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Brook Run Park reviews
8
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dickwolf
Experience:
27.9 years
50 played
21 reviews
beautiful poop drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Mar 31, 2023
Played the course:once
Pros:
its pretty.
good signage.
good signage.
Cons:
there are multiple holes with absolutely no line to the basket.
There is no reason to have to have such long walks between holes on a 9 hole course
There is no reason to have to have such long walks between holes on a 9 hole course
Other Thoughts:
lets take great land and build a disc golf course, but the designer of the course can have never played disc golf in his life. GO!
the best part of this course is how accurate google maps was to the 1st tee parking lot.
the best part of this course is how accurate google maps was to the 1st tee parking lot.
11
0
Improved, but Still Not Ready 2+ years
Reviewed:
Updated:
Played on:Dec 29, 2020
Played the course:once
Pros:
A framework that has improved a lot in the last 5 months and has the potential to easily turn into an excellent nine-hole course.
-Amenities: Concrete tees. New DD Veteran baskets, color-coded with blue for longs and white for shorts. A practice basket. Since July, they've also added a course map, helpful next tee signage, and tee signs with number, par, distance, and a map that accurately depicts basket positions but doesn't correctly show fairway shapes.
-Playable holes: I'd say holes (1) and (4) are totally ready for play.
-Developing Holes: All the other holes except (7) now have at least faintly discernible hints of fairways. They range from (2)-(3), which could be considered finished and just have some extremely thin windows, to (5), which has the beginning of a fairway but a line of trees between that clearing and the basket. In July, I couldn't even figure out where some of the fairways were supposed to be on the back, but now I can see them and could draw a believable flight path to them, albeit a flight path with only a couple of inches room for error.
-Multiple Baskets: Every hole has two baskets, which I think will offer a good choice of recreational or intermediate difficulty.
-Potential: They already have all the tees and baskets in final positions, and I think they're great. Once this course gets the chainsaws it needs, it will probably be the best 9-holer in the city. Variety includes more open holes from (1)-(4) and full woods on the back 5. Hole (2) is undoubtedly a par-4, and the long pins on (3) and (6)-(9) are tweeners that will be a very hard birdie. The course favors LHBH/RHFH throwers, but all the necessary shots can be thrown with a good RHBH turnover as well. With the thick tree coverage on 2/3 of the course, smart golf will be imperative--knowing how far you can throw with good accuracy to give yourself birdie opportunities without bringing bogeys out.
-Location: Atlanta only has one course in the city, so having Brook Run only just outside the perimeter will provide a much-needed second challenge for urbanites. Also, the city of Dunwoody is no piddling suburb, and putting this course obviously in its parks department's crown jewel may provide a lot of publicity.
-Amenities: Concrete tees. New DD Veteran baskets, color-coded with blue for longs and white for shorts. A practice basket. Since July, they've also added a course map, helpful next tee signage, and tee signs with number, par, distance, and a map that accurately depicts basket positions but doesn't correctly show fairway shapes.
-Playable holes: I'd say holes (1) and (4) are totally ready for play.
-Developing Holes: All the other holes except (7) now have at least faintly discernible hints of fairways. They range from (2)-(3), which could be considered finished and just have some extremely thin windows, to (5), which has the beginning of a fairway but a line of trees between that clearing and the basket. In July, I couldn't even figure out where some of the fairways were supposed to be on the back, but now I can see them and could draw a believable flight path to them, albeit a flight path with only a couple of inches room for error.
-Multiple Baskets: Every hole has two baskets, which I think will offer a good choice of recreational or intermediate difficulty.
-Potential: They already have all the tees and baskets in final positions, and I think they're great. Once this course gets the chainsaws it needs, it will probably be the best 9-holer in the city. Variety includes more open holes from (1)-(4) and full woods on the back 5. Hole (2) is undoubtedly a par-4, and the long pins on (3) and (6)-(9) are tweeners that will be a very hard birdie. The course favors LHBH/RHFH throwers, but all the necessary shots can be thrown with a good RHBH turnover as well. With the thick tree coverage on 2/3 of the course, smart golf will be imperative--knowing how far you can throw with good accuracy to give yourself birdie opportunities without bringing bogeys out.
