Canton, OH

Schneider Park

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mrkelly26
Experience: 33.5 years 41 played 2 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Slowly Getting Better 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 1, 2020 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

They continue to improve this course. New baskets, new tee pads, and new holes. They have even removed trees thus making the holes have a clean visible path to the basket. Recently more top soil was added to eliminate the "fake pond" after a heavy rain (An attempt anyways...)

Cons:

An odd number of holes and a few holes near the water plant is a mosquito haven. New hole #6 could use some more thought.

Other Thoughts:

A lot of these older reviews are no longer relevant. While the course should still be considered "beginner friendly", there are variations of playing this course that keep it entertaining.
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MrFrosty
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 31.6 years 764 played 387 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Beginner Friendly Course In A Small Park 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 29, 2018 Played the course:once

Pros:

Pulling into the park and equipped with a map and scorecard , I thought I would fly through this course in about 25 minutes . WRONG . The baskets are in good shape and the park seems to take good care of it's course . The fairways are mowed and the rough is a fairly rough . The tee boxes are crushed gravel encased inside of 2 x 4 wood . The tee signs are unusual and kind of cool . You can see them on the media page . Plenty of elevation for a small park , some woods in the last couple of holes . Excellent course for newbies , families , the elementary school across the street . Advice . After you play basket #4 ( they are numbered ) toward the entrance to the park , turn around and go back up the hill to about where #2 tee pad is to find #5 tee pad .

Cons:

I never really found the tee pad for 4 even though I looked for about 10 minutes . . The first few go up , down , the back up again ( Straight up ) . The crushed gravel tee pads are small , but then again , other than 2 350' holes , most are short . Carry in and out your trash .The rough and surrounding growth can eat your Panther or Rock discs . Stay on the path on your drives if possible . The map sometimes doesn't follow the course . NO challenge to anyone that is more than a casual player .

Other Thoughts:

A real nice course for the kids or families to do after dinner . This 9 holer was a great addition to not only the park , but for the elementary schoolers to cross the street and get some exercise . a nice war memorial is near the #3 tee and #4 basket .
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DiscinOhio
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 11.4 years 205 played 195 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Tiring Little Course 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 8, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

Schneider is a compact 9-holer that winds up and down a large hill, through fields of long grass.

Convenient location, right across from GlenOak HS.

Could be good for beginners, but the long grass and gusty winds atop the hill could make for a painful round.

Nice baskets and tee signs. There is also a course info board with scorecards and pencils.

*These are some of the best scorecards I've seen on a disc golf course. Very well done!

There's a couple of fun downhill shots. Even though they are really short, still fun to see if you can bring home an ace.

Cons:

The biggest thing I take away from Schneider is it's meant for pure beginners. That being said, anyone with more experience won't find too much fun here.

Gusty winds and long grass can make this round a pain looking all over for discs. Lost one between #1 and #2, the wind just swept it away.

Baskets seem to be crooked, so the navigational tape is pretty much pointless.

Other Thoughts:

This is a nice little 9-holer just across from GlenOak High School (Go Eagles!). Not much replay value here for anyone higher than a total beginner. Still good for the sport!
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Redwingsrox5
Experience: 9.3 years 5 played 5 reviews
2.50 star(s)

First Time Disc Golfing 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 16, 2015 Played the course:once

Pros:

Fun course for the family. My 9yr old, 2 1/2yr old, wife and my 5mo old (in a stroller) walked 6 holes fairly easy. My 2 1/2 yr old did find the the playground at the end of hole #6 more exciting though. It wasn't terribly challenging, which was what 3 beginners were looking for. It does have a mix of difficulty, but the location was great for us. Wasn't a long course from what I read compared to others, but for beginners it was a nice length to practice different shots.

Cons:

The weeded area was quite tall and did offer a little bit of a challenge for some beginner "whoops" shots, but we didn't "see" any poison ivy. The course did get more challenging as the holes progressed, which was a pro and a con. It'll be better as we learn how to play, but for now they were difficult.

