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Gowrie, IA

Laurel Park

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cydisc
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Experience: 28.1 years 257 played 85 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Marked down for safety issues 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 3, 2016 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

- Good mix of shot shapes and lengths
- Challenging
- Logical flow
- Simple, yet descriptive signage

Cons:

- Some real safety issues
- grass tees (but looks like concrete might be coming?)

Other Thoughts:

Let's get the safety issue out of the way first: This is a small municipal park that also features a picnic shelter, ball diamond, track and swimming pool, all of which will come into play on the course. Care should be taken when playing the course when either of these facilities is in use. Several of the holes have the very real danger of throwing into either the parking lot or the pool area itself. Hopefully, this doesn't become a problem as more people start playing the course.

Taking the safety issue out of the equation, the course provides a decent challenge for most levels of play. There is a good variety of hole distances and shot shapes available. The course flows logically from the main parking lot and it's easy to find the next hole from the previous one. Signage is small, but is sturdy and has descriptive graphics, although some of the distances shown are suspect.

It's a course that's still in development, as it appears that the tees are marked for adding concrete in the near future.

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