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Allegan, MI

Allegan Jaycee Park

1.65(based on 5 reviews)
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chad groen
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Experience: 24.3 years 42 played 41 reviews
1.00 star(s)

Short and Relatively Easy

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Oct 10, 2020 Played the course:once

Pros:

The designers of this course did a decent job fitting 9 holes of disc golf into this small park. It's not too cramped, and it's not too close to the other things in the park. The woods in the area come into play on a few holes and give you some somewhat tricky tee shots and approach shots.The signs at each tee pad have a nice design and are also helpful. Unfortunately, those signs are the best things this course offers.

Cons:

Most of these holes are way too short. In fact, for two of them, you only need to use a putter, and it feels like your playing a disc golf version of miniature golf. Most of the holes are too wide open and have almost no obstacles to worry about. Two of the wooded holes are a little too narrow. You have to backtrack quite a ways to get to the third hole. Not all the holes have tee pads, and the ones that do are small and consist of gravel. That gravel just doesn't feel right when teeing off. I'm used to standing on something more solid and leveled, like cement, when I tee off. It's awkward to feel uneven ground shifting beneath my feet when teeing off. Most of this course is almost unplayable if it's rained recently, and the gravel tee pads can be real messy, sometimes even flooded. Also, I know this park doesn't have room for a full 18 hole course, but I've always found it to be a turnoff when there are only 9 holes to play. It doesn't take long to play 9 holes in disc golf, especially when they're real short like these holes.

Other Thoughts:

I've heard that the intention of this course is for it to be beginner-friendly to help introduce people to disc golf, and it definitely is. Even with that in mind, some of these holes are still too short, and most of them are a little too easy. It's too bad there isn't a normal-sized 18 hole course in the area for more experienced players to play at, because this one is way too short and easy for them to play. It won't necessarily be a bad experience for beginners, but it definitely won't be as good as it could've been.
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