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Dawson Creek DGC reviews
3
0
Shut Up And Drive
Experience:
5 years
1 played
1 reviews
Beginner oriented 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Jul 18, 2019
Played the course:5+ times
Pros:
You can complete the course, which is only thirteen holes, in under an hour.
Beginner and kid friendly.
Well maintained.
Easily accessible, basically a block or two from downtown.
Beginner and kid friendly.
Well maintained.
Easily accessible, basically a block or two from downtown.
Cons:
You can complete the course in under an hour.
If you're even a half decent player, breaking par is pretty easy, probably too much so.
Basket placements are confusing on hole two and hole thirteen.
Too short, too open. pretty much point and shoot. The course would likely have been more fun and more challenging as a nine hole layout, not the overly ambitious thirteen it is.
Blue tees are laughably marked as PRO. They're not even lengthy enough, with a couple of exceptions, to be classified as intermediate.The course designer had to have meant these as a joke, I'm guessing.
No washrooms. Just an outhouse with a hilarious graffiti reference to what I was told is the course designer's ego.
If you're even a half decent player, breaking par is pretty easy, probably too much so.
Basket placements are confusing on hole two and hole thirteen.
Too short, too open. pretty much point and shoot. The course would likely have been more fun and more challenging as a nine hole layout, not the overly ambitious thirteen it is.
Blue tees are laughably marked as PRO. They're not even lengthy enough, with a couple of exceptions, to be classified as intermediate.The course designer had to have meant these as a joke, I'm guessing.
No washrooms. Just an outhouse with a hilarious graffiti reference to what I was told is the course designer's ego.
3
1
BCDan
Experience:
16.1 years
17 played
5 reviews
Delivers on target audience 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Oct 10, 2017
Played the course:5+ times
Pros:
- Quiet and peaceful location along the Dawson Trail
- Free to play
- Access to free loaner discs
- Free and accessible parking
- Central location in Town
- New signage makes navigation easier
- new trees planted make course more challenging
- Access to washroom, garbage, benches
- 13 holes make the course eligible for PDGA rounds
- The creek (Dawson Creek) meanders through the course, and is nice to be around and listen to, beavers, moose, and other critters can be seen from time to time.
-City maintains the park well and cuts the grass regularly
- Course is able to be played in shorter 6 or 9 hole circuits, good for children or disabled players.
- Blue tee provide challenge for intermediate players
- White Tees are marked well and are excellent for new players
- elevation changes and Blue teeshots over the creek , combined with the usual windy conditions, makes even the "open" throws fun and gives even experienced players nerves.
- If you follow the course map and play the OB properly, it forces accuracy challenge for more experienced players.
- Free to play
- Access to free loaner discs
- Free and accessible parking
- Central location in Town
- New signage makes navigation easier
- new trees planted make course more challenging
- Access to washroom, garbage, benches
- 13 holes make the course eligible for PDGA rounds
- The creek (Dawson Creek) meanders through the course, and is nice to be around and listen to, beavers, moose, and other critters can be seen from time to time.
-City maintains the park well and cuts the grass regularly
- Course is able to be played in shorter 6 or 9 hole circuits, good for children or disabled players.
- Blue tee provide challenge for intermediate players
- White Tees are marked well and are excellent for new players
- elevation changes and Blue teeshots over the creek , combined with the usual windy conditions, makes even the "open" throws fun and gives even experienced players nerves.
- If you follow the course map and play the OB properly, it forces accuracy challenge for more experienced players.
Cons:
- Congested layout, unable to host more than 24 players at a time.
- Mixed baskets/shared baskets ( plan to fix in 2018)
- White tee shots are easy/short for some, or not variable in shot type enough for some intermediate players.
- Blue tees need better marking ( planned for 2018)
- natural teepads get slick in Spring and Fall. (teepad install planned for 2018)
- could still use more trees(additional trees planned for 2018)
- Mixed baskets/shared baskets ( plan to fix in 2018)
- White tee shots are easy/short for some, or not variable in shot type enough for some intermediate players.
- Blue tees need better marking ( planned for 2018)
- natural teepads get slick in Spring and Fall. (teepad install planned for 2018)
- could still use more trees(additional trees planned for 2018)
Other Thoughts:
I am biased, as I am the designer. This was my first course designed, and I was only able to implement about 60 percent of what I wanted, due to many factors. You have to work with what you have many times and have to concede to City requests, Safety, Flow, Neighbors, or proximity to property, etc.
The park the course is located on was the least utilized park in the city, so the fact that people now utilize the course on a weekly basis and come from up to 4 hours away to play is a success. The course has beginner to intermediate player in mind, and the fact 50 players came out to play in league nights last year when Disc Golf is new sport, shows it's reaching the targeted demographics.
Intermediate and Advanced players can play the Blue tees and have a challenging round if they follow OB rules.
Players last in 2017 came up from places like Mackenzie BC, Fort St John BC, and Grande Prairie(multiple times), to play -- so it is a fun course and out of town players revisit the course and repeatedly play it. Fun course If you like Ace runs.
The course can be played with only 3 or 4 discs.
You only need to master a couple shot types, so that was what I had in mind to get new players coming back to play. I have designed a more difficult 9 hole course 3 km outside the city for more advanced players to test their skills.
The park the course is located on was the least utilized park in the city, so the fact that people now utilize the course on a weekly basis and come from up to 4 hours away to play is a success. The course has beginner to intermediate player in mind, and the fact 50 players came out to play in league nights last year when Disc Golf is new sport, shows it's reaching the targeted demographics.
Intermediate and Advanced players can play the Blue tees and have a challenging round if they follow OB rules.
Players last in 2017 came up from places like Mackenzie BC, Fort St John BC, and Grande Prairie(multiple times), to play -- so it is a fun course and out of town players revisit the course and repeatedly play it. Fun course If you like Ace runs.
The course can be played with only 3 or 4 discs.
You only need to master a couple shot types, so that was what I had in mind to get new players coming back to play. I have designed a more difficult 9 hole course 3 km outside the city for more advanced players to test their skills.
4
0
Okay, Don't Make a Trip Up Just for This Though 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Oct 24, 2015
Played the course:once
Pros:
- Quiet area, not much pedestrian/park interference.
- Easy to find course, wide open.
- Easy to find course, wide open.
Cons:
- Short and wide open, nothing really interesting and no obstacles outside of a small creek and one or maybe two small stands of trees.
- Tee pads difficult to identify at times, advanced tee pads were very confusing.
- Shared baskets.
- Tee pads difficult to identify at times, advanced tee pads were very confusing.
- Shared baskets.
Other Thoughts:
Appreciated that someone took the time to put this course in when I was working in the area, but if you're doing a course bucket list I would definitely not recommend driving out of your way to play this one. Very rudimentary, it's a bit misleading in the description to say that the course is geared to intermediate players. I got bored after a few holes and just threw to random baskets and practiced putting. Short and super wide open, not much else to say. If you're in the general area Grande Prairie has a course worse driving to check out.
