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Port Orchard, WA

Horseshoe Lake - Lakeside

4.135(based on 8 reviews)
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Schreuds2.0
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 6.9 years 93 played 81 reviews
4.50 star(s)

Disc Golf with a golf cart=awesome 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 1, 2019 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Great tee pads and signs, OB is clearly marked, distances and pars are accurate and reasonable. Tees are concrete and have extra grip undulations at the front half, which is a great touch for in the rain.
-Baskets are super high quality disc catchers that are bright blue, vibrant enough to stick out, yet they blend in and don't distract from the courses aesthetic.
-Fairways are amazing, which is to be expected on a hybrid course.
-The Rough is surprisingly good, I thought that there wasn't going to be much difficulty with getting off line, but the rough is actually rather punishing.
-Elevation is awesome, great mix of side hills, down hills, up hills, no hills etc, and the best part is you don't really have to trek up and down them because you're in a golf cart!
-Trees are used quite well, most holes are fairly open, but trees come into play on most tee shots, and almost every green, which adds a good amount of challenge
-Very easy to navigate, tees are easily located and are easy to get to.
-Water comes into play on occasion, but in a good way, the water here is the kind that makes you decide between running it or laying up, which brings a very fun aspect into the game.
-The location of this course is very pretty, there are tall trees all around and beautifully manicured golf fairways.
-Big variety of shots, some monster flicks, some monster backhands, as to be expected, however, more unexpectedly, there is tons f opportunity for fairways or minds off the tees of some holes, especially to break up really long holes into smaller safer bits.
-You can drive a golf cart, which is super cool, this means you are relatively fresh for the whole course, even though it's super long. This also means there is a place to put your bag and water etc, which is great.

Cons:

Not many cons, this is an excellent course, but I'll come up with a few anyway.
-I played on a weekday during my summer break, which is totally the way to go because there aren't many people out on the course, but, on busy days it could be super challenging to manage the flow of golfers and disc golfers at the same time.
-The price is pretty high, about $20 per person if you want a cart, don't get me wrong, it's very worth it, but still. And, this is a golf course, they need to make some money, so the cost is understandable and reasonable.

Other Thoughts:

An awesome course, I drove out from the Seattle area to come play and I'm already planning a return trip. You've got to come play this course.
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TheRealJorel
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
4.50 star(s)

Beautiful! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 10, 2019 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

This course on a ball golf course is absolutely beautiful! The "Lakeside" 18 plays along 9 holes on the ball course and the newly installed "Canyon" 18 plays along the other 9 of the course. Lakeside has permanent concrete teepads, baskets & signage, the Canyon has temp teepads & signage but permanent baskets (sounds like concrete teepads are coming within the year). The holes are typically in the treeline along the course but cross the fairways, so although there are some wide open shots the trees can come in to play on most of those shots.
The staff are very nice and welcoming to disc golfers, and many golfers share the course well. It is even conducive to golfer/disc golfer combos, I've gone with the father in-law playing the links and myself throwing discs and it worked very well!
If you live in the area get yourself a membership to West Sound Disc Golf Association and you'll get a free round each month as well as discounts on each round. During the spring, summer and I believe fall, there is doubles every Friday @ 530, $20 will get you a round and a cart rental.
Being your big arm and get out here!!
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Disc Dog
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 16.9 years 109 played 48 reviews
4.50 star(s)

Wowser! 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Mar 16, 2019 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

I have played here when it has been set up for the Kitsap Classic (27 holes), the regular 18, and the new roughed in 18 hole course (Will review later). This is one of the most enjoyable places I have ever played. The manicured course, clubhouse, parking, and whole atmosphere are wonderful.

I have played a few ball courses with disc golf also incorporated but this was by far the best one.

The course is rollee pollee and has much tighter fairways than most ball golf courses I have seen and played on. Because of this it gave the course a much more legitimate feel. So many ball courses, that incorporate disc golf, are just distance throwing contests. You just need to stay off the greens and out of the sand traps. No real line shaping at all. Not here! On the 18 basket layout you play shots downhill over a pond (15), work through the trees (12), and the 1020 footer that goes downhill with a pond on the left, OB cart path on the right, and backup hill (11). Many of the disc golf putting greens are put into places where they will make the putt an honest one and it will challenge you, especially 9 with its drop-off behind the basket. Several others will give you nice putting greens but you have to get to it first.

They now have large concrete teepads that are well placed and installed properly.

The whole area is scenic and a pleasure to see.

The folks at the clubhouse are nice and the food is great. It is sure nice to be able to walk off the course and have a nice bathroom and a good meal afterwards.

You can use the carts but when it is muddy they can get stuck. This is the Washington Olympic Peninsula and it does "rain" here.

The ball golfers here seem to work very well with the disc golfers. The ball golfers do have the priority but if you are on the fairway first then the disc golfer does.

Cons:

Not much really to say as a con. While they do use the fairways and the edge of the woods A couple of holes that were "true" line shapers would be nice. I am something of a purest and while this is real good disc golf I still would like at least a couple of holes that don't use the fringe of the fairway but are in the woods.

Other Thoughts:

I like this place and will play it each time I am in the area.

I do not consider the fee to play an issue. This is afterall a business. So to pay a small fee is no bother here.
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zephyrflash
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
4.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 2, 2017 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Carts
Long pulls
Short technicals
Elevation
Tricky ob
Beverages and food

Cons:

Discs lost in ponds are pretty much goners
Tricky ob
Costs money
I dont throw far

Other Thoughts:

Super happy that it is permanent
Good job westsound
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