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Sunrise Park reviews
13
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Great place for beginners or for teaching newbies.
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Played on:Mar 13, 2024
Played the course:once
Other Thoughts:
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Four Discatcher baskets spread around a large open park field that's on a hillside. Tees are marked with small pavers set flush to the ground.
A sign at the entrance shows how the four baskets are used to create a nine hole layout (and the baskets are marked with multiple numbers, facing the direction of the appropriate tee).
Credit the designer for effort, but there isn't much here. You get to throw uphill and downhill (and then downhill and uphill), but they're just open baskets looking for your hyzers.
The thorns along the side of hole #2 are vicious. Some of the worst I've ever experienced, and they leave their tips in you as mementos.
A couple of soft par 4's, so go for those eagles!
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Four Discatcher baskets spread around a large open park field that's on a hillside. Tees are marked with small pavers set flush to the ground.
A sign at the entrance shows how the four baskets are used to create a nine hole layout (and the baskets are marked with multiple numbers, facing the direction of the appropriate tee).
Credit the designer for effort, but there isn't much here. You get to throw uphill and downhill (and then downhill and uphill), but they're just open baskets looking for your hyzers.
The thorns along the side of hole #2 are vicious. Some of the worst I've ever experienced, and they leave their tips in you as mementos.
A couple of soft par 4's, so go for those eagles!
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7
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Good "Starter" Course 2+ years
Reviewed:
Updated:
Played on:Oct 7, 2010
Played the course:5+ times
Pros:
Pretty park (spectacular in October), mostly wide open and friendly 9 holes for beginners, though some elevation changes and hole placement will give the intermediate players some birdie challenges.
-Innova DiscCatcher Baskets, well mounted and in good sharp
-Wide open, so ice/snow/mud clear up quicker in late winter than any other course in the area
-Picnic tables and port-o-potty nearby
-Innova DiscCatcher Baskets, well mounted and in good sharp
-Wide open, so ice/snow/mud clear up quicker in late winter than any other course in the area
-Picnic tables and port-o-potty nearby
Cons:
- "for town residents only", but only enforced on summer weekends. Summer camp may also prevent weekday play before 4 PM.
-Layout makes it risky for two or more groups to play at the same time, though this is very rarely a problem. The course gets little play.
-Tees are just grass around a small marker. Can be very slippery in wet/muddy/icy conditions.
-No benches, trash cans at the holes.
-No hole signs. Must look at the course sign on the way in to understand the "crisscross" layout reusing baskets.
-Holes very wide open. Sign designates out of bounds but nothing to delineate. Someone aggressive with a weed-wacker cleared out some of the rough making holes 1 & 2 even more wide open.
-Poison ivy and nasty prickers in the rough on 1 & 2.
-For intermediate players and above this is putting practice course. As a PDGA "Green" course it offers few obstacles to learn how to shape shots.
-Layout makes it risky for two or more groups to play at the same time, though this is very rarely a problem. The course gets little play.
-Tees are just grass around a small marker. Can be very slippery in wet/muddy/icy conditions.
-No benches, trash cans at the holes.
-No hole signs. Must look at the course sign on the way in to understand the "crisscross" layout reusing baskets.
-Holes very wide open. Sign designates out of bounds but nothing to delineate. Someone aggressive with a weed-wacker cleared out some of the rough making holes 1 & 2 even more wide open.
-Poison ivy and nasty prickers in the rough on 1 & 2.
-For intermediate players and above this is putting practice course. As a PDGA "Green" course it offers few obstacles to learn how to shape shots.
Other Thoughts:
Four baskets but the nine unique holes across a big field. Occasionally scouting activities or soccer practice make this course unplayable.
More than one group playing at a time can lead to safety issues.
Now that I've played many courses it was time to update my review. I downgraded my rating, but even with all of this course's liabilities, I still occasionally enjoy a round or two on the course. It only takes 20 or 25 minutes to complete a round if you keep your discs in the short grass.
How it plays:
Hole #1: Short downhill ace run, 140'. Pull it left and there is some rough, long and right could end up in the prickers.
Hole #2: Slight dogleg right, 233'. Way left will get in the prickers, acres of space to the right.
Hole #3: A bit uphill, 215' with no obstacles.
Hole #4: A tree fell in 2016, making this a 150' ace run that you can go straight at, though a bit of scruff still remains off to the right. A huge maple tree protects the left side of the basket and forces a low line.
Hole #5: An easy par 4 for a rec player, open, downhill 300' to what doubles as the #2 basket. Rough 20' behind the basket if you over-throw. The maple near the tee occasionally forces some adjustments. Nasty tee area, downhill and eroded. Feel free to tee off only where you feel safe. Not worth a sprained ankle or twisted knee.
Hole #6. A legit par 3, 285' dogleg right to what also serves as the #1 & #9 basket.
Hole #7: The longest at 444 feet slightly uphill, to the basket that also plays as #4. The maple forces a well shaped approach.
Hole #8: A 120 feet ace run back to what is also the #3 basket. The oaks and other brush have grown in, forcing either a big right to left tee shot or something low.
Hole #9: Downhill, 330' par four back across the field to what is also the #1 & #6 basket. Easy birdie for anyone that can throw 250' or more. Maybe an eagle run for intermittent players.
More than one group playing at a time can lead to safety issues.
Now that I've played many courses it was time to update my review. I downgraded my rating, but even with all of this course's liabilities, I still occasionally enjoy a round or two on the course. It only takes 20 or 25 minutes to complete a round if you keep your discs in the short grass.
How it plays:
Hole #1: Short downhill ace run, 140'. Pull it left and there is some rough, long and right could end up in the prickers.
Hole #2: Slight dogleg right, 233'. Way left will get in the prickers, acres of space to the right.
Hole #3: A bit uphill, 215' with no obstacles.
Hole #4: A tree fell in 2016, making this a 150' ace run that you can go straight at, though a bit of scruff still remains off to the right. A huge maple tree protects the left side of the basket and forces a low line.
Hole #5: An easy par 4 for a rec player, open, downhill 300' to what doubles as the #2 basket. Rough 20' behind the basket if you over-throw. The maple near the tee occasionally forces some adjustments. Nasty tee area, downhill and eroded. Feel free to tee off only where you feel safe. Not worth a sprained ankle or twisted knee.
Hole #6. A legit par 3, 285' dogleg right to what also serves as the #1 & #9 basket.
Hole #7: The longest at 444 feet slightly uphill, to the basket that also plays as #4. The maple forces a well shaped approach.
Hole #8: A 120 feet ace run back to what is also the #3 basket. The oaks and other brush have grown in, forcing either a big right to left tee shot or something low.
Hole #9: Downhill, 330' par four back across the field to what is also the #1 & #6 basket. Easy birdie for anyone that can throw 250' or more. Maybe an eagle run for intermittent players.
