Gowen Park Disc Golf

@djchagnon

homeless camp….

@scottyq

It's an old city park course that's more about rambling about an old city park than a scintillating disc golf experience. I never found the official 5th or 8th tee pads or the 9th basket, but I sure had fun!

@borser1

58

Decent beginners course. There are signs at tee boxes but no tee pads and no wayfinding signs. Baskets are kinda old and some are lopsided. Course doesn’t seem to be kept up regularly. That being said there was some decent shot variety although course was fairly easy.

@jamesbreen8

33

Holes 2 and 5 have no fairway and no baskets, many holes are overgrown, and upkeep seems minimal. There is some open field area that's good for fieldwork, but fieldwork is all I would ever use Gowen Park for.

@dobetter

48

Worst course ever?

@discgolfphoenix

187

A public park 9-hole course that needs some love & attention. Feedback states issues with city of Sanford. Original 2006 single chain baskets and fun Ace lines for a short 9-holer. Great place for a quick lunch break, practice round, Ace runs, etc. The wooded backdrop provides great scenery and potential wildlife off the large pond. Underrated course.

@gstarbrook

3

It was fine, nothing amazing, but close to home

@aboulay15

10

While the course is located in a park maintained by the city, the course itself is not. The city was reluctant to allow this course at all and it's been entirely neglected since it's inception in 2008 due to the fact, it's illegal for anyone to do anything without the citys approval. Has a lot of potential and is an alright course to play. Personally I avoid holes 4 and 5 altogether, 4 has a nonexistent lane and 5 is a health hazard due to drug users leaving paraphernalia on the ground.

@jlippa

7

Bring bug spray for tics due to long grass never cut. Watch out for poison ivy. Over all this is a good course but needs TLC for maintenance

@keating

Fun runs. Not ace many aces runs as you would like but more of a challenge which is enjoyable.

@mint21

If it's your first time on Gowen it's going to be a struggle. Very poorly marked but once you figure it out it's not bad. Yes some cages are bent/leaning. All in all it's a decent little course with a variety of different shots and makes for a great quick practice round.

@skhothill

Terrible. It’s not a course. It’s a park with leaning baskets strewn through the place. I would love to see someone from the parks and rec pull out all the baskets and start fresh.

@akstaley123

4

No shot lines for some holes and homeless in the woods

@gyrojared

A bit tough to navigate and baskets aren’t the best but once you figure it out/make you’re own layout it’s a fun free place to play. Beautiful park

@discguy51

Wish it was 18 but fun

@metrickd

Needs maintenance, hole 4 and 5 don't have designed pads so you have to guess. other than that it's good practice for putter shota

@aaronbeaudin

No maintenance and the course set up makes no sense.

@sperrin03462

Great potential to be a disc golf course with some TLC. Unplayable right now

@jacobpelletier

Trees have fallen in the course, there only about 4 holes marked, and the tee boxes are nearly nonexistent.

@jnobrien16

Pretty much unplayable. A few of the baskets were completely overgrown. Difficult to find where the course starts and where the next hole is. You could only play about 4 holes.