Other Thoughts:

Overall I thought this course was a great course to learn off of. Reading some reviews a lot of people dislike it because of how open it is, how tall the grass is and how short it was. I believe this is a great thing to have because we've never played before. Playing a better course is a little intimidating right now because we're very very new and the less crowded, short course was perfect for my family and I. I gave it a 2.5 because of a couple reasons. 1, we haven't played any other courses. 2, was the description of the 2.5 rating. Based off other reviews of other courses and reviews of this one, it seems like this is a beginners course, which is what we're looking for, but saying it was anything higher wouldn't be fair for the actual rating of the course. This is a beginners course, but for us that was what we were looking for.
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Qikly
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 12.3 years 181 played 150 reviews
1.00 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 14, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

Schneider Park offers a variety of looks from open to tight, and similar elevation shifts that provide some diversity. Fairways are clear and were well-mowed when I was there. The course's terrain isn't ideal, but provides some decent material for a course, with one large hill, a few slopes, and some copses of trees. These features are decently integrated. The course is well-signed and easy to follow. It plays quickly, making a workable option if you're pinched for time.

Cons:

Disc golf is often like Chinese food - even when it's bad it's good - but apparently not always. The course is just too short, too open, and too basic to prompt a return for all but the true beginner, especially given the presence of Arboretum-Spiker nearby. The unwieldly rough makes things further unattractive - I had to search for ~15 minutes on an only mildly off target forehand that landed less than 150' away on hole 8 - and the cramped space the course sits on lends a constricted feel. There are numerous other spots for your disc to become swallowed by rough on otherwise-uninteresting shots. Oftentimes, the potential frustration is just not worth it.

Tees marked by raised beams makes for an ankle-breaking hazard: I always drove from off to the side for worry of tripping.

Other Thoughts:

Schneider Park seems to have been constructed partly for a school across the street, and it's great for that purpose. Otherwise, however, it doesn't provide much beyond another notch in the belt if you don't live in the immediate neighborhood. There are other, better courses to visit when in the area.
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swatso
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 16.3 years 776 played 417 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Seek and Destroy 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 11, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

Makes good use of the limited resources (hillock and two treelines) that are available.

Good scorecard/map available at kiosk.

Excellent teesigns, containing loads of information. Easy to navigate, even sans map.

Cons:

Depending upon your accuracy, and the length of the dense rough defining/bordering most of the fairways, you may be participating in several disc searches.

Single tee location/basket position. The small teepads were lacking the necessary gravel/crush, and were a bit of a tripping hazard.

Other Thoughts:

Course is situated in a small public park across from Glenoak High School, and does a good job of avoiding other park users. Up (thrice) and down (twice) an open hillock, with fairway cut through thick weeds/grasses/wildflowers, are the early challenges you'll encounter, with the fifth hole requiring a sharp right turn through the treeline window at the ~200' mark. After lefty-late number-6, the last three, very short holes, play in within the second treeline/patch, including a tunnel, a short downslope, and a pinballish x-slope finishing hole.

For the most part, the distances and difficulty of the holes are appropriate for beginners/intermediates, but during growing season, the rough may prove too tenacious.
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Burky
Experience: 12.7 years 53 played 4 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Wear your pants 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jun 5, 2013 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

great course to learn on
nice baskets
never crowded
nice course for kids (playable and beautiful playground)
mix of open and wooded holes
even a beginner can score on
fairly dry
quick 9 hole rounds(20-25 minutes)
map on each hole
scorecards at first tee

Cons:

plays short
heavy, heavy summer brush just off fairways
just one set of tees
gravel tee pads can be sketchy; slippery at times

Other Thoughts:

This is the course that my daughter and I learned to play on. For what the course is it is nice. Course plays short and big arms will find little challenge. Course is a great place to learn to throw and learn how to make puts. It is a really great course for kids to play and walk. My younger daughter (5 years old) regularly walks the course just fine. Course plays up and down a large hill then winds through some lightly wooded area. The main complaint about the course is the the lack of mowing during the summer. The plain township parks department mows the fairways all summer long but just off the fairways there is no mowing at all. This leads to high dense weeds, brambles and scratch grass. In places this can reach waist high. Try to keep good sight lines on your discs to prevent losing them.

#1- uphill straight shot. Looks like this year they are not mowing in front of the basket so it requires a straight carry over this area.

#2-downhill straight shot back to parking area. Definitely ace-able and easy birdie. (still waiting for that ace)

#3- straight shot that goes uphill and then back down. Basket is tucked in trees. Try to get disc to crest hill and you'll have a good look at birdie.

#4- uphill straight shot. Lot of hill to carry.

#5- Signature hole. Starts on top of hill the anhyzers past big grove of trees. There is a gap you can hit but if you through a solid disc it can normally make it through trees down to lower level. Hard hole but normally play this one pretty good.

