Trophy Club Park reviews
17
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Top 10 DFW course 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Apr 4, 2022
Played the course:2-4 times
Pros:
Fun, challenging course in a large park by Grapevine Lake. Feels at times like a bit of a nature preserve, plenty of fauna around the wetland areas of the course. I spooked a beautiful eagle with one of my errant drives.
Wonderful variety of holes. You've got some short tight wooded alleys, some wide-open holes with a bit of elevation, a couple tricky greens,
Almost every hole here forces you to deal with multiple challenges and consider the full range of your discs flight:
-A wide open hole (such as 1, 2, 5, 10, 16) will force you to deal with a bit of elevation change, or a gap off the tee with a different wind angle halfway down the fairway, or a guarded green on your approach..
-The wooded holes are just a little longer than feels comfortable (7, 12, 17) or force you to deal with a late gap 250 ft down or a low ceiling.
-What would be a simple RBH hyzer on 11 also asks you to control your ground action so you can skip up onto a tricky dirt mound of a green or you might as well just lay up.
-Hole 18 is a great example, It's really just a simple straight shot 225 ft to the basket, but you meed to hit a gap 40 ft off the tee and after the gap is a 180 ft water carry over a muddy pond that will eat your disc and if you hyzer out early the pond expands off to the left so the safe play is itself full of danger. Each hole has so much to consider.
These extra challenges are unique for much of DFW but none of them feel too punishingly hard. A real brain teaser of a course.
Concrete Long Tees and Flagged Short Tees. Basically two 9 hole loops on either side of the parking lot, so you can stop for a bathroom break at the port-a-potty or grab something out of your car halfway through.
Beautifully maintained, some mud after rains and the pond that must be carried on 18 that can change in size depending on the recent rains.
Wonderful variety of holes. You've got some short tight wooded alleys, some wide-open holes with a bit of elevation, a couple tricky greens,
Almost every hole here forces you to deal with multiple challenges and consider the full range of your discs flight:
-A wide open hole (such as 1, 2, 5, 10, 16) will force you to deal with a bit of elevation change, or a gap off the tee with a different wind angle halfway down the fairway, or a guarded green on your approach..
-The wooded holes are just a little longer than feels comfortable (7, 12, 17) or force you to deal with a late gap 250 ft down or a low ceiling.
-What would be a simple RBH hyzer on 11 also asks you to control your ground action so you can skip up onto a tricky dirt mound of a green or you might as well just lay up.
-Hole 18 is a great example, It's really just a simple straight shot 225 ft to the basket, but you meed to hit a gap 40 ft off the tee and after the gap is a 180 ft water carry over a muddy pond that will eat your disc and if you hyzer out early the pond expands off to the left so the safe play is itself full of danger. Each hole has so much to consider.
These extra challenges are unique for much of DFW but none of them feel too punishingly hard. A real brain teaser of a course.
Concrete Long Tees and Flagged Short Tees. Basically two 9 hole loops on either side of the parking lot, so you can stop for a bathroom break at the port-a-potty or grab something out of your car halfway through.
Beautifully maintained, some mud after rains and the pond that must be carried on 18 that can change in size depending on the recent rains.
Cons:
The real con for me is the motocross/ATV course on one side of the course. For about 6 holes on the front 9 the noise is very obnoxious and while the scenery looks beautiful it's hard to really be present too it with the raucous sound droning on and on.
Some parts of the course do get muddy after rains and with all the beautiful nature can come some snakes.
$5 car fee to access the course. For me it's worth it for a special round/picnic with friends and family but maybe not for regular play. You can pay an annual fee of $40 which would be worth it to me if I lived closer.
Some parts of the course do get muddy after rains and with all the beautiful nature can come some snakes.
$5 car fee to access the course. For me it's worth it for a special round/picnic with friends and family but maybe not for regular play. You can pay an annual fee of $40 which would be worth it to me if I lived closer.
Other Thoughts:
I think this is easily a top 10 course in DFW, and would be competitive for top 5 if it was free and didn't have that bike course. But the golf itself is some of the best in the metroplex.
