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Bowling Green, KY

Hobson Grove Park - Riverview DGC

2.675(based on 6 reviews)
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mashnut
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Experience: 22.2 years 831 played 777 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Just long and open 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 30, 2009 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

The course is set on a nice 9 hole ball golf course. There are rolling hills on most holes that add some good uphill and downhill shots. You'll get a great workout throwing this course, especially if you walk this course with long holes, long walks between holes, and some hills to walk up and down.

The setting is pretty, and the golf course was not all that crowded. The few golfers we ran into were eager to ask about the sport, and were very friendly. The baskets were in fine shape, and the tees were all on well maintained asphalt cart paths. There were no dg specific signs, but there was an accurate scorecard and map that gave hole locations, and distances for all three sets of tees. Obviously, maintenance was impeccable, including in the couple wooded areas the dg course played into off the ball golf fairways.

Cons:

This course is nothing but wide open shots as long as you can throw over and over. I played two rounds, one from the shortest set of tees, and one from the middle. Even the shortest tees made this by far the longest set of holes I've ever seen, and the longer tees were bordering on ridiculous. Many of the tee markings have worn off of the cart paths, so we ended up guessing a lot which was a little frustrating.

Even huge arms will be throwing at least one full out drive every hole, and often two. The only challenge for accuracy or placement is trying not to zigzag too much to avoid adding even more length.

The course is pay to play, and the price is quite high for a 9 hole course that isn't anything all that special, and you'll pay even more if you want to rent a cart (not all that necessary but some might find it fun).

Other Thoughts:

This course offers a place to air it out, and really favors big arms. New players will be very frustrated at likely throwing 6+ shots every hole just due to the distance. More experienced players will find no interesting challenges or accuracy tests here, and will be bored with the lack of variety.

Don't go out of your way at all to play this one, especially since you have to pay more to play this one than you do at most top private courses. If you're playing the very fun course in the adjacent park and you want to add another course to your list, stop on by, but otherwise don't bother.
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