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Green River, UT

Goblin Valley State Park

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Eric Babcock
Experience: 9 played 3 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Very Beautiful Course to have fun on 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 24, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

The course is a very fun recreational course to play. The scenery is absolutely gorgeous and the course was rigorous enough my family counted it as our daily hike. Each hole is also rigged up with solar powered lights so it would be a great place for a night game.

Cons:

There is very little tee marking so you have to choose most of your own starting points. It really is a long course so you may have to set aside a good chunk of time to play it depending on your skill and fitness level. While the course is technically free, the park isn't. We went to the park just for the course so for us it was $12 to play, which was a lot for a course with no tees.

Other Thoughts:

I don't want to complain too much about the price though because the money goes to a great cause and I am an avid supporter of the park system. Plus the camp staff is super friendly, and as we were camping for free on BLM land and constantly using the parks water and restrooms, it really was the least we could do.


Now for the course. The first three holes are the most difficult to maneuver. It is hard to see hole 1 from the parking lot because you have to throw around a short dune. Once you get around this it is easy to see the basket but a bit of an upward climb to make it there.

Hole 2 is deceiving. We thought the next visible basket was 2 but it was actually the basket for 4. Since there are no starting tees, this once again is quite confusing. but if you turn right about 90 degrees from basket 4 and look straight up the bluff there is a tiny flag sticking up to mark the basket for hole 2.

Hole 3 starts on the other side of the road and there was a rubber mat bolted down to mark the tee for this hole. Given the weather conditions, I don't know if this is always a feature. The basket for 3 however is easy to spot, right on the edge of the bluff. My Dad nearly lost his putter on this one.

Hole 4 is one of the absolute greatest holes I have ever played. Basket 4 is all the way back by basket 1 and we threw right from the top of the bluff. It was awesome to be so high up and see our discs glide so far.

From here the course levels out and is mostly a series of long steady shots to each basket. Hole 5, 6, 7 and 8 are straight forward and pretty level. The terrain offers some unique challenges on each hole and the terrain of the area, being riddled with shallow and not so shallow ravines, can make for some difficult throws and heart breaking putts. Hole 9 is a bit more challenging and much shorter. It completely caught me off guard and I admit I made some mistakes on it. The course was amazingly fun as a whole and I would definitely play again.
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