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4 1
n8_b
Experience: 17.8 years 35 played 4 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Great little course for beginners, needs some tee signs 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Feb 5, 2022 Played the course:once

Pros:

Nice variety of shots, some open and some wooded
Good use of the land that they have
Close to town and other amenities
Decent variety of distance on holes

Cons:

No tee signs make navigation tough on your first visit
Can get very crowded on the weekend
Gets pretty muddy during winter in some spots
No real elevation changes to add to the challenge

Other Thoughts:

This is a very good course to take a family or a beginner. There is not much challenge for an experienced player but you could definitely get some practice in with the variety of shots and time needed.
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puaahunter
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 14.8 years 45 played 36 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Nice Community Resource 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 19, 2019 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Nice, fun, 9-hole course on quiet church grounds. Well manicured grass, reliable tee pads, and good baskets. Good use of available space including some elevation.

Cons:

There were no signs at the tee pads. With a compact course, clear signage to identify the correct basket is important.

Other Thoughts:

This disc golf course is a nice community resource. Good work, church!
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Breh
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 13.8 years 191 played 189 reviews
2.50 star(s)

2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 10, 2018 Played the course:once

Pros:

Decent baskets, nice long tee pads. Decent change in distances for a 9 hole course. Lots of friendly players on the course very helpful. Not bad course to bring family or begginers pretty open

Cons:

No tee signs/ navigation is a little tricky. Pretty open no super challenge except for 1 or 2 holes. Can get windy

Other Thoughts:

Making all concrete ob gives a little more challenge. There's a huge field not sure if it's there property but could defiantly use it and add more holes.
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karmalord
Experience: 9 played 9 reviews
3.00 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 17, 2016 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Challenging shots
Good course to start out on
Practice field for drives
Close to town
Close to store and gas
No transients lingering around

Cons:

Only 9 holes
Can get windy

Other Thoughts:

Took my wife here every day until she was comfortable enough to play elsewhere. This is the type of course that is needed in more locations. You really can't go wrong here for a quick 9 holes.
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jnicola
Experience: 14 played 14 reviews
2.50 star(s)

A decent course overall 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 24, 2015 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Good tee pads.
Solid variation between holes of dense woods, elevation, and fields with trees.
Rewards players with shot variation.
A fun short course to play quickly

Cons:

A lot of the holes are close to each other. I watched multiple people get HIT, and I heard people yelling fore the entire time. I had groups yelling fore at me a good amount as well. It's just too tight knit to get busy.

Can be a bit confusing until you know the layout.

Saw people throw wrong at hole 9 multiple times. Poor girls in the parking lot got clocked once and then not more than 20 minutes later had to scamper out of more discs way.

Other Thoughts:

They made what they have work. It's nice to add some variation to the courses I play, and I appreciate it for that. Disc golf may have just become too popular for how few courses there are, and this course is affected by that resulting in groups backed up back to back.
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Skeeterdonk
Experience: 9.8 years 7 played 7 reviews
3.00 star(s)

I'll be back 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Feb 20, 2015 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

I love how this course plays. There is a little bit of everything for a beginner like myself. There are holes where I can air out a few shots and holes where I get to practice the art of throwing from behind a tree or under a tree, etc. You can really practice techniques here.

I have been to this course multiple times now and it is one of my favorites. Most of the course is compact so it plays quick. There isn't a lot of waiting when it gets busy

The church has been doing some maintenance and cleared a lot of the shrubbery and even cut a few trees. There are wood chips surrounding the baskets which is also nice.

The chance of losing a disc is minimal.

Although there are no tee markers the baskets are marked which really helped. The tee boxes are concrete and face the baskets so there is no concern what direction you go in if you can't spot the basket right away. Just stand on the pad and look down range. You will find the basket.

#1 and #9 are next to each other and right next to the parking lot.

The course is condensed into a small area but the holes don't conflict with each other.

Cons:

No map. I know I mentioned that it wasn't needed but it would be nice if there was something marking the first hole at the very least. I unknowingly walked in front of a few people trying to find it.

The only other con for me is that this course is too far from my house.

Other Thoughts:

I want to thank the church for allowing people to play here. I just wish that people had a greater sense of respect when at this course. The church allows people to freely play here yet it is common to hear people curse loudly enough for everyone to hear. There is also no need to park in the middle of the parking lot and sit on the hood of your car and drink beer with your friends. Be discreet. You're at a church.
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Deadshot Jack
Experience: 7 played 3 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Cool course, good for beginners 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 1, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

Well maintained
Good variety of holes
Good tee pads
Port o pottys
Lots of parking
Very low chance of losing a disc

Cons:

A lot of the holes are short (not a con to some)
Can be windy

Other Thoughts:

Don't have a lot negative to say about this course. Very well kept, with great variety between the holes, with some open, some really tight through the trees, some a bit uphill, some down, and a few nice ace runs! All in all, a very fun little 9 hole course! Great for beginners too, because the overall length and the openness of the course lessen the chance of losing a disc a great deal.
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Matt B.
Experience: 31.6 years 73 played 14 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Very Reasonable Small 9 Hole Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Mar 16, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

Teepads
Some fun holes, and some variety in length
Ample parking
Port-a-potties
Well designed for the small space
Nice of the Church to install and keep open to the public

Cons:

Most holes are really short
Compressed space


Other Thoughts:

If I lived in the neighborhood I'd throw here sometimes. It's fairly well designed considering how small of an area it is, and the designer squeezed a lot out of the small area. There are plenty of ace runs, and a couple chances to air it out a little. It's really nice of the Church to keep it open to the public.

