Lacey, WA

Woodland Creek Community Park

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wellsbranch250
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Experience: 10.2 years 658 played 636 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Wheel of Fortune

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 8, 2023 Played the course:once

Pros:

(2.868 Rating) A mixed style 14 hole course.
- GAMEPLAY - I found the gameplay here at Woodland Creek to be satisfying. It's not an exotic behemoth nor a bland cupcake. What it is, is a blend of styles dishing out MA2 and MA3 level challenges. There are openish shots, bomb holes, pockets, tunnels, bends in both directions and technical mischief. Although labeled an all par 3, hole (12) will feel like a par 4 to sub 300 foot arms as its 500 feet long and slightly uphill.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - I personally graded the beauty of Woodland Creek as just above average. The stretch of holes (2) thru (8) to me were the clear bread winners. This section was generally comprised of wooded tunnel shots with modest bends. I enjoyed the whimsical looking large slanted pine in the middle of (7s) fairway. Holes (10) thru (14) are noticeably blander than the first nine holes.
- NAVIGATION AND SIGNAGE - After hole (3) I had a guide and probably am not fully qualified to comment on this as I stopped paying full attention. I will say however, I had no issue following the first 3 holes. There's a really nice satellite photo course map posted and the tee signs are good.
- AMENITIES - In addition to the signage, there are adequately sized concrete tees, MachV baskets and alternate basket placements on 8 holes. Bag hangers are affixed to the tee sign posts, and a practice area with 4 practice baskets are in an adjacent field. I want to believe that if there's a league here, that they make 4 extra holes with these practice baskets. The Park also has restroom facilities and shelters with picnic tables.
- THE WHEEL - On hole (4) there's a spinning wheel. Spin the wheel and go to the tee location you land on. I believe there were 3 options. I thought it was a nice fun little touch.

Cons:

A solid course overall, with only minor blemishes.
- BLIND PATH ON 10 - I nearly nailed a bicyclist on (10). They just appeared out of nowhere while my disc was in flight along a path that was blind to me standing on the tee. A couple other holes bring the main paved walking path into play, but it's not too bad.
- NOT 18 - 14 holes is a weird number to end up at. For those who skipped my noted pros, there are 4 practice baskets. Maybe they are about to expand, but just hadn't finished yet and put them temporarily in a field. Seems like there is enough room here.
- OVERGROWTH - The trees in this park are generally younger than the courses I visited on my pacific northwest trip. Thus the sun bleached fairway edges were thicker with vines, brier and weeds than what I had been seeing. I spent a few minutes searching for my errant throws here. Losing a disc is possible when a disc finds a good hidey hole.
- PARKING DISTANCE - This is super minor. The course starts and ends 400 feet from the parking area. Also a few modest gaps in play between holes.

Other Thoughts:

Woodland is going to work great for locals and for course baggers. The locals are going to like the round length options. While course baggers are going to like the play style mixture and the quick round. I haven't played too many 14 hole courses in my travels, but I think this one is above average in just about all aspects among courses I've played that had between 13 and 15 holes. Probably a hair below average overall compared to just the 18ers I've thrown. Anyways, a weak 3.0 course to me overall. If it expanded to 18 with 4 high quality holes, and made a few tweaks, I'd consider dropping a 3.5 on it. Not destination worthy imo. I also played nearby Shelton Springs and Seatac on this trip, and those courses are far more deserving of a destination target. The course reminded me of places like Southern Adventist University in Chattanooga, Cat Hollow in Austin Texas, Miami Whitewater near Cincinnati and Plamann Apple in Wisconsin.
- THANK YOU - I ran into a local player on tee (4), who was kind enough to guide me through the remainder of the layout. It made navigation and locating the many blind baskets so much easier. Plus I got info on how the course has evolved over time. Thanks Dee, I enjoyed the round sir!
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Nate32
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Experience: 10.7 years 75 played 60 reviews
3.00 star(s)

2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 9, 2018 Played the course:once

Pros:

Woodland Creek Community park is located in Lacey, Wa. This course is great if you are on a huge road trip and need to stop and take a break. This course has a good variety of holes, some open and some wooded.

Woodland Creek Community Park also has a fishing lake, playground and a huge warm up area. If I lived close to this course that warm up area/ huge field would be my go to for field practice.
Hole #6 is my favorite out of them all. This hole might look very technical but it is pretty fun as it allows you to throw a huge spike hyzer towards the basket.

Hole 9 is a interesting hole but very basic. The hole is behind a small ish pine tree next to the telephone poll. It does not matter what season you go in to play this course as there is a great mix of holes.

Hole 1 starts off in the open field and plays around the mitz of trees. After hole 1 all the wooded holes come into play. Maintaining this course would not be easy as there is quite a lot of brush you have to look out for.

All holes are par 3s and with a little more space they could have expanded into a few par 4s. Course amenities are:
+Resterooms
+Great tee signs
+ ConcreteTee Pads
The course designer did a really good job with the tee signs and tee pads. Tee signs are in full color and are much needed as some of the baskets are blind from the tee pad.

