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Cle Elum, WA

Dawson Park - Old Layout

2.935(based on 7 reviews)
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Schreuds2.0
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Experience: 7 years 93 played 81 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Trying to hook someone on Disc Golf? Look no further! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Sep 29, 2017 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Easy to navigate even without tee signs. There are enough obstacles to make things difficult in a fun way, but here is still enough space to take many different lines. This course is an awesome course to start playing disc golf on, it is fairly short, fairly easy and also beautiful. A lot of the shrubs have been removed or don't have leaves after September which makes it a lot more forgiving if you shank a disc. Holes 1-3 are mostly open, while the rest of the course is fairly wooded. This course uses elevation exceptionally incorporating it on 6/9 holes. The shorter distances allow a beginner to do well while also challenging an experienced player's technical skills.

Cons:

Park is often crowded, must be careful of people on a few holes. Some trees that were once there are no longer there which makes it less pretty. On hole 5 there is a massive mud pit that seems to threaten the course. Suncadia is an ever developing development and that makes me worry about the courses furture, especially with the nearby construction. Some holes (mainly 9) are too short, 9 requires a technical shot through trees, but it is only like 100 feet! Make it a little harder! The measurements on the signs are incorrect (7 is much longer than 60') the tee pads are very short and do not offer much besides flat ground for a stand still shot.

Other Thoughts:

The area where this course is, is often windy. Lots of snow in winter time, better to play during summer. The hills are hard to walk up in the snow. Pretty good chance you might hit an ace on holes 4,5,8,and 9. Couldn't decide whether that is a pro or con...
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Dadio
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Experience: 39.8 years 174 played 75 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Nice New Course 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 21, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

This 9 hole course is in a park in a resort just off !90 in Cle Elum, WA. The gate guard and lady in the activities shack were both really polite and helpful.
The course plays around and across a very well maintained park but stays away from the areas most likely to be busy. The park has a hill on one side and woods on both that the course makes good use of.
Holes require a good variety of shots, with some hard doglegs to both the right and left. There are a couple tunnel shots and many holes have good risk/reward with more trees in the most direct line to the hole. While holes tended to be short, there was still challenge presented by either elevation, trees, or both.

Cons:

Really not many. Tees are short and unimproved but holes where a run up is needed have a trail by them. We threw from trail beside 1 and 10' behind 2.
Park is heavily watered so may have to deal with sprinklers on 1-3.
Maps and tee signs are very nice but last 4 holes(and maybe 3, 4) have been changed since they were printed. This improved the course but don't believe distances or pars listed on those holes. Corrected here.
No trash cans on course, may be one in park, didn't see bathrooms.

Other Thoughts:

This is a well thought out and challenging park course. Between this one, Hanson Ponds in Cle Elum, or Blue Heron in Moses Lake there is a very nice variety of courses to play in the I90 corridor between Seattle and Spokane. For a quick stop this one is probably your best bet.
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