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Breh
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 13.8 years 191 played 189 reviews
4.50 star(s)

2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 18, 2019 Played the course:once

Pros:

Dexter park is phenomenal!!! So many great things there's a store before dexter park that sells disc and beverages. The course itself is great starting with hole 1 a 400 and some foot shot down towards the lake. Lots of parking and great view of dexter lake when you arrive. The course itself has bright green prodigy baskets that catch very well and look new. Tee signs our in great shape and show each pin position and distance. Great mix of short and long holes for example hole 3 is a short little downhill ace run and hole 18 is a long 500 and some foot max distance throw. Amazing mix of lines backhand/forehand and even overhand. There's plenty of chances to get birdies here and plenty of chances at double bogey or worse...talking to you hole 6 and 7. This course literally has everything you want in a course. great mix of length, great use of elevation, and mix of holes. Very non repetitive and good for all skill levels

Cons:

Look for the signs up the trail after hole 4 to hole 5 some get turned around/lost there. If it rains super hard for awhile hole 4 and 5 can get flooded. Overall one of the best Oregon has to offer

Other Thoughts:

I love dexter
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DCaliBEAST
Experience: 16.3 years 25 played 8 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Elevation Changes and Unique Holes 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 30, 2019 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Mix of shots, no 2 holes the same. Well maybe 1 and 11.
- Technical holes
- Elevation changes
- Unique holes
- Views of the lake and surrounding
- Nearby camping and recreation.

Cons:

Wish they had somewhere to fill up extra water.

Other Thoughts:

We came up from S. Oregon to camp with a friend in Dexter area. We chose this are because there was easy access Huckleberry Flat OHV, Near a lake and Dexter DGC. We were not disappointed with any of these awesome attractions. We found a tent camp ground with great spots within walking distance of the course and not long after setting up cam, made te short trip to the course. Hole one was wide open with a single tree and 2 a short right hook with a basket near a steep disc gobbling decline. The course then tightened up with the first big decline down a nice dirt and wood set of steps to the bottom and a stadium style wood bench in the shade at the top. The next holes are in the woods with more technical shots and another steep incline on hole 10 this time tossing up. 11 is much like hole 1, wide open with a song tree. The back 12 is another mix of shots with an open prarie before the final few holes. This course had all the things I love with the long open mixed with technical. It is forested with elevation change. It has unique holes with amazing views. The only things that would make this course a better would be a water feature, like a shot over water, and maybe somewhere to fill a water bottle.
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DarkRye
Experience: 30 played 7 reviews
5.00 star(s)

Miss it already 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 28, 2017 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Amazing fairways. Well thought out course. Awesome challenging wooded holes with great elevation changes and variety. With the exception of hole 1 and 18, every hole offers a really unique experience that captures the essence of what Oregon disc golf is all about.

Cons:

Like all courses in Oregon, it gets muddy in the winter

Other Thoughts:

When I lived in Eugene, this was my go-to course. My favorite in the area. I also highly recommend the course in Cottage Grove. If you're in the area, definitely check this one out. Feldberg, Locastro, Schusterick, and Sexton are just some of the pros that have played here, although one of the big selling points of this course is that it caters to golfers of all skill levels.
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Upshawt1979
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Experience: 20.8 years 548 played 429 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Dexter's Laboratory 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 31, 2018 Played the course:once

Pros:

Dexter Park DGC is equipped to test the composition of your disc golf game. Experimenting with variable discs, measuring strength and consistency of the the arm, and observing how physics and nature will spoil even well conceived hypotheses.

The park is very nice, with a few holes that are either mostly or completely open over grass covered fields, and many that are moderately to heavily wooded. The elevation change is a major factor on a few holes, and more gentle on a few of the others.

The tees are concrete, and there are some cool signs that do a nice job letting you know what you're going for. Prodigy baskets looked to be fairly new, and are in great shape. There are trashcans and benches near the first tee, and a map with the details particular to the layout.

Versatility is good, and a variety of shots will be used through the round. The lanes on the wooded holes are challenging but fair, with some tight gaps and defined lines. Every hole is par 3, which is tough considering there are five holes over 400', one of them over 500'.