I believe this course just got a remodel since the tee signs are brand new.

Cons:

For a 9 hole disc golf course they could have expanded this into something amazing. They have quite a lot of land they could work with to make this course a little more enjoyable.

With a little more clearing this course could be one of my favorite 9 hole disc golf courses. Baskets on this course are not too great as they are older DGA model. I thought at first they were Mach 2s or 3s since they look very similar.

Course was built fairly recently and I think they could do some big things if they used a little more of their land to create a bigger course. This course is kind of short and very tight. It will offer you to be wise on what disc you chose off the tee.

Other Thoughts:

Overall this course is the perfect roadside stop if you want to stretch and play a nice 9 hole round before you get back on the road. If you live close i would definitely check this course out.

It has some great field opportunities for practice shots on their massive fields. To get to the course from the parking lot park on the far end of the parking lot and walk down a path across the bridge where you will see the first tee on the left.

I also noticed there are a couple practice baskets along the course as well.
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Schreuds2.0
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 6.9 years 93 played 81 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Has that “Home Course” feeling 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jan 6, 2019 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Perhaps the best thing about this course is the tee areas, they all have benches, great signs, and great concrete tees that have tons of space, there are no trees right next to the tee, so you have full range of motion.
-Very Clear distinction between rough and fairway. The Fairways are easily traversed, and the roughs are hard to get out of, but not impossible to walk through. This is nice, it allows you to get to your disc without too much trouble, but you are still punished a little for an errant drive.
-This is a very well designed wooded course, the trees are obstacles, but they don't make the lines impossible.
-Navigation is simple, this is an easy 'out and back' type course
-No garbage on the ground, I always love a nice clean course!

Cons:

-Baskets are only semi-visible, there is clearly an effort made to make them more visible by putting small cones on top, but grey Chainstars in the woods are just too hard to see.
-Baskets are in good condition, but, I'm just not a fan of Chainstars, they catch OK, but not great
-Not a whole lot of elevation, some tees are on a bit of a hill, but for the most part the course is flat
-No Mandos or OB, there could have been a couple Mandos to protect the road on hole 6 especially
-A couple unique holes, hole 1 is the only real driver throw, the rest are straight mid shots, unless you want to get a little crazy.

Other Thoughts:

Overall, this course is a nice slightly above entry level difficulty layout, that is very well equipped. From previous reviews I surmise that the field behind the course is used a driving range, which in my opinion makes this course that much more of a complete package. There were also 4 baskets sprinkled randomly through the rest of the park (not on the course) this was a little confusing for me, but I suppose that they are used for putting practice. I think that they could easily be used to extend the course to a 13 hole layout, which would be cool, even though it isn't a full 18. I'm sure there is a good reason why they are there, but I just don't know what it is.
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Pierparknut
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Experience: 10.9 years 89 played 85 reviews
3.00 star(s)

2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 30, 2018 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Woodland Creek Park is a large, well-maintained city park with a community center, playground, lake for fishing, grass fields, trails, natural areas, and a 9-hole disc golf course.

-Hole 1 plays 400 feet, and hole 9 300 feet through an open field. The rest of the holes are technical woods golf, typically playing ~250 feet.

-The course is well-maintained, with fair lines, relatively clean rough, and short grass. The designers did an excellent job fitting seven fun, unique holes into a small area of woods without interference between holes.

-This course has a fantastic warm up area. There are three baskets for putting, as well as a driving range. The driving range consists of an enormous concrete tee box and three baskets ranging from 200-350 ft.

-Excellent signage throughout. There's a large info board by the practice area and another by the first tee. Every hole has its own tee sign featuring the shot shape and distance to each of the two basket positions.

-Best Holes:
#1 is the only opportunity for a long drive, at 400 feet with no obstacles.
#7 is a nice tunnel shot through a handful of old-growth trees.

Cons:

-The baskets are older DGA models and have lost some of their catch. The baskets on the driving range, however, appear to be new. I'd suggest swapping them out.

-There is only one opportunity on the course to throw a long-distance shot, but the driving range makes up for that.

Other Thoughts:

-Upon entering the park, proceed to the very end of the parking lots, near the playground and the driving range. The first tee is located across the footbridge and to the left.

-This would be a great local course. It was a lot of fun, and more than I expected. The driving range was a terrific bonus.
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jherber
Experience: 13 played 5 reviews
3.00 star(s)

First time playing. This course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 28, 2015 Played the course:once

Pros:

I played woodland for the first time found it to be fun nine hole course will plait. Again soon . thanks. To david for being my gide. David says that he was learning the sport of disc golf.

Cons:

Needs to be cleaned up in the inside part of the course from clearing out logs on other items . they need to put garbage cans . but the course seems. To be a work in project

Other Thoughts:

Keep up the great work it will we a grat course in time
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