Corsicana, TX

Fullerton-Garrity DGC

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aclay
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 40.1 years 341 played 270 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Fullerton-Garrity

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 30, 2023 Played the course:once

Pros:

-- An 18-hole course with 9 baskets. This could be considered a 9-hole course with two tee pads per hole, especially since the majority of the shorter tees are on the same line as the longer tees. Holes 1-9 are the long tee pads.
-- Map at parking lot.
-- Large covered pavilion with lots of seating.
-- Restrooms in the pavilion. They are prison style and mostly open air, but they are functional. Do NOT attempt to use the old restrooms near holes 5 and 6.
-- Concrete tee pads, but they are small (4x8?).
-- Water fountains in park.
-- Tee signs are old, but they have all of the basic information, including a rudimentary hole map.

Cons:

-- Land is not good for disc golf. There is limited elevation and no water. There are trees at the edge of the property, but they are not incorporated into the holes. You're left with perhaps two or three dozen trees for nine fairways.
-- It would be unsafe to play the back 9 (short tee pads) while another group plays the front 9 (long tee pads). The best/worst example is 5/14. The 14 tee is 220-240 feet from the 5 tee, a RHBH hyzer shot around bushes and blind from the longer tee.
-- An overthrow of 35 feet on No. 2 (the basket is blind from the tee) could hit someone standing on the No. 3 tee.
-- Baskets 3 and 4 (meaning 12 and 13 as well) are way too low. Four is the worst, with the bottom of the catching basket slightly less than a foot off the ground.
-- Walking path weaves its way through the park and comes into play often. Also, a playground is in play on Hole 6, and to a lesser extent Hole 15.
-- No practice basket.

Other Thoughts:

-- No. 4 is a RHBH hyzer around or over private property. Most of that property is enclosed by a split-rail fence, so retrieving a disc shouldn't be a problem, but I'd hate to be that property owner and constantly have strangers in my backyard.
-- This course opened as a long 9-hole course, with 7 holes longer than 450 and none shorter than 350. The back 9 addresses that with no holes as long as 400 feet, but it's still not a pitch-and-putt with only one hole shorter than 250.
-- If you've got a big arm and like showing it off without worrying much about obstacles or shot shaping, you might like this course a lot.
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c_a_miller
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 12.5 years 299 played 209 reviews
1.50 star(s)

I have to throw how far? 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 21, 2018 Played the course:once

Pros:

Fullterton-Garrity Park is a large park in Corsicana that is very well taken care of. The grass is short, there is no litter, there are clean restrooms and a nice walking trail that weaves the entire park.

There is also a disc golf course (duh). It features nine baskets that are in overall good shape. Since the last review here, there appears to be nine extra tee signs that play significantly shorter than the regular nine holes, which definitely alleviates a few of the cons on other people's reviews. All of the tees have a simple tee sign with distances and a map. The tee sign to hole 1 was even there, which seemed to not be there for years prior.

If you are one of those players that loves to throw your discs real far and not worry about obstacles, then you will love this course.

Cons:

Although there are nine shorter tees, the main tees 1-9 and the holes still listed here on DGCR are the super long holes that range no shorter than 345' and a few exceeding 500'. I am all for having longer holes on a course, but you definitely do not need to have 7 out of the 9 holes over 400'.

Because of the long hole length, the course has no hole variety. The park is very sparse of trees, and I feel that the trees that are there are not utilized to their full potential to create more challenging holes. It is hard to pick a favorite hole because they all sort of blend together.

With an amphitheater in the middle of the park, I assume that this park is fairly well used by non disc golfers. With that in mind as well as the long winding walking trail, there is a safety concern that errant discs may hit unsuspecting park goers. I know the disc golf fairways do a lot of crisscrossing with the walking trail. Just remember to watch and give the pedestrians the right of way since they probably have no idea what the heck you are doing.

Other Thoughts:

My expectations were low for this course going into it. It exceeded my low expectations by being even worse than I thought it would be.

The course is too long and too far off of I45 to be a realistic quick play in between Dallas and Houston, and to be honest, just not really worth your time. It sucks that this is what the poor people of Corsicana have to be exposed to as their only outlet to disc golf. My thoughts and prayers are with them.
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SuperDeathStar
Experience: 3 played 1 reviews
3.50 star(s)

9 Looooong holes 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 24, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Course is well kept and in a public park
-hole design is varied
-baskets are in excellent condition
-course signage is accurate and clear (Minus hole 1)
-good mix of interferences
-Excellent course for working on your driver discs

Cons:

-Grass Tees
-Hole 1 signage is missing
-Course has a running track weaving through it
-Not a lot of elevation change (Typical of Texas courses)

Other Thoughts:

This is a 9 hole course that feels very long. For a course in a smaller town it is in excellent shape and designed well.

