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Marlin City Park reviews
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Marlin City Park 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Mar 16, 2022
Played the course:once
Pros:
-- Decent Patriot baskets (8 of them because two have been stolen and not replaced).
-- Tees are marked with white 4x4 posts. H1P3 means Hole 1, Par 3. You can figure out the other holes. No other information is on the post; you can see the basket (at least the 8 that are still there), but distance would be nice.
-- Flow is good. Hole one tees near the parking lot and covered picnic table. Hole 10 finishes across the road from there.
-- Elevation is not huge, but it is well used (when all baskets are present, 5 of 10 holes throw either uphill or downhill) as are the few trees, mostly to guard baskets. Water is in play on two holes, including a water carry.
-- The water holes are the most fun. No. 6 is 211 feet straight with the water about 10 feet behind the basket. No. 7 is 101 feet (most of it a water carry) to an elevated basket. If you are 15-20 feet short, you're wet; if you're 15 feet long, you're OB (road).
-- Disc golf only area. The park itself is multi-use, but the disc golf course isn't near the other features.
-- Tees are marked with white 4x4 posts. H1P3 means Hole 1, Par 3. You can figure out the other holes. No other information is on the post; you can see the basket (at least the 8 that are still there), but distance would be nice.
-- Flow is good. Hole one tees near the parking lot and covered picnic table. Hole 10 finishes across the road from there.
-- Elevation is not huge, but it is well used (when all baskets are present, 5 of 10 holes throw either uphill or downhill) as are the few trees, mostly to guard baskets. Water is in play on two holes, including a water carry.
-- The water holes are the most fun. No. 6 is 211 feet straight with the water about 10 feet behind the basket. No. 7 is 101 feet (most of it a water carry) to an elevated basket. If you are 15-20 feet short, you're wet; if you're 15 feet long, you're OB (road).
-- Disc golf only area. The park itself is multi-use, but the disc golf course isn't near the other features.
Cons:
-- Really short course. Not counting holes 8-9 (the missing baskets), three holes are shorter than 165 feet, only three holes are as long as 300 and none as long as 350.
-- Snakes. My dog had an encounter with one near the water on 7.
-- Many tee pads are too close to the preceding basket, creating a safety issue. Nos. 3/4 and 7/8 are the worst of those. In addition, teeing off on 3, the No 2 basket is about 50 feet in front of you, barely left of the direct line to your basket.
-- Natural tee pads. With only a 4x4 post to mark them, the tee boxes are not clearly defined.
-- No restrooms, no water, no benches. It's a short course and a quick play, so this isn't much of an issue.
-- Snakes. My dog had an encounter with one near the water on 7.
-- Many tee pads are too close to the preceding basket, creating a safety issue. Nos. 3/4 and 7/8 are the worst of those. In addition, teeing off on 3, the No 2 basket is about 50 feet in front of you, barely left of the direct line to your basket.
-- Natural tee pads. With only a 4x4 post to mark them, the tee boxes are not clearly defined.
-- No restrooms, no water, no benches. It's a short course and a quick play, so this isn't much of an issue.
Other Thoughts:
-- Enter park from Business Highway 6 (Williams Street). Turn on Mun Park Road (that's how it's listed on the maps), and you'll immediately see baskets and quickly get to the gravel parking lot near holes 1 and 10. If you use GPS/Siri to get to the park, you'll probably enter from Highway 7, and you'll have a long, slow drive through the entire park looking for the disc golf course.