2.0 means "reasonable" and this course is very reasonable, especially given the small area it is allotted on the grounds. Fun, basic, reasonable. I know it has a lot of fans, but it's a 2.0 to me. Your mileage may vary.
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CraigInPortland
Experience: 12.5 years 9 played 3 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Fun Nine Hole Course in Vancouver, WA 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 14, 2011 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

This well maintained nine hole course in Vancouver, WA is a lot of fun for a quick round. A great place to practice technique with a couple of wide open holes and a few winding through some Douglas firs.

The moderate elevation changes, along with the trees, add a little spice to another wise straight forward course. Working through those trees you can work on learning your lines with alternative shots (e.g. thumbers, tomahawks, and sidearms). You could experiment each round utilizing different throws for more challenge.

The freedom to experiment, with almost no fear of losing a disc, adds a lot to this little gem of a course.

Cons:

Incredibly straight forward course. Last couple of holes lack excitement.

Other Thoughts:

Well maintained course that is a blast for beginners and offers freedom for advanced players to experiment.
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Corey D
Experience: 12.5 years 19 played 4 reviews
4.00 star(s)

glenwood church review 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 25, 2011 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

well kept landscaping , nice baskets , fun little course , mostly really short holes , some trees in play

Cons:

church events sometimes , can get crowded on sunny days

Other Thoughts:

port-a-potty onsite is a plus
please dont litter
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tazzmann
Experience: 3 played 3 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Nice Sunday Throw 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 27, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

Easy parking, nicely kept fairways, a couple of smaller, challenging holes make this a great course for beginners, like me, or to help improve form and technique. Baskets and teepads are well maintained.

Cons:

Parking lot a little too close for the 9th hole. I wouldn't park right next to the fairway unless you like dents in your car. Beer bottles and other trash on the course with some fellow DG'ers using profane language. This IS a church folks. Show some respect! The OB on hole #4 could be an issue. It is to the right of the hole and is separated by a barbed wire fence that looks like has been broken down in one place by folks going over to look for their errant discs. The holes are not marked well, including #1 and it took us a while (and my kids running all over looking at the baskets) to figure out what hole is what. It would be nice to have some small signs made up to point you in the correct direction for the next hole. Other than that, we played 45 holes here over the course of this weekend. Great for kids and beginners.

Other Thoughts:

The course is closed during church functions, which is cool since it IS their course. Some people have said there were scorecards and maps, but we didn't see any when we were there. On hole one there were a couple of flyer boxes, but they had ads for church functions and no maps or scorecards.
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himynameismatt
Experience: 13.9 years 13 played 9 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Good but not Great 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 12, 2010 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Great variety of holes from the very technical front 5, to the long and open back 4. Great variety of elevation change and doglegs.

Meticulously maintained by volunteers. Concrete teepads are of uniform length and width and all flat.

Great baskets that are repainted every year. Once again by volunteers.

Great flowing course with minimal walking to the next hole, and the next teepad is always easy to locate from the last hole.

99.99% Impossible to lose a disc here.

Cons:

Closed Sundays due to church services.

Very easy to outgrow. The regular group I play with all has around 1 year experience and we no longer feel challenged by this course, regurlarly shoot 3-4 sometimes 5 under par.

8 and 9 are fairly boring and unimaginitive 250' straight shots, I've literally seen about 10 aces on these last two holes.

Very popular amongst the casual, and can become fairly crowded on nice days. Especially by large groups (5-6+)

Litter is starting to become a problem, lots of empty beer cans and bottles, which is inexcusable it's a f*cking church leave the beer at home Frat Boys.

Other Thoughts:

This a good but not great course. I still manage to play here 3-5 times a week, 3-4 rounds a visit. The variety is what brings me back.

There isn't a better place in the area to learn the fundamentals of the game, practice new shots, tweak your form etc.

An easy to learn yet difficult to master course, if you play DG in Southwest Washington and haven't played here you truly are missing out.

Perfect your game here, but if you want a challenge try Pier or Leverich.
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JR Stengele
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 23.9 years 251 played 191 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Glenwood Community DGC 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:May 2, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

Glenwood Community Church DGC is a beautiful nine hole course located in Vancouver, WA, and is the second course in Clark County (WSU-Vancouver being the first). This course has nicely mowed fairways and a good mix of short and long holes. Elevation comes in to play on the majority of the holes, although nothing is too major. Course maintenance is excellent, with trees and bushes trimmed back, grass well manicured, and no underbrush. There is a Port o' Potty located near hole one, a few garbage cans for litter, and two metal wire baskets near the tee which hold spare discs for church goers and new comers alike. There is ample parking, and only 100 feet from the start.

