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Huntsville, AL

Southside Park

2.425(based on 6 reviews)
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wericsson
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 11 years 53 played 45 reviews
2.00 star(s)

I thought this was the fancy-pantsy side of town 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Mar 29, 2018 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Concrete tees, new Discatchers, and a sweet course map (shoutout to wellsbranch250) that should make navigation pretty straightforward. A fair mixture of distances, from sub-200 to 454 feet.

Although I'm pretty certain I recall the original version of one hole throwing right at a power substation, this has been rectified, and so now the only safety issue is a remote possibility of throwing over the fence into a little-trafficked dog park.

One or two really solid technical plays (hole 8), and a few other challenging shots.

Cons:

Holds water, mud, etc., even in summer, but especially in winter/spring. Worse than any other course I can think of, include a couple which are liable to actually flood. Hole 9 is the worst offender, along with about ten others. The mud also hides ant hills here and there. Ants are fine. Invisible ant bombs aren't.

The open holes are pretty dead open, and on the wooded holes, fairway width seems to have a strong negative correlation with width, so that the 190-foot ace runs have huge, excessive fairways that contrast sharply with the longer woods holes, which are this course's saving grace (but nothing close to competing with Monte Sano or Mastin). As one previous reviewer pointed out, the greatest elevation change, aside from a little two or three foot knob with a basket on top, is the distance your foot will sink into the mud.

Kinda unappealing visually, what with the power lines, mud, etc.

Tee signs are made too nicely (materials-wise) to be so poorly drawn.

Other Thoughts:

Part of what makes this course seem so unappealing is the fact that Huntsville is loaded with good courses: Monte Sano on the technical side, Indian or UAH on the long "golf holes" side, Brahan for a party, etc. This one unfortunately tends to get a harder pass than it might otherwise because of that.
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GMcAtee
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 15.1 years 759 played 91 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Huntsville's disc golf scene should be way too mature for this to be their newest course. 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 31, 2016 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Nice new Innova baskets, concrete tee pads, plenty of parking, can be played very quickly. Bad shots can be punished with a lost disc.

There is one long technical wooded hole. Can't recall which hole # it is.

Cons:

Wooded holes are extremely short. Long holes are extremely open and void of trees.

Not too much challenge here. I'm a Rec rated player and shot 10 under par twice, once in leagues. Not challenging enough to keep bringing me back.

Other Thoughts:

I've heard the park holds water, but has been dry both times I've played it. This course may be better shrunk down to 9 holes by combining several of the pitch and putt holes and eliminating some boring open holes. Then use the extra 9 baskets somewhere else.
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