15
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A Great Place to Play 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Nov 15, 2017
Played the course:once
Pros:
To me, paying $2 to play a course is usually a pro. It makes me feel that the course will be adequately cared for, clean, a challenging yet fun place to play and it also deters folks who have bad intentions on the course form playing it. This course hits all those marks. It has tee signs, concrete pads and directional sides that make navigation easy on a course that was already easy to navigate.
The course is essentially two nine hole loops. The first being a little bit more technical and the other half is more open and longer on average but still has rough on both sides of the fairways putting a premium on distance and accuracy. Hole 9 and 10 are the only true rip it holes with very little obstacles, but they are still fun holes.
I really liked Hole 11 and its elevated basket. It is fairly easy to get it down the short fairway, but the elevated basket makes for a tough putt.
With the amount of variety of holes from short, to long, to more open and more technical, this course has a little bit of challenge and shooting low can be tough. I always enjoy longer courses that have challenge to the length.
The course is essentially two nine hole loops. The first being a little bit more technical and the other half is more open and longer on average but still has rough on both sides of the fairways putting a premium on distance and accuracy. Hole 9 and 10 are the only true rip it holes with very little obstacles, but they are still fun holes.
I really liked Hole 11 and its elevated basket. It is fairly easy to get it down the short fairway, but the elevated basket makes for a tough putt.
With the amount of variety of holes from short, to long, to more open and more technical, this course has a little bit of challenge and shooting low can be tough. I always enjoy longer courses that have challenge to the length.
Cons:
I felt a few of the baskets were guarded by a random placement of trees. Hole 2 immediately comes to mind as do a few of the holes in the front nine. Maybe it was because I couldn't hit the right line and took bad scores on a few of those holes, but it was a thought I had.
Throwing into the rough on the back nine can put you in a thorny situation. Heh.
The dirt bikers are really the only non discers that you may run into. There is a dirt bike path that runs close to holes 5-7.
Previous reviewers say that the grass can be high in the summer months, which totally understand that. The course plays on a large swath of land.
Throwing into the rough on the back nine can put you in a thorny situation. Heh.
The dirt bikers are really the only non discers that you may run into. There is a dirt bike path that runs close to holes 5-7.
Previous reviewers say that the grass can be high in the summer months, which totally understand that. The course plays on a large swath of land.
Other Thoughts:
This course had a feel like McClain Park in San Antonio or a less tough version of Circle C or Wilco in Austin. It is a very enjoyable play and well worth the $2 to play.
This course has some teeth to it and will be a challenge to those who play it. Shooting in the 50s is a great score. I would definitely recommend this course to people playing in the DFW area. It is definitely a must play.
This course has some teeth to it and will be a challenge to those who play it. Shooting in the 50s is a great score. I would definitely recommend this course to people playing in the DFW area. It is definitely a must play.
13
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Fantastic and very challenging course 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Dec 21, 2015
Played the course:once
Pros:
- HUGE concrete tee pads, which were very new and grippy
- Innova Discatcher pro baskets in great condition and easy to see in the woods
- While there was some underbrush in places, for the most part there wasn't (especially in the front 9), which meant that losing a disc was less likley
- Restrooms near the first tee
- One of the biggest pros for this course IMO is the fact that there was so much variety. Since so many courses just have the same type of holes over and over, it was nice to see a great mixture of all types. You have dogleg lefts, dogleg rights, wide open holes, tight tunnel shots, over water shots, tight wooded shots, holes that go from wide open to wooded and vice versa. There was so much variety in the layout, which yielded all sorts of throws and discs to use.
- This course was challenging! I love a good challenge! Varying types of difficulty were found on the course, such as longer distances, tight fairways that required a throw on the money, blind throws, varying distances from hole to hole, so on and so forth. It was a good challenge.
- The front and back nine formulate two loops, which is beneficial because if you only have time for 9 holes, you wont end up super far from the car, as the 9th will come back to the parking lot.
- A cool aspect this course had was 3 different tees. While the shorter two were just natural tees, they still took the time to designate them as shorter tees, which makes this course not as hard for the beginner or less expirienced player.
- The land was used very well for the course, as every aspect of the land was used in order to make it more challenging and fun.
