For a new course the bells and whistles are very polished. These Davie Co. folks are serious about having a nice looking course. Snazzy orange Mach baskets, good tees, great signs, all that good stuff. A good pro shop down the road doesn't hurt either. But is the course actually good or is it just another Patriot (Triad Park) aka all fur coat and no trousers?

This is a 20 hole course, with the first hole being hole A and the last hole being hole B. Confused yet? Eh, it's kinda quirky. Holes A, 1 and B are fairly wide open whereas most of holes 2-18 are completely wooded. The long, open holes are nice for a warm-up/cool-down and introduce wind as an obstacle. There are some OB lines in play so it's not quite just grip and rip it.

The wooded holes are very Carolina-esque. Very technical and often very hard to decide between BH and FH if you swing both ways. Many of the greens are on very uneven ground to keep putts from being routine (love this, despite what my scorecard thinks). Not many of these holes really warrant using a driver off the tee unless you're an absolute mad lad and don't fear almost certain tree kicks into oblivion. Putters and mids should get most of your tee work because staying on the fairway is job 1.

The mix of terrain and fairway shapes is really good, nothing gets too predictable or repetitive. The creek that runs along a couple holes is a nice OB to avoid and nice to look at. Thanks to plentiful signage it's really easy to navigate the course as well.

I'm not going to mention the muddiness of the first holes and so forth because we've had the wettest winter I can ever remember and there's not a course in the state not suffering from mud right now. I doubt this is going to be a recurring issue here like it is at say, Keeley Park.

The main con is that IMO too many wooded holes are too luck-rewarding. There's technical NC golf and then there's poke and pray and often it's a thin line between them. Davie strays a little too much into plinko territory. Many of these fairways, if you're not absolutely center-cut like within 3 feet, you're actually scrambling. Part of this is b/c it's a new course and the rough hasn't been broken in but a lot of it is the hole length to fairway width is really narrow and there's lots of splitter trees cluttering up the lanes.

I actually think the front is harder than the back because the back opens up a bit. It's longer than the front but not like you need a big arm to score well. But on the back your disc can actually breathe a bit instead of sucking in its gut trying to squeak past a barrage of trees. Hole 18 is a great example of the holes feeling a little 'half-baked" where it's not really worth it to try anything other than throwing your putter to decent landing zones and just taking the par.

This is a solid and enjoyable course and due to not much else in the immediate area definitely worth playing if you're local. It's not horribly far from the Yadkin courses or Stumpy Creek so it's worth working in if any of those are on your itinerary. Bangin' Chains makes a great complement to the experience as well.

What's nice about the course is that it's got a little bit of everything even if it's mostly technical woods golf, thanks to the field holes. Cool pin placements, tricky terrain, and narrow lanes for your favorite gap-hitter sums it up.

-I like the creative thoughts that Drew has for shorter holes. He makes them relevant and distinctive. I really love the course he designed at Holly Run. I don't think Davie is as good as Holly Run, but some holes at Davie did remind me of Holly Run a little bit. #7 is my favorite of the par threes here. It's 287' and downhill down a relatively tight fairway with a swamp in the background to the right. #3's green on the little hill edged by a ditch was nice too. #8 has a hanging basket.

-There's a bit of a pattern here. Davie is heavily wooded but does kind of let you have it both ways. It rewards accuracy and it's very rewarding on distance. Hole #1 is a 690 par five that's wide open and uphill with OB in play on two sides. Both sides of the OB are pretty far away from the fairway so you still have ample room to try and rip a driver up the hill. The finisher hole B is a 650' par four that's back down that same hill. Very fun finisher! That's the most of the distance you'll see at Davie, but you see a mix since there are twelve holes under 300'. All of them are the par threes and they are all demanding in some way but all are fair and reachable.

-The fairway diversity is great. Even the shorter holes such as #4 and #5 require something meticulous with their distinctive fairways or required angles. #4 is a tight gap up a small hill onto a green on a ridge. Completely wooded and difficult to recover from if you miss the fairway. #5 is a sharp dogleg right that's only 214' and downhill. #17 was another hole I thoroughly enjoyed. Uphill, relatively straight and lightly fades left in the end. I threw a stable putter with a little too much power and didn't fade left but still hit the line and had a birdie putt.

