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Austintown, OH

Austintown Township Park

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2.925(based on 6 reviews)
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sharkey
Experience: 13.3 years 9 played 7 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Great 18-hole Disc golf fun in Mahoning County 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 5, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

This course is spread out across the rolling beautiful farm-like landscape of Austintown Township Park. The course offers varying lengths of holes. Very easy to find the next tees. 18 holes! Great map and score cards ready at tee 1. Good signs for first time visitors looking for where to park. Nice mando on hole 10, nice island-like shot on hole 13. Overall, very friendly to disc golfers, and easy for newcomers to the park.

Cons:

Poor quality baskets with only one row of chains. The baskets don't catch the discs well. So good luck getting a putt to stick from more than 25 feet. The bottom metal part of the basket has gaps large enough for discs to fall right through. Never seen that before. It's pretty annoying to watch your disc go in the basket then fall out the bottom of the basket. Does that even count as in?
Hole 18 ends more than a quarter mile from the parking lot at hole 1, a simple re-design of the last couple holes could correct this.
There's no good way to play only 9 holes, since hole nine is pretty far from the parking lot. No tee pads, but the starting line's are well marked.

Other Thoughts:

For someone accustomed to playing in the woods more, I thought it would be easier to find errant discs easily in the tall grass than in the woods. How wrong I was. I lost 3 discs and only recovered 1. Be particularly cautions on hole 7, if your RHBH throw fades right, it will land in a black hole of brush where it looks like several disc golfers have tirelessly tried to recover discs. I was unsuccessful, so congrats to anyone who finds a red Innova Valkyrie over there with no name and number on the back.
It is unclear from the map or signs what is out of bounds. Some clarity on this would help with scoring. For now though it plays like a course with no out of bounds.
Boardman Park a few miles away has much nicer baskets, but that's about it. This course is a full 18 and is much more beautiful and challenging.
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