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Lewiston, CA

Deer Meadow

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chaingrabber
Experience: 8 years 6 played 6 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Big Arms Apply Here drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 7, 2023 Played the course:once

Pros:

Big, uphill and downhill throws for those who can (unfortunately not exactly what I can do).

Cons:

Very open (sorta)
Rough is tough
Luckily we didn't play when it was windy, but if it was windy with such an open course that would be a big problem with only one hole having actual woods.

Other Thoughts:

With how open it is it reminds me of the top area of Pinto Lake down near Santa Cruz.
If you look on the signage for each basket (basket 2 had no signage, but thanks to my friends noculars we could see it on the basket, 8 had a sign after the basket with a distance that made no sense and was in the wrong direction).
The course is mowed for sure, but 5 I feel out of all the long bombs if mowed properly is the most challenging if you truly follow the OB on its map.
It's a lot work to make a clean course and it mostly is, but because of its wide openness it does get a bit redundant.
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The Valkyrie Kid
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 46 years 1562 played 1507 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Wide Open + Long + Boring = Average! 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Feb 26, 2020 Played the course:once

Pros:

The Deer Meadow DGC does have phenomenal equipment. The large course sign is great. The tee signs are large, green ones with all the information you need. The Discatchers are new and have the hole # on them. They also have a large next tee arrow hanging on them. This just confirms my theory that when ever you have a wide open course like this where the next tee pad is impossible to miss, you have clearly marked next tees signs or arrows. On the opposite side, if you have a poorly signed course in the thick woods, you'll never have the luxury of a next tee sign.

There are garbage cans, benches and nice sized concrete tee pads.

So while the equipment here is top notch, I was not so impressed with the golf. The first seven holes were all wide open throws to an open basket. That's what some call a point and shoot course. Four of the first seven holes were 500' plus.

It wasn't until # 8 when I finally found a good disc golf hole. # 8 is a 313' hole with a window about the size of a football goalpost about 200' down the fairway. It's kind of a daunting hole but excellent all the same. Then # 9 is even longer at 654'. At least it's slightly downhill and has some trees to avoid.

Cons:

More than half of the holes are over 500'. Only one hole less than 300'. The length alone will eliminate lots of players. Youth, seniors, beginners and women all might be turned off by the overly long layout.

Seven wide open holes.

Other Thoughts:

I have to assume that the course designer here throws 400'. Why else would anyone design a course so consistently long. Even professional golf courses have their short little par 3's. I know if I lived here I would always choose to drive the 7.6 miles and play Lee Fong Park in Weaverville. There's a interesting course with variety and challenge.
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Redline4j
Experience: 156 played 42 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Bring your big boy arm 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 24, 2018 Played the course:once

Pros:

This distance on this course is crazy long which makes it difficult.

A course in the middle of nowhere.

Manicured/mowed fairways with rough to add a degree of difficulty in finding your disc.

Cons:

No obstacles to shield the course from the wind or to add difficulty to the course of play.

Hole signs have been removed and no longer look like the photos. The tee/pin placement is the same.

Other Thoughts:

Signs could be replaced at each hole.

Artificial obstacles could be installed to add difficulty to the course.

Additional holes could be added with the previously mentioned artificial obstacles and make the hole distance shorter.
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