-The tee signs are superb and detailed and the course is a step ahead of many brand new courses. It already has concrete tees and many next tee signs. Navigation is simple.

-Mach 5 pins with an orange color. Nice look.

-It's very rewarding toward finesse shots and does not reward luck. Accurate shots will end up in better places than errant throws that miss the line. I wouldn't say that the par threes are "deuce or die" because there are a lot of pars that will be made but if you miss the line, a bogey or worse could await you. All in all, very fair challenge on the par threes. All of them are under 300' with #8 being the longest at 290' so a birdie is definitely within range.

-You'll see more variety in the par fours. For instance, #12 is mostly open even though you are teeing off in the woods. The hole is about 540' and slightly downhill the rest of the way in the open. #9 is only 410' but it's a double curve that's slightly uphill the whole way. Tee shot is tight hooking right to left while the upshot remains very tight and goes back to the right. Nice stationing type hole. #11 is the hardest hole on the course being 550' and wooded for the first half. The tee shot is one of the most frightening ones here simply because of the gap and the left side in the woods is very dense and cruel. Play it cautiously enough, and you'll likely have a second shot that'll take you to the open and you'll be able to salvage par. A birdie would be a real bonus here.

-Many new course issues here. Some fairways aren't quite beat in. #11's tee shot is still a bit weird being oddly tight and a little confusing. I wholeheartedly agree with DiscGolfCraig on #18. It's not a fun hole at all. It's actually a par five that's quite messy and the fairway seems incomplete. The tee shot is quite odd to me. You have to throw down a path that cuts right and somehow avoid a small ravine at that exact turn. It's not a deep ravine, but it's steep and irritating to throw out of. This hole is pretty much a feral version of #4 at Nevin. The tee shot is similar and the fairway is kind of alike but the upshot actually fades left past an array of sporadic trees. This par 5 18th hole won't give you nightmares as bad as the old #18 at Cornelius Road in Mooresville, NC. But it was easily my least favorite hole here.

-The first couple holes and the others that play at least some part in the field were wet and muddy. It looks like all of the delis at Ingles Supermarkets had their own personal Boston Tea Party and decided to dump their leftover beef stew here at Davie in the open fields.

-The standard deviation (distance variety) in the par three lengths is only 34 feet. Shortest hole is 180' and the longest is 290' out of twelve par threes. Wish there was a longer par three that kind of stood out more in regards to appearance. Hole A was more open than the rest and #10's basket is out in the open but they didn't really give a different look to the par threes here. Brings me to say, most of the par threes here are just solid holes. #7 was great. #13 and #17 were enjoyable too and a few others were pretty cool but none of them were outstanding. I can usually find a hole that's fantastic but none of them at Davie are on that level.

#16 is 358', uphill and is listed as a par four but is more of a pro par three. It's a difficult anhyzer line, but pros will be able to eagle this hole. I think it would somewhat improve the lack of variety in the par threes if it was a par three.

-Mach Pins don't catch as well as disCatchers do on a windy day. It was super windy when I played here and I had many bad spit outs.

-High sensitivity to wind. An even par round would probably be rated 900-910 on a clear day with little to no wind. On a day with heavy wind, it would probably be nearly 950 rated. Beware! This course can be easy one day and very hard the next because of weather.

-I don't dislike Davie but I don't love it either. I think the course at Yadkinville is a lot more enjoyable and has more shock value to it. Davie is a cool and interesting course that I think many people would thoroughly enjoy. I saw a few groups of people playing the day I played and they seemed to enjoy it. If you have played Holly Run, Drew's other course in Gibsonville, NC then you know that that course is very unusual but it's very distinctive in a forest. That course is in my top 20 favorites because I love the originality and the two different layouts. Some people don't like it because of it being somewhat odd. I think Davie DGC will have more similar opinions than Holly Run does. Davie isn't quite as funky and the fairways are more commonly seen on regular disc golf courses. Many good holes here that you'll like. Some do have merits from Holly Run but a little less far out, meaning that there weren't as many risks taken in designing this course but it still wasn't too "safe" or generic of a design.

