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Cascade Locks, OR

Locks Approach DGC

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Breh
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 13.9 years 191 played 189 reviews
2.50 star(s)

2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:May 26, 2019 Played the course:once

Pros:

Baskets our orange and fairly easy to see on the open holes from the tee box
Good tee pads
Not super hard to navigate
Most holes have tee sign with distances on it
Mixture of wooded/ open holes.
Good distance holes to air out driver with good clearly marked ob lines
Lots of park room for potential at a great course

Cons:

Hole 2 basket is missing
Some of the tee signs our missing on the holes
The wooded section is a mess and way overgrown half the lines our gone and the rough is very rough I recommend pants no matter your skill level
The open holes feel very repetitive after awhile and boring same shot type feel on like 6 open holes.

Other Thoughts:

This course could be amazing with time and upkeep. However you can tell that it's never taken care of which is sad because the potential here is huge. The wooded holes could be good if they had routine work parties. However all in all it's a course I would avoid but if a club was to come in and do some work I could see it becoming a solid course
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JerichoBronco
Experience: 10.1 years 36 played 19 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Great front 9: Abysmal back 9 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jun 7, 2014 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

*Signs at the tee boxes
*Benches/Garbage cans
*Nice baskets
*Holes 4-8: This is where the course gets fun. You have a blind 300 ft hyzer off the tee (one of the best holes I've ever played), then you are throwing through the forest, which is fun and beautiful. Ending at hole 8 which is a downhill shot you have to keep low through a beautiful canopy.

Cons:

*The back 9. And hole 9.
*VERY poor directions between some of the holes
*Thorns in the rough. Wear good pants!!!
*Decent amount of foot traffic: bikers, fishermen (parking right next to baskets)

Other Thoughts:

I had high hopes for this course after reading the reviews but by the time my friend and I were done, we couldn't wait to leave. I live in the gorge and expected high winds but there are far too many holes where you are throwing in an open field right into the wind. After hole 8 the course just loses its fun. You end up back on top of the area throwing against the wind for almost all of the remaining holes. So picture yourself in a large field throwing into 25+mph winds again, and again and again. It gets old fast, as there just aren't enough trees to break it up. The coup de grâce being the 18th holes a 521 foot par 3 into the wind.

I would rate the first 9 holes a 3 1/2 and the back 9 a zero. I know my review seems low based on the quality of the front 9 but if I could give a negative score to the back 9 I would. No imagination on the holes.

I've never felt so frustrated after a round of disc golf as I did after doing the back 9. I don't plan on going back unless the back 9 is redone, so if you choose to play this course I would stop at hole 9.

5/18/15 UPDATE
Played this course for the first time since my review and would like to add a few things. Although there is signage and a course map they still need arrows pointing between several of the holes to help with transitions.

I liked this course a bit more but the reality is it is for big arms. I can throw 350 and luckily I made it on a day with no wind and I was able to stay just over par by a few strokes. So my advice is until you can throw 325+ stay away from this course. This is for the experienced disc golfer. I was too raw the first time I played it is the bottom line.

Holes 9 + 18 still suck, they should really be 4 par holes.

So I am increasing my original rating of 1 to a 2.5. This isn't a course I'm looking forward to going back to for a long time again. They try to clear the underbrush but if you miss the cleared out areas you are going to get cut up and spend some serious time looking for your disc. I'm fine with a challenging course as long as when I fail I don't want to spend a lot of time looking through thorns for my disc.
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The Valkyrie Kid
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 46 years 1562 played 1507 reviews
2.50 star(s)

The Locks Are Gonna Be Locked Down And Sold Soon! 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 17, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

This is a tale of two courses. The holes out in front are set in the area of an industrial vacant lot. Then you move into the middle holes which are heavily forested so there's quite a contrast. As sillybizz so aptly explains, the open holes in front aren't the most impressive areas for a course. This area is mostly open with a few scattered trees, noisy from I-84 and features the always present Colombia Gorge winds. This wind makes this area a world famous destination for the sail boarders on the nearby Colombia River but I had no interest in battling it on the back nine.

The baskets are awesome while the tee pads confused me more than a little. You start on the first few holes by teeing off marked sidewalks and streets. Then I came to # 4 and found the BIGGEST, MOST HEAVY DUTY pad I've ever seen. I'm talking logging truck, heavy duty, industrial strength here. It's a standard issue concrete pad, surrounded by another two feet of gravel with a log border around that. These logs are two feet around so the pad is raised at least a foot! The # 5 pad is the same heavy duty type. Then you find normal concrete pads? Confusing, just a little?

# 5 is a downhill, hyser throw with the basket tucked way back into the woods to the left. A spotter is surely needed. I walked halfway down the steep trailway and still couldn't spot the basket.

# 8 stands out to me as the signature hole on this course. It's a downhill, maybe 270' to a visible basket, but you need to keep your tee-off low and the tunnel is very tight. The rough here is not too unforgiving.

The next hole, # 9, is a uphill shot, where I think the basket should be placed right at the top of the hill. I have a couple of reasons for this. First, so it's visible off the tee and secondly, that would make for some treacherous putts and possible rollaways.

After 9, the course just fell apart for me. Navigation was ridiculous even with the map I had printed off. The Gorge wind was blowing gale force, right in my face and that terrain is frankly, pretty uninteresting.

Cons:

The open industrial feeling area is mostly uninteresting and not too stimulating. Navigation is a nightmare on the back nine. The ever present winds were just no fun throwing into.

I think moving the basket to a visible spot on both # 5 and # 9 would make those holes more enjoyable than they now play. # 5 could be made a fun little downhill ACE run. It wouldn't have to be an easy ACE run, just the possibility would be great!

# 9 too, would be a much more interesting hole with the basket peeking out from atop the hill.

Other Thoughts:

The industrial lots up front are all posted as being for sale. You can buy a quarter of an acre to 25 acres. I'm wondering? Do you get these nice baskets with your purchase? Here's your chance to purchase your very own wind blown disc golf course or maybe just buy one hole??
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sillybizz
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Premium Member
Experience: 22.3 years 426 played 412 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Got it on lockdown 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jun 22, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

This course is quite different that what you expect when you show up to the dirt patch that is the parking lot. Seeing four or five baskets in the open and mixed in with a few trees I'm not expecting much but don't let appearances fool you. Once you start playing and getting into the back end of the front nine you leave the windy fields, noisy traffic of I-84, annoying grass/weeds and sadly the nice views of the surrounding hills. The way heads down off the plateau and into the woods! You go from the longer open holes to a shorter and tighter wooded course. Hole eight is a nice stand out hole to me throwing downhill in a low ceiling canopy to a guarded basket maybe 280 feet or so, keeping the disc straight here is mandatory for desired results. You out of the trees and back up the to sparsely trees and throw some longer holes again until you reach back around to the beginning of the course.

Cons:

There are arrows or ribbons on the majority of the course but there are a few areas that I got lost on or was confused on where to throw. Like the previous reviewers mentioned finding the back nine was especially difficult for me as I ended up walking all over the place. Some people may find the rough a little much for them but for me I like it and believe it to be necessary for punishing those off line throws, with the one exception of not knowing where the basket was and throwing in the wrong direction I didn't have too hard of a time.

Other Thoughts:

This is a surprising course that is a good little option off of I-84 that I would play again if I was in the area. Designers of the course did a fair job with land they were given and my gripes are minimal and nit picky. Better course than it looks like from the start for sure. When you are on the second of the wooded holes (can't remember which hole, six maybe?) there is a little trail to the right which takes you out to the waters edge where you can take in the Columbia River and the surrounding rocks and ledges, very nice little spot for relaxing.
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