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Mechanicsburg, PA

Messiah College DGC

2.835(based on 6 reviews)
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Experience: 15 played 3 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Intro to disc golf course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 13, 2019 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Open and inviting (in the fall when the grass is low). Nice baskets. Simple sign at the "tee area" and well groomed fairways made the course fairly simple to navigate. Decent use of elevation on several holes to add some spice. Nice variety in the length of the holes.
Hole 4 was short and had a few trees which added a little spice. I enjoyed the elevated tee shots on hole 1 and 10 and I guess 9 too. Lots of 2's to be had if you got the distance.

Cons:

Parking - there is none anywhere near the course unless you poach a spot along a back road and there is no signage on how to get to the course nor is it on any campus map.
There is no course map or information about the course anywhere to be found out there.
The course is pretty fun when the rough grass is only a couple inches high but in the summer that grass can be 3 feet tall or more and then its misearable and losing multiple discs is a very real possibility.
No tee boxes per se only a sign saying where the hole starts but no listing of par or description of where the hole goes.
Its very open and often windy, even breezy days are magnified out here.
Not a very asthetically pleasing course as its in a field that is used for construction vehicles and a very large composting area and fill dirt area.
Hole 10 has no obvious way from the elevated tee to the fairway, there is a super faint and steep trail going down and slightly left of the tee that I used. Hole 1 also has a steep descent down to the fairway.

Other Thoughts:

Its a great beginner course and confidence builder when the rough grass is mowed to a resonable level. If the rough is tall its a miserably demanding course with its one redeeming quality of rewarding big drives eliminated by it not being worth the risk of losing discs. Lots of holes are simple straight forward shots down groomed fairways. Hole 12 was a funky uphill dog leg left with a very elevated basket and Hole 14 had a fun split fairway. Hole 5 goes under the high ropes course which has never been in use while I've been out there but I'd assume you'd have to skip that hole if it were. I've never seen more than 1 other group playing there when I've gone.
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