Sedalia, MO

Clover Dell Park

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Surge5
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Experience: 9.6 years 166 played 166 reviews
2.50 star(s)

A Tale of Two Halves

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 26, 2022 Played the course:once

Pros:

Sedalia hides a non-traditional park course. Several unique challenges are presented which you won't find in many other places.

Three holes have longer tees. All tees on the front half are concrete and have plenty of room for the power required. Detailed tee signs are on every hole of the front nine. All of the MachIII baskets are still in prime condition for being 12 years old, even the practice basket.

The back half has some of the more unique features. A pin tucked on a berm (13), a nearly 300ft water carry (14), a pin tucked away into the branches (16), and a tricky tee shot that requires a lot of distance (18) really spruce things up.

Maintenance was done very well when I was there. Fairways were mown, and some of the muddier tees/holes had mulch poured around them. Benches were present on a couple holes (1 and 16 for sure), but not as many as most people would prefer.

Greens are the main challenge of this course. Holes 7 and 13 sit on a small berm making the penalty for a missed run that much greater; Hole 14 has water in front of and behind the pin about 25ft each way; Hole 11 is on a dangerous slope; Hole 16 is set into the treeline so that it's inaccessible unless your drive goes the perfect distance; and Hole 9 is tucked behind a large evergreen making getting the distance the goal off the tee.

Cons:

Each half of the course has its major fault:
- The front half is extremely repetitive. Holes 2 through 7 are all a fairly large fairway lined with small evergreen trees, with one or two trees in the fairway to shape a shot around. The big problem? The fairway-lining trees are so short that even an MA2 arm like mine was able to go over the top and reach the pin on due to each and every one of those holes being about 215ft. Also could be very hard to find a disc if you really stick one into the trees.
- The back half declines in amenities as you go. Hole 10's concrete tee is cracked down the middle, hole 11 is a mulch tee, the next two tee from a walking path, then from there it's grass or mulch all the way to the end. The tee signs also stop after hole 9, and the rough gets much more... rough.

Hole 1 has about 250ft of the dog park's fence on the left, which would be an unfortunate place to plop a disc into. Likewise, hole 18's drive needs to finish right or you could end up in the road, and the pin sits about 20ft from the road. Holes 10, 11, and 12 all play right along a walking trail as well.

Shot shaping is almost non-existent here. Besides one or two instances, the line to the pin is hardly ever that challenging, especially if you can manage the over the top route on 2-7.

The water hole, while I'm a fan of it, will turn some people away from playing it, or force them to play a short, safe water shot out to the right, then back across to the green. Not the most inviting hole for the level that the rest of the park

Other Thoughts:

Parking is plentiful and the park is nicely secluded form the rest of town.

Overall, Sedalia... has an 18-hole course. It has some glaring flaws and still needs some work completed... and has needed that work for about five years. However, it isn't a bad option and not a course to purposely avoid, just don't expect a top-notch experience. Is it worth your time? If you're in the area, yes. If you're passing through, probably better to pass this one up.
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Mudflap
Experience: 10 years 22 played 3 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Need Some Fine Tuning 2+ years

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

Pros:

Front 9 had great concrete pads, were well mapped, and the grass was well maintained

The whole course has potential, and could be great with some hard work

The course winds around a nice park with a nice view of a pond

Cons:

The back 9 had dirt pads that were rarely marked or worn down enough to see

No maps or indication of where you're going on the back 9

Hole 10 could have been 2 holes, and without a map you really just guess and throw

The back 9 are not well maintained, and you'll he trudging through an area that appears to have been mowed a few weeks ago, but not recently

No course map that I could find, leaving me to really guess on the holes with no maps at the tee

Other Thoughts:

One hole is almost entirely over a pond, which is a great idea but beings as I didn't feel like losing a disc I didn't attempt it.

Will probably not play again unless I hear of some major improvements.
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ustenido
Experience: 10.8 years 29 played 11 reviews
1.00 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 28, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

Nice tee pads on front 9, and signs. Beautiful park

Cons:

Nightmare navigation. The cedars on tje front 9 make itnimpossible to find your disc. I felt restricted to playing with mid ranges because I couldnt see any landing zones. Back 9 had better ideas that are not maintained whatsoever. And they only mow about 20' wide fairways so watch out for ticks and snakes.

