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Dumont, CO

Lawson Adventure Park

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wolfhaley
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Reviewed: Played on:Oct 1, 2023 Played the course:once

Pros:

Lawson Adventure Park is a short, par 3 course playing along the base of the mountain behind the resort facilities. There's 18 holes here with substantial elevation used throughout. This is a pretty quick play and is located only a couple minutes off the highway.

The terrain is pretty perfect for disc golf. It's heavily wooded and very hilly so it's still a challenge even with the short distances. It's basically ace run central out here. This is a great mountain course for beginners. The design is well done for the most part, especially for the little bit of space that was available.

The flow of the course is pretty simple to follow. No long walks between holes and it plays away from any of the other activities happening out here. They provide a solid course map and scorecard at the clubhouse when checking in. The map is very accurate, as is Udisc if you'd prefer to use the map there. Very hard to get turned around out here, much less lost.

The tee pads are all mulch. They vary in size with no rhyme or reason. Some are wood framed "standard" sized pads while most are just large enough to take a stance to throw a standstill. Standstill drives are really all that's needed out here anyways so not really an issue.

No tee signs, but there's logs with the hole number painted onto them along the edge of each tee. Basically every basket is visible from the tee so any kind of map is just overkill.

Doubtful that the course is ever very busy, if at all.

Discs for rent in the clubhouse if you need them. Not sure what kind, but nice that they offer them. Apparently it's $10 per person to play but my wife and I weren't charged anything since we had our own discs. I'll take it obviously, but plan on having to pay.

Cons:

The baskets. Man oh man are these things terrible. They're some kind of portable things you'd probably get off of Amazon or something. Very cheaply made. Super thin chains, many of which are no longer fully attached. Even the ones that are don't do a good job of catching any kind of putts. These are just really bad baskets in general when in good condition. The fact that none are in good condition just makes it worse. This could be a fun little ace run course. The baskets don't want to catch putts, much less drives though.

The tee pads aren't uniform here. They're all kind of just random. None of them are very good either.

Hole 18 drops you off about as far away from hole 1 as is possible. It's not that long of a walk or anything, but mildly annoying.

Lots of rollaway potential here. Very rocky terrain and steep hillsides. Speaking of the rocky terrain, it's extremely treacherous out there. Lots of loose rocks and tripping hazards. Be sure to watch your footing and take your sweet time. By far the slipperiest course I played up in the mountains on this trip.

Like I mentioned above, apparently it's $10 a person to play. They didn't charge us anything, but $10 is extremely steep for the quality of golf you get here.

Other Thoughts:

There's decent potential for this course. Unfortunately it doesn't quite deliver on that potential. This one is still a pretty fun little putter course though. Very unpolished and one of those courses that feels more like an afterthought. Play it if you must, but by all means find a better option if you only have time for one round.
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