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Yarmouth, ME

Pratt's Brook Park

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2.55(based on 6 reviews)
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Reviewed: Played on:May 31, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

This one actually has some cool holes. Short, but cool. Two plays about two hundred feet, across a small wetland, (that I assume is OB) and fades to the right where a basket is hidden from the tee by shrubbery. Three features a tight early gap but introduces the possibility of throwing a spike hyzer over the top of the gap guarding trees. Six is close to three-hundred feet in length and requires a wicked leftward fade to even have a shot at the deuce. Eight is a long, straight shot through a relatively narrow tunnel. Nine is one of those shots where the basket is behind a big obstacle and the fairway allows to go around it in either direction.

It's quite well kept and the park appears to be popular although it seems to appeal more to dog-walkers than discers. There are a lot of good courses in the area so one that appeals mostly to beginners is not unwelcome here. It could certainly introduce new players to the game, especially since the holes won't seem overwhelming. It's easy to find the way around the course and if one can read a tee sign, there shouldn't be too much trouble here.

Cons:

I'm not sure who actually plays here, or who is meant to play for. For new players, the tall confers must be a nightmare. Show up with a disc or two and you will often lose it or have to climb a tree. If you can't throw low here, you could have some serious problems as disc-grabbing trees are thirsting for newb-hyzers. Five is the worst in this regard as the hole slopes downward and the branches meet in the middle, meaning that even a flat throw will encounter branches unless the disc is layed up. I spent a good amount of time peering into the branches trying to figure out which tree I was going to have to climb before realizing that I'd made a miracle pass through.

The holes are unchallenging but that isn't too much of a con given the likely clientele. What's a bigger problem, (though perhaps not much of one, because it's likely never crowded) is how much these fairways intersect. For example, the throw from the first tee will pass directly over the ninth basket. That's the most egregious case of a basket being in the middle of a different fairway, but it's not the only one. In other cases, such as three and four, the fairways just cross each other. Again, it's not likely that people will be on three and four at the same time, but still....
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