I recommend it, if you are in the area.
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Pizza God
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Experience: 36.6 years 1888 played 637 reviews
2.00 star(s)

9 hole championship length holes? 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 6, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

You like long hyzer holes, this is your place
good DGA Baskets, number was still on all that I noticed
Practice basket next to the parking lot and near tee 1
There is a jogging track around the park and a rest room.

Cons:

shortest hold was like 345, most were 400 to 500+
Not very many trees and the holes were not laid out to use the ones that were there.
The one jogger kept running on the path when I had to throw over them.
Tee sign for hole 1 is missing, the poll is still there.
Grass tee areas

Other Thoughts:

This is a very long 9 hole course. No wonder the tee's are still grass and not dirt. You are not going to get rec players out here with holes taking multiple shots.

You could easily make this a 18 hole course with better holes. It would be a pitch and putt, but it would be a lot more fun and have more local rec players getting hooked on the sport.

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chalos13
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Experience: 17.4 years 35 played 35 reviews
3.00 star(s)

surprisingly good 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 3, 2015 Played the course:once

Pros:

Obviously the big thing here is the long distances. This is the only 9 hole course I've ever played that I wouldn't call beginner friendly. Grass was mowed and park was clean, restrooms on site. The tee signs were the old school ones you see around courses in Texas, but still accurate. Pin placement was very good, they don't have a ton to work with for obstacles, and I think they did a good job. Hole one especially I like the guardian trees.

Cons:

Few trees. This is a good place to work on your drives, and you an improve your game here, but it's very different from most of the courses I've played. The wind was a huge factor, because it's a lot of open shots. I'm not a big fan of the DGA baskets because they're difficult to see, and with the long distances you really have to watch the signs to find things.

Other Thoughts:

I really like this course, and I'm going to play it again when I'm driving through. It's not a fast play because of the length, but it's good. Thoughts
Hole 1: Sign missing, starts near the entrance sign and goes towards the great guardian trees.
Hole 3: you can't see this hole from the box, it's way around to your left. Don't be fooled by 4, which is straight ahead of you.
Hole 5: Watch that building, I smacked the wall so hard the sticker from Disc Nation came off my new disc.
Hole 9: Also not straight ahead, it's off to your right near the middle of the park. Also don't shank it into the cars.
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dreadlock86
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Experience: 17.5 years 388 played 318 reviews
2.00 star(s)

not your average 9 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:May 18, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

-baskets in good condition
-tee signs
-some of the holes utilize a few of the cool features of the land
-nice park, playground, bathrooms, water fountain, plenty of parking

Cons:

-missed opportunities for better and more holes
-signs show distance but the maps are not very useful
-tee sign 1 is missing, just the pole is there
-the blind basket on hole 4 is tricky, it looks like you play to basket 5
-the playground and tennis courts come into play on 6 and 7, respectively, and the walking path is in play several times

Other Thoughts:

Fullerton-Garrity is a nice, little park that is family friendly and seems well-maintained. The park amenities are great if you have the family in tow. It's not too far from the highway so you can stop and stretch your legs, and your arm!

A little stretching may be in order since this course plays very long. The holes are almost entirely 400'-500'+ and the shortest is still 342'. Unfortunately it makes for a pretty unmemorable round since most of the holes avoid most of the natural obstacles. Since the holes are so long, you can throw around any trees that do come into play. There are also some cool looking areas of the park that are hardly utilized at all like patches of trees, the creek by hole 7, and the elevation near the amphitheater.

I would really like to see a new design here with about 12 or so shorter holes that better utilize the natural obstacles on the land. That said, the course that is here is sufficient, the baskets are in good condition, and it makes for a nice stop if you're on the road. Navigation isn't too bad except for holes 3 and 4 so you should be able to stop by and make it through without a map. Worth a stop but not worth going out of your way just for the course.


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texhop58
Experience: 22.5 years 104 played 19 reviews
2.00 star(s)

bad choices 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Feb 15, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

*tee signs...kind of
*nice park
*plenty of parking
*most of holes flow well
*length (which i feel is its downfall)
*restrooms
*putting basket
*has terrain for good course

Cons:

*length. the shortest of the 9 holes is about 350, the long is over 600. Too me i would rather see a 250-350 wooded hole vs a 500-600 mostly open hole
*walking track cuts through multiple holes (had to wait several times
*grass tee pads. I dont mind grass on average holes but since your running up every shot, grass is slick
*holes felt like big arm righty threw course.
*tee signs are misleading on some holes because they are angled in directions where you arent throwing. 3 opens up to 5. it says 525 and there is a basket about 500 foot away, unfortunately its 4 because 3 is a crazy dog leg.
*mostly wide open long holes get repetitive
*feels like designer tried avoiding trees in his line vs embracing trees for course

