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North Central Park reviews
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Fissiksman
Experience:
41.1 years
12 played
2 reviews
Only game in town 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Updated:
Played on:Jul 26, 2014
Played the course:5+ times
Pros:
Crushed rock tee boxes on every hole. Easy to follow flow except for one spot. Quite a bit of variety in hole types. Good baskets. Only disc golf within 150+ miles... Variety of shot shapes and types needed. Pretty area, quite a bit of wildlife. Bathroom and water available.
Cons:
Heavily used park in a community that has no clue what disc golf is. Some holes unplayable on certain days due to other activities. One hole in particular (#3) used by every photographer in town, so you have to argue to play hole. Some holes similar to others. Millions of thorns, hole numbers posted, but not par/distance info.
Other Thoughts:
As the ONLY course in the region, I am incredibly thankful to HAVE a course to play on. The course was recently reworked slightly, making it a better course, and not so schizophrenic.
Many are tight holes that punish anything but arrow straight shooting, and being South Texas, anything in the rough is in the thorns! I enjoy this course a lot, and it offers something for every thrower.
Wind is almost always going at least 15 mph here...
Hole analysis:
1 takes off from the bathrooms and goes downhill, is short, but has a tree to make you plan the shot. If events are playing, there are 15 trucks parked on the hole.
2 has a tree that forces a right to left break. Go far left and hit the kids play area, far right and you're in thick stuff.
3 about 200' from the tee there are a line of trees. Pick the right gap and you can do well, go right and there is thick trouble. Go left and long and water comes into play.
4. Ace run with a bit of water short right and trees left.
5. First disc eating hole. There is a 12' gap about 80' in that you need to hit. Path makes a sharp right, left jog. Land on the path and you have a good shot at birdie. Veer right or left and you are in waist high grass if you are lucky, in thick brambles if not. Good recovery shots are needed to make par.
6. A creek with high reeds guarding the entire left edge and long just past basket, open on the right. Great hole.
7. Trouble left initially, and trouble right towards the end, as well as trouble behind goal. Long for a 3. Good challenge.
8. Second disc eating hole. Dead straight, downhill at first. Go right and you are in tall, thick mesquite trees. Left is tall grass; reeds and water near goal. Dump a putter down the hill and make a good second shot, or play recovery...
9. Next ace run. Open first half, narrows with goal hugging the right edge of thick brush.
Overall, front 9 is short, easy.
10. Narrow beginning: right to left and with overhang, opens up a tiny bit to a goal halfway up a little hill. Cool shot if you hit it, more trouble right than left.
11. Narrow, straight. 10' wide, slightly uphill, thorns on either side, but discs can be found pretty easily if you spot well. A great tee shot or great recovery shot and you're in line for a birdie.
12. You have to make a sharp left after the last basket to find this hole. Tee box heavily brushy left, line of small trees on right, open area beyond trees on right, with creek in between. Hole halfway up a small hill by a creek. Light poles in play as well. Short 4 due to the distractions. A good drive and it's a birdie hole.
13. A short wide-open 4. If the wind is low, it's an easy bird, if the wind roars, watch out!
14. Longest hole, usually playing windy. Elevated tee over creek to open area towards marshy area, finishing on a hilly basket guarded by swirling wind.
15. Plays dead into a strong wind most days. Houses on left, open to the right. Creek and trees dead ahead. Hole on hill, missed putts love to roll to the creek.
16. Shorter carbon copy of #11, but much easier to birdie. Large tree overhanging basket. Don't overthrow.
17. Really narrow hole! Thick brush on both sides. Opens to the right in the middle, but plays straight. Brush behind hole. Par is solid, even though it is short.
18. Fun finishing hole. Elevated tee. About 250' down, it doglegs left for another 50'. Place your shot well and have a great shot at birdie, miss by a bit and it's a scramble for par. About 15' wide, grass and thorns up about 10' high on both sides. On the plus side, it's a great hole to find new discs... We had a major fire that took out the majority of the obstacles on this hole. Although the grass is growing back quickly to over waist high, it no longer has the difficulty it once did. The basket is still well-guarded on several angles, we have downgraded it to a par 3.
Call me if you're from out of town and I'll show you the tips.
Many are tight holes that punish anything but arrow straight shooting, and being South Texas, anything in the rough is in the thorns! I enjoy this course a lot, and it offers something for every thrower.
Wind is almost always going at least 15 mph here...
Hole analysis:
1 takes off from the bathrooms and goes downhill, is short, but has a tree to make you plan the shot. If events are playing, there are 15 trucks parked on the hole.
2 has a tree that forces a right to left break. Go far left and hit the kids play area, far right and you're in thick stuff.
3 about 200' from the tee there are a line of trees. Pick the right gap and you can do well, go right and there is thick trouble. Go left and long and water comes into play.
4. Ace run with a bit of water short right and trees left.
5. First disc eating hole. There is a 12' gap about 80' in that you need to hit. Path makes a sharp right, left jog. Land on the path and you have a good shot at birdie. Veer right or left and you are in waist high grass if you are lucky, in thick brambles if not. Good recovery shots are needed to make par.
6. A creek with high reeds guarding the entire left edge and long just past basket, open on the right. Great hole.
7. Trouble left initially, and trouble right towards the end, as well as trouble behind goal. Long for a 3. Good challenge.
8. Second disc eating hole. Dead straight, downhill at first. Go right and you are in tall, thick mesquite trees. Left is tall grass; reeds and water near goal. Dump a putter down the hill and make a good second shot, or play recovery...
9. Next ace run. Open first half, narrows with goal hugging the right edge of thick brush.
Overall, front 9 is short, easy.
10. Narrow beginning: right to left and with overhang, opens up a tiny bit to a goal halfway up a little hill. Cool shot if you hit it, more trouble right than left.
11. Narrow, straight. 10' wide, slightly uphill, thorns on either side, but discs can be found pretty easily if you spot well. A great tee shot or great recovery shot and you're in line for a birdie.
12. You have to make a sharp left after the last basket to find this hole. Tee box heavily brushy left, line of small trees on right, open area beyond trees on right, with creek in between. Hole halfway up a small hill by a creek. Light poles in play as well. Short 4 due to the distractions. A good drive and it's a birdie hole.
13. A short wide-open 4. If the wind is low, it's an easy bird, if the wind roars, watch out!
14. Longest hole, usually playing windy. Elevated tee over creek to open area towards marshy area, finishing on a hilly basket guarded by swirling wind.
15. Plays dead into a strong wind most days. Houses on left, open to the right. Creek and trees dead ahead. Hole on hill, missed putts love to roll to the creek.
16. Shorter carbon copy of #11, but much easier to birdie. Large tree overhanging basket. Don't overthrow.
17. Really narrow hole! Thick brush on both sides. Opens to the right in the middle, but plays straight. Brush behind hole. Par is solid, even though it is short.
18. Fun finishing hole. Elevated tee. About 250' down, it doglegs left for another 50'. Place your shot well and have a great shot at birdie, miss by a bit and it's a scramble for par. About 15' wide, grass and thorns up about 10' high on both sides. On the plus side, it's a great hole to find new discs... We had a major fire that took out the majority of the obstacles on this hole. Although the grass is growing back quickly to over waist high, it no longer has the difficulty it once did. The basket is still well-guarded on several angles, we have downgraded it to a par 3.
Call me if you're from out of town and I'll show you the tips.
