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slippingdiscs
Experience: 27 played 27 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Great Course For All Levels 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 20, 2020 Played the course:once

Pros:

Wooded course
Interesting structures (ruins from swimming pool)
Scenic river views

Cons:

Many tight shots
Confusing layout
Holes cross each other
Poor markings in places

Other Thoughts:

This is a tightly wooded course. I had a lot of fun working my flex shots. Hole 1 is a shot across the river from the parking lot. Hole 10 to 11 and Hole 12 to 13 are confusing transitions. Several friendly players helped to steer us in the right direction. Breakin Chains has a shop on site. There is a porta potty near the shop.
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RightyBomber
Experience: 3 played 3 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Great free course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 29, 2019 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

-tight wooded shots
-Nice concrete teepads
-Nice Mach7 baskets
-Great community of talented players

Cons:

-A lot of groups that lack proper edict
-On nice days long wait times at teepads

Other Thoughts:

Great course for players of all skill level the local disc golf community continues to improve the course
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bjreagh
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 27.6 years 350 played 317 reviews
2.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 6, 2019 Played the course:once

Pros:

18 holes of tight technical woods, creek in play on a few holes, concrete tees, good baskets and signs, easy to navigate. Well-worn ground under the canopy of mature trees. Decent variety of length (ace runs to par 4s) and overall hole design is interesting and challenging. Most holes provide multiple options of which path you want to attempt to hit.

The wooded setting is nice, and the creek you encounter throughout is scenic.

Hole 1 is very unique teeing from old concrete structure (dam/bridge?) across the creek through a narrowish window to a hidden basket up to the right in the trees. Then you have to walk a ways down to cross a bridge to get to the rest of the course.

Protective netting for some tees. (it is needed, see cons)

The golf is pretty good if each hole had some breathing room or if you had the course to yourself, but...

Cons:

The 18 holes play in a pretty tight area. Errant drives on many holes will find the neighboring fairway meaning groups are constantly getting in each other's way. And there are a few spots where you just feel cramped and in the way, or you are waiting on people in your way, but on different holes.

Holes 1 and 11 seem to partially share a fairway, plus the walk from 18 back to the parking lot crosses that same area. When teeing off on #1 (over a creek) there were groups of golfers (and walkers) everywhere in the landing area coming from all directions- it was nuts.

Another section around holes 12-17 seem to play practically on top of each other in spots. There were discs flying around everywhere hitting trees. I felt under attack.

Looking back at the map on DGCR after playing, it is not completely correct, looks like a couple holes added to get to 18, which explains why many holes have a squeezed feel.

The fairways are on the verge of too many trees in the middle of the fairways to the point where luck begins to beat out skill (and understand that I prefer wooded accuracy courses). Here one may hit your line but can just about count on hitting a tree at some point, you just hope it is later in the flight.

Other Thoughts:

After playing here, I read some other reviews when posting my own. The "house" on hole 11/18 is maybe a clubhouse? with some practice baskets and lots of additional parking. If so, hole 11 is a strange place to have such a thing, so I had no idea what the building was during my round. Parking/starting here is an option for those in the know, but then you still have the problem of getting to hole 1 crossing 18/11/1/2 get to tee 1.

FREE- which is not the norm in this section of the country. (there are obvious pros and cons to this)

This is not a bad course, just average and not much different than many other wooded park courses that exist, which is ok. I can see why this course is popular, can get crowded, and is highly rated by many. If I lived here I would play here frequently, but would try to avoid peak times like weekends and afternoons.
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Jeriicco
Experience: 19.1 years 23 played 4 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Bellamy 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 10, 2012 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

-Very private course through the woods, quiet, peaceful and scenic
-Large parking lot with practice basket.
-Travels along a river that plays into a couple holes adding to the scenic feel of the course.
-Easy to find the next hole.
-Several ace opportunities
-Hole distances have nice variation, has some nice long distance drives and shorter ace opportunity drives.

Cons:

-This course can be a little muddy in a few areas. Wear boots in the spring.
-This course can get pretty busy during peak hours.
-If you throw a disc in the river it can get swept away in the currents.
-This course makes it easy to lose your disc, the river, blind drives and heavy wooded areas can make your plastic disappear.
-Little hole variation, mostly plays through the woods with only a couple drives in open space.

