Peabody, MA

Scouting Woods DGC

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Real Jake
Experience: 10 years 39 played 1 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Short, Technical, Quick - best for Recs and Ints 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 6, 2016 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

• Layout & Design... Clever use of available land. Makes strong effort to employ the natural features of the plot. Quick and smooth to play, with many options to easily jump ahead of slow cards. Lots of safari options. Short and clear paths between holes. No overlapping holes.
• Materials... Pro Innova baskets with high-visibility yellow belts, placed in well-cleared mulch greens. Wood-framed teeboxes filled with gravel and stone dust. Perfect signs (bird's eye, distance, and elevation) at each tee. Well-delineated mulch fairways, and tough but fair rough.
• Maintenance... Baskets and signs perfect. Grasses regularly mowed, branches regularly trimmed, shrubbery kept manageably thin and navigable.
• Amenities & Facilities... Dedicated "Disc Golf Only" parking is excellent. Trash bins and benches located regularly along course.
• Vibe & Overall Feel... Great mix of players from noob thru advanced, though no pros; very friendly regulars and almost always a pick-up round available. Weekly singles league consistent and growing; buncha events last year, but taking 2016 off from tourneys. Quiet, isolated, lush, and pretty; feels far more like a hike in the forest than you'd ever guess given its immediate proximity to the highway.

Cons:

• Layout & Design... Not much variation, as all the holes are short, tight, and wooded; elevation only comes significantly into play on 3 holes; very few chances for creative routes.
• Materials... No significant cons, just watch out for the poison ivy in the rough, and mind the teepads after heavy rains.
• Maintenance... Teepads fairly badly rutted out, and are regularly swamped after rain. More litter and broken glass (watch out around 5's teepad) than there should be given all the available bins.
• Amenities & Facilities... No running water. No bathrooms or PortaPotties. No pro shop or clubhouse. No shelter or cover.
• Vibe & Overall Feel... Not much in the way of cons, generally a great place to hang out, work on your technical game, and meet fellow players. Occasionally run into some loud and obnoxious teenagers, but they're rare. Tends to be humid and somewhat buggy in the warm and wet seasons.

Other Thoughts:

• Layout & Design - Half Star •
... Variation: FAIL
... Land: PASS
... Smoothness: PASS
• Materials - Full Star •
... Baskets & Greens: PASS
... Tees & Signage: PASS
... Fairways & Rough: PASS
• Maintenance - Half Star •
... Installed Materials: PASS
... Grooming: PASS
... Cleanliness: FAIL
• Amenities & Facilities - Half Star •
... Necessities: FAIL
... Along Course: PASS
... Buildings: FAIL
• Vibe & Overall Feel - Full Star •
... Social: PASS
... Events: PASS
... Environment: PASS
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mlaterza
Experience: 8.5 years 30 played 4 reviews
3.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 7, 2016 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Nice course for beginners. Lot of short holes, but some require some technical shots due to density of woods.

Cons:

Tee pads need some work. Framed nicely, but basically dirt that is worn from continuous use.

Other Thoughts:

This is a great course to learn on as most holes are reachable from the tee. Challenging holes are 2, 4, 7, and 8 which require a tee shot through a tight opening.
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Me I'm Counting
Experience: 20 years 5 played 1 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Fun and Quick 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 7, 2014 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

I debated a 4 star rating. The course is very well designed and constructed. The maps and next tee posts are beautiful and informative. The course is a very fast play. By myself, it took about 30-35 minutes to play 9.

Starts easy, and increases in difficulty once you get to 6-7-8-9. 8 is a "real deal" hole, that is the best on the course. I really enjoyed playing it, and would definitely go back.

Very close to 128, and easy to find. Well marked, very clean (so far).

Cons:

No real "cons" in the typical sense, but a few observations. Obviously it would be nice if this were an 18 hole course, but there really isn't space. Wear good traction shoes. The mulch is a rough cut.

Hole 9....I'm not sure how I feel about it. It is only ~245 ft., but I don't really think an average player has a chance for birdie as-is, since the turn is so sharp. There could be an opportunity for brush clearing there to open up more plays.

Other Thoughts:

I told all my friends it plays like a "Devens Beginner Course". It just has a similar vibe, IMO.

Will need undergrowth attention and likely tee pad maintenance in the future (stone dust). Glad to see a trash can, nice map, etc.

If you are in the area, give it a shot, very fun.
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