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Ryal
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Experience: 6.8 years 216 played 182 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Looney Loop At Lenni Lenape

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 11, 2023 Played the course:once

Pros:

+ The whole course takes place in a quiet spacious township park with breezey open fields and satisfying woods.
+ Plenty of elevation challenges.
+ Tees are long, wide and flat slabs of concrete.
+ The baskets have flags on top for visibility and almost enough 'next' arrows.
+ The tee signs are built well and have all the right info, but...

Cons:

- ...The tee signs ought to be updated for the long baskets, where applicable, and maybe the fairway diagrams could benefit from a fresh look.
- Navigation gets a bit guess-and-check in spots.
- A few safety issues for other parkgoers and players alike.

Other Thoughts:

I'll admit to a bit of ignorance, here. I thought that Lenni Lenape was the name of some dude who purchased that land that the park occupies. But then I researched the name and discovered that it's actually the name of an indigenous tribe who lived on that land long before anybody was ever named 'Lenni.' Whoops.

And what about the disc golf course on that land? It's fantastic, and it caught me completely off-guard. At first glance, I tricked myself into thinking that it was nothing special because I just saw the baskets within the open fields and an impressive hill or two, but that was it. Be careful on those open holes, though. There are a few walking paths that you'll have to worry about. Luckily, there is plenty of open space so you can see with enough early warning whether or not it's safe to throw.

Then the wooded parts started, and the course took on an entirely different feel. Links3 through 9 are invigorating and/or exhausting hilly walks in the woods. I wasn't expecting to break a sweat there. (Hot tip: don't come here hungover because the stark walks will make your headache worse!) Link4 was such a joy to play. As regular readers of mine might know, I love a woodsy downhill tee off, and that one is a great example of what I mean. Plus, since I played my round to the long baskets, where available, I enjoyed a nice uphill putt, too. Link5 right after is another great example, but I enjoyed the optics of that one more because it looked and felt like some sort of secretive disc golfing area. It must have been the surrounding hillsides and trees.

On the flipside of adventurous topography, I always have the bring up the potential for danger. There are exposed roots and loose rocks here. If you are unstead of your feet or accident prone, just slow it down a little. Use sturdy footwear.

After the steep hills and valleys finish, you are still enjoying a walk through the woods until link15. It is in this section of the course that runs the risk of feeling samey and dull because the dynamic landscape of the front nine is largely gone. It's always fun to weasel your way around trees. By this point, the course has already generated enough good faith that it can be forgiven.

Once you emerge from link14, the course returns to open fairways, and the hills make a comeback. It's almost as if the course designers knew that the lack of trees would need to be replaced with something. That said, I think that the final four holes are kind of bland. Link15 might be my least favorite of the course because of how straight, flat and wide open it plays.

And I guess I should mention that I felt a bit lost at times. I had no idea where to go after link12. And maybe one or two times I felt unsure for a few moments. But that's as bad as it gets here, in my opinion.

Bottom line? The course at Lenni Lenape Park is worth your time regardless of what kind of disc golfer you are. It starts wide open and finishes wide open with a satisfying grab bag of hills and woods in between. The venue isn't as impressive as other courses, and there are some dangers to be avoided, but for disc golfing this solid, it gets a strong recommendation. There are better courses out there, but not many!
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jamespenn
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Experience: 4.1 years 33 played 34 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Enjoyable strategic course

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Apr 14, 2022 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Most of the tees and baskets are nearby so not a lot of walking between holes. You have to backtrack a bit if you play the green baskets but it's not far.

The course has been cleaned up a lot in the past year, with most of the fairways in the woods now covered with mulch. The 4 holes with longer baskets (the greens) are now always well maintained.

Most of the woods corridors are wide enough now to be realistic. A lot of brush is gone and the valley where 4 and 5 are located is much wider. The hillsides where 4 and 7 long tees are located have been totally cleared out and very playable now.

There are several enjoyable and exciting tee shots through the woods or down a hill

As much as I hate the island green 2nd hole, I love the island green 2nd hole. (It's always into the wind!)

