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Pittstown, NJ

Camp Tecumseh

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Spirit of Rich
Experience: 6 played 3 reviews
3.00 star(s)

A Solid, Challenging Experience (At Your Own Risk) 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 11, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

The course itself is overall a pretty well kept round of 18, with baskets in great condition and clear pathways throughout the wooded areas. Nice and smoothly paved tee pads. The front and back 9 offer two different terrain types, with the first 9 being almost exclusively in the woods and the back 9 in more open terrain. Good use of elevation.

Experienced players will find fun challenges in the wooded section. There's good use of trees to protect the basket as well as elevation and sharp turns from the tee.

There's a bench beside the start of every tee.

Cons:

Play this course with someone who has been here already if possible as we spent far too long trying to actually find where each tee was. This was a particular problem for the first set of holes in the woods. I would recommend having a picture of the map with you at all times as the holes are generally poorly marked, especially those front 9 in the woods.

This course can be unforgiving for beginners. There is just one tee-off for every hole, and the first set of holes in the woods can be very frustrating for those still new to the game.

The course is on a camp site on private property that has some hours difficult to access. Be sure to check their facebook page before planning a trip.

Other Thoughts:

Ever see the Wickerman? This is a beautiful camp but you won't be able to shake your sense of unease that you're being watched at all times and that things aren't quite as they seem. Could there be something sinister that lies beneath the projection of peace and serenity? Even in broad daylight, the sheer size of the camp juxtaposed with such a small number of people at the camp would sometimes send shivers down my spine. The few people you do run into are very friendly, perhaps a little too friendly. At one point while my friend and I were taking a break on a bench, we were being circled above by a vulture - an innocent coincidence, or were we being marked as potential victims? On hole 17 as we walked toward the hole after our first throw, a deep hole nearly tore my friend's ankle to bits. Had he suffered real injury, he would have been easy prey.

I'm a firm believer in making sure absolutely nothing gets in the way of a nice disc golf experience, so all I will say is this. Tread lightly, keep your head on a swivel, and expect the unexpected. You don't want your first trip to Camp Tecumseh to be your last.
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whitefedora
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Experience: 15.6 years 906 played 36 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Fun Little Gem for New Jersey 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 1, 2015 Played the course:once

Pros:

- This is a neat course that has an outstanding group of regulars.
- varying mix of long and short holes, open and tight, and shot selection. One of the holes is a tight 754' slight hyzer through trees with a guarded basket.
- uses the elevation it has well with some definite ups and downs.
- the rough isn't where you want to be and definitely makes it hard to get out, but it's not "screw it, I'm leaving this disc" or getting yourself beat up like crazy or leave you searching for days. It's a great rough.
- the tight fairways never seemed too tight or unfair, but some were definitely challenging.
- beautiful park(? It's owned by salvation army, but it's not public) er... property. Well mowed where it needs to be mowed.
- nice baskets in new condition
- it's private land and well taken care of and it's free.
- nice tee pad areas. Mix of different styles, but everywhere was level and smooth.

Cons:

- open for hard to access hours, but I'm just happy it's open for the public ever since it's on private property.
- some of the basket placements are blah.
- each tee is marked with what number hole it is, but that ends the navigation. No hole lengths either. Bring a map. The links page here has an accurate map with what seems like the right distances.

Other Thoughts:

This a great place to enjoy some peace and have a splendid round of golf.

Hole 1- 226' slight tight hyzer in the trees. Perfectly fair and fun
2- 320' with some fun fairway obstacles and a well thought out and designed hole
3- 275' I actually don't remember this hole
4- 421' This hole is deceiving. It goes down a grass road like fairway and the juts up the right in the trees. From the road though you can see hole 5's basket as a super long slight hyzer fairway. Without the signs I played this wrong at first.
5- downhill 460' anny shot. Really fun.
6- back up the hill 225' straight and a bit tight, but not overly by any means.
7- this hole is a beast. 754. 30' wide tops fairway that has a gentle left turn around the 400' mark and starts to go uphill very slightly. The basket is slightly guarded as well. Tough.
8- 340' that pops you on the edge of the woods, but is entirely open, but with the rough riding your right hand side the hole time.
9- my first real beef with the course. It's 521' and basically wide open. At the 425' ish mark is a 90 degree turn where the basket is almost touching the rough. This makes it so that you first have to crush it way out there just so that you can maybe have a look at 100ish foot 2.
10- 315' flat guarded basket with old growth trees making a very clear ceiling.
11- 500' beast that is flat until the end it curls up quite the big hill.
12- starts at the halfway point of the fairway of 11. So you have to walk back down 11's fairway. Kind of annoying. It's straight and flat until the end again. You can see a giant hill and it's not up the hill, but rather towards the bottom way left of the opening. Not nearly as bad as 9 was being close to the rough. This one is fair. Just tough.
13- 280' slight turnover NOT THROUGH the right gap like I thought. It's the bigger fairway on the left, lol
14- 465- with some slight downhill. The basket is kind of tucked, but not really. It's wide open and fair. Just a wee bit boring.
15- 220' open with the exception of one giant tree you have to either hyzer or anny around. Road is OB on all of these next holes. Making it a bit more of a thinker
16- 340' straight. Basket is in the small pocket of large trees. Pretty straight forward, just don't go OB over the road.
17- 454' downhill slightly and the basket is surrounded by OB 50' past and 50' right. But there are some tall pines that help catch and cause the otherwise wide open hole to be more of an accuracy test
18- 900' crusher. The last 200' have a bridge and river you have to throw over and the entire last 150' is littered with trees and has a clear ceiling. Definitely makes your second shot a placement shot. Again road is OB. So the hyzer lane becomes dangerous, but fun and I thought optimal.

All in all really fun and I really want to give it a 3.5, but there are some improvements that need to be made first. Like the navigation and signage.
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