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Seymour Lake Park

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Detoneev
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
4.50 star(s)

Great course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 18, 2020 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

The course is well maintained, nice concrete tees, pretty good signage and pins. There is mix of long and short, open and wooded, one water hole, some blind shots and both left and right backhand doglegs. Overall it's very enjoyable and worth the trip.

Cons:

Thick rough/woods on a few holes that can eat your discs in mid summer but that's to be expected
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Mgoblue
Experience: 14.5 years 10 played 2 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Great Starter course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 29, 2019 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

I have been playing here for years, probably over 100 times. They have done a good job maintaining the course throughout the years and it's always fun!

Cons:

Only suggestion would be to add signage that points to next tee pad. Hole 14 has an alternate basket location and it isn't always clear which way it currently is.

Other Thoughts:

None.
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MisterJ
Experience: 7.6 years 36 played 22 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Stop By Its Pretty Good - Be Prepared 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 8, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

Challenge - First time here it was challenging, strategically placed baskets tucked in the woods on most holes, or right behind trees. Some elevation changes, and all par 3's makes it tricky to get in position for lots of birdies with eight holes of 400ish+ feet that are technical drives.

TeePads/Baskets - nice, liked them.

Fun - I do think this course has is in the Pro side for fun. It plays really nice, because of the technical nature, and as soon as you struggle with some long technical holes, you get to some nice short ones to make you feel like a champ again.

Congestion - I went in November, 1 other person on the course, little to no congestion.

Maintained/Bugs - In November, no bugs, and the grass was fine, I thought maintenance was great.

Cons:

Aesthetic - Not great compared to northern Oakland county.

Signage - at least there are signs stating distance and which tee you are on, and at basket an arrow to next. But wish for more.

Variety - Struggled with if this was pro or con. But really, there isn't that much variety. Park setting, little elevation, almost no water (unless you make my mistake). Most holes tuck the basket into the the trees, just which way, right, left or in the middle of the fairway.

Locatability - the park easy to find, the first teepad is easy to find right off the parking lot. But first-timers take a picture of the course with all the holes, run out and make sure you are shooting the right hole. Sometimes there are 3 baskets within 100 feet of each other. With as much as baskets are tucked into the trees, it can be hard to spot unless you walk down the fairway and find it.

Other Thoughts:

So this was my first time out to Seymour Lake. And when you get to the teepad, it points in one direction, the sign with distance points kinda in another direction and you wonder, which way is the basket. Like on Hole #2, elevated, pond in front you, basket 402ft, I throw about 350. Straight out from the direction of TeePad 2 is the pond and a basket. Although there is another basket right and another left. I naturally thought must be the one straight ahead, looks 402, nope, that was like 600+ so my 350 put me in the middle of the pond, I liked that crank. Hole 2 was to the left of the pond which is not the direction of the tee pad.

So I learned, take a picture of Seymour Lake disc golf course. It is tricky and the baskets can be tough to find. But I do like this place. I can't say I played it well my first time out. But I did have a good time and it was a challenge the first time out and I really did like to see what it had to offer.

If you like to try out new courses, this is one to stop by, may not be your top choice, but it will have some inherent challenges, and remember, basket #2 is left of the pond, if you happen to bring your bathing suit, let me know, my Crank is still at the bottom of the pond with everyone else's

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dwindacatcher
Experience: 25.8 years 24 played 3 reviews
4.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 24, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

A nice mix of left and right baskets, utilizing elevation changes, and some water. Wide fairways and we'll placed guardian trees. Great tee shots are rewarded with birdie looks, but bad ones don't mean bogey like most of the courses within 45 minutes of Flint.

Cons:

Signage. Every hole had a number, distance, and every pin had a painted rock pointing to the next hole, but a sign upgrade showing the general shape if the fairway would be nice. Also a sign for which parking lot to go in would help as well.

Other Thoughts:

This is one of the better courses I've played. The course goes around the baseball fields, but you are never close enough that it is a bother to them or you. Some of the ruff is thick, but most isnt.

