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We are ALWAYS gratified to hear there is a new disc golf park in the area. For that change-of-pace hankering we occasionally will travel (all the way) to Tampa to throw, although that is largely because our friend Lee lives near Limona, and USF Park is also kinda nice over there too, although not dramatically better than any Pinellas County course (except Ross Norton).
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Youth Park provides disc golfers with a snazzy score card
Disc golf, which seems to be much maligned by "regular" golf players (and the feeling is usually mutual), requires MUCH less real estate than a ball golf course. So it's no surprise that they are popping up more regularly than golf courses. Also, as I mention elsewhere, a disc golf course adds a presence in inner-city parks that keeps the unwanted element a little more at bay. It took a little coordinating, but I think it's to our credit that all of the regular attendees wanted to be involved with our first visit to this new entry, and therefore it became somewhat of an "event".
Youth Park can be difficult to find at first, it is NOT on the beaten track. But it is just a few blocks south of the Pinellas Square Mall (the beaten path), so have a quick look at your Google Map and you should be good to go. The trick is knowing to turn off of 70nd Ave at 40th street, then wind your way back (through one parking lot) to your final destination.
There is no point in directing you to hole 1, it is all very easy to figure out. In fact, this entire course has the most obvious segways between holes that a map is superfluous. It is noteworthy, however, to mention that the practice basket is off to the right halfway between the hole 1 tee-pad its basket. Not exactly in the way (of the hole) but if you don't know about it and want to warm up it is not immediately evident.
Recently an unexpected disc golf tournament at Largo's Taylor Lake Park sent us away, and since we were already "half way there", we decided to divert to Youth Lake Park, where the following hole-by-hole shots were taken. Several holes still had standing water from the rains a few days previously, so that tells me this is NOT going to be an ideal course to play in the summertime -- it constantly rains here in the summertime - if we're lucky -- but if you go in knowing that, then it really is "no problem". Note hole 3 particularly around the basket.
Oh, there are some annoying (okay, challenging) holes where the rows of trees make it a real crap shoot. Note holes 4, 10 and 14, and probably a couple others. I blame the course designer, C. R. Wiley (he said jokingly). In all honesty we get frustrated by the hazards, but if they didn't exist, and all holes were just more or less open fields, it really wouldn't be any fun now would it? That's a rheutorical question. |
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Front nine - West side (mostly) open area |
Hole 1 |
Hole 2 | 
Hole 3 |
Hole 4 |
Hole 5 |
Hole 6 |
Hole 7 |
Hole 8 |
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| Back nine - Trees are much more of a factor |
Hole 10 | 
Hole 11 | 
Hole 12
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Hole 13 |
Hole 14 |
Hole 15 |
Hole 16 | | 
Hole 18 |
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