Douglas Park
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Rating:
(1 vote)
Location:
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First Tee: (39.806,-89.666)
Course Details:
# Holes: 18
Target Type: Mach3
Tee Type: Concrete
Elevation: 50/50 Flat/Hills
Foliage: Woodsy
Course Length: 4744
Alternate Length: 5551
Hole Length:
Under 300ft: 14
300 – 400ft: 3
Over 400ft: 1
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Course Description:
Beautiful rolling hills in 40 acre park. 100 year old oaks provide scenery for hill to hill shots. 2 parking lots. 1st tee near bandstand. No playing during concerts.
Course Established: 1999
Additional Course Information:
Additional Course Information for Douglas Park:
Directions:
5 miles south of airport just off State Rt. 29 and Madison, park is between MacArthur Blvd. and Walnut St. (St. Rt. 29) along Madison (one way - eastbound).
Very fun course. Played it many times.
PROS: Fairly easy to follow, there are some elevation changes, some very challenging holes, some blind tees, a mix of short and longer holes, it has a nice layout that helps speed up play and you can get two rounds in pretty easy, it has regular & pro tee markers on most holes, it's free.
CONS: The clientele visiting the park is very shady, a lot of hobos & drunks loitering around the picnic area, a couple of the holes were a little difficult to follow and a few holes were moved, the hole number on the baskets are not all marked, there are regular & pro tee offs, but they are difficult to find and need to be replaced in some cases, a little restoration effort could probably put this course into a 5 category, I am not from the area and getting to and from the park can be a little confusing the way the streets around there are laid out.
TIPS: Watch out for heavy leaves in the fall. Discs can become lost in the mounds of downed oak leaves after a long tee-off if you aren't watching close.