Parking lot is the second lot on the right.
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Klingmeyer
Experience: 7.7 years 23 played 18 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Good course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 20, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

Some long holes and some not so long. This course plays on a typical large open park area with pockets of trees placed strategically. This is a fairly open fairway course. Hole #2 is challenging due to the basket placement behind/between a pond and a marshy area. It also plays downhill, lay up or gamble throwing a disc into the pond.

Cons:

The signage on this course is lacking, really no pictures of the holes, just distance. It is a long walk, not much elevation change.

Other Thoughts:

Not a very exciting course.
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jamesdevin
Experience: 19.8 years 85 played 22 reviews
4.00 star(s)

gets better every time 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Sep 22, 2015 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Good use of elevation
#2 pond/sledding hill signature hole
clean park (many trash cans and benches)
Good pin placements
Mostly long with some easier short holes
easy navigation
#18 is a great way to end a round
free to play
Bugs are gone!! (except near 14 and 15)

Cons:

Pond on #2 is getting smaller (good or bad)
long walk between 14 and 15

Other Thoughts:

The rating for this course should be better. there are many types of shots needed and the pins are in good places to make it more interesting. It is mostly an open course but throwing in the woods can make it difficult. #2 is one of my all time favorite holes where you throw down a sledding hole and over a pond. Wind can make this hole very difficult but the pond is shrinking by the day. there are plenty of chances to air it out and the last hole #18 is the best one. Finish your round with a 540' downhill shot next to the softball fields with a pond behind the pin. I recommend this course to all.
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Moose33
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 12.2 years 203 played 201 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Best Place I've Ever Given Blood! 2+ years

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

Pros:

The course is in a large multi use park that is very busy, but there is ample parking in a few gravel lots and the course rarely goes too close to any of the other fields.

Has some challenging shots the first 8 that play fairly open and long but with tree islands in okay fairways that make you pull into your bag of tricks.

9-17 are more wooded but largely less technical, and play along a really pretty bog. If it were in the south I would be concerned about snakes and gators(none of those in MI) and the guy I played with said they didn't get many snakes there.

I used my regular flick drives a lot as well as some sky Tommy's and some slow fade approach thumbers as well.

Number 2 is the star of the course it's a 350 or so shot downhill across a (today quite flooded) pond. I poet to lay up on the lip and get the safe par instead of trying to get a birdie and losing the only driver I brought on this trip.

Number 18 is pretty cool too. Long 450 or so shot that playes through a valley between the baseball field and a thicket. It ends up right by the lip of the pond.

Teepads are all textured concrete and pretty nice, baskets were almost all in good shape.

Cons:

Biggest one; Mosquitoes, mosquitoes and more mosquitoes! Didn't really notice it until number 8 but was getting either bitten or buzzing in my ears from there on.

Other than the throngs of tiny vampires the biggest issue was the lack of signage. No marker for where to start, no map, no direction by the teepads.

There were arrows by the baskets pointing in the direction of the next pad, but it wasn't always that helpful when there were multiple pads in that direction.

Honestly someone go out there with a can of paint and put the numbers on the teepads. It's mostly very well maintained otherwise so I can't imagine the club or park guys that maintain it would object.

Other Thoughts:

I has a good time but some signs and Vietnam army issue bug spray would make this a solid 3.5 course.
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Dirk van Galen
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
3.50 star(s)

2014 April 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 22, 2014 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

The local clubs keep making changes and minor modifications to the course every couple of months. Good mix of long and short holes with pins for both left and right approaches. Risk reward opportunities on several holes #2 , 6, and 15 among others.
long holes favor big arms with hazards to keep it honest.

The #1 hole has been lengthened and a new longer concreate tee pad has been installed to make it a little more challenging. The #2 hole is the signature hole over the pond but there is a stone foot bridge and areas to layup for those that don't want to take the risk going over from the tee.

Fun course and nice changes. A lot of triming and cleanup was done over the last year.

