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Vineland, NJ

The Shire

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1.85(based on 5 reviews)
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HyooMac
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Experience: 6.9 years 421 played 389 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Only for practice, or the most green newbies 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jan 2, 2020 Played the course:once

Pros:

Neighborhood park with baskets in various spots / difficult to navigate / couldn't find basket #9

+ One or two really nice basket placements that incorporate the trees in the park (I liked the setting for #6 so much I took a picture)

+ Not a "course" as much as it is a practice spot: you could bring newbies here to give them a sense of throwing distances at baskets / upshots / putting


Cons:

- No tees, no signs, no map

- Much of the course is low, and can be really muddy

- With no map and no tee signs, it took me a while to figure out the layout. I threw at some wrong baskets, wandered around alot, and eventually figured most of it out

- I never found the small concrete tee pads mentioned in another review, so I just threw from near the preceding basket

- I never found basket #9 (but I didn't look all that hard, as I had driven two hours to play the two 18's in the Vineland area)


Other Thoughts:

~ I carry a rangefinder that I hardly ever need - except on courses like this. This area is so wide open that it's difficult to judge distances (plus, there's no map, no recorded lengths or teepads). I found myself wandering out to a basket to confirm it's number, then walking back to the preceding basket, and using the scope to figure out what I was dealing with. So, at least I got in a lot of walking and rangefinder use!

~ Wide open and good for practice if the course is dry. If I lived in the area, I'd bring out a bag of discs and use the Shire for practicing shots of various lengths, for trying out new discs, for introducing new players to the idea of playing a course

~ So it's "poor" as a course, but "good" as a practice area. I split the difference and rated it a 1.5


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mthammer
Experience: 29 played 12 reviews
1.50 star(s)

It will do 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 9, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

It exists
Decent park

Cons:

No tees or markers
Flat and open
Couldn't find hole 9

Other Thoughts:

If you are in South Jersey you don't have many options, so this is a nice addition. Nice new baskets and some creative placements help make this 9 hole course worth playing. However, I wasn't able to find hole 9. The map showed on the other side of the creek, but I had to walk over a guardrail to get there. I walked a bit into an overgrown muddy area to a sign that read Park Closed. I never saw a basket and felt like I was trespassing. So, I played 7 one more time because it was my favorite hole. I was making up tees since there were no markers. I approximated based on the map. On the whole, it will do, but don't go out of your way.
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