Forces you to be able to work shots in both directions in order to be successful.

The addition of 4 longer baskets on some holes make the course more interesting. Especially #13 which goes from a shortish par 4 in the woods, to a pretty difficult par 5 with the last 200 or so feet in an open field.

The township is really doing a great job these days keeping the corridors open

There are no water hazards!

Cons:

Some of the hills are very steep and sometimes slippery ,but they do make the course challenging and fun. You'd probably better walk down 10 fairway to get to 9 basket, 9 hillside is steep and slick.

#12 is probably the least enjoyable hole on the course, but it is slightly less of a plinko type hole than it used to be. There is a narrow line that has opened up for a right to left curving shot. It's not much wider than the tee pad though.

Can be difficult to play in the summer because the undergrowth can get pretty high but a lot of that has been removed. I've never lost a disc here but there have been a few 20-minute searches in the summer. (update! I did lose a disc here this past winter, in the leaves. A lot of the brush is cleared out now)

#4 is a wonderful hole, a curving par-3 down a hill and then back up, but the blind tee shot makes it tough to find a disc if you get offline at all. (update: This hole is quite a bit wider now than it used to be, the corridor used to be about 15 feet wide and now it's probably 35)

The woods holes are sometimes used as nature trails by pedestrians, so be forewarned.

There are no water hazards? Maybe?

Other Thoughts:

After opening with a nice friendly downhill open hole, it gets tough fast, and you walk up a steep hillside 3 times in the first 6 holes. You'll need decent shoes. Once you get used to the right lines on the wooded holes, it becomes an enjoyable challenge. It was tough and frustrating when I first started though. But the more you play it, the more of a fun challenge it becomes. The lines start to become visible. It has been cleaned up a lot in the past year, they have nice cement pads, baskets are in good spots, and it's there's usually an obvious path to get to the next tee. Some complain when you come back out of the woods, the last 4 holes are kind of dull, but I find them to be a welcome relief, 15 and 16 anyway. #17 is kind of dull, a wide open shot with really no hazards other than it's 400 feet uphill. #18 is probably the most fun tee shot on the course, downhill and there are some hazards. The park entrance is a bit easy to drive right on by, so follow Google Maps. Once you're there, the first tee is near the pavilion and it's not hard to navigate after that. If you haven't been here before, you'll probably need to walk ahead a bit to see where the hole goes, especially in the woods. There aren't any water hazards but if you get off line in the woods, you really have to keep a close watch on it. Of the 7 courses in the Lebanon area this is probably the most difficult to score on, and that may be why it's not usually busy. Once you get used to it, it's really pleasant, but the first few rounds can be a chore.

As an update, I'm moving this up from 3.5 to 4 stars. They have done a lot of work in the past year to widen some of the narrow corridors a bit and clear out a lot of the rough areas. A lot of the undergrowth is gone and there's a lot less time looking for disc. The 4 holes with longer baskets used to be unplayable, but now you'd never know they were recently added. I'd play all 4 baskets as 1 extra par though, playing 4, 7 and 10 as a par 3 and 13 as a par 4 is painful. Bump them all up 1 and you'll be much happier.

With all the work done on the course in the past year, I think it's a 4.0 now. Sure, they could use a bench or two because it is a tough walk at times, and there are a couple of holes that are just filler, but there are a lot of fun shots, it's well maintained, and it's not hopelessly narrow for the most part. Playing here a lot makes pretty much any other woods course, like Roland Park or Codorus Red or Blue, seem spacious in comparison.

As for the difficulty, the easiest configuration relative to par is to play all yellows, and then the 2 green baskets on #7 and #13, both of which add one to the par. Even par was 917 on that configuration at a recent league night.

Playing all yellow baskets, no greens, is slightly more difficult, even par was rated 920 earlier in the year. The most difficult configuration is to play all yellows and the two greens on #4 and #10, both of which turn difficult par 3s in to crazy difficult par 3s. Even par on that is usually around 930 rated. I haven't seen any rounds yet where all 4 green baskets were in use, but that would probably be around 930 rating at even par.