Cons:

Signage still an issue, though the local club is raising funds to add them.
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apdrvya
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Premium Member
Experience: 13.9 years 350 played 293 reviews
3.50 star(s)

better than the rating 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 2, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

Aesthetic-- plays through a large multi-use park. area is NOT disc golf exclusive and runs close to ball fields in several locations. be on the lookout for walkers and cross-country.

Teepads-- in great shape. nice and level.

Baskets-- Innova discatchers. some were a bit slanty but for the most part played fine.

Balance-- nicely balanced. course is fairly long. well, longer than I expected with many holes in the 300-400ft range, but there are a fair shake of shorties too.

Risk v Reward-- use of the ponds is nice. I heard horror stories of how high those ponds can get but it looks like the club have added a bridge across the ponds. the rough here is seriously gnarly. it presents it's own set of challenges.

Routing and nav-- with the addition of the bricks with the next hole number and arrow, routing is pretty easy.

Ammenities-- there is bathroom facilities here and a splash park. the park is really nice for being a non-pay park.

Cons:

Lack of teesigns-- lack of tee signs makes this course a challenge to know where you are throwing to. when you are in the 11-14 field, there are certainly challenges in knowing where you are throwing to...the lines are NOT immediately apparent.

challenge-- not a ton of challenge here. there are certainly some throw away holes here. #16 for example is straight ahead and definitely a putter hole.

Other Thoughts:

this course is so much better than I expected. had a blast, last of three big courses and a total of 72 holes on the day! :)
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rdblake01
Experience: 5 played 5 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Challenge in Oxford 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 15, 2013 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Lots of variations in shots required, both forehand and backhand. There are shots in the open, and thru some narrow tree shots. Well maintained.Course is isolated from other activities, although if you are really wild you can hit the baseball fields on #18.

Cons:

First hole is a warmup, but it is a good place to start.

Other Thoughts:

While playing a few years, I am not a long thrower. This course always challenges me due to the distance on some of the holes to get par.They really fixed this place up from a few years ago.
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HappyKilmore
Experience: 22 years 1 played 1 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Home Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 5, 2012 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Course has a seemingly simple layout with mostly non obstructive trees but many of the holes require precision drives and even more so, mid-range approach shots that span throwing styles and shot types if played well.

This course requires controlled drives and finesse approaches from serious golfers but is open, clean and fun for beginners and families too.

Layout makes busy days tolerable, and yes this once left for dead course is getting busy from time to time.

Cons:

The new hole one is kinda junk but it makes for a full 18 and a good warm up hole.
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Vinnie21
Experience: 20 years 4 played 1 reviews
3.50 star(s)

It's free and still one of my favorite courses. 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 28, 2012 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Nice open fairways for most of the holes with a variety of woodsy shots. As of this year it seems to be taken care of a lot better than the past couple of years. Short walking distances between each hole.

Cons:

Only Single chain baskets and longer tree pads would be nice (especially on hole one).

Other Thoughts:

Just glad that the bridge has been fixed and I am looking forward to playing here a lot this summer.
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BogeyNoMore
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Premium Member
Experience: 19.8 years 479 played 183 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Devil’s Ridge is Born Again! (see Other Thoughts) 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Apr 5, 2012 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Set in a quiet, multi-use community park with ball fields, soccer fields, splash park, tot-lot.
• Most of the course is relatively isolated from other park activities (although a few holes do bring you near areas frequented by other park visitors).
• Well designed, and challenging, with very good shot variety, nice mix of fairway shapes and distances.
• The first several holes are fairly open, with well-utilized trees, water, brush, to keep you honest; prevents you from simply running straight at the basket. Hazards are well-placed to make you choose a line or landing spot and execute, without forcing one specific line.
• Brush gets a bit thicker as you progress towards the middle of the course, but never gets truly tight. Nonetheless, shots that stray far from those fairways may be hard to recover from... but at least they gave you a few fairly open holes to warm up, doesn't start off with thick stuff right off the bat.
• Nice use of elevation throughout the course: downhill, uphill, gullies, gently rolling terrain -keeps things interesting.
• Good use of hidden and tucked baskets - forces players to hit a window to score par or better.
• Fairly spacious concrete tees on most holes.
• Many benches located along the course.
• Direction of next tee indicated by bricks/pavers (with # of next hole and arrow) imbedded in the ground near each basket - gets you moving in the right direction to easily find next tee.
• Restrooms near hole 4.