#6-Hyzer shot that goes approx. 230 feet and takes hard left

#7-my nemesis. Hole is very straight tunnel shot with heavy rough both right and left of trees. Immensely easier then #5 but this hole kills me every time.

#8- Downhill short shot through trees. Easy birdie and big time ace-able hole.

#9- Fairly straight shot through light forest. Two tunnel trees you must clear approx. 20 ft. off tee. Hard part about this hole is tee box is built on very unsteady sloping ground so the tee is not level at all. Make sure you get good footing so you don't slip and hurt self.

Just north of hole #9 dumps back into parking lot. Pictures that are up now don't due justice to how far the course has come. I'm working on getting some new ones up to show how course looks now. Best advice I can give is to make sure you wear pants or your going to have some extremely itchy legs if you spray disc at all. Nice course to learn on.

Updated 8/7/2014

Dropped my review from a 3 to a 1.5. Hate the way this course is being mowed ( or lack of). First 4 holes are the same rough as always, waist to chest high. On these holes if you track your disc you should be able to find it. The fifth is where the problems start. Rough has been to grow high over the hill and on top. In addition the path to walk down to the lower level is overgrown and barely passable. If you had never played here you might not find the path
The 6th is the disaster. tee shot is straight and then direct left turn at approx 250 yards. Heavy, heavy , heavy rough just to the right of the 12 foot fairway. That's right 12 FOOT FAIRWAY! Today through what I thought was a nice hyzer over the rough and it came back left just into the rough. Spent half hour with rough up to my shoulders and never found. I've played close to 50 courses and I don't know if I've ever seen a more poorly designed rough area.

In addition the path that leads from 8 basket to 9 tee is 100% overgrown and not passable. Again if you've never played here you might never find the tee.

While originally I said this was a beginners course it is now far from it. If you bring a beginner here expect them to spend an entire round in heavy nasty rough and still probably lose some discs. Will cause nothing but frustration I've vowed now to stick to wildwood, arberetum, and massillon and will only play here from october till early april because I will not lose discs on decent shots because of whatever someone from the parks department trimming ideas are.
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plattertoss88
Experience: 17.3 years 83 played 10 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Not that bad. 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 31, 2011 Played the course:once

Pros:

Was very impressed by the whole park overall. Pretty nice size with some views of small lakes. Plays up and down a decent size hill. Wind can be a huge factor. #1 through #4 play up and down the hill. #1 and #2 really short and #3 being 350. #4 had an awesome tee pad location. Being behind a small gap trees and the shooting up hill 280 maybe. I found holes #5 and #6 to be kinda tricky. #5 you go about 260 to a dense line of mature trees with a 90 foot wide gap dog-legging right another 100 feet. This green has a border of tall dense brush so losing a disc is easy on this blind shot. #6 has an interesting pin placement. You go about 280 or so with a huge hyzer and just hope you can sneak through to a basket right on the other side. #7 I found a little short haha but still allows it to flow more nicely. #8 short as well but down hill with some trees in play. And #9 my favorite hole. Short and sweet. Technical 250 footer with a load of trees and a very clean fairway :)

Cons:

Not too long of a course but a great warm up for the bigger monster at the arboretum. Some of the rough is really really high. And is load with those nasty burrs. I could see 8 being a problem seeing as the path for the dog park runs right behind the basket from a downhill shot where people might not notice players. Tees pads are in but are kinda short and are just sand with wooden borders. Better than mud.

Other Thoughts:

Park has very nice dog park as well as lake, not sure if its stocked with fish. Porta-jons in the parking lots. Clean ones too. And a nice size playground with pavilion. Could be a very nice spot to spend the day with dog and/or family.
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kinger
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 14.6 years 109 played 109 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Little Thrill on this Hill 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jun 28, 2011 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

~Brand spanking new park
~Playground, shelter, drinking fountain & bathrooms nearby
~Basket positions and layout take advantage of the terrain offered
~Signs and tee boxes are installed

Cons:

~Tee pads are small and are wooden timber boxes filled with fine stone
~Waist high brush on both sides of 30' mowed fairways
~Not enjoyable at all and essentially unplayable during the growing season

Other Thoughts:

