Takena Landing Park reviews
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Heavily Forested Technical Course Along The Willamette River! 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Aug 12, 2013
Played the course:once
Pros:
The course starts and ends in the same parking lot. Takeena Landing Park is heavily wooded piece of property set between the Willamette River and the highway. Because the DGC is relatively new, much of the thick underbrush has not been tramped down yet. With enough use, it will get better in the future.
Course designers have tried to provide signage such as tee signs and next tee signs. Unfortunately, using laminated pieces of paper is not going to work. Something more permanent and more vandal proof will need to be built to help players navigate through the dense underbrush here. Already, many of the laminated signs have been destroyed making many of the tee pads difficult.
The tee pads are carpet. They're not exactly smooth but will work for now. The baskets are brand new and shiny.
# 4 has you teeing off directly beside the river. Fortunately, you're throwing away from the river virtually eliminating any chance of your disc ending up in the Willamette on this hole.
I liked the # 5 hole throwing across the park road to a basket partially hidden Just beware of auto traffic before throwing on this one.
Course designers have tried to provide signage such as tee signs and next tee signs. Unfortunately, using laminated pieces of paper is not going to work. Something more permanent and more vandal proof will need to be built to help players navigate through the dense underbrush here. Already, many of the laminated signs have been destroyed making many of the tee pads difficult.
The tee pads are carpet. They're not exactly smooth but will work for now. The baskets are brand new and shiny.
# 4 has you teeing off directly beside the river. Fortunately, you're throwing away from the river virtually eliminating any chance of your disc ending up in the Willamette on this hole.
I liked the # 5 hole throwing across the park road to a basket partially hidden Just beware of auto traffic before throwing on this one.
Cons:
Please work on some heavy duty/vandal proof/out of reach navigational aids for this course. Just a couple of suggestions?
1) For Tee Signs - Go with small metal engraved signs. Any high school metal shop student could make them. Mount them on a low, slanted 4" x 4" pole.
2) Next tee signs - If you're going to leave the basket in the same position - wrap brightly colored surveyor's tape around the bottom rung of the basket facing the next tee.
3) Next tee - Same as # 2 only paint the bottom rung a bright orange or pink.
4) Next tee sign - Make next tee sign out of small engraved piece of metal w/arrow. Drill two holes and hang with wire from bottom rungs of basket facing next tee box.
5) Next tee sign - same as # 4 only make wooden signs and hang from baskets.
6) Next tee signs. Nail next tee signs to trees high enough so vandals can't reach them.
1) For Tee Signs - Go with small metal engraved signs. Any high school metal shop student could make them. Mount them on a low, slanted 4" x 4" pole.
2) Next tee signs - If you're going to leave the basket in the same position - wrap brightly colored surveyor's tape around the bottom rung of the basket facing the next tee.
3) Next tee - Same as # 2 only paint the bottom rung a bright orange or pink.
4) Next tee sign - Make next tee sign out of small engraved piece of metal w/arrow. Drill two holes and hang with wire from bottom rungs of basket facing next tee box.
5) Next tee sign - same as # 4 only make wooden signs and hang from baskets.
6) Next tee signs. Nail next tee signs to trees high enough so vandals can't reach them.
Other Thoughts:
The course is OK now. It will get better as it gets beat down. It could be better with some simple vandal resistance navigational signage.
I'd play it if I lived in the area but I don't and right now it's not a destination course.
I'd play it if I lived in the area but I don't and right now it's not a destination course.
