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North Charleston, SC

Buccaneer Bay DGC

1.785(based on 9 reviews)
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pmay5
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Experience: 20.9 years 482 played 245 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Yea, this one has been raided and ransacked 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 8, 2019 Played the course:once

Pros:

There are baskets.
The course is pretty much wide open, but there are places to lose discs.
Largely unused portion of campus, except it's right between the Football stadium and their workout facility. Watch out for those guys.

Cons:

#4 basket was missing when I was there.
Tee signs on #1 and 2, and a tee for #2, and that's where they end.
Several of the baskets were leaning and/or had rusty chains.
Drainage ditch on #2 and two ponds on course have serious disc loss potential.

Other Thoughts:

Pretty basic campus course on a wide open part of the campus that probably doesn't get too much foot traffic. Its looks like it was a decent campus course when installed back in 2008, but I don't think anything has been done to it since then, except for grass cutting.

The terrain let's you really let the discs fly, so the designer created some challenge with the basket locations. #2 is right near a drainage ditch, #3 is right next to (actually in) a cluster of 2 or 3 bushes, #6 is in a clump of trees, and #7 is in the edge of a treeline. #3 made it impossible to play unless you were right in front of the basket. #6 is pretty cool, one nicely guarded basket.

There's a large pond and small pond on the property, it looks like #4 basket used to be very near the large one, #5 plays along side it and #7 crosses the small pond, but the risk can be mitigated by making the hole shorter. All of those are pretty easy to spot, I was caught off guard on #2, you can see the small amount of water in the ditch by the basket, when looking from the tee, but you can't see the hidden drain (and water) midway down the fairway. I threw my second drive in there and thought it was gone. Came back later after #9 and spotted it in shallow water, another disc recovery!!

I don't imagine this course gets a lot of play, especially after Wannamaker opened up less than a mile away. That's too bad really, with a little upkeep of the baskets, some kind of tee markers and a little redesign, this would be the perfect compliment to the heavily wooded Wannamaker.
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abogstad
Experience: 12.9 years 5 played 1 reviews
1.50 star(s)

dont worry about it being private! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Feb 16, 2011 Played the course:once

Pros:

its putt putt for disc golf!

Cons:

its really short and some of the tee signs are missing 6 and 7, but the poles they used to be on are visible from previous basket

Other Thoughts:

if hassled by a fat lady gaurd, sorry, if its after 3 and not monday call me, 843-864-9645 and ill meet you there with my student id! im working on getting the school to allow all cdgc bag tag holders to play the course
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DiscGolfCraig
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Experience: 19.9 years 597 played 544 reviews
1.50 star(s)

2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Dec 28, 2008 Played the course:once

Pros:

Great location for a course. Nice, clean scenery playing around the lake.
- Easy course to navigate. Good tee signs.
- Easy course, except for 7, with plenty of birdie chances.
- Playing around the lake reminded me of a mini-Winthrop Lakefront, all the way down to mini/shorter holes.
- Water really only comes in to play on #7. There's a "creek" about 1 foot deep that runs in front of the baskets for #2 - 4. The basket for #5 is near the water, but you'd really have to pull a throw for it to come close.
- There are also several ball golf greens throughout the course, so you can get your fix of both types of golf in one stop.

Cons:

There is only one real challenging hole on the whole course. #7 is a 400 ft hole over water, and that even has an alternate tee to make it easier.
- With 2 long holes, #7 & 9 and all other hole being short and/or easy, it makes you wonder who they're trying to appeal to. The casual player will struggle on the 2 long holes, better players will be bored with all other holes.
- The course probably gets crowded with students lounging around the lake during the school year.

Other Thoughts:

Course is listed as private because it's on a college campus. I parked in the lot near the football stadium and had no problem playing.
-It's always a good thing when colleges have disc golf courses. Best way to get people hooked on the game.
- There seems to be a lot of room around the football stadium and practice field to add another 9 holes, or at least make the current course more challenging.
- This is the easiest 9 hole course in Charleston, but it gets a higher mark than the Naval Station because of the scenery, ground conditions and location.
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