Morgantown, WV

Dorsey's Knob DGC

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The Red Death 30
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Experience: 26.9 years 81 played 36 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Disc Golf on the Side of a Hill

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Mar 30, 2024 Played the course:once

Pros:

The moment you drive into this course you notice how beautiful this piece of property is going to be. As you walk up to the practice green, you are welcomed by a gorgeous, scenic view that goes for miles. I have never seen many courses with the expansive view that this one affords and that, more than anything else, will be what I remember of this experience. The entirety of this course plays essentially on the slope of the same hill. You wind your way across it, down it, back up again, etc, but you never really leave this hillside. No matter where I was on this course, I couldn't help but gaze around at something scenic and photo-worthy. That included some nice creek bed, cool trees and lots of songbirds around.

I found the course, itself, to be a lot of fun. You absolutely need to use a lot of the tricks in your bag and will be playing on elevation all round. Everyone of us loves a good downhill throw and you get plenty of them here, including some that are big, sweeping shots semi-blind. Those type shots are exciting to throw and Dorsey offers several. They "tack" back and forth on the slope side quite often, but very few of those holes are truly flat. You are always throwing a bit up or downhill and watching to keep your disc from fading down a slope. Naturally as you throw downhill, you must reap what you sow, so you have to throw several uphill too. There are a few really elevated shots here that require some arm to par. They really crafted a course here that offers a little of everything. It's a nice, varied design.

They have concrete tees and two sets of them, so you can play shorts or longs. There are at least two baskets on every hole and some have a third that you could play. There was a bathroom in the park. The course was pretty well maintained. It's March as I write this, so I don't expect a perfect mow, but you can tell they keep it trimmed. I would imagine the course can make nice use of fairway and "rough" for tournaments.

Cons:

Yes, I loved the course design, but it's not perfect either. There are not many bomb shots here. Most everything is in a fairly obtainable range, which is a plus depending on your mood, but also means that the course doesn't have a lot of distance challenge. My biggest "complaint" might be that you never get that ski slope shot we all want. Yeah, there are plenty of downhill shots here, but the boomer is fun.

My biggest complaint about this course is the lack of good signage, including "instructions". There are tee signs on each tee, but only really distances. They offer "blue" and "yellow" tees. They are backwards of what I'd expect since Blue are short here and yellowish is long I guess.

There are blue and yellow baskets on every hole and some have a mystery white. There are multiple configurations on UDisc, but no idea how to match any of them to the tees and baskets. Everything is Par 3 so it's a trivial complaint to a degree, but I was often confused which one was my shot.

You definitely need to be prepared to haul some hill here. You will walk up hill a lot, including some steep moments where you'll do 10 floors over a hole or two. There didn't seem to be anywhere to get water to prepare for that, so bring some.

Other Thoughts:

The road in is gravel and seems to be one way, so come in slow.
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ForearmGalore
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Experience: 10.9 years 248 played 42 reviews
4.00 star(s)

A different kind of Great 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 1, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

-My favorite thing about this course is that every single hole challenges you in a way I've never experience so consistently: footing. Good tee pads allow for consistent drivers. But you will stand at so many different angles for every upshot or putt you make. It's a different kind of challenging than just distance or tight gaps.
-Good tee pads and signs make it easy to navigate.
-Mowed fairways make help guide the way.
-Little risk of loosing discs, except for holes 10-12.
-You can learn a lot about your discs and how they do in different elevations. You're throwing up or down this entire course, which is something I've never experienced so consistently.
-Scenic View down a long Hill of West Virginia.
-If you're trying to play fast, you could get this done with 3-4 discs. An uphill driver. A downhill driver. A downhill midrange for upshots/downhill shots if you prefer that. And, one putter.

Cons:

-If you're looking for a variety of shots, this may not be your course. Most holes are open and offer little to no penalty for a bad throw. You'll simply have a longer, open up-shot. Exceptions to this are holes 1, 10, 12 and maybe 16.
-You're on a hill. This is a hike! Plus, if it's wet it gets a little slippery. I fell and was covered in mud. BUT, I thought the course held up pretty well in most spots.
-I mentioned this in the Pro column, but you really only need 3-4 discs to play this course. Some would consider that a bad things. There's really not a large variety of shots.

Other Thoughts:

For a player who has little experience on a course this hilly, I LOVED this course. It challenged me to throw well no matter what angle my feet were on. This course teaches great arm control and release point. If you throw too high you'll fade for days.
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