Castle Heights Middle School reviews
6
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See My Review for Bearcat/Rock Hill HS
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. Some tees marked by Innova circles.
-"Friendly": Easy to play, quick, well-maintained, hard to lose discs. Loops back to parking.
-Distance Variety: For a school course, alright. One or two in the 100' range, one about 300', and plenty in between.
-Shot Shaping/Gameplay: Less exotic than the HS, but no mistakes. Things are mostly open, with no more than three trees affecting any one hole. (2)-(4) include rock formations around the basket as an extra challenge. (5)-(7) are a pretty good stretch, with a big turnover, a low ceiling, and a downhill throw. (8) has the added interest of OB driveway behind it.
-Amenities: Numbered DISCatchers, natural tees, signs with number, par, and distance. Some tees marked by Innova circles.
-"Friendly": Easy to play, quick, well-maintained, hard to lose discs. Loops back to parking.
-Distance Variety: For a school course, alright. One or two in the 100' range, one about 300', and plenty in between.
-Shot Shaping/Gameplay: Less exotic than the HS, but no mistakes. Things are mostly open, with no more than three trees affecting any one hole. (2)-(4) include rock formations around the basket as an extra challenge. (5)-(7) are a pretty good stretch, with a big turnover, a low ceiling, and a downhill throw. (8) has the added interest of OB driveway behind it.
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 some especially short ones. There are no shapes out here that you couldn't find easily elsewhere.
-Signs: Holes (2) and (7) were missing their tee signs, which is kind of critical when there are no tees. Also, several holes had the signs pointing in erratic directions instead of in line with the basket.
-Difficulty: As in, lack of. All open shots that are very birdieable, and some especially short ones. There are no shapes out here that you couldn't find easily elsewhere.
-Signs: Holes (2) and (7) were missing their tee signs, which is kind of critical when there are no tees. Also, several holes had the signs pointing in erratic directions instead of in line with the basket.
Other Thoughts:
I could almost copy and paste my review for the high 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 middle school is flatter, but has better length, more interesting obstacles, and doesn't suffer from bad rough like portions of the high school.
~Similar Courses: Success HS (Round Rock, TX); Northwestern Middle School (Milton, GA).
~Similar Courses: Success HS (Round Rock, TX); Northwestern Middle School (Milton, GA).
7
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It's a starter with a few "real course" aspects 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Jun 8, 2019
Played the course:once
Pros:
-This isn't a bad niner. It's short and obviously aimed for school kids, but I feel that it gives beginners a feel for what disc golf is really like. I think it's ideal for competitive players such as myself to practice.
-Three holes have cool rock greens. They are the shortest hole on the course but they obviously were created for some sort of demand. Know where to land and make a birdie, or be behind the rock and probably take par. I thought hole 4's green in particular was cool. A bunch of boulders are surrounding the basket. I kicked off one of them and aced this hole. It's only 113' long so seems that you should never do worse than a birdie, but if you really go for it, you could go long and have to putt around the rocks.
-I'm not a sidearm thrower. I try to stay away from sidearms. But holes 5 and 6 were both there for me to practice my sidearms. Hole 5 has a tree in front of the pad so I threw a few sidearms with a few different discs to see how they'd work on this hole. Hole 6 is another ideal sidearmer hole. The road is to the left. There is a path to throw over, so this is essentially an island hole as well as the next hole (#7) being over the road as well.
-Hole 8 was cool too because the basket is really close to the OB road. Hole is wide open but requires good placement in order to birdie, if you go too far then you are OB. I felt that this hole along with many others give a good summary of the game and they could very well inspire the kids that go here.
-So much land. I may be mistaken, but I think that the Roc Hill Disc Golf Club does singles here every now and then. There is additional land with more elevation change, so this place is great for safari golf if you'd be interested in bringing a portable basket here.
-Three holes have cool rock greens. They are the shortest hole on the course but they obviously were created for some sort of demand. Know where to land and make a birdie, or be behind the rock and probably take par. I thought hole 4's green in particular was cool. A bunch of boulders are surrounding the basket. I kicked off one of them and aced this hole. It's only 113' long so seems that you should never do worse than a birdie, but if you really go for it, you could go long and have to putt around the rocks.
-I'm not a sidearm thrower. I try to stay away from sidearms. But holes 5 and 6 were both there for me to practice my sidearms. Hole 5 has a tree in front of the pad so I threw a few sidearms with a few different discs to see how they'd work on this hole. Hole 6 is another ideal sidearmer hole. The road is to the left. There is a path to throw over, so this is essentially an island hole as well as the next hole (#7) being over the road as well.
-Hole 8 was cool too because the basket is really close to the OB road. Hole is wide open but requires good placement in order to birdie, if you go too far then you are OB. I felt that this hole along with many others give a good summary of the game and they could very well inspire the kids that go here.
-So much land. I may be mistaken, but I think that the Roc Hill Disc Golf Club does singles here every now and then. There is additional land with more elevation change, so this place is great for safari golf if you'd be interested in bringing a portable basket here.
Cons:
-Holes 1 and 9 are identical twins that are inspired by the same idea and do everything alike pretty much. Both holes are the same hyzer shot around a tree not far from the pad. Not bad hyzer holes but when they are the same and aren't EPIC holes, that's a con.
-It's flat. No real elevation change here, but there are parts of the land with some elevation. And the woods next to hole 6 don't have a hole and I think it'd be cool if there was a wooded hole here. But then again, you never know what options the designer had.
-It's flat. No real elevation change here, but there are parts of the land with some elevation. And the woods next to hole 6 don't have a hole and I think it'd be cool if there was a wooded hole here. But then again, you never know what options the designer had.
Other Thoughts:
-Personally, I thought this course was better than Bearcat HS which is very close by. It wasn't great, but it had more interesting features to it than Bearcat. Holes 5 was a decent hole that I could see on a regular course. Hole 6 was my favorite hole here and it's legitimately a good flick hole. I can't see any of the holes with rock greens on a regular course, but they were good for upshot practice nonetheless.
-I'd say this is one of the school courses that is good for what it's made for and serves it's purpose. I didn't love it, but some holes give a feel for how great disc golf gets. I thought about giving this course a 1, but since it has some creativity, some cool assets to it, and one hole I particularly liked, it get a 1.5 from me. That to me is a pretty solid nine holer.
-I'd say this is one of the school courses that is good for what it's made for and serves it's purpose. I didn't love it, but some holes give a feel for how great disc golf gets. I thought about giving this course a 1, but since it has some creativity, some cool assets to it, and one hole I particularly liked, it get a 1.5 from me. That to me is a pretty solid nine holer.
