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Harmon Field

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DiscGolfCraig
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Harmon Flats

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Apr 22, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

Harmon Field is a perfectly suitable disc golf course. Located in a great park with gorgeous natural surroundings, it's 18 straight holes of relatively average holes.
- This is a 9-hole layout with two different tee pads, giving you 18 holes. The alternative tees range from putting one tee behind the other to two, true different looks.
- Course weaves nicely through one edge of a nice-looking park. The first four holes play in one section; #5 plays over a creek; and the final four holes play beyond said creek.
- Course offers some plenty of chances to air it out and/or be aggressive with plenty of open layouts.
- Course is nothing if not consistent. 15 of 18 holes range in length from 270 to 398 feet, with the other three being 200 feet (#5), 427 feet (#10), and 424 feet (#13). That said, the longest hole on the course was an easy tap-in 3 for me due to being wide-open.
- You can bring beginners and the casual two-disc-owner players here and be fine. Because of the consistency, even if you're only chucking a disc 200 - 250 feet, you're going to score decent.
- I love the covered, outdoor basketball court. It'd be a blast playing a game on the court at night, or with a downpour going on while you're in the middle of a game.
- Great tee signs. The signs are for holes #1 - 9. Hole numbers and distances are written on each tee box frame.

Cons:

The course felt like 18 slight variations of the same hole. #1 might offer the most variance simply because it's a sharp dogleg right around the school building. After that, just avoid the fenced in area on #4/13 or the rough that borders many holes and you're fine.
- This was 18 holes of bland mashed potatoes. Add some salt; some butter; some hot sauce. Anything please just to make some holes feel different.
- The tee shot for #13 is asking for trouble. You're throwing blind around an obstacle, over the walking trail. If you're in a group, you'll need someone scouting 50 or 75 feet away. Yes. It's a small chance something could happen. But it's better to make that chance 0.
- There are a couple other holes that play over or alongside the walking trail.
- The hole numbers need to be adjusted by 1. When you pull into the first, small parking lot, you pull right up to a basket and tee. Perfect, right? Well, it's #1's basket & #2's tee. I had to walk backwards the length of #1 to play the first hole. Then 9/18 ends in the back of the park. Why not make #2 the new first hole and make #1 the closing hole? Much easier flow.

Other Thoughts:

Glass half-full view: Harmon Field doesn't have a single bad hole. Glass half-empty view: Harmon Field doesn't have a single great hole. The Lakers were Showtime in the '80s because of Magic, Worthy, and Kareem. Glass half-empty view: Nobody came to see A.C. Green play. Glass completely-full view: This course gets more action than A.C. Green.
- I probably would have had a slightly higher view of this course if it were only 9 holes. But, playing 9 repetitive holes a second time is even more repetitive.
- My two favorite holes are #4/13 & 6/15. Both holes (all 4 holes) have the creek running along the right side of the fairway. #4 has a low ceiling with some trees/branches; #6's basket is tucked back close to the water. On this course, they're both high points.
- This was a nice 45-minute round. I made the prudent decision to cut down on needless walking. After playing #9; I decided to play the final 5 holes first (#14 - 18), staying in the back of park rather than walking back up front. Smart choice.
- I'm giving this course a 2.0. In the end, being a one-trick pony was the course's biggest flaw. Even by simply changing one or two holes would give this course the flavor it needs.
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Repetitive 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 17, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

Brand new Innova disc catchers

9 of the tee boxes had nice tee signs

The other tee boxes had sufficient information written on them

Beautiful scenery

Some water in play

Grass was mowed/short

Easy to follow layout

Cons:

Very repetitive. The holes had similar distance requirements and played either straight or to the right. So not hard to select the disc needed for each hole, I threw the same disc over and over. Natural tees were okay, but of course concrete is always nice, especially when you need to throw pretty hard on the tee on most of the holes.

Other Thoughts:

You play over the walking path at least a dozen times. So this course would be a nightmare on the weekends. There was quite a bit of walking path traffic on a Monday morning. It's a very open course and not much in the way of obstacles, other than people. Playing over the creek on one hole was fun. It's a lefty's or RHFH's paradise. I think all 18 holes would favor those players. I'm not sure this is the best park for a disc golf course, with all the surrounding land, you'd think the city would set up a course off on its own somewhere. We went to this course on our way to Jackson Park and had to go out of the way about 30 minutes to get there. So we probably won't be back, it's not worth the detour.
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