Pottstown, PA

Kenilworth Park

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lukedpt
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 24.3 years 75 played 54 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Simple course, easy to play 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 25, 2021 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Concrete tee pads
-Fairly useful signs
-Grass and general course in good repair
-Multiple shots that use fades to both left and right, creating variety
-Variety of both wooded and open shots

Cons:

-Hard to find first tee, see below
-multiple baskets can be seen from certain tees, leading to confusing shots the first time through
-The par is set far higher than it should be for anyone beyond beginner
-Drainage on a few holes is poor, leading to some mud and swampy conditions
-I am not aware of any bathrooms or water available

Other Thoughts:

If parking at the park parking lot, walk across the field towards the baseball backstop. Go down the hill, across the bridge, and you'll see a small trail going up the hill into the woods towards the right. You'll come across a sign and the first hole there
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Ryal
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Experience: 6.9 years 222 played 185 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Kenilworth-while Park 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 13, 2019 Played the course:once

Pros:

+ Tee pads are contiguous slabs of concrete with wooden frames. They have decent space for a wind-up.
+ Tee signs are clear and concise if a bit basic.
+ The course plays within a quiet neighborhood park nestled inside a peaceful suburban area. I felt safe and calm here.
+ Wide open fields to enjoy flinging far and sunshine.
+ Five or six wooded holes give a taste of disc golf in the forest.
+ Tidy and nicely maintained grounds. Even the areas of rough seemed well-managed.
+ Nearly all baskets have arrows suspended from them pointing towards the next hole.

Cons:

- Some of the baskets are a bit too close to the next hole's tee pad. This could result in injury at worst or annoyance at best. Pin 2 and tee 3 come to mind as an easy example, but there are others.
- All of those wide open holes are bunched together in the same area and follow one right after another. It feels way too repetitive way too quickly after hole 6.
- The holes aren't so long to begin with. The absolute longest on offer is 395 feet, so the wide open fields may underwhelm some players.
- A few of the tee signs show pars that sound incorrect from my perspective. Assigning par 4 to holes with 285 feet seems a bit too generous-- even for a beginner's course.
- Some spots feel as though the player is trespassing on private property like tee9, pin10 and tee11.

Other Thoughts:

My favorite hole at this course is hole 3 because it is a downhill glide that starts open and ends within a tunnel. I liked that change of difficulty mid-hole. My least favorite hole is 17 because I'm not a fan of blind sharp turns like the one found there, and the fairway looked like a riverbed when I went. Water was visibly trickling across it during my visit.

As for the course as a whole, Kenilworth Park is an ideal beginner's course. It does not demand much from the player except their time and attention. There are no difficult angles to master through trees. There are no grand distance challenges that push the player to the limit. It is a brief course that gets players used to the kinds of things one can run into on most disc golf courses.

It starts out wooded with holes 1 through 5. They aren't too tough, but ignoring their features is a sure way to stumble into trouble territory. The open holes throughout the rest of the course go uphill, downhill, slanted and through a few tree lines. This course teaches newbies what they need to know while keeping the distance demands manageable. Players with more than a year of regular experience should find the course refreshing and rewarding with many chances for birdies and a few ace runs.

Some of the holes do play a bit too closely to private residences. Holes 6's fairway blitzes right past someone's backyard, and I felt like I needed to knock on someone's door to ask permission to tee off on hole 9. The course's brevity minimizes bad throws onto people's property but also makes the course less stimulating. The lack of challenge throughout holes 6 - 18 also makes for a rather plain experience. Then again, it is important to remember that this course really isn't meant for high-level play. There are plenty of courses nearby to fill that need.

So, I definitely recommend Kenilworth Park DGC to new players and any golfer simply seeking a stress-free session to collect some birdies.

Bottom line: There needs to be more disc golf courses out there like the one found at Kenilworth Park. It is a straight-forward and perfectly playable course that can be enjoyed by golfers of all abilities. It doesn't require a ton of power or unshakable concentration. It's just a decent course that hits the right notes. Look past its bare bones structure, and you should find yourself enjoying what is here.
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The Valkyrie Kid
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Experience: 45.9 years 1562 played 1507 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Kenilworth Park DGC Is A Fun, Recreational Throw! 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:May 5, 2018 Played the course:once

Pros:

Kenilworth DGC is a solid rec course which starts with a series of wooded holes then branches out into a more open area. Fifteen of the holes play in the 200's, only stretch's to 395' and two are under 200'.

The course features a nice, large colored course map which narrowly escaped some damage when a rather large over narrowly missed the course sign. Th3 baskets are Pennsylvania's favorite, Discatchers, with the yellow bands, #'s and a next tee arrow hanging below. The tee pads are nice sized concrete with a wooden border. The tee signs are simple and basic but each has a sponsor.