I tend to really enjoy the holes with a lot of elevation. Hole 3 is the first one, dropping of quickly crossing a short distance, with trees creating a cool, shady habitat for the basket at the bottom. A putter can get you there but two mature trees protect the pin. 4-8, 15 and 16 all sit in the lower end of the park, and are largely flat with a considerable amount of trees. The combinations of length and fairway shapes keep it interesting. 9, 10 and 17 all play up the hill toward the top end of the park with some tough throws that require perfect trajectory to get a drive near the pin. There are also open holes to really let it fly, like 1, 11 and 18. 12 is a mixture, with a drive that climbs gently over mostly open grass for a good distance until you approach the basket that is surrounded by trees. 13 is a cool hole that is mid range and has a funky line through the trees.

Cons:

1 and 18 are not very intriguing holes as openers and closers go. Long, very open par 3's. Hole 2 is along the edge of the woods, open to the left side and heavy rough on the right. The basket is not visible from the tee, and it isn't obvious where to aim without scouting out the pin beforehand. It may be visible from the first tee if you're paying attention.

A few spots have some thick underbrush that could eat a disc that gets away from you. Prodigy baskets were nice, but are not my favorite models.

Other Thoughts:

I really liked the Dexter Park DGC. The woods are very pretty, and the course design makes the most of them. The lake and river are nearby for a swim or just relaxing next to the water if you like.

There is a convenience store just down the road with a decent selection of discs for sale, as well as beer, fresh or ready made sandwiches and other food.

I didn't play very well that day, so I left a little frustrated but satisfied to get another good course in. The only deuce on the round came on hole 3. Double bogeys on holes 6 and 9 didn't help at all. I finished with 6 bogeys on the last 7 holes to put me at nine over par (63) on the scorecard.

All in all I would say a trip to Dexter is well worth the trip if you happen to be in the Eugene area. I was there for the wedding of an old high school buddy. I will try to get back sometime to spend time with him and Dexter too.
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Warden_Hardpuss
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
4.50 star(s)

Only Downside are the Prodigy Baskets 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 12, 2018 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Good hole layouts
Usually not too busy(though it can be every now and then)
Cement pads that are usually still usable even in wet conditions
Friendly locals

Cons:

Prodigy Baskets(not the biggest fan)
Holes 6 and 7 can be easily missed if you're not paying attention

Other Thoughts:

I play this course a lot, usually at least 2-3 times a week, and it is one of my all time favorites. It has a good variety of shot types with 2 pin locations for all holes except #2. Although it is mostly a righty course, there are some shots that are suited for lefties.
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lachrymologist
Experience: 10.8 years 10 played 3 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Heads and tails above the rest 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 20, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Wide variety of terrain
-Lush scenery
-Few places to lose a disc
-Despite variety, easy access to everything

Cons:

-None, after first play

Other Thoughts:

Definitely the finest of the four courses I've played on. I hesitate to give it a 4.5 or 5 as I'm so new at all of this, but this course will serve in my memory as the sine qua non of dg courses until I find one to supplant it.

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Bwatkins
Experience: 10.6 years 33 played 8 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Great Shot Variety 2+ years drive by

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

Pros:

Fantastic Use of natural terrain
Great mix of up / down & left vs right finishing holes
Pin placement makes for tricky & intentional up shots
New signs with bolts marking A & B position
First time through most of the course layout is very logical
Great scenery & benches or tables @ many holes

Cons:

Walks from 5 to 6 and 1 other hole where you need to cross the street are confusing first time through.
Difficult and tight (I view this as a plus though, challenging shots)

*** Many reviews mention the course needing TLC. When I played in August of 2015 there were brand new tee signs and the course seem recently maintained. ***

Other Thoughts:

The terrain and pin placements make this course. The variety of shots you must through are great. There are very few 100% open shots you throw here & when you do it's to a guarded, elevated, or quickly sloping pin.

There are many tunnel shots here which really requires you to have control and finesse to hit some of the very tricky lines here

I only played this once while traveling through the area for work but this course was just quintessential quality disc golf. Overall one of my favorite disc golf courses due to the uniqueness of the pin placements and side to side travel of the holes. Virtually nothing here is approachable with a perfectly straight shot-you'll have to throw some tricky lines here.
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Ocastra
Experience: 10.2 years 18 played 4 reviews
4.50 star(s)

Day at the Resevoir 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 25, 2015 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Great variety of shots.
Fairways are kept clear.
every hole is a different and unique line. Hole 2 is one of my favorites.
New baskets are easy to spot, I have found they are less receptive to discs slightly off center than the old ones though, so aim well.
I love the challenge of getting par on some of the shots, The Jail and the hole following it are good examples. Really makes you feel accomplished if you pull it off.
Alternate pin placement, changes almost weekly. usually has a magnet indicating A or B on it.
I love some of the uphill shots such as stairway to eleven, and the downhill shots make you feel like you can throw for days.

