Mount Pleasant, PA

Mammoth Park

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The Red Death 30
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Experience: 27.5 years 89 played 48 reviews
3.00 star(s)

It's 9 Holes, It's Disc Golf

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 27, 2024 Played the course:once

Pros:

The overarching impression I have of this course is that it's just painfully average. There is very little on this course that has any memorable quality but I will start with the positives of course. There are two really good holes here out of the nine. The 6th Hole is a fantastically designed hole. It's a sweeping downhill hyzer shot that you have to place just in the right spot to line up a tight tunnel approach. It will challenge you in the best ways. The 8th Hole was another that I found to be a fun hole to play. It's essentially a forehand flick that needs to settle into a lane. You need two good shots on this one and a birdie is not easy.

They have nice stark white baskets that help stand out from the background. The park, itself, is fantastic even if the course makes little use of it. There is a beautiful lake and some giant slides you can check out, among other things. There were running water bathrooms, still open in late November. There were plenty of picnic pavilions you could squat in for lunch as well

Cons:

It's not a bad course, it's just not a good course either. I have played my share and I find this style of course pretty often. They don't seem to have had much land to choose from that would have offered some distinguishing terrain, or they chose the wrong spots of the land they were given. So instead of anything varied, they rely primarily on creating long shots that require accuracy to keep your discs out of the brush.

The 1st and 3rd holes are just instantly forgettable. I played there today and can barely remember them. Just shots in a field with a basket. The 4th and 5th are fun holes, but they are just fairway tunnels. Throw a straight fairway driver over and over. It really loses me on the last few holes. I'm sure someone thinks the 7th Hole is really creative, but they built a mound for a tee that's now crumbling and you throw a jenky s-curve midrange over a bunch of trees. It's kind of a gimmicky hole and sacrificed what could have been have a well-shaped hole with something more random. Then we have the 9th Hole disaster. You basically throw 1000 feet to get back to the parking lot. The challenge is keeping your disc from fading into lost disc territory and just crushing it repeatedly.

They don't have concrete tees, nor anything but a set of Whites. The tees they have are starting to wear in a bit and not always in good ways. They have signs of generic variety but they don't match the app. The distances are way off on many and the pars don't match.

Other Thoughts:

If they got concretes and fixed the signs (or the app to match) then my rating could improve a bit. I'm not sure why they didn't use the meadow in the middle at all, or any of the rest of the prettier parts of the park. That 9th Hole is just a terrible way to end what was otherwise a decent round of golf
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