I've visited this park twice now and it's a great place for the kids to play. The course tracks up, down and around a large hill for the first six holes then takes you through a narrow wooded area to complete the nine. Course is primarily mid range and putter friendly which I don't mind. The entire course is nearby the playground making this an appealing location to bring the whole family. Last night I grabbed my Roc, Ringer, and Warlock and attempted to play. After the first two holes I gave up and decided to just walk the rest of the course to check it out. Overall the layout and concept are really good and there are a few holes that could be amazingly fun. Unfortunately they've decided to make this a "links" style of course meaning they mow a 20'-30' wide strip of land from tee area to basket. So unless you can throw nuts on accurate across a windy hill you will be spending more time wading through high brush tracking down lost discs then playing the actual game. This is developing into Boettler Park Part 2 and it's frustrating seeing new baskets and good land go to waste. After I walked past No. 8's basket I spent about 10 minutes trying to find the 9th hole and still have no idea where it is. Through recent contact with the parks department I was assured that permanent tee pads and signage will be installed in July. They've also indicated that the fairways may be widened by 20', but I still don't think this will be enough especially for the new players this course is geared for. Keeping my fingers crossed for much needed improvements as this is an ideal destination for my family.

** I will update this review accordingly after all improvements are made to the course **

Played a winter round on 1/7/2012 during an unseasonably warm day. All of the brush has been mowed down for the season, tee signs and stone filled boxes are in place. With the continuous improvements and lack of vegetation it's a playable course, still lacking many factors that make a course good though.
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thadon
Experience: 19.5 years 33 played 31 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Work in progress 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jun 2, 2011 Played the course:once

Pros:

Brand new park
People very friendly
Nice playground
Bathrooms ( porto's)
Gravel tee pads

Cons:

No signage or map .
Grass
Bugs
Tall grass will make finding errant shots a real chore

Other Thoughts:

I've put together a map using Google earth as best i can . Course was built on the idea of Glen Oaks PE program, and introducing high schoolers to disc golf.

Mosty tees are marked with orange lawn flags
The first tee starts off at the bottom hill in the parking lot shoots straight up . From that basket up and to the right is the tee for 2, which shoots back down the hill.
For the most part the course plays back and forth . Hole 3 is the longest.

Hole 4's tee starts behind the tree line, and shoots up hill. WHile 5's hole does the same thing going back the other way through a gap in the tree line.

Hole 5 is the longest on the course plays down past the tree line and right

in the back corner of the park there is a gap in the tree line...7's tee starts back there and plays straight down a path. Toughest hole on the course IMO.

8 is total Ace run , gotta be less than 100 ft....take a left from the basket and walk till you come to a path, take a left and follow till you come to a gravel tee pad which will be 9

9 plays through a narrow set of trees



:::::UPDATE::::: 7/17/11
Fairways are looking much better. This already better than Boettler . 8 and 9 already Gravel tees in, and the holes are dug for the rest to be put in sometime this week
But i think this will be another fun 9hole-er when its fully complete and trimmed.
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Mike C
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 15.6 years 168 played 74 reviews
2.50 star(s)

No challenge at all 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jun 25, 2011 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

-Brand new baskets.
-Brand new park with playground, walking path, large fenced in dog park and the DG course.
-Lots of water fountains, and the water actually tastes really good and doesn't smell like copper.
-Most holes feature a strong breeze and some mild elevation changes. The second half of the course gets more wooded and more fun.
-The tee's aren't too bad. They're wide and offer good enough traction, but they're short like Boettler Park and don't allow for a full x-step. It's not a big issue because the holes are incredibly short.

Cons:

-The first few holes are wide open
-All the holes are incredibly short (Some are about 100'-150')
-There is no challenge to anyone with any skill at disc golf
-The rough has some potentially horrible places to lose a disc in the unmowed parts of the fairway, but the course overall is much more manageable than Boettler Park. You can actually play a round here and not have to walk through 4' high rough if you throw carefully.

Other Thoughts:

This course turned out better than I thought it would.

It's obviously geared towards beginners, and based on what I've heard will tie into GlenOak high school's P.E. program somehow. I think the course is a great place to introduce new players to the game, and would be ideal for bringing a first timer to.

If you are a skilled player there isn't any reason to head out to this course, unless you happen to be driving by. There are vastly superior courses to be found in every direction, including Louisville, Canton, Massillon and Portage Lakes. That said the course can be fun to play a quick putter round at, it's just not challenging at all.

Considering the intended purpose of the course I think it's well executed. I also think the course designers did a good job using the land they had, and honestly couldn't think of a better layout myself. I wish there were more wooded holes along the lines of hole 9, but there isn't really room for it. All in all a good place to bring absolute beginners or toss a couple putters for practice on the way to a destination course.
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