The Orange layout (playable on odd days of the month) is a PAR-friendly course where you can utilize a variety of throws with minimal risk. Good shot placement is rewarded. "FRONT 9"
Total Orange Course length: 2,739 feet, Par 28
Orange 1
ORANGE 1 starts off with a wide open shot to build your confidence, but ends at a protected basket encircled by fir trees. The large fir tree okays as a MANDO left and there is OB beyond the path to the right of the basket. The Drop Zone is just outside of Circle 1 (45' feet out) and plays with a +1 penalty stroke if you miss the MANDO or go OB.
Orange 2
ORANGE 2 is an island hole demarked by a gravel outline that connects to the walking path. If a player misses the island from the tee, play with +1 penalty stroke from the Drop Zone (66'). Subsequent island misses play as OB from the spot where the disc last crossed out of the island. A more conservative tee shot to the "peninsula" of land before attempting to throw to the island is fair play. How much do you want to risk it?
Orange 3
ORANGE 3 tempts you with a direct shot along the path (watch out for walkers!), but if you have the arm for it, perhaps the hyzer play through all of that open air space is a better strategy? The green is surrounded by steep slopes falling away from the basket on two sides. If you go short or long, you'll be setting yourself up for a tricky putt! Throwing into the PUD's fenced-in-yard is OB. Play with a +1 penalty stroke from the Drop Zone, which is the teepad for Blue 9.
Orange 4
ORANGE 4 is the first opportunity to really test out your arm- but don't go into the fenced-in-yard! If you do, it'll be OB and you'll play with a +1 penalty stroke from the Drop Zone (150'), which is found a little further than halfway down the ridge directly in line with the teepad. Beware of rollaways on the sloped green! If you have a roller shot, you might give that a try depending on the condition of the grass.
Orange 5
ORANGE 5 - You have a decision to make: Do you take your chances and throw it right through the guardian trees straight ahead to the basket or do you throw a forehand or flex shot out to the left and let it glide back in. Do not try throwing it over the fence. The light post is a MANDO LEFT. If your disc doesn't cross to the LEFT of the MANDO, play your lie with +1 penalty stroke. If your disc goes OB over the fence, re-tee with a +1 penalty stroke.
Orange 6
ORANGE 6, this is your chance to really let it rip! You're throwing from a slightly elevated teepad to a wide open field spotted with beautiful wildflowers. Don't let the hanging fir branches right in front of you get into your head! A clean drive will be rewarded with another chance to make a big throw. This is the Orange layout's only PAR 4. If your disc goes into the tall grasses surrounding the fairway, that's a hazard. Play with a +1 penalty stroke from where it lies.
Orange 7
ORANGE 7 brings casual standing water into play during the winter months. You can choose a forehand line or a big hyzer line- anything to avoid the guardian Whomping Willow! CAUTION: this hole gets muddy after heavy rains!
Orange 8
ORANGE 8's theme is elevation upon elevation upon elevation! You just climbed out of the lower bowl to the teepad. You'll have to throw up to get onto the fairway, and then up again to land at the mound, and then up again at the elevated basket. It's a good thing the overall hole length is short at just over 200 feet. Watch out for your putts! If your drive goes wide right or long onto or across the path, you'll be OB. Throw with a +1 penalty stroke from the Drop Zone (66'). History Nugget: This pole used to be light pole #8 on Olympic Highway North in Shelton before the decorative poles and LEDs were added to the newly rebuilt roadway during the Downtown Connector Project (2019).
Orange 9
ORANGE 9 features a tunnel shot that will get more and more challenging with each passing year. Beware of OB long at the path. If your disc lands Out of Bounds, that was a pretty nice throw. Play from the Drop Zone, which is the Blue 3 teepad to the right of the fairway, but don't take a penalty stroke! The fenced-in-yard shouldn't be in play, but if you get wild and your disc lands over the fence, throw with a +1 penalty stroke from the Drop Zone (120') found between the two swales, which is primarily for Blue 9. (Yield to players throwing on Orange 2 at the crossing fairway).