Other Thoughts:

by bad choices i mean, this is the wrong kind of course to be put in as the only course in the area. I was out today and it was 73 and sunny. No one out playing the course. That should be a major flag. this course could of easily had 12-15 fun challenging holes if they would AVERAGE the hole to 300-325 and utilize the trees instead of designing to avoid them. There is also a small creek that runs throughout that could of been utilized more on the back holes. you could of also avoided having to throw over the busy walking paths if the designers would of shot for 300-325 instead of 500 every time.
Like mentioned earlier it feels like somebody who throws 500 feet right handed, and doesnt like trees set this course up for their personal practice course.
You can also tell course doesn't see a lot of play time as there were no well defined teeboxes. Most "natural" courses I have played you could tell by divets or worn down areas in general area of where teebox was suppose to be. The grass was smoothe all the away around.
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JeremyKShort
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 12.8 years 80 played 33 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Very long 9 holer 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 25, 2013 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

This is probably one of the longest nine hole courses around. Most of the holes are around 400' to 500'. It makes very good use of trees, having the tees and baskets located where they create obstacles. Located in a nice city park, the holes are located on the edge of the park, keeping most of the park traffic away from the disc golf. Very nice baskets.

Cons:

There is a lot of private property than can be thrown onto if you go OB. The neighbors we talked to seemed very nice when we approached them about going onto their property to retrieve discs, but it still could be a problem. There's a jogging trail, playground, tennis court and parking lot that all can be thrown into, as well as a pavilion and amphitheater. The exact location of the tees is not marked.
A few of the tee signs are facing the wrong direction, including hole 1. When looking at the hole 1 tee sign from the parking lot, you will be throwing to the left (this can save you a lot of head-scratching).

Other Thoughts:

For the most part a very nice course. If you're going through Corsicana it's worth a stop, I wouldn't plan a long trip specifically for it, though. If you live in or around the area, it's probably a very nice home course.
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TheHipstick
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 21.4 years 171 played 69 reviews
2.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 12, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

Every hole had a picture of the hole layout. Nice variety of long and short holes. All of the baskets are in good shape. Bathrooms on site. The course layout flowed really well.

Cons:

I didn't like the natural tee boxes. Most of the holes were straight on and wide open. None of the holes were really difficult. The park has trees but not very many to navigate around and thru.

Other Thoughts:

Decent little 9 hole course to learn the game and practice up on your disc golf game.
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Donovan
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Premium Member
Experience: 37.6 years 302 played 188 reviews
2.50 star(s)

OB on your left? YEP! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 15, 2011 Played the course:once

Pros:

This is a pleasant little 9-hole course that literally goes around the outside of a park which put's OB on your left side most of the way. Outside of OB, this course also has trees, wide-open holes, and a small creek coming into play a couple of times. The hole length variation is really decent here and the tee signs do have a small (fairly worn out but still legible) map showing where the next hole is located as well. There are a few holes where the trees that do come into play make the hole really fun to throw on. The baskets are in fairly good shape and this place does have a bathroom. The bathrooms showed locked, but even a big guy like myself could squeeze through and use it, so we will say they are available. ;) The park is well maintained, clean, and seems to be in a good neighborhood. Trashcans were readily available throughout the park.

Cons:

The tee pads are grass/dirt and some are a bit worn. The holes and baskets interfere with walking paths and playgrounds at many points. This is a safety issue and over time the sidewalks can really do some harm to your discs. In some instances the baskets and next tee pad are almost too close to each other. I don't really remember ever complaining about that issue before.

Other Thoughts:

The Fun Factor was ok. The holes with the trees were really good and yet the holes where the baskets are next to the walking path are not so good. So, overall this is a good average course. Not every course can have it all, but this one was certainly worth the stop. I would play this again.
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theplaidtieninja
Experience: 16.4 years 8 played 2 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Good but don't go out of the way 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 26, 2010 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

well maintained, good open shots for practice or beginners, fun distances

Cons:

pedestrians, random shots over park area and tennis court

Other Thoughts:

this is a decent course if your in the are, but don't make a special trip for it. It is good as an everyday play but Cedar Hill is only an hr away and well worth the trip
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jstone8763
Experience: 14.8 years 2 played 1 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Long sometime Awkward shots. 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 20, 2010 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

A few challenging shots in a nice park not crowded at all. Well kept almost impossible to lose a disc.

Cons:

Offers a few chance for the need to jump a fence/barbwire. Hole 4 constantly causes you to go into someones yard if you hook left. Hole 7 I believe you have to shoot over a tennis court to have a decent shot art par which is not that fun. Also you are frequently having to cross over a popular walking path which causes delays.