Other Thoughts:

I wouldnt play it again
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asjzn6
Experience: 18.6 years 136 played 59 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Two Sides to Clover Dell 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 6, 2012 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

There is a cours in a small town in Missouri. The front nine has decent teepads and teesigns. Dual teepads on 1,2,4. The entire course has nice baskets with a flag on top. I like flags on top for wind help. The course in a high use park (dog park, rc track, youth soccer fields, fishing pond, cross country track) this helps expose the sport to others. Restrooms on site. Nice pavilion near hole 1. On the front 9 there a couple of good golf holes. Hole 1 from the long teepad creates a good hole. Hole 8 is a nice long straight shot. The back 9 is where the action is. Hole 10 is a 720ft par 4. In the wet season this hole is amazing. Hole 11 short but a very slippery green. Hole 12 plays along the fishing lake and beautiful scenery with a framed green by water and ob sidewalk. 13 runs parallel to shore line with a mogul green that long drives reach the second ob pond. 14 COOL 260 across the lake. 16 is a nice long par 3 that requires smart shot selection. Hole 18 is a 650ft par that forces a drive to turn away from ob road that runs length of hole. The slightly uphill approach plays tough if you dont account for it.

Cons:

Holes 2-7 lots of cedars cater to an overhand game even those who dont have that will resort to it. I dont mind having a hole like this but when a string of holes like this drop course rating. Also, the greens on the front 9 are cedar packed so a greenside putt could be a leaning nightmare.

Other Thoughts:

I like this course, I have heard that another nine will go in to match the back 9 for a championship 18 and practice 9. If and when they do lots of potential for this plot of land. I know they cant but the peninsula on the lake would create a sweet hole of any length.
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birdman101
Experience: 14.6 years 59 played 24 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Clover dell 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Oct 6, 2012 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

This course is in the works from what I understand, so expect improvements and changes to be made.

To start 18 holes are in, and the first 9 have concrete tee pads that are ample big enough for the length of the holes.

On holes 1,2, and 4 there are 2 tee pads both concrete. and most of the other holes on the front 9 have a second pin placement.

Tee signs are in place and updated on all 18 holes thanks to the bluebird championship being held out there.

Front 9 and back 9 are almost 2 completely different courses. The front 9 plays through a field full of cedars (almost too many of them, but I was told they plan to remove some in the future once they grow a little more.)
The back 9 plays near over and around the several small lakes which adds a challenge, and a fear factor for some to the course.

Cons:

The front 9 seem to be the same shot over and over again. I threw a thumber on at least half of the holes. The distances on the tee signs seemed off to me and several others agreed.

The cedars make it hard to tell where your throwing to, and where the next tee is at, so you may have to do some walking to figure stuff out.

The back 9 currently just has wood chips for tees, and they are rough. (plan is to put in concrete pads in the near future)

Other Thoughts:

Hole 10 seems out of place on this course its 700+ feet, and you have to throw over a lake (dried up right now). Most of the other holes are under 400 with the exception of 18 which is a wide open 635' or so, 16 which plays fairly open with the basket tucked into the tree line on the right, and hole 9 which is just over 400 and is open with some cedar trees to make your approach interesting

There is talk of adding 9 more holes in the woods on the other side of the lake.

There were a few benches around, but no trashcans.

this course may not be worth a trip to now, but in the future it may be

There is a dog park that comes into play on hole 1
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bazillion
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 23.5 years 55 played 37 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Needs polishing 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 22, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

Clover Dell is a large multi-use park with the usual ball fields and such plus stuff like walking trails, an archery range, a radio control car race track and a dog park. Clean, well maintained throughout - a place for the whole fam dambly.

The course itself is a work in progress. All 18 pins are in (DGAs with large numbered flags on top), signs and teepads are in on the front 9 and marked on the back. Benches evrey now & then, bag hooks ditto, but I didn't notice any trash cans. As this course develops and gets more popular, they'll be needed fer sher.

The signs also have numbers on the back, so no matter which way you approach - and sometimes you have to hunt - you know when you've got the right tee.

Edit: Oh yeah, there's also a practice basket with a putting circle made up of bricks, each one tagged with the distance to the pin. Starts with 5 feet (!) and goes out to 50 in 5-foot increments. Since this practice basket has plenty of room in all directions, it's also great for practicing putting in the breeze, which can kick up a bit.

Cons:

The front nine plays in a maze of ten-foot-high pine trees. Most pins cannot be seen from the tee despite short hole lengths. Signage, while pretty, does not always show the correct tee-to-pin distance nor the correct layout of the hole. Maybe the signs were made and then the course redesigned?

