Grants Pass, OR

Tom Pearce Park

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Peltier
Experience: 29 played 16 reviews
4.50 star(s)

Awesome disc golf course. 18 holes, variety of terrain. 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 2, 2019 Played the course:once

Pros:

All holes are very well marked and offer two tee boxes and two or 3 hole placements. Hole 13 in particular was the longest and the pin placement wasn't on the sign, it must have been an extra 250' past the long pin. There is an old dam/bridge/wall that has a bunch of cool graffiti on it adding to the ambiance of the course. Nice flowing river on the south end of the park. Overshoot 18 and your disc could roll down into the water and be toast!

Cons:

Costs $5 for a day pass, well worth the price of admission!

Other Thoughts:

Some short, some really long. Some through and around trees, some over ridges and ravines. I played early July and almost all of the streams and ponds were dried up, but come spring, I could see this adding an extra layer of difficulty to this already extremely challenging course.
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DCaliBEAST
Experience: 16.8 years 25 played 8 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Well Rounded Big Arm Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 3, 2019 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

This is a nice course down by the river. There is a full mix of open cross field shots and wooded shots. There are also a few fun shots on the course that you can only get at this course such as a piece of a concrete dam or bridge that has a mando through/under a broken section of bridge to a basket so doglegged you cant see it. This shot is unique to this course and is worth a play just to say at the next course to your buddies, " yeah I played GP and there was this one hole..." They have multiple pin placements and almost each hole has a seating area of some kind. about half way through the course you pass near the cars and this gives you chance to get another water or whatever. This also helps keep your bag weight down. Dogs recently approved.

Cons:

This course costs $5 for parking to play. Until recently this course did not allow dogs. Through the open sections there is little shade and it gets hot and can be between 100-116 in the summer here. Parking can fill up promoting you to park closer to the baskets increasing your chances of catching a disc in you car window.

Other Thoughts:

This is a fun big arm course and one of the better ones in the area. I would compare it to other top courses I've played. There are a range of open and wooded with unique shots as well.
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Outhousekilla
Experience: 20.8 years 41 played 2 reviews
3.50 star(s)

If your are in the area don't miss this! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jun 1, 2014 Played the course:once

Pros:

From trees with thight windows and low ceilings to wide open big arm throws. Close to Hwy 5 and parking was only $4.00. May wife and I enjoyed the techy lines of the trees. The course lay out is easy to follow the tarrain forgiving.

Cons:

It's popular so you get to hang out in the line up for your turn on the weekend. Midweek? I don't know.
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heitzmidan
Experience: 11.6 years 6 played 2 reviews
5.00 star(s)

Addictive Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 24, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

Challenging 18 basket course and not boring. First basket is easy, but most have some sort of obstacle or the basket can't be seen from the t-box. Not a course for beginners. There are a few creeks and a pond, but no running water this time of year.

Cons:

None unless you are not willing to risk losing your disk in the brush on a few baskets. Have to pay $4 to get into the park for the day or purchase a $30 yearly pass, but it is worth it. It does cost money to maintain the course. Money well spent!

Other Thoughts:

Some up hill hiking. Love the remnant of the Ament Dam on 16. A bit of history. It use to be a damn across the Rogue River and used for mining purposes, but was torn down because it killed a lot of salmon.
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The Valkyrie Kid
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 46.4 years 1562 played 1507 reviews
3.50 star(s)

I Didn't Realize The Roman Empire Reached Into Southern Oregon! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Aug 13, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

Tom Pearce Park is large sprawling county park located just outside Grants Pass, Oregon. It's squeezed in between the Rogue River on one side and the railroad tracks on the other. The course makes for a great stop on the drive down I-5 as well as a great compliment to the smaller 9 hole Riverside City Park course within the Grants Pass city limits.

One of the great features about this park/course is the wide range of terrain that you'll encounter, it varies from starting across a open mowed ball field to wooded to river basin to rocky outcrops. Very few courses features this kind of variety.

The course has long and short concrete tee pads. The tee signs are little wooden w/maps, hole # and distance, they're simple but very adequate. There is a $4 fee to enter the park but many cars were parked on the street just outside the gate.

The course has some very creative holes and basket placements. # 4 was a neat toss across a ditch and through the trees.

# 9 throwing from the raised box up by the RR tracks was a anhyser shot through the trees.

I liked everything about hole # 13. First it's a big sweeping hyser throw around the corner with one of the basket placements tucked cleverly up on the hillside into the trees. Big arms could reach this but with a couple of basket placements up there, it will always be exciting!

