Bearcat DGC @ Rock Hill HS reviews
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See My Review for Castle Heights MS 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Mar 5, 2022
Played the course:once
Pros:
A typical school course with an almost perfect clone across the street.
-Amenities: Numbered DISCatchers, natural tees, signs with number, par, and distance. Most tees marked by rocks.
-"Friendly": Easy to play, quick, well-maintained. Loops back to parking.
-Distance Variety: For a school course, alright. One or two in the 100' range, one about 300', and plenty in the 150'-200' range.
-Shot Shaping/Gameplay: More exotic than the middle school, but with a couple of mistakes. Things are mostly open, but rough is a key factor on four holes and guardian trees affect others. (1)-(3) all have rough on the right side that should be avoided, and (5) is the longest hole but also includes persistently thick stuff on the right. Other holes have one tree either splitting the fairway or guarding the basket, so pick either FH or BH hyzer for those. The elevation is more than across the street, and most holes have a 5'-10' change. If the length on the holes was increased, they would be a decent series of par-3s working around obstacles.
-Amenities: Numbered DISCatchers, natural tees, signs with number, par, and distance. Most tees marked by rocks.
-"Friendly": Easy to play, quick, well-maintained. Loops back to parking.
-Distance Variety: For a school course, alright. One or two in the 100' range, one about 300', and plenty in the 150'-200' range.
-Shot Shaping/Gameplay: More exotic than the middle school, but with a couple of mistakes. Things are mostly open, but rough is a key factor on four holes and guardian trees affect others. (1)-(3) all have rough on the right side that should be avoided, and (5) is the longest hole but also includes persistently thick stuff on the right. Other holes have one tree either splitting the fairway or guarding the basket, so pick either FH or BH hyzer for those. The elevation is more than across the street, and most holes have a 5'-10' change. If the length on the holes was increased, they would be a decent series of par-3s working around obstacles.
Cons:
There aren't a lot of cons. Mainly, this is just a boring course.
-Difficulty: As in, lack of. All open shots that are very birdieable, and mostly really short ones. There are no shapes out here that you couldn't find easily elsewhere.
-Bad Line: I'm willing to say (4) is just a bad hole. The tree currently completely overshadows the basket. Hole (2) is questionable, with some sort of marshland quite close to the basket on the right.
-Rough: Should you find the rough on one of the first five holes, it may be uncomfortable getting to your disc and pitching out.
-Baskets: The DISCatchers here are single chain, and not very grabby.
-Difficulty: As in, lack of. All open shots that are very birdieable, and mostly really short ones. There are no shapes out here that you couldn't find easily elsewhere.
-Bad Line: I'm willing to say (4) is just a bad hole. The tree currently completely overshadows the basket. Hole (2) is questionable, with some sort of marshland quite close to the basket on the right.
-Rough: Should you find the rough on one of the first five holes, it may be uncomfortable getting to your disc and pitching out.
-Baskets: The DISCatchers here are single chain, and not very grabby.
Other Thoughts:
I could almost copy and paste my review for the middle school across the street here. Both courses are open, easy, and all around exactly what you'd expect from school installations. They're not dreadfully boring and have minimal variety, but they're nothing to seek out. Overall, Passable. The high school has more elevation and the rough forces shaping at times, but it lacks length and the same rough is kind of an unnecessary pain.
~Similar Courses: Success HS (Round Rock, TX); Northwestern Middle School (Milton, GA).
~Similar Courses: Success HS (Round Rock, TX); Northwestern Middle School (Milton, GA).