Cons:

Overall, Seymour Lake Park (also known as Devil's Ridge) is a pretty solid course - really not much to rip on. These are somewhat piddly, but certainly true:
• Tee posts with hole #, distance and fairway shaped arrow (straight, curved, S-shaped) would help on this course. Even with the directional markers pointing you toward next tee, navigation can be tough for first time or infrequent visitors; easy to find the next tee, but which direction is the basket? Tucked and blind baskets aren't visible from tee. Be prepared to walk a several fairways to see where you're throwing. Print the map: it's still correct (except for hole 1), and will help if you're unfamiliar with this course.
• Tees for 9 and 16 are pretty much next to each other, with no way to ID which is which, until you walk the fairway and see the number on the basket. That being said, I suppose this makes it convenient to skip holes 9-15, for a quick 11 holes if you're pressed for time. :-
• New 1st hole is a 270' (or so) straight shot in an open field. Maybe they were thinking "Ace Run," but I think it's pretty "meh." I suppose it's a decent warm up hole, and better than no first hole, at all (see Other Thoughts), but it doesn't do much to enhance the course... plus the tee pad's too small.

Other Thoughts:

If you're wondering how this course merits ratings ranging from 0.5 to 4.0, IMO it pretty much depends on when it was played:
• First played here in 2007: course was good.
• Returned 2010: course was bad.
• Came back in 2012: course has been nicely restored - I'll be coming back!

Except for 1st hole, layout remains unchanged since my first visit. Old hole 1 (used to be across the main park road from the rest of the course) was pulled out and replaced with the existing splash park by the time I visited in 2010. By that time, they hadn't replaced the missing first hole (so it was only 17 holes), the boardwalk/bridge from 14 to 15 had deteriorated (badly), and a previously good course was spiraling into disrepair as the area's economy tanked and tax base eroded (read Dirty Mitten's Other Thoughts regarding course starting out nice,and going downhill).

They've since given Devil's Ridge some much needed TLC, adding a first hole (albeit a yawner), to make it a full 18, as well as giving the previously scary return from 14 to 15 a complete overhaul, and making sure the course is in otherwise good shape. Willing to bet that if those who reviewed it during its dark ages were to play it again today, they'd bump they're rating at least a 1/2 disc.

Wind is definitely a factor here - not a pro or a con - just part of the game, and should be treated as such. Particularly frustrating is that the wind seems to change direction virtually the entire round.

Perhaps skewed a bit in favor of those with big arms.
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hawknest94
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
4.00 star(s)

They fixed the course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 18, 2012 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

They added a new hole #1 to replace the old one, and they bushwhacked and built a new path over the bridge in the swamp, no more walking a half a mile :)
Overall great par 3 course, many interesting drives and quality tees

Cons:

Always windy! I dot know what it is but it has never been calm while I'm on this course.
They really could use some signs on the tees showing where the basket is, because that can get very confusing, I'm thinking about calling the city and volunteering to do it myself
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Wolfpackdiscs
Experience: 15.8 years 7 played 7 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Cool...kind of 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 18, 2011 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Their are some great holes on this course. Really challenging blind approaches and water shots that make you really think you drive.

Cons:

Holes are missing, their is a long walk on the back 9 to get to the final few holes where you options are walk over a sinking bridge or walk back 5 holes to get to the ones you need. If the town put a little work in this could be an all star course. Hole 1 was taking out for a splash pad BTW.
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tunabow
Experience: 2 played 1 reviews
1.00 star(s)

not going back any time soon 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 24, 2011 Played the course:once

Pros:

Free to play

Cons:

Blind tee shots required course walkthrough. I do not find that fun. Holes 2 and 3 over the swamp - would be a better challenge later in the course, not at the start. The floating boardwalk - not floating, would be a nice walk with 30' sections hinged together, supporting each other.

