Personal Rank: 101

This is one of those courses that upon completing a round, I wasn't going to leave without immediately playing another. Long challenging technical holes with the occasional ace run or big open bomber keep things interesting through every hole. You must hit your lines and stay in the fairway to score well, the rough is thick, it will cost you strokes if you get off the fairway, recovery options are slim.

The Oregon coast was a very enjoyable road trip, every course along the way was unique and a pleasant surprise this is one of the courses that stood out as a favorite and should not be missed if you're passing by on the 5, paired with Adair you've got a wonderful day of golf.

After playing 1000 courses, I'm excited to share my opinion on some of my favorites. My top 100+ list can be found on my blog, my favorites list is at 110 of 1020 as of writing this review. Of all courses played, the top 1.5% receive a rating of 5, down to 6% is a 4.5, and 15% is a 4.0 creating a bell curve distribution. I apologize that my reviews are not as detailed as they have been previously. I have included the details as to why this course stands out to the best that my memory serves.

My personal criteria is very subjective, a gut feeling:
~Physical beauty stands out, both scenery and the beauty of each hole.
~Amenities don't mean much to me, it doesn't much matter if there's benches, concrete tee pads, or garbage cans.
~Technical design - How well designed are the fairways/airways and landing areas? Are there unique holes that stand out? Variety of holes - distances, shapes, elevation, tree density, rough thickness. Pars 4 and 5?
~I love extreme/adventure golf. Rugged and secluded courses stand out more than park style courses. In general I prefer more technical over more open.
~Local Scene.
~The main thing I ask myself is "Does this course make me want to come back?" if the answer is yes, it makes the list.

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- Huge variety of shots, long and short (okay not a lot of short), par 4's that require accurate lay-ups, par 4's that require big D, left and right, open and wooded.
- Never really too crowded.
- New carpet tee pads.
- Alternate pins that significantly change the way in which the hole is played.
- Holes that are tough but fair, with the exception of hole 7 in the long (and maybe hole 6 in the right) this course requires skill and not just dumb luck, of course a few holes that require luck are fun IMO.
- Not a ton of elevation, but a little bit to add some fun.
- hole 3 in the right, and hole 15 through the tunnel really stand out to me as great holes.

- Navigation can be tricky, the tape on the basket to lead to the next tee can be misleading, I haven't seen a good map, find a guide or hit me up if you want.
- Carpet pads can be muddy and slick when wet, from the sound of it there may be some more concrete pads to come but because of environmental regulations some will always be carpet.
- Flooding closes the course for half the year.
- People watch softball on hole 2 sometimes. Hole 4, 5, 17 and 18 can have people on them that don't realize it is a course, educate don't hate.
- Not a ton of elevation.
- Trash, some could be from the homeless but I think discers could do a better job.
- Not a ton of amenities, not a great place for grandma or little kids.
- Rough can be a bit rough but I always seem to find my discs here, best idea is to just stay in the fairway

This is my home town course. I love it and wanted to give it a 4.5 but I figured that since I am biased I better check myself a bit, but honestly I prefer this course over Milo McIver. I listed elevation as a pro and a con, I like to chuck off of hills like any other discer but appreciate the flat course after a day of working on my feet. I must admit I was half tempted to give this course 0.5 stars just to keep it all to myself but alas disc is a game with a selfless culture and it wouldn't feel right anyway. I dread the day this place become Willamette Park and has 8 person groups oblivious to the fact they are holding up 4 groups behind them. Anyway I love this place and greatly appreciate the work everyone puts in out here. I should probably help out more... all I do is pick up trash occasionally.

-Raw potential. This course has the potential to be a 4.5+ star course, just needs a little bit of tidiness. (i.e course signs, garbage cans etc.)
-Rewards the superior upshot, rather than drive
-Extremely technical woodshots that will make you a better player in a quick fashion
-Plays through classic Oregon forestry and along the Willamette River

-It is a popular city park, so be aware of people having BBQ's etc.(The picnic/playground is only in sight for about 5 holes so it's not that big of an issue)
-Lack of directional signs. A guide is heavily recommended for first time play (Chances are a local will be playing and will be glad to help you out)
-Carpet t pads can be slippery at times.
-Some roughs in the woods are treacherous. If you are throwing your favorite disc, make sure to keep an extra eye out, or use a spotter if possible.

I like to call Bryant Park the Darkhorse of the Willamette Valley courses. What it lacks in aesthetic features, it makes up for in challenging play. This is one of the hardest courses around (in a good way) and will make you play better at your local course guaranteed. As mentioned above, this course has a lot of potential to be truly great. Props to the Disc Golf Club of Albany for putting up new tee signs, which makes navigation a bit easier. If course signs and garbage cans were placed, and varied overgrown shrub grooming were set forth, we'd all be looking at a wonderful course. Not quite a traveling course yet, but if you're in the area and are up for a true test of your skills, check out Bryant.

