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Concordia, KS

Airport Park DGC

3.85(based on 5 reviews)
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stu84
Experience: 3 played 1 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Fun Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Feb 18, 2017 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

It's a nice course with several challenging holes and utilizes the natural character of the terrain. There is a good distance between fairways so you don't have to worry about getting hit by other discs while playing. The fairway grass is kept short and in good condition. The course is very fun to play and plays quickly.

Cons:

It is a new course, so there aren't alternative pins yet, but have heard that is coming very shortly. Some holes have A LOT of trees to throw through, which could be a pro or con depending on who you are. The first hole is adjacent to a fenced in dog park, so if you throw left at all, you will have to walk back to the entrance or crawl over a 6-foot chain link fence to retrieve your disc. Players with long drives should be able to throw over or past the dog park fence easily.

Other Thoughts:

When it rains a lot, some water hazards develop in the form of streams and areas of water accumulation (very small ponds.)
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scarpfish
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 20.9 years 360 played 100 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Much needed quality course in the NCK 2+ years drive by

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

Pros:

Nice 18 hole layout good for mixed skill levels, featuring good elevation and mix of open and wooded shots, with top of the line Discatcher baskets. Pro players will appreciate the tight tunnels on the front nine. Lesser skilled players will like that its not obscene in length. I really enjoy the wooded to open to back to wooded holes here. Its something that we rarely see in these parts. The fact that they did it with a piece of land this small. Course for the most part flows well. Concrete pads and signage installed help navigation. Literally right off the highway and easy to find.

Cons:

When you step up to Tee #1 which is a downhill bomb hole, you think you're in for a course with fairly spacious tees, then reality hits when you see a much smaller tee on Hole #2. Unfortunately most of the tee boxes here were like the latter. I also don't like Hole #1 being squeezed between the entry road and the dog park. I don't like holes 8 and 9 crossing, but in a small town like this, you can get away with that.

I was also about to praise the designers for keeping other elements of the park and busy U.S. 81 away from the line of fire. Then I got to the last seven holes. Hole 12 at 316' is dangerously narrow between a parking area and a line of trees. If the parking area isn't busy, you might be okay, but if it is, this may be hard to play. Hole 13 is an open bomb hole facing south (i.e. into the prevailing wind direction in Kansas) with the northbound lanes of busy U.S. 81 to your right. Yeah, it will take a terrible throw to get out there but I can see a RHBH shot into a stiff headwind flipping over and doing just that. Hole 15's basket is located on an island in the middle of an area where people park. Hole 17 is an even more dangerous example of the same thing. There's a playground just off to the left on Hole 18. Might want to add a mando --> to the tree in front of it.

Getting up and down the steep hillside on the downhill holes is a little difficult if its muddy or you have bad legs. Same with getting over the drainage ditch. How about some more parking spaces?

Other Thoughts:

For years, I drove through Concordia looking at the parcel of land this course now occupies thinking it would be cool to put baskets in there. The town has had two awful 9 holers available for awhile that just weren't fun to play due to space conflicts and lack of maintenance (the course at Cloud County CC, which this course borrowed baskets from temporarily, has recently been improved a bit).

This is a welcome and unique addition and kind of fills in a gap that was lacking a quality course. Definitely worth the stop, and if you're trying to run up your course count, the Cloud County course is less than half a mile away.
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