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St. Helens, OR

McCormick Park

3.735(based on 11 reviews)
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4 3
PDXmikeg
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Bring Friends 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 5, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

Beautiful wooded course
Challenging Layout

Cons:

Parked in the parking lot and had a hard time finding hole 1, no signs to the first tee pad?
As of today it is very over grown and looks like it would take a full time crew to manage it.
Hole 2 currently being worked on, plan on skipping it.
Need at least three people to play with to help spot your shots so you don't look so long for your disc.

Other Thoughts:

Play with friends, I played alone and walked off after 3 holes. I play Pier at even par and this is a very challenging course with overgrown fairways. If you have never been here plan to go with someone that has, I had never been here so I had a hard time finding my disc and the next tee pad. I could see that when it is kept up it would be super fun.
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9 6
Dscgl4
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 30 years 164 played 18 reviews
2.50 star(s)

May grow into a good course 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 14, 2014 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

The course is well installed, with quality tee pads and baskets in an attractive forest setting. Navigation is easy and there are some very creative holes with interesting (although not substantial) elevation changes.

Cons:

While there are some good holes here, there are a number of holes with very weak fairways (much too tightly defined) and artificial obstacles (like hole 8). There is not much diversity of shot required--short and technical, bring a mid-range and putter kind of golf.

Other Thoughts:

The course is quite technical and is a great course to strengthen your mid-range game and decision-making. It forces players to re-strategize their approach. On a long course, it is easy to define landing zones with the length of your throws. On this course, for many holes you need to lay up well short of your normal range, then lay up again for a putt. It requires solid course management skills, but is frustrating because it is so tightly designed that it largely denies you access to pins that are only a few hundred feet away. At this time, the risk-reward ratio is too heavily on the risk side. As the course ages and filler trees clear, it will become much more manageable and the risk/reward ratio will shift to allow for more aggressive play.
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