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Chamblee, GA

Chamblee Church DGC

2.695(based on 8 reviews)
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DumfriesLizzie
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 5.7 years 111 played 102 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Basic 9-holer on church property

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jan 14, 2023 Played the course:once

Pros:

Tiny 9-hole course on church property. Nice to have such for fairly un-stressful play. Seems how you have to thread your disc gets progressively narrower from holes 3-6. Later holes have a more open landing spot in the middle of the fairway. The course is good for narrow, woods play. You fine-tune your technique here and then take said to a bigger, more engaging course that has similar tight fairways. No. 8 is the best hole of the bunch (IMHO); it rises and then falls deeply down to its basket just above a dry(?) creek bed.

Cons:

The other holes are not very imaginative. No. 1 has a short frame to get through into an open field. No. 2 is totally in the field. The other holes are largely in the woods (3-8) with no. 9 coming back out into a more open setting adjacent to a structure. Everything is relatively short and predictable. This is a course to play to kill time or refine woods play. It is not a destination course, so you want to pair it with another course in metro Atlanta and in its vicinity.

Other Thoughts:

The church seems to be running a daycare, so there are a goodly number of people around. There's also a small amphitheater, so there must be outdoor performances. It's a well-maintained course. When I played my solo time, church members were building cement pads. So the previous turf or natural tees have been improved upon. As church courses go, it is nowhere in the realm of Salem Baptist (sorry) nor as interesting as Mountain View. In GA and VA, respectively. As 9-holers go, it is decent, predictable woods play.
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billtm
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Experience: 9.8 years 37 played 26 reviews
2.50 star(s)

6 good short holes drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 1, 2023 Played the course:once

Pros:

3 practice baskets
Pretty good signage
Holes 3-8 make use of elevation change with fun lines

Cons:

The tee pads are made of a nice material, but they are a bit shorter than what I'd prefer
Holes 1, 2, and 9 have basically nothing in the way (having one hole like this is good, but 3 is too boring)
Holes 3-8 are all short, if there was space for longer technical holes, that would be a plus

Other Thoughts:

Holes 3-8 are well crafted, technical holes that I feel make this course worth occasionally replaying
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wellsbranch250
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Experience: 10.3 years 662 played 641 reviews
2.50 star(s)

A Solid Re-Design 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:May 4, 2019 Played the course:once

Pros:

(2.381 Rating) A petite and scenic church course.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - I wasn't expecting this church course to look this good. The run of holes (3) thru (8), are all appealing heavily wooded tunnel shots. Hole (4) IMO is the bread winner. This hole is a valley shot with a well manicured line. Overall I scored the course roughly 75 percentile among all courses I've played.
- FUN FACTOR - A scenic short easy going birdie fest. Neighborhood locals and church members are going to have lots of putters inked with signatures. Players are going to ace this course two or three times more often compared to a normal course. There is going to be some searching however. Discs pinging off trees in the wrong direction will likely find some thicket. Still though, the holes are short enough that tracking an errant disc will be achievable in most instances.
- RECREATIONAL LEVEL FRIENDLY - The course appears to be geared to recreational players with about an 850 player rating. The longest tee shot is 320ish. The technical holes are all under 220 feet. It was a birdie fiesta for this Intermediate level player. Even my out-of-form card mate GMcAtee broke par.
- QUICK PLAY - My twosome had this wrapped up in 40 minutes. First time solos should be able to tackle it in 30 minutes.
- MAINTENANCE - The heavily wooded holes were all maintained to an appropriate level on my appearance.
- EXTRA BASKETS - I saw 3 additional baskets on the property. One looked like a practice basket or an informal tenth hole. Also an extra basket on (2) and (9).

Cons:

Mostly just preferential cons.
- LACK OF CHALLENGE -This is not the course to set-up shop and practice day in and day out in hopes develop the skills to land a sponsorship. An Advanced player could probably throw 7 down on first attempt and hit 9 down eventually. No power is required here. Although holes (3) thru (8) are heavily wooded and can be punishing with a horrid ricochet, they are so short that many higher skilled players will split the 8 foot wide gaps and run it clean to the basket 85 percent of the time.
- FORGIVENESS - Shots that are re-directed well off fairway will be a pain to retrieve. Beginners may not like this course.
- TEES - Not awful, but the turf surfaces are below average. The tees are also on the smallish side. Several felt uneven. Not the end of the world as the course is very short.
- CHAINS - Not top of the line DISCatchers, being that they are the Sport version.
- CHARACTER - The basics, as noted above, are so so. As for extras, not much. No extra tees, only 2 multiple basket holes, only a couple benches. The signage and navigation is adequate, see other thoughts.
- UNIQUENESS - Despite the beauty in many of the lines. Not too much variety here. The 6 holes in the woods all had a similar feel. No bomber shots. All pars 3s and water features are limited to just one creek crossing in front of (1s) tee pad.
- TERRAIN - This does not look like an appropriate course for those with knee issues. Bringing a Zuca is very much doable, but inferior carts may struggle. I don't take off points for this.

Other Thoughts:

One of the better church courses I've ever played. By my count, I've now played 18 church courses and this would be my second highest scored one after Austin Ridge Bible Church. Chamblee IMO, has the right mixture of scenery and fun that will appeal to many Novice and Rec players within a 5 to 10 mile radius. By no means is this a destination course for the Atlanta area, but for those looking to play a quick warm-up round before a more grueling beast, Chamblee may fit the bill.
- SIGNAGE AND NAVIGATION - Adequate. New tee signs have been installed for the re-design and the signs have next tee direction. No course map posted as of this review, but most transitions are intuitive. The first exceptions is (2) to (3), head left not right. The second exception is (8) to (9) where the tee is out in the open behind a building. The course would benefit by adding a few navigation cues on the pathways.
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Moose33
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 12.4 years 219 played 216 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Nice little 9 hole course 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 2, 2018 Played the course:once

Pros:

The church has done a great job of making a very cool little 9 hole course on their grounds and making the open to the public during appropriate hours.

They have medium sized turf teepads that are slightly raised and fairly sturdy. They have very pretty signs that look as if they have been hand painted and very nice and accurate.

It also looks as if the course has recently been manicured and had many small trees cut down.

The holes are fairly short but have some lines than need to be hit, and there are a few right lines. Some water comes into play, but you would have to miss your line to get wet.

Probably not the destination course to travel an hour for but it's a well thought out little course and nice of the church to provide.

Cons:

The holes are pretty short and there is Only one hole over 300 ft and a lot of them are overly complex.

Baskets are on the newer side it looks like but I'm not familiar with the model. It's an Innova basket, but with okay looking a Mach 2 and has a very tiny band around the top center. Chains are lighter and don't catch super well onless your center. Maybe don't putt super hard like you would on a Prodigy or Mach X.

There are also a couple spots where if there were multiple groups playing and you miss a line it could get dicey.

Other Thoughts:

It's super nice that the church would build and maintain a nice little course like this and it looks as if it has been redesigned since the most recent people reviewed it as it's back up to 9 holes. And with the nice little warm up hole at the front of the parking lot it sort of plays like 10 holes.

Probably won't go out of my way again, but I was close and it was fun. If we come out that way I might just swing by and see if I can birdie all 9.
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