-This being said, if you don't enjoy Holly Run, then you might enjoy Davie a little more if you are looking for a course that is a little more traditional. You'll be in trouble if you aren't accurate, but you'll more likely have a better idea on what to throw off of each pad here at Davie. It's a good course that needs to be beat in a little.

Opened in December '20, Davie Park is the newest 18-hole (plus two) layout in the Triad area. Here's hoping this heavily wooded layout plays tougher once the leaves are on the trees.
- I think the parts are greater than the sum here. There are some truly good hole layouts. The stretch of three par 4s in four holes (#11, 12, & 14) are the best this course has to offer. Throw in some other layouts that play alongside the creek (#6, 7, & 15), you've also got some very scenic layouts.
- Ahhhh. That new course smell. Course opened with a bang. Tee pads, great tee signs, bag hooks, lots and lots of next hole signs. Time, effort, and money were poured into making this course as appealing as possible.
- Hole A (ummm, explain that thought process?) is a nice, simple, birdie-able opening hole. My tee shot landed two feet from the basket, so of course I was pleased with this dogleg left, 230 foot layout.
- A tale of two 10s. The front 10 (A + #1-9) is 2,988 feet; the back 10 (#10 - 18 and B) is 4,040 feet. Divide those numbers by 10 and you can see the sides average 106 feet difference in length. I threw a lot of mid-ranges off the tee on the front side. There were a lot of drivers being thrown on the backside.
- Along those lines, get your birdie 2s on the front side. Get your birdie 3s or settle for 3s on the back. Front side had one par 4, one par 5, and eight par 3s. Backside had six par 3s, one par 5, and three par 3s.
- #7 is the best hole on the front 9. It's a 287 foot, slight downhill, slight dogleg left that plays parallel to the creek. Maybe the most picturesque hole on the entire course (along with the backdrop of #13's basket), this has a little bit of everything that makes a hole and course enjoyable.
- Several blind tee shots as baskets are hidden due to elevation. There were a couple holes where I wished I had a spotter so I could be more aggressive off the tee. I didn't feel like searching for discs that I couldn't see sail away.
- If you're fans of disguising a long walk across a field as actual holes, you'll enjoy holes #1 and B. 17 holes are in the wooded/back portion of the park. To get to the course, you're crossing a 600 foot field. So, why not put holes here? I'd have rather just walked across the field than throwing and searching for discs.

The course's biggest flaw is that it feels rather generic. I felt like I was playing a lot of B+ to C+ holes. There were very few mediocre/bad holes. But, there also wasn't a truly great/excellent layout.
- I think #18 was a massive fail. S-curved, 615 foot par 4 with a fairway that will remind anyone of a Nevin-level fairway in terms of tightness. I hate having a bridge & creek right in the middle of the fairway. I disliked that there wasn't a true landing zone in this entire area. I holed out from 80 feet for my par 4. I just feel this is a poorly executed station-to-station layout.
- Course was extremely muddy in many areas. Granted, I played in December. Just keep in mind if you're playing here in Winter that you should wear a good pair of mud boots.
- Yeah, the idea of having A & B holes instead of #19 & 20 makes no sense. It really seems this is an acknowledgement these are temporary holes so don't get too accustomed to them.
- There were some tighter fairways, even with the leaves down in the dead of Winter. When Springtime arrives, these are going to be exceptionally tight lines with a higher lost disc factor. The only group I came across found a lost disc already, and the course was less than a week old. Picture the longer searches for discs on holes such as #8, 14, 16, & 18 when the underbrush is much thicker.
- Along those lines, not sure the actual intended audience with this layout. Casual players will struggle with the longer, tighter lines whereas advanced players are going to tear up the front nine. Seems like this may be a case of trying to appeal to everyone when the opposite may have been the result.
- The front nine has a fair amount of basic, non-memorable holes. I remember every single hole from the other two courses I played the same day. Yet, by the time I was on the back nine here, I was trying to remember how certain holes played.

