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Fort Lee DGC reviews
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Fort Lee - a unique disc golf experience 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Mar 14, 2020
Played the course:once
Pros:
Good DISCatchers are easy to spot.
Real good tee signs on every hole (except #14), both White and Blue tees are identified.
Mostly wide open course with plenty of chances to air it out and play quickly.
A few wooded holes (#1 is most wooded, but shot shaping trees on about half the holes) so very little chance of losing a disc, unless its behind a locked fence or on a rooftop.
Plenty of soldiers walking on the base, very safe feeling.
Real good tee signs on every hole (except #14), both White and Blue tees are identified.
Mostly wide open course with plenty of chances to air it out and play quickly.
A few wooded holes (#1 is most wooded, but shot shaping trees on about half the holes) so very little chance of losing a disc, unless its behind a locked fence or on a rooftop.
Plenty of soldiers walking on the base, very safe feeling.
Cons:
All natural tees would be tough to spot without Tee Signs, since most are in the grass. They are pretty level and not a big issue. They are marked by colored (White and Blue) boards at the front. These are labeled with the distance.
Don't recall any Next Tee signs, so there are a couple of tough transitions:
after #4 walk along fence and road to #5,
after #9, cross track to woods (right behind #7 basket) for #10 tee,
after #13, cross parking lot and road, could not find a tee sign for 14, but the basket is in sight, make your own tee.
#1- #4 are in a pretty small area with most fairways overlapping, since it looks like this course does not see a lot of rounds, not a big problem.
Kind of a long transition from 9 to 10, it might be better after 6 to play 9, 8 then 7, then you are very close to #10 tee.
Don't recall any Next Tee signs, so there are a couple of tough transitions:
after #4 walk along fence and road to #5,
after #9, cross track to woods (right behind #7 basket) for #10 tee,
after #13, cross parking lot and road, could not find a tee sign for 14, but the basket is in sight, make your own tee.
#1- #4 are in a pretty small area with most fairways overlapping, since it looks like this course does not see a lot of rounds, not a big problem.
Kind of a long transition from 9 to 10, it might be better after 6 to play 9, 8 then 7, then you are very close to #10 tee.
Other Thoughts:
The course has the feel of other campus courses (school, church and office) where you are playing on different sections of open space, but unlike a lot of those, on this campus there are not a lot of long transitions between holes. #18 finishes up next to #9 and pretty close to #1 (behind the Burger King). It flows through a mostly recreational section of the base, next to a baseball field, near an indoor rec center and next to, then around an impressive turf football stadium.
While most of the holes are wide open, several of the baskets were strategically placed to take advantage of the trees available:
#1 - a cool downhill starter through several pine trees
#2 & #3 - a few scattered trees in this area
#5 - basket is under a large tree to challenge upshots
#9 - located beside 3 large bushes, requires a well placed drive
#12 - scattered trees down most of the fairway
#13 - open drive to the basket tucked into a tree line
#17 - wide open fairway to a basket surrounded on three sides by large trees.
The course finishes pretty well, after #15, cross the street and #16 has a few trees after the tee, then 300' across a sidewalk into a few more scattered trees, #17 is the only Par 4 on the course, downhill, wide open drive to the basket that requires an accurate upshot, then #18 is a 390' Par 3 that tees in the shadow of the football stadium, to a narrow fairway bordered by trees on the left and a parking lot on the right, to the basket right in front of a building.
I've always been a military buff so was thrilled to get a chance to enter an active base. I only had to show my ID and vehicle registration, so it was quick to get on base. While this course will not win any awards among great courses (unless there is a category for military base courses) it fits in well here. Not too long, not technical at all, few chances to lose a disc, a good experience for new players or ones that are otherwise busy protecting our country! I did notice that all the soldiers that I saw walking the base, in their camo BDUs, always walked on the sidewalks. I had a chance to speak with two groups and they were very polite and respectful. Because of that cool factor, I'm bumping this review up .5 !
While most of the holes are wide open, several of the baskets were strategically placed to take advantage of the trees available:
#1 - a cool downhill starter through several pine trees
#2 & #3 - a few scattered trees in this area
#5 - basket is under a large tree to challenge upshots
#9 - located beside 3 large bushes, requires a well placed drive
#12 - scattered trees down most of the fairway
#13 - open drive to the basket tucked into a tree line
#17 - wide open fairway to a basket surrounded on three sides by large trees.
The course finishes pretty well, after #15, cross the street and #16 has a few trees after the tee, then 300' across a sidewalk into a few more scattered trees, #17 is the only Par 4 on the course, downhill, wide open drive to the basket that requires an accurate upshot, then #18 is a 390' Par 3 that tees in the shadow of the football stadium, to a narrow fairway bordered by trees on the left and a parking lot on the right, to the basket right in front of a building.
I've always been a military buff so was thrilled to get a chance to enter an active base. I only had to show my ID and vehicle registration, so it was quick to get on base. While this course will not win any awards among great courses (unless there is a category for military base courses) it fits in well here. Not too long, not technical at all, few chances to lose a disc, a good experience for new players or ones that are otherwise busy protecting our country! I did notice that all the soldiers that I saw walking the base, in their camo BDUs, always walked on the sidewalks. I had a chance to speak with two groups and they were very polite and respectful. Because of that cool factor, I'm bumping this review up .5 !
