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Chattooga Belle Farm

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Bennybennybenny
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Experience: 13.2 years 306 played 288 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Holy Cow. 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Nov 13, 2019 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Update. I came in November 2019 and it wasn't quite as bad as it was two years ago. This time, the grass wasn't taller than me. It was just thick and rough in most places. The holes are considerably playable if you can estimate where the pads are.

-#12 is a par 4 that gives the option to throw over the lake. You could also play safe and throw to the right side if you don't want to risk losing a disc.

-They have lodging available now. It's pretty expensive for a night, but not anywhere near as effin' expensive as Wintersun. The prices per night here could definitely contribute to making this course better.

-Honestly, it's worth the hour drive from Cullowhee just to buy food in the shop. They have a meat section, different flavor peanuts, unique assortments of candy (licorice, taffy, chocolates!), Blenheim's ginger ale, beer, wine, and what's probably the greatest jam and jelly you'd ever taste. I spent over $30 on food and jelly. And again, I ate an entire summer sausage on the drive back before I even got back on the highway.

-Wide open course mostly, but hole 9's long tee is pretty nice. You throw down a hill through the woods and back out with the basket far to the left side. Nice hole guys!

-Really good use of elevation here and on a cold and windy day, this course would be great practice in those conditions.

-Didn't get any seeds in my leg hairs this time. Just all over my pants. Drastically better than last time. Last time, in 2017 I had seeds all over me head to toe and my shoes were stacked with seeds and my shoes could barely fit on my feet with all those seeds in them.

Cons:

-Unfortunately, this course is still rough as all get out. If you tee off, you'll be looking hard for what I'd expect to be a minimum of five minutes for your disc. Even if you see about where it lands, you might not find your disc.

-I'm sorry, but hole 10's green is very dreadful. The basket is just a few feet from the lodges that can be rented for vacation. Move the basket, and the pad if this hole plays along the fence by the pasture.

-I couldn't find any of the tee pads after hole 1. Not even with the map. I can estimate, but that's a last resort for disc golfers.

-Some of the baskets are warped, beat, or have weeds growing into them. Hole 2's basket almost looks like a hay bail.

-As of now, you are likely going to feel the uncontrollable urge to leave in the middle of your round. I did, and it was a long walk back. I don't think this would be a con if the course was maintained better. But if you continue to play, the odds of losing discs keeps increasing. I quit after hole 10, walked to 16. Played that hole, and left.

-No idea where #17's pad or basket is at. And I didn't really care. I was hungry, and it was getting dark. I wanted to grab some grub at the shop before it closed.

Other Thoughts:

-I'm over the moon for the shop here, and that won't change for as long as it is here. It's an easy 5 star shop. It's astounding. My recommendation, come get some groceries here and then go play Rose Lane. That's an awesome course in Toccoa that I think is very underrated. Sure it has some tall grass and a few weeds too but you typically won't be looking for a disc that you saw land.

-This course is now playable, but still very rough and impossible to find where to tee off. You could establish your own tee pads if you really want to check this place out, and you could work on your drives. The atmosphere is really nice and you'll have a nice walk through the course, but the walk itself is better. The best hole here is #16 because it has a pretty high rise in elevation (X > 45') and half the fairway is between an orchard. You miss, and you will have a very challenging second shot. That's a hole worth playing here.

-#SAVETHEDISCGOLFCOURSE @chattoogabellefarm
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EROPPER
Experience: 26 played 7 reviews
1.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 2, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

Great scenic views of the mountains, A Nice workout, being a long hilly hike around the course. Some interesting Holes, especially the back 9, around the lake, and others with elevation. Nice Baskets(Innova)

Cons:

No teepads, Couldn't even find half the PVC pipe markers for the "teebox", no tee signs or directions to the next hole/tee, exception being a nice hike through the woods to the back 9, Long Grass, easy to lose a disc

Other Thoughts:

For a pay to play course, I was expecting more, like actual TeeBoxes and signage, trash cans would have also been nice, But the Mountain Views and the atmosphere are superb, depending on what time of the year the course is played, the Disc Golf course seems like an afterthought and obviously It's not a high priority at Chatooga Belle Farms, probably won't play again
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Hollywood
Experience: 11.6 years 13 played 5 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Disappointed 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 25, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

The view is amazing and the course design is awesome if you play it at the right time.

Cons:

I hate giving this course such a poor rating but the time I played it I was completely let down. I was looking forward to playing this course but when we arrived we saw they were rolling recently dried hay which made for a completely miserable experience. Lost a disc on the very first basket. After that my group was unable to find any of the "tees" (if you want to call a piece of pvc in the ground a tee). We got around to basket 5 and spent a good 10 minutes or more looking for the tee before giving it up. We had to dodge the hay bailers in between throws. When we finally got out of the open and into the woods part of the course, it was so overgrown we just couldn't play it. The grass was hip high and insanely buggy so we just skipped out on the rest of the course.

Other Thoughts:

I really hope my bad experience with this course was just a fluke happening. I'd really like to give it another try and see if the outcome is any better in the future. Beautiful place to play if the course was better maintained.
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htorbit
Experience: 20.9 years 26 played 6 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Wide Open 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 4, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

Beautiful mtn. views and lake. If you like to throw mostly open distance this is the course for you. A couple very good disc golf holes.

Cons:

This is a beautiful farm but the course could be so much better. Way too many holes out in the open and not much variety. Some of the woods and other nice features of the farm are not used at all. Too many filler holes. No tee signs or next tee signs. Tee pads need work. The mowed fairways are too narrow on some of the longer holes. The pasture grass can swallow up a disc if you don't precisely mark your drive.

Other Thoughts:

This course has so much potential but now is very vanilla except for several very good disc golf holes. I agree 100% with the previous reviewer about wearing long pants being that the pasture grass has poison ivy and stinging nettles growing throughout. Also ticks are an issue.
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