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Selfoss reviews
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Well polished, except for that Icelandic turf
Reviewed:
Played on:May 4, 2024
Played the course:once
Pros:
—Great signage
—18 holes in an area where that is not the norm
—18 holes in an area where that is not the norm
Cons:
—Tees could be a little wider
—Mismatched baskets (Mach III, Discmania "DiscGolfPark"), but they all catch fine
—Next tee sometimes hard to find despite arrows, GPS
—Some throws go over walking paths
—Course has obviously been redesigned. Some of the baskets still bear the wrong hole number.
—Mismatched baskets (Mach III, Discmania "DiscGolfPark"), but they all catch fine
—Next tee sometimes hard to find despite arrows, GPS
—Some throws go over walking paths
—Course has obviously been redesigned. Some of the baskets still bear the wrong hole number.
Other Thoughts:
Whether it's the freeze/thaw cycles, the prolific mosses, or the "tuftiness" of local grasses, uncultivated fields in Iceland are lumpy affairs, bedecked with organic bumps and pocked with micro craters. Such are the fairways of Selfoss's 18 hole campground course.
I should stipulate that "fairway" refers to the terrain between the tee and the green, not necessarily to a prescribed and/or maintained pathway. So far, it has been my experience that Icelandic course designers like to leave the land alone as much as possible, leaving you to contend with whatever grows—mostly various conifers and low brush. When there is a fairway, you can generally expect it to be a low, narrow tunnel
Despite the abundance of land, the holes don't tend to be long. Short and technical is the local flavor. There is only one par 4 on this course (#5), and it would completely be a tweener 3/4 without the mando which makes circle 2 tougher to find. #1 starts with a straight look at a very reachable basket, made only slightly harder by a fairly generous, early triple mando. By #2, you are already twisting through trees and brush, where you will stay for most of the rest of the round. The designer simply insists that you must be able to throw a 50-60 meter low tunnel shot, and if you can do this, the two of you should get along just fine for the next hour or so.
When you do break out into the open, you will need to be careful of your footing on the uneven terrain. I reminded myself before I started it is usually better to just go down than to ask a twisting ankle to straighten you back up once you stumble, and this probably saved me a broken bone when eventually, inevitably, I fell. For all the lumpiness of the fields, they are pretty soft in most places. The pits are big enough to hide a disc though, so I spent some time looking for a couple that ended up being right under my nose.
I enjoyed the elevated baskets on 7 and 15 (IIRC on the latter). Otherwise the course is basically flat.
Between this course and its near neighbor, Hveragerdi, Selfoss is the far more polished course. The tee areas area turf and smallish, but Hveragerdi lacks any improved surface at all. For reasons I can't quite figure out, I liked Hveragerdi a little better, but almost by almost every objective measure, Selfoss has more to offer. They are close enough for an easy daily double if you are in the area.
Having just come from the Netherlands and Belgium, I can't help but notice how much more vibrant the disc golf scene is in Iceland, which is bespeckled with courses all around its perimeter. Weather conditions can be the epitome of challenging—perhaps this is why courses trend shorter, more woodsy—but you could spend months here bagging courses and not finish the job. Maybe you should?
I should stipulate that "fairway" refers to the terrain between the tee and the green, not necessarily to a prescribed and/or maintained pathway. So far, it has been my experience that Icelandic course designers like to leave the land alone as much as possible, leaving you to contend with whatever grows—mostly various conifers and low brush. When there is a fairway, you can generally expect it to be a low, narrow tunnel
Despite the abundance of land, the holes don't tend to be long. Short and technical is the local flavor. There is only one par 4 on this course (#5), and it would completely be a tweener 3/4 without the mando which makes circle 2 tougher to find. #1 starts with a straight look at a very reachable basket, made only slightly harder by a fairly generous, early triple mando. By #2, you are already twisting through trees and brush, where you will stay for most of the rest of the round. The designer simply insists that you must be able to throw a 50-60 meter low tunnel shot, and if you can do this, the two of you should get along just fine for the next hour or so.
When you do break out into the open, you will need to be careful of your footing on the uneven terrain. I reminded myself before I started it is usually better to just go down than to ask a twisting ankle to straighten you back up once you stumble, and this probably saved me a broken bone when eventually, inevitably, I fell. For all the lumpiness of the fields, they are pretty soft in most places. The pits are big enough to hide a disc though, so I spent some time looking for a couple that ended up being right under my nose.
I enjoyed the elevated baskets on 7 and 15 (IIRC on the latter). Otherwise the course is basically flat.
Between this course and its near neighbor, Hveragerdi, Selfoss is the far more polished course. The tee areas area turf and smallish, but Hveragerdi lacks any improved surface at all. For reasons I can't quite figure out, I liked Hveragerdi a little better, but almost by almost every objective measure, Selfoss has more to offer. They are close enough for an easy daily double if you are in the area.
Having just come from the Netherlands and Belgium, I can't help but notice how much more vibrant the disc golf scene is in Iceland, which is bespeckled with courses all around its perimeter. Weather conditions can be the epitome of challenging—perhaps this is why courses trend shorter, more woodsy—but you could spend months here bagging courses and not finish the job. Maybe you should?
12
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handwasher
Experience:
12 years
108 played
15 reviews
Sneaky difficult course in the woods
Reviewed:
Played on:Aug 3, 2022
Played the course:once
Pros:
For a short course, the holes are fairly challenging due to some slight uses of elevation, and lots of trees.
Great tee pads, signage, and baskets from Disc Golf Park.
Distances are quite beginner friendly.
Great tee pads, signage, and baskets from Disc Golf Park.
Distances are quite beginner friendly.
Cons:
Most holes are quite short.
It's Iceland, so wind is a factor on anything you put in the air.
Navigation is generally good but it's fairly easy to get turned around.
It's Iceland, so wind is a factor on anything you put in the air.
Navigation is generally good but it's fairly easy to get turned around.
Other Thoughts:
Most of Iceland has only 9 or fewer holes on their courses, so this is one of the rare 18s, even if it's a short 18. Worth a stop if you're driving through.
