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Silver Creek Metro Park reviews
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Silver & Gold 2+ years
Reviewed:
Updated:
Played on:Dec 21, 2019
Played the course:once
Pros:
~Pristine setting in a Summit County Metropark
~Extremely challenging yet fair
~Fantastic navigation
~Great concrete tee pads
~Love the Mach X baskets
~Extremely challenging yet fair
~Fantastic navigation
~Great concrete tee pads
~Love the Mach X baskets
Cons:
~Tailored towards upper level advanced and open players, ignores the casual players due
to level of difficulty
~Only offers gold level tees
~The rough is unforgiving and full of briars
~Huge lost disc potential throughout the course
to level of difficulty
~Only offers gold level tees
~The rough is unforgiving and full of briars
~Huge lost disc potential throughout the course
Other Thoughts:
Threw a round on a warm Winter Solstice afternoon with a good friend. Right away you can tell this park is well maintained, and that the course is a showcase for high level disc golf play. Ample parking lot with a nice restroom facility, you can warm up on the practice basket before following the asphalt path to the first hole.
Fully aware that this is a championship level course, and knowing it was long, I was skeptical heading into this adventure with how much enjoyment this 43 year old sub 900 rated player could have. While the majority of the holes here play long, the course is very fair overall and rewards smart shot selection and placement. Huge risk reward is constantly offered to the player, and you need to decide on when to go for it. Most holes played bogey golf to my distance and ability, and I walked away satisfied with that.
The course shows it's teeth with sneaky distances, elevation changes, and landing zones that appear more accessible than they truly are. The key with Silver Creek is keeping your disc in play, and often times that means discing down and choosing your spots which often costs you a stroke from par, but keeps you in play. The rough throughout this course is brutal, thick, and full of thorns. Lost disc potential is extremely high if you go more than 10' into the thickets.
Extreme length occupies a good 75% of this course, with a handful of reachable par 3's and some modest par 4's but everything else is bombing controlled shots sometimes three of them to get into putting and approach range. We specifically waited until Winter for our first time visit knowing how brutal the rough was in the growing season. I don't know if I would seek a round out here during the Summer, but Spring, Autumn, and a warm Winter day makes for a good option.
This course doesn't appeal to a regular player like myself as a place I'd come back to very often, but it's extremely well thought out and constructed. It exceeded my expectations at all levels, and was worth the visit. I just don't understand why a gold level course would be installed in a metro park without shorter sets of tees to accommodate all skill levels. Unless this is meant to generate revenue through pro events, it does fall short on what public disc golf courses should be built for.
Fully aware that this is a championship level course, and knowing it was long, I was skeptical heading into this adventure with how much enjoyment this 43 year old sub 900 rated player could have. While the majority of the holes here play long, the course is very fair overall and rewards smart shot selection and placement. Huge risk reward is constantly offered to the player, and you need to decide on when to go for it. Most holes played bogey golf to my distance and ability, and I walked away satisfied with that.
The course shows it's teeth with sneaky distances, elevation changes, and landing zones that appear more accessible than they truly are. The key with Silver Creek is keeping your disc in play, and often times that means discing down and choosing your spots which often costs you a stroke from par, but keeps you in play. The rough throughout this course is brutal, thick, and full of thorns. Lost disc potential is extremely high if you go more than 10' into the thickets.
Extreme length occupies a good 75% of this course, with a handful of reachable par 3's and some modest par 4's but everything else is bombing controlled shots sometimes three of them to get into putting and approach range. We specifically waited until Winter for our first time visit knowing how brutal the rough was in the growing season. I don't know if I would seek a round out here during the Summer, but Spring, Autumn, and a warm Winter day makes for a good option.
This course doesn't appeal to a regular player like myself as a place I'd come back to very often, but it's extremely well thought out and constructed. It exceeded my expectations at all levels, and was worth the visit. I just don't understand why a gold level course would be installed in a metro park without shorter sets of tees to accommodate all skill levels. Unless this is meant to generate revenue through pro events, it does fall short on what public disc golf courses should be built for.