# 16 is a one of a kind type hole. You're throwing towards an old dam which looks like an old Roman aqueduct. It has the arched columns on the bottom and they serve as mandos. They're probably less that 200' from the tee box and are not all that difficult to hit. But even after getting through, the basket was in a nifty little rocky outcropping with steep a drop-off on one side.

Even from the longs, the course doesn't play all that difficult. I'd say it's intermediate level playing from the longs. Probably recreational level from the shorts.

Cons:

The first part of the course is pretty standard issue and mundane.

I didn't like the second part of the mando on # 16. Going through the bottom arches is great but having the option of throwing through the top part of dam would be too open to question as to whether you actually made to through the arch opening or not.

Other Thoughts:

Great solid course with a couple of really creative holes. The aqueduct hole could easily be made more difficult for tournies by forcing players to go through only one or two of the openings, That'd be a fun option, huh?

You definitely want to make this a stop on your drive up or down I-5. Just watch out for the Roman Legionnaires. I heard Maximus is leading them and they're taking prisoners in these parts.
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jburgi1
Experience: 3 played 1 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Great Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 8, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

Lots of variety, great map to help you not get lost, well maintained tees and baskets. Pretty quiet on the back 9

Cons:

The rough is rough, but just stay out of it!

Other Thoughts:

Lost a disc on the ninth hole. Friendly local called me up the next morning, so I was able to pick it up before leaving town! Thanks!!!!!
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Chisel
Experience: 14.5 years 1 played 1 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Great Course along the Rogue 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 3, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

This course has a lot of variety, from wide open long shots, to harrow heavily vegitated disc munchers. It is really fun to play, is very clean, and located right on the Rogue River. We took a swim after our match. Also, in mid summer the black berries are THICK - great snacking along the course. There is a mandatory obstacle feature using an old defunct dam that costs a drop shot if you miss it. Very fun use of natural features.

Cons:

Poison Oak. If you don't know what it looks like, you will suffer for it when you dig a disc out of the rough, especially on the back 9. They seem to keep it cut away from the paths.

Other Thoughts:

It does cost $4.00 to enter the park but that's how the county funds its parks - no taxes go into it; only user fees. Please pay - you're voting with your dollars. Throw a pair of work gloves in your bag to work with the blackberry bushes if you throw a wild disc now and then.
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DiscAddict22
Experience: 18.5 years 20 played 4 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Challenging and Rewarding 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 17, 2011 Played the course:once

Pros:

This course offers some very fun and challenging tosses, good use of elevation change, especially around pins. Espect to have some wicked downhill rolls. Some nice tightly wooded holes. Good variety of grass, packed dirt, and rocky ground. Good use of trees and bushes to create throwing lanes and obstacles. I love the bridge, or dam hole, whatever you wanna call it.

The staff was super nice here, made me feel welcomed. Well taken care of property!

Cons:

Gate closes at 8, so you will have to cut a round short to go repark your car outside the gate.

Rocks can eat up a disc on this course, as well as some thick foliage along the edges that looks full of blackberry thorns and probably poison oak/ivy.

Other Thoughts:

This is a really well maintained course, The homemade baskets on this course are made really well, but they can be a bit hard to spot at times.
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wildrivers
Experience: 15.3 years 19 played 19 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Worth the stop 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jul 25, 2011 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Solid tee's pads.New baskets just put in. there are two baskets now per hole. Great variety of throws. Dogs allowed on leash. River close by. One hole close to the river for fun.Short and long tee pads. Clean park. I will play this course again. Maps on bullitin board at tee 1. If you dont want to pay the $2 parking fee, park before entrance by creek on left and walk in. I paid it, support the parks!

Cons:

First 7 holes follow the circle around the parking lot, not too attractive. However, those holes are tight and fun. The last 11 are more quiet and set away from road noise/loud car speakers.

Other Thoughts:

I always stop here and play when driving I-5.
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clutchcrusher
Experience: 14.3 years 13 played 3 reviews
3.50 star(s)

make this a stop on any road trip! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 10, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

A lot of different types of holes, long, short, open, wooded. Hole 15 was the mando through the dam I think, that was a fun one. Very friendly and helpful locals. I played a few holes with a guy named Danny, he was a really cool older guy. The hard packed ground was giving me awesome skips.

Cons:

Watch out for the rocks! Watch out for the river on a couple holes, with the length of them and a good gust or bad skip and it's "bye-bye" disc. My approach shot on 5 almost skipped into the river. The last 8 or 9 holes are home made and only have one set of chains.

