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Hole #4 (Taken 9/2009)
3 / 250ft.
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Hole #4 Tee
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Reviews: 10
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Fun Course
Pros: This course was a lot of fun to play. We really liked the rare (for Florida) elevation changes. Hole 10 was like playing on top of a levee and was as interesting as it was tough for us. Hole 11 had the basket high up on a ridge. The front 9 taught us to throw low straight drives.
Cons: It was a pain to find the first hole. Unforgiving fairways. For someone like me who always manages to hit a tree in front of me, it was frustrating at first. The back 9 is too hilly for a cart. I like to bring my cooler and an extendable long pole that isn't practical without the cart.
Other Thoughts: If you are looking for a well manicured park with great signage and cement tees with long open holes, Floral Park to the south would better suit you. However with the short tight elevated holes, Whispering Pines is a great compliment to Floral Park. Play Floral early in the morning before it gets too hot and then head to shady Whispering Pines.
Don't bring your cart. Instead park to the back of the lot near where the 10th tee is. This way you can leave your cooler in the car and freshen your drinks at the midway point.
While the 3.5 rating I gave it may be ambitious, the course deserves to be higher than a 3 due to the rare elevation for the area. Only the back 9 of Edward Medard Park in Plant City approaches the elevation changes.
Don't bring your cart. Instead park to the back of the lot near where the 10th tee is. This way you can leave your cooler in the car and freshen your drinks at the midway point.
While the 3.5 rating I gave it may be ambitious, the course deserves to be higher than a 3 due to the rare elevation for the area. Only the back 9 of Edward Medard Park in Plant City approaches the elevation changes.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.
Report this Review Awesome course!!!
Pros: A true GEM for disc golfers who are wanting to improve their game. The course is laid out in a beautiful heavily wooded park that actually has the best elevation I've seen in Florida. The holes are very intelligently designed to make the most of the elevation and tight openings in the trees. Each hole from #1 to about #11 get progressively more difficult and challenging (if you love a challenge then you will love the course). Some truly memorable holes.... one with a tight tunnel shot on a ridge with about a 10 ft wide fairway and about a 15 foot drop off on each side.... another shot where the basket rests at the top of a 25 foot high ridge with only about a 4 foot wide green and another 25 ft drop off on the other side.... and then the next tee is at the top of that ridge with the basket about 300 feet down another tight fairway. And the best part is that you are completely isolated from the rest of the park in a dense forest.... very tranquil! :)
Cons: Not a beginner friendly course!! My friend who played with me commented that we would have hated the course about a year ago when we didn't know how to throw a midrange on a straight line for 280 ft. Not a course where you need your drivers. Probably only one hole that I threw a driver, but not all courses need to have every shot for it to be a great course. :) One thing I would add to the course is more signage to show distances and maps of the different holes. Also, we didn't find any signage to point us to the next hole, but we didn't get lost once so it is not hard to stay on the right path.
Other Thoughts: Probably my favorite course at this time, since I know playing this course will make me a much better player who can throw tight and straight lines. Would actually rate this a 4.0 or 4.5, but since the course has such a low rating currently I just wanted to boost it up a bit so it gets its recognition. ;-) Definitely a must play!!!!
3 of 4 people found this review helpful.
Great new challenge 4 me
Pros: This course is hands down one of the more challenging courses ive played so far with its tight tunnel fairways and hilly terrain. I found myself using shots that i wouldnt usually use even in the densely wooded courses of Upstate New York. This course truely is what seperates beginners from vets. i had a few blow up holes ( #11 being one of them) that really tested my frustration but hey! thats what makes it fun when u can come back with a few good shots down the line.
Cons: This course could use some signage to the next tee's or even an arrow or two, my brother in law and i got a little turned around trying to find a couple tee's in this tropical paradise like forest. Yet again if u open your eyes a little and look around they are not too far from where the previous shot hole is.
Other Thoughts: All in all this course is great for tunnel shots, technical shots and can even give some of the younger crowd a workout with its terrain
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.
Diamond in rough.
Pros: Seperated by other park activities,good elevation for florida.Friendly locals,very good technical course.
Cons: Can be a bit challenging to get up and down steep hills covered by pine needles.But well worth the risk for me.
Other Thoughts: Nice place to visit if you want to play real disc golf,not just a grip it and rip it course.This course has improved my game by teaching me control and strategy.One of my favorite courses.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
Misunderstood and lonely
Pros: WP is a shorter, more technical layout with unique elevation changes and gut shots.
-mid range/putter training grounds
-excellent risk/reward lines
-shady canopy
-benches
-waste bins
-some signature holes
-unique to florida
-mid range/putter training grounds
-excellent risk/reward lines
-shady canopy
-benches
-waste bins
-some signature holes
-unique to florida
Cons: I can sympathize with the grudges put on this course. Can seem insanely tough and treacherous.