Cons:

Hole 17 Eats discs, Caution. I have spent many a time searching for mine or a friends disc and have called at least another 10+ people when I found theirs.
Signs need some love as they didn't survive the winter well.
Some of the rough off the course is very hard to find a disc if you get off the course.

Other Thoughts:

My home course, Play here about once a week and love it.
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Moose33
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 12.2 years 203 played 201 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Really interesting layout 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 25, 2015 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

The Dexter park course begins along the reservoir In picturesque setting, and winds through the woods in a series of holes that are heavily wooded with some quite interesting lines.

The teepds are fairly long and have a bit of texture to them, so even though they were a bit wet today it was still fairly grippy. Many of them have a gravel runoff area which is nice, I wish more of the holes had that.

The shots are varied and many are challenging, with tons of tree guarded pins, some OB near baskets. And some o the longest par threes I've ever seen it's a fun play.

Baskets were pretty standard baskets and have two possible placements available. Looks like the are in the longer B position on most holes right now.

The signs are nice, with a good view of the hole and a nickname for them as well. It shows both placements and has a spot to show which pin is in but that was not updated.

There were some awesome wooden plank stairs carved into the muddy hills and they were very helpful. Getting up some of those would be a job with no steps.

Really good use of elevation here both up and down hill. It can really turn you into a hero or zero depending on how well you are at throwing certain shots.

Cons:

The course is pretty cool, but it needs some TLC. The tee signs are awesome but a ton are missing.

And the course isn't super easy to navigate, if you don't have the map it would be easy to go to the wrong pad at a few spots. After #3 you can actually see the 4, 17 and 9 tees so it could be easy for a new player to get turned around.

There is also a long unmarked walk from 10 to 11 that I saw several people miss.

I saw two groups skip from 10 to 18 and skip the rest of the course, perhaps because the flow at that point is interrupted.

Baskets aren't bad but they are Older DGA baskets so they catch plenty well, but have no banding or color. On a heavily wooded course I would have liked a more easily spotted target.

Other Thoughts:

This is a fun course no mistake, and the layout is fun, and setting quite beautiful.

It has its flaws but overlay it's a really fun place to play.

I did think the fact that number one and 18, which are 490 or so and 594 respectively, were par threes was odd but I won't detract as it possible keeps it more interesting.

Overally it seems more wet coast corses have loner Par 3s than I am used to, so that might be a factor.
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thespeedokid
Experience: 9.4 years 110 played 34 reviews
4.50 star(s)

Variety 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Feb 20, 2015 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Large concrete tees. Nice elevation changes. Not overly crowded with people. Nice variety of open holes and wooded holes. Nice variety of distances. Well kept course. A map of the course. (I got it at the rv park across the street).

Cons:

Most of the holes lack hole signs. (The ones that did have them were pretty nice though). The course was a bit muddy. It is probably much drier during the summer.

Other Thoughts:

Maybe proves a bit challenging for newer players. Some holes are a little too long. All in all a great course. Would I play it again? Yes
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mbressler13
Experience: 12 years 50 played 26 reviews
4.50 star(s)

AMAZING 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 16, 2014 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

-Nice long tee pads
-Mach III baskets
-Some holes had sweepers to sweep off tee pads
-Plenty of trash cans
-Beautiful area, with fishing a swimming just a few feet away.
-Nice picnic area for the rest of family
-Tee signs are great, hole names are original.
-Well upkept state park
-No fee to play!
-Multiple pin locations

Cons:

-Gets really muddy in winter
-Although tee signs are great, they are not utilized properly. Having to walk the fairways to figure out where the pin location in for over half the holes was extremely frustrating.
-Can get crowded
-Not beginner friendly

Other Thoughts:

This course is a great course. First hole you get up to tee pad and get to throw a bomb down towards the lake. Hole 2, if you don't know the course, you'll think the basket your throwing to is the one in your line of sight. It is not. It is a sharp dogleg right into the trees. The one thing that I didn't like about this course was that the Tee signs did not show which location the pin was actually in. There was a place on the tee sign that you COULD show where, but it was not being used properly. Course is very tight in some spots. I wish I lived closer to this course because playing this course regularly would make me better. A lot better, actually. All in all, one of my favorite spots in Oregon.
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bogeyfreetilinfinity
Experience: 2 played 2 reviews
4.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jan 9, 2014 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

super fun 400' downhill bombers. brutally steep uphill shots with tons of trees. technical lefts and rights. shooting up the gut of the parthenon. farmer's market with music on sundays in the summer.

