It's hard to complain about this course when you know how difficult is was for Andrew and the EDGC to put it in. The land that the city gave us is literally prime time, and Andrew did a fantastic job working with it to make it the most challenging and fun course it could possibly be. When playing the course you get glimpses of Autzen Stadium, the Cuthbert Amphitheater, the Peter Defazio suspension foot bridge, The Willamette River, the Eugene Bike Path, local gardens, Pre's running trail, Skin ...
continue reading ›It's hard to complain about this course when you know how difficult is was for Andrew and the EDGC to put it in. The land that the city gave us is literally prime time, and Andrew did a fantastic job working with it to make it the most challenging and fun course it could possibly be. When playing the course you get glimpses of Autzen Stadium, the Cuthbert Amphitheater, the Peter Defazio suspension foot bridge, The Willamette River, the Eugene Bike Path, local gardens, Pre's running trail, Skinner's Butte, Spencer's Butte, and different parts of beautiful Alton Baker Park. And the pay to play aspect of it is great considering that pins will be moved once a week, the course will stay trash free, and the fairways mowed often to create the most visceral disc golf experience possible.
The tee pads are the future of tee pads in the Pac NW. It's the same turf that you would find inside Autzen and they are grippy dry or wet. There is compact gravel underneath the turf that allows water to drain straight through. A few of them need to be flattened out a tad more is the only complaint I can think of. Wood chips have been spread through much of the park which also adds to the aesthetic of the course. All of this debris came from the course itself through all the hard work that volunteers had done to clean the course up. As the leaves on the trees re-emerge with spring, and as the course get's played on, mowed and taken care of throughout the year, ABDGC is just going to get better and better.
The course has a variety of shots but primarily focuses on low straight lines, right hand hyzers and touch shots with ob bunkers and soon to be rope to add to the challenge. It is a RHBH friendly course, but there are plenty of places that a side arm or lefty shot come into play. Especially hole 16. Each pin has 4 alternate locations to reduce on erosion. The drainage out here is incredible which is one of the reasons why this land is so optimal. It was pouring the other day and I don't think I stepped in one puddle. Open space means wind which is another challenge this land offers. Filbert trees are abundant (and really cool looking) and eat up your disc in a heartbeat. You may even find some really cool Azaleas and other plants that were planted there in the early part of the 20th century when people had houses out there.
Please be respectful to the other park users, DON'T DRINK ALCOHOl (it's a city park!), and pick up trash when you see it. Please don't vandalize our course with sharpie on benches or baskets. And please speak up when you see people breaking any of these rules. Oh yeah, have fun and shoot low!
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