South County Regional Park reviews
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STRIKE TWO!! 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Nov 25, 2021
Played the course:2-4 times
Pros:
The biggest pro is that someone took it upon themselves to put this course in. That's huge. And that the park is very nice. And hole #1 is a GREAT starting hole. And that's about it.
If you missed the original incarnation of this course, then you missed something truly special, as in a special kind of horrible mess. The best line I've ever read in any review was something to the following, "everytime you think you've just played the worst hole ever, the next one proves your wrong." Man, with a review like that I just HAD to play the course!
On the original course, the first 5-6 holes were great, lots of fun, took a bit of skill. They weren't BOMBER holes. But they are all gone now. Sigh. So what you have left is a mixed bag of incredibly uninspiring, massively boring holes. Then again, if you can throw 350-375' straight without much skill involved, you'll probably herald this as the next great course ever. But bold statements like that are just hollow words without proof. So here you go...
#1 - is what the first hole should be. Exciting, cool, fun. Something to make you think, "man, this is going to be a blast!" Sadly it ends...right...there.
#2 - is the same hole (different number) as before. A blind shot (cars/pedestrians/cyclist) coming from your right, that throws up a walking path (an extreme no-no is course design) to a nice basket placement (see I can say something good!)
#3 - Another less ludicrous tee that encourages you to throw at, or around tennis courts and down (yet again) a walking path.
#4 - More inane design...throwing across an RC car track. What in the hell do you do when folks are on the track? Run shots just over their head? To quote Bugs Bunny, 'what a maroon tee placement'
#5 - Is an improvement over the original basket placement. (was a BORING) mid-range to a basket in a field. A true yawner. Now from the blue tee is a much tougher shot and the basket is tucked to the right, so a mostly decent hole, except that you throw across the park entrance. What do you do when there are comes inbound/outbound?
#6 - And here we go with the worst set of holes...Who in their right mind thought that the best way to play was to run RIGHT DOWN A WALKING PATH?? I can only guess it was the same person who put the short tee sign IN the fairway, right where you want to throw. Sigh. Moving on...
#7 - Basic same complaint about the path, but this one at least had a great basket placement, very well guarded
#8 - #9 same comments about the path.
#10 - Good hole except its a duplicate of #1, just 50' longer
#11 - Okay, I almost walked away laughing miserably at this terribly boring hole. OMG this took all of two cells of brain activity to create. "So, we need to reach the woods. How about a 1000' wide open bomber hole with multiple tees, bordering soccer fields. This will be great!!"...said absolutely no one.
At this point i just walked the course muttering boring, boring, boring. All the original good holes are gone, replaced with holes that took nothing more than muscle mass. And I think the hole after the original starting hole (#14?) bordered on criminal. Walkers/cyclist/kids approaching the tee would never see the shot until the disc was removed from the skull.
If you missed the original incarnation of this course, then you missed something truly special, as in a special kind of horrible mess. The best line I've ever read in any review was something to the following, "everytime you think you've just played the worst hole ever, the next one proves your wrong." Man, with a review like that I just HAD to play the course!
On the original course, the first 5-6 holes were great, lots of fun, took a bit of skill. They weren't BOMBER holes. But they are all gone now. Sigh. So what you have left is a mixed bag of incredibly uninspiring, massively boring holes. Then again, if you can throw 350-375' straight without much skill involved, you'll probably herald this as the next great course ever. But bold statements like that are just hollow words without proof. So here you go...
#1 - is what the first hole should be. Exciting, cool, fun. Something to make you think, "man, this is going to be a blast!" Sadly it ends...right...there.
#2 - is the same hole (different number) as before. A blind shot (cars/pedestrians/cyclist) coming from your right, that throws up a walking path (an extreme no-no is course design) to a nice basket placement (see I can say something good!)
#3 - Another less ludicrous tee that encourages you to throw at, or around tennis courts and down (yet again) a walking path.
#4 - More inane design...throwing across an RC car track. What in the hell do you do when folks are on the track? Run shots just over their head? To quote Bugs Bunny, 'what a maroon tee placement'
#5 - Is an improvement over the original basket placement. (was a BORING) mid-range to a basket in a field. A true yawner. Now from the blue tee is a much tougher shot and the basket is tucked to the right, so a mostly decent hole, except that you throw across the park entrance. What do you do when there are comes inbound/outbound?
#6 - And here we go with the worst set of holes...Who in their right mind thought that the best way to play was to run RIGHT DOWN A WALKING PATH?? I can only guess it was the same person who put the short tee sign IN the fairway, right where you want to throw. Sigh. Moving on...
#7 - Basic same complaint about the path, but this one at least had a great basket placement, very well guarded
#8 - #9 same comments about the path.
#10 - Good hole except its a duplicate of #1, just 50' longer
#11 - Okay, I almost walked away laughing miserably at this terribly boring hole. OMG this took all of two cells of brain activity to create. "So, we need to reach the woods. How about a 1000' wide open bomber hole with multiple tees, bordering soccer fields. This will be great!!"...said absolutely no one.
At this point i just walked the course muttering boring, boring, boring. All the original good holes are gone, replaced with holes that took nothing more than muscle mass. And I think the hole after the original starting hole (#14?) bordered on criminal. Walkers/cyclist/kids approaching the tee would never see the shot until the disc was removed from the skull.
Cons:
Practically the entire course short of a few holes (#1 & #10). I
Other Thoughts:
If the walk path didn't wind through the course, holes 6-9 would be good holes. They are challenging, and when the wind is blowing - which it seems to a lot on this course - they are moderately difficult. This course is a prime example that a 9 hole, dual tee course would be much better than an 18 hole course that the majority are either hazardous or mind-blowingly boring. But at least its a course, and lots of effort went into creating it. So I give the community major kudos for taking on the project. But for me, this is a one-and-done, not coming back for any reason I can conceive of.