The course design has the first five holes playing through the woods, with the remaining four more wide open. The majority of holes range between 240-447 feet, with the exception of hole #5 which is only 174 feet (all are Par 3). Every tee pad is the appropriate size, cement, and in good shape, much like the DISCatcher baskets. Navigation around the course is quite easy for first timers, although look for tee pad #2 to the left of pin #1 as tee #4 is to the right. This course is rarely crowded, which makes this place perfect for practice. However, if competition is what you seek, then you are better off heading 5 miles south toward Leverich Park.

Cons:

As some of the other reviewers have stated, the course lacks tee signs after hole #1 (although there are #'s on each pin), and some of the holes feel somewhat redundant. Also, holes # 8 and 9 seem fairly basic compared to the rest of the course, and lack much imagination. However, as a whole, I truly enjoyed my time here and found this to be one of the better nine hole courses I have played yet! Last, the OB to the right of hole #4 can be somewhat an issue, as the grass is quite thick and there is a barbwire fence separating the churches property from their neighbor next door.

Other Thoughts:

The designers of Glenwood Community Church DGC really did a fantastic job utilizing the land and elevation they had present. Even though this course was intended for novice players, it can be challenging for advanced players as well. The locals seem quite friendly, and have done a terrific job maintaining the course. Vancouver has a lot to offer in terms of disc golf, and is close to Portland too!
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RollingThunder
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
3.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Feb 15, 2010 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Well maintained, concrete pads on every tee. A couple of long holes. Easy to ace on 8, and 9. Nice flow to each tee pad.

Cons:

Lack of respect from other players. Swearing, and drinking on church grounds is lame. Becoming more popular.

Other Thoughts:

Show respect! This is private property....upsetting to see people leaving beer cans, and bottles laying around. Don't ruin it for the rest of us.
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sillybizz
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Premium Member
Experience: 22.2 years 407 played 392 reviews
2.50 star(s)

2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Feb 7, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

Glenwood Community Church is a great little nine hole practice course on the side grounds of the Church, right next the giant parking lot. We were there during Sunday service and were able to play the course which is really cool. There are a lot of neat little technical holes in the trees and one or two longer holes. They did a really nice job with the layout, flow and navigation, there is even good baskets and concrete tee pads.

Cons:

Sundays the parking lot gets jammed full of cars and it might be really hard to find a space anywhere near the course. There isn't a ton of challenge but the course is still fun to play, I would come here long before the WSU course a couple miles away.

Other Thoughts:

There were these hanging basket things on a post near hole one that I thought was for plants but I was told it was for people who want to borrow discs to play, most likely Church members, this is a great idea. The baskets were empty, hopefully someone will donate some more discs there; I would have if I had known what it was for when I was there.
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Hippy007
Experience: 16.8 years 42 played 15 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Nice 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 20, 2009 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Nice tees and baskets. Good collection of open and tight holes. Good use of the little elavation they have there. There is a set of porta potties by hole one.

Cons:

No tee signs or signs to next tee pad. The porta potties are off the farway on hole #1 so watch out you may hit them.

Other Thoughts:

This small church course is by far on the of the better 9 holers that i have played around the area.
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tonymccoy007
Experience: 3 played 3 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Good beginner or warm up course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 3, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

Nice little course. Nice work of limited space. Its nice to see people putting up courses that people can use without paying. Good job guys.

Cons:

No sings and no course maps.

Other Thoughts:

Make some score cards with a map you can use it for advertising.
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Doktor John
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 35.2 years 423 played 64 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Decent course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 10, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

Creative use of limited space
Labor of love for the disc golf community
Good course to introduce newbies to the sport
Nice course to practice various shots
Well maintained

Cons:

After hole 1, no signage or tee markers
Very redundant holes (mainly due to the limitations of the space available)

Other Thoughts:

I don't like dogging anyone who puts up a course for people to enjoy--especially when it is a private property course like this one...
It's a decent course, especially for those who live in the area -- I wouldn't go out of my way to play it though
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topdawgy58
Experience: 15.4 years 7 played 6 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Glenwood Community Church DGC 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jan 16, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

I really nice course. Plays well I did need a map which was at the first tee. We where the only one playing it. Nice clean course no trash. Easy to find.

Cons:

They should make it a 18 hole course there is plenty of room for it.

Other Thoughts:

Pointer on basket to show you where the next tee is.
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Matt aka N.G.S.P.
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 16 years 22 played 22 reviews
4.00 star(s)

fun flowing course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jan 25, 2009 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

I simply fell in love w/ this course. It flows very well and offers different hole lengths/obstacles. It is well kept having nice concrete tee pads and the baskets are in great condition. A few trash cans are offered and there is two porta pottys on site. Score cards are provided and a laminated course map.

Cons:

i can't really think of any except that the course closes down occasionally for church events.

Other Thoughts:

very close to leverich DGC and a fun fast course to play.
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