Kearney Park reviews
10
0
Oasis-ish
Reviewed:
Played on:May 2, 2022
Played the course:once
Pros:
Navigation: Tee signs at long-n-wide concrete teepads show all posssible basket locations, current basket location, and location of next tee. Baskets have pointer on spoke to direct to next tee.
In addition to the start/end parking lot, there are other places one could start, and access to bathrooms/water in three locations.
In addition to the start/end parking lot, there are other places one could start, and access to bathrooms/water in three locations.
Cons:
Dead flat.
Despite an abundance of trees, they were scattered such that they seldomly came into came into play, other than from-jailcell-to-jailcell #14, and the column of trees to throw through on #17.
Despite an abundance of trees, they were scattered such that they seldomly came into came into play, other than from-jailcell-to-jailcell #14, and the column of trees to throw through on #17.
Other Thoughts:
Course is set in a portion of a very large park, with large trees scattered all about it. The inner part of the park, i.e.better watered and maintained, hosts the initial and ending 25%s of the course, while the middle 50% is contained in the outer rim of the park, aka more dust than grass.
Each hole has 3-5 possible basket locations, so you may be in for a short -to-long round, and possibly some long walks from baskets to tees. Baskets were set in a mix of a-e positions when I played.
A few holes closely parallel oob-roads, the inner park roads guarded by lines of trees, but the outer road on #6 (I think), with the orchard just beyond it, will be easily visited by left-fading discs.
Holes are fairly well spread apart, although twice (basket 4-as-2, basket 18-as-15), the more obvious/visible basket was actually that of a different hole on the layout I played.
As mentioned earlier, there are many, many trees, some quite tall, in the park, but many holes just had a trunk, or two, to miss mid/late fairway.
Favourite hole: #1. The day I played, it was in its farthest position, maybe 650', straight-then-left. First drive between two big trees mid-distance, and needing not to finish behind one at end-distance. Second throw kinda similar, but the scattered trees a bit tighter. The final ~200' approach tighter yet, as the trees became smaller, so now branches and low ceiling came into play.
I won't say hole #14 was my least favourite, but the teepad's location inside a jailcell was ... challenging. The narrowest window was the most direct to the basket, while window-sizes increased the farther right you were willing to compromise.
More shade and water availability than most central California courses I've played, but dead flat, and less shot-shaping than I'd expect, given the trees.
Each hole has 3-5 possible basket locations, so you may be in for a short -to-long round, and possibly some long walks from baskets to tees. Baskets were set in a mix of a-e positions when I played.
A few holes closely parallel oob-roads, the inner park roads guarded by lines of trees, but the outer road on #6 (I think), with the orchard just beyond it, will be easily visited by left-fading discs.
Holes are fairly well spread apart, although twice (basket 4-as-2, basket 18-as-15), the more obvious/visible basket was actually that of a different hole on the layout I played.
As mentioned earlier, there are many, many trees, some quite tall, in the park, but many holes just had a trunk, or two, to miss mid/late fairway.
Favourite hole: #1. The day I played, it was in its farthest position, maybe 650', straight-then-left. First drive between two big trees mid-distance, and needing not to finish behind one at end-distance. Second throw kinda similar, but the scattered trees a bit tighter. The final ~200' approach tighter yet, as the trees became smaller, so now branches and low ceiling came into play.
I won't say hole #14 was my least favourite, but the teepad's location inside a jailcell was ... challenging. The narrowest window was the most direct to the basket, while window-sizes increased the farther right you were willing to compromise.
More shade and water availability than most central California courses I've played, but dead flat, and less shot-shaping than I'd expect, given the trees.