- Multiple pin positions
- The basket positions were in great spots. The design of the course
- I never got bored with this course, as each hole was different from one another and new challenges were created.
- Innova Discatcher pro baskets in great condition and easy to see in the woods
- While there was some underbrush in places, for the most part there wasn't (especially in the front 9), which meant that losing a disc was less likley
- Restrooms near the first tee
- One of the biggest pros for this course IMO is the fact that there was so much variety. Since so many courses just have the same type of holes over and over, it was nice to see a great mixture of all types. You have dogleg lefts, dogleg rights, wide open holes, tight tunnel shots, over water shots, tight wooded shots, holes that go from wide open to wooded and vice versa. There was so much variety in the layout, which yielded all sorts of throws and discs to use.
- This course was challenging! I love a good challenge! Varying types of difficulty were found on the course, such as longer distances, tight fairways that required a throw on the money, blind throws, varying distances from hole to hole, so on and so forth. It was a good challenge.
- The front and back nine formulate two loops, which is beneficial because if you only have time for 9 holes, you wont end up super far from the car, as the 9th will come back to the parking lot.
- A cool aspect this course had was 3 different tees. While the shorter two were just natural tees, they still took the time to designate them as shorter tees, which makes this course not as hard for the beginner or less expirienced player.
- The land was used very well for the course, as every aspect of the land was used in order to make it more challenging and fun.
- Multiple pin positions
- The basket positions were in great spots. The design of the course
- I never got bored with this course, as each hole was different from one another and new challenges were created.
Cons:
- Navigation. While it was pretty simple to navigate from hole to hole, there were definetley some spots that were quite confusing. I highly reccomend bringing the map from the link and files tab on the site.
- Not a huge issue, but some walks in between holes were longer than usual, which made you want to think the way you were going was incorrect.
- No tee signs. The only sign at the course was a map at the beginning, but other than that, there were no tee signs showing where the basket was if you couldnt see it from the tee, and of course no signs saying where the next tee was.
- Some of the tight wooded holes had not been cleared out, which didnt really give a real and defined fairway. This was frusturating because you basically had to throw right on the money on those holes in order to have any shot at a birdie or par.
- pay to play, but was a very cheap price.
- Not a huge issue, but some walks in between holes were longer than usual, which made you want to think the way you were going was incorrect.
- No tee signs. The only sign at the course was a map at the beginning, but other than that, there were no tee signs showing where the basket was if you couldnt see it from the tee, and of course no signs saying where the next tee was.
- Some of the tight wooded holes had not been cleared out, which didnt really give a real and defined fairway. This was frusturating because you basically had to throw right on the money on those holes in order to have any shot at a birdie or par.
- pay to play, but was a very cheap price.
Other Thoughts:
Overall, this course is phenomenal! All this course needs is a little bit more clearing out of trees and some tee signs and it is all set to be one of the best in the DFW area. The variety that this course offers makes a round at Trophy Club Park not only challenging, but exciting and fun as well. This course is definetley worth your time to play!
14
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As I walk through the blackened forest... 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Mar 17, 2015
Played the course:once
Pros:
This course has challenging lines and a good mixture of short, moderate, and longer holes. There are both dog leg L/R holes too. There are multiple tees and pin placements to give you different options. Tee pads were ample.
This course uses the present elevation well and there was some water in the pond on 18(or water hole) that made for an epic finishing hole.
There are a couple of places where you can air out a drive, hole 10 especially.
The elevated basket on 11 was sweet and it offers a good risk vs reward.
The front 9 has some excellent technical holes and the back 9 has some cool tunnel/hallway shots were accuracy is going to come in handy.
Trash cans throughout the course.
This course uses the present elevation well and there was some water in the pond on 18(or water hole) that made for an epic finishing hole.
There are a couple of places where you can air out a drive, hole 10 especially.
The elevated basket on 11 was sweet and it offers a good risk vs reward.
The front 9 has some excellent technical holes and the back 9 has some cool tunnel/hallway shots were accuracy is going to come in handy.
Trash cans throughout the course.
Cons:
This course has some navigation issues in spots so first time users should take a copy of the map to guide them.
