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Bedford, PA

Bedford School District DGC

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ThumbMan12
Experience: 3 played 3 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Leaves much to be desired. 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 15, 2012 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Good use of the land considering its on the grounds of a Middle school and High school.

Cons:

Ridiculous placement of several baskets. A few holes have the baskets literally inside of the woods with no paths or anything to get to the basket.

Other Thoughts:

Alot of the course was really messed up due to construction. Took over and hour to navigate the course without playing. Tee boxes are non existent so you just have to make up your own. Leaves very much to be desired but overall i could say i atleast enjoyed myself.
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optidiscic
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 21.9 years 156 played 149 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Back Stream and Track Team are obstacles! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 2, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

Interesting use of space. A stream comes into play on the first 6 holes. Providing plenty of thought when your approaching. The stream adds character and beauty that few 18ers could rival. There is also plenty of length with 3 holes around the 600 foot mark. The green for hole 3 is phenomenal....a peninsula surrounded by a healthy but not disc eating deep creek. There is one tight hole (5) to counter all that ripping. Plenty of danger upon approach here with fences, running track oob, streams, and tree guarded greens providing a delicate shot. I actually threw a lot of drives here at full throttle. Many of the shots were right turning which made things interesting. A few risk/reward situations such as hole 4 with alternate paths to pin and all the risky oob. POrt-o-potty and close to highway. Best play would be a Sunday morning or any other non school/non sports event hours. Set in a pretty little pennsylvania town in a picturesque valley. The best holes are 1-5.

Cons:

It's completely flat despite the surrounding mountains. Tees are natural grass with simple stone markers (which work based on low volume) A high percentage of throws favor lhbh or rhfh without any true rhbh/lhfh holes to counter. The most glaring weakness is that the course plays throughout the athletic complex. Hole #1 across a practice football field,Holes #4,5 skirt a tennis court area and hole 6 flies across the outfield of a softball field.(6 was unavailable as of May 2010 due to bridge construction) THen it gets really hairy as hole 7 plays directly across a baseball diamond, hole 8 basically is a hyzer over a different baseball field and hole 9 finishes by throwing over an entire track and field complex over the track 2x and across the infield of the 400 M track before finishing your day. Holes 6-9 could potentially cause huge conflicts. There were people walking the track and the damage a disc could do to a maintained baseball infield as well as a person could jeopardize the course.

Other Thoughts:

Played during the right time this was a fun and surprisingly interesting course. If I was a local I would play the first 6 holes then play them backwards and forwards and back to make a perfectly balanced lefty 6 righty6 lefty6 righty 6 24 hole circuit w/o the silly danger of the final 3 holes.
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jblough
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 15 years 85 played 85 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Quite the Watering Hole for the Bedford Bisons! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 26, 2009 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

I played this course thinking that it would be a simple pitch-and-putt experience since it's on the grounds of a high school. I certainly didn't expect so many water hazards or mega drives in the excess of 400-500 feet. Ultimately, however, it's still a typical high school disc golf course and has its limitations.

The most idiosyncratic element of the course is the water hazards. Holes 2 and 3 are anhyzer throws that have pin placements dangerously close to a small creek! Even a putt with too much zip on it will send your disc swimming.

The first, sixth, seventh, and ninth holes are wide open holes of decent lengths and test your arm strength and the effectiveness of your distance driver. The first hole is a good place to practice your roller shots.

#6 is a massive 652 foot drive playing parallel to the creek. Can you focus on hurling you disc this far without worrying about it going in?

Cons:

Water hazards notwithstanding, the course doesn't really have much in terms of variety; it's also very, very flat. Hole #5 is the only "wooded" hole on the course, and plays a short 239 feet with some tree obstacles on the way to the basket.

#9 plays over the school's running track. I found this one to be quite awkward and it seems more like you're playing safari than a true dg hole. Another problem with this hole is that the basket plays very close to the road, and an errant throw will be going into traffic.

The natural tees are not the best for footing, and there's virtually no signage telling you where to go. Study the map before you go and you should be fine.

Since this is a school district course after all, athletic and school events will most likely relegate this course to weekends and the summer. In fact, I think this would be a great summer course because I'm sure that creek dries up in June-August!

Other Thoughts:

As a high school teacher looking to implement a disc golf club/team and course on my own school's grounds, I found this place to be an enlightening field trip. If the humble Bedford High can make a neat course like this, any school can! All in all, I think they used the available land well and balanced the mundane nature of the constant open-air throws with water hazards and chances to air out your throws. If the school would scrap #9, add nicer tees and signs, and include a few more wooded holes, this would be one one heck of a place to play!

* Note - I'll try to add some photos the next time I'm here. *
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