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.
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