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Minco, OK

Chisholm Trail DGC

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Pizza God
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Experience: 36.1 years 1726 played 574 reviews
2.00 star(s)

small town 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:May 24, 2021 Played the course:once

Pros:

Nice Mach III baskets
Tee posts has the distance, although a few of them are off
Tee pads hold off against wet weather, but are too short and getting a little overgrown (see pics)

Cons:

Course is pretty tight, not just within it'self (X fairway between 9 and 1) but with any other park users.
Safety is an issue

Other Thoughts:

I love small town courses, you usually get the whole course to yourself and sometimes even the whole park.

Good thing that happened with me, this course has some major safety issues with fairways throwing over roads, next to restrooms over a basketball court and almost over picnic tables.

not to mention that when you are teeing off on hole 1, you will notice a basket just to your right. Well the tee for that #9 basket is off to the left. Yep, crosing fairways.

After playing hole one, your walk to the tee for hole 2 is almost longer than the holes. Not sure why either.

hole 2 throws over the edge of the baseball outfield fence.

Hole 3 uses the bathrooms to make you turn your drive over to a small group of large trees OVER the road. Yep, someone could be walking and you would not even see them.

then another longer walk over to hole 4. You have a decent long right handed hyzer (over the road) or an inside S curve to the basket. An electric fenced in area with some horses come into play if you throw that inside route.

Then hole 5, large tree in front of you and you are throwing over a road (again) This is not that great of a hole, there is no "good" line to shoot for.

Then the real danger danger area for the next couple of holes. Hole 6 throws over the basketball court, it's not the closer basket you are thinking, you throw past that down to the tennis courts. Yep, over more roads too.

Hole 7 throws between two picnic tables, hope no one is using them when you play this course. On top of that, you have trees keeping you from throwing high.

Hole 8 is just not a good hole, there is a "big hyzer" but the basket is too far to the left to make this a reasonable birdie hole. The inside path is pretty tight and has several picnic tables in the left of the fairway.

Then over the field to tee #9 that throws all the way across #1 fairway. Wide open 436ft hole.

I feel that several of the holes were lengthened after the course was designed because the distances on the tee signs don't match the GPS UDisc measurements. I understand why people want longer holes for more of a challenge, however you are putting others at risk when you do that, specially on a course like this one.

Would I play here again? Probably not, I rated it a 2 not just because of the layout, but took into consideration the safety issues. You got several great courses in OKC, no reason to play here other than bagging it.
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ivanhenson
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Experience: 12.9 years 680 played 220 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Ok 9 hole 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 8, 2020 Played the course:once

Pros:

For a little town this is a nice little 9 hole. Nice baskets and signs has gravel tee box areas. Easy to find an to play. a few trees to throw around nothing to far or too short.

Cons:

Flows pretty bad but since no one is here does not really matter. No elevation. Not enough variety.

Other Thoughts:

Its ok if you are in the area. I am surprised the rating on this is so low. for a little town 9 hole its not bad. Not great but not bad at all.
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MiketheGoalie
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Experience: 17.2 years 87 played 43 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Short, Flat, Dicey 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 7, 2020 Played the course:once

Pros:

Baskets are in pristine shape, tee signs are sparse on info but visible and well-executed. I think the building near #3's tee is a restroom.

#4 is a challenging hole with an S-line and #8's best line is a pretty tight and controlled shot. Not much in the length department on this course, but you can let it rip on #9 if that's your game. The whole course is flat as a board. I doubt there are 6 inches of elevation change across it.

Cons:

The course doesn't flow particularly well. The holes kind of double back on themselves from #4 through #8. Having the hole maps on Udisc helped make sure I was throwing on the right pin, especially on #2 (where #9's basket is visible and in a logical place), #5 (where #3's basket is in a logical place), and #6 (where you have to throw past #7's basket). This means golfers are in the fairway of one hole while playing adjacent holes. It's a little unsafe, to be honest. Even finishing on #9 has the potential to be pretty close to #1 & 8's tee.

The course ends up winding over and through the park road, pavilions, and along ballfields and private property, and the whole course is very cramped and potentially unsafe. #2 plays along the outfield fence of an adjacent baseball field and private property. #3 around a restroom building and over the road. #4 parallels the road and private property on either side. #5 is over the road. #6 is probably the worst as you're playing along/over the road and past multiple pavilions and #7's basket and fairway.

While there are mature trees on the majority of the holes, they don't really inform the lines much. #'s 1, 5, 6, and 9 are essentially open field throws. #2 is pretty close. Most of the 'line-shaping' that is available is due to wanting to avoid the road, pavilions, structures, fence lines, and private property.

The packed aggregate tee pads are ok for the most part, but a couple were somewhat loose.

Other Thoughts:

The day I played this course was after a recent ice storm that had decimated lots of the trees that hadn't shed their foliage yet. Tree branches and large limbs were down throughout the park. A few of the holes were impacted by this debris, but the course was still playable. I'm not sure what the course will play like once the debris is removed as some of the lines might be different.

It's a pretty 'meh' course overall. There are a couple of holes that are better than the rest, namely #4 and #8. But the overall character of the course is that it's crammed into a park without enough room to let it breathe. If there are more than about two cars parked in this park, you're probably throwing near one on a hole. There are better 9-hole options close to the metro, in my opinion. Still, when the park is empty, it's a playable course, just not very challenging or unique.
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