Mt. Pleasant, TX

Heritage Park DGC

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aclay
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Experience: 40.2 years 344 played 274 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Heritage Park

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jul 24, 2023 Played the course:once

Pros:

-- Land is good for disc golf, and it's pretty well used. You've got a beautiful lake/pond. While there is no water carry, the water borders holes 1 and 3, although it would take a bad shot to reach it either time. You've got a small creek as well. Add some minor elevation, and you're in good shape. There aren't a lot of trees, and they are mostly on the edge of the park.
-- Distance variation is excellent, leaning toward the longer end compared to most 9-hole courses. Three holes are longer than 450 feet, and two are shorter than 300.
-- DISCatcher baskets.
-- Concrete tee pads.
-- Excellent tee signs, with detailed map, distance and par.
-- Restrooms. One set each near the two sets of ballfields. That means one near the parking lot before you reach hole 1, and another near holes 5/6. At least one of them was open on a summer weekday when the fields were not being used, so I assume they are open all of the time.
-- Map at parking lot.
-- Navigation is good. The course plays counter clockwise around the park. Most tees are visible from the previous basket, and there aren't any long walks between holes.

Cons:

-- Multi-use park, and those other activities often encroach on the disc golf course. Or is that the other way around? Two sets of ballfields don't interfere much, but the walking path certainly does. Hole 3 has a mando to try to keep you from throwing at/over the walking path and water, but that brings the soccer field into play. It's a good looking hole, 408 feet downhill, RHBH anny to a basket with bushes within 10 feet of the basket on three sides. The walking path comes into play on the first three holes. Mid-morning on a July weekday, I had to wait several times to throw.
-- No practice basket.

Other Thoughts:

-- Hole 4 tries to make up for the general lack of trees on other holes. It's 341 feet, slight RHBH anny through hundreds of trees. The line is tight but fair early on, but closer to the basket, you've got trees that leave you no realistic path. The basket sits just outside of the trees.
-- With maintenance, holes 7-9 would be a good finishing stretch. Seven (453 feet) is open most of the way, but the basket sits on ground that slopes down toward a small creek about 20 feet past the basket. Eight (255 feet) is a RHBH anny throw with bushes about six feet right and back of the basket. Nine (451 feet) is slightly uphill with several trees to work around early on. However, a playground sits about 100-150 feet just left of the fairway. A fallen trees now sit directly in front of the tee, and general overgrowth blocks much of the early line.
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wellsbranch250
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Experience: 10.8 years 707 played 685 reviews
2.00 star(s)

A Typical Course Name For A Typical Course 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:May 22, 2022 Played the course:once

Pros:

(2.136 Rating) A park style niner with some modest length.
- HOLE VARIETY - The one thing that Heritage does well compared to the typical niner is most definitely the diversity in hole styles and terrain elements. Some of variety is absurd and i'll get to this later. First off, a total length over 3,000 feet. That's a rare milestone feat among niners. There are 3 listed par 4s and one of them is a 90 degree dog leg. Mostly park style shots where having a cannon will be a big help to score well. There are a couple wooded holes, but unfortunately, they both got issues, (4) and (9).
- CHALLENGING - Normally the niners I have been typically seeing offer somewhere between cup cake beginner level challenges, up through and to lower Rec level. I would say Heritage is at the higher end of Rec level. As already noted, there is some length here and also some par 4 plays. Players that shoot below par out here on a regular basis likely have a good all-round game and are above a player rating of 875. The difficulty level presented is at an ideal level to please the widest swath of skill levels in my opinion.
- BASIC AMENITIES - DISCatcher baskets. Woot woot. Also big concrete tee pads and nice tee signage. Beyond the basics the amenities are limited to off the course items, such as shelters, playgrounds and restrooms. No alt tees, alt basket placements or benches.
- NAVIGATION - There's a nice course map posted between the parking lot and tees. Tee signs have next tee direction indicated on them. Some of the transitions are not intuitive, but all one has to do is pull up a photo of the map, and they'll get right back on track. It would be nice to have some directional indicators on or by the baskets though.
- LOCATION - The course is only 5 minutes from the I30 exit.
- TIME PLAY - It took me just 27 minutes to bag this one solo on an empty course.

