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Woods Cross, UT

Mills Park

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sillybizz
Diamond level trusted reviewer
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Experience: 22.3 years 426 played 412 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Typical Park Course

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 9, 2023 Played the course:once

Pros:

- Nice tee signs
- Concrete tee pads
- Easy to follow navigation
- Hole distances are not too short nor too long
- Good introductory course for new players
- Flow makes sense and ends where it starts

Cons:

Whippetgood (fantastic screen name by the way) in his review said:

"6 of the last 9 holes all play the exact same way. Walk back to tee pad along fence line and throw RHBH hyzer toward basket. It felt like the same hole over and over again. "

I couldn't agree more with this sentiment and his words. A lot of holes on this course feel similar almost as if I played a 4 hole course three times.

- Not many Obstacles
- Very little elevation
- Plays along a walking path and near soccer fields
- Dangerously close to private property/fence lines
- Does NOT punish bad throws
- Does NOT reward good throws
- Heavily favors the RHBH hyzer.
- Busy course with lots of unsupervised children

Other Thoughts:

If this place gets busy in the playground or soccer field the course is pretty much unplayable. Like aphilso1 said "We've all seen this course before." When are parks departments going to learn that disc golf needs it own space and that getting hit in the head with a disc could be a liability? I don't know but I've seen this so many places it really is amazing these courses get approved and then stay in the ground for a long time. There's nothing super bad about playing here but also nothing super exciting either, it's a middle of the road crappy 9 hole course in a city park.
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aphilso1
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 6.6 years 52 played 50 reviews
2.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Feb 20, 2021 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Solid infrastructure: baskets (Mach X), tee signs, and concrete pads are in fantastic shape.
-Good beginner course. The majority of holes are short (putter or mid for an average arm), and the layout uses obstacles well. Provides just the right level of challenge for a new player. There are a few things that keep this from being a great beginner course, which I will get to in the Cons.
-Still fun for experienced players. This is certainly not a heavily wooded course, but the trees that are available are well used to make you shape a shot. The course flows logically. The park has some hills that are just steep enough to create roll away chances on missed downhill putts. It is a very scoreable course for experienced players, but is still fun regardless of skill level.
-Located in a very nice multiuse park. Picnic area with charcoal grills, public restrooms, playgrounds, etc. Easy place to take the whole family to.

Cons:

-Danger of hitting other people. This is by far the biggest detriment. Even on a cold/windy/snowy Saturday morning, the jogging trail was still heavily used. In the warmer months you are going to be competing with people on the ball fields and picnic areas, too. This is a good problem to have, since the alternative would be to just not have a disc golf course in the park. But still…you will want to pick your time of day carefully if expecting to get a full round in rather than skip holes.
-Only 12 holes. While fun, fewer holes combined with a relatively short layout makes it not really feel like a full round of golf. I would be dissatisfied if this was my home course and played it regularly. But for a once in a while course it's fine.
-The few longer holes feel forced and out of character. Hole #11 in particular seems like a really bad idea. Clearly this course is aimed at families and beginners, so why try to squeeze a 360' hole into a corridor between houses and a busy jogging trail? We probably shouldn't encourage newbies to grip it and rip it in a spot where a griplock can easily go over a fence and hit a kid playing in their backyard.

Other Thoughts:

We've all seen this type of course before. The well maintained, family friendly, neighborhood park that happens to have a disc golf course in it. Disc golf is the afterthought, but hey, it's nice to at least be thought of at all. And as far as that type of course goes Mills Park is actually pretty good. Nice layout, nice pads and baskets, good place to have a putter only round. Just keep in mind that you will have competition for the space from other park users, and that it isn't really a "serious" type of course, and you will still have a fun time. I would come back and play again but won't go out of my way to do so.
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bobmcnelly
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 13 years 326 played 190 reviews
2.50 star(s)

2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 20, 2019 Played the course:once

Pros:

- good quality DD baskets
- great tee signs
- concrete tee pads
- navigation is fairly easy
- well maintained park
- some holes have multiple tees

Cons:

- as some of the others reviews say, the biggest issue with this course is how popular the park is, when I tried to play, I had to skip 5 holes because all of the fields were in use. It sounds like this is a normal occurrence and I would imagine a serious injury could happen
- only 12 holes
- some obstacles but mostly open
- fairly short course

Other Thoughts:

I wish the baskets and the tee signs were used somewhere else crowed. This course would easily be a 3 or 3.5 if the park weren't so crowded.
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pauldst
Experience: 11.9 years 144 played 5 reviews
2.50 star(s)

People are the biggest obstacles 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:May 8, 2018 Played the course:once

Pros:

1)Nice park...green, pleasant, enjoyable.
2)Nice signs at every tee.
3)Tees are solid surface in good condition, either separate concrete pads or marked on the walking paths.
4)Some multiple tees.
5)Restrooms, picnic tables, etc.
6)Practice basket.

