-Nice wooded area with technical shots
- Good signage
-easy to find the next hole
-nice change in elevation
-very nice baskets

-near a kids play ground so you need to watch where you throw
-short distances on every hole
-pretty much a straight shot on each hole
-near some houses and yards

overall pretty decent 9 hole course

-Variety of shots required. Does not appear to favor BH or FH.
-Great use of space! The course is on a relatively small tract of land that weaves back and forth, but no fairways interfere with one another.
-A couple of ace runs if you can hit a tight line.
-Challenges your approach game and forces you to hit tight lines with a putter or midrange.
-The tee signs are great!

-A big downside is that there are no concrete tees and the tees are only marked by wooden pegs in the ground. Some of these pegs are orange and some are green and they are not the easiest to find.
-There are no holes to break out a driver and throw a long drive. All shots are short and technical.
-Navigation is difficult between holes. This course could use some "Next tee" signs.

9 on Top DGC is a solid 9-hole course with a unique name. It is just a scenic drive away from other courses like Portland Park and the Sinks, so could easily be included in a day of disc golf. The playground here is massive, so it would be a great place to bring kids/family.

The three young adults who designed and built the majority of this course did an excellent job as they were the driving force behind this project.

Baskets are brand new Chainstars, no rust, no damage. Tee signs are up and give a general layout of each hole. For the most part you can see the basket from the tee but for the few you cannot, the tee signs help.

Course is a very short 9 hole course that goes through very thick woods and has great elevation change. I would say that the use of elevation is its greatest asset. Most area courses are quite flat (Cloudland excluded) but these huge down hill and uphill shots make this course difficult and challenging.

Fairways are well groomed, all brush and fallen trees moved to the sides. Also, no trash was present on any of the holes in the dozen times I have been there. A shared garbage can was placed at 3 & 7 (same can, the tees are close to each other).

Being on top of the mountain, this course is hardly ever in use. You will generally be one of a handful of people at the course.

A few holes are a pitch and pray type hole. 1 & 9 come to mind as there is no clear routes that are wider than 3' or so.

Dirt tees are usually not a con to me but here they are not level on 1,2,6 & 8. Rumor has it that cement tees are coming soon though.

Course highly favors a RHBH thrower. Good for me, might not be that fun for BH southpaws.

Off the fairway is rough. Really rough. Thorn bushes, poison ivy, kudzu....bring an extra pair of eyes if your accuracy is off.

Signature Hole: 2 is a great hole. A straight shot pretty much straight down a tunnel 12' wide. Tip, there is a RH hyzer route.

This is next to a children's playground called the Pumpkin Patch so bring the kids and let them play while you play. Also has a pavilion with restrooms that are open from dusk to dawn that are super clean for public use. Parking lot holds about 12-15 cars but there is more parking next door at the town hall.

Solid 2.5 course, not a destination course but if you were on a mission to rack up as many courses as you can, you can knock this one out in about 25 minutes. With a few benches, a few more trees taken down and concrete teepads, this will be a 3.0.


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9 on Top is a nice little course playing down a heavily wooded hillside, across a valley floor, and then back up. As you can imagine by the name, the course offers plenty of elevation changes. A great mix of up, down, and somewhat flat shots are all here. Most holes lean on the short side but the technicality of the tightly wooded holes help create some challenge. The course also offers lots of variety with left, right, and strait shots. For a new course, the fairway floors are surprisingly clean with a good amount of work evident. I like how in a few areas they used the smaller downed trees to line the fairways and paths.

For now the tee pads are marked with flags and are pretty easy to spot. Some great homemade next tee signs point the way as you make your way through a pretty straightforward layout. Hole one starts near the parking lot and then the nine hole layout loops you back up to the parking area. A generous sized pavilion with plenty of picnic tables is there for rest, lunch, etc.

Discraft's Chainstar baskets compliment the course and they're in tip top condition. Based on the love the course has gotten so far I'm sure plans for those accessory amenities are in the planning stages once the layout is finalized. The lost disc drop box was a nice touch too.

This is a very fun pitch and putt course good for beginners and experienced players alike. Beginners will learn to play in the woods without too much length to be overly frustrating. For the advanced players it'll be good practice for shaping new lines. Power players can leave their drivers at home and just come enjoy a quick round in the woods with their putters and mids.

Against my better judgment I'll go ahead and mention it. There are a lot of soccer moms at the playground adjacent to the course if you're in to that sort of thing.

There has evidently been lots of clearing going on but there is still a lot of work to do. Many downed trees still litter the course. There are several areas where in my opinion lower hanging branches need to be pruned back to open the flight paths a bit. There are also a couple of holes where small trees near the basket (less than 6' at times) need to be removed. One of my favorite holes, number six, was great but the big downed tree just before the basket kind of messed up the hole. Hopefully there are plans to take care of that. I read that the tee pads may be adjusted before they get poured but as of now a couple are on pretty good slopes and will have to be leveled off. These are all things that are temporary and I'm sure will be taken care of in time. Once these are completed it'll be a little gem on the hill.

Watch out for some of the areas in the fairways that have a lot of broken glass lying around.

The course is only about 10 minutes from Portland Park and is pretty close to the legendary Sinks course too. 9 on Top may not be worth a long drive on its own, but trying to squeeze in some rounds at the other nearby courses while you're in the area will make it worth the ride.

I've read that this course is the project of three young men and I'd say they have done a great job with this course so far. I'm glad y'all were able to get them to let you put the course in. I pass through Chattanooga often and am looking forward to seeing this course mature.