-challenging wood shots
-friendly help for course navigation
-one of the harder courses in the area
-limited ace runs
-will make you a more rounded player

-t pads need some love
-they open the park to camping some days and neglect the course in doing so.
-very lacking in signage.
-they cut some tree's for the classic that should NOT have been removed.
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I really enjoy this course. It can be retarded hard if your having an off day. It's easy to loose disc's but is that what makes us better player's? The park floods over the winter and I do believe that's why the directional signage is lacking. If your up for a challenge and are in the area this course is bitchin. Thanks to the gentlemen that clean the the course. And cheers to all of you that call numbers on found disc's

-Variety of shots (amazing variety, really!)
-Modern course design: par 3s, and 4s
-Great use of terrain on both field and forest holes
-Course flow is good (start and stop at parking lot)
-Dog-legs
-Shots to stretch out for Big D
-Shots that require *nearly* impossible pinpoint accuracy
-Well thought-out green locations
-Bathroom near parking lot (not sure of winter hours?)
-Practice basket near parking lot to warm up on
-Baskets in good shape
-Plenty of covered shelters for picnicking, etc
-Very Challenging
-Fairly scenic
-Fairly secluded once you enter the woods
-Requires very technical upshots (great practice!)
-At least two B-Tier large tournaments have used the course each of the last two years

-Not all concrete tees, wooded holes have carpet!
-No permanent tee signs
-No course maps available (u need a guide first time!!!)
-Can't remember any benches
-Only remember one trash can in the wooded section
-Woods still needs quite a bit of work to clean up fairways.
-Many small (< 6") trees/bushes need to be removed on wooded holes to reward good tee shots more
-Course floods occasionally in winter

I am really falling in love with Bryant Park. It has a little bit of everything I desire from a challenging course. Par 3's, Par 4's, and even a couple holes that could potentially be considered par 5s. The wooded holes are tight and VERY technical. They reward solid control of midranges and fairway drivers off the tee, instead of just blasting speed 13 drivers to the basket. Also, the open field holes are well thought out and are very enjoyable to play.

My one beef with Bryant is the tee pads. The pads in the woods are all carpet. Much better than gravel or mud, but still not nearly as nice as having solid concrete that you can trust under you. It appears that the local club has been busy putting in the concrete tees for the field holes, and I hope that they continue and put concrete into the woods as well.

One more issue with the course is the lack of signage. If you've never played here before, you will have no chance of navigating the course by yourself. With proper signage and concrete tees, this could be in the top five of Oregon courses, and I would gladly rate it a 4.5. With the tees, signs and a lot more work in the woods, this could be a gold level 5 star course! Thanks to the Albany DG club, and Jeromie Fields and Scott Duvall. You guys are rocking it!

Bryant Park is a very challenging disc golf course located in between where the Calapooia and Willamette rivers Collide. I played this course in October and I can tell you that this time of year it is very pretty with the two rivers nearby, a waterfall and of course the wonderful fall colors all around you. Like Cefire stated in his review the course and especially the more open bomber holes are in immaculate shape. Navigation is made much easier by the little pieces of tape on the basket as you simply walk in the general direction of where the tape is pointing. The only basket where the tape was wrong was on hole number 3 and this basket looks to be loose so that people could spin it. Simply walk back towards the grass fields as the next hole is long par 4 semi-open bomber field hole. I still recommend bringing a printed map.

The main draw to playing this course for me is the massive amount of challenge and overall skill level needed to tame this vicious beast. One thing I noticed was after 13 or 14 holes is that I had used almost every single disc in my bag. The more open holes are very long and require a large shot to get to birdie or even par territory and when combined with the tree obstacles guarding certain lines and making some lies very tough it makes these holes harder than you realize until after playing them and I found that most of these holes made me have to make decisions on where to land after every single throw. Accurate, calculated bomber shots is what these holes are all about so if you're not throwing at least 350 feet it's going to be a long day for you. Then you get into the nasty holes in the back that make you want to cry uncle! These are very tough lines, usually low ceiling and heavily wooded but still very long holes that are made even longer by the fact that you have to throw uphill, perfectly straight or extremely low to the ground to get anywhere but into a tree and kicked off into the abyss somewhere.

There are a couple of pin placements that are a little crazy to me and seem like they were put there just to be hard instead of being a good challenge to your skills. Hole 7 is a prime example as the drive is a low ceiling, dead straight shot with a hill in the middle of the drive and this is very hard hole that only people with that skill or shot in their bag are going to be able to hit but then the upshot or putt is towards this basket that is behind a WALL of trees with the largest line being 2 feet wide so you go from a drive that takes a ton of skill to a putt/upshot that is mostly luck. I'm not sure if this hole should be moved out of that and closer or if there should be some clearing but there are at least a couple holes out here that could use some help in this sense.

This place is going to be extremely tough on just about anyone who hasn't mastered hitting tight lines with long accurate drives and newer players will become frustrated quickly. There isn't a ton amount of brush and hardly any on the fairway but newer players are going to find the thick stuff and even experienced players might find it as well with a strange kick off a tree, which happens quite a bit to be honest.

The other con is that the course gets flooded in the winter from the nearby rivers. I'm not sure how long it takes to dry out but it might make this course only playable for half the year which is a bummer for such an excellent course with so many good holes.

This place is best suited for players at least in the 920 PDGA rating range and above, maybe even 950 or more. Your gold level players are going to enjoy the combo of long bomber holes and long wooded holes. I guess if the disc golf is too much you could always go to the other area courses or take a lovely walk or just sit down and enjoy the scenery.