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Johnny Roberts DGC - Old Layout

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Ryan P.
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 18.6 years 64 played 20 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Short Course in the Park 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 11, 2009 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

This is an enjoyable and frustrating course to play. The course being frustrating is a pro because it keeps you coming back, thinking you can shoot better the next time. It has two pin locations per hole. The variety of holes is solid. You have shots that are toward water, over water, beside water, surrounded by water, and near water. The front side seems much easier than the back, although it might just be that my skill set plays the front side better than the back. I also can't think of two holes that are nearly the same. The variety is solid, requiring left, right, and straight shots, with water on different sides many times, and trees in all sort of places around them, with some small hills here and there. If you want a short course (although i have seen much shorter) that forces a good variety of shots and is somewhat difficult, then this is a good place to go. It's a place that I could take a beginner, and build them up into a solid player. Oh yeah, there's a practice basket, a great addition to any course.

Cons:

When people aren't at work and kids aren't at school, this course will get crowded quickly. The River, along with being a great place to build a course around, is also a con because of losing discs, as all water can be. Although you can get the discs back fairly easily out of most parts of the water, going down the bank and back up it several times becomes quite tiring and wet. It's also bad when you are doing it for other people time and time again, or if people ahead of you keep throwing theirs in the water and trying to find it. Some people also find it quite appropriate to practice their drives in the field on holes 1 and 18. if you are teeing off at hole 1, they usually notice you and will stop for you to tee off. But if you are on 18, you are right behind two trees, and they won't know you are there unless you tell them. There are also very few elevation changes, and no holes longer than 350. I think two holes changed elevation more than 5', and those were maybe 7'-10' uphill. And as always, the park pedestrians have the right of way.

Other Thoughts:

This is one of those courses that I could spend all of one day playing it. It doesn't tear your arm up, and it is a fun course that leaves you thinking you can only do better-especially when you go in the water on #9 and get a 4 or 5 on a 100' hole. It plays slightly downhill, and the pole is about 10'-15' from the stream/riverwhich is behind and left of the hole. There are trees guarding the hole, and bumps in the terrain and small grass before the hole. The putting area is very smooth with packed dirt. any drive to the putting area or putt toward the water has a chance of going into the stream. it's the best hole under 160' that i've seen. Fun course.
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sgb118
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 19.3 years 24 played 22 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Johnny Roberts 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 27, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

This course was in a really beautiful park that the city works hard to keep nice. The signage is the best, and the concrete tee pads were nice as well. The creek that runs through the entire course makes every shot interesting, but it will generously return your discs. When the course was designed, they made sure to use all of the unique landmarks in the park, but they didn't make shots too difficult. There were alternate pin positions marked on the sign, so I'm sure that the city keeps the course fresh. It was mostly open, but some holes are fairly wooded, and there are a ton of birdie opportunities. The course is extremely easy to navigate. There were lots of friendly locals of all skill levels out having a good time.

Cons:

Course Layout is one of my buttons, I guess...A few of the holes had the baskets of the previous hole in their fairways. Sidewalks run through the whole course, so played can be slow at times. Not really much room to let fly a bomb...All the holes are pretty short.

Other Thoughts:

I hit this one up along with three others during a day in the denver area, and this one was overall really nice. I had a very enjoyable round. My friend and I chatted with a few locals, both disc golfers and non-disc golfers, and found some good people. I would definately recommend paying this one a visit if you are in the area.
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