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Wesleyan College DGC reviews
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The U-turn Campus Course 2+ years
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Played on:Sep 14, 2019
Played the course:once
Pros:
Baskets, but they aren't very good.
Concrete tee pads, but they are kind of short.
Hole signs, but they are just the # and distance, and haven't been updated since 9 more were added.
Nice wooded area of campus, but could have conflict along a sidewalk on the last two holes.
Old growth trees, no undergrowth, low chance of losing a disc.
Restrooms and snacks available mid-round.
Concrete tee pads, but they are kind of short.
Hole signs, but they are just the # and distance, and haven't been updated since 9 more were added.
Nice wooded area of campus, but could have conflict along a sidewalk on the last two holes.
Old growth trees, no undergrowth, low chance of losing a disc.
Restrooms and snacks available mid-round.
Cons:
Several of the Westside baskets were leaning or uneven.
Nice to have concrete tee pads, but with the holes averaging over 280', a longer runup was needed on most.
No variety in the type of holes, flat, some shot shaping needed, but most around the same distance.
Potentially dangerous sidewalk along 17 and 18, with #17 the worst. I even threw one across the sidewalk, near a building. If the campus is busy (wasn't when I was there), you're either facing delays, or someone could get hit.
Not much thought in the course design.
Nice to have concrete tee pads, but with the holes averaging over 280', a longer runup was needed on most.
No variety in the type of holes, flat, some shot shaping needed, but most around the same distance.
Potentially dangerous sidewalk along 17 and 18, with #17 the worst. I even threw one across the sidewalk, near a building. If the campus is busy (wasn't when I was there), you're either facing delays, or someone could get hit.
Not much thought in the course design.
Other Thoughts:
I refer to this as the U-turn course. Play a hole, make a U-turn and play back in the direction you just came from. This happens on 15 of the 17 transitions between holes. I imagine the designers only had this plot of land to work with, and they did a pretty good job to create 18 different holes, and have 9 (then 18) finish back near the start. But, it would have been nice if they could have used the open land across the campus road, or maybe space out the back 9 a little further, and use the open space at the end of that section. Several of the holes seemed pretty close together.
I'm really having a tough time remembering any particular holes, except for #1, 9, 17 and 18.
#1 is mostly open, to get you started.
After 8, cross in front of the building and #9 is 400' and a little tricky, with a bush near the basket.
#17 while being dangerous at busy times, requires a left to right tee shot with the sidewalk OB.
#18 parallels the same sidewalk, but a little further off, is a good challenge to finish your round.
After #12 (actual hole, not tee pad hole), if you need a restroom, head straight into the Hardees Student Union. Through the doors hang a right, and there ya go!!
Nice campus course, easy to play, low chance of losing a disc and you might even be able to get revenge on rival you don't like.
This is one of 6 18 hole courses in this town of 55,000, that still amazes me! Looks like the local club is using this one also for their weekly league.
I'm really having a tough time remembering any particular holes, except for #1, 9, 17 and 18.
#1 is mostly open, to get you started.
After 8, cross in front of the building and #9 is 400' and a little tricky, with a bush near the basket.
#17 while being dangerous at busy times, requires a left to right tee shot with the sidewalk OB.
#18 parallels the same sidewalk, but a little further off, is a good challenge to finish your round.
After #12 (actual hole, not tee pad hole), if you need a restroom, head straight into the Hardees Student Union. Through the doors hang a right, and there ya go!!
Nice campus course, easy to play, low chance of losing a disc and you might even be able to get revenge on rival you don't like.
This is one of 6 18 hole courses in this town of 55,000, that still amazes me! Looks like the local club is using this one also for their weekly league.