Other Thoughts:

The locals told me they were collecting money for the last of the home made baskets to be replaced. The place really was awesome. I wish me had more courses like it in SW Washington. Good job to the crew of no doubt, dedicated locals on keeping their park so nice and working on improving it!
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CVO2
Experience: 23.8 years 2 played 2 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Nice course, good I-5 break 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 23, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

- Technical, but not overwhelming for novices.
- Easy to get in a quick 18
- Friendly & helpful locals
- Nice break for I-5 trips
- Fine for winter play
- Good for dogs
- $2 per car is pretty reasonable, don'tcha think?

Cons:

- Dam hole is unforgiving! Lost a disc (smashed) here. Any way to make the concrete softer? :)
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EclipticOne
Experience: 16.3 years 6 played 6 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Hot, Windy 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 22, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

This is one nice course to take in.

Teepads are very nice, almost everyone is concrete and are a fitting length to the throws you would need.
The holes are set up to be challenging, yet rewarding for the well thrown shots.
Was nice start with shorter, straight narrow or slight turning shots to the latter half being wide open big arm throwers. The contrast to each other was nicely done and very good layout.
It is a $2 pay-to-play course, but is nicely cared for so paying is not a burden. Enjoyed the maintained park and the nice restrooms (even had a gatorade vending machine!)
Bathrooms and benchs are a nice touch to the tired and out-of-shape discers.
Enjoyed the hike and the terrain, but you probably will have to bring water with you. The sun can be quite brutal if you are out of shape, play your speed!
The homemade baskets are in good condition.
The two caretakers were nice and very friendly, enjoyed chatting and joking with the guy trying to run us over with his golfcart :-D

Cons:

The homemade baskets are a little more slender than the regular baskets so putting was a little more difficult.
The weather was very warm and the wind was high, it isn't really a true con but was very difficult to play normally...
I think it was hole 15.. or 14, had a nice rock bed to greet your drive. You might want to use a high quality disc cause mine took quite the knock.

Other Thoughts:

This was a VERY enjoyable course. Player the long tees, had fun throwing many types of shots required to score well. I do want to go back and play the short tees so i can see how they both play in relation to each other. I dont know how the campground was so i didnt add to either pro or con section, but it is there.
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runnaman
Experience: 17.3 years 42 played 24 reviews
3.00 star(s)

First Course I Ever Played On 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Sep 14, 2008 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

This course has nice concrete tee pads. The holes are challanging but still really fun. The first time I went there, a few years ago, it was really over grown but they have since trimmed the place up and made it a much funner place to play disc golf.

Cons:

The second half of the course is pretty much all in direct sunlight and during the summer it can be exhausting with temperatures reaching 100s. The baskets are home made and it seems to me that they are narrower than should be.

Other Thoughts:

This was the first course I ever played on, that was in 2000, and got me hooked on disc golf. It was a great course then as it still is now.
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discgolforegon
Experience: 27.4 years 25 played 13 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Tom Pearce Rust 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jan 12, 2009 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Unique Fairways and shot types.
Good mix of long and Short fairways.
Ample parking
Concrete Teepads, Multiple pads on some holes.
Multiple bathrooms, Vending machines
Lots of benches
Very Close to major freeway!

Cons:

Some Graffiti on signs, and benches.
Baskets are getting old and the chains are very rusty.
The course can become very crowded
$2 to park, not really a CON but not really a PRO either.

Other Thoughts:

This course is great if you are wanting to hop off the freeway for a quick round. There is alot of shopping close to the course and alot of food places also.
This is a natural 2 courses in 1 day stop... Tom Pearce then Lake Selmac, That makes for an AWESOME summer day! :D
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jacobhanson13
Experience: 3 played 3 reviews
5.00 star(s)

good course. 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 12, 2008 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

i like the mixture of long open holes and short enclosed holes. it was alot of fun. not to many hills which i liked.

Cons:

didn't like the hole throwing directly onto rocks it was pretty hard on my disk and didn't like paying the fee cause i didn't know there was one. but 2 dollars aint bad.

Other Thoughts:

it was over all a real good course. liked walking up on the structure and throwing from the top of it
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mike shoys
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 18.2 years 25 played 25 reviews
3.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jul 7, 2008 Played the course:once

Pros:

-not crowded at all
-bathrooms and water
-concrete tee pads that are level
-great mando through an old dam makes for a memorable signature hole.
-good length
-right by a river (not a factor on any holes) good for those hot days

Cons:

-a little too open for my liking. small trees and not that many of them.
-pay $2 to park. big deal. you can walk in if you need to
-some people don't like the homemade baskets. i thought they were fine... a little skinny. just bring your putting game...
-hot hot hot! it was the middle of july, but my coastal ass got fried that day.
rough landing for discs on rocky terrain.