An 800-rated player would shoot about 12 over, no matter what configuration they play, but it would be an entertaining +12. There are numerous birdie holes here, it's not all a difficult slog. From #7 through #16, it's not unusual to have multiple birdie attempts if you can throw it 200 feet with some accuracy. Even #4 and #5 aren't impossible for the average player to reach as both play quite a bit downhill.
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HyooMac
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Experience: 6.7 years 415 played 382 reviews
4.00 star(s)

In the Shadow of South Hills 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 5, 2021 Played the course:once

Pros:

+ The property provides for a great mix of open and wooded holes. The layout takes full advantage of available elevation and provides a balance of left-to-right and right-to-left holes

+ Clever use of walking path on Hole #2 to make an island for your drive. It's an otherwise open 450' par 3, and the ring of walking path comes into play when placing your drive, and on not overrunning your putt. The only downside to this design is that it IS a walking path in a park, so you might have to wait for traffic to clear

+ Starting with Hole #3, you're in the woods until #15. But there's a steep grade that runs through a section of the woods, so you'll find yourself dealing with trees AND elevation on some of the holes. And you'll probably breathe a sigh of relief when you finally reach the fifteenth tee

+ The Main layout features two par 4's. Hole #13 becomes a par 5 when playing the Long pins, and it might be the best hole on either layout. After a long ally through the woods with an OB property line and dangerous downslope all along the left, the hole makes a substantial turn to the right with an approach across a valley to a slightly elevated basket out past the line of the woods. A really great hole that's unfortunately not described well on the signage (more on that below)

+ There are three holes with substantial left-to-right lines (#7, #9, #16). They're all downhill and short, but they're pretty varied and require different shots

Cons:

- The only weakness I'd note is the signage. The maps are made in an old style which prints using just a few standard sizes of emblems for trees, arranged to give an overall picture (check the pictures on this site). The maps show you a general idea of the hole, which is enough if you can see the basket from the tee. But when you can't see the basket, the limitation of these maps can jump up and bite you. This really became evident on that terrific par 4 hole #13: the map shows a straight hole, but the second half of the fairway has a dogleg right. Admittedly this is easily "solved" by walking forward when you can't see the basket, and it's not a problem on multiple plays. But sometimes you trust the map and it can cost you strokes


Other Thoughts:

~ The wooded holes are probably the better feature, because the open holes are pretty unremarkable. The open ones are fun to throw, and can be affected by wind - but with the exception of the walkway island on #2, not memorable

~ There's a large area of stone on the left side of the 18th fairway. It's a manmade rectangle that's probably 30' x 60' (likely something to do with drainage - it's big enough that you can see it on the uDisc maps) and the stones will really mark up a disc that fades out well short of the basket. There's nothing on the sign indicating whether to treat it as O.B. or hazard - so you should decide on the tee how to treat it, should you or another player find yourself in it. It's on a slope, so good luck getting footing among the rocks. My advice is to not allow anyone to play from the rocks, regardless of whether you assess a penalty or not

~ Multiple pins have a lot of weight when I'm rating, because they broaden the range of players who will find a challenge, and keeps the course interesting over time

~ Lenni Lenape is a solid "4" to me because of how well it uses the topography to create varied challenges throughout the round. Some of the wooded and sloping fairways reminded me of a personal favorite of mine (Perkerson Park in Atlanta). So I might be a little biased. But Lenni Lenape is definitely worth a play.