Other Thoughts:

Not bad but nothing to go out of your way for. I go to the college so I play there.
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Crawdaddy
Experience: 19.3 years 25 played 9 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Love it or hate it... 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 21, 2010 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Nice park setting with the course playing the perimeter. Restrooms, water fountain, playground, & BBall court. Very open with the targets (Mach II) tucked in a scattering of trees. Mostly long distance shots, the course average distance was somewhere about 450'. Lots of parking. Easy to navigate.

Cons:

Hard to locate park if your not from the area. Nothing to tell you anything about DG at the park, ie. no sign, no scorecards. Tees are TOO CLOSE to the previous basket, sometimes only a few steps away. Backyards come into play on holes 3&4 and both are dogleg left after the first couple hundred feet. Throwing lanes cross walking paths a couple of times making it dangerous to the participants of those utilizing it and there were a few when I was out. No real shot variety, except for the 2 doglegs. Throw straight & long and your good, but who hasn't heard that before, right?

Other Thoughts:

Big arms will have no trouble besting the course par of 33, I can drive ~275' and finished 1 down three times and even par the last, of course my arm was sore afterward trying to get the "D". Maybe, I shouldn't have played 4 rounds back to back!
With a little more thought into the design, the course could be worth traveling to more than once( it was 10 minutes from my hotel and the next closest is over an hour, thank god for unlimited miles on the rental ;o). This course will definitely make a beginner either love or hate discin'!
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sidewinding
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 16.8 years 81 played 68 reviews
3.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 3, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

Beautiful neighborhood park even though it is pretty open.

Excellent signs tell you everthing you need to know to play this course.

The distances on this nine hole course are just unbelievable. I did not realize that the distances were not posted on this site or I would have written them down and posted them. I'm pretty sure that at least 7 of the nine holes are over 400' and a few are over 500' and a couple are over 600'. This may be the longest nine hole course in the country which is why I think it deserves a little higher rating than it's been getting.

Did I mention this ain't no pitch an putt course?

Cons:

A few of the holes are bordered by fenced backyards which could result in lost discs, especially if the owners are not home and there's a big viscious dog in the backyard.

A constant stream of walkers, joggers, and bike riders means you will have plenty of breaks during a round.

One hole has you throwing too close to a playscape and another has you throwing real close to a tennis court.

This course is probably pretty brutal during mid summer due to the lack of shade trees. It was cloudy and breezy when I played.

Beginners will not like this course because of the long distances.

No elevation changes, water, or any real technical holes. Just long distances.

Other Thoughts:

I love specialty course like this and I believe they have there place. What Corsicana needs now is a nine hole course with shorter technical holes to balance this one out.
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corsicana420
Experience: 15.5 years 1 played 1 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Clean Park 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 6, 2009 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Nice clean family park. Seems to be a good park for newbies because of the wide open layout. Bathrooms and water fountain on site.

Cons:

Kinda scary throwing some drives because # 3 crosses a walking trail with a blind drive. Also # 6 has a bailout area which is the playground.
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35867
Experience: 17.8 years 26 played 1 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Don't waste your time 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 24, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

Nice clean park, new equipment, easy to navigate.

Cons:

A little dangerous. Hole 3 is a blind dogleg that crosses a walking path twice. Hole 6 is a long hole with the bailout area for a RHFH drive or LHBH drive being a childrens playground. Hole 9 plays along the parking lot with the teepad being +/- 15 ft. from the concrete and the basket being +/- 50 ft. from the concrete. A local I played with drilled a car on that hole.

Other Thoughts:

I have family in Ennis a few miles north of Corsicana, so I was glad to see baskets in the ground so close. With the closest courses being Cedar Hill or Athens there does not appear to be a lot of disc golfers in the area and in my opinon the holes should have been shorter to allow beginner play. Not very many beginners will return to a wide open course with 600ft+ holes. While I did enjoy a few of the long holes I do prefer a more technical course. Next time it's back to Cedar Hill.
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giles
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 27.9 years 225 played 19 reviews
2.00 star(s)

F.Y.I. 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 3, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

Well kept park, drinking fountain, play-ground, tennis court, new baskets & signs, nice natural tee pads, short walk from basket to tee, easy to navigate, no graffiti or trash, 10 min off freeway.

Cons:

Popular walking path comes into play

Other Thoughts:

Long holes and short trees made for a boring round. My girl and I played it on the way to Houston for TX State Championships to break up the drive. It was an hour to get to the park, play and get back on the road. After 9 we had no desire to play it again. It was a nice little town and a clean park. I hit one tree in 9 holes, a big arm will just take them out of play.

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