Parking Full Time Disc Golf Reviews: School Street Park Disc Golf Course in Agawam, MA

Basic Information

Course Location: School Street Park

Geographic Location: Agawam, MA (42.07622, -72.59217)

Date Visited: September 2023

Number of Holes: 9

Course Length: 2083 feet, par 28

Cost to Play: free
Difficulty Level: beginner

Carts: should be fine here

Potential to Lose Discs: medium; some thick brush beside fairway and some nearby property boundaries

Park Information: https://www.agawam.ma.us/255/Parks-Recreation

DG Course Review Page: https://www.dgcoursereview.com/courses/school-street-park.7056

UDisc Page: https://udisc.com/courses/school-street-park-dgc-ul90

Course Walkabout Video: (coming June 14)

Driving Directions: From the rotary at the intersection of US 5 and SR 57 on the west side of the Connecticut River, take the northeast exit to begin driving south on River Road. Drive River Rd. south 0.8 miles to School Street and turn right on School St. The park entrance is 0.1 miles ahead on the right. Turn right to enter the park, and park at the rear of the parking lot. To reach #1 tee, walk to the restroom building at the rear of the parking lot, turn left, cross a wetland area on an asphalt trail, and look to the left beside the soccer field.

Course Constructions:

Tees: 1 per hole, dirt/grass

Baskets: Discatcher, 1 per hole

Signage: course map at restroom building; hole sign on each tee

Amenities: restrooms, playground, athletic fields, shuffleboard courts

Summary Review: 1.5 Stars (out of 5)

The disc golf course at School Street Park is the quintessential beginner's course. No hole is particularly long, and several holes have no real obstacles between the tee and basket. Also, the terrain is almost completely flat. Thus, skilled and experienced disc golfers will find nothing of interest here. That said, you could still lose a disc or two: a couple of holes play close to extremely dense underbrush, and several holes play close to a private property boundary. Along that line, the course route basically follows the perimeter of the park, but it does not form a true loop: you have to walk several hundred feet from the 9th basket back to the parking area. The park is fairly popular, but I was the only person on the disc golf course when I came here on a sultry Monday afternoon. While I don't like this course, it is more or less the only permanent course in the Springfield area (Mittineague Park a few miles away has a "temporary" course that has been left up for a few years now). Hopefully enough beginners will enjoy this course that it will lead to a nice permanent course in the area.

Hole-by-Hole Review

Distances taken from scorecard. Picture sequence for each hole is 1) tee, 2) approach, 3) basket to tee.

Hole #1: 325 feet, par 4

Comments: a very open hole with a single small tree between the tee and the basket. I would say this should be a par 3 on most courses, but the par is reasonable for a beginner's course. Check for pedestrians on the asphalt walking path to the left and on the soccer field to the right before you throw. #2 tee is to the left across the bridge and the parking lot.

Hole #2: 215 feet, par 3

Comments: a repeat of the first hole but shorter and with a small tree directly in front of the basket. #3 tee is behind the basket and behind the shuffleboard courts.

Hole #3: 100 feet, par 2

Comments: an ace would be a challenge due to the tree directly in front of the tee, but a nice right-to-left throw will give an easy par on this hole. #4 tee is a couple hundred feet away to the left of the restroom building.

Hole #4: 220 feet, par 3

Comments: slightly uphill and a slight dogleg left, some dense woods guard the inside of the dogleg. A disc thrown into those woods could easily be lost. #5 tee is behind the basket.

Hole #5: 180 feet, par 3

Comments: slightly downhill, the largest tree on this course stands directly between the tee and basket, so you have to decide which way to work your disc. I chose a right-to-left disc flight and would have made a birdie with a better putt. #6 tee is to the left near the boundary fence.

Hole #6: 196 feet, par 3

Comments: a completely open hole with the property boundary too close for total comfort on the left. #7 tee is behind the basket.

Hole #7: 377 feet, par 4

Comments: a repeat of hole #6 but longer. #8 tee is behind the basket.

Hole #8: 210 feet, par 3

Comments: a sharp dogleg left with a large number of pine trees guarding the inside of the dogleg. Pine trees are notorious for gobbling up errant discs, so you have to decide how much risk to take with your tee shot. The risk/reward calculation makes this my favorite hole on this course. #9 tee is behind the basket.

Hole #9: 260 feet, par 3