COURSE AMENITIES:
Very good concrete tees, decent baskets, adequate signage. Cart-friendly except for a few transition spots green-to-tee. Picnic pavilion and bathrooms


RECOMMENDED COMBINATIONS:
The obvious nearby course is South Hills, but Jackson Recreational is nearby, and so is the nice little Mt. Lebanon Camp Meeting niner. Neither of them are the same challenge as South Hills, but if you're trying to avoid crowds, they make for fun alternatives


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itsRudy
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 7.7 years 73 played 62 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Better than Expected 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jul 13, 2020 Played the course:once

Pros:

I went to South Hills again on a Monday and there was just too many groups, maybe a small weekly tournament. Whatever, but I hate waiting, so I went here instead, expecting just another average community course. I didn't have high hopes because the park sign is way off the main road and it felt like driving into another little suburban deadend. I was wrong, it's a really nice course happily empty of DGers that weekday, until I hit upon a group practicing on the last two holes. If they allowed South Hills to rewild with forest, it would end up a lot like this course.

The old winter photos here really don't do the course justice and makes it appear far more open than it is. Lenni Lenape starts with two open holes, enters forested meadows for three holes and elevation at play off the tees. Then is a steep uphill leading to series of purely forest holes, starting four being rather short technicals. At #15, it ends with open holes again throwing over the valley of the detention basin.

It averages just under 300ft and the median is just over 300ft. The longest hole is #2's 463ft, which had a 1-stroke penalty drop zone, a nice touch for not making the grass "island", as outlined by the walkway, from the tee. They could done more of that, it was fun. This place is definitely a go-to if you visit South Hills for a DG daytrip and liked their shorter yellow course setup.

The park itself consists of playground, a Pavilion with picnic tables, and a circular path going the perimeter of the open area (not quite updated on Google Maps yet) so I guess the park is also an ongoing work in progress.

+Innova disccatchers
+Variety of terrain, holes, and throws required. Was quite RH or LH agnostic by the mix.
+Elevation, down shots and upshots off the tee.
+Good signs, comparable to South Hills.
+Good length concrete tees.
+No water at play.
+Few bushes in fairways other than at very edges or ends
+Next tee hanging signs

Cons:

Hm, I guess that I don't live closer? Very few on this go-around. My biggest complaint is that navigation could have been better. I was pulling out my phone too often for my liking.

At the least, I'm very glad that I shot exclusively extra bright discs so I didn't have to go hunting long in the woods. One or two holes have low lying overgrowth that hide discs but mostly it was shooting around curves or hitting trees and not knowing where it landed. Otherwise, it might have changed the name of the game to Disc Hunter.

-Fair weather course and steep paths. I visited only once so far, so I can't say for certain weather-wise but from #4-6 and a few other points in the forest, there were rather steep paths I would rather not travel in rain or ice or with a weak ankle. It's not like the forested back 18 of Roland Park which is easily playable rain or shine.

-The crowd here was really sparse but today there were one family (?) that was a persistent pain in the ass, arriving later on, blocking three of my teeshots just milling around, completely obtuse to the course. Maybe it was just plain bad luck I got the Brady Bunch randomly looking all over for Tree Frogs to dissect for High School biology.

-Some Next Tee hanging signs off by 15 degrees. No biggie but should be fixed.

Other Thoughts:

Terrain Potential: XXX - Very Good. A bit compact but open grass, forested meadows, woods, elevation.
Actual Execution: XXXX - Excellent. Such a surprise, way more than I expected driving in.
Upkeep: XXX - Good. Seems like a club is taking care of it compared to old photos but it wouldn't surprise me to find issues cropping up.
Difficulty: XXXx - Intermediate+ territory.
Fun Factor: XXXx - Very good. I enjoyed this in the summer. Seems like a fair season course.
Overall: XXXx - Very good.

Starting Point: Park at 40.364136, -76.383136 (Google Maps), go on the path past the Pavillion and Children's Playground and first tee is on the right (40.363662, -76.383550).

Layout: Course loops. After #2, go into forest path by bench. #3-5 play in mowed fairways still but inside forest. #6 is a short but steep uphill and into forest proper and stays that way until #15's open hole. Rest of course is open grass. Baskets #3, 9, 16 and tee#10 all meet very close together at the edge of forest.
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danhyzer-busch
Experience: 8.7 years 35 played 3 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Excellent mix of challenging holes 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jun 26, 2018 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

The combination of open, wooded, uphill, downhill, left, right, tree-tunnel, short, long, and over-a-gully holes make a fun, challenging, and possibly frustrating course. Forces players to make the right decision when choosing shot, disc and direction. A great place to learn to throw tightly wooded holes and driving uphill/downhill.
Open holes are usually well mowed. Good shade in the wooded section on hot summer days.

Cons:

Wooded holes have some areas of thick rough in the summer, and lots of leaves in the fall, which makes finding errant shots difficult. Mosquitos are around in the summer so insect repellant may be needed. Long pants recommended.

Other Thoughts:

Parking is close to hole #1 and pavilion with restrooms and picnic benches. Course is much less crowded on weekends than that other very popular course in Lebanon. If playing some of the overly long wooded holes at courses like Quake and Coyote is too much for you, this course is a shorter version.
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mSchmoe41
Experience: 10.8 years 6 played 5 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Really good course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Aug 6, 2015 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

With size of the park a very good layout. Open holes to start the round and to end the round with the heart of the course being in the woods. Forcing you to think more creatively with your shots. The lines that you have on this course you will find yourself trying more overhead shots, sidearm shots, anhyzer. Risk rewards holes like holes #7, #9 and holes #16. The island hole #2 shows creativity with the course layout on property that simply doesn't have the water that maybe many others would like to have. Elevated shots throughout the the entire course.

Cons:

The biggest con for me is playing right next to private land on hole #13. This is a slight annoyance because if you throw a bad hyzer and it deflects off the trees, you may have issues getting your disc.

Other Thoughts:

This is a good course for challenging yourself to be more creative with your shots. For me, this course pushed the idea of working on my sidearm shots, encouraged the side arm rollers, the over head shots that when done correctly simply save you shots on this course. I have had my most favorite shots happen here and I believe it is because if you have a weakness this course will bring it out so if you want a better round, experiment.
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the wiz
Experience: 26.8 years 60 played 1 reviews
0.50 star(s)

1 OF THE WORST COURSES I HAVE BEEN TO 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 23, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

The only pros I can think of were that hole 1 and 2 were playable. Hole 15 and hole 18 were also playable. Loved the island idea on hole 2. The overall layout seemed thought out

Cons:

The overall layout : other than holes mentioned above the rest were in the woods (which is fine) however it was like playing in a jungle. You could find your disc in the rough but just may not actually be able to get to it. There is also a hole that you shoot up a very,very,very steep hill on,the hill was very slippery and I would caution you to watch out there or avoid it all together. I believe it was hoe 5 or 6 ??.

Other Thoughts:

The property seems well suited for the course. I am not sure how long it has been in the ground but am hoping it will go no where but up.
I am sorry for my harsh review, I have been challnged with my own issues at the course we installed and mine sucks a little. I played south hills and have to say it is an amazing course. I hope they can bring that amazingness here soon. will stop in a couple years to check it out again. Thanks
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jbetz45453
Experience: 10.8 years 14 played 12 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Welcome to the Island 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 18, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

Nice signage. Easy to navigate. The Island hole (#2) is pretty neat and is better than trying to throw over a big water hazard and losing your discs. Some open holes and some through the woods.

Cons:

The open holes are really wide open. A little hilly at some spots.

Other Thoughts:

A really nice course I hope to get back and play again.
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BigAl724
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 11.6 years 178 played 144 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Bipolar 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 4, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

Lenni Lenape offers a unique experience with some really interesting holes, some you may love and some you probably could skip. That was the case for me, as some holes felt liked they belonged on a 4.0-4.5-rated course and others on a 2.0-rated course. Given the small piece of land that the course is on, I feel that the designers did a tremendous job maximizing the property's potential to create some awesome holes and giving the course a nice balance of holes types. Despite being in a small park, it offers nice bathrooms, plenty of parking, a playground, and is very clean throughout.

All of the equipment is in great shape with new/informing tee signs, very comfortable concrete tees, and DISCatchers easy to spot in the thick woods.

