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Garnett, KS

Garnett Long Cedar DGC

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How Does One Tell if A Cedar is Long?

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 12, 2023 Played the course:once

Pros:

At the north of Garnett Lake is an 18-hole course around and through the woods. Some good stuff throughout can't hide a lot of issues.

Concrete tees and 18 white Veteran baskets... and one red one (3 long and 4 short share that pin), and there's also a short tee on 4 as well, which likely means that 3 and 4 used to be 3 holes, but it's always nice to have options. A tee sign at every hole (except 12's was missing) with distances and a decent map.

Several unique hole shapes. 5 is a wide right to left that will test your stall hyzer, 8 has a left and right tree gap to hit to access the pin, 13 with two cedars to get around and stop up quick before you go long, the island on 18, but the best have to be 6 and 10. 6 is a left-to-right flex tunnel shot which is the mirror of 10's right-to-left (6 is slightly uphill, but also slightly shorter). It's not a long hole, but it's not a shot shape that you see get forced on you very often, and this park does it twice!

The distance to difficulty ratio is pretty good. The more open holes (3, 4, 12) are longer for par 3s, while the more wooded holes don't go too long and still try to claim they're a par 3.

Several interesting/difficult greens. Hole 4 long has the danger of skipping into the brush on the right, and the ground is sloped that way, 7's pin is tucked into some trees making the ace run a bit hard, 9's basket is right behind a tree, so you'll want to make it pin high or farther, 15 set up on a shelf of rocks that makes you weigh the risk of running a putt, and of course 18's island pin.

Cons:

If you've played here before, you'll notice I left one unique pin out. It's hole 16. While it's an interesting ace run from the tee, the basket is then perched 10 feet above the rock shelf it sits on, with a possibility of it being even higher if you're another shelf down to the left. An elevated basket can be fun, this is not. This is just trying and failing to make something out of an old tree trunk. Maybe it used to be a long cedar.

The tees of 6 and 11 aren't pointed how they should be. The extra tee on 4 makes me think they may have been different holes at some point.

Lots of throws near other course and park infrastructure. 2's basket endangers 3's tee, and the same goes for 11/12. Crossing the main road on 5, 11, 13, and 18 (you can't even see the road from the tee of 11), while playing over or near side gravel roads on 1-4, and 12. Also near a camping area on 14.

There is a fence running along the north border, affecting holes 7 through 10, and 15 and 16. Someone was kind enough to put a pool ladder over the fence of 8 so you can hop over, and the gate was open near 15's tee.

A few bad routing spots, you'll walk a long way back down the fairway of 3 to get to 4, and the same for 8 to 9, and 18 back to the parking area is a small hike as well.

Holes 1, 3, and 12 really have nothing going for them besides a few trees, and 17 is a little too pinball-ish for a sub-200ft hole. Not the holes you'll be writing home about.

Other Thoughts:

Garnett has an 18 hole course that works well, but just barely. It's just the right step up in difficulty for someone moving beyond the first phase of their disc golf playing, but the woods keep it interesting for more experienced players. No matter how experienced you are, be sure to throw carefully. Not a bad stop if you're in the area, but not the most exciting of courses to go that far off a main highway for.
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