Cameron Yards reviews
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Cameron is so tight that if you stuck a Roc up its Buzz, in two weeks you'd have an Opto Diamond.
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Played on:Dec 11, 2020
Played the course:once
Pros:
Three baskets in an acre and there's a nine hole layout. A great place to practice, or get creative with your round.
- Cameron Yards is located at the clubhouse for the Cameron Wood neighborhood. The course is for residents and guests only, but I (and many others before me) have had no problem showing up for a quick round.
- The three baskets are all located around a small field. The field is set up as a neighborhood baseball/kickball or soccer field. Your obstacles involve throwing around the corner of a tennis court, throwing over a wood fence, around trees, or up a hill.
- I'd prefer the layout as a practice area. Trying to find the tee markers was a little more annoying than just choosing where to throw from myself. It also led to odd looks from one resident who must have wondered why I was staring intently at the ground, randomly stopping, then throwing.
- The nine 'holes' do provide several different looks. Even with nine holes there's a lot of overlap. I can't imagine playing this as a 18-hole setup. Sorry Dave & Stack.
- The most enjoyable portion of the course is the basket on top of the hill. Throwing approach upshots is fun. Throwing back down the hill is equally as fun. What's not fun is teeing off from under a tree as the tee is set up on #9.
- Good for a quick round. I had three discs in hand. I threw multiple tee shots for fun on several holes. I was done in under 20 minutes.
- Excellent place to practice putting or approach shots. From the area where the three baskets are located, you only have approx. 325 - 350 feet to work with. If you get creative and throw from over the water (as they do in the 18-hole layout) you can unleash shots longer than 400 feet.
- Good course for beginners, kids, or casual players. There is no realistic way to lose a disc on the nine hole layout. And you can play this with one or two discs. In that regard, this course is a success.
- Cameron Yards is located at the clubhouse for the Cameron Wood neighborhood. The course is for residents and guests only, but I (and many others before me) have had no problem showing up for a quick round.
- The three baskets are all located around a small field. The field is set up as a neighborhood baseball/kickball or soccer field. Your obstacles involve throwing around the corner of a tennis court, throwing over a wood fence, around trees, or up a hill.
- I'd prefer the layout as a practice area. Trying to find the tee markers was a little more annoying than just choosing where to throw from myself. It also led to odd looks from one resident who must have wondered why I was staring intently at the ground, randomly stopping, then throwing.
- The nine 'holes' do provide several different looks. Even with nine holes there's a lot of overlap. I can't imagine playing this as a 18-hole setup. Sorry Dave & Stack.
- The most enjoyable portion of the course is the basket on top of the hill. Throwing approach upshots is fun. Throwing back down the hill is equally as fun. What's not fun is teeing off from under a tree as the tee is set up on #9.
- Good for a quick round. I had three discs in hand. I threw multiple tee shots for fun on several holes. I was done in under 20 minutes.
- Excellent place to practice putting or approach shots. From the area where the three baskets are located, you only have approx. 325 - 350 feet to work with. If you get creative and throw from over the water (as they do in the 18-hole layout) you can unleash shots longer than 400 feet.
- Good course for beginners, kids, or casual players. There is no realistic way to lose a disc on the nine hole layout. And you can play this with one or two discs. In that regard, this course is a success.
Cons:
Cramming nine 'holes' in this space is either impressive or insane. I'm not sure which is the correct thought.
- Having nine holes in a small space, you do have holes that look/play similar. There are only so many angles to each basket in this space.
- #2 & 8 both tee off between the tennis court and the walking path, and both play to the low basket (one closest to the creek). #3 & 6 both play to the basket on top of the hill, with both starting from the other end of the field.
- I didn't like how close the tee on #3 was to the fence, if that was indeed the correct locale. Your tee shot has to almost immediately clear a slight hill and a wooden split-rail fence. For many players that's a higher line than is natural. #1 also felt forced as you're throwing around the tennis court fence to the basket. An unnatural angle to the basket.
- Tee markers could use a fresh coat of paint and or new ones altogether.
- Natural tee pads. Also, the area around basket nearest the creek was extremely muddy nearly a week after the last rain. Granted, it was in December.
- Having nine holes in a small space, you do have holes that look/play similar. There are only so many angles to each basket in this space.
- #2 & 8 both tee off between the tennis court and the walking path, and both play to the low basket (one closest to the creek). #3 & 6 both play to the basket on top of the hill, with both starting from the other end of the field.
- I didn't like how close the tee on #3 was to the fence, if that was indeed the correct locale. Your tee shot has to almost immediately clear a slight hill and a wooden split-rail fence. For many players that's a higher line than is natural. #1 also felt forced as you're throwing around the tennis court fence to the basket. An unnatural angle to the basket.
- Tee markers could use a fresh coat of paint and or new ones altogether.
- Natural tee pads. Also, the area around basket nearest the creek was extremely muddy nearly a week after the last rain. Granted, it was in December.
Other Thoughts:
Cameron Yards is a great setup if you live in the neighborhood. If you could walk here and play a quick round with buddies, that's great. If you're driving out of your way to play here, it's not worth the time.
- This course is along the lines of Fewell Park in Rock Hill, albeit in a more condensed space.
- Even if there was one more basket in this area, it would reduce the crammed feel and redundancy of some layouts.
- There's only one long walk on the course, the transition from #8 to #9's tee. Everything else is much shorter, cumulating in the tees for #4 & 7 only being several steps from the previous hole's basket.
- As a practice area, this is a nice spot to throw. I could easily see unloading a bag of mid-ranges & putters throwing upshots to the basket on the hill. I can also see throwing a bunch of discs from top of the hill to one of the other baskets. That's more enjoyable than throwing discs around the tennis court fence.
- It's too simplistic of a layout to expect much out of the course. If I lived here, or was on the HOA board, I may give an inflated rating as others have. As it is, it only took me a decade plus to decide to invest a half hour into this course. I had more fun on the greenway around the corner after I was done playing.
- This course is along the lines of Fewell Park in Rock Hill, albeit in a more condensed space.
- Even if there was one more basket in this area, it would reduce the crammed feel and redundancy of some layouts.
- There's only one long walk on the course, the transition from #8 to #9's tee. Everything else is much shorter, cumulating in the tees for #4 & 7 only being several steps from the previous hole's basket.
- As a practice area, this is a nice spot to throw. I could easily see unloading a bag of mid-ranges & putters throwing upshots to the basket on the hill. I can also see throwing a bunch of discs from top of the hill to one of the other baskets. That's more enjoyable than throwing discs around the tennis court fence.
- It's too simplistic of a layout to expect much out of the course. If I lived here, or was on the HOA board, I may give an inflated rating as others have. As it is, it only took me a decade plus to decide to invest a half hour into this course. I had more fun on the greenway around the corner after I was done playing.
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Played on:Jun 4, 2005
Played the course:never
Pros:
A creative design, given what they have to work with (three baskets).
Cons:
The layout is impossible to follow without a map, and the neighborhood is technically private (but not really - visitors are welcome), so the general atmopshere isn't the most inviting for visitors. Quality disc golf is abundant in Charlotte, so it's hard to justify giving this course priority over the others in the area. Using the same 3 targets for the entire round, you don't get the feeling that you're playing a "real" disc golf course.
Other Thoughts:
Yes, there are lights, but the course isn't specifically lit for disc golf; the lights are just there anyway as part of the neighborhood. Playing at night is rather difficult, especially if you're not familiar with the layout. Play the course at least once during the day and get familiar with the layout before trying it at night.