Other Thoughts:

Bellamy park is a beautiful area. The course follows a river and trail that travels through the woods. The first couple holes the river is on full display and on the second hole if you drive right of the fairway you will end up in the drink. Sometimes the river is raging and the disc is gone, other times you can fish it out. the next several holes carve through the woods with some pretty challenging fairways to hit as tree obstacles are aplenty. Hole nine is a short downhill drive with ace potential but watch out for the water hazard. Hole 11 is a fun power drive down hill towards the river, if your approach is to strong go fish. The back half of the course takes you deep into the woods with a lot of tree hazards. This course is not great for beginners and can be a good challenge to all players.
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LeftyBomber
Experience: 9 years 15 played 1 reviews
4.50 star(s)

Our Lady Bellamy 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Feb 28, 2018 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

-Shop on the course
-This course will test you and make you a better player. (nothing is really just given to you here)
-Friendly people
-Great community

Cons:

-I may be bias because this is my home course, but the only thing I can really think of is in the warmer months this course can get a huge amount of foot traffic.

Other Thoughts:

<3
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eric.rathbun
Experience: 8.8 years 34 played 2 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Bellamy 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Oct 28, 2017 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Teepads and baskets are in good condition.
Fairways are wooded, but fair and reasonable.
Course is pretty heavily trafficked and well maintained.
Trash cans at every teepad.

Cons:

Nearly every hole has one gap or line you must make, but they are fair, there is just rarely more than one option off of the teepad.
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SebastianKaras
Experience: 9.5 years 8 played 1 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Good Home Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 2, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

-clean, clear fairways, but the trees provide some flavor
-excellent use of natural features such as elevation and brooks
-signature first hole which requires you to throw from a stone outcropping across the river
-tees and baskets are in excellent condition
-well-stocked pro-shop with rental discs which are often utilized when I bring my friends to try disc golfing
-lots of parking

Cons:

-a few discs have been lost in the river by my friends trying for the first time

Other Thoughts:

-this is a public park, so be aware of other people in the area
-the local schools run their cross country events here so be wary of runners during the fall sports season
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Cilleyboy
Experience: 13.9 years 27 played 3 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Easy to play hard to master 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jan 7, 2017 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

- Easy to get to
- Free to play
- Good hole variety with subtle elevation change, distance, left or right, water, etc.
- Concrete tee pads are nice 90% of the time. There are a few times a year the ice is bad otherwise they play great.
- Other people on the course have always been friendly and most people seem to return disc to the lost and found
- The club and most players do a great job keeping this place clean and not full of litter
- The addition of a pro shop is huge, plus they have a bathroom which was missing before.
- Although the trees do make it challenging the hole distances usually mean a new player can grab a couple pars first time out.
- Lots of mulch for trails and around baskets

Cons:

- Lots of dog walkers and other people using the trails for recreation. They are nice people but you need to be even more careful when throwing because they typically aren't aware of the players.
- Not that many open holes so it's hard to really rip anything big down a fairway.
- The signage isn't great from hole to hole, so the first few times out it can be a bit confusing.

Other Thoughts:

I've played this course almost once a week for the last few years and still find that it's challenging enough to be fun, but easy enough that I've brought quite a few people who are newer to the sport and they've had fun too.
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SuperDave1981
Experience: 8 years 17 played 11 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Really nice course! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 8, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

The course is layed out so that you really don't have to do much walking to get to the next hole. Signs are posted at every tee box to make it easy to determine your best approach. The first hole requires a throw across a small river, which is very nice. The pro-shop at the park is located at hole 18, which is very convenient if you need anything after finishing your round.

Cons:

Being that the holes are so close together, a couple of spots may interfere with players who are playing other holes. This would really only be an issue though if the course was crowded. The baskets aren't numbered, which could cause a little confusion if you're not familiar with the course.

Other Thoughts:

I'm very much a beginner and thought that some of the tree locations made the course a bit challenging. But I'm learning that this is only part of the way the game is played. I played another course that was somewhat close to this one and enjoyed this course a lot more. I would love to play it again when I'm back in town.
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Soaponrope37
Experience: 8.8 years 33 played 2 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Great Local Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 8, 2016 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

- Disc Shop on site!
- Concrete Tees
- Well groomed
- Very active local Club backing/supporting the course
- Clear Signage
- 2 Possible Basket locations on each hole

Cons:

- Some holes have very set and tight lines you need to hit, and if you miss or hit a tree early you are probably looking at a 4-5 on a par 3
- A few of the tees are very crowded with other holes so its Heads Up.
- Can get VERY crowded at times with large Cards

Other Thoughts:

Overall great local course to play with most of the regulars being very nice and helpful.

One thing to add is the Club is VERY good and consistent with Disc Fishing. So if you loose your disc in the drink and it has your name on it, you can expect to get it back.
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biff_malibu
Experience: 10 played 4 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Technical - but fair 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 10, 2015 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Really well maintained. Good signage. Right off the highway. Mix of right and left tee shots. Fair par ratings.