Cons:

A couple of weird holes.
- HOLE 4 - This hole is terrible. First off, I want to know who's wisdom concluded that the hardest hole on the course is a par 3, yet all three listed par 4s are easier. Hole (4) is a heavily wooded hole with no line and it's listed at almost 350 feet long. Any deuces on this hole are likely chiming in from beyond 100 feet and were preceded by a luck tee shot throw that somehow missed 100 trees before being swatted down. This hole needs a clean-out and a par re-labeling.
- HOLE 9 - This was perhaps once a really great par 4. It's a dogleg right that's moderately wooded and has lots of thicket along the right for the first leg of the hole. The issue here is the big playground directly along the left. The window to be safe from the overgrowth and playground on this hole is literally the size of a window 100 feet down fairway.
- MULTI USE HAZARDS - In addition to the conflicts on (9), either walking paths, parking lots and playing fields are in play on eight holes. The tee shot on (8) needs a scout to do safely as part of the path is blind.
- LOST DISC POTENTIAL - A decent size lake comes into play on (3) and partially on hole (1) with a terrible throw. The overgrowth was pretty bad on my May visit on holes (4), (8) and (9). I'd say the disc loss potential is a touch higher than the average course.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - I slotted the course at 40 percentile on my course beauty ledger. The lake element was nice. It even had a fountain going. There are some nice wooded areas and some fun mild elevation changes. Things that hold this course back a bit were the unpolished wooded areas, the views of manmade features the entire time and the erosion scars on a few holes.

Other Thoughts:

The eleventh course I've played with the word Heritage in the course name. Apparently, there are 33 in the United States as of this review post. This is an ok course overall. Among the niners I've played, I'd say this one is slightly above average among that grouping. As alluded to in my cons, a couple holes here didn't sit well with me, but there were enough positive elements to make for a fun time. Definitely not a destination course, but for course baggers passing along I30, this is going to be an easy and pleasant hit. For locals, this will be a fine everyday course and I could see them logging multiple rounds a day. For their sake, I hope they have some unmarked alt tees. Nine of the same, time and time again, would get stale.
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Pizza God
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Experience: 36.7 years 1917 played 639 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Blah 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 13, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

Great Tee Boxes
Great Tee Signs
Map of the course at the end of the parking lot
Nice Chasity belt baskets
Several fun holes to play

Cons:

poor course design overall
Very busy park with people who do not understand disc golf

Other Thoughts:

Ok, sometimes we are not given the right space for disc golf, this is one of those cases.
This course starts off bad when hole one has a fence to a ball field on one side and a heavily used walking path on the right with a tight fairway full of trees. While the hole is good, it is a very dangerous hole to throw.
Hole #2 does not get much better. i had a family playing on the exercise equipment that is just short of the basket.
Hole 3 still has problems, while a good hole, you have a walking path on the right hand side of the fairway. I think your suppose to have a light poll as a mando (it is not marked very well) but as we all know, rec players do not play mando's. I had to wait almost 10 min to throw my upshot because I didn't want to even chance hitting anyone.
Yea, hole 4 has no people on it, however where is the fairway? You have a sports field to the left, so you can't throw to the open area, and you have MAJOR shule on the right hand side. (if anyone finds my Pro Wraith, you can keep it) There is no line here, it is a short two shot hole.
Now a sort of long walk over to hole 5, Other than you have to throw over/near a base ball field, this is actually a pretty cool hole. I would have tried to move the tee over to the right to take the baseball field out of play personally
Hole #6 is also a fun hole, however the tee should be over to the left, a turnover shot is into the cemetery stone workshop area. I do like the basket placement on the edge of the hill. Hyzer off or overthrown discs are punishment.
#7 another good hole, however you have a fence line with duplexes on the right. A shot that turns over here is over the fence and I didn't see a way to get over there.
Now we get the the crazy holes, there is nothing good to say about #8, it is a very hard anhyzer shot with a walking path you wind up crossing twice. Again, I had to wait and try to make sure no one was walking on the path. DO NOT throw short, shule is tough. It took me 3 shots just to get out :p

