Everyone who hasn't needs to check this site out. It's the best disc golf site out there, hands down. Extremely helpful when looking for courses to play for the first time. Way better than the PDGA course directory, though they work very hard to keep that thing up.
Thanks Scott, for your great reviews on the Wichita courses! I've played a lot of courses; I feel like I should contribute by doing some reviews. Can you give some pointers on how to get started doing reviews and what you try to do for a good review?
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Thanks for the compliment Mike. When I first saw DGCR, it was about 18 months ago. I believe Smitty posted a link on here to it and it was so barren back then, I thought," nice idea, but it'll never take off", as I've seen plenty of sites that just copy off the PDGA directory and collect dust. Then last October just as I was planning a trip to Tulsa and Dallas the PDGA website got hacked and they directed people over to DGCR while they got things repaired. I haven't used the PDGA course directory since, as it was like going from black and white 50's television to HDTV.
I was on their forums for about four months before I really got serious writing reviews, because the more I looked at the pages for our courses around here, I began to realize how lacking information was, including photos. So I've done some one day road trips this summer to snap some pics, and get some hole information when I could.
I would imply to everyone here to help pimp our courses online (not just on DGCR but any forum) by at least writing some reviews or contributing information about your local courses. I-35 and I-70 are conduits to some of the biggest disc golf meccas in the country and I'd like to give people passing through a reason to hit the off ramp and go play a round. If you see information that is incomplete, wrong, or outdated feel free to jump on there and fix it. (I had last put the pin positions for Herman at where they were at the day I snapped the photos. I'm sure they've changed since then). Also, if you have a tournament coming up, even an unsanctioned or local one, feel free to post it in the tourney calendar. You can add your league/mini night as well. What we're really lacking on DGCR is hole distances and course maps. If there are videos on Youtube of people playing at your course, you can upload links to them as well.
I don't think there's any correct way to write a review. In fact I would say a great deal of the reviews on there, mine included, actually read more like PRE-views. I'd prefer to contribute something that would be of use to traveling players on what to expect when they get here. What I've learned is a lot of folks have different tastes and "too short to be challenging", "too much lefty bias", "no bathrooms except the woods" means something to some people and nothing to others, so write from your perspective and don't be concerned with what others are going to think about it. I think a review of a local course you've played a hundred times is going to come out of you much differently than one of a course in another state you may only see once. In the latter case, I'd recommend bringing a note pad to jot stuff down while its fresh in your head. I went to eastern Iowa back in June and I've already forgotten about some of the courses I played.
I was on their forums for about four months before I really got serious writing reviews, because the more I looked at the pages for our courses around here, I began to realize how lacking information was, including photos. So I've done some one day road trips this summer to snap some pics, and get some hole information when I could.
I would imply to everyone here to help pimp our courses online (not just on DGCR but any forum) by at least writing some reviews or contributing information about your local courses. I-35 and I-70 are conduits to some of the biggest disc golf meccas in the country and I'd like to give people passing through a reason to hit the off ramp and go play a round. If you see information that is incomplete, wrong, or outdated feel free to jump on there and fix it. (I had last put the pin positions for Herman at where they were at the day I snapped the photos. I'm sure they've changed since then). Also, if you have a tournament coming up, even an unsanctioned or local one, feel free to post it in the tourney calendar. You can add your league/mini night as well. What we're really lacking on DGCR is hole distances and course maps. If there are videos on Youtube of people playing at your course, you can upload links to them as well.
I don't think there's any correct way to write a review. In fact I would say a great deal of the reviews on there, mine included, actually read more like PRE-views. I'd prefer to contribute something that would be of use to traveling players on what to expect when they get here. What I've learned is a lot of folks have different tastes and "too short to be challenging", "too much lefty bias", "no bathrooms except the woods" means something to some people and nothing to others, so write from your perspective and don't be concerned with what others are going to think about it. I think a review of a local course you've played a hundred times is going to come out of you much differently than one of a course in another state you may only see once. In the latter case, I'd recommend bringing a note pad to jot stuff down while its fresh in your head. I went to eastern Iowa back in June and I've already forgotten about some of the courses I played.
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Definitely a great resource when you're on the road. Spent two weeks in Nashua, NH in June and used it to find a course close that we played almost every night & three in Mass that we played Sunday. Being a novice & with two first timers along for the ride, really helped decide on courses that were within our skill level and gave us a nice scenic drive through Mass. Ended up at the Pyrmids course in Leicester so I could check out the discs at Marshall St. Didn't have time to hit Maple Hill across the street. Disappointing. Great resource!
John Danley
McPherson, KS
McPherson, KS