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Nanaimo, BC

Bowen Park

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3.675(based on 15 reviews)
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Treeplant
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Experience: 9 years 109 played 62 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Very nice, well designed, course in a public park. 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 8, 2019 Played the course:once

Pros:

- Beautiful wooded public park, lots of amenities like benches, garbage cans, vending machines, washrooms etc.

- For a shorter 18 hole course, decent amount of elevation changes, which definitely adds some interest level.

- Course is well maintained. Read a note about garbage on the course from a past reviewer, we didn't see anything out there on our round, the course was in fantastic shape.

- Concrete tee pads

- Good signage

- Multiple pad and basket locations for a number of holes, with good mapping.

- Lots of parking.

Cons:

- Couple of the holes throw pretty close to each other or public spaces (I'm sure people hyzer into the tennis courts for example), overall not terrible for a public park but a couple of places to be aware.

- Tee pads are good, but a little short on a few of them.

- Not much variation in distances on the course, and differences between blue and white pads aren't really significant enough to sufficiently increase difficulty level.

Other Thoughts:

- Overall a short course without much opportunity to bomb drives. A very good course for intermediate level players to shoot under par on, advanced/ open players won't find a lot of challenge here, though it's still a beautiful setting with some solid ace runs.

- We were there on a Sunday afternoon in June and the course was fairly busy with what looked to be rec players, we had to wait more than expected. Not a con, as it's good to see people using the course, but if you have the options of playing at non-peak times it would speed up the round.

- Defiinitely favours shorter, technical throwers with the distances and amount of trees.

- Cart-friendly course.

- Bug free when we played in June.
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Bondobates
Experience: 9 years 77 played 10 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Beautiful park setting 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 5, 2015 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

The holes are well marked. Diagram on each tee post.
Nice mixture of short and longer holes. Friendly locals on the course. Park is well maintained.

Cons:

First time playing, locating a few of the holes was difficult due to their location from the previous tee.

Other Thoughts:

The local players were very helpful in helping us navigate to a few of the hard to find tee boxes. Took several family members for their first time disc golfing, they had a great time on this course.
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josser
Experience: 20 played 8 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Bowen Disc Golf Course Review 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 29, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

Some very interesting holes in the back 9 with elevation changes and lots of obstacles. Tons of birdie opportunities from the regular tees.

Cons:

From the regular tees, most of the front 9 is all pretty similar with trees causing a narrow fairway and a semi-protected basket. The holes are packed together pretty closely so you have to be careful about the group in front and behind you.

Other Thoughts:

It is great to have a true 18-hole course in a city park. I look forward to playing this course each and every time I pass through Nanaimo.
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