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Goose Creek reviews
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wolfhaley
Diamond level trusted reviewer
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Experience:
20.1 years
1023 played
597 reviews
Reviewed:
Played on:Aug 11, 2023
Played the course:once
Pros:
Goose Creek DGC is a newer 18 hole course on the north side of the Quad Cities. It plays through a pretty little multiuse park. It's basically broken down into three 6 hole sections, all of which end near the parking area.
The first six holes play more standard park style. Hole 2 plays alongside the baseball field. Hole 3 has part of the baseball outfield fence on your right along with a road to the left. Hole 4 has the same road on the left too, After that it heads back towards the parking area. The other twelve holes are on the west side of the lot, six on either side of the creek that runs through the park. These holes feature a mix of moderately wooded and prairie style holes on each section.
Nice new DGA Mach V's on every hole (except hole 6 for some reason). These are really solid baskets in my opinion. No complaints with these. Mounted well and catch great. One basket and pin placement, from what I could tell, on each hole.
The tees are concrete and in great shape. Nice and grippy rectangular pads that are plenty large enough for most everyone's run up. More than sufficiently sized for a course like this. One tee per hole. No complaints on these.
The first twelve holes are pretty much totally flat. The last six holes have a bit of elevation involved. It's used nicely too, playing uphill starting on 13 before going back downhill for hole 15. The last three holes are flat again but have the most trees in play on the whole course.
The flow is a bit wonky due to the three loop thing going on, but easy enough to figure out. I'd still advise having a map handy if possible to speed things up.
Nice park, very clean and well maintained. The course is up year round and free to play.
The first six holes play more standard park style. Hole 2 plays alongside the baseball field. Hole 3 has part of the baseball outfield fence on your right along with a road to the left. Hole 4 has the same road on the left too, After that it heads back towards the parking area. The other twelve holes are on the west side of the lot, six on either side of the creek that runs through the park. These holes feature a mix of moderately wooded and prairie style holes on each section.
Nice new DGA Mach V's on every hole (except hole 6 for some reason). These are really solid baskets in my opinion. No complaints with these. Mounted well and catch great. One basket and pin placement, from what I could tell, on each hole.
The tees are concrete and in great shape. Nice and grippy rectangular pads that are plenty large enough for most everyone's run up. More than sufficiently sized for a course like this. One tee per hole. No complaints on these.
The first twelve holes are pretty much totally flat. The last six holes have a bit of elevation involved. It's used nicely too, playing uphill starting on 13 before going back downhill for hole 15. The last three holes are flat again but have the most trees in play on the whole course.
The flow is a bit wonky due to the three loop thing going on, but easy enough to figure out. I'd still advise having a map handy if possible to speed things up.
Nice park, very clean and well maintained. The course is up year round and free to play.
Cons:
The tee signs just have the hole #. No other info on them. Well, unless you need the phone number for the city of Davenport parks and rec. If you do, you're reminded of it 18 times. Most holes are right in front of you anyway though, so a map isn't necessary.
The front six has that baseball diamond pretty prominently in play, so if there's a game going on, that section might be unplayable.
The prairie holes aren't my favorite type of hole, by any stretch. There's definitely a chance to lose a disc in this stuff in the summer. Or at the very least spending an annoying amount of time wading through it looking for a shot.
As I mentioned above, not the most intuitive layout, with two lengthier transitions. Not a huge con, but also not marked with next tee signs either. Map is advised.
The front six has that baseball diamond pretty prominently in play, so if there's a game going on, that section might be unplayable.
The prairie holes aren't my favorite type of hole, by any stretch. There's definitely a chance to lose a disc in this stuff in the summer. Or at the very least spending an annoying amount of time wading through it looking for a shot.
As I mentioned above, not the most intuitive layout, with two lengthier transitions. Not a huge con, but also not marked with next tee signs either. Map is advised.
Other Thoughts:
This was a decent little course. I got a bit annoyed on some of the prairie style holes, but that's mostly because I despise those types of holes. Not so much the holes themselves, though they aren't the best.
This isn't a destination kind of course, but is absolutely worth a stop in if you're nearby and have an hour or so. Good compliment to some of the other hilly courses nearby. I'd play this one quite a bit if I lived around here, mostly early or late in the year when the rough is down though. Either way, solid course.
This isn't a destination kind of course, but is absolutely worth a stop in if you're nearby and have an hour or so. Good compliment to some of the other hilly courses nearby. I'd play this one quite a bit if I lived around here, mostly early or late in the year when the rough is down though. Either way, solid course.
