Lloyd Park reviews
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Great course and free to play! 2+ years
Reviewed:
Updated:
Played on:Sep 30, 2020
Played the course:5+ times
Pros:
-It's a free to play, very challenging 18 hole course
-Challenges the player to hit lines and place throws
-Great use of elavation
-Tee signs mean it's relatively easy to navigate each hole
-Good mix of par 3s and par 4
-Lots of memorable holes
-New artificial turf teepads are large, even and grippy.
-Challenges the player to hit lines and place throws
-Great use of elavation
-Tee signs mean it's relatively easy to navigate each hole
-Good mix of par 3s and par 4
-Lots of memorable holes
-New artificial turf teepads are large, even and grippy.
Cons:
-I'd suggest the course was designed by a righty with no forehand, dogleg right shots constitute the main challenge on most holes.
-A couple of blind holes make it difficult to play alone/coupled with long grass can mean discs are quite easy to lose.
-Rubber tee mats are uneven and slippy all year round. (though these are being phased out now)
-Use UDisc or the croydon disc golf website to navigate the full layout, not always obvious where the next tee is.
-Expect to wait on holes that play through main thoroughfares of the park (holes 4 and 9 especially).
-A couple of blind holes make it difficult to play alone/coupled with long grass can mean discs are quite easy to lose.
-Rubber tee mats are uneven and slippy all year round. (though these are being phased out now)
-Use UDisc or the croydon disc golf website to navigate the full layout, not always obvious where the next tee is.
-Expect to wait on holes that play through main thoroughfares of the park (holes 4 and 9 especially).
Other Thoughts:
-Oh boy can it get windy. Definitely check the wind further down the fairway in spots, not a pro or a con just a feature of the course.
-Disc golf is really bedded in well here, the locals understand its place in the park and the local club is very supportive.
-It's the course I was introduced to disc golf at and I'm glad it was as it encourages good distance, angle control and the ability to hit lines fairly equally.
EDIT: This has been bumped from a 3.5 to a 4 due to the installation of new aritificial turf teepads. These have made massive improvements to the holes they are already installed on and will greatly improve the rest of the course as they are phased in. You can tell that the club loves this course and the park as well.
-Disc golf is really bedded in well here, the locals understand its place in the park and the local club is very supportive.
-It's the course I was introduced to disc golf at and I'm glad it was as it encourages good distance, angle control and the ability to hit lines fairly equally.
EDIT: This has been bumped from a 3.5 to a 4 due to the installation of new aritificial turf teepads. These have made massive improvements to the holes they are already installed on and will greatly improve the rest of the course as they are phased in. You can tell that the club loves this course and the park as well.
10
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TromR
Experience:
18.7 years
1 played
1 reviews
Update 2023 drive by
Reviewed:
Updated:
Played on:Jul 1, 2020
Played the course:5+ times
Pros:
Nice mix of par 3 and 4 holes par 60.
Changes down the years have made this more and more challenging.
Beautiful park
Grass now cut for summer
OB now clearly marked with posts
There is an 18 hole gold course par 60
Also there is a 18 hole blue intermediate course par 56 and a red 9 hole short course.
Changes down the years have made this more and more challenging.
Beautiful park
Grass now cut for summer
OB now clearly marked with posts
There is an 18 hole gold course par 60
Also there is a 18 hole blue intermediate course par 56 and a red 9 hole short course.
Cons:
There is a fairly large walk between holes 5 and 6 (although now signposted).
Lots of the rough is spikey (thorns, blackberries) or stings (nettles). So it's real tough on beginners. If you can't control your discs don't wear shorts!
No bins on the course - this isn't going to change unfortunately and is outside of the control of the club.
Lots of the rough is spikey (thorns, blackberries) or stings (nettles). So it's real tough on beginners. If you can't control your discs don't wear shorts!
No bins on the course - this isn't going to change unfortunately and is outside of the control of the club.
Other Thoughts:
Thought it was worth a little update:
The club now have an agreement with the park authorities to cut the grass in June. So the days of waste high grass are no more. Summer play is now massively improved. Previously the grass was only cut at the end of summer.
OB lines on 5 and 7 are now clearly marked by posts.
Tees have been changed from rubber mats to astroturf.
Tee signs have been updated. It's worth using UDisc for the transition from gold 5 to gold 6 as there is a longish walk involved.
Litter is picked regularly by club members but it's a public park with no bins so it's an ongoing battle.
The club now have an agreement with the park authorities to cut the grass in June. So the days of waste high grass are no more. Summer play is now massively improved. Previously the grass was only cut at the end of summer.
OB lines on 5 and 7 are now clearly marked by posts.
Tees have been changed from rubber mats to astroturf.
Tee signs have been updated. It's worth using UDisc for the transition from gold 5 to gold 6 as there is a longish walk involved.
Litter is picked regularly by club members but it's a public park with no bins so it's an ongoing battle.
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robbnot
Experience:
11.8 years
10 played
10 reviews
No1 dg club 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Oct 13, 2013
Played the course:5+ times
Pros:
a wide variety of shots required for this course plus some big holes too, great use of landscape, on-line hole by hole score card app.
Cons:
some of the basket have been BBQ'd (but still work ok)
Other Thoughts:
since I played there last they have been installing Tee mats so it should be even better now..
