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Flory Park reviews
10
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Acerobster
Experience:
28.9 years
4 played
4 reviews
740 Disc Slinger 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Oct 7, 2020
Played the course:5+ times
Pros:
Racoon Creek DGC is a underrated gem. All concrete tee pads just recently finished make each hole even better. This course has a lot to offer. Hole #1 has a nice sand base around the basket. Hole #2 has room to air it out and is a make- able birdie. Hole #3 and #14 are a blast to play because they cross the creek/river...3 is a slight down hill shot while 14 is an up hill shot. Hole #12 is a tight corridor shot while # 15 is a tree yard with plenty of gaps to poke thru!! The caretaker of the course trys to keep the park looking good and it is always fun to play it! This course plays in just little over an hour and has a lot of shade on the hotter days! I have played this couse in the rain, snow, and in 25mph winds and it hasn't let me down. A great family course if played by the course par and a great disc slinger course if played as all par 3's.
Cons:
Some of the fairways are tight and zig zag back in forth and can contradict each other. Signage has not been placed yet and can be confusing to a newcomer. No real next tee signs either. This is a shorter course so strong armed throwers won't care for it as much. This course would benefit from more trash cans and benches.
Other Thoughts:
This is an under rated course and shouldn't be over looked if in the area. Plenty of parking off Church St. with a practice tee and a drinking fountain close to tee #1. I enjoy hitting this course on the way home from work!
12
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If I was a kid, I'd be at this park everyday! 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Jun 29, 2019
Played the course:2-4 times
Pros:
Course is Challenging enough for an advanced player, but is meant towards an Intermediate player and one that is learning to play.
Tee pads we're huge (aprox. 11' x4.5') considering the length of the course.
I loved hole # 3. It was a shorter hole measuring @ 174' and it played adjacent to Raccoon Creek, but was really challenging with all the trees one has to maneuver to get to the basket.
I also loved # 8. Plays 348' and has a man made ditch that held a couple feet full of water the day I played close enough to the basket that it came into play.
# 9 was the hole one got to really rip it measuring out at 515' playing towards hole # 1
Nice tee signs, I found a couple plastic floral arrangements next to tee tee pad of hole # 6 on the ground. so just because I had this good vibe going on in Flory Park, I put the floral arrangements on the tee signs of holes # 6 and 7 to make the pictures I took of the tee sign looks nicer.
The James T. Young (narrow) Foot Suspension Bridge takes the player across Raccoon Creek to holes # 3-7 and back to play hole # 8
The club used orange colored duck tape in the basket well pointing towards the next tee.
Shady course in a good way!! I played the course 2x on a very Hot and humid day and every hole except some of hole # 7 and some of hole # 8 and most of hole # 9 we're shaded holes!
Clean park after I left after my 2nd round, As i cleaned the few pieces of trash up as the Recycling center is in the main parking lot off of Church St.
Tee pads we're huge (aprox. 11' x4.5') considering the length of the course.
I loved hole # 3. It was a shorter hole measuring @ 174' and it played adjacent to Raccoon Creek, but was really challenging with all the trees one has to maneuver to get to the basket.
I also loved # 8. Plays 348' and has a man made ditch that held a couple feet full of water the day I played close enough to the basket that it came into play.
# 9 was the hole one got to really rip it measuring out at 515' playing towards hole # 1
Nice tee signs, I found a couple plastic floral arrangements next to tee tee pad of hole # 6 on the ground. so just because I had this good vibe going on in Flory Park, I put the floral arrangements on the tee signs of holes # 6 and 7 to make the pictures I took of the tee sign looks nicer.
The James T. Young (narrow) Foot Suspension Bridge takes the player across Raccoon Creek to holes # 3-7 and back to play hole # 8
The club used orange colored duck tape in the basket well pointing towards the next tee.
Shady course in a good way!! I played the course 2x on a very Hot and humid day and every hole except some of hole # 7 and some of hole # 8 and most of hole # 9 we're shaded holes!
Clean park after I left after my 2nd round, As i cleaned the few pieces of trash up as the Recycling center is in the main parking lot off of Church St.
Cons:
Some of the baskets we're very close to other fairways (especially on holes # 4,5, and 7)
Practice basket needs to be moved IMO (perhaps towards the other side of the "BIG Thank You" exit sign and the park office. giving one warming up practicing their putts more room to do so.
# 7's fairway crossed a walking/bike trail and the tee pad didn't really line up with the main fairway, unless one played the right side of the walk/bike trail and that was really narrow and bordered raccoon creek.
Tee pads weren't flush with the ground
# 4's tee sign and tee pad was very close to an overgrown bush. I felt needed trimmed up. (The tee pads are plenty BIG enough for hole # 4, some people like long run ups on their drives)
I loved # 8, but it could interfere with the bike track if the Disc Golfer doesn't use common sense and gives the right of way to the biker.
Practice basket needs to be moved IMO (perhaps towards the other side of the "BIG Thank You" exit sign and the park office. giving one warming up practicing their putts more room to do so.
# 7's fairway crossed a walking/bike trail and the tee pad didn't really line up with the main fairway, unless one played the right side of the walk/bike trail and that was really narrow and bordered raccoon creek.
Tee pads weren't flush with the ground
# 4's tee sign and tee pad was very close to an overgrown bush. I felt needed trimmed up. (The tee pads are plenty BIG enough for hole # 4, some people like long run ups on their drives)
I loved # 8, but it could interfere with the bike track if the Disc Golfer doesn't use common sense and gives the right of way to the biker.
Other Thoughts:
The park despite it's narrow size has a plethora of activities to do for many.
# 1 thing other than the Disc Golf course is the awesome Bike trail (Newark has a lot of paved Bike/ Walking trails), Bike Jump and Track. Man, I wish I had a park like this to play in when I was a kid. I'd be here everyday!!
James T. Young Suspension Foot Bridge, I wanted to walk across the bridge like the family of 3 was doing over and over. Very cool and scenic!!
On the other side of the park, which one would enter through another road than how I entered it via Suspension Foot Bridge was the city Pool. The pool had slides. The YMCA center is also on the park property.
Recycling center is in the Disc Golf course/ Bike Jump Track's parking lot.
# 1 thing other than the Disc Golf course is the awesome Bike trail (Newark has a lot of paved Bike/ Walking trails), Bike Jump and Track. Man, I wish I had a park like this to play in when I was a kid. I'd be here everyday!!
James T. Young Suspension Foot Bridge, I wanted to walk across the bridge like the family of 3 was doing over and over. Very cool and scenic!!
On the other side of the park, which one would enter through another road than how I entered it via Suspension Foot Bridge was the city Pool. The pool had slides. The YMCA center is also on the park property.
Recycling center is in the Disc Golf course/ Bike Jump Track's parking lot.
