Salem Community Disc Golf Park

@claw19

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Played this new (raw) course today for the first time. It has a lot of potential to be a special layout! PROS: • excellent use of elevation with several downhill tee shots. • excellent track design that requires a variety of shots and angle control. • practice basket, quality teepads, quality baskets with directional arrows, well groomed fairways/greens. CONS: • as noted by others, there are still several holes with missing signage. Without UDisc GPS, this is a problem for golfers unfamiliar with the course. • elevated shots in the woods are a huge draw, but the lack of pathways to accommodate the incline/decline makes for sketchy, risky traversing. • there needs to be a bridge over the creek on #18. The current boards used for crossing are in a risky location that is prone to falls or injury. • hole #11 has an impressive green with bordering stonework! But what’s with the garbage can within the circle? Relocate that thing. • hole #1 and #18 are very challenging. Both have approach shots that are heavily guarded by too many trees. No clear rightside gap for either. Hopefully some future thinning out of the skinny trees/bushes. • a few too many of the holes have low canopies requiring Calvin Heimburg-type skills that most golfers lack. Hole #4 in particular has the potential to be a signature hole with its elevated tee shot. But the current low canopy restricts airing out or bombing a tee shot at the basket. In fact, you can’t see the basket because of the heavy low canopy. With a little TLC, this course could be special in a year or two!