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Hunter Memorial Park reviews
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Experience:
10.8 years
18 played
3 reviews
Poorly planned 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Jan 25, 2015
Played the course:once
Pros:
- Next tee signs are helpful on all but two holes.
- Many of the holes can be good for beginners because of the length
- Signs showing hole layout were nice, although mostly unnecessary. Distance alone would probably be plenty, because there is only one hole I can think of where the basket is not visible from the tee box. However, the effort is appreciated.
- Many of the holes can be good for beginners because of the length
- Signs showing hole layout were nice, although mostly unnecessary. Distance alone would probably be plenty, because there is only one hole I can think of where the basket is not visible from the tee box. However, the effort is appreciated.
Cons:
- This course is entirely too cramped. There are many tee boxes that are too close to baskets; that especially on some of the longer holes, could be dangerous for players
- Has terrible drainage problems. There was standing water on more than 50% of the holes and in very odd places. Some of the worst was directly around a few of the baskets.
- This course is dangerous to the other patrons of the park. There are too many holes where you are throwing directly down or across walking paths. From what we observed, the walkers paid no attention to us throwing. We had to wait a number of times for fear of hitting people on the walking track and there was really not any breaks to throw. We had to end up changing our desired shot selection to keep from potentially risking hitting someone..
- Some of the holes are too close to other structures. There was one hole where 80% of one side of the fairway leading up to a basket was a metal building and the other side a fence. This made me think of bowling with the bumpers up because even if you went left or right, it would funnel your throw back to the center. Another had you teeing off by a baseball field and we were almost hit by a foul ball. I could see this happening quite often. The next holes tee box was so close to a fenced in tennis court, I could touch the fence without stepping out of the box. This was very distracting for us and potentially for the people playing tennis.
- Has terrible drainage problems. There was standing water on more than 50% of the holes and in very odd places. Some of the worst was directly around a few of the baskets.
- This course is dangerous to the other patrons of the park. There are too many holes where you are throwing directly down or across walking paths. From what we observed, the walkers paid no attention to us throwing. We had to wait a number of times for fear of hitting people on the walking track and there was really not any breaks to throw. We had to end up changing our desired shot selection to keep from potentially risking hitting someone..
- Some of the holes are too close to other structures. There was one hole where 80% of one side of the fairway leading up to a basket was a metal building and the other side a fence. This made me think of bowling with the bumpers up because even if you went left or right, it would funnel your throw back to the center. Another had you teeing off by a baseball field and we were almost hit by a foul ball. I could see this happening quite often. The next holes tee box was so close to a fenced in tennis court, I could touch the fence without stepping out of the box. This was very distracting for us and potentially for the people playing tennis.
Other Thoughts:
It is clear this course was squeezed in wherever there was space and was not well designed or thought out. It probably would have been better putting in a 9 hole course and leaving more space between holes and away from other patrons of the park. This would also allow some holes to be lengthened to make it more challenging. I certainly am all for more courses and advocate them as a good use of park space, but only to a point. This course definitely crossed into the bad idea or at least bad execution territory. Probably the first I have played that I have no intention of ever playing again.