Cons:

watch out for that pesky ninja tree! it'll get you every time.

Other Thoughts:

holes that make par seem like a great accomplishment: 6, 7 long, 18.
Dexter got gutted a number of years ago and is a lot less punishing for errant drives, and also opened up some new lines.
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Murdoc Loch
Experience: 19.8 years 62 played 15 reviews
4.50 star(s)

Dexter Credit 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 3, 2013 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

-Dexter Park makes a beautiful lush setting for this excellent Disc Golf course.
-It has a challenging variety of shots with uphill, downhill, flat, open, wooded, short and long holes. LHBH/RHBH balanced with a strong emphasis on technical/gap shots.
-The course has multiple pin placements.
-Dexter has good signage complete with pin signifiers, distance and hole names.
-Course has good teepads: flat, level, long and wide.
-There is a good amount of parking in the parking lot.
-They have made good use of stairs on hills to prevent slippage as it can get very muddy at Dexter.
-I love how many benches are at this course. Most holes have two benches and they're long with plenty of room to keep bags out of the mud.
-The course has good flow without hold ups.
-A nice lake behind hole one and eighteen.

Cons:

-It's not always obvious where to go after holing out. Sometimes there are multiple tees near a basket and the further tee is the next tee which leads to confusion.
-Holes one and eighteen are pretty boring in that they both are long with no trees or hazards to worry about.

Other Thoughts:

-Not much food in this area so pack a lunch if you're planing to make a day of it.
-The course gets pretty muddy so it's a good idea to bring lots of rags and wear shoes with good tread.
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puaahunter
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 14.8 years 45 played 36 reviews
4.50 star(s)

Good all around 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 14, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

Used every shot, nice park, good challenges, great tee pads, decent signage, benches, shade, clean.

Cons:

"Next tee this way" signs would be helpful. Sometimes baskets were tough to see from tee pad.

Other Thoughts:

Very nice course. Kind of off the beaten path, but worth the drive from Eugene. Local farmer's market on Sundays was a nice bonus.
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reed2020
Experience: 11.8 years 39 played 11 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Great fun just outside of Eugene 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Feb 2, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

Great tee pads and signs. There are are a variety of shots with great elevation changes. The course was clean and the locals were quite helpful. Takes you out in open fields and deep into some tight woods. Everything you would want from an Oregon course.

Cons:

There were spots that were very marshy and wet, but that is what you get when you play in February. There were a couple of holes that had intersecting or very close fairways. On those holes I had discs land fairly close to my group as we were teeing off. These cons are very minor things that came to mind.

Other Thoughts:

I absolutely loved this course. Had everything I want out of a disc golf course. I had to use every type of shot I can throw. You open up with a big bomb on hole 1 and then you work your way down into the woods where it gets tight. Hit the windows and you are sitting pretty, but hit a tree early in the throw and you can be hating it. Don't forget to shoot the moon on hole 10.
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Corvallischarlie
Experience: 42 years 13 played 4 reviews
4.50 star(s)

Lake front fun 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 18, 2012 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Straight up fantastic, so pretty it will take your breath away. Everything has already been said. Plenty of free parking and great signage.

Cons:

Can get soupy after rains and crowded in the afternoons. Good chance to lose a disc on many holes, bring your brightest discs.

Other Thoughts:

Take care of your trash!
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chrisbancroft
Experience: 16.6 years 1 played 1 reviews
4.00 star(s)

A, Great, Go To! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 21, 2012 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Wonderful variety of environments and shot requirements. Technical and beautiful. Great social atmosphere when busy.

Cons:

Discs get lost, nothing new, however this course seems to have less and less "call backers" for found discs. Also they are planning to excavate all invasive flora with the exception of the savannah oaks, which means roughly 50-70% of dense nature will be gone in the next decade or so.

