East Wake Middle School reviews
4
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Good practice course, home of the Super Tee 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:May 24, 2015
Played the course:2-4 times
Pros:
There are two pros to this course:
1.) It's perfect for field work, getting in practice on a "course" that is essentially a few wide open fields with a couple of trees and chain-link fence obstacles sprinkled in. You can play it as a real course and follow the map, or you can use it for what it really is, a practice course, and throw multiple shots from all over, making it up as you go.
2.) The other pro is that this course is home to the largest disc golf tee in...the world? Seriously, it's about 6 feet wide and about 25 feet long. It would've been nice to use that concrete for the other 8 holes, which have no tees, but that would've deprived the world of this amazing tee!
1.) It's perfect for field work, getting in practice on a "course" that is essentially a few wide open fields with a couple of trees and chain-link fence obstacles sprinkled in. You can play it as a real course and follow the map, or you can use it for what it really is, a practice course, and throw multiple shots from all over, making it up as you go.
2.) The other pro is that this course is home to the largest disc golf tee in...the world? Seriously, it's about 6 feet wide and about 25 feet long. It would've been nice to use that concrete for the other 8 holes, which have no tees, but that would've deprived the world of this amazing tee!
Cons:
1.) The baskets are in bad shape.
2.) The course is very spread out, with long walks in between #2 and #3, #3 and #4, and #9 and the parking lot. Navigation is not possible without a course map. Tees are not marked for most holes, so make it up as you go or guess based on the course map.
3.) Lots of poison ivy and underbrush in between the #3 and #4 holes and to the left of the #5 fairway. If you hyzer your tee or approach shot into the woods on #5, as I did once and my son did the other day, disc retrieval is impossible.
2.) The course is very spread out, with long walks in between #2 and #3, #3 and #4, and #9 and the parking lot. Navigation is not possible without a course map. Tees are not marked for most holes, so make it up as you go or guess based on the course map.
3.) Lots of poison ivy and underbrush in between the #3 and #4 holes and to the left of the #5 fairway. If you hyzer your tee or approach shot into the woods on #5, as I did once and my son did the other day, disc retrieval is impossible.
Other Thoughts:
For practice and for bombing drives on a surprisingly long course, East Wake Middle works. Examples of extra holes to add, just for fun and practice:
1.) After finishing at the #2 basket, walk back to the super tee and throw towards the practice basket before trekking to hole #3.
2.) After finishing #3, walk to the entrance to the football field and bomb a drive across the field to the #4 basket, before walking across and down the other side of the field to the #4 tee area.
3.) You get the idea. Find good places to grip it and rip it. Also note that the #5 basket is not where it appears on the course map. It's actually at the bottom of the hill, on the edge of the property. The map says this is a 250-foot hole. It's actually about 500 feet.
1.) After finishing at the #2 basket, walk back to the super tee and throw towards the practice basket before trekking to hole #3.
2.) After finishing #3, walk to the entrance to the football field and bomb a drive across the field to the #4 basket, before walking across and down the other side of the field to the #4 tee area.
3.) You get the idea. Find good places to grip it and rip it. Also note that the #5 basket is not where it appears on the course map. It's actually at the bottom of the hill, on the edge of the property. The map says this is a 250-foot hole. It's actually about 500 feet.
7
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Pleasantly Surprising 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Mar 5, 2013
Played the course:once
Pros:
Layout - Let me preface this by saying I wasn't exactly sure where the tees were on some holes. I went by the map and teed off from where it seemed to make sense in a few occasions.
The layout here is actually pretty well done for what is available. Most of the holes were solid shots where you had to work the disc in some fashion.
There are some longer holes here and some shorter ones, good balance in that aspect. Some more open holes mixed in with some that have some trees in the way.
A few holes had some decent elevation change, nothing major but made it interesting. Water comes in to play on one hole.
You can essentially create your own layout if you want and a few holes have alternate tees on the map that changed the shots.
It's a great practice course for the reasons listed above. You'll be on your lonesome out there and can create different shots.
Equipment - Some tees are marked and there are directions painted on the ground in some parts directing you.
Atmosphere - It's a school and you play all around it. If you play it you'll be by yourself, I don't know anybody that plays there on a regular basis.
The layout here is actually pretty well done for what is available. Most of the holes were solid shots where you had to work the disc in some fashion.
There are some longer holes here and some shorter ones, good balance in that aspect. Some more open holes mixed in with some that have some trees in the way.
A few holes had some decent elevation change, nothing major but made it interesting. Water comes in to play on one hole.
You can essentially create your own layout if you want and a few holes have alternate tees on the map that changed the shots.
It's a great practice course for the reasons listed above. You'll be on your lonesome out there and can create different shots.
Equipment - Some tees are marked and there are directions painted on the ground in some parts directing you.
Atmosphere - It's a school and you play all around it. If you play it you'll be by yourself, I don't know anybody that plays there on a regular basis.
Cons:
Layout - It's good for what it is but nothing grand. 2 of the holes are very rinky dink as designed.
As designed 5 of the holes require a line that either moves left to right or is straight but is more lefty BH friendly. I'd only call 2 righty friendly so there's some imbalance there.
The flow of the course is weird because it weaves through the campus. Bring a map which is in the links/files.
Equipment - No pads of any kind or even an area where you can tell people have been teeing from. No signs. If I just said the baskets are old that would be a compliment, they're bad.
Atmosphere - It's not a nice campus really, it looks kind of dated.
As designed 5 of the holes require a line that either moves left to right or is straight but is more lefty BH friendly. I'd only call 2 righty friendly so there's some imbalance there.
The flow of the course is weird because it weaves through the campus. Bring a map which is in the links/files.
Equipment - No pads of any kind or even an area where you can tell people have been teeing from. No signs. If I just said the baskets are old that would be a compliment, they're bad.
Atmosphere - It's not a nice campus really, it looks kind of dated.
Other Thoughts:
Good practice area if you live nearby, it has fun potential. Definitely not a course to stop and hit if you're passing by. Again bring the map so you know where the baskets are but make up your own tees if you want.
