Harmon Park

When you compare to the lot of 9-hole, 30 minute play-through courses, the strong sense of dignity and esoteric sophistication in its layout makes Harmon Park play like a well established, regional, t ... show more ›

When you compare to the lot of 9-hole, 30 minute play-through courses, the strong sense of dignity and esoteric sophistication in its layout makes Harmon Park play like a well established, regional, tournament ready course. If we look just at drive angles alone, Harmon offers the intermediate player with a new challenge on all nine holes. You can play this course 200 times and still come up with nuanced ways to get the basket on just about every hole. The use of forest and even the sparse tree patches is among the elite in disc golf course design. It's abundantly clear, when standing on the rubber tee pads, that the designers of this course cared deeply about how each hole plays.

In order:
Hole one is a tight and slightly crowded shot through a wooded corridor
Hole two is a different approach to the woods, giving a wide open right side of the fairway to compliment the RH/BH play
Hole three is by far the hardest par 3 on site, with about a 10 foot window nestled on a steep shelf upwards that, if hit perfectly, will still leave you about 100 feet from the pin
Hole four is an open field shot to the basket nestled into the right side of the tree line, a decent forehand will drop you right in the circle
Hole five can be a bit of a crapshoot if you can't hit the main gap on the right side of the guardian trees, the sign at the tee suggests a mandatory through the gap.
Hole six is another open drive with a few play options to get you to the slightly gaurded basket
Hole seven is a bit of a novelty shot with hard right turn around a thick batch of trees, shortest hole on the course and easiest two
Hole eight is a bomber, with the caveat of a populated tree line about 270 feet in, the only par 4
Hole nine may be one of the most attractive, a straight shot over a slight hill to a basket that sits at the head of a deep wooded grove, watch out for branches on the two trees disrupting the otherwise open fairway.

Harmon Park is one of the better nine hole courses with a nice blend of wooded holes and a few open ones as well. I would say that this is a mostly wooded course with a moderate level of difficulty. I ... show more ›

Harmon Park is one of the better nine hole courses with a nice blend of wooded holes and a few open ones as well. I would say that this is a mostly wooded course with a moderate level of difficulty. It isn't super tough but it might be a bit more challenging than you expect (Hole #3 in particular is a tough hole!) There are plenty of trees in your way and the ability to throw a smooth hyzer (or an-hyzer/forehand toss) will be tested for sure. I have certainly played better courses than this but at the same time, Harmon Park is a fun little romp if you are near the Lebanon area. Playing here as a warm-up before tackling Armco Park (just down the road) might be a wise choice actually!