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Obetz, OH

Area 51 DGC

2.925(based on 6 reviews)
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Xelto
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Experience: 42 played 37 reviews
2.00 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 15, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

Wonderful signage
Hi-vis coating to the baskets
Concrete tees
Easy to navigate

Cons:

Very open and somewhat repetitive
Thick roughs

Other Thoughts:

The 'pros' section is fairly understandable. This place has some of the best signs I've seen anywhere. The Mach III baskets come with a bright yellow coating on the top of the basket and the hole number signs, making them almost as visible as Innova baskets. And it's not like you need either of these things, since it's virtually impossible to not know where to go next; I never had to wonder the entire course. And of course, concrete makes very good tee pads.

However, I found the course play somewhat lacking. The fairways are all about 40ish feet wide, most of them with a few trees scattered randomly down the fairway, and a few being totally open. On only a few holes did the trees have any real impact on throwing lines.

The rough, on the other hand, was quite tall. I came in the winter, so it wasn't all that bad for me, but it looks like this place is an absolute bear to find the occasional disk you'll manage to throw off the fairways.

The fairways are flat, with the sole exception of hole 18, which has the basket on a 6' hill. There are no other obstacles.

I really feel that this course had the potential to be better. Probably never a great course, given the limited terrain, but there were a couple of moderate-sized dirt mounds that weren't used, and I saw a few places where there were more interesting tree placements possible.

As a result, this would be a good place to bring a large group of non-disc-golfers, and will OK for locals. Normally, I would say this is a 'variety for locals only' course, but the lack of many good courses in the area means that this may be a mainstay for the SW side of Columbus. It is definitely not a course worth heading out of your way for.
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