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University of West Florida reviews
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times 2+ years
Reviewed:
Updated:
Played on:May 28, 2017
Played the course:2-4 times
Pros:
- multiple tees
- bright numbered baskets
- plenty of elevation variations
- a healthy variety of distances throughout
- some benches
- recently upgraded to 18 holes
- ace runs
- bright numbered baskets
- plenty of elevation variations
- a healthy variety of distances throughout
- some benches
- recently upgraded to 18 holes
- ace runs
Cons:
- natural tees with unnumbered markers, no distances provided
- missing tees
- not playable when school is in session, too dangerous
- layout is hard to follow, segmented course that lacks directional signs between many holes
- no multiple pin placements
- missing tees
- not playable when school is in session, too dangerous
- layout is hard to follow, segmented course that lacks directional signs between many holes
- no multiple pin placements
Other Thoughts:
UWF is a mixed bag of sorts. Let me first start off by saying I came here on Sunday of Memorial Day weekend. The campus was a ghost town, not even the visitor center was open. I parked my car at a soccer field parking lot behind and to the left if you're facing basket #1 from the first tee. This is probably a course best left unplayed on weekdays. There's far too much combining of campus pedestrians, buildings and parking lots for this place to be deemed safe if school is in session. Now that that is out of the way, I thought this was quite an interesting course.
Hole #1 starts at the bottom of a hill and has short concrete cylinders marking 3 different natural tee locations. Red tees are longest, then gold, and greens are the shortest. Sometimes green and red markings were missing as I made my way through the course, no colors were numbered and no distances were indicated. This, combined with an outdated map and poor directional signs between holes, made navigation tedious and time consuming. Navigating between #11 & #12 was where I almost gave up and left. Hole #12 is at least a quarter mile away from #11. After finishing hole #11, keep walking to the right, walk along the sidewalk of a major road (Campus Drive?) until you see a basket for #12 in the woods to your left. The rest should be fairly intuitive. The basket for hole #18 finishes near tee #1.
The course itself had a decent mix of distances, elevation, and fairways orientations. Tees were mostly configured in a linear pattern. The last 6 holes redeemed a forgettable safari feel of the middle holes. Luckily, all the baskets were easily visible from the tees and were numerically labeled. I couldn't find any tees for 9 through 11. It would appear that this part of the course is still in flux. Players visiting UWF DGC will defiantly need a lot of time to navigate between holes here. Bring lots of water.
Rating this course if difficult. There's a lot to like about UWF if you can overlook the obvious restrictions, hazards, and poor navigation. It starts off great, then turns into a turd, then got great again before finishing. Clearly, there's a lot more developement that needs to happen here. Players could easliy justify a rating anywhere from .5 to 3 depending on their grading criteria.
Update 7-15-2019
Most tees have high quality tee signs, concrete pads from white tees, and 3 holes have been added on the far side of the recreation field.
Hole #1 starts at the bottom of a hill and has short concrete cylinders marking 3 different natural tee locations. Red tees are longest, then gold, and greens are the shortest. Sometimes green and red markings were missing as I made my way through the course, no colors were numbered and no distances were indicated. This, combined with an outdated map and poor directional signs between holes, made navigation tedious and time consuming. Navigating between #11 & #12 was where I almost gave up and left. Hole #12 is at least a quarter mile away from #11. After finishing hole #11, keep walking to the right, walk along the sidewalk of a major road (Campus Drive?) until you see a basket for #12 in the woods to your left. The rest should be fairly intuitive. The basket for hole #18 finishes near tee #1.
The course itself had a decent mix of distances, elevation, and fairways orientations. Tees were mostly configured in a linear pattern. The last 6 holes redeemed a forgettable safari feel of the middle holes. Luckily, all the baskets were easily visible from the tees and were numerically labeled. I couldn't find any tees for 9 through 11. It would appear that this part of the course is still in flux. Players visiting UWF DGC will defiantly need a lot of time to navigate between holes here. Bring lots of water.
Rating this course if difficult. There's a lot to like about UWF if you can overlook the obvious restrictions, hazards, and poor navigation. It starts off great, then turns into a turd, then got great again before finishing. Clearly, there's a lot more developement that needs to happen here. Players could easliy justify a rating anywhere from .5 to 3 depending on their grading criteria.
Update 7-15-2019
Most tees have high quality tee signs, concrete pads from white tees, and 3 holes have been added on the far side of the recreation field.
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Experience:
1 played
1 reviews
Beginner 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Jan 27, 2016
Played the course:2-4 times
Pros:
Good variety
Clean
Challenging but not too hard
Great course to learn the game in
Clean
Challenging but not too hard
Great course to learn the game in
Cons:
Small concrete tee pads
Couple holes are a little close to the street
Couple holes are a little close to the street
Other Thoughts:
It's a short course with not too much length but a nice course to learn how to play or begin on. Still a fun course like most.