3
3
JoeBaley
Experience:
114 played
1 reviews
Bright Future, very challenging, and fun 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Jul 15, 2019
Played the course:once
Pros:
The course has awesome amenities and a professional tournament level feel. The current foliage will develop to be a 4.5 * course.
Cons:
Understandable off the fairway it's rough, would be 4 stars if the 10 meter circle was clear to walk on each holes green, not unobstructed, but clear of undergrowth.
Other Thoughts:
Look forward to playing again next year or in the winter. Lots of bramble and some poison Ivy, accuracy a must.
15
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Load the Cannon! One of Ohio’s Longest Courses.
Reviewed:
Updated:
Played on:Jun 6, 2019
Played the course:5+ times
Pros:
Silver Creek Metro Park is split up into a few different parcels of land. The area that hosts the disc golf and cross country courses is 186 acres, giving plenty of room for designers to create a nearly 10,000' tournament course.
+ You're greeted by a large parking lot (overflow parking down the road for tournaments), a beautiful public restroom facility, and a large practice area. The path to the first tee is to the right of the restrooms, with a sign pointing the way.
+ Ammenties are top notch. Bright red Mach X baskets, concrete tee pads, and really high quality tee signs. This course is tournament ready one day after the official opening!
+ The design is very solid and nails the target audience. The course is tailored towards more advanced players that can consistently throw 300'+.
+ While the rough is pretty unforgiving, the fairways are trimmed to perfection. Landing zones were carved out when necessary.
+ There's a few memorable holes sprinkled in. While I wasn't a fan of #16, you'll remember it just because it's a 1000' hole. Holes that stand out for their quality are #4, #7, #11, and #18. If I had to pick a favorite, I'd go with #4. 600'+ downhill throw to a difficult green. Very well defined fairway and landing zone.
+ You're greeted by a large parking lot (overflow parking down the road for tournaments), a beautiful public restroom facility, and a large practice area. The path to the first tee is to the right of the restrooms, with a sign pointing the way.
+ Ammenties are top notch. Bright red Mach X baskets, concrete tee pads, and really high quality tee signs. This course is tournament ready one day after the official opening!
+ The design is very solid and nails the target audience. The course is tailored towards more advanced players that can consistently throw 300'+.
+ While the rough is pretty unforgiving, the fairways are trimmed to perfection. Landing zones were carved out when necessary.
+ There's a few memorable holes sprinkled in. While I wasn't a fan of #16, you'll remember it just because it's a 1000' hole. Holes that stand out for their quality are #4, #7, #11, and #18. If I had to pick a favorite, I'd go with #4. 600'+ downhill throw to a difficult green. Very well defined fairway and landing zone.
Cons:
- A few holes are really wide open. This cause will be helped when the new saplings begin to grow.
The flow from 15 to 16 is very noticeable to say the least. After finishing 15, you walk 250' or so down #16's fairway to the tee, and throw a drive right over where you just walked. I understand the designers wanted a 1000' hole here, but it really flopped. Just move the tee to the top of the hill and make a really fun par 4.
- Some areas of the rough are basically wetlands. Pair that with tall grass and discs are going to be lost.
The flow from 15 to 16 is very noticeable to say the least. After finishing 15, you walk 250' or so down #16's fairway to the tee, and throw a drive right over where you just walked. I understand the designers wanted a 1000' hole here, but it really flopped. Just move the tee to the top of the hill and make a really fun par 4.
- Some areas of the rough are basically wetlands. Pair that with tall grass and discs are going to be lost.
Other Thoughts:
Silver Creek is a new-age type of tournament design with many long holes that will play towards the strength of long arms.
Please show the MetroParks that disc golf is beneficial. Don't litter, and be respectful to everyone and everything. Doing so will help us build a case for more MetroPark courses in the future!
Please show the MetroParks that disc golf is beneficial. Don't litter, and be respectful to everyone and everything. Doing so will help us build a case for more MetroPark courses in the future!
