A fun surprise in small-town Virginia. Picturesque views around the lake are just the beginning of a good times at Edmunds Park.
- This course was much better than I expected. Take away a couple small issues (poor layouts), otherwise a hidden gem.
- The views around the lake, and the backdrop of the silo, start your round off with some major positive vibes. By the time you get to the woods on #5, things are already off to a good start.
- #6 is the first taste of the course's bite. Solid, 90-degree dogleg right. Good shot making sets you up for your 3.
- #8 is another tough layout: uphill, through the trees, with the pin set back to the right. Enjoy a quality three here.
- Follow that up by a tricky-ish, short downhill par 3 on #9. A little too aggressive and you bring the creek OB long in play.
- Get your taste of the bamboo wall on #12, a la Winthrop in Rock Hill, SC.
- Three more tough layouts at the end highlight this course's bite: #15, (extra hole) B (between 15 & 16), and 16. In a four-hole stretch, you get the three toughest layouts. #15 requires an accurate tee shot on a tight, low-ceilinged fairway. An accurate placement means you can take the short gap to the left down to the basket on the other side of the creek. Miss that, and you've got to go further before heading left.
- Extra hole B (just number it, already) requires you hitting your gap between the trees before heading downhill to the right. Oh yeah, you're throwing over a pond to a basket 25 feet from the water. With your second shot, you've got to determine if you're clearing the water, or throwing short for an easy third shot over the water.
- And #16. It starts out painfully boring. You're teeing off in the middle of a field, throwing across a long field. Try to spot where your disc lands in said field otherwise you may be walking around, especially if the grass is tall. From there, you've got a gap to hit in the trees to the basket on the other side of a creek.
- So, yes. This course has a tremendous flow between open and wooded holes. It also has some quality elevation.
- Course has long tees as well. Course has enough challenge and quality from the regular tees so this may just be adding challenge.

There are some stupid, poorly thought-out long walks. Between extra holes A & B, why are you having to walk the entire length of B to get to B's tee pad?
- Tee signs and arrows need to be better. Too many times I didn't know where the baskets were located because the tee signs weren't helpful. I'm guessing the green clump on the tee signs is trees, but which one?
- After finishing #14, I saw a #15 written on the ground. Weird place for a tee I thought. Turned out there was a faded arrow on that marker trying to point me to the next tee.
- On #13, 15, 16, and 17 had no idea where the basket was. Sure, on #17 I could have walked the fairway. But you shouldn't be expected to do that on 500-foot holes. Just a reminder that metal baskets blend in easily in the woods, especially when transitioning from fairways.
- If #18 isn't the worst hole on the course, it's second worse. Uphill and open. And boring. I say find a way to make extra hole B your closing hole. Sure, it's a little longer walk back to the parking lot. But, it's a LOT shorter than the walk from B back into the woods on #16. Seems #18 could be eliminated and nobody would care.

Overall, Edmunds Park earns high marks for me. This was never high on my list. It was being played because, well, 'it's there.' But it was a hit.
- Those field holes at the end of the round have got to be extremely pleasant in the middle of summer. Nothing like walking through tall grass in the sun and heat.
- The course is broken into uneven thirds: first third around the water, second third in the woods, final third in the big field.
- Good flow throughout, from tough holes to easier ones, from a variety of layouts and looks. Holes generally didn't feel alike.
- Bring your bright colored discs when throwing in the field. It'll be easier spotting brink pink in tall grass than green or yellow discs.
- Improve signage throughout the course and this becomes even better. Granted, the regulars don't even notice things like this.
- Course reminded me a lot of Ahoskie Creek in NC and Jim Barnett in Winchester. Edmunds has more elevation to work with than Ahoskie. Otherwise, lots of good overlapping qualities.
- This is more than an out-of-the-way course. It's well worth playing. And it's close to enough other quality courses, that an additional 30 minutes of driving is well worth it.

This course has good concrete tees for the whites. Good tees signs on each hole but no way of showing which location the baskets were in.
It starts off with 4 open holes working their way around a lake. While these were open, there was some shot shaping needed on most.
Then it moves into the woods, with uphill, downhill and even a 90-degree dogleg on 6 that is a Par 5. You really get a variety of wooded holes in this stretch, but the fairways are wide enough and the pars are fair.
12 brings you back to the open holes, except for the bamboo fence mid fairway. There are openings to shoot for, but be careful going over the fence, the pin sits at the edge of a steep slope, right down to a creek behind it.
Most of the rest of the holes are in the open, giving the long arms another chance to let it fly, while still having to hit gaps somewhere on the holes.

While the open fairways were pretty well mowed, the wooded holes seemed a little shaggy and the woods were thick.
Don't believe I saw restrooms or drinks available in this park.

I'm not saying this is ready for a NT event, but a lot of these holes are the kind you see in the big tournaments. Long, open holes that can be tightened up with OB ropes.
A couple of the wooded holes are rather short, almost fillers, so they keep the total distance down.
I enjoyed playing this after the Rockness Monster. This course gave me a chance to let it fly, but not having to on every hole. With a little more maintenance and upkeep, this course could really improve.

It's a smorgasbord of disc golf. If you had to a report on disc golf and introduