Rossville, KS

Rossville Park

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Experience: 5.7 years 85 played 26 reviews
1.00 star(s)

Maybe it used to be better? 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 2, 2021 Played the course:once

Pros:

The baskets are 28-chain Innova DISCatchers. Holes 1-3 have some large mature trees to shot shape around. Hole 2 has some bushes behind the basket to penalize shots that overshoot the green. There is a practice basket.

It's a good place to practice, and it gives disc golf a foothold in another rural town. And it's right next to the high (?) school, so it gives older kids good, after-school access to disc golf.

Aside from that, the only other pro I really see is its proximity to other adjacent amenities like the town swimming pool, a playground, and a picnic shelter.

Cons:

Hole 3's basket is missing and the tray is halfway fallen off another basket (I don't specifically remember which one it was - the practice basket or #7 maybe?).

Even using UDisc, I had a terrible time navigating this place. Don't get me wrong, you're not going to get lost; it's just that you can see most of the baskets at one time which (combined with 3's missing basket) gave me a heck of a time trying to figure out where to throw from and which basket to throw to. To add on to that, there's also an 18 hole gold layout (or used to be anyway), so a bunch of the baskets have like 2 or 3 different hole numbers on them. I found a tee marker for #4, but if any of the other holes had them, I was never able to find them.

After the first couple holes, the rest are just wide-open and boring.

Safety issues throwing next to a picnic shelter, the swimming pool, parking lot, over other holes' fairways, etc.

Other Thoughts:

If you live in (or just outside) Rossville, this place is better than nothing, at least. Aside from that, in my opinion, only dedicated course-baggers should consider playing here. Even if you do manage to figure out the flow of the course better than I did, it's mainly just open, boring holes (which is why I believe it's not worth it to go out of your way to play here unless you need it for your course count).

Park in the parking lot for the Rossville swimming pool.
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paulbmann
Experience: 34.1 years 67 played 10 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Gold Alternate Layout Is Best 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jun 27, 2017 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Gold Alternate layout has some variety: 4 hyzer shots, 3 anhyzer (or sidearm) shots, 2 straight shots, 2 about 300 ft, 1 over 400 ft. Open and not-so-open holes. Out-of-bounds makes it more challenging. Good Innova Discatcher baskets. Restrooms available. Swimming pool available in summer.

Cons:

No tee pads. Flat terrain. Multi-use park. No tee signs.

Other Thoughts:

For a right-handed player:
Hole 1. Straight shot between some trees.
Hole 2. Low ceiling hyzer, or big hyzer.
Hole 3. Anhyzer or sidearm over the O.B. road.
Hole 4. Low hyzer or big hyzer over the trees.
Hole 5. Short hyzer, aceable, 225'.
Hole 6. Hyzer shot, 255'.
Hole 7. Anhyzer shot, 290'.
Hole 8. Sidearm shot, 240'.
Hole 9. Straight or hyzer, 410'

See the Course Map (Gold Alternate) in the Links/Files section.


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Chained Evil
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 13.9 years 1095 played 232 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Home of the DAWGS 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 18, 2015 Played the course:once

Pros:

This is a good beginner/intermediate style course. Its in a well maintained park that plays around the park and the NW side of the high school.
The park and grounds are well maintained and there are other ameities here like a swimming pool, restrooms, and a playground.
Rounds should play quickly here.
There are multiple tees and pin placement to mix things up and offer a different look.
The first 3 holes had lines to be shaped and 9 was nice finishing hole.
There is a good mix of short and moderate length holes here as well.
There is also a practice basket.

Cons:

Some of the tee areas share space with the parking lot by the swimming pool, (see 1 and 4) and may not be usable during certain times of the year.
A couple of holes are close to other ameneites (see 9 which is close to the playground and bull pen of the baseball field) extra caution is advised here.
The addition of signage would be beneficial to help mark the tee areas. Right now look for the pink flags to tee off from. Hopefully in the future signage is coming.

Other Thoughts:

Its nice to see a small town install a nice little 9 hole course to try to introduce more players to the game. This course has an advantage that it is close to a school were students could utilize it and hone there skills. I think if some trees were planted on some of the interior holes like 4-8 if would help make things a bit more challenging. There are some new trees on hole 5 but they will take a while to mature.
This would be a good place to take the family out and spend some quality time enjoying a round. More advanced players can use this course to tune up their midrange game.
Overall a nice 9 in a small town give it a play if you are passing through or are close.
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