Cons:

So tight as to be limiting of shot varieties. Seems to be a decent amount of regular hiker traffic through the course -- need to keep an eye out for folks walking through your shot.

Other Thoughts:

only played it twice in one day, But got the feeling that regulars could master this place with some basic trial an error. Seemed like there was probably only one good way to play many of the holes. Lots of wood out there, but mostly fair throughout. A lot of fun to play!
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Chris Main
Experience: 10.6 years 14 played 6 reviews
2.00 star(s)

I so wanted to like this course, but... 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 22, 2015 Played the course:once

Pros:

+Free to Play
+Dedicated supporters and regulars whom maintain course.
+Pro Shop on grounds
+Multiple Pin placements
+Nice signage and arrows for hole layouts

Cons:

-Staff in Pro Shop were more intent that our party didn't steal discs than being friendly reps of Bellamy Park
-While baskets were in excellent shape they were very difficult to see (not painted or flagged).
-The course layout favors advanced players. Not for kids, beginners, or novices.
-The size and amount of trees is what Bellamy is known for. It is also why I couldn't recommend the course to other players. The majority of holes require advanced shot shaping. If this was the only issue it wouldn't be a problem. What was a problem was that because of the lack of clear lanes (too many trees) also required a shaped shot & LUCK to successfully navigate the course (and I played it during early spring when there was no leaf cover- The course in full foliage would become an even greater maze).

Other Thoughts:

I recognize that Bellamy has a huge and devoted following. It shows, you have great signage, excellent pads & baskets, no trash all on a FREE course! That is unheard of. I just prefer my round to be determined by my skill and the challenge presented by the course. There are just too few lanes and options that require you to execute good throws and luck to scoot by the trees to shoot par here. There is no question why 'The Woodpeckers' were borne here (Shout out to #1 and #2) In my opinion, Bellamy lacks Zen or flow and is not the ideal place for beginners to learn Disc Golf. That said I'm glad Bellamy is there, it's just know what your getting into when you take on that beast! :)
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KLydon
Experience: 10.9 years 17 played 9 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Organized chaos 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 23, 2014 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

+Variation of pin position
+Challenging
+Well maintained
+Enough par 4s so your self esteem won't be totally killed

Cons:

-Some fairways are very close to one another
-Sometimes TOO many trees

Other Thoughts:

This is a very wooded course but it plays very crisp. It was rare to hit a dangling limb or land in an unplayable spot. Fairways are defined and have many options but are very TIGHT. This was a great course to play and I would definitely recommend it to any player who wants a challenge.
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Juppie
Experience: 17.6 years 38 played 3 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Good memories 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 25, 2009 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Great lines, long straights and some short technical shorts. it is absolutely beautiful and the trees there are probably hundreds of years old, I like when the course is built into a forest and the lines are natural. the tees are great and the flow is easy to follow.
There is one hole that you throw around a bunch of trees or bomb it over the water, it is amazing!

Cons:

there is water on several holes, but easily gettable if you are willing to get a little wet. the water isn't really a con it is a way to challenge your game.

Other Thoughts:

This was a course I played while serving a mission for the church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints, I played once a week on my "preparation Day" and we loved it!!!!

if you are close by definitely go throw this course.
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pmay5
Gold level trusted reviewer
Premium Member
Experience: 20.8 years 480 played 245 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Great everyday course, with DG Shop 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 19, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

Very organized course, course map at first hole, two practice baskets AND a driving net, excellent signs on each hole showing multiple basket locations, benches and trash cans on most (if not all) holes, next tee signs on each basket, GREAT DG shop on site!

Set in a city park where all the fairways and most all of the rough were clear and easy to find your discs. Concrete tee pads, just about long enough, but level and even brooms on several.

This is rated as heavily wooded, that is the case on a lot, but not all of the holes. The trees that are there are old-growth, tall trees, so not too many bushy, thick leaves that are hard to escape from.

Walter's Disc Golf Emporium opened late last year. I lucked out as one of the workers had to drop by, just as I was playing the closest hole! Great selection of plastic, bags, hats, I just had to make a purchase and leave some NC money there!!

The fun holes started right away and continued to the end, 1,4,9,11,12,14, 16 and 18. Most were par 3, but several par 4s to let you air it out a little.

Cons:

About the only thing I didn't like, some fairways were not well defined. Large old-growth trees everywhere, they could not be brought down, so you just have to deal with them. 12 was a good example, but it was also one of my favorites, with the stream guarding the left side.

