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Wilcox Memorial Park - Main reviews
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A Top Course to Play 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Aug 30, 2020
Played the course:once
Pros:
Immaculate 27 holer deep inside a huge wooded County park
+ Clever 27 hole layout which connects a newer loop of 9 ("South Hatchet") to the existing 18. You drop off the main course after #15, and finish the new nine right by the 16th tee. It's hard to understand on the map, but it's made easy and intuitive following the excellent signage on the ground
+ Red and Blue Layouts: Many holes have multiple tees and/or multiple baskets, providing for distinctly different play challenges on the two layouts. Blue adds 4,000+ feet of distance with a mixing of back tees firing through wooded chutes, and long baskets requiring technical upshots
+ For a course with so much woods, there's a great mix of open holes spread around the original 18. Most holes include some degree of elevation change, ranging from tucked or perched baskets to straight-up or off-a-cliff teeshots
+ No unfair holes, no "stuck in" holes to make the layout work
+ There's some water in the form of streams. Clearly marked on the tee signs when it's OB, and also clearly marked when it plays as casual
+ Best signage I've ever played - so this must be an improvement since some of the earlier reviews here. The tee signs are large and well illustrated at both sets of tees. The baskets are painted with Red or Blue when there are two baskets on a hole, and there are very visible metal red and blue Next Tee signs. There are even a few places where stumps and rocks are painted red or blue to indicate you're going the right way
+ Clever 27 hole layout which connects a newer loop of 9 ("South Hatchet") to the existing 18. You drop off the main course after #15, and finish the new nine right by the 16th tee. It's hard to understand on the map, but it's made easy and intuitive following the excellent signage on the ground
+ Red and Blue Layouts: Many holes have multiple tees and/or multiple baskets, providing for distinctly different play challenges on the two layouts. Blue adds 4,000+ feet of distance with a mixing of back tees firing through wooded chutes, and long baskets requiring technical upshots
+ For a course with so much woods, there's a great mix of open holes spread around the original 18. Most holes include some degree of elevation change, ranging from tucked or perched baskets to straight-up or off-a-cliff teeshots
+ No unfair holes, no "stuck in" holes to make the layout work
+ There's some water in the form of streams. Clearly marked on the tee signs when it's OB, and also clearly marked when it plays as casual
+ Best signage I've ever played - so this must be an improvement since some of the earlier reviews here. The tee signs are large and well illustrated at both sets of tees. The baskets are painted with Red or Blue when there are two baskets on a hole, and there are very visible metal red and blue Next Tee signs. There are even a few places where stumps and rocks are painted red or blue to indicate you're going the right way
Cons:
- Some rugged hiking on the South Hatchet 9. Not really a "con" as much as a warning - you need to be in shape, especially if you're playing 27. Overall the course is fine for pulling a cart, but you're going to be lifting it in a few places along the Hatchet
- Most tees are large framed pavers. There are a few that aren't (especially on the South Hatchet 9). I imagine this is work in progress. In the big picture this is a minor flaw. I don't have a particularly long runup, and I never felt compromised by the tees
- Most tees are large framed pavers. There are a few that aren't (especially on the South Hatchet 9). I imagine this is work in progress. In the big picture this is a minor flaw. I don't have a particularly long runup, and I never felt compromised by the tees
Other Thoughts:
~ Immaculately clean and well-kept, deep inside a huge mult-iuse County park
~ Compared to my experience with other courses in the NJ/NY/Eastern PA area, Wilcox is a notch below Stafford and Brakewell. It's a notch above FDR, Leonard, Beacon, Tyler and Jordan. But that's just quibbling about the fine points - it's in the mix with all these courses. Wilcox is among the best you can reach in a day trip when you live in Northern NJ
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~ Compared to my experience with other courses in the NJ/NY/Eastern PA area, Wilcox is a notch below Stafford and Brakewell. It's a notch above FDR, Leonard, Beacon, Tyler and Jordan. But that's just quibbling about the fine points - it's in the mix with all these courses. Wilcox is among the best you can reach in a day trip when you live in Northern NJ
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Josephplayzdiscgolf
Experience:
4.7 years
1 played
1 reviews
Wicox Memorial Course 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Updated:
Played on:Apr 17, 2020
Played the course:5+ times
Pros:
Very nice course. It is easily accessible and is good for pros and beginners. during the winter the course is very easy to maneuver. The holes have a wide variety of difficulty that make this course very nice.
Cons:
In the summer sometimes the trees can be very annoying. You should always have a bright colored disc in hand because discs can be easily lost. I have lost multiple discs in the summer.
Other Thoughts:
On hole 7 if your looking to get the ace, you shouldn't go to the right or you will have a hard downhill approach shot. You should Go through the trees on the left. There is a flat road that you can safely land on and it will make your approach shot for birdie pretty simple.
