Homewood HoCo School Board of Ed. reviews
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Fun Factor = 0
Reviewed:
Played on:Aug 16, 2024
Played the course:once
Pros:
6 red Veteran baskets although #2 is slightly askew. No conflicts with other activities/areas except back parking lot. All baskets numbered (#1 through #6).
Cons:
No tees, no course map, no benches. Grass only mowed in big field (#9s fairway). Basket #2 is tilted. Off fairway has lots of nasty plants.
Other Thoughts:
Parking lots are very confusing but go to the most northeastern corner. You will see two baskets off in the distance to the left. They are #2 and #4.
#1: The photo shows to tee off from the corner of the parking lot but there was a car parked there so I started from the top of the berm. The basket is in the corner of the tree lines down in the gully. It is probably the best hole on the course.
#2: Walk up the hill and tee off to the rightmost of the two baskets you saw before. This basket is currently askew.
#3: Plays into the woods. There is a fork and the basket is down at the end of the right fork.
#4: Plays back up the same fairway to the basket next to #2 (way too close together).
#5: Walk down the back parking lot and you will see two baskets in the distance. Stop at some point and throw to the close basket. There is a water-filled gully behind the basket.
#6: Basket #6 is on the other side of the gully. The tee off area is supposedly back down #5's fairway but off in the woods (but was wet). To get to the basket you need to walk all the way around (on the left) of the swampy basin.
After that, it seems someone just said you need to get back to your car so invented 3 holes using the existing baskets. #7 plays across the basin to basket #5. You walk the back parking lot and again randomly chose a pot to throw to basket #4. Then you go up to the basketball court and throw across the open field to get to basket #1 and basically feels like the same hole.
The closely-bunched baskets are just dumb. My shoes and socks smelled horrible just from walking through the wet grass (swamp smell). Move two of the baskets and fashion some real fairways (so you aren't using the same paths for multiple holes) and add pads and signs and maybe you have something you can actually call a course.
#1: The photo shows to tee off from the corner of the parking lot but there was a car parked there so I started from the top of the berm. The basket is in the corner of the tree lines down in the gully. It is probably the best hole on the course.
#2: Walk up the hill and tee off to the rightmost of the two baskets you saw before. This basket is currently askew.
#3: Plays into the woods. There is a fork and the basket is down at the end of the right fork.
#4: Plays back up the same fairway to the basket next to #2 (way too close together).
#5: Walk down the back parking lot and you will see two baskets in the distance. Stop at some point and throw to the close basket. There is a water-filled gully behind the basket.
#6: Basket #6 is on the other side of the gully. The tee off area is supposedly back down #5's fairway but off in the woods (but was wet). To get to the basket you need to walk all the way around (on the left) of the swampy basin.
After that, it seems someone just said you need to get back to your car so invented 3 holes using the existing baskets. #7 plays across the basin to basket #5. You walk the back parking lot and again randomly chose a pot to throw to basket #4. Then you go up to the basketball court and throw across the open field to get to basket #1 and basically feels like the same hole.
The closely-bunched baskets are just dumb. My shoes and socks smelled horrible just from walking through the wet grass (swamp smell). Move two of the baskets and fashion some real fairways (so you aren't using the same paths for multiple holes) and add pads and signs and maybe you have something you can actually call a course.
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Pisa
Reviewed:
Played on:Nov 27, 2023
Played the course:once
Pros:
Some challenging throws.
Some birdy opportunities.
Some birdy opportunities.
Cons:
No official tees.
Most baskets in low-lying areas.
Flows back onto itself, so if multiple groups (very unlikely) playing, could be an issue.
One basket on a tilt similar to Pisa.
Most baskets in low-lying areas.
Flows back onto itself, so if multiple groups (very unlikely) playing, could be an issue.
One basket on a tilt similar to Pisa.
Other Thoughts:
Course is set along the back and right side of an education's area campus. Head to the farthest right then back parking lot to find a reasonable choice for tee#1. Number-1 plays along the rightside, number-2 along the back woodline, numbers 3&4 in-to&out-from a cutout. To the midpoint of the parking lot for tee=5 (and tee=8), and kinda random spots for short tosses to 6&7. The edge of the basketball court seems a good tee=9. (No official tee locations, but there is one layout on Udisc.)
Six baskets for nine holes, with 1/9, 4/8, and 5/7 sharing. Baskets 2 and 4/8 are within circle=1 of each other, and baskets 5/7 and 6 within circle=2, so they seem unnecessarily jammed together.
There are / can be some challenging throws. Number=1 is a 275' tunnel shot, against a left-to-right slope. Number=2 is a sweeping right-turner. Number=3 is a tunnelish left-turner, while number=4 has a sharp right at the end. Numbers5-7 all are short, open shots to baskets on a berm, near a retention basin and an awkward-to-cross culvert. Numbers 8 (assuming there are no cars parked in the way) and number=9 will offer chances to throw long.
While having some baskets at which to throw is always a good opportunity to have, the layout and flow leave much to be desired.
Six baskets for nine holes, with 1/9, 4/8, and 5/7 sharing. Baskets 2 and 4/8 are within circle=1 of each other, and baskets 5/7 and 6 within circle=2, so they seem unnecessarily jammed together.
There are / can be some challenging throws. Number=1 is a 275' tunnel shot, against a left-to-right slope. Number=2 is a sweeping right-turner. Number=3 is a tunnelish left-turner, while number=4 has a sharp right at the end. Numbers5-7 all are short, open shots to baskets on a berm, near a retention basin and an awkward-to-cross culvert. Numbers 8 (assuming there are no cars parked in the way) and number=9 will offer chances to throw long.
While having some baskets at which to throw is always a good opportunity to have, the layout and flow leave much to be desired.