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Papa Jack's DGC reviews
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Well intentioned, but not much fun
Reviewed:
Played on:Sep 10, 2022
Played the course:once
Other Thoughts:
Nine holer in an open town park next to the Shippensburg College campus.
Built in 2010 long before the disc golf boom, dedicated to a former 11 time Senior World champion Jack Roddick and his son the pro hall of famer Dan "Stork" Roddick (PDGA #003!). The very good signage displays a local business sponsoring each hole, suggesting there was real community effort to install a course and honor a couple of genuine legends of the game.
But - it's just nine baskets around an open park.Tees are grass, baskets are old Chainstars.
There's a little bit of elevation change, and one hole uses a park building to create a blind dogleg - but that's it.
Not beginner-friendly, unless your only criteria for beginner-friendly is that there are no trees to hit. The layout crosses plenty of other obstacles: town road, park road, walking path, play areas, satellite tower (the excellent signage even includes advisories like "never retrieve a disc that lands inside the satellite tower", "Never climb on the building").
In addition to all the hazards, there's too much length here for beginners: three holes are over 325', plus one uphill 427' - all marked as par 3's.
Main Review: A great idea poorly executed - community support, local legend. But the design, the patch of land - all inadequate
Alternative Review: Maybe this is an accurate rendering of disc golf back when Papa Jack and Stork were throwing lids back before my time in the game. When I originally found disc golf in the 90's in Minnesota, there were a lot of the courses with baskets set around open parks like this one. Maybe the group behind Papa Jack's in 2010 wanted to create a layout reminiscent of the days gone by - when guys were throwing lids 300' and dodging a few trees in otherwise open parks.
Either way - bag it, and move on.
Built in 2010 long before the disc golf boom, dedicated to a former 11 time Senior World champion Jack Roddick and his son the pro hall of famer Dan "Stork" Roddick (PDGA #003!). The very good signage displays a local business sponsoring each hole, suggesting there was real community effort to install a course and honor a couple of genuine legends of the game.
But - it's just nine baskets around an open park.Tees are grass, baskets are old Chainstars.
There's a little bit of elevation change, and one hole uses a park building to create a blind dogleg - but that's it.
Not beginner-friendly, unless your only criteria for beginner-friendly is that there are no trees to hit. The layout crosses plenty of other obstacles: town road, park road, walking path, play areas, satellite tower (the excellent signage even includes advisories like "never retrieve a disc that lands inside the satellite tower", "Never climb on the building").
In addition to all the hazards, there's too much length here for beginners: three holes are over 325', plus one uphill 427' - all marked as par 3's.
Main Review: A great idea poorly executed - community support, local legend. But the design, the patch of land - all inadequate
Alternative Review: Maybe this is an accurate rendering of disc golf back when Papa Jack and Stork were throwing lids back before my time in the game. When I originally found disc golf in the 90's in Minnesota, there were a lot of the courses with baskets set around open parks like this one. Maybe the group behind Papa Jack's in 2010 wanted to create a layout reminiscent of the days gone by - when guys were throwing lids 300' and dodging a few trees in otherwise open parks.
Either way - bag it, and move on.
