Pros:
DESCRIPTION:
An interesting combination of long and short holes in a very well maintained city park setting with ample parking. About half open field shots, half wooded shots, but with clear fairways.
PROS:
Both long and short holes, to challenge both driver distance and accuracy in the woods.
The woods are not too thick. The fairways are fair with easy to see lines. Rough is not too rough (in April anyway).
Nice teepads and baskets. Signs are adequate too.
Ample parking, disc loss risk is low overall.
Cons:
A dearth of holes (only 4) between 200' and 350'. Strange.
No benches and few trashcans.
Bike path gets a LOT of use, and some riders are > 20MPH.
No standout holes, most are straight in front of you. Course the PRO to that is nearly all baskets can be seen from the teepad, except for two tucked behind a spruce tree.
Other Thoughts:
BASICS:
Teepads--Concrete, brand new, great shape.
Baskets--Innova Discathers, good shape.
# holes--18.
Setting--Large multi-use park. Several holes adjoin a bike path, so use caution there. Aquatic park, ballfields, and large city park are next to course as well.
Elevation--Flat.
Distance of holes--This was strange. There are only 4 holes between about 200' and 350' on this course. One of those is a 240' throwaway wide open field shot. 6 holes are 350'+ field shots with few trees, though O/B and/or treelines are present which do prevent a bunch of wide hyzers. The rest are 200' or less woods shots, mostly straight with small fades needed right or left at the end.
Free/pay to play, type of course--Free, public park.
Ease of getting to--Very easy.
AMENITIES
Parking--Abundant, but don't park too close to basket one--I might be playing that day…
Bathrooms--None at the course itself, but some nearby.
Water/food nearby--Anything you want in town, minutes away.
Clubhouse/disc shop--No.
Benches--No.
Trash cans--couple here and there thru the park.
Bag holders--No.
Tee signs--Adequate, though some of the distances seemed a bit off.
Next tee direction/signs--On the tee signs, not the baskets, course map recommended.
Wheelchair/cart friendly--No (except the field holes), Yes.
COURSE PLAY
Shot variety--Several long bomber shots, some lined with trees or O/B (parking areas) on the right or left, which do force some shot shaping. The others are just straight field shots, few trees. The woods holes are mostly short and fairly straight shots. One could play the all the woods holes with a Roc. Couple turnover or forehand shots, but even just plain straight shots gets you to within 20' on most every green.
Layout, long walks (inc back to car), loops--One large loop that crosses itself like a figure 8. A couple 200' or so walks, nothing major. Hole 4 tee sign still shows old layout. It's a very short tunnel shot now.
Ease of finding next tee--Directions are on tee sign, not basket, so don't forget to look. An online map is suggested.
General difficulty--Woods holes are quite straightforward, especially if you can throw straight 175' or so. The field holes will be tough birdies for those with less than 325' arms. But easy pars anyway. No real hard pars unless you go O/B.
Mud/water issues--Not this day, but I can see where it could be in the woods some if it has rained a lot.
Water or O/B to contend with--Several holes have parking area/road O/B. Three of the woods have water so be careful there, especially hole 14--a short straight shot, but 30' past the basket is a 8' high cliff and pond beyond. Without swimming, that would be a tough retrieval.
Difficult rough/lost disc risk--Very low except for the 3 water holes just mentioned.
Scrape/scratch risk--Pretty low, but the woods holes probably get some brambles in the summer.
How busy was course/park--The park had folks, including the infamous ball golfer who pitches around the first few holes, but he quietly moved aside whenever he was in the way. No issues with him. The course had a couple others playing on a beautiful weekday afternoon--so not crowded given the weather.
OVERALL
Fun/enjoyment factor, would I play again? Yes, though the dichotomy of long/short holes is a little strange. The course is very well maintained and pleasant overall.
Who will this course challenge? Long holes--most of us non-Simon arms. Woods holes--fun to try to hit a couple of the smaller gaps.
Is it worth a drive? Yes, 60-90 minutes perhaps.
Anything unique? Not really, though the stream on 18 is very scenic.
Would be a half star higher with--a few benches, trashcans, signage at baskets, a few more holes in the 200'--350' range.
I am in my 50s, 70 or so courses played, 875ish.