Russellville, AR

Old Post DGC

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Polecat-Meow
Experience: 12.7 years 44 played 11 reviews
3.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 8, 2016 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Really clean, easy to play course with some challenging bits. Some of the holes really stand out and made me love it. For courses in the area, it's amazing. If you are traveling through it's worth playing, for sure. Plays fairly quickly and is easy to follow.

Cons:

Not worth going too far out of your way to play this course. It's quality is undermined by being just a little mundane. It's forgiving and won't really challenge players enough to make them better. Although it's lovely, it feels a bit too tame and lacks the magic of more interesting courses.

Other Thoughts:

Maybe I'm being too critical, I had high expectations for this course but I think living in an area with copious amounts of amazing disc golf has raised my expectations beyond what Old Post could meet.
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Upshawt1979
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Experience: 20.9 years 550 played 429 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Old Post Pleases 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 9, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

Old Post DGC is has nice concrete tees at every hole, and good baskets too. There is often good changes in elevation. A handful of wooded holes, but mostly open and grassy with scattered mature trees. One hole with water in play. I really started liking this course once I got a few holes into it. It starts a little slow, with 1-5 crossing open grassy hills. 6-8 are more wooded, I really liked hole 8, uphill shot to a basket on top of a mound under a group of medium sized trees. Hole 9 gets back into the grassy hills, and most of the back 9 has a similar feel, but with a few more trees than the first few holes. Hole 16 is a downhill open throw to a green 3/4 surrounded by water (or at least mud). Very fun drive. 17 is also downhill, but much longer, with rough behind the basket. 18 is a long finisher, with a big turning dogleg right, and a mando at the corner.

Cons:

Some of the holes have too much open space, with very few obstacles. It is using what the park has to offer, but can be a little bland. It is long in places, but lacking some challenge compared with higher caliber courses. Hot weather and little shade make it a long hike in summer.

Other Thoughts:

Old Post DGC has several very good holes, a fairly simple and efficient layout that is easy to follow, and good quality equipment. I played one round passing through, and scored a +1 (3 birdies, and 4 bogies). If I made a couple of more putts could've been under par. This is a very good course with some really fun throws. Set in a very nice park that is well kept.
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lxdawg25
Experience: 19.9 years 34 played 21 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Forgettable 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Sep 3, 2011 Played the course:once

Pros:

It's a disc golf course with some long challenging holes, there really isn't too much more to say about it than that. The course was very spread out over a wonderful little park on the shores of the Arkansas river. Trails around the park for nature courses provide helpful little guides to the local trees and plants. A decent mix of open and wooded shots make for a very nice balance as you progress along the course. The elevation changes were used to a good effect on this course but I found many of the holes ran along the ridges not up and down them.
Tee signs and cement boxes make this course easily navigated.
Hole #8 was a neat wooded run at a really large rock formation with a disc coming out of the top of it. This was probably the most unique feature of the course and added a bit of spice to the approach and putt.

Cons:

This course is just a course honestly. I found very little to rave about for this course. It was fun and neat and interesting but there is nothing to make this course stand out. To make it memorable. While tee signs are in place for every hole they are generic and give little information, which honestly isn't needed anyway, as 17/18 drives have a decent sight of the basket. Hole 9 was a neat hole but took some scouting to find the basket, this was definitely the most memorable of holes and honestly was a 3 out of 5. Hole 16 is great example of a missed opportunity. A protected island (peninsula technically) hole your drive goes out over a large stagnant pond, which is rather unsightly and makes you want to lay up if nothing but to avoid the mess at all costs. As you approach your putt you find that on the other side there is a large quarry with beautiful sheer cliffs. A shot from there could have been amazing and 100% a signature hole. Add to these problems that the course was very un-manicured and at the end of the day you have a fun round of disc golf that is 100% forgettable.

Other Thoughts:

If you are in Russelville for other reasons or you live here it is definitely worth going to play. If you are going out of your way to play this course, however, you may want to find a different course. It just does not have a wow factor. I would like to see the course in different seasons as I think with a little less green some of the views of the river could have been more interesting. A few more amenities (trash cans, benches) would make this a 3 but still just missing it.
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