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Cedar Creek - West

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IHearChains
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 19.9 years 211 played 34 reviews
3.00 star(s)

potential, needs maintenance 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jul 22, 2018 Played the course:once

Pros:

I'm reviewing what I played which is long tees on all holes. Lots of variety in the left/right and use of elevation. Several really nice tunnel shots. Almost every hole seems to have a different line. There is one par 4 and several longer par 3s. Some holes bring the creek into play, mostly behind the green. (Creek had really fast-flowing murky water the day I played, probably no finding a disc if it gets into the middle, it may get washed downstream. Not sure if that condition is typical or not.)

My favorite holes also had maintenance issues, some of them noted below. But there were some really fun holes here and it has so much potential to be a great course.

Cons:

Maintenance makes this course way more frustrating than it should be. Some fairways are really narrow-cut with high grass hazards that are overly punishing. Even with a spotter you'll be lucky not to have a lost disc on hole 2. One or two extra passes with the mower would really help hole 2.

Hole 12 is a beautiful design with about 280ft on a slight left-right, and then a sharp 90 degree dogleg tunnel to the right going downhill to a small green with water behind. But it really needs a bunch of vines and low branches removed at the corner. The landing zone to be able to have a look at the basket is only about 10ft deep. With maintenance, this would be a signature hole.

Hole 11 is just plain bad, the only line that has a good chance to land in short grass is a keyhole in the canopy where a risky overhand shot might work. You can play it for a 3 by taking a low-ceiling overstable straight-to-hyzer, but you're throwing at bunch of cedar trees with high grass all around them, and if you nick a tree after getting around the corner it's blind so it's impossible to even know where to even look. Maybe one of the top 5 worst holes I've ever seen in disc golf. With maintenance this might be decent.

Signage is terrible...most of them are badly faded and some are shredded...only a couple had anything legible on them. Probably not an issue for locals but it caused me some headaches as a traveler.

(8/14/18 -- edited to correct for recent hole numbering changes)

Other Thoughts:

Apparently there are improvements going on, new baskets and a 3rd "Central" course. So some people really care for this park and that's nice to see. Hopefully the other maintenance issues will get taken care of too.

(8/14/18 -- edited to correct for recent hole numbering changes)
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Muskiebite
Experience: 14 years 174 played 29 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Challenging, borderline frustrating 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 22, 2018 Played the course:once

Pros:

• New highly visible Prodigy Baskets
• Dual Tees
• Tests your accuracy and power
• Another course at the same sight (and soon to be a third)

Cons:

• Majority of signs are faded/missing
• Very easy to get turned around and go the wrong direction to the next hole
• A couple holes force you to throw through a very very tight gap between pine trees, or throw up and over hoping you can find where it lands since its completely blind.
• On the longest holes that require the most power also have very high grass so if you aren't on the fairway you will be searching for a long time.
• The new hole between 6 and 7 helps bridge the walk between holes, but it's a incredible tight wooded corridor

Other Thoughts:

Where is the line between a challenging course, and a frustrating course?

Some of the holes on West are beautifully challenging, tight fairways, touch upshots, creative line shaping and elevation.
While other holes are pure frustration, overly long winding corridors, throwing over pine trees to completely blind landing areas where even spotters can only give an approx. landing area, throwing power shots where if you are 2' off the fairway you can spend 10+ minutes searching.

While there are more challenging holes than frustrating holes those frustrating holes turn a fun round into a drag. Coupled that with terrible signage and navigation I can't give this course a high rating
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Pembertonian
Experience: 18.9 years 60 played 3 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Nice Companion Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Aug 6, 2008 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Very Scenic Course with Rolling Hills, Trees and Wildlife. Well Made Tees, Mach III baskets and Scorecards/Maps available at multiple holes. Many Varying length holes.

Cons:

Fairways tend to be overgrown when not tourny season, long walk from parking lot to hole one. A couple holes are easy to miss/skip.

Other Thoughts:

This course exists where an old par-3 ball golf course used to. It has potential to be an amazing course but needs more up keep. Great to have this and Cedar Creek East side by side. they compliment each other well. Hard to beat 36 holes in one park!
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