Bill Frederick Park
The Bill Frederick Park disc golf course at Turkey Lake is one of the best disc golf courses I’ve ever played. This park offers two different 18 hole courses. The first course goes along a grassy area next to the beautiful Turkey Lake. The second 18 goes through a thick forest that provides many places in which you can lose a disc.
The Frederick Park course offers a variety of vegetation, tall trees, shrubbery, lemon trees, lots of spider webs (scared my wife to death), and even some pure white sand. While playing at Frederick Park, we even saw a big turtle walk across the fairway—not something we’d ever see in Utah.
Most of the holes at Frederick Park are right around 300 feet, and while none of them are overly difficult, none are very easy either. I managed one birdie on this course, along with a number of bogeys. The course features shots that require straight, low fairway throws, and I’ve never played a course that demanded so many low line drives.
Some holes at Frederick Park had two sets of tee areas, with the “A” tee box usually being quite challenging. I like to think of myself as an above-average disc golfer, but weaving my discs between those tight lines of trees was tough even for me.
The Frederick Park course is clean, well-groomed, has concrete tee pads, and is fairly easy to follow. There is a small entry fee, but it comes with a course map and scorecard—well worth the $4. Each tee has a sign indicating the distance to the basket, as well as any out-of-bounds areas. There are even “bag racks” to hold your bag while you wait to tee off.
This is a fairly friendly course, and there are only a handful of spots where you can actually lose a disc. That said, an errant forehand throw on hole number 5 sent my Wraith into the lake. If it weren’t for the “Alligators — No Swimming” sign, I might have gone in after it.
Another great thing about Frederick Park is its location in Florida. While my friends were experiencing a snowstorm in Utah, I was enjoying beautiful shorts weather in sunny Orlando. If you’re visiting Orlando, Frederick Park is definitely a disc golf course worth hitting up.
