The course is being redesigned and will feature an 18 AND 27 hole layout when finished...


New Hole #11 from mid-fairway...click pic to enlarge

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The Coeymans Town Board has approved a plan to add 9 more holes and move 5 others on the current 18 hole course. The existing 18 hole course will be losing 5 wooded holes in a rare wildflower area and will replace those 5 holes plus nine more on the east side of the park, which has outrageous huge rocks, mature trees and great elevation change. This should make the future course one of the best venues in the east and a World Class 27 hole Championship Course. The course transformation should be complete within 2 months.


Local news story on the course here (http://www.discgolfscene.com/media/11591_g.jpg)
Sorry about the poor text quality, the story was split up across 3 different pages........

Please try to make some true pro par four holes for Blue rated (950-level) players. I've played the Joralemon course before and it was a wonderful layout, but the holes really never varied from either deuceable par three holes to 'tweener' par 3.5 holes where a shortish approach shot was required. You were enthused to score a three on these tweener holes but the approach shot was rarely a full drive, and a score of four often still felt like a bogey.

Hopefully these 13 new holes on the east side of the park will allow you to create true pro par four (or even pro par five) holes to challenge all aspects of a golfer's game.

Please try to make some true pro par four holes for Blue rated (950-level) players. I've played the Joralemon course before and it was a wonderful layout, but the holes really never varied from either deuceable par three holes to 'tweener' par 3.5 holes where a shortish approach shot was required. You were enthused to score a three on these tweener holes but the approach shot was rarely a full drive, and a score of four often still felt like a bogey.

Hopefully these 13 new holes on the east side of the park will allow you to create true pro par four (or even pro par five) holes to challenge all aspects of a golfer's game.

Is there an echo in here?? LOL, just responded to the NEFA post, Jeff

For once I agree with Jeff LaGrassa. All courses need lots of par 4 and even par 5 holes.

OK, we're now completed with the design phase and are deep into the clearing phase. Tentative par is 85 with four par 4's.

Clearing of dead wood and debris is continuing and all but 3 holes are truly playable.

Big news story on the front page of the "Health" section of this past Saturday's Times Union............ also online at:

http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=851321

A recent review written at DGCR.com

http://www.dgcoursereview.com/reviews.php?id=164&page=1&mode=rev#16367

Review By: optidiscic - played on 10/19/2009
Jurassic Joralemon

Pros: Set in a remote location,Joralemon Park, in an out of the way town, Coeymans, NY, and with 28 spread out holes over primarily disc golf territory your not ever gonna have to deal with crowds. This course though, at this writing, lacking in yuppie amenities does not need them as the disc golf here is so strong. The course has open big air shots, tricky approaches, fast greens, low ceiling rollers, short holes, long holes, deep woods holes, flat, rolling, uphill and downhill holes. The front 9 play flat and semi-open but theres a lot to keep you interested. Not a bad hole in this bunch as you play over well mowed lawns, near a stream and below and between beautiful park trees. Holes 4 and 9 provide some big arm fun as well as interesting approaches,#4 to the top of a boulder ridge after a long sweeping drive 460' past some sycamores and #9 a huge 567' couple of drives and then negotiating a tight doorway into the woods with a pretty green with a stream nearby. Then you cross a bridge and go to the other side of Starr Rd. This is where the magic starts. Holes 10-21 are some wonderful pure disc golf holes through a rolling forrest laden with huge boulders and old trees. Fairways not only meander up and down these old woods they are weaving between massive trees and carving immense boulders that form obstacles as well as fairways. The holes start out as clever technicical fun shots and then begin to get longer and more epic as you get closer to finishing with the woods on #21. Old mountain woods so not a lot of thorns or shule to punish you off the fairways. Your score will get hurt but you won't get scratched or frustrated by lost discs too much here. After 21 you cross back over Starr Rd. and back to the more traditional park atmosphere. Hole #22 is a nice breather, open ace run, after the woods. Hole #25 is a lovely fairway with low canopy. #26 enables you to air it out one last time 553' before finishing on the R turning low ceiling #27. There seems to be an active club making gradual upgrades here and the few locals I encountered were friendly helping me to find a disc hiding in some leaves. I can't say enough about the variety here...the perfect tournament course as it is spread out with 11 deep woods holes, a slew of more open holes, a sprinkling of rollers and no L/R advantage. I can't say enough on the premium disc golf here and the enjoyable peaceful atmosphere. The holes on the other side of Starr Rd' elevate this course to amongst the best I have played. Just a beautiful round.

Cons: The basic amenities that many require for perfection are not here. Gravel/natural tees. Attempts are in place to aid navigation but it was still tricky for a first timer and tee signs are not always present. Could use a few more places to sit out in the woods as your really hiking up and down hills out there. In the woods a few of the fairways could be improved if the SMALLER trees/branches were tamed a bit.....nothing drastic just a little pruning or taking out a few to better define greens and/or fairway.....this usually happens as a course matures though so it didn't bother me. There was some local riding his dirtbike all over the place which was a bit weird...but thats part of the character of out of the way America...I only mention it because I see others have remarked on this as well and it might be a pattern. The disc golf and fun play of this course really make up for any of these inconsequential gripes and all of these most likely will be rectified in time I am sure. It's just nice to play a course that was obviously designed by people who play the sport and understand what makes a fun course. Finishing 6 holes are wonderful but seemed really bland after all that fun in the woods.

Other Thoughts: I notice that many of the reviews for this course are set prior to the expansion across Starr Rd. Those 12 holes over there really blew me away so I am sure the rating for this course should be higher. After hole 11 you have a choice to play the more epic woods or finish with the final 6 holes of the course....you just have to decide to play 12A or 12b..it is clearly marked but if you don't have the stamina or your with children etc....playing the longer wooded 27 could be a grind as your really out in the woods and not near the lot for the rest of the day.