Kensington DGC

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

19 reviews

Upkeep
4.4
Shot variety/design
4.3
Tee areas
3.7
Signage/wayfinding
3.3
Amenities
4.2
Scenery/views
4.5
shaunamarie

@shaunamarie

54

Not a bad start to a new course. Some holes need tweaking and better signage is desperately needed, card behind us was just as confused as us on certain holes. Overall nice course with lots of potential.

After playing Reds
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danielsisson

@danielsisson

34

Updated review of the current iteration after playing a few more laps. Convenient blue difficulty course within the city, with a substantial bias for right handed forehands. The property has all the features: golf greens, mature trees, slopes, streams etc. Course does seem to be slowly evolving every couple of months. As it'll be mostly open during winter months, you can expect to deal with a bit of moisture and mud. Course design does have a lot of 'chippy' shots where your result can feel lucky. Many greens are guarded and you sometimes will find yourself with no access to putt even within 12 feet. Some safety issues still exist with the area off the golf course, as nearby residents still walk through the area off the paths and aren't aware. A homeless man also came and picked up my card's disc the other day. Some blind shots/approaches exist, which give you the chance to throw in on groups. For me. it feels like you throw the same 2 distances the whole round. either 230-260 chip shot, or a 330-375 straight/slight turn. A couple of the holes can be broken with a lazy forehand roller, which is a personal criterium of a subpar hole. Holes 11 & 15 are my favorite on the course and hope to see future updates with more in that vein. Hole 9 would also be a favorite if the teepad wasn't short and slightly sloped.

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farlar

@farlar

3

I doubt there's anything they can do about how muddy it is, especially considering it's only open in the winter.

chocochess

@chocochess

12

Very fun course! Does almost everything right. My only complaint is that the baskets spit out your disc way more than they should.

coasterjuicy

@coasterjuicy

24

Really nice

captainplanet

@captainplanet

5

Last 4 are muddy

After playing Reds
lolafolana

@lolafolana

14

Muddy in some spots. Ted pads need signage at least for home number

After playing Blues
corycanuck

@corycanuck

9

Love this course!

After playing Blues
deebscycles

@deebscycles

38

A couple of soft & muddy teepads but overall, a great layout, really interesting challenges. Well done and thank you! Best course around, for shot variety!

After playing Blues
hastalasiracha

@hastalasiracha

29

Fun course with a lot of different shots. Enough challenge. One down side is some of the tee off areas- there is a gold, blue and red lay out, and it's clear that the tees further away from the basket would often have a tee off matt, whereas the red lay-put wouldn't. This made most tees for us muddy and slippery. Make sure to stand in the least muddy spots for grip. Another one is signage, could perhaps use a little more, but we made it work. I did enjoy that I was able to play with people from different abilities using different tee pads without it becoming annoying, as they all would be in line of each other, giving it a natural flow.

braedendg

@braedendg

16

Hole 7 and 12 should be par 4 for the red layout. Hole 6 was a bit confusing on udisc and hole 15 shows the old pin location which confused us. Overall a fun course just needs some tweaks

threadthanaddle

@threadthanaddle

55

Another great course in Burnaby, well done to everyone involved! Good variety with elevation changes, and some nasty rough. Clean fairway shots are rewarded. A bit of maintenance/signage could bump it to 4.5.

connermcleod

@connermcleod

8

The only course like it in the city, great for wide open drives and well taken care of.

aaronelsser

@aaronelsser

17

Fantastic property with lots of potential. The new baskets are great. I assume proper teepads and signage are coming in the near future. My main critique of the course is that the current layout has a lot of short par 3’s where the basket is not visible from the teepad. For the gold layout, players who can throw far (accurately) will not be separated from a player who has an accurate amateur level arm speed on many holes and therefore it isn’t very suitable for pro tournament play yet.

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qballer

@qballer

43

Holes 1-14 were great fun! More signage needed on holes 15-18, heavy foot traffic that had no clue there was a disc course in the park. Got purposely blocked by a particularly rude man who took issue with the course being in existence.

brettwells

@brettwells

84

Awesome new course! Thanks for all the hard work to clear brambles and make some very fun holes!

dhuttunen

@dhuttunen

38

Well designed course that makes great use of the property and elevation!

After playing Golds
sarahtheginger

@sarahtheginger

53

For the first time playing here it was enjoyable! Course will change a lot in terms of signage and teepads but good work so far.

wh1skeyjack

@wh1skeyjack

61

Lots of potential!!