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Tecumseh, ON

Lakewood DGC

3.75(based on 5 reviews)
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glassila
Experience: 12.8 years 122 played 13 reviews
4.00 star(s)

One of the best "park" courses I have seen. 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 17, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

- This course is set in a very beautiful park, with numerous gigantic trees throughout.
- The course is incredibly well kept, the grass is mowed everywhere - zero search time needed.
- The baskets are Mach III, red on the front 9, white on the back 9.
- Very nice 5' x 12' cement tee pads, level and lined up with the basket.
- I felt there was a good variety of hole distances - averaged 268', with four over 300' and one at 555'.
- The trees on the property were well used in the design, some holes were RH backhand friendly, some were RH forehand friendly, a lot were accessible from either side.

Cons:

- There were no "next tee" signs or indicators anywhere - it is easy to head to the wrong tee pad on a couple of holes.
- If the park gets busy with walkers and bikers there may be times you will have to wait to throw as a park path runs throughout the area. The layout avoided the pathway as much as it could, I don't think there were any throws over the path.
- The tee signs are wood posts, showing hole # and distance in feet and meters (it is Canada), no diagram. This really is not much of a con since you can see the basket from the tee every time even on the 555 foot shot.
- There was one 125 foot hole (#8) which seemed completely out of place with the rest of the holes.
- No benches or garbage cans on the course. (easy fix)
- The biggest con for me was dealing with border patrol to get into Canada and back into the good old USA!

Other Thoughts:

Overall, this was a very enjoyable course and well worth a trip across the border.
The designer clearly spent a good amount of time surveying the property to find the best locations to put baskets and create challenge and maintain safety for non-players.
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esdubya
Experience: 28.9 years 106 played 23 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Lakewood Belle 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 27, 2017 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

-Beautiful park setting, you wouldn't be able to tell it used to be a golf course. Prime location on Riverside Drive close to Lake St. Clair.
-Top of the line equipment. Powder coated Mach III baskets expertly installed. Spacious 5x12 concrete teepads. Signage is simple and fits in great with the look and feel of the park and course.
-Single set of tees and baskets leads to a certain purity of play. Everyone throws from the same spot on drives which is nice for comparing scores.
-Wind is always a factor, changing the shot types required so that every round can have unique challenges due to the changing wind.
-Variety! Hole lengths are always changing, keeping things interesting.
-Flow from hole to hole is pretty good. Course does a double loop so you can easily only shoot the front or back 9.
-Mosquitoes never seem to be a big issue.
- Nice wooden bridges installed over a few of the drainage ditches.

Cons:

-Course can be flooded in spots after the spring thaw and/or heavy rain.
-Not a 'championship' level course if that is what you are looking for. This is more of an accessible, city park style course, with only a few longer holes.

Other Thoughts:

I'm the designer FWIW.

This is probably the most aesthetically pleasing course I've ever seen, hence my unofficial course name "Lakewood Belle".
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