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Sarasota, FL

Payne Park

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2.935(based on 15 reviews)
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Flyguy46
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Experience: 34 years 13 played 9 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Super fun course while on vaca! 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 19, 2022 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Multiple Tee Pads to make for an interesting 18 holes.
Challenging shot form holes
Layout overall was very nice.

Cons:

The park was busy with dogs and others.
Short holes even from the "Long" Tees.

Other Thoughts:

This was a very nice course to visit while on vaca. With the disc course in the same space as a really cool playground, I was able to get in 18 holes while my wife and kids played on the playground. The maps were really well done. I think the only complaint I had even using UDisc was finding the pad for Hole 3. Luckily, I met a local player walking his dog who gave me directions to hole three.

Next time I visit Sarasota I will be returning to this course for sure. Hopefully, by then my game will be much better.
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Skylab
Experience: 5 years 9 played 7 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Payne Park is for Noobs 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 1, 2019 Played the course:once

Pros:

This is a great park to learn how to play disc golf. You can practice your drives at one of the only hills in Sarasota. Fun and easy.

You know that you are intermediate if you can score 27 or less on these 9 holes!

Cons:

Skater punks. Also the lake in the middle of the course is deeper than it looks so if you land a couple feet from the edge a lot of times you won't be able to recover your disc.

Beware the Sarasota Police Department who have some disc golfers deep undercover to investigate the disc gold black market. Be wary of anyone in trench coats trying to sell illicit disc golfs this close to downtown. Sarasota's jail is a bit too close for comfort.

Other Thoughts:

Some say there is a system of connected sewer tunnels somewhere at Payne Park that leads to the lost Scottish Fortress of Sarasota.

To those who found this review unhelpful- haters gonna hate- you're just jealous!
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boursin
Experience: 12.4 years 13 played 13 reviews
3.50 star(s)

lots of fun 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jan 13, 2015 Played the course:once

Pros:

open with quite a bit of elevation. In a great very multi-use park. Baskets are good. Tee pads are good.

Cons:

Short and only nine holes. No real hard challenges

Other Thoughts:

This is a course we played after playing North Water Tower.What a great time we had playing this course. I would tell everyone to give it a try once. Disc purists and snobs may not like it because it is very easy. Give it a try, you will have a good time.
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