Hey Dave, just my 2 cents worth.
but after looking at your tenitive schedule. and the dates in which you plan to play. And having played all but 6 of the current 93 DGC in Ohio (99 DGC played total in Ohio). I would suggest not going to CEDAR POINT on a saturday unless you like standing in longer lines. I would suggest (if you can) going to the POINT during the week.
but say you can't alter your schedule. I still recommend coming to Stark County (home of Canton/ Massillon DGC's, amongst others) and playing the Massillon course. It's really looking nice since the SCDGA cleaned it all up for our recent Hall of Chains tournament. I also suggest playing DOVER's Dies Hill or city park. That's about 20 minutes south of Canton on I-77. but if your a traveler like me. and was traveling from I-71 towards Stark County, I would suggest stopping by real quickly and play the NEW Charles Mills (should be open for play about the time your traveling our way) Lake Park DGC
http://www.mwcdlakes.com/ camping is available here. It's only 9 holes, but it's a really cool 9 as you play out and over to an island and back. Then I would continue eastward on rt.30 (watch your speed on 30) and play Wooster's Freedlander Park, then from Wooster take rt. 250 east to Dover and play Dies Hill red or white tees (blue if your really sadistic), then head north on I-77 and play Canton or Massillon (both are looking good after the SCDGA has really done a great job cleaning up the parks for last month's Hall of Chains tournament). Canton course is minutes away from I-77 (exit 107 A) and Massillon is 20 minutes west of I-77/ rt. 30 interchange (both are cool courses, I can walk to Arboretum/ Spiker Park. but find myself playing Massillon more often), then I would travel up to north to Portage Lakes to camp
http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/ataglance/tabid/76/Default.aspx . Portage Lakes is in the process of developing an awesome DGC (we have 7 baskets sold and looking for more sponsers for a 18 hole championship course), but you can camp at the State Park and that's minutes away from I-77. the next day I would play Medina (Ohio's first DGC) and (host to a 4th of July tournament that will feature Ken Climo, Dave Feldberg, Avery & Valarie Jenkins, Elaine King, Eric Vandeberg and a slew of our sports top players both male and female, check out the guest list at
http://www.pdga.com/tournament-results?TournID=9033 ), then from Medina I would suggest going and play Sim's park and stopping by at Scotti's ( This is the man and the restuarant to visit when done playing for the day for a night cap Scotti's is located just off of I-90, turn north onto E.185th, and the Itallian eatery will be on your left), I'd also suggest playing another cool 9 hole course in Osborne Park in Willoughby. Hole # 4 is as close as you want to get to Lake Erie, infact being a LHBH player I throw my shot out over Lake Erie and have it come back in towards the basket.
Give me a ring, if you need a guide at either Canton or Massillon.
Dan 'hyzer'
pdga # 4697
DGCR # 1017
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