Davie Park has some good qualities to it. A nice place for a good round of disc golf.
- This is a solid addition to the Triad's disc golf scene. It's another decent disc golf course for the region, which just further highlight's how much better Keeley is than the other courses around here.
- #10 is one of the few holes that actually plays in the open. Starting in the woods, you're 223 woods to an approach and green in the open. Nice birdie run.
- There are a handful of split fairways, much more than your average course. Seems like they were relied on a bit too much when other obstacles weren't available.
- It would have been nice having one hole place closer to the creek. Even if it's just teeing off along the banks of the creek, embrace the locale.
- Maybe I'm ignorant, but whose picture was on all the tee signs? Was it a pro, one of the course designers, a local, or some model/stock photo?
- #11 - 14 was easily the best stretch of holes, with #14 being the best of the lot. 416 foot par 4 with a sharp dogleg right. Thanks to playing in Winter, my tee shot that sailed to the right and deep into the woods, was in a location that I could take aim for the basket. Nice tap-in 3 here. This will be a tough, tough hole starting in April.
- I'm torn about how I feel about the course. There's some quality here. An 18-hole version of #10 - 14 equals a 4.0 - 4.25-level of course. But there were some bland layouts and a few too many longer layouts that just weren't that good. #9 is an easy par 4, but a brutal par 3. It's a true par 3.5.
- This is right in the 3.0 - 3.5 range, probably depending on the time of year. I want to play this again once there are leaves on the trees. I want to get a true sense of how the fairways are supposed to look and see the course at its peak.

Davie DGC is a beautiful 20 hole course in rural Davie County. While a little off the beaten path, this par 70 7,000+ foot track is well worth the drive.

The course designer and volunteers did a great job on this course. The tee signs, tee pads, and baskets are all top notch and the directional signs throughout the course are prolific and highly visible. The beautiful live edge bridges are a unique touch that add a lot of beauty as well.

Hole design is quite good. Lots of different shot angles and a good mix of distances with the trend leaning toward shorter putter/midrange shots under 300 feet; a trend commonly followed in the thick Carolina woods.

This course is challenging but not so much so that it takes away from the fun. There are a few challenging par 4's that utilize wooded gaps which open up to wide open fairways which demand an accurate drive with some distance built in as well.

My favorite part of this course is the property. This once privately owned piece of land was donated to the community and from experience I can say that parcels this nice typically don't get donated to the public. The rolling elevation change throughout the course is perfect. Not too flat but not too much elevation either. The man-made creeks that line the property are a beautiful and unique feature as well.

This course is brand new so there is still some brush and maybe a few trees that need to be cleaned up but that will come with time and foot traffic. Overall, I thought the course designer did a good job of cutting enough to have a solid course but not cutting too much initially which can screw up a course before it gets nice and beat in.

This course is very wet in spots. Holes A and B are especially "squishy" and there are several places on the course where gravel, mulch/wood chips, or bridges will have to be installed.

There are a few tweeter holes as far as par is concerned. I played hole 1 thinking i had taken a par with a 4 only to realize later it is a par 5. For beginners it probably is a par 5 which brings in the question of whether to create par for the people who will be playing the course (mostly beginners) or for what par should be in a tournament. This isn't really a "con" just an observation.

One note I made while playing the course was the texture on the tee pads. While it was adequate for us, I question their long time integrity and ability to stay safe in wet and muddy conditions. I would prefer a rougher texture but this will be a good thing to keep an eye on as the pads age and get more play.

Overall, this course exceeded my expectations. Typically courses in a new area that don't have an "experienced" disc golf scene leave a lot to be desired but it is clear that a lot of careful planning went into this course and for that i give all those involved 2 thumbs up.

If i could give a more precise rating to this course I would give it a 3.7-3.9. I don't think it is in the same company as some of our 4 star courses but I still really like the course.

This will be a great course for the local community and I foresee it being very popular especially with Davie High School right down the road.

There is already talk of leagues and tournaments in this courses future. If that is the case, I will certainly be back for another visit!