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Saratoga Spa State Park reviews
3
2
Still new, but really needs a safer design 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Nov 2, 2015
Played the course:2-4 times
Pros:
9 nice new Discatchers, and a practice basket
Its a new course that appears mowed and in relatively good condition.
The park itself is very nice, well maintained and in a beautiful setting.
It has potential, there is adequate land. The course is just not on the best land in the park, its probably on one of the most crowded areas of the park come summer.
Its a new course that appears mowed and in relatively good condition.
The park itself is very nice, well maintained and in a beautiful setting.
It has potential, there is adequate land. The course is just not on the best land in the park, its probably on one of the most crowded areas of the park come summer.
Cons:
Safety is a huge concern of mine. As a designer, there are several major concerns with the positioning of the baskets and fairways down or near walking paths.
Of the 9 baskets, I think about 6 of them are far to close in proximity to park grills, picnic tables, and walking paths. Also, there are several fairways that throw long, across, or worse - have blind corners around trees with walking paths (both asphalt and gravel) that yield significant potential for injury when the park is crowded.
Additionally, the entire layout is around the pool/parking area, which I would assume had a lot of foot traffic; increasing the potential for a pedestrian to get hit by a disc.
Please, relocate the course, there is a ton of land in this park, and there are plenty of unused wooded areas that could be developed.
Of the 9 baskets, I think about 6 of them are far to close in proximity to park grills, picnic tables, and walking paths. Also, there are several fairways that throw long, across, or worse - have blind corners around trees with walking paths (both asphalt and gravel) that yield significant potential for injury when the park is crowded.
Additionally, the entire layout is around the pool/parking area, which I would assume had a lot of foot traffic; increasing the potential for a pedestrian to get hit by a disc.
Please, relocate the course, there is a ton of land in this park, and there are plenty of unused wooded areas that could be developed.
Other Thoughts:
I'd rate this much higher if the safety concerns were not so great. Probably a 1.5-2, knowing it'd be a 2.5ish when tee pads and tee signs got completed.
There is plenty of land, a great park, with elevation, woods and I;m sure much more potential - I played on a Monday afternoon in November and nearly decapitated a woman on a very low foot traffic day.
Hole 8 is ultra dangerous, pedestrians coming from the right can not be seen until they walk across the fairway as discs come out of the narrow lane through the treeline and into the field, with the basket setting in front of a pavilion... Can't think of too many less safe holes in the 252 courses I've played.
I get it, its new, and the tee signs and tees have not had time to get installed. But I'm not knocking it for being new, that would be a minor issue as I understand courses take time to get completed.
Hire a designer that understands disc golf, and its potential, and the safety concerns I'm expressing. At the very least, take the baskets to another area of the park with less potential to give disc golf a bad reputation.
There is plenty of land, a great park, with elevation, woods and I;m sure much more potential - I played on a Monday afternoon in November and nearly decapitated a woman on a very low foot traffic day.
Hole 8 is ultra dangerous, pedestrians coming from the right can not be seen until they walk across the fairway as discs come out of the narrow lane through the treeline and into the field, with the basket setting in front of a pavilion... Can't think of too many less safe holes in the 252 courses I've played.
I get it, its new, and the tee signs and tees have not had time to get installed. But I'm not knocking it for being new, that would be a minor issue as I understand courses take time to get completed.
Hire a designer that understands disc golf, and its potential, and the safety concerns I'm expressing. At the very least, take the baskets to another area of the park with less potential to give disc golf a bad reputation.