#9 is sort of a good hole, HOWEVER, you have a kids playgroud that was packed when I threw. If you throw too high or hyzer out, your in the playground and ARE going to hit someone. If you turn your disc over, your in major shule.

This is another two shot short hole with the basket way up to the right after the very tight fairway shot. I got my 3, but I was scared to throw very hard with all those kids in the playground.

So, to sum it up, yes the holes are memorable, but this is a dangerous course to play, specially when the park is packed. I played on a Sunday afternoon with great weather.
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lowrie4
Experience: 36 played 21 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Heritage 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 10, 2015 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Set in a nice, clean park with a pond in the middle. The course itself has a good amount of hole variation, with a range of woods, elevation, and left, right and straight shots required. Good mix of distances as well; overall good course design. Navigation is also fairly easy as the holes flow nicely one to the next and there are tee signs on every hole.

Cons:

This course does have a few significant cons. While most of the holes have well defined fairways, holes 4 and 9 do not. Maybe at one time they did, but at this point the fairways are so overgrown (with thorny plants I might add) that it is nearly impossible to see where any kind of line is. Also, likely due to the overgrowth, there are lots of snakes on this course. I have only played it a couple of times, but I have seen a snake every round in the creek area between holes 7 and 9. When playing, keep your eyes open on these holes.

Other Thoughts:

This course is good as far as the layout is concerned, but it could really use a tune up. Clearing a little bit of space on holes 4 and 9, and cleaning up some of the rough in the aforementioned creek area would improve the course dramatically. Also, 7's green slopes very quickly into the creek, which makes the hole interesting, but there should be some sort of measure built in to prevent discs from sliding into the creek at the bottom; the drop-off is significant. A small rock wall with gaps to allow water to pass through while still stopping discs would be perfect. I recommend this course, just be wary of snakes and overgrown bushes with thorns.
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august dupree
Experience: 18.3 years 83 played 1 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Mt Pleasant 9 Hole Gem 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Apr 13, 2015 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Great local 9 hole course in Mt Pleasant. Houck Dodge Company signs! This is a nice layout that travels in a circular path around the baseball and soccer fields. There is a nice mix of open and treed holes with a nice variety of shots that calls for an even mix from my RHBH and RHFH game. Enough variety of holes to keep me interested for a while. Great practice facility with enough length to test your game and prepare for other full courses in the DFW/Tyler area. Nice concrete teepads all the way around and solid Innova Disc Catcher baskets. Hole 9 is the best! I have played this course over 30 times in the last few months and rarely see another disc golfer. Other park users on weekends can be a problem see cons below.

Cons:

Can be impossible to play here on the weekends when the sporting events are on. Hole 5 is non-playable during soccer games when people park on the grass by the basket. Watch out for walkers on the paths and always give walkers the right of way. The play area on #2 can be a problem when kids are there playing as well. Some of the tee pads (#1 and #9) have a tendency to collect sediment after storms although it's still workable. Some of the par 4 (#5 and #7) are fairly generous but #9 seems like a legit par 4. I would put the par on this course at 28 unless some longer teepads were installed. Long/Alt teepads for the entire course would be a GREAT addition. Long pads for #1, #5, #6, #7 and #8 are obvious. An Alt teepad over the water for #1 would also be a great addition as would Alt. pin locations on many of the holes. But.....see other thoughts for what I'm really thinking this course needs.

