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Hole #4 (Taken 3/2008)
3 / 188ft. 3 / 188ft.
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Hole #4 Basket to Tee
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Disc Golf reaches DeBary, FL 
3/10/2008 
3/23/2008
Review By: The Miniac Played: 231 Reviewed: 15 Exp: 37 Years
This review was updated on 4/23/2008
Pros: Easy to navigate with your legs and your discs.
Plays quickly. Great tee pads and signs.
Neither intimidating to new players nor boring for avid players. 3 minutes from I-4.
Plays quickly. Great tee pads and signs.
Neither intimidating to new players nor boring for avid players. 3 minutes from I-4.
Cons: White tee pads could be longer. A couple of tee pads were positioned incorrectly. No restrooms or water (yet) since it is a brand new park. Bring water.
Still needs some clean up as of late 03-08. Oil company owns easement through park and will have more piping projects throughout 2008.
Park is in 2nd lowest grid in the county, so there will probably be standing water in the rainy season. Gortex is your friend.
Still needs some clean up as of late 03-08. Oil company owns easement through park and will have more piping projects throughout 2008.
Park is in 2nd lowest grid in the county, so there will probably be standing water in the rainy season. Gortex is your friend.
Other Thoughts: It's a fairly rare opportunity for disc golf to be the first amenity in a park. Such is the case with River City Nature Park. The parks director had played and when he visited the Innova booth at the Florida Recreation and Parks Association convention, he understood that disc golf would be the perfect inexpensive way to utilize the land without developing it. Not a single living tree over an inch wide was cut in the making of this course.
Located almost exactly halfway between Orlando and Daytona, RCNP perfectly bridges that gap.
Designed by 87 PDGA champ, Gregg Hosfeld of Florida Disc Golf Design, this "Entry-level" 9 holer features two sets of very grippy concrete tee pads at the red and white levels. Although an avid player can expect to be putting for deuce on most holes from the short (red) tees, the longer "white" tees stretch out enough to give an advanced player a bit more of a challenge. Designed to stress basic disc golf skills, RCNP will rarely punish a well-executed throw.
Located within eyeshot of the St. John's river, RCNP-DGC is a compact 9-holer that may well be in contention as one of the best "lunch-break" courses in Florida. From the red tees a duo can expect to complete the track within 30 minutes while often feeling as if they are the only people for miles. A wide variety of flora, including pines, palms and live oaks provide shade as well as a reminder of how Florida once was. Keep an eye out for the wild turkeys that roam the property.
You won't need GPS to navigate this track. This is one of the best "signed" courses anywhere. "Next-tee" directional signs after each hole and beautiful full color tee signs (short tees only) will give you more info than you need since they list pin positions to be installed at a later date.
(Only one pin position per fairway in the first phase)
Hole #1 is a wide-open, "welcome" hole that looks easier than it plays.
Hole #2 is also wide open on the left side. However, the basket is set just a few feet from a creek with some nasty vines. DON'T GO RIGHT on your drive!
Hole #3 gives a high/low route-choice to a pin position under what may be the oldest and coolest of the live oaks at RCNP.
Hole #4 offers a straight tunnel under the oak boughs or a loftier left to right shot while never leaving the tree canopy.
Hole #5 is a fairly open straight shot that could find trouble to the left. A wider hyzer option is available from the white tee.
Hole #6 has two very diverse tees and is the only par 4 in the first phase. The red tee offers both hyzer and "annie" angles to an open area that should provide a shot into the liberal gap through the woods to the pin. And although the pin rests at a "reachable" 380', going for it is usually a sucker-bet.
The white tee offers no such reward. A strong, slow right turn to the open should provide the follow-up shot to attack the pin.
Hole #7's well-protected pin can be reached with a low-n-slow-turning left to right shot or a big arching right to left spike.
Hole #8 is a signature tunnel shot through the oaks. A reverse view of the fairway reveals 5 oaken arches.
Hole #9 brings you back to the parking area with an open shot with the basket 20 feet beyond 4 well divided palms that look as if they are the living embodiment of the ATT "more bars in more places" commercials.
Newer players are likely to enjoy "more pars in more places" on River City Nature Park's disc golf course than most other Florida courses. Look for activities from both the Orlando and Daytona clubs. Parks dept offers rental discs (at their office in another park)
Located almost exactly halfway between Orlando and Daytona, RCNP perfectly bridges that gap.
Designed by 87 PDGA champ, Gregg Hosfeld of Florida Disc Golf Design, this "Entry-level" 9 holer features two sets of very grippy concrete tee pads at the red and white levels. Although an avid player can expect to be putting for deuce on most holes from the short (red) tees, the longer "white" tees stretch out enough to give an advanced player a bit more of a challenge. Designed to stress basic disc golf skills, RCNP will rarely punish a well-executed throw.
Located within eyeshot of the St. John's river, RCNP-DGC is a compact 9-holer that may well be in contention as one of the best "lunch-break" courses in Florida. From the red tees a duo can expect to complete the track within 30 minutes while often feeling as if they are the only people for miles. A wide variety of flora, including pines, palms and live oaks provide shade as well as a reminder of how Florida once was. Keep an eye out for the wild turkeys that roam the property.
You won't need GPS to navigate this track. This is one of the best "signed" courses anywhere. "Next-tee" directional signs after each hole and beautiful full color tee signs (short tees only) will give you more info than you need since they list pin positions to be installed at a later date.
(Only one pin position per fairway in the first phase)
Hole #1 is a wide-open, "welcome" hole that looks easier than it plays.
Hole #2 is also wide open on the left side. However, the basket is set just a few feet from a creek with some nasty vines. DON'T GO RIGHT on your drive!
Hole #3 gives a high/low route-choice to a pin position under what may be the oldest and coolest of the live oaks at RCNP.
Hole #4 offers a straight tunnel under the oak boughs or a loftier left to right shot while never leaving the tree canopy.
Hole #5 is a fairly open straight shot that could find trouble to the left. A wider hyzer option is available from the white tee.
Hole #6 has two very diverse tees and is the only par 4 in the first phase. The red tee offers both hyzer and "annie" angles to an open area that should provide a shot into the liberal gap through the woods to the pin. And although the pin rests at a "reachable" 380', going for it is usually a sucker-bet.
The white tee offers no such reward. A strong, slow right turn to the open should provide the follow-up shot to attack the pin.
Hole #7's well-protected pin can be reached with a low-n-slow-turning left to right shot or a big arching right to left spike.
Hole #8 is a signature tunnel shot through the oaks. A reverse view of the fairway reveals 5 oaken arches.
Hole #9 brings you back to the parking area with an open shot with the basket 20 feet beyond 4 well divided palms that look as if they are the living embodiment of the ATT "more bars in more places" commercials.
Newer players are likely to enjoy "more pars in more places" on River City Nature Park's disc golf course than most other Florida courses. Look for activities from both the Orlando and Daytona clubs. Parks dept offers rental discs (at their office in another park)
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