses. You will see an option to click practice courses. There are only 2 listed practice courses in Socal, ventura and rancho cucamunga have them. Sunset in San Marcos is a putter course or great for challenge rounds with frisbees. Superclass would be interesting.

Originally Posted by onemilemore

Lion, do you consider Sunset Park in San Marcos a practice course, or just a short superclass course?

[mndiscg]

I wasn't even aware of this classification. I guess I've probably played a few of these without even thinking about it. I just considered them to be poor courses.

[BraveThrower43]

New013 created one at in the Triangle area called Lost pond. might get to play it this weekend.

[notroman]

There's one about a mile away from my office, 4 miles from my house. Three baskets in a small public park. No signs, no tees, nothing. Nobody that uses the park even knows what the baskets are for. I've never been there (despite driving past it every day) but a buddy stopped by and he couldn't even use two of the baskets because one was near a playground and the other had kids playing around it. Yet there they are, three nice Discatchers just sitting out in some park nobody knows about...

[harr0140]

I think I have played 5 or 6 of them . . . I may be the main reason these courses became something on DGCR because I listed a 2 hole course Kops Park on the site and took all sorts of flack for it. I think me rating it a 1.5 was what I took the flack for though. It is legitimately 2 holes though, tee areas, #'d baskets and they are decent length holes. I also put in 3 of these courses (3 holes each) two are for the disabled (Wil-O-Way Grant and Wil-O-Way Underwood) and one is for a senior center (Hart Park)

[Discwrangler]

Would love to see more of these. There are plenty of parks where 1-3 baskets would fit perfect. I think it would help the game grow too.