Pottstown, PA

Kenilworth Park

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HyooMac
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 6.8 years 421 played 387 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Fun recreational course that’s worth a visit 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Dec 21, 2019 Played the course:once

Pros:

+ Very good concrete tees, mostly level (I think remember #18 being slanted on the side of a hill); workable signage with a nice map at the first tee

+ The opening holes are wooded, and while they're not terribly long, they're very good woods holes

+ The course opens up starting with hole #6, but the baskets are generally placed using the stands of trees around the park. There's also a lot of elevation change - so even the most open tee shots require some thought before you just blast away

+ My hands-down favorite hole was #16: a downhill sharp dogleg around a stand of trees, with a pond looming straight ahead. It's all about throwing directly at the water and trusting your disc's fade

Cons:

- While it was mostly easy to navigate, there are a few holes where you see several baskets from the tee, and the signs don't give clear indication of where to throw. We never made a mistake, but there were a few times we discussed it before throwing

- #17 has a makeshift walkway because it clearly gets really muddy. A short drive will make you have to slog around in it

Other Thoughts:

~ For a course that starts with a sense of being deep in the woods, the middle holes play right up against suburban backyards. And coming from northern New Jersey, I'm jealous of the municipal parks in Pennsylvania that welcome disc golf

~ The par 4's in the middle of the round are generous. I birdied 3 of them (I had a disaster on #9 when I tried to throw a roller, and then stubbornly threw rollers for the rest of the hole until I putted in for a 7. Yeah, call me "Tincup"...)

~ Another reviewer here ("itsrudy") recommended that I play Kenilworth, Camp Sankanac and Boyertown, and I'm glad he did

~ I rated this course a solid "3", and my easy-grading buddy gave it a 3.5. It's worth the trip, especially if you're combining it with other courses, like Boyertown

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cblack129
Experience: 14.9 years 50 played 12 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Fun, short course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 18, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

This course is on the shorter side. Great for beginners and good for advanced players to work on their short game. Even though the course is shorter there are still some very well thought out holes. You will need a variety of shots to navigate this course. Concrete pads are nice size. Tee signs on every hole and arrows to next tee under each basket.

Cons:

There are a few open holes where you could possible throw towards the wrong basket.
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Zunz
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 10.5 years 85 played 21 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Beginners Paradise 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Feb 22, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

VERY beginner friendly
Huge map by hole 1
Concrete tee pads
Good signage including 'next tee' arrows on every basket
Variety of wooded and open holes
Practice basket near the parking lot (on the opposite side of the lake from the course)

Cons:

Might have been the muddiest round (course?) I've ever played.
1's and 4's tee boxes are close and in griplock/early release/tree ricochet lines

Other Thoughts:

This is a fun little course that would make a great place to introduce new players to the game. It has wooded shots, open shots, hyzers, anhyzers, uphills, downhills and even a straight shot or two. There is as much disc golf as possible packed into this little piece of property without sacrificing safety other than where the tee boxes for holes 1 and 4 line up. An errant throw or early tree can send a disc full speed at the other pad leaving little time to react. My drive from 4 landed on 1. There were a couple of places where I felt like I was getting too close to the houses but as soon as I would start to think that, the course had me turning my back on them and throwing in the opposite direction.
Looking at the pictures on here and then playing the course shows a lot of recent work having been done. All of the tee pads were upgraded to concrete. From the looks of it, they drove heavy equipment along the wooded fairways, perhaps to pour the pads. The fairways are wider than they look in the pictures and any trees that were in the actual fairways are now gone. The work was probably recent as there was hay and sprouting grass seed. Because it's late February, the ground is still frozen so there's not much drainage but frequent rains and warm days have turned the woods fairways into sloppy mud slicks. My duck boots were sinking as much as 3 or 4 inches before getting down to the frozen layer. None of the grassy holes (6-18) on the hillside looked wet or muddy, but much of it was like walking on a floating carpet. Hopefully the wooded fairways will mature and the grassy hillside is dry most of the year.

There's nothing overly challenging here (hence the noob friendly), the longest hole is 395 and it's a downhill that even us noodle arms can reach. What there is here is a lot of fun and a chance to score well. I came here on my way home from French Creek so I really appreciated the opportunity to air it out a little, have some ace runs, including a beauty of a sky annie on 11 that spiked in 3' in front of the basket, and card a pile of birdies. With all but 4 of the holes playing 250 or under, this might be a putter course for higher level players, probably nothing faster than a mid. required.