Other Thoughts:

the most glaring thing that is wrong with this course right now is the lack of holes in the beautiful treed area behind the ball fields in the northwest corner of the site. A 9 hole addition to this course just waiting to happen! Even tone poles and earthen teepads would work for now. It's just too good of an area not to have golf holes in it. This park seems like it could hold 18 holes and perhaps it will someday in the future. I'm staying here temporarily for work and play in DFW or Tyler on the weekends but this little course is a real gem of a practice facility for anyone in the area or for travelers on I-30 looking to get in a quick round mid-week. The #9 basket is lit up enough by the tennis courts at night to make for an excellent place to practice your short game at night.

UPDATE 4/16/15: I went out and laid out 9 more holes this evening after work and I think we have something here....no baskets or tee pads yet obviously, but I flagged tee boxes and ribboned trees for green areas for now. My finishing hole 18 crosses the lake and shares the #1 basket. Stoked! #10 heads up and right from #9 past the tennis courts. A true wide open risk reward 700 ft par 5 with OB bigtime as you approach the basket. #1 1 is near the frontage road with a unique 3 tree tee box that allows the player to choose an option on this birdie opportunity par 3. A short walk to #12 leads to the tunnel created by the batting cage on the left and trees on the right. #13 heads into the forrest for a short tunnel hole and ace run and then #14 bombs through a gap in the trees across the creek before hooking right to the green. #15 winds downhill through the forrest back towards the lake for a nice par 4 adventure. #16 heads back uphill through the forrest for a nice 300 ft par 3. #17 is a clean hyzer shot that takes you back out of the forrest for a nice long 400 foot par 3 and then 18 crosses the lake for a sweet finishing hole. I'm going to play this for a while without baskets and see how it works out.
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treysonagras
Experience: 10.5 years 9 played 8 reviews
3.00 star(s)

OMG That's A Lotta OB 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 16, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

Pretty Nine Hole Course with brand new Disccatchers, signs and tee pads. Everything is well maintained and all the park's equipment is new. Good variety of distance, considering the size of the park.

Cons:

An INCREDIBLE amount of OBs. The park is pretty tightly spaced and the course kind of overlays the entire place. Every hole has some type of OB that is pretty tough to avoid. Adding to the difficulty are Mandos galore.

Other Thoughts:

On paper this is an easy course. The distances are not that long, and there are 3 Par Fours. However, it winds through and around baseball, soccer, and volleyball areas and has a walking path that comes into play several times. For safety reasons the OBs and Mandos really limit your usable space on the course.
Hole 1: You must stay between baseball fence on the left and walking path on the right for the entire hole.
Hole 2: the same baseball fence and a lake line this fairway.
Hole 3: This hole is a wide open par 3 that would let you open up, except there is a light pole you must stay right of and the same lake is on the right.
Hole 4: A fun, but difficult par 3 that goes through some really tight trees. Wind through the trees and you might be OK.
Hole 5: An easy par 4 but you have to stay right of the baseball field and miss several parking lots.
Hole 6: A simple par 3 with two big trees about 10 feet in front of the tee pad. Thread those and you're fine.
Hole 7: A huge, wide open field with back yards of houses down the right side. This would be another bomber except for a mando tree right in the middle of the fairway that you must stay right of. This makes the fairway about 50 feet wide about halfway down. Hyzer bomb over the yards and come back down for a decent up shot. The basket backs up to a creek that makes for scary long putts.
Hole 8: The easiest on the course. Short, blind right dogleg to the basket.
Hole 9: The hardest hole I have ever played. A 451 foot tunnel that is about 20 feet wide in several spots. OB creek on right and OB playground and parking lot on left. The creek crosses the "fairway" about 400 feet down range. I threw four 100 foot pitches and then 2 putted for a double bogey.

The course is beautiful and if you could ignore the OB and some of the Mandos it might become a pretty fun course. The park was deserted on a weekday morning but I can't imagine trying to play ona Saturday with all the ball teams and walkers. If I lived in the neighborhood or was just rolling down Interstate 30 I might play it again but I wouldnt make a trip just to play.
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