The back nine circles the lake and is way more interesting even though it's yet to be finished. Lots of shot variety using landforms, water and vegetation to provide a good variety of play.

Hole #10, though, doesn't seem to fit with the character of the rest of the course. You play nine holes in the pines, none longer than 310 feet, and then explode into what must be a 750-foot expedition that skirts the lake, crosses a line of barrier trees, and then forces you to avoid a small pond (muddy with the drought, but probably a real disc-eater in normal weather) and then shoot to a pin on a ridge. See below for more comments on this hole.

Other Thoughts:

All in all I could tell that this course has a lot of potential. The front nine needs some rethinking, imo. The holes seem repetitive and don't present anything new, one to the next, that you haven't seen before. Don't know how feasible this would be but it would be nice to just do away with three or four of these, open up some lanes to give the rest some character, and then take #10 and split it into two or three holes to make up eighteen again.

Edit: Since I'm gonna be a local here how, I'll be playing this course regularly and will update my review as progress is made.
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KCDISCDOG
Experience: 13.6 years 80 played 4 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Small town honey hole 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 25, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

Very fun technical course front 9.... let'm rip on the back 9.. I could very easily give this course a 4 when its finished. The back 9 has no t-pads yet.. It has nice benches to sit if you feel like viewing the beautiful mid Missouri prarie landscape or take a rest. Yes the cedars can be hard to navigate, but can also be used to your favor.. you don't have to try to bomb it to every pin for a duece stay out of trouble, take the easy route for a 3 and beat the course. Hole 9 was about 400 ft you had to think smart and stay left and the easy putt for a 3 .. Hole 10 things opened up with a 700ft long sweeping right fairway then over a pond to the pin very fun..14 was maybe 300 ft right to the pin over a huge mossy pond I could have played safe to the right down the dam to a tight hole, but manned up and ripped one right at the pin cleared the water and right of the pin missed the duece on a tough putt from behind a tree I was happy with that.. 17 was prolly 250 the basket is sitting in a mound with a back drop, front blocked by cedars, I planted in the mound for a nice 2 :)... Overall a good course..... yeah the front is full of trees that block the basket and view of your disc but they are still planning and letting things grow before they clear out trees that maybe should have been left alone..

Cons:

front 9 hard to navigate... only the first time like many places you play the first time..only hard to find your disc hidden in cedars if you throw a bad shot.. back 9 had mulch for pads it was easy to slip, I threw to the side and liked that better..

Other Thoughts:

what a great course for a small town, a real honey hole.. great brand new Mach 3 baskets.... was playing with guy that helped on the back 9 and he said they have enough baskets to have 21 holes in the future then a full 18 in the back..... wow that will be fun... still a work in progress. you could see recently cleared brush. brush hogged next to some fairs ways... great work in progress... no heavy traffic to wait and play.... bike paths right next to the Katy trail.... fishing.. and dog park to boot... yeah I will play this course more..
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Disc_Legend
Experience: 11.8 years 4 played 4 reviews
1.00 star(s)

Needs some work 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 6, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

Signs, tees and baskets are in good shape

Cons:

You don't even know where the baskets are on the front nine and the back is even worse!

Discs are lost easily so be careful.

You throw blind almost every shot and the course is hard to navigate.
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Archie
Experience: 18.9 years 9 played 1 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Two thumbs up for Sedalia Park and Recreation! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Feb 21, 2012 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Great course to practice approach shots. It's a great beginners course which is exactly what Sedalia needs. Signage is good with great tee pads. Baskets are awesome!

Cons:

Too many trees. Its a new and growing course and have been told trees have been, and more will be removed as the trees grow more.

Other Thoughts:

It is awesome that Sedalia has stepped it up and spent the money to put this great sport in their park system. New baskets have been bought to put in 9 new holes around Clover Dell Lake. This course is really going to step it up with the addition of the new holes. I can't wait to volunteer to help make this happen.
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ReinZ_96
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 13.6 years 104 played 46 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Clover Dell 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jul 13, 2011 Played the course:once

Pros:

1) well maintained
2) nice tee pads and signs
3) easy to navigate

Cons:

1) no real place to open up and rip one
2) trees just get annoying and dont really act as obsticals since they are so short and small
3) very short

Other Thoughts:

overall its an okay course. just one of the courses i played on my trip to MO to see family.
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kcmike
Experience: 14.8 years 13 played 4 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Extremely short, but scratches the itch. 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 17, 2011 Played the course:once

Pros:

First, thanks to the Sedalia Parks and Rec for putting up a disc golf course. It's a forward-thinking move in a town with a history of doing otherwise at times. In a town with people who are largely unaware of the sport, this little 9-hole course is a great way to introduce people to the game and develop skills. Clover Dell has the best signage I've seen, (I play mostly in Kansas City). I love the way each sign points you to the next hole from the previous basket. Nice concrete tees.

