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South Hamilton, MA

Gordon Conwell

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2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 27, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

This feels more like a New England college campus than other New England college campuses I've been on. Red brick buildings dot the campus among winding roads and gently rolling hills.

There is some elevation to contend with, and it is used well on hole 3 and hole 9. Although the course is more open than wooded, there are a few good design elements. Hole 3 has a lone tree getting in the way of the easy hyzer route to the basket. A few other holes at least make you consider your line, so the course wasn't designed by someone clueless about disc golf.

There are supposedly alternate tees (or a completely different configuration of these 9 baskets, if I understood correctly) depicted on the course sign, but I never saw the sign. I did see another guy playing from these alternate tees, but they didn't have posts marking where they are.

Cons:

There are no tee pads at all, just posts in the ground with the tee number. No tee signs, either. Navigation was not simple. Some of the holes are intuitive, but getting from 4 to 5, 5 to 6, and 8 to 9 was less intuitive.

All of the baskets are single chain.
The campus wasn't packed by any means, but there were enough people walking or picnicking to consider. On hole 2 I waited for a walker to pass and decided to walk up the fairway a bit to make sure there was no one else there. Glad I did. There was a mom and some kids just over the first hill. I had to walk halfway up the fairway and tee from there.

This is a seminary, so if you swear when you miss your putt, you may be committing a venal sin.

Other Thoughts:

There is certainly some potential here. It's a big piece of land that may have room for 18 holes. But the course feels like it was done on the cheap (understandable, not everyone can scrape together all the money for great tees, baskets, and signs right away).

Still, if you are on the North Shore and live nearby, you will likely have the place to yourself (I saw one other disc golfer and a few kids fooling around with Frisbees) or close to it.

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