The walk between holes, more so on the back 9 but the front 9 has a couple of spots as well, are long and slow the flow of the round down a bit. This is especially true on the transition from 12's basket to 13's tee.
The lack of signage needs to be addressed and would help with the navigation issues.
The rough can be rough and thorny so be advised.
No other amenities except the porta-john so prepare accordingly.
The walk between holes, more so on the back 9 but the front 9 has a couple of spots as well, are long and slow the flow of the round down a bit. This is especially true on the transition from 12's basket to 13's tee.
The lack of signage needs to be addressed and would help with the navigation issues.
The rough can be rough and thorny so be advised.
No other amenities except the porta-john so prepare accordingly.
Other Thoughts:
This course is pay to play but for a buck its well worth it. This course will test your accuracy and test your mental game as well. This isn't a grip and rip park style course. If you are a fan of technical courses this will be right up your alley. The disc golf shots here are challenging and excellent.
Hopefully the signage issues will be addressed making this course even better. Over time this course should beat in well as more and more players come out and play this nice technical course. If you are in the area I highly recommend playing here. At a buck you can't go wrong!!!
Hopefully the signage issues will be addressed making this course even better. Over time this course should beat in well as more and more players come out and play this nice technical course. If you are in the area I highly recommend playing here. At a buck you can't go wrong!!!
6
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thejake78
Experience:
20.9 years
26 played
9 reviews
Great layout, but flawed course 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Updated:
Played on:Dec 27, 2016
Played the course:5+ times
Pros:
- Good mixture of wooded, technical holes and wide-open holes
- Course will test a variety of shots and your ability to hit different lines
- Decently-sized concrete tee pads
- Multiple pin locations on several holes
- Portable toilets next to #1
- Course will test a variety of shots and your ability to hit different lines
- Decently-sized concrete tee pads
- Multiple pin locations on several holes
- Portable toilets next to #1
Cons:
- Signage is limited to concrete blocks at teepads showing the hole numbers
- Navigation can be tricky for people unfamiliar with the course. No course map on-site.
- #1 and #9 play a little close to the road, #10 close to parking area; could be a problem with a RHBH turnover or LHBH throws.
- Little bit noisy with the MX/ATV trails nearby. Worse, the beginner track runs next to #5 and #6, and drivers/riders sometimes leave the marked areas and drive onto the DG course
- A few places tend to get and stay pretty muddy at times
- The growth off the fairways is very thick and thorny in a lot of places
- The grass is allowed to grow very high at times during warmer/wetter months, including the fairways
- The course, while fun, is not particularly beginner-friendly due to the technical nature
- Fairways around #1 and #2 are sometimes used for non-DG activities by the parks department
- After periods of heavy rain the park is sometimes closed due to flooding
- Navigation can be tricky for people unfamiliar with the course. No course map on-site.
- #1 and #9 play a little close to the road, #10 close to parking area; could be a problem with a RHBH turnover or LHBH throws.
- Little bit noisy with the MX/ATV trails nearby. Worse, the beginner track runs next to #5 and #6, and drivers/riders sometimes leave the marked areas and drive onto the DG course
- A few places tend to get and stay pretty muddy at times
- The growth off the fairways is very thick and thorny in a lot of places
- The grass is allowed to grow very high at times during warmer/wetter months, including the fairways
- The course, while fun, is not particularly beginner-friendly due to the technical nature
- Fairways around #1 and #2 are sometimes used for non-DG activities by the parks department
- After periods of heavy rain the park is sometimes closed due to flooding
Other Thoughts:
-Currently $2 to drive into the park
Full disclosure: Trophy Club Park is my home course. This is a course that tests my game every time I go out there, and it is an enjoyable course. For me, the design of the course scores very well, but the course has its flaws.
It should be noted that when we have stretches with heavy rain, the park will be closed. Due to the proximity to Lake Grapevine, the park can experience flooding. In some of the admittedly extreme examples in recent years, the course was under water, and the park was closed for several weeks. From these episodes there are still piles of broken limbs around the park and the course (though not in the way of anything). After heavy rains, definitely check to see if the course is playable before making the drive.
