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San Antonio, TX

Nani Falcone Park

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3.335(based on 3 reviews)
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Michael Hopman
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Not bad. Needs signage. Meh. drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 23, 2023 Played the course:once

Pros:

Decent tee pads if not a bit short. Variety is good. Many holes wide open. Nice elevation changes. Clean.

Cons:

Needs signage. (Next tee arrows and hole layout and distance.) Read another review from three years ago mentioning the need for signage, so the signs don't seem forthcoming. Snap a picture of the layout or use Udisc. Terrible after a rare rain, muddy and slippery. Lots of dogs. Kind of a sterile course.
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Louis4357
Experience: 29 played 2 reviews
4.00 star(s)

One of the better courses in San Antonio 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 11, 2020 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Clean, well-designed course. 21 holes. Beginner and intermediate tees for most of the holes. Quality baskets. 2 practice baskets at the beginning of the course.

Cons:

No map of the basket locations on each hole. No tee numbers on some of the baskets. During peak hours, pedestrians can get in the way since a walking path is so close to the course. I've seen people have a picnic in the middle of the course. Tall grass on some of the holes need to be mowed.
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WD09
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 19.8 years 676 played 73 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Meet Your New Nani 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 16, 2020 Played the course:once

Pros:

23 great-looking DD Veteran baskets, new and in good shape: 2 practice baskets, plus one for each of the 21 holes.

The baskets are very well placed. Almost all holes use guardian trees or elevation changes on the green to create choices regarding where the drive or approach shot should land and when to run the putt. Matching the slope of the green is important on almost all of the open greens. I thought this design feature was used particularly well on holes 4, 6, 8, 15, and 16.

There is a choice of more than one reasonable line to throw off the tee on almost all of the holes. Personally, this is something I look for in an enjoyable course. This isn't true only of the more open holes, as some of the more wooded holes also have this feature. (I particularly liked the variety of choices available on hole 3.)

The difference in the holes from the Blue and Red tees is not always just distance. There are several holes that offer a completely different shot from the shorter tee box. I also think that the Blue tees make this a good course for more experienced players and the Red tees make it beginner and family friendly. This was reflected in the demographics of the players I saw, which included (among others) geared-up guys who looked ready for tournaments, a septuagenarian couple, and what appeared to be two couples with the men throwing from the long tees and the ladies from the shorts.

Cons:

Concrete walking/jogging paths run throughout the park and during my early-morning round they were consistently busy with human and canine exercisers of every age and description. I believe only 3 or 4 holes are designed to throw across a path (holes 6, 13, 15, and the route most people would take on hole 20), but the path is very close (and should be played OB) on several other holes. On 11 of the 21 holes I could walk up to the blue tee and throw without regard to who might be coming down a walking path. It is a factor on the other 10 holes and I waited for someone on most of those holes.

The baskets are not numbered and I did not see signage of any kind anywhere on the course, other than posts with numbers, blue and red for each hole. I don't know if those are in the works, but right now navigation is based on instinct, experience, rumors one might hear from others out there tossing plastic, and possibly consultation with some other disc-related web site or app. (I did this, grudgingly, but I prefer time playing disc golf to be time when I have no obligation to look at electronic devices.)

All the tee pads are natural and they show significant wear. Several tee areas are very much ankle and knee injuries in waiting. I also would expect them to become much more hazardous in wet conditions.

Other Thoughts:

I arrived before 7 am and there was a group teeing off on hole one and a guy warming up and waiting for a friend. By the time I finished around 9 am the park was absolutely packed and the first tee had two groups waiting. This park has become very popular very quickly, which is a good thing for the sport, but may affect your decision of if or when to play. One local with whom I chatted (from a safe social distance) said that it is much more crowded now than it was when he started playing the sport a few months ago.

There is some shade available on holes 2-12, but on a hot summer afternoon I think players would be out in the open and exposed to the sun from the time they left the tee box of hole 13 until they were putting out on hole 20. That may be something else to consider when scheduling a round.

Overall, this is a welcome redesign and the popularity of the course shows that it is being well received. It is definitely worth playing if you are in the area and it would be a great course for a newbie to learn on, as it offers a variety of shot shapes, choices off the tees, and the need to make strategic decisions around the baskets.
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