Valley Center, KS

McLaughlin Park DGC

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2.065(based on 9 reviews)
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Experience: 6 played 2 reviews
0.50 star(s)

Should be torn out 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 30, 2016 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

If I have to come up with pros, I guess there are benches, trashcans, restrooms available and good parking. Hole #2 is pretty nice too.

I have a feeling if I had come at a time when there hadn't been so much recent rain it would have been mowed and maintained better too, if I recall correctly it was better the only other time I played this one a few months ago.

Cons:

This course is very poorly designed and is exactly the type that will get some little kid hit in the head with a disc. The first hole is WAY too close to a very crowded playground and water-playground type of thing, and the other side is way too close to a street. Other fairways are literally just throwing directly down walking paths where non-disc golf park users will be in danger of being hit.

Several holes are blind shots where you are unable to see the pin from the tee. On a course that was only for disc golf that would be fine, but with all of the kids and other park users around I think this only exacerbates the problem.

Other cons seem less important than the above safety concerns, but the natural tee pads aren't great either. On #4 next to the little pond the tee marker is completely overgrown by a bush. On #7 a tree has apparently been planted directly in front of the tee box between the time that the course pictures were taken and when I played. It looks totally different now and it would seem that changes were made to the park without regard to messing up the course.

Other Thoughts:

I probably came to the park at the worst time I could have to be fair. The rain the last 2 weeks has been ridiculous so I can't really fault the grass and weeds being overgrown. It's also Memorial Day weekend so it might be more crowded than usual, but still if anyone at all is at those playgrounds on #1 I would just skip it. This course probably needs to be torn out and moved somewhere safer where disc golfers and other park users won't be in each other's way.
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