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Upper Salford Park reviews
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I’m Not Sure How To ClassifyThis Course! 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:May 2, 2018
Played the course:once
Pros:
Upper Salford Park is a very large park with a popular walking path running throughout. The park's seem to have everything going on, soccer fields, open spaces, sand volleyball, playgrounds, tennis courts and more.
The # 1 basket is between the tennis courts and a ball field. There is no tee sign here but there is a very nice mailbox and surprise, it was jam packed with course maps and scorecards. There are these small concrete tee pads, just big enough to step on. # 1 plays straight down about 200'. The baskets are old DGA models. # 2 has a tee sign in the form of a board in the back corner of the small tee pad. It's strange to have the tee sign that players will step on.
# 4 is a little longer at 285' but still open. Then 5-6-7 are all back and forth holes that are wide open. # 8 is a little more interesting. At least here, you can have a choice of simple little 140' routes, hyser or annie? Then # 9 finishes with a 330' Par 4.
The course plays as an easy recreational level. Most holes are flat, easy and wide open. This is a good course to bring, not only that newbie, but also any inexperienced player. There is probably zero chance of losing a disc, no serious rough or water hazards.
The # 1 basket is between the tennis courts and a ball field. There is no tee sign here but there is a very nice mailbox and surprise, it was jam packed with course maps and scorecards. There are these small concrete tee pads, just big enough to step on. # 1 plays straight down about 200'. The baskets are old DGA models. # 2 has a tee sign in the form of a board in the back corner of the small tee pad. It's strange to have the tee sign that players will step on.
# 4 is a little longer at 285' but still open. Then 5-6-7 are all back and forth holes that are wide open. # 8 is a little more interesting. At least here, you can have a choice of simple little 140' routes, hyser or annie? Then # 9 finishes with a 330' Par 4.
The course plays as an easy recreational level. Most holes are flat, easy and wide open. This is a good course to bring, not only that newbie, but also any inexperienced player. There is probably zero chance of losing a disc, no serious rough or water hazards.
Cons:
Wide open holes.
Short recreation or pitch and putt distances/challenges.
Silly little miniature tee pads.
Difficult to follow the on line map and also slightly confusing to navigate.
# 1 is not easy to locate.
No signage on a couple of holes.
Short recreation or pitch and putt distances/challenges.
Silly little miniature tee pads.
Difficult to follow the on line map and also slightly confusing to navigate.
# 1 is not easy to locate.
No signage on a couple of holes.
Other Thoughts:
Upper Salford DGC is a easy recreational course or a pretty good beginner course. It's wide open terrain makes for a safe, low stress round but it's wide open space also makes for a mostly boring round for most players. I don't see too many players being a good match with this course. A better course for the newbie is Branchwood and players looking for challenge can play at Bootlegger's Cave.
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Reviewed:
Played on:Sep 28, 2015
Played the course:5+ times
Pros:
Well maintained park
Mailbox with scorecards and maps by hole 1
Bathrooms and portos
Tee pad markers with pictures of the holes and distances
Quick and easy practice round
Mailbox with scorecards and maps by hole 1
Bathrooms and portos
Tee pad markers with pictures of the holes and distances
Quick and easy practice round
Cons:
Short
Some of the treeline rough still has pieces of barbed wire hiding in it.
The 6-7 transition, bad flow and it's basically the same shot with the tee pads close together and both baskets along the same tree line. Both throws also go across the walking path. The area would also benefit from another bridge or two across the drainage ditch.
When the park is crowded, holes 8 and 9 can be unplayable.
Hole 1 can be hard to find
Some of the treeline rough still has pieces of barbed wire hiding in it.
The 6-7 transition, bad flow and it's basically the same shot with the tee pads close together and both baskets along the same tree line. Both throws also go across the walking path. The area would also benefit from another bridge or two across the drainage ditch.
When the park is crowded, holes 8 and 9 can be unplayable.
Hole 1 can be hard to find
Other Thoughts:
This is a beautiful park course on a former farm where you will be walking on manicured grass all day. Except when you go in the rough which consists of wind-break tree lines (some barbed wire still exists in there, be careful) and a farmed (usually corn) field.
Hole 1 is between the tennis courts and baseball field that lies to the right of the main pavilion. Its a straight throw with several trees dotting the fairway and a row of bushes along the right side.
Hole 2 is a straight throw slightly downhill to a green that falls away left and long.