Cons:

1)Lots of people enjoying the nice park.
2)Relatively flat and open.
3)Favors RHBH/LHFH, though there is room to use RHFH/LHBH.
4)I found no map for the 12 hole layout.

Other Thoughts:

I was there a little after 5 PM. There were youth soccer and baseball games going on, and there were a lot of spectators. The latter, along with other adults and kids walking around and playing, were challenging to play around. More than half the holes I had to wait for people to meander on their ways before I could throw. In one case I had to ask a boy to let me make my approach shot. Several times I had to grab fleeting opportunities to throw when they appeared.

What change in altitude there was, the trees, and the mandos were put to good use.

Near as I can tell from looking at the map and playing the course:
Holes 1-7 are the same.
8's tee is where the old 9's tee, and goes to the original 11's basket.
9 is the old 12.
10 is the old 14.
11 goes from old 15's tee to old 16's basket.
12 goes from a position to the east of old 17's tee to old 17's basket.
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jobythedawg
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Homecourt 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 6, 2017 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Easy to find holes.
Lots of different challenges.
Path mostly follows course, so you can ride a skateboard or bike as you play.
Hard to lose discs.
Bathrooms and water fountains.
Disc return bins.

Cons:

People may be in the way.
Games may be going on.
Short holes.

Other Thoughts:

This was the first course I ever played, and the course I play the most because it's pretty close to my house. This course is great for anyone. Hills next to baskets add extra difficulty as well as paths surrounding holes.

The course now only has 12 holes, but it has honestly made it better. Hole 11 is now 360 ft, and it got rid of most of the back nine holes that all played the same.

Hole seven is quite always from hole 7, but just head past the baseball diamonds west to find it.

Also make sure you look for the orange marked trees that you have to make your shots through/around them.
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Barneybboy
Experience: 10.3 years 15 played 14 reviews
2.50 star(s)

No long throws 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 1, 2016 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

The course is located in a local park so it is very well maintained. They have great baskets that are labeled for each hole and are colored so you can see them from further away. They have very good defined Mando's which does add a good certainty of difficulty.

Cons:

The course claims to be 18 holes, but in reality it is only 16. Two of the holes have been closed because they were to close to houses and residents yards. There are also no holes that are very long, so having a good long throw is not for this course. It can get crowded at times in the park making it hard to throw due to the amount of people.

Other Thoughts:

It's a good course for short throws and a quick play.
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Whippetgood
Experience: 26.6 years 48 played 1 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Ground Hogs Day 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 7, 2015 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Awesome Mach 10 Baskets
Best signage I have ever seen
Great Beginner/Family Course
The course is great for boosting the moral.

Cons:

6 of the last 9 holes all play the exact same way. Walk back to tee pad along fence line and throw RHBH hyzer toward basket. It felt like the same hole over and over again. The mandatory on hole 6 forces you to throw over a fence line. Many of the fairways have a walking path going right through the middle. The high pedestrian use added with overlapping fairways make this course unsafe when crowded.

Other Thoughts:

The neighbors that surround Mills Park are mostly annoyed at disc golf. Some of the no trespassing signs are very funny. Many tee pads are directly on the fence line. 18 holes is way too much for the space in this multiple use park. You could achieve the same goal of having a great family friendly course with only 9 holes. That way you could move some of tee pads away from private property, give the shots some variety and make the course generally safer. PLEASE RESPECT ALL PROPERTY OWNERS AND PARK PATRONS!
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hawkamaniac
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Ego booster 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 14, 2015 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Short holes. hard to lose discs. Great signage, tees, baskets and easy to navigate. Several bathrooms and drinking fountains

Cons:

busy at some times with other park users

Other Thoughts:

Great beginner course!! Short distances that are reachable for us non mega distance throwers. Great course for starting to learn to bend/shape lines.
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slcscooter
Experience: 16 played 3 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Great short course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 18, 2015 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Brand new course
Brightly Colored Mach X Baskets
Concrete Tee Pads
Technical shots throughout the course
Excellent Tee Signs

Cons:

Holes are very short >300 ft with an average of 250.
Pedestrian traffic
Can be busy on weekdays

Other Thoughts:

This is a great little brand new course. It can be played very quickly, or at a slower pace. The longest hole is 302 ft, with an average distance of 250 ft. What this course lacks in distance is made up with some technical shots. Mandatories are plentiful, and guardian trees are all around.
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