The course is well thought out though, taking advantage of what the property had to offer. Many of the baskets are tucked into or next to the little patches of trees dotting the field, nothing gimicky or silly, just things that make the throws more interesting. 11's sky annie at a guarded basket, for example or the even bigger anhyzer throw on 12 because you're throwing around trees at the tee as well as up by the basket. 14 is a doorway shot through a wall of trees 1/3 of the way to the basket.

Overall this is just a fun little course to play. Newer players will appreciate the wide fairways in the woods and open field throws, more advanced players will probably enjoy the variety of upshot practice and us bottom/middle of the pack players have a great chance to card that elusive sub par round on what looks and feels just like a real course (I jest). I will absolutely be back to Kenilworth!
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adlacro
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 17.9 years 152 played 125 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Putting in Pottstown 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 28, 2015 Played the course:once

Pros:

18 hole par 3 course with nice concrete teepads and easy to see DIScatcher baskets. Course starts out tighter for the first handful of holes before opening up into a field with pockets of trees here and there. Decent mix of lefty and righty holes and some elevation change as well. There is potential to have some really low scoring rounds with clean drives and solid putting. Tee signs are nice and (mostly) accurate. Navigation is pretty easy with arrows below the bottom of the basket to point the way. Grass short enough to get down a roller if you so like.

Cons:

Some of the open holes leave you looking at two baskets with no clarity as to which basket you're throwing at. Nine might be the best example. Both baskets look to be similar in length, one straight and one slightly right, and the tee sign says the hole is straight (when the basket to the right is the one you are throwing). Tees do collect water and get hard to brush off. Not a true con, but there is no real signature hole here. They were putting in a PVC pipe on four when I played, so that hole is all torn up (it's playable, but really muddy down the fairway, just to note).

Other Thoughts:

It's no destination course, but if you're looking for short game work, or something to warm you up for, say French Creek, then Kenilworth is what you want. Good job to whoever designed it in utilizing some land. Also, be considerate of the neighbors that border the course.
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Afropirg
Experience: 9.8 years 34 played 19 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Interesting short course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Nov 4, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

- Some challenging shots
- Good to work on your midranges and putters
- Fun little course

Cons:

- Teepads are well beat in, uneven on some. Some have a mix of rocks and dirt
- Middle of the course can be a little bit confusing on what basket is for which tee

**** Since this review the course has installed concrete teepads.

Other Thoughts:

Played this with someone who was experienced at playing here, so navigation wasn't that much of an issue.

From my understanding, this is a boy scout troop built course. Some very short holes at the start, that open up to some longer shots on the later holes.

It was very enjoyable round, good course to test your short game. Will be back to play again.
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Js_TechX
Experience: 14.9 years 139 played 3 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Beginner friendly & good deuce challenge for others 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 8, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

Nice beginner friendly course, mostly open, good deuce challenge for more experienced players. The off-fairway rough is not bad in most areas of the course. The course is in pretty good shape for being so new. The course map helps to navigate through the course and hole layout for first timers.

Cons:

Some thick rough and poison ivy near some fairways but only in limited areas. On some holes, the course map has a better hole layout than the tee signs.

Other Thoughts:

Could use signs from parking area to hole-1 tee
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Mountainman24
Experience: 16.1 years 7 played 1 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Watch Out for Bees 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jul 19, 2014 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Each hole has brand new baskets and nice gravel tee boxes. The course makes good use of the land available and is well designed. It is located away from the pedestrian travel in the park. On one hole, a pond filled with snapping turtles is even in play. Many holes have the potential to be aced. One of the players in my group hit the basket on hole 18.

Cons:

As of late July 2014, about 3/4 of the holes have maps and next tee locations at the tee boxes. Even with this said the course was still relatively easy to navigate. Dense vegetation is in play on several holes.

Other Thoughts:

The course is only a few weeks old as of July 2014. The vegetation is very thick off of the narrow fairways for the first few holes in the woods. If you don't want to loose a disc, make sure you mark its landing location well. After the first four or so holes, the course opens up substantially with the remaining holes playing through a large grass field with "islands" of trees in play. Brush is only in play on a few of the remaining holes. However, when my friends and I played the course, a group of players warned us about a bee's nest located on hole 14. The group had thrown their tee shots and went to look for their discs in the brush. One of them must have disturbed a nest along the way, because they each got stung multiple times while fleeing the hole.

The course will be much more enjoyable as the brush thins out from more people playing. The course has great potential and is an excellent addition to the courses already in the area. I plan on updating my review as I play the course again.
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