Hole 3 plays to an elevated green shaped for a straight throw with a hyzer finish (rhbh) or coming in at it with an annie or a forehand. There is a thin patch of wooded rough behind the green and tall grass to the left of the fairway.
Hole 4 has a fairway that doglegs right at the end, perfect for a lhbh or forehand. Rhbh means throwing a big annie or flying over and through the tall grass and then trees on the right (it can be a thorny mess in there). The left side of the fairway is guarded by the tree line that separates it from 3's green, ending just in time to open up an area where a late fade could land you in tall grass rough.
Hole 5 is a short throw that can be approached straight off the tee (rhbh) or with a forehand as the basket sits on the edge of a tree line
Holes 6 and 7 are almost the same throw, the tee pads are close together and the baskets are side-by-side along the same tree line. 6 has an early tree to worry about, 7 has a late one.
Hole 8 is a bit of a hike from 7 for which you are rewarded with the shortest hole on the course. The tee and basket are on opposite sides of a picnic area. If you can throw a hyzer bomb over the top it's an easy little shot, if not, you are throwing through several small trees and about half a dozen picnic benches. If anyone is using this area, the hole should not be played.
Hole 9 is the longest hole on the course with a low straight line open to the basket. Several trees dot the right side of the fairway and there's an area of tall grass (can be swampy) before the green forcing the choice between laying up and risking it. The basket has trees guardian trees all around it.
Overall, this is a nice little practice course. It's an easy place to get in a quick round. Nothing too challenging and you don't need to carry your whole bag, 3 or 4 discs should do it, better players might consider this a putter course (except perhaps #'s 4 & 9). When the park is crowded, several of the holes become unplayable and several others have a walking path along side or across the fairway. I've seen the park so crowded that holes 2, 4 and 5 were the only ones that can be safely played without risking hitting other park patrons. With that said, generally it's not an issue on any hole, not even hole 8 where there are picnic benches directly between the tee and basket (I've played here dozens of times and I've never seen anyone using the picnic area).
I wouldn't go out of my way to play here, but if you're close by it's a nice little practice course. If you need to throw a sub-par round to boost your confidence, come here.
Hole 1 is between the tennis courts and baseball field that lies to the right of the main pavilion. Its a straight throw with several trees dotting the fairway and a row of bushes along the right side.
Hole 2 is a straight throw slightly downhill to a green that falls away left and long.
Hole 3 plays to an elevated green shaped for a straight throw with a hyzer finish (rhbh) or coming in at it with an annie or a forehand. There is a thin patch of wooded rough behind the green and tall grass to the left of the fairway.
Hole 4 has a fairway that doglegs right at the end, perfect for a lhbh or forehand. Rhbh means throwing a big annie or flying over and through the tall grass and then trees on the right (it can be a thorny mess in there). The left side of the fairway is guarded by the tree line that separates it from 3's green, ending just in time to open up an area where a late fade could land you in tall grass rough.
Hole 5 is a short throw that can be approached straight off the tee (rhbh) or with a forehand as the basket sits on the edge of a tree line
Holes 6 and 7 are almost the same throw, the tee pads are close together and the baskets are side-by-side along the same tree line. 6 has an early tree to worry about, 7 has a late one.
Hole 8 is a bit of a hike from 7 for which you are rewarded with the shortest hole on the course. The tee and basket are on opposite sides of a picnic area. If you can throw a hyzer bomb over the top it's an easy little shot, if not, you are throwing through several small trees and about half a dozen picnic benches. If anyone is using this area, the hole should not be played.
Hole 9 is the longest hole on the course with a low straight line open to the basket. Several trees dot the right side of the fairway and there's an area of tall grass (can be swampy) before the green forcing the choice between laying up and risking it. The basket has trees guardian trees all around it.
Overall, this is a nice little practice course. It's an easy place to get in a quick round. Nothing too challenging and you don't need to carry your whole bag, 3 or 4 discs should do it, better players might consider this a putter course (except perhaps #'s 4 & 9). When the park is crowded, several of the holes become unplayable and several others have a walking path along side or across the fairway. I've seen the park so crowded that holes 2, 4 and 5 were the only ones that can be safely played without risking hitting other park patrons. With that said, generally it's not an issue on any hole, not even hole 8 where there are picnic benches directly between the tee and basket (I've played here dozens of times and I've never seen anyone using the picnic area).
I wouldn't go out of my way to play here, but if you're close by it's a nice little practice course. If you need to throw a sub-par round to boost your confidence, come here.
