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Unami Creek Park reviews
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Rocky woods, my favorite place to toss discs!
Reviewed:
Played on:Sep 24, 2022
Played the course:once
Pros:
Wow, Unami Creek is quite an adventure for a 9-hole course. The first two holes are short and fairly open, but do not let this benign start lull you into complacency.
Hole 3 gets your attention with a 395' bomb off a big hill, with woods right and trees to miss left. I threw a fairway driver and even with my noodle arm landed pin high. Big hill = big fun. Hole 4 is also semi-open, teeing across a meadow to a well-protected basket on a steep, wooded upslope.
Starting with hole 5 the course shifts gears again, entering a rocky forest for the rest of the round The forested section of the course is gorgeous, challenging, isolated from the rest of the park, and makes me want to come back here and play again. You will need accuracy, line shaping, and some distance to score well. Several of the woods holes have significant elevation in play.
Boxed-in paver tees are long, wide, and level. Mach 3 baskets with a number plate were well mounted and in good shape. Next tee signs were helpfully posted to aid navigation, and there were no excessively long walks between holes.
Tee signs are mounted on short posts and include hole lengths, par, and a stylized map (but see cons). Course was dry when I played but boardwalks have been installed to cross seasonally wet areas.
Hole 3 gets your attention with a 395' bomb off a big hill, with woods right and trees to miss left. I threw a fairway driver and even with my noodle arm landed pin high. Big hill = big fun. Hole 4 is also semi-open, teeing across a meadow to a well-protected basket on a steep, wooded upslope.
Starting with hole 5 the course shifts gears again, entering a rocky forest for the rest of the round The forested section of the course is gorgeous, challenging, isolated from the rest of the park, and makes me want to come back here and play again. You will need accuracy, line shaping, and some distance to score well. Several of the woods holes have significant elevation in play.
Boxed-in paver tees are long, wide, and level. Mach 3 baskets with a number plate were well mounted and in good shape. Next tee signs were helpfully posted to aid navigation, and there were no excessively long walks between holes.
Tee signs are mounted on short posts and include hole lengths, par, and a stylized map (but see cons). Course was dry when I played but boardwalks have been installed to cross seasonally wet areas.
Cons:
The first two holes are pretty bland, but give you something to do while walking to hole 3. If the pavilion is in use you might need to share the mown grass field that serves a hole one's fairway with non-disc golfers.
Occasionally I found the stylized tee maps a bit confusing, leaving me unsure where I should be aiming my drive. Also, the tee signs list two pin positions but there was no indication of which is in use. When I played the map app listed the correct basket position, so perhaps the signs need updating.
Mach 3's are not the most visible baskets, so adding a brightly colored flag would be helpful on the wooded holes. Tees are raised slightly, sometimes leaving a bit of a drop off. Building up the area in front of the tee would reduce the risk of twisting an ankle.
Occasionally I found the stylized tee maps a bit confusing, leaving me unsure where I should be aiming my drive. Also, the tee signs list two pin positions but there was no indication of which is in use. When I played the map app listed the correct basket position, so perhaps the signs need updating.
Mach 3's are not the most visible baskets, so adding a brightly colored flag would be helpful on the wooded holes. Tees are raised slightly, sometimes leaving a bit of a drop off. Building up the area in front of the tee would reduce the risk of twisting an ankle.
Other Thoughts:
I had a blast playing here, and would happily play this course again. Strongly recommended if you happen to be in the area.
Risk of disc loss seems fairly low, although I spent a few minutes hunting for my drive on #3 in one of the un-mowed meadows off the fairway. I also noticed some poison ivy in these meadows, but not too bad. Rough in the woods was generably manageable.
Since the redesign, getting hole lengths updated on various websites seems to be a work in progress. I relied on UDisc and had no problems.
The creek did not come into play but provided pretty views when walking between two of the holes. I did see people fishing and hiking during my round, but never in places that interfered with play.
Risk of disc loss seems fairly low, although I spent a few minutes hunting for my drive on #3 in one of the un-mowed meadows off the fairway. I also noticed some poison ivy in these meadows, but not too bad. Rough in the woods was generably manageable.
Since the redesign, getting hole lengths updated on various websites seems to be a work in progress. I relied on UDisc and had no problems.
The creek did not come into play but provided pretty views when walking between two of the holes. I did see people fishing and hiking during my round, but never in places that interfered with play.
