Prospect Park

There is good variety across the holes that will test all your skills. There are lots of open areas, approaches requiring great precision, doglegs, very narrow fairways with thick woods and OB areas, a few legitimate water hazards, uphills, downhills and of course, plenty of trees and park users! A major component of this course is interaction with other park users. During peak hours & days, it can be virtually impossible to play several of the holes due to the high traffic. Two of us were ab ...
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There is good variety across the holes that will test all your skills. There are lots of open areas, approaches requiring great precision, doglegs, very narrow fairways with thick woods and OB areas, a few legitimate water hazards, uphills, downhills and of course, plenty of trees and park users!

A major component of this course is interaction with other park users. During peak hours & days, it can be virtually impossible to play several of the holes due to the high traffic. Two of us were able to play on just such a day because there were scattered thunderstorms and rain and there weren't as many people in the park as there usually would be. It still required quite a bit of skill to negotiate the holes without endangering any people or pets.

The tees and holes could be marked better. According to the course "am" and the website, several tees are supposed to be marked with submerged orange bricks however we didn't see a single one. There was also some confusion about the holes even after consulting the pictures on the website. Some of the holes have disappeared or have moved due to recent destructive weather and park maintenance. After a run through the course, we had a much better idea of where the intended holes were and we played through.

Most park users are ignorant to disc golf so quite a few discs were thrown back to us after drives or during the approach to a hole. It seems that more park staff and police are aware of the course since we were not approached or bothered, even when we were putting Hole 4 in front of an NYPD officer.

Since there are no other courses anywhere in NYC, I'll happily play this unorthodox course, quirks and all!
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