Cons:

Course is extremely short. You can reach most tees with your mid-range discs. Pine trees are so tightly packed that on some holes it is hard to find a line to throw.

Other Thoughts:

I would consider myself a beginning-to-intermediate player and easily shot par, something I rarely do. This can be a good thing for beginners, or potentially boring for advanced players.
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kcnickster
Experience: 15.3 years 85 played 17 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Cute Little Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 26, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

Concrete Tees, good signage, easy to navigate, several good ace runs. Trees are well spaced and make a good practice course for weaving your disc though the trees to up the challenge. No need to bring a lot of disc I played with my ROC.

Cons:

A little short and while the trees are plentiful none are very tall so you could easily cheat and throw over them, and make most approaches pretty simple.

Other Thoughts:

I played on a very cold morning (21 degrees) in December and found the couse easy enough to play with my gloves on. When I hit the back holes the horses and donkeys came up to the fence and were looking at me like I was crazy. I'm looking forward to playing in better weather and seemed like a nice park and appeared to have plenty of room for a 2nd course.
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Nivek9
Experience: 35.8 years 128 played 6 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Eighteen holes and counting 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:May 6, 2012 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Nice concrete tee pads on the front, Mach III baskets, nice signage and benches. The front nin was designed as an easy course designed for beginners and practice but some holes have been stretched out with alternate pins and three long pads on #1, #2, #4. Signage makes it easy for a first timer to navigate the course. Signage needs to be updated for the new pins. Five of the nine holes have longer alternates.

Cons:

The eastern red cedars are bad to get a disc in. They make good obstacles but are unpleasant if you come into contact with them too much.The back nine needs tee boxes and better signage not to mention better mowing and ivy eradication. All of this will come in time.

Other Thoughts:

Our goal of getting a beginner course in then expanding to an 18 hole course around the lake for more experienced players has come to pass. More holes are planned for the woods at the back of the course as well.
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MOchains
Experience: 18.9 years 75 played 6 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Take the Kids 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:May 6, 2010 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

This course is much improved from the original layout which hosted a short nine holes which in part make up the front half of the course. This has been changed significantly with new pin placements and alternate pads. The couse has two very distinct styles and feels, and therefore could almost be considered two seperate nine hole courses. 

The front nine is a mix of left and rights of varying length. The evergreens serve as bunkers which trap discs and play visually with depth perception.  Hole one brings the dog park into play and is my personal favorite of the front. 

The back nine are an almost totally different course. Hole 10 is a crusher which plays around or across a large lake. 11-13 play along the lake shore as well as next to walking path which serves as OB. 14 plays across the water and is just a beautiful hole. 15-16 are crusher holes with guarded greens. 17 is a small tunnel which plays to an almost open field with the basket sitting on the side of a steep hill. The tunnel and the elevation change makes his hole interesting. The finishing hole is a long hole which brings the road into play as OB and plays slightly up hill. 

Cons:

I know I marked it as a PRO for this course, however the evergreens on the front half of this course make it very difficult to locate discs especially when the disc is inside these trees. This is because all the trees look exactly the same. I know this cannot trully be considered a CON because a designer must work with the canvas given. Keep a good eye on your disc or play with multiple people. The trees give the feeling of deja vu. Not necessarily in regards to shots but in as in "I thought It was next to that tree which just so happens to look like that tree."

The back 9 is still rough and does not yet have concrete pads. Many of the holes on this side are thick with poison ivy and undergrowth. This is simply a matter of time.

Other Thoughts:

 Overall I believe this is a much improved course from the original.  The front half of the course does not have any major visual threats from the tee (i.e. OB) however the evergreens can serve difficult to navigate on approach shots. Once these evergreens grow up, thining these out will help with confusion and instead give the course a more "tunneled feel." The back half of this course is the most interesting. With time and some hard work these holes will be much cleaner.  Overall this course has a ton of potential.  It's great to see more and more disc golf courses.  In truth the reviews you read of this course are from an exstict course which no longer exists except as remnants within the current course. Thanks Kevin for all your effort and time.
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