Hummelstown, PA

Shank Park

3.25(based on 10 reviews)
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MuddyR44
Experience: 22.1 years 1 played 1 reviews
1.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 14, 2018 Played the course:once

Pros:

The elevation changes were the high point of the course. The course also had a good mixture of wooded and open holes.

Cons:

This is a course that does need help. First the tee signs only gave footage and no visual of where the baskets were or what preferable lines were available to use. There was also alot of holes that sort of played on top of themselves, in a pdga tournament this could be a big problem. In particular i remember 4-8 having fairways too close together or baskets in too close of a proxcimity to the next tee pad.
In the wooded holes the ceilings were generaly too low. I could raise one arm in the air and hit small limbs the whole way from tee to basket on hole 15 and 16. Also holes 3, 4, and 18 had a few small trees very ramdomly in the middle of the fairways i really didnt see the purpose in. If said trees are allowed to get bigger over time there wont be fairways on those holes.
And my last issue was for a par 54 course the amount of walking required was a bit much. The walk between 8-9 was a bit much. Which also bring me to navigation and layout. For a par 54 had i not had a local golfer with me it would have taken a long time to play this course. Arrows under the baskets would have helped. But again on a 54 usually you dont need to worry about that. So the design/flow of the course wasnt good. Having to search for 50% of the next tees is a bit annoying.

Other Thoughts:

I would take a 9-10 hole redesign to get me back. I appreaciated some of the concepts, but this course needs alot of work.
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