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Bridgewater, VA

Bridgewater College DGC

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DiscGolfCraig
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No bridges. Very little water. 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 11, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

Bridgewater College has a nice little 9-hole layout. The few decents holes are overshadowed by an illogical layout.
- This is a wide-open nine-hole course that lets players throw loose and fast. From memory, I can picture three trees that come into play. My math tells me that's not a good ratio. If you want to practice throwing, this is your spot.
- Hole #1 is a decent multi-shot beginning to the course. At 522 feet, it starts wide open and ends with a basket nearing one of the trees. #2 is a mid-range, 236-foot uphill shot. Be aggressive here because anything long will land softly just past the basket.
- #3 is the best laid-out hole, along with being the most scenic. You tee off over the edge of the pond, throwing to a basket behind the course's second tree. Unless your shot sails to the right, the water should never be an issue. Trivia question: which hole has the course's third tree?
- #4 continue away from the campus, playing out in a field. #5 plays across the back of said field, offering one of the other distinguishable hole layouts. #6 begins your walk back, and offers a little more elevation factor.
- If you like walking, you'll love this layout. You get some long walks between holes, mainly from #6 to 7, and again from #8 to 9 to the parking lot.

Cons:

The layout is mediocre at best. There isn't a shortage of space. It's simply poor planning.
- After finishing #6, you then walk backwards alongside holes #3, then #2, to get to #7. To top it off, when I played, #7's basket was missing, so I also got to walk the length of #1. Walking past 3 straight holes before getting to my next tee isn't the best use of space.
- Then, #8 & 9 are backwards. #8's basket is next to the parking lot...meaning it should be the final basket. Instead, you play to a basket close to your car, then turn around, play the final hole, then turn BACK around and once again walk #8's hole a second time. Did nobody else notice this?
- Two simple solutions fix this all. Remove one of the existing holes, probably #4, and add a hole that plays along the other side of the pond. That cuts down on the long walk. Then simply flip #8 & 9 and eliminate the redundant walk.
- There's no variety to this course. This isn't the fault of the course designers. It's a simple reality of having your course play in an open field.

Other Thoughts:

Bridgewater College is a course with one good hole (#3), three others that are slightly different (#2, 5 & 6), and then there's the rest.
- Here's the answer to the trivia question. The third tree is on #9. And yes, there are several other trees near the course.
- This is a pleasant looking small college. The college is built right along the road after several miles of open fields. Just drive past the Burger King and you'll drive onto the campus.
- The good news is that the first thing you see on the campus is the disc golf course to the right. So, there's that.
- The course was as generic as you can get. Not a single great hole. Not a single horrible hole. It looks like someone looked at the map, drew 9 straight lines and realized they just designed a disc golf course. It's safe to say what isn't a major at this school.
- I had to convince myself to make a right at the stop light to turn towards the course instead of making a left for the interstate. Still not sure if I made the correct decision. At least it's one more course I've played.
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