Other Thoughts:

Real fun course to play, especially thanks to my local guides Ken and Snoop Dog. This would be a great everyday course, the dual basket positions would give some variety, although not a ton. Not much of a chance of losing discs.

The stream that runs through the course is nice scenery but just there to keep you from straying too far. #1 tees off from a stone walkway, then over the stream for only 50 feet, fun start. The stream runs behind #11 and along side 2, 12 and 18, you really have to stray to get wet.

Walter's DGE looks like a great place to hang out before or after a round, I hope the locals support this shop because they sank some money in it and made it first class.

Unique beer cap art on this course. You have to see it to believe it!!
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alikat
Experience: 9.8 years 8 played 2 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Nice course, lots 'o trees! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 5, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

Nice layout, clear markers, good switchback design, the great river adds a challenge and beauty, well maintained and kept natural

Cons:

Super woodsy at times, can lose a disc in the river if your not willing to wade in

Other Thoughts:

Great course, tricky basket locations on some short holes makes this a nice course to stop in. Located near a school so plenty of parking.
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wentzl
Experience: 52 played 15 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Autumn Delight 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 20, 2013 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Excellent mixture of trees and open space. Nice layout and use of hilly terrain and small creeks. Easy layout to follow and well marked

Cons:

Crowded. UNH in Dover has an active DG crowd.

Other Thoughts:

This course is excellent and worth a trip to play.
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Ctufankjian
Experience: 11.8 years 5 played 5 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Seacoast public course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 10, 2013 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Well designed, wooded course. Layout flows well. Great tee pads. Mostly, nice controlled tee shots. Great baskets, benches, and water features. Nice spot to practice putting with two baskets.

Cons:

If you lose a disc dont expect to get a call or find it in the lost and found. Lock your car doors. REALLY busy at peak times. Easily the busiest course in NH.

Other Thoughts:

Philbricks bike shop is right down the street. They have a good selection of discs from several manufactures.
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reposado
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 12.7 years 278 played 273 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Well, there's the river 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 20, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

You come to Bellamy for one reason, to shoot over the roaring river. The first tee is just yards from a ripping river. On the one hand, any disc that fails to make it across is gone. On the other, it's not that far across. But it is definitely exciting.

You have to trek aways to get to the bridge where people can make a dry crossing before you can claim your successful drive and approach the basket. It's a victory march of sorts. After that however, the course doesn't have much left that marks it as a serious contender.

Cons:

The river, used to such awesome extent on hole one, is never used well again. Its in the backdrop a few times, but the biggest impact it has is on the hole where you must throw essentially across a very mucky fairway.

There are one or two other spots where you could end up in the river but are much more likely to toss an errant throw in the section of woods that keeps the river from being a significant obstacle.

Other than that, there's not a ton of interesting holes. They're woodsy but not too difficult. There's a few that play awkwardly through what seems to be someone's backyard.

Other Thoughts:

A few holes are really nice ace runs for a RHFH thrower, which I appreciate.

Beyond that, the only holes I wanted to replay were 12-18. It's a solid course with one memorable hole, but noting else will stick in your mind.
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HomemadeBasket
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 11.5 years 64 played 39 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Sweet & Short 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 9, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

Tee pads are really nice.
Baskets in great shape.
Course is very well kept.
Lots of seating on every hole.
Trash cans on most holes.
Port a pots on site.
Space to warm up.
Really cool practice basket area right along the water that even has a warm up net.
Course has some nice elevation shots.
Lots of ace runs here (ace boards on those holes).
Good use of water. Comes into play but risk of losing a disc is pretty low.
Blend of shots needed.
Free to play, free to park.
Course plays quick if it's not backed up.
Design and feel makes you glad to be playing the game!

Cons:

Most holes are short 3s. Could use 2 more longer holes to balance things out a bit more.
Tight spaces, a bunch of holes play into each other a bit and a few tee pads are REALLY close to the fairways of other holes (but there are protection nets).
Place seems like it gets packed at times.
Next tee signs could be better.

Other Thoughts:

This course is just a good time all around.
The practice area and first tee over look the running stream that plays through the course. That just sets your mood for a great round or at least a good time.
The elevated tee shots are frequent and challenging.
This course is VERY tight at times.
Not a bunch of space to air it out here.
Placement and putting will run your round.
The scene at this park is HOPPIN.
There is a club, league, and doubles event posted on the board at entrance. All the locals I ran into were super chill, friendly, and helpful.
I'll be back a few more times this summer, you should make a trip as well!
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