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Woodland Valley - The Grizzly

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KnickerbockerLAG
Experience: 12 years 20 played 12 reviews
3.50 star(s)

The Grizzly @ Woodland Valley 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 23, 2017 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

The Grizzly is by FAR the best of the 3 courses on Woodland Valley's 120+ acre property.

-It is the most reasonably sized of the 3, catering to intermediate players.
-Unlike Black Bear and Kodiak, the pars chosen for these holes feel consistently accurate and fair. (Although I did eagle 17 on Thanksgiving Day both this year and last on my trip up from CT... but it took excellent shots...)
-The natural terrain and atmosphere is a step up from Black Bear.
-Seems seldom played. I enjoy the peace and solitude on this and Kodiak more than the overpopulated Black Bear.
-Excellent grippy paver tees, newer MachV baskets that are level and catch discs very well.
-High quality hole signs.
-The Hole 15 / 16 area. Love. I got so bored halfway through Black Bear today and quit to play Grizzly, dreaming of hole 16. You leave the woods for a pocket field for 2 holes. It's arstheticslly gorgeous, both holes are well designed, and 16 is one of the cleanest most beautiful and naturally shaped fairways I have played anywhere hands down. I had immense fun practicing my destroyer roller (I have a crazy flippy destroyer...) and trying to push the limit over and over, or just airing out massive turn over flips. In my opinion, by far the best hole of the 54 on site.
-Great starting Hole / good ending hole.
-owners are awesome, pro shop is extensive and great customer service

Cons:

Not much for cons...

-still a bit close to other courses on site
-baskets could use flags or color to increase visibility
-more detailed maintenance

Other Thoughts:

By far the best course on site for many many reasons.

I'd highly recommend (personally) the leagues and locals start focusing on it over Black Bear...

I have been coming here on my trips up to Maine from CT to visit my sister. For the first time today I finally felt quite disappointed with Black Bear and Kodiak. The Grizzly was definitely the saving grace, but I don't know if there's enough quality at Woodland Valley anymore to keep me coming back... sadly. New courses are being built regularly and these are just stuck in time, not being improved or upgraded...
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reposado
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Experience: 12.8 years 278 played 276 reviews
3.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 27, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

Parallel to the downhill bomb that the ends the Black Bear course is Grizzly's opening hole, an uphill slog of similar length. An open hole, it provide the only true chance to get some air under the disc here. Grizzly is a well-designed wooded course with some solid length backed by a great pro shop that is on the cutting edge of enhancing the customer experience. Nicely shaped, well-defined fairways cut through a picturesque forest with plenty of elevation changes.
It's one of those courses that is ideal for intermediate players but should be enjoyable for players of both lesser and greater ability. Just a great place to play. Fairways are wide enough so that beginners should eventually get there. While the majority of holes are in the 230-350 range, there is enough curve to them so that the better players should get enough out of them while soaking up the Maine atmosphere. There are a few par-4s that could be played as tough 3s by top notch players.

Cons:

Not much memorable or spectacular. No signature holes. Well worth the stop but not a course going out of your way for. Now, since there are three courses here, it can easily be argued that the complex is destination worthy. Grizzly itself is merely solid.
There are a few navigation issues. Though care had been taken to keep players on the right track, there are times where the woods is light enough so that players may find themselves inadvertently approaching a tee for the Black Bear course.
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mainediscgolfer
Experience: 15.9 years 23 played 8 reviews
3.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 30, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

The pro shop is amazing almost any disc you can think of the tee pads are in great shape they keep it up very well the course is a bit of challenge bit I thought it was similar to the black bear very easy to get around basket are great some open holes
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capedcodder
Experience: 24.9 years 31 played 8 reviews
3.50 star(s)

One of Maine's BEST 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jun 21, 2008 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

This is in referance to the grizzly, not the black bear. Haven't played it in a while but as of last summer I felt shooting par was not too tough for an experienced player. Well maintained course with a great pro shop. Compared to other courses in Maine, the pars were accurate. No ridiculous "rec. pars" to make new players feel good. Great tough course.

Cons:

No major cons. I was expecting a more challenging course based on the way they talked about it in the pro shop but that could be said about every course in Maine I played.

Other Thoughts:

They have plans to add 1 or 2 more courses soon according to the owner. Then this place may actually be the best in Maine.
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