The wooded holes are all in the 200' and semi-technical in challenge. There is always a fair route to the basket. Some elevation comes in to play.

Starting with # 6 you break out into ore open area. This part of the course is grassy with patches of trees and bushes to throw around. A couple of these holes have a little bit more personality and require some shaping skill. An example is # 16. It's just a little 235' hyser but you need to hit the gap. Then # 17 is a 225' but requires you thread the needle.

Navigation is easy and intuitive.

Cons:

The grass was in need of a mowing. It was damp this AM and my feet got wet and stayed wet for three more courses today.

The course is recreational in both skill and challenge. Better players won't find much challenge here.

Lacks the wow factor. No signature hole.

Other Thoughts:

I could enjoy having this as my home course. It's a pretty nice course for an aging course bagger such as myself. Most recreational players will find challenge here. Intermediate and advanced players may wish to go elsewhere to get their disc golf fix. I don't think Kenilworth quite measures up for those types.
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iHitTree
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 21.9 years 100 played 38 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Birdie sanctuary, no cats allowed 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:May 31, 2016 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Decent beginner to intermediate layout that is friendly for all skill levels. Pros are collecting birdies like Pokemon out there, while novices aren't discourages, as there aren't many obstacles after the first few holes. It's a nice park and property. Over time, if the make long tees and/or more protected basket positions, this course has some good potential. This is a great place to teach someone the sport, while still representing the sport somewhat accurately.

Cons:

A lot of open shot with few obstacles through the middle of the course. Making the course more difficult over time would be a great addition to the area, as Boyertown is also easy. A harder Kenilworth would pair nicely with Sankanac not too far away. This is worth playing if you're in the area, but not a travel destination course.

Other Thoughts:

The first 6 holes are really nice. Holes 1-5 are all short, semi-technical woods holes with different shot shapes. Definitely the defining part of the round, as they are all birdie-friendly holes, but enough going on where you can fail to convert quite easily. Hole 6 is the first open shot, a nice left to right to avoid a big tree grouping in the center/right of fairway. Hole 7 is a 125. ft. downhill freebie....filler hole, pretty much a par 2. 8 is a relatively open uphill shot, somewhat hard to reach off the tee and some dense growth right of the basket to watch out for. Hole 9 is probably the signature hole, a longer downhill right turning shot. Despite the distance, you're better off throwing a mid-range turnover and letting gravity do the work. Hole 10 is slightly easier version of hole 8, a straight uphill field shot. Hole 11 is the mini version of hole 9, slight turnover downhill putter shot, definitely one you want to deuce. Hole 12 is the toughest hole here (if you're playing everything as par 3, which you should), a long uphill hole with trees on the right and big dense bushes left of the basket, hard to reach off the tee without some risk of finishing in those bushes. Hole 13 is a straight slightly downhill open shot, gotta get your 2. Hole 14 is a tricky narrow low ceiling gap that seems like it should be cake, but proves a little tougher unless you get your disc selection right. Hole 15 is the uphill version of hole 13, a straight open shot. Hole 16 is a neat mass spike hyzer around a big island of trees protecting the basket really well...the straight line to the pin isn't far and it's slightly downhill, but you need some power to get that big hyzer with a Gator or another overstable disc. Hole 17 is a short tunnel shot with a left finish, only trouble if you don't have 200 ft. on a straight line before fade. Hole 18 is a medium range smooth left to right open shot to finish.
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swatso
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 15.8 years 755 played 414 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Bait-n-Switch 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 18, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

Even without a map, fairly easy to navigate, assuming you pay attention to the "next tee" information at the current tee, and the surveyor tape at the bottom of the baskets is still there.

Cons:

Single tee/basket. While the tees are framed by wood, they're still natural, and can pose as a bit of a tripping hazard.

From the tee, at times you'll see several baskets - make sure you play to the correct one!

Other Thoughts:

Don't let the first five holes fool you into thinking you're playing an entirely wooded course. These first few holes are all short (225' or less), have been carved out of a dense (smaller tree) wooded area, and are primary straight tunnels requiring a turn or fade at the end.

The remainder of the course is located in what can best be described as a large, open, grassy field, with a slight slope to it, and bordered by a combination of trees (mostly), back lawns of houses (somewhat), and a pond (minimally). Then, take a mixture of hardwoods, evergreens, and bushes, and combine them into pockets, with footprints ranging from a small shed to a large house, and scatter them across the open field. These thirteen holes, while longer than the first five, are not overly long (I rarely used a distance driver), and play up/down/across the slope, around and/or between the scattered copses of trees/brush. Right-turners are certainly more common than lefties, although the sharpest-turning hole is #16, a spike-hyzing lefty (too short, find a dense copse of trees, too long and find the pond).

A very solid course, with decent variety, considering the relatively small area it is set upon.
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