Other Thoughts:

this course is set on a dry, arid rock bed along a river. the terrain can be a bit rough and there are lots of thorny bushes. terrain aside, this course was obviously designed very well, with complete variety of shots and good length. this is a good course, but i don't know why someone would give it a 5.
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ninja-don
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 16.2 years 29 played 25 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Hiking while throwing... 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 23, 2008 Played the course:once

Pros:

Every hole had a nice concrete tee box for "long" and "short" tees.
Tee were all level to fairly level.
There were signs to tell you were the different tees were at since most of the time they were not on the same path, which in my mind made this 18 hole course a 36 hole course since the long and short tee normally were not in line with each other and the hole. (I played the long tees only)
Friendly locals with lots of feedback and helpful advice. (Thankx to Lynard and his grand-sons for showing me the ins and outs of the course)
Each sing had a hole and distance marker and I'm pretty sure all the short tees did also.
The grounds were well kept and cut back and down where they were needed.
Baskets were very easy to see from far away.
This course had a lot of diverse shots, but mostly straight with trees in the way to test your accuracy.
Hole 16 has a very interesting mandatory shot on it (This hole falls under the "epic hole" category).
Some good elevated tee shots and up hill shots as well and some bomb shots.
Had bathrooms on site.

Cons:

No course maps on site that I saw.
Some of the course was on types of grounds that you wouldn't want to throw your disc on... but not very many areas were like this and a well placed shot could avoid it all together.
This course may be hard to find the baskets on some holes without a guide or a map... but the tees were well marked on were the next ones were, as well as obvious paths to follow. (I still strongly recommend trying to play with one of the locals for your first time)
(I love free courses) This one will cost you $2.00 per car to get into the park which is well worth it... however with the amount of people that I saw coming in to play disc golf, I would thing that the park over-seer would allow them to replace the homemade baskets one at a time instead of demanding them all be done at one time. From what I heard from many of the locals is that the people who are in charge of the park aren't really into the disc golf scene.
If you don't want to pay the $2, or just don't have it... then you could park up the road from the entrance and walk down to the park for free.

Other Thoughts:

Home made baskets... I liked them a lot. They were easy to see and seemed to catch the disc very well. They are made out of old truck rims. They are big rims and seem to be the same size of most professional baskets.
This course is a bit on the rugged side... you will be hiking just a bit... not too bad though. There is black berry bushes that are probably more of an issue in the summer.
Even in the 38 degree temp, there was a fair amount of people on this course... could be crowded in the warmer months.
Running water, bathrooms, awesome scenery, camping, dogs "on leashes" welcomed... all and all a great place that I look forward to playing in the summer.
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kinfolkfan
Experience: 19.3 years 96 played 18 reviews
3.50 star(s)

great times 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Nov 8, 2008 Played the course:once

Pros:

Had it all.
- Very fun.
-Maps at first tee made it really easy to find our way around.
-Bathrooms.
-Creative holes.
-Alt tee pads.
-Fun for all skill levels.

Cons:

$2 per car. Not bad.

Other Thoughts:

I really loved this park. Lots of fun. Check it out.
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domromer
Experience: 22 years 88 played 21 reviews
4.00 star(s)

A hidden gem in the Rogue Valley. 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 16, 2007 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

This course has everything, long shots, twisty tight shots through the woods, shots on top of hills and shots down hills.

There are homemade baskets which are actually really nice. Many of the pads also have homemade benches as well.

A lot of thought and care went into designing this course and it shows. Use of the natural terrain is excellent. They also incorporated an old dam into a shot.

Cons:

Muddy in the winter..but hey it's Oregon right.

Bring a map. Sometimes it's tough to figure out which way to go.

Other Thoughts:

This course is often overlooked in the Oregon DG scene. it's well worth checking out.
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disconsolator
Experience: 61 played 7 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Impressive Southern Orgegon Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 4, 2008 Played the course:once

Pros:

The layout of the course was very well thought out using lines of trees, creeks, and rocks in a very creative way. The holes start out shorter and technical and get longer which makes for a good range of shots. These go from huge bombs, to hyzers, to sky forehands, to straight alley shots.

Cons:

Homemade baskets. They aren't actually that bad. I didn't have too much problem with them catching if you hit them reasonably.

Other Thoughts:

Everyone knows when you miss a putt because of the sound the baskets make when you hit the "basket" part of it. The baskets are big rig wheel rims with a pole and metal circle on top. Then chains hang down the middle. They aren't nearly as bad as people say they are for being home made. It's a really decent course that you should check out. It's not too far off I-5 if you have time to stop.
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