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Copenhagen, Denmark

Valbyparken Disc Golf Park

3.565(based on 8 reviews)
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Experience: 39.7 years 174 played 75 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Pro Ambitions, Amateur attempt 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 4, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

This course is a well mowed 18 hole course not far from the A tram line(Amarken stop or one before it) in the middle of a very nice park, only 15 min from Copenhagen's main station.
There are 3 Tees per hole, White/pro, Yellow/am, and Red Begin for a good variety of difficulty, depending on skill and desired difficulty. As usual for an unfamiliar course, I threw the pro tees to see all that the course had to offer, and it was plenty. There are tight, long tunnels, low branches 50' from tee, blind doglegs both ways, and plenty of long open shots with only a 15' path between lush patches of stinging nettles.(pro and con). Be ready to use all your shots.
The Baskets are a 3 chain interwoven type I hadn't seen before that caught well.

Cons:

Now for the hard part. I wanted to like this course, but it kept refusing to help. There has been a partial redesign to improve flow(more on that later) so map here is wildly off on about 1/3 of the holes. Fortunately, we ran into a couple locals with a new map we got a picture of so we able to follow the course, altho with difficulty. I was surprised as I am usually able to follow a course with little difficulty.
This course is in a frog conservation area so much of it is left wild. This has a couple negative affects on the course. 1) They aren't allowed by the local municipality to put in proper tees so the are natural grass and quite rough in spots, either with trip hazards or muddy bogs. Either way, had to throw beside or behind 4 or 5 tees. 2) Since it is a natural area, they can't mow very much for paths. I don't mind a links course but there are quite a few drives that require a long drive onto a 15' wide path or be in very rough rough. 3) the roughs. I had my wife Norma along as a spotter or I would have lost discs, very bad since we are traveling out of back packs and I am carrying a very limited bag. The roughs are often very thick knee high + stinging nettles, not pleasant to wade through looking for discs. I know, just don't throw in them, but there are ALOT of stinging nettles.
Now for design, one of my biggest beefs with this course and prob a full point deduction. This redesign, according to locals, is a big improvement on the old layout. I shudder to think how bad that one was. There are 2 hols you are throwing into blind doglegs, and both of those you either walk back the fairway to get to next hole or cross multiple other fairways. There is quite a bit of walking across fairways to get to the next hole. Also, there are walk outs and direction changes that just didn't make sense, crossing and recrossing the course almost randomly. And to top it off, Pro 14 has you making a long drive along a major walking/riding path without very good sightlines. 9 other holes cross or drive along lesser paths. We were there on a cooler day threatening rain but I bet hitting pedestrians is a bigger hazard that I like on a nice day.
Last, maintenance. The course was well mowed, but there were no garbage cans, bathrooms or water that we saw. And to make the natural tees more exciting, It was not unusual to have plenty of broken glass on or around them. Worrying as I wear thinner shoes to play.

Other Thoughts:

An interesting and challenging course, unfortunately, many of those challenges didn't belong on a course. Afore mentioned locals recommended a Course north of Copenhagen I had also considered but skipped due to time, would choose the other way next time.
On rating, not sure if it is either decent or typical but have a hard time rating it lower than 2,5. I have played quite a few pro courses around the world now and this is by far the worst of them, but still a pro course.
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