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Middlefield, OH

George Knox Park

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BigAl724
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Experience: 11.7 years 178 played 144 reviews
1.50 star(s)

2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 29, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

George Knox is a very small park that is dedicated to the 9-hole course. The course is conveniently located less than a minute from 87 behind Tractor Supply. It is always a positive thing to see a small park like this dedicated to disc golf. I appreciate the work of this course in that regard. There is plenty of parking and a pavilion closely located to the first tee.

The course flows very easily from one hole to the next as it circles around the park and back to the parking lot. This course is a VERY quick play - probably taking no more than 20 minutes for even slower players - so it would make a nice course to hit for a quick round on the way home from work. If you live nearby, it is also the kind of course that you can try new discs out on with some of its completely open holes.

The tee signs are in great shape and there are wooden tee markers in the ground in the ground.

The course has a pretty even mix of wooded and open holes, as well as holes that transition from wooded-open and vice versa. I do appreciate how this very simple course has a chunk of holes (1, 5, 7, and 8) that make this kind of transition.

The park was also clean and well-manicured.

Cons:

Being in such a small park, there is only so much work that can go into a course to make it exciting. There is nothing too exciting here, as the average hole length is only 286 feet. Also, other than the little hill on hole 9, there is zero elevation.

While the fairways were nicely mowed, the rough in the woods is pretty bad. It is not just thick, but also thorny. The reason this hurts the course's enjoyment factor is that the wooded holes only have <10 foot wide fairways at most points. The length of this course intends for a casual round, but playing through a tight fairway bordered with thick rough is not relaxing.

Because of the tight fairways in the woods, I wouldn't want to take a beginner to play the entire course. However, the open holes would obviously be good.

The fairways cross on a few of the open holes. Shouldn't be a big concern though since this course is probably mostly empty.

Chains are rusting on some of the baskets.

Not necessarily a "con", but the par 4's are inflated.

Other Thoughts:

George Knox made for a quick stop in between my rounds at Punderson and Lake Shore. I enjoyed how easy it was to navigate and how I was able to quickly get in, get out, and get on my way. As I mentioned, I appreciate the willingness to add a course to an area like this and I definitely think it is worth having here. It just didn't have much to it being on such a small piece of property. It is nice that it has a mix of wooded and open holes, but would be more enjoyable if it had some holes that were more moderately wooded instead of just super tight and completely open. I encourage players to stop here, however, since it is such a quick round.
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