The Park at Crown Isle provides a fun round of golf

By Keith and Heather Nicol

We loved the Course Rules

     The tone of how the new owners of “The Park” would like you to enjoy a round a golf is captured by the Rules Board posted as you enter. It includes reminders like “ Come relaxed...leave happy” and “Play often ...laugh often”.

"The Park" is the new name of the former “Longlands” located just off Anderton Road and is now owned by Crown Isle.  The new owners have added some old farm equipment to give it a rustic feel  but the course itself – a an 18 hole par 3 course - is similar to the former “Longlands”.  But the restaurant and patio is spruced up and they even have an ice cream booth near the 10 th tee.  We got a chance to play on Thursday, August 22 and had an enjoyable round that allowed us to get in 18 holes in 2 hours and 15 minutes.

The greens here are small but generally in good shape

     There are no sand traps on the course and although there is some water it doesn’t really come into play.  But don’t get too complacent since many of your tee shots need to be dead straight or you will be off the fairway.  Tall trees line the course and you have to mindful of how far the branches can reach out into the fairways ready to intercept a ball that is occasionally hit too high.  Also the greens tend to be very small which adds to the overall difficulty.  Given the dry summer it isn’t surprising that some fairways were abit brown but the shade from the tall trees helps keep things green.    

The course is nicely tree lined

 Since the course length is short – 1049 yards on the front and 1173 yards on the back it is a perfect course for walking. We would think that families, new golfers and those older golfers that like to play but can’t get around a long course would find this layout perfect.  The longest hole is 160 yards and the shortest is just 83 yards so you can get by with carrying just a few clubs which may also suit some golfers.  So check out “The Park” for your next round of social golf. You can get more information at:  https://thepark.crownisle.com/

 

Heather putting on the last hole with the clubhouse behind