Holes 7-14 offer a fun mix of shots in the woods, some being ace runs that require extreme accuracy, some that give you more room to work with and offer multiple lines, as well as a few multi-stage holes with specific landing zones. I couldn't shake the feeling that some of the holes in this stretch of the course displayed John Houck-esque landing zones, which is a genuine compliment. I was pleasantly surprised at how good these middle holes were.

There is a good balance of wooded and open holes here. I did appreciate the O.B. penalties on holes 1 and 2, giving these plain holes a little more character - hole 2 has an island-hole quality to it.

The design does a great job of using the elevation changes and only one or two holes are completely flat. Some of the open holes utilize rolling hills to make them slightly more interesting and the elevation used throughout the round provides some really unique holes. For example, hole 5 plays downhill, but there is a plateau that you need to land on or over to have a shot at birdie. The elevation also gives a risk/reward factor on a few holes. Hole 7 is initially a straight uphill shot that turns into a downward sloping dogleg right. The pin is set on the slope with a drop-off behind it.

Navigation is intuitive and there is very little walking in between holes.

Cons:

-The main detractor of this course is the lesser holes at the beginning and end of the round. Holes 1,2, and 15-18 pretty much play wide open and having 1/3 of the course being completely open is hurtful to its rating IMO. It's especially a letdown to end with four boring holes after a stretch of great holes. Hole 15 is really bad with mounds of dirt and mulch being the main obstacle. However, that part may not be the designers' doing.
-I probably caught the course at one of the worst times of the year in terms of rough, but it was really bad in some parts. The extreme angles on some of the holes combined with thick rough definitely encourages spotting. I do want to thank Michael though for calling me right away when he found one of my lost discs.
-Holes 5 and 8 would be better if just a little more clearing was done in the fairway.
-There is not much variety in terms of pars and hole lengths.
-Navigating the course is not for the faint of heart with some steep hill climbs and tight paths in the woods. I could see navigation being an even greater problem after the rain.

Other Thoughts:

These guys know how to design a course and courses seem to be regularly popping up in the area with their stamp on them. I would recommend stopping here if you are in the area playing South Hills as it is a great compliment to that course. Despite only being a few miles from each other, the courses offer a diverse mix of rolling hills and tight woods.

This is a hard course for me to rate. It has a bipolar quality to it with some wonderfully designed wooded holes, multiple wide open holes, and a few decent holes that have awful rough to make them less enjoyable. With a park this small, the designers appear to have been limited on what they could do for 18 holes so I think they did the best they could. Being only a few months old, I imagine that the course will only get better from here on out in terms of clearing fairways and rough. I am going with a 3.0, though I feel that the course is on the high end of this rating. I definitely encourage you to play this course, even at least just to check out the wooded holes if that fits your taste.
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swatso
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 15.7 years 755 played 414 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Open then Shut … then Open Again 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 14, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

Quality 4'x10' level, concrete tees, tall teesigns, and quality baskets,

Combination of open/wooded, elevation changes, shot-shaping, distances.

Cons:

A few of the holes have dense collection of random trees ~2/3rds of the way down the fairway, making luck a major factor.

A few tees are too close to previous baskets/other fairways - for example, tee-10 is in danger of too-wide-a-turning drive from tee-9, and also from a too-early-a-turn drive from tee-16.

Some of the ascents/descents to tees/baskets are a bit steep, and could be slippery when wet, Thick undergrowth along the early wooded holes could cause some long searches,

Other Thoughts:

Course dominates a new park set behind a neighbourhood bordering former farmland, with 1/3rd of the course starting/ending in open space, and the bulk of the course playing up, down, and atop a wooded plateau.

The open holes (1-2, 15-18) are, as expected, where most of the longer holes are found, some with out-of-bounds (left or "island"), treelines (along right side), and/or elevation loss. Holes 3-9 (and start of 10) are on the shorter side, and play up, down, and along the wooded slope, with an emphasis on tunneling fairways, right-turns, and good control. Holes 10-14 are set atop the wooded plateau, where the trees are taller/denser, underbrush is less prevalent, holes lengthen, and where most of the left-turning shots will be found.