Other Thoughts:

August 2011 is my second month playing this game. I am 60 years old and do not need to be challenged by steep hills and blind shots. This seems to be a "kids course", not designed for all age groups.
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intimadator
Experience: 24.9 years 8 played 6 reviews
3.00 star(s)

good ole time 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 20, 2010 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

sweet course really liked the hole in the woods was bit of a change since the hole course is out in the park! liked the different holes they really encorperate lots of trees and bushes as hazerds which make it more enjoyable then your typical county park course.

Cons:

to many people all over the course from runners to dogs watch ur disc! easy to loose a disc in the swamp on the back holes be careful, lot of cops in the area be careful with ur beer!

Other Thoughts:

ive seen better but it will do- played good here everytime but thats not what im looking for!
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kw83028
Experience: 13.7 years 79 played 25 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Great Course Now in 2016 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Dec 2, 2013 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Update since my review a few years ago:

-Baskets and teepads are good
-Lots of variety
-The pond on 2&3 has changed and now it is feasible to go for it now. I love it
-Next tee arrows in the ground
-Benches and trash cans
-Well maintained
-Had a good time today and it's definitely better than I remember it.

Cons:

All of my cons from my 2010 review are gone.

- Hole 1 is now just a short straight "warmup" toss
- kind of a long walk between 14 and 15 I think it was
- A few blind shots, but nothing a quick walk ahead wouldn't figure out

Other Thoughts:

After playing this course again, I really like it. Lots of variety, quite a few longer holes, good use of the terrain.
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CCADGL
Experience: 6 played 2 reviews
0.50 star(s)

Bad Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 25, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

none

Cons:

There was no first hole-spent half an hour looking for it.
The Tees were very poorly marked.
From each pod you had no idea where the hole was.
Some holes were placed very very poorly such as at the edge of a lake or surrounded by thick brush and trees.
After hole 14 there is a bridge that goes across a swamp but the bridge is sinkiing into the water. There are also holes in it. The worst part is that it was not marked and there was no warning ahead of time.

Other Thoughts:

Overe all it was a very bad course. The layout of each tees was just terrible.There would be pods with a strait fairway ahead. but once you threw it you had no idea where the hole was. After a while looking for it. you would realize that it was tucked in the deep brush 100 feet ahead and then to the right.
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Adaven
Experience: 24.9 years 22 played 8 reviews
2.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 20, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

Nice park, Well maintained for the most part with a wonderful variety of holes that make for a challenge. Large cement tee pads which are definitely a plus and beautiful new baskets. many elevation change shots which add to the course. Hole 18 especially, shooting downhill to the tee next to a water hazard, that was great fun. the layout was fun, shooting through forest into the open, many doglegs that added a challenge.

Cons:

NO SIGNAGE. this was a terrible disappointment for my first time at this course. I was unable to find the first hole and the tee to the second so I had to start at #3. Lack of signage made it very difficult to find the right hole as many baskets were in close proximity to one another or hidden from view. I was unable to play 15,16, 17 because the path to them was threw a swamp with heavy foliage on either side and you have to cross on a narrow floating bridge. I got about 75' in and had to turn around because I was calf high in muddy swamp water and part of the bridge was missing so I could go no further. There are signs in the ground at each basket that point you to the next tee though, but sometimes those could be misleading because there were two right next to each other.

Other Thoughts:

I rate courses not simply on the obvious conditions but also on how much fun it was. missing 5 holes because there was no signage or because certain holes could not be reached because of bridge issues this course was not fun. although this course had many things I look for in a great course they seem to have overlooked some very basic things. If you are going to spend the money to get new baskets and maintain a beautiful park, get some signs. Finally I believe the course map on this site is old and some of the holes have been changed.
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