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Edwardsville City Park reviews
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Move Along. Nothing To See Here. 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Jul 16, 2021
Played the course:once
Pros:
This small, city park 9-hole has a very nice course sign detailing tees, baskets, and how to cross the chasm of a river to access holes 4-6. The tee signs are of the same quality.
Maintenance was well done, except for the foot golf baskets underneath the disc golf baskets, but that's not what we care about now is it?
The DD Patriot baskets are in good condition.
The course loops back to the parking lot fairly well, and basket 8 can be used as a practice basket.
Maintenance was well done, except for the foot golf baskets underneath the disc golf baskets, but that's not what we care about now is it?
The DD Patriot baskets are in good condition.
The course loops back to the parking lot fairly well, and basket 8 can be used as a practice basket.
Cons:
No tees or tee markings. Just a nice tee sign and maybe a patch of beat down grass to give you a general idea of where to tee from. Finding the next tee isn't always easy either.
Six of the fairways hold no challenge, just a tee and a basket in a field with a walking path that is so far out of the way of the course it's not worth mentioning. Hole 8 has a little challenge with the OB road/parking lot on the left and wrapping behind the basket... but those are far enough out of the way it barely affects the hole.
Contrasting the beginner-level challenge, holes 4 and 6 cross a 125ft wide, 20ft deep chasm that has a small river at the bottom. Unfortunately for one of my discs, this river also wraps around behind the basket of 6 (which is only 152ft). It doesn't match with the difficulty level, or lost-disc risk of the rest of the course.
You have no option but to walk down the fairway of 5 to get to the basket of 4. Luckily this course will probably never be busy enough to worry about that.
The trains going by every 5 minutes got annoying, but the park is next to the warehouse district of Edgerton, so cest la vie.
Six of the fairways hold no challenge, just a tee and a basket in a field with a walking path that is so far out of the way of the course it's not worth mentioning. Hole 8 has a little challenge with the OB road/parking lot on the left and wrapping behind the basket... but those are far enough out of the way it barely affects the hole.
Contrasting the beginner-level challenge, holes 4 and 6 cross a 125ft wide, 20ft deep chasm that has a small river at the bottom. Unfortunately for one of my discs, this river also wraps around behind the basket of 6 (which is only 152ft). It doesn't match with the difficulty level, or lost-disc risk of the rest of the course.
You have no option but to walk down the fairway of 5 to get to the basket of 4. Luckily this course will probably never be busy enough to worry about that.
The trains going by every 5 minutes got annoying, but the park is next to the warehouse district of Edgerton, so cest la vie.
Other Thoughts:
There is a soccer field nearby that can be used for field practice.
Overall, this isn't a course worth visiting often. The challenge isn't there for experienced players, and beginners won't be ready to throw all the way across the gaping maw of the river, so the holes they do play are flat and boring. No forced lines or anything to make this course remotely interesting.
Overall, this isn't a course worth visiting often. The challenge isn't there for experienced players, and beginners won't be ready to throw all the way across the gaping maw of the river, so the holes they do play are flat and boring. No forced lines or anything to make this course remotely interesting.
