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Oregon, IL

Stronghold Castle DGC

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wolfhaley
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1.50 star(s)

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 12, 2023 Played the course:once

Pros:

Stronghold Castle DGC is a free to play nine hole course at a church camp/retreat. You'll need to check in at the main office building and sign in and out. You'll get a blue laminated parking pass upon checking in. They seemed to be well aware of the disc golf course onsite and seemed happy to host us. Apparently they have maps to hand out too. The lady who signed us in couldn't find any but the Udisc map worked fine so we told her not to worry about it.

The baskets are older Innova Discatchers. A little faded and showing some rust but these baskets are built like tanks. No worse for the wear and all caught great. One basket and pin placement per hole.

Natural tees, no issues though. Nothing worn or rutted out. I wouldn't expect concrete or anything for a course like this.

The course starts out more open. Hole 1 has the basket tucked behind a clump of trees on the downhill shot which shapes up right to left. Holes 2-4 are also pretty much wide open, hole 4 especially. The last five holes get slightly more wooded. At least compared to the first four.

There's no tee signs, just wood posts with the hole number. Enough to get you to the intended tee area.

The property was well tended to upon our visit but the camp was in full swing at that time. Can't speak to other times of year, but early June the place was pretty packed and everything was in great shape.

Cons:

The tee post for hole 2 was gone and we were unable to locate a couple others. Not a big deal really, but without the Udisc map we would've been hard pressed to figure out where we were going. Holes 5-9 would be a royal pain to find/play without some sort of map.

Some holes may end up being unplayable depending on what other activities are happening at any given time. There's LOTS of different thing s going on out there at any given time.

Hole 9 ends a decent ways away from the parking area. There's actually some lengthy walks from hole to hole on the last five holes.

Tee signs and/or next tee arrows would be nice here. It's doable without, but it would probably make it easier not only for a course bagger like myself but for the guests of the camp as well.

Other Thoughts:

I wasn't sure what to expect when arriving here. Not just for the course itself, but whether we'd even be allowed to play. The lady at the office was very pleasant and seemed oddly excited that we were there to play. The majority of thenames on the sign in log were there to play "frisbee golf" so it must get played enough.

There's nothing real amazing about this course but it's still a fun round. If you find yourself near here and have some time to kill by all means play this one. Don't go out of your way to play it though.
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