There is a problem with high grass throughout the course at times, particularly when it is too wet to mow. I have given up partway through a round before here due to growing tired of looking for discs in the knee-high grass in the middle of fairways.
It would be nice to see signage added to the course (maps, info, pin locations etc)
There needs to be a barrier of some sort between the DG course and the ATV/MX track to prevent drivers from wandering onto the course.
Despite these issues, I still rate this course highly. This course has a great layout, and at its best it is scenic and absolutely worth playing; one of the better courses in the DFW area. The flaws could justify, however, a lower rating when the course is not at its best, maybe as much as a point or two lower.
Full disclosure: Trophy Club Park is my home course. This is a course that tests my game every time I go out there, and it is an enjoyable course. For me, the design of the course scores very well, but the course has its flaws.
It should be noted that when we have stretches with heavy rain, the park will be closed. Due to the proximity to Lake Grapevine, the park can experience flooding. In some of the admittedly extreme examples in recent years, the course was under water, and the park was closed for several weeks. From these episodes there are still piles of broken limbs around the park and the course (though not in the way of anything). After heavy rains, definitely check to see if the course is playable before making the drive.
There is a problem with high grass throughout the course at times, particularly when it is too wet to mow. I have given up partway through a round before here due to growing tired of looking for discs in the knee-high grass in the middle of fairways.
It would be nice to see signage added to the course (maps, info, pin locations etc)
There needs to be a barrier of some sort between the DG course and the ATV/MX track to prevent drivers from wandering onto the course.
Despite these issues, I still rate this course highly. This course has a great layout, and at its best it is scenic and absolutely worth playing; one of the better courses in the DFW area. The flaws could justify, however, a lower rating when the course is not at its best, maybe as much as a point or two lower.
6
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zendragon
Experience:
13.5 years
48 played
3 reviews
Worst course I've played to date. 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Updated:
Played on:Apr 18, 2012
Played the course:once
Pros:
What a change from the previous layout. This was the worst course I had ever played, and now it's one of my favorites. The short holes are still challenging. Some days you can hit every line and end up with several drop in birdies, but more likely you're going to clip one of the many trees and have a tough upshot just to hit par. It's tough, but so rewarding when you hit the line.
Cons:
Navigation can be confusing. There are still old paths from back when the course was terrible. They have laid out branches to mark the correct paths though. Follow these and you'll be good.
Other Thoughts:
It's a dollar to enter the course and it has a closing time. The dollar isn't a con to me because it helps keep the park so well maintained.
14
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latent beauty unleashed 2+ years
Reviewed:
Updated:
Played on:May 6, 2014
Played the course:5+ times
Pros:
-FANTASTIC redesign
-great use of open and wooded terrain and rolling hills
-variety of distance and difficulty of lines
-well thought basket placements
-nice discatchers, new concrete pads
-natural short tees marked by concrete blocks
-alternate pin locations on holes 1, 3, 6, 10, 12, & 18
-paths between holes, easy navigation
-double loop design
-good mix of left and right shots, but still favors RHBH
-rest rooms
-great use of open and wooded terrain and rolling hills
-variety of distance and difficulty of lines
-well thought basket placements
-nice discatchers, new concrete pads
-natural short tees marked by concrete blocks
-alternate pin locations on holes 1, 3, 6, 10, 12, & 18
-paths between holes, easy navigation
-double loop design
-good mix of left and right shots, but still favors RHBH
-rest rooms
Cons:
**Update**
Over a year later and still no tee signs, improvements to short tees, or clearing of some fairways (13 and 17 still have a lot of stumps and the latter has lots of uneven ground across the fairway - treacherous footing). Course is in relatively good shape overall but it seems the improvements have come to a halt. Disappointing.
-tee signs are supposed to be coming soon
-park tables in the fairway on hole 9, sometimes pedestrians
-the DD guys have done a ton of work to clear the fairways of brush but there are still a couple holes that need brush and stumps to be cleared (17)
-i'd like to see a little more creativity in some of the short pad locations. most of them are just 20-50 feet shorter than the longs.
