Mount Pleasant, PA

Mammoth Park

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2.00 star(s)

Not Quite There

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 28, 2024 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Unfortunately the list here is fairly short. Decent baskets, and a few interesting holes in the middle of the course keep this from being a complete dud, and I guess it does have bathrooms and is in an otherwise quite nice park

Cons:

The usuals are here: No teepads, one tee/one basket layout on a 9 hole course, so extremely limited variety. Some absolutely brutal rough, particularly to the left on Hole 9.

Traditionally 9 hole courses are a little more beginner/family friendly, and not a single hole on this course matches that.

Foundationally, the decision to play 8 holes in a loop away from the parking lot and then just make a big nonsensical "Par 5" back towards it means every round ends with a sour note.

Other Thoughts:

As a hole by hole breakdown, Holes 1 and 3 are fairly standard. Open, yet approachable Par 4s. Hole 2 plays as a tweener dogleg Par 3. Hole 4 takes you into the woods with a very gettable tunnel shot, and Hole 5 takes you out of the woods with a low ceiling, again kind of tweener distance, par 3. Hole 6 feels like the signature hole of the course, a distance placement shot into the mouth of a narrow tunnel that forces a ~150ft tricky upshot. Hole 7 gives a blind ace run chance. Hole 8 is a tricky flex RHBH shot, with some difficult rough early left. And Hole 9 sees you launching your way 1000ft back across the field, the tee shot requires some placement, the other 800ft are functionally a mow line.

As a 9-hole course, it needs far more variety to have replay value; and the lack of teepads is a real issue since this course gets mucky quickly. Hole 1 is basically in a swamp zone for the tee area and for a zone ~150-250ft from the tee.

A quick look around will tell you there is PLENTY of land there to have done more with the course. There are 2 football fields worth of land between the basket of 3 and Hole 9 that go unused, and some other areas around Holes 7/8/9 that certainly seem like there was space for this to at least be 12 holes (or 9 holes with more variety). Hard to tell if its money or land use restrictions, but what ultimately results is a pretty uninspired course that doesnt feel like it would get better with teepads and an expansion to 18 holes. If you're heading west on the Turnpike, keep going until you hit Oak Hollow
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