-Location: Atlanta only has one course in the city, so having Brook Run only just outside the perimeter will provide a much-needed second challenge for urbanites. Also, the city of Dunwoody is no piddling suburb, and putting this course obviously in its parks department's crown jewel may provide a lot of publicity.
Cons:
Although the course is open, I'm not sure it should be. Despite the clearing efforts in the last few months, there's still a lot more work that needs to be done in the woods.
-Clearing: My first time, none of (5)-(9) were playable due to full woods coverage. Thankfully, they've all had a lot of brush removed and tiny fairways carved in, but they're still questionable. Most of them have clear fairways to start but become a bit of a poke-and-hope closer to the green, especially for the long pin positions. There are hints of the fairways, though, so with continued clearing (and dropping a few more trees), they can become good. I also think (2)-(4) should have just two or three selective trees removed to widen the lines a touch as well. Again, a big improvement from last time, but the lines are still worse than at any other living course I've been to.
-Hole (7): The only exception to the good progress. Other than installing the sign, I don't think it's been touched. Totally impossible to play in any traditional sense of the term.
-Navigation: The layout is very segmented, with holes far apart from each other, create very long transitions from (2)-(3), (6)-(7), and (7)-(8) especially. I could see difficulties for first-timers, even with the next tee signs.
-Safety: An issue. Hole (2) plays quite near a walking path and some pavilions, so a ricochet could endanger someone. Hole (4) has a pavilion jutting into the fairway, and anything long could endanger walkers. Most important, hole (7) has a dog-walking trail that horseshoe bends straight through the hole, endangering walkers twice. This is a very busy park, so the trails will mostly be occupied.
-Drainage: My second time here there was lots of mud from (5) until (8).
-Sign Maps: Smaller con. The fairway shapes depicted on the signs don't correspond at all to what has actually been cleared. Once the clearing is done, they should probably redo the tee signs.
-Tee (1): I think they put the concrete tee in the wrong place. Either that, or the sign is in the wrong place and has questionably short distances written. The sign also mentions a "drop zone" despite the OB only existing quite long of the basket on a walking path, making things altogether confusing. Of course, you can just choose your own rules and there's no issue.
-Clearing: My first time, none of (5)-(9) were playable due to full woods coverage. Thankfully, they've all had a lot of brush removed and tiny fairways carved in, but they're still questionable. Most of them have clear fairways to start but become a bit of a poke-and-hope closer to the green, especially for the long pin positions. There are hints of the fairways, though, so with continued clearing (and dropping a few more trees), they can become good. I also think (2)-(4) should have just two or three selective trees removed to widen the lines a touch as well. Again, a big improvement from last time, but the lines are still worse than at any other living course I've been to.
-Hole (7): The only exception to the good progress. Other than installing the sign, I don't think it's been touched. Totally impossible to play in any traditional sense of the term.
-Navigation: The layout is very segmented, with holes far apart from each other, create very long transitions from (2)-(3), (6)-(7), and (7)-(8) especially. I could see difficulties for first-timers, even with the next tee signs.
-Safety: An issue. Hole (2) plays quite near a walking path and some pavilions, so a ricochet could endanger someone. Hole (4) has a pavilion jutting into the fairway, and anything long could endanger walkers. Most important, hole (7) has a dog-walking trail that horseshoe bends straight through the hole, endangering walkers twice. This is a very busy park, so the trails will mostly be occupied.
-Drainage: My second time here there was lots of mud from (5) until (8).
-Sign Maps: Smaller con. The fairway shapes depicted on the signs don't correspond at all to what has actually been cleared. Once the clearing is done, they should probably redo the tee signs.
-Tee (1): I think they put the concrete tee in the wrong place. Either that, or the sign is in the wrong place and has questionably short distances written. The sign also mentions a "drop zone" despite the OB only existing quite long of the basket on a walking path, making things altogether confusing. Of course, you can just choose your own rules and there's no issue.
Other Thoughts:
I'm excited to see where Brook Run Park goes. I think the course design is very good, presenting a predominantly wooded challenge with some open holes and good distance. It may well become the bigger, more challenging version of its nearby neighbor, Chamblee UMC. Right now, though, it's not a fully grown course, as far too many trees are standing to have fair lines. It has progressed significantly since my original review, but most of it feels too raw to be above a "Poor" and hole (7) is untouched, so I've gone with "Bad" for the time being. I will continue to check in on this course and update the review every few months.