-the old course signs need to be removed and the old tee boxes should get filled in, or at least have their frames removed. i see a lot of players new to the course getting confused about the layout from the old course's artifacts.
Over a year later and still no tee signs, improvements to short tees, or clearing of some fairways (13 and 17 still have a lot of stumps and the latter has lots of uneven ground across the fairway - treacherous footing). Course is in relatively good shape overall but it seems the improvements have come to a halt. Disappointing.
-tee signs are supposed to be coming soon
-park tables in the fairway on hole 9, sometimes pedestrians
-the DD guys have done a ton of work to clear the fairways of brush but there are still a couple holes that need brush and stumps to be cleared (17)
-i'd like to see a little more creativity in some of the short pad locations. most of them are just 20-50 feet shorter than the longs.
-the old course signs need to be removed and the old tee boxes should get filled in, or at least have their frames removed. i see a lot of players new to the course getting confused about the layout from the old course's artifacts.
Other Thoughts:
The new redesign by the Dynamic Discs Lewisville guys is exactly what this course needed. I remember when the first 9 holes opened and how excited I was about the potential of the land. After existing in a miserable state for the past 3 years this course is finally becoming the jewel it was always capable of being.
The new design uses a double loop to bring you back to the parking area after each 9. The front 9 is on the north side of the road and is the shorter and tighter of the two. The first two holes play through the open area near the road to tree-protected greens and then you are off into the woods. The next two are very tight with low ceilings, the next two open up a bit with no ceiling but still lines to hit and protected greens, and the next two both tighten up again. The last hole of the first half plays out of the woods and across a long open field. This is the only real two-drive hole on the course but the second shot is wide open. I really love the way there are similar pairs of holes through the front 9.
The back 9 is generally a little bit longer and though it is not as tight as the front 9, it is still very wooded. The fairways are a bit wider and more defined but with thick tree lines and brush off the fairway. It reminds me of the long corridors at courses like Searight and Circle C in Austin. Hole 11 is one of my favorites of the new holes. A hyzer route with a low ceiling opens up to a landing zone right in front of the green: a basket protected by large trees on an elevated bunker. Holes 13 and 18 are fun ace runs, depending on the pin position, and holes 10, 12, and 17 offer a chance to open it up but you'll still need your accuracy.
The new design here at Trophy Club makes for a really fun round with a great variety of shots. It makes great use of the land, hopefully will have all the bells and whistles as work continues, and is beautiful and secluded (apart from the bike trails near 5 & 6). A serious challenge from the longs and no walk in the park from the shorts either. I think once the course is broken in and finished with tee signs and hopefully legit short pads, it could be worthy of a 4.5 rating. This will soon be one of the premiere courses in the metroplex.
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The new design uses a double loop to bring you back to the parking area after each 9. The front 9 is on the north side of the road and is the shorter and tighter of the two. The first two holes play through the open area near the road to tree-protected greens and then you are off into the woods. The next two are very tight with low ceilings, the next two open up a bit with no ceiling but still lines to hit and protected greens, and the next two both tighten up again. The last hole of the first half plays out of the woods and across a long open field. This is the only real two-drive hole on the course but the second shot is wide open. I really love the way there are similar pairs of holes through the front 9.
The back 9 is generally a little bit longer and though it is not as tight as the front 9, it is still very wooded. The fairways are a bit wider and more defined but with thick tree lines and brush off the fairway. It reminds me of the long corridors at courses like Searight and Circle C in Austin. Hole 11 is one of my favorites of the new holes. A hyzer route with a low ceiling opens up to a landing zone right in front of the green: a basket protected by large trees on an elevated bunker. Holes 13 and 18 are fun ace runs, depending on the pin position, and holes 10, 12, and 17 offer a chance to open it up but you'll still need your accuracy.
The new design here at Trophy Club makes for a really fun round with a great variety of shots. It makes great use of the land, hopefully will have all the bells and whistles as work continues, and is beautiful and secluded (apart from the bike trails near 5 & 6). A serious challenge from the longs and no walk in the park from the shorts either. I think once the course is broken in and finished with tee signs and hopefully legit short pads, it could be worthy of a 4.5 rating. This will soon be one of the premiere courses in the metroplex.
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