Other Thoughts:

Dexter is my home course, since I've lived in Eugene for the last 5 years, and I rate it a 4 with minimal bias. I reserve the extra point for courses that provide a feeling of escape and retreat. However, in terms of technical approach shots, great scenery, and taking advantage of the environment, Dexter is in the top tier.
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huckit541
Experience: 24.8 years 61 played 7 reviews
4.50 star(s)

WOWZA 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 11, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

Course has it all. Ammenities to Technical hard throws you are in love with this course from the second you see the lake

Cons:

NONE

What do you want in a course? More than likely this place has some of what you love about disc golf.

Other Thoughts:

You have to make the trip for this experience. Even the birdie distance holes have a challenging shot.
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humchris85
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 18.8 years 143 played 77 reviews
4.00 star(s)

My 100th course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 10, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

- Beautiful location right next to a lake
- Great variety of shots. Lefts, rights, straight ahead shots, up hills, and down hills, and even some that combined those shots.
- Concrete tee pads
- Clear well-made signs that include paths to both the positions, distances, and even the hole's name (a nice touch in my book)
- Multiple pin positions, many with quite a bit of difference between the shots needed to get to the hole. Some will change completely from being a left to a right between the A and B positions.
- Nice variety of holes that are tightly wooded and very technical and wide open holes where you can really chuck it.
- Lots of shaded areas, though there are some holes in the full sun
- Trash cans throughout the course
- Quite a few benches on the course (needed with the crowds)
- Huge parking lot
- Nearby Chevron has discs for sale
- Good mixture of hole distances from long stretch out your arm holes, to some nice short, very ace-able holes, without being too easy.
- Nice kiosk next to hole 1 with all kinds of info on it
- No real pedestrian traffic on the course, I guess there are lots of other places for them.
- Lake next to the course is probably really nice on a hot summer day

Cons:

- Crowded. There were a lot of people playing the course when I was out there, some in big groups that wouldn't let us through, but many that were still kind enough to let us play through. (I was playing with just my friend Quinn and me)
- Not a lot of elevation change. I could see this being a plus for people that have a harder time with more extreme mountainous courses. There are a few holes where elevation change came into play, just not as much as I like.
- No real signature hole. All of the holes were fun, but none stick out in my mind as a hole that felt so completely different from any other hole in the 99 courses I had played before this one as to call it a signature hole.
- I don't know what the last guy was talking about when he said there were "not a lot of bugs", we were getting eaten alive by the mosquitos when we were out there.
- Poison Oak is all around on the wooded parts of this course
- If you don't know the course you might need to walk down the holes to see where the basket is
- Open holes are pretty un-interesting, with the exception of hole 1 throwing down to the lake

Other Thoughts:

I had a little trouble deciding on what rating to give this course, because despite the fact that it is a well maintained very nice course, it's lacking that certain spark that really takes a course from a 4 to a 4.5 or 5. It is a fun course and I would recommend it to anyone traveling through the Eugene area, but when you stack it up against all the other courses that I have played, it doesn't reach the top 10. This is my # 2 course in Oregon right now, right behind Whistlers Bend, but I still haven't played Milo or Horning's, so you will have to take that with a grain of salt. The crowds can be a bit much, but as long as you have some time it can make it easier to follow a group and see where they are throwing to, so you don't have to go look for the basket.
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joy4all
Experience: 15.2 years 82 played 13 reviews
4.50 star(s)

A mini Tahoe paridise 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 14, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Concrete tee pads
-Proper sinage
-easy well maintained pathways
-Easy hole to hole following.
-many elevation changes
-great mix of heavey, moderate,mild woods
-a few distance shots to air out big guns
-not a lot of bugs
-pedestrians are out of the way
-proper trash cans and double bonus plus for reduce, reuse, recycle. Way to take care of the woods.
-no build up on pads for Oregon course due to rain, well traveled
-plenty of parking and easy to find tee 1 and kiosk is maintained
-good mix of fairway ceiling heights from open to low of 20 feet. great to challange you to throw low and flat or SS super straight.
-good use of A and B pin variation from left to right sides switching the players strengths

Cons:

-Scorecards would of been nice but that would of made the course a five. Maybe the league could do a seperate tourny just to keep them provided
-I would like to see a pack it in, pack it out at tee one to encourage discers to continue to keep it clean.

Other Thoughts:

I'm placing this in the top three of Oregon at number 3 behind Milo and Hornings. Dont miss this one!
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