Favourite hole: #11 - a long, "double-jointed" left-turner, with many-a-tree to cast aside a wayward disc.

Navigation: Even w/o a map, following the course was fairly straightforward, with the next-tee arrows at the bottom of the baskets. Only a bit of backtracking occurs from bakset-1 to tee-2, basket-5 to tee-6, and basket-12 to tee-13.

A decent course, offering good variety, which should improve as it breaks in over time.

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kyledstauffer
Experience: 13 years 53 played 4 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Great variety 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 7, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

Course makes great use of elevation. There are some downhill bombers, ravines and uphill shots to traverse. Really good job of making some unique holes that you won't see every day. In particular one hole is guarded by two large rock piles after a tight lined downhill bomb. The last hole is also pretty cool - parked on top of a retention basement that requires good placement. On the whole it has a good mix of open and wooded holes which is difficult for many courses to achieve. Mostly wooded holes that really require you to hit your lines. Difficult but not absurdly so - I would not recommend for beginners. Fairly easy to navigate as well with good tee signs, next tee signs and quality concrete pads. Dunkle did a nice job with this one.

Cons:

This course is a jungle. If you're not prepared it will take your lunch money and more than likely one or two of your soldiers as well. Be prepared to spend some time hiking in the brush. Could use a little more maintenance though that's really no fault of the designer.

Other Thoughts:

Bring your A game. This course requires an awesome variety of throws to succeed. You're going to need to bring your best backhand, forehand, tomahawks etc. the whole gambit of throws is required which is what I liked best about it.
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21111
Experience: 26.8 years 111 played 13 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Very nice 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:May 30, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

Quality design in a small park.
Bathrooms were new and clean.
Nice use of the elevation changes.
Putting may be a challenge due to the fast greens on the existing pin postions.
Course has new baskets and concrete tees throughout.

Cons:

I thought some of the wooded holes were routed a little close together, as the course develops this may become an issue.

Other Thoughts:

Nice use of the elevation changes. Worth the hour+ drive.
Fun to play and looking forward to going back.
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Shamis
Experience: 13.8 years 74 played 14 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Great new course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Apr 26, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

- Good use of OB to make the shorter holes interesting.
- Some real signature short holes that require precision turns through elevation changes.
- Most of the wooded holes had a fairly wide path but lots of bends.
- Good mix of open, wooded, and altitude holes.
- Nice full size concrete pads
- Good signage.
- Pretty park.

Cons:

- a couple holes in the woods were spray and pray.
- could do with a couple long holes.
- no water. I like water.

Other Thoughts:

Was an hour drive for me, but I'll be back soon.
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superk1035
Experience: 21.8 years 66 played 3 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Nice but a bit strenuous 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 14, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

Newer course, no trash, freshly cleaned fairways so no brush or weeds (it was early spring though), new grippy teepads, easy to read not missing tee signs.

Cons:

Steep! Hills abound in the first 9 (all I made it through due to flying in that day). I am sure that #6 is 189 long and 189 up!

Other Thoughts:

I think this is going to be a phenomenal course once all the grass grows in, and the wind isn't blowing 30 mph like the day I played. Don't miss this one if you are nearby!
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Peanut74
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
4.50 star(s)

Lenape is a must see! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 9, 2014 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

This picturesque course has a great layout featuring the perfect mix of long and short holes, wooded and non-wooded holes, and an interesting use of elevations. You never know who will win it on any given day. Tee pads and baskets are great, signage is attractive and easy to read (making it easy to navigate) The park is dog friendly.

Cons:

Very few: the course fits well into a tight space and, the designers made the most of it but, the wooded holes are a bit close together. The contrasting elevations make for interesting holes but, there are a few steep inclines to negotiate.

Other Thoughts:

A beautiful course filled with interesting holes that is sure to produce a different winner every time. Enjoy!
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