-tiring physically
-lost disc potential
-some holes can really become nightmares
-dangerous wildlife
-tiring physically
-lost disc potential
-some holes can really become nightmares
-dangerous wildlife
Other Thoughts: In my opinion this course doesn't get the respect it deserves. the day we played was hot as heck but super fun, with one putter ace and plenty of fun navigating the elevation and ridiculously tight, but beautiful and framed holes.
This course could be a mini Magnolia DGC with more cleavage.
Check it out, get ready for #11, and enjoy the challenge or you'll be disappointed.
This course could be a mini Magnolia DGC with more cleavage.
Check it out, get ready for #11, and enjoy the challenge or you'll be disappointed.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
Getting Better??
Pros: A real challenge.
Tees now have rubber pads.
Nobody around on a beautiful Sunday.
Tees now have rubber pads.
Nobody around on a beautiful Sunday.
Cons: Hole 10 is unplayable due to trees and DANGEROUS due to a steep ridge.
Not a single driver needed for the round.
Not a single driver needed for the round.
Other Thoughts: This course had not been reviewed for 1 1/2 years so I thought maybe it would have been improved. I found it to be an OK short course. The front 9 is OK. Still lots of trees. The back 9 has a lot of dangerous climbing up and down a tall ridge. Pine needles made it like ice.FOR YOU OLD GUYS LIKE ME WHO USE CARTS LEAVE THEM HOME. COURSE IS NOT CART FRIENDLY. I will probably give it a try again in a couple of years and see how it goes.
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
Unnecessarily Tight
Pros: - PLEASE NOTE: first hole starts to the right rear of the swimming pool
- a couple of uphill/downhill shots that are noteworthy
- beautiful winding course through the woods
- arrows direct you to next tee
- lots of potential for future development
- a couple of uphill/downhill shots that are noteworthy
- beautiful winding course through the woods
- arrows direct you to next tee
- lots of potential for future development
Cons: - nearly every hole is littered with trees
- extremely tight fairways
- NOT an amateur-friendly course
- hole lengths and numbers are written on bucket lids which may or may not be present at any given hole
- extremely tight fairways
- NOT an amateur-friendly course
- hole lengths and numbers are written on bucket lids which may or may not be present at any given hole
Other Thoughts: we randomly met the couple that created the course and they even stated that improvements were needed...they simply had to get the pins in the ground...
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
unique but so-so
Pros: Very nice walk in the woods- I had my girlfriend with me and she had a blast checking out the surroundings. Lizards, birds, native plants galore. A few unique holes on the back 9 playing up,down, and along a small ridge- one legit par 4.
Cons: First hole was hard to find, could use some saw work on the front 9 in particular. Short. Poor footing on the transitions on the ridge could lead to injury.
Other Thoughts: Each basket has a piece of ribbon attached indicating the way to the next tee- without these navigation would be difficult.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.
Pros: it is somewhere to play golf,deep woods,pretty area,its on the way to Red Hawk dgc
Cons: you dont need your drivers just bring a mid range and putter. there are a lot of trees that shouldnt be in the fairways that are.I have played all over the country and this is the tightest fairways ever,some do not even look like fairways your just throwing through woods and saplings.
Other Thoughts: wouldn't play it again
1 of 5 people found this review helpful.
Beautiful park, disappointing course 
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2/6/2008 
6/6/2008
Review By: denny ritner 
Played: 157 Reviewed: 103 Exp: 15.1 Years
This review was updated on 5/4/2011
Pros: The park is very beautiful and huge! The "course" is a pretty walk through the woods. Once holes 1 and 10 have been located it's fairly easy to follow the track from hole to hole.
Cons: The park is huge there are no direction signs to the course. If you don't stop and ask park staff you'll probably never find the course. Even when you do find the part of the park where the course is contained you could still wander around for an hour before you find the first hole.
Evidently the park won't allow any trees to be cut. As a result, many of the holes have small "pimp" trees in the middle of the fairways that should be taken out. (Many of the holes could be sweet mini-golf par 4's.)
Many of the baskets are up on narrow sandy ridges. While some of these placements may be picturesque they will quickly become major erosion problems and are already safety hazards, particularly on the descent sides.
The "tee pads" are nasty old carpets that have been flopped down on unprepped ground, often on uneven group with tree roots.
The park has wonderful opportunities for disc golf, but the course does not realize them.
Evidently the park won't allow any trees to be cut. As a result, many of the holes have small "pimp" trees in the middle of the fairways that should be taken out. (Many of the holes could be sweet mini-golf par 4's.)
Many of the baskets are up on narrow sandy ridges. While some of these placements may be picturesque they will quickly become major erosion problems and are already safety hazards, particularly on the descent sides.
The "tee pads" are nasty old carpets that have been flopped down on unprepped ground, often on uneven group with tree roots.
The park has wonderful opportunities for disc golf, but the course does not realize them.
Other Thoughts: Don't be a dirty discer. Leave the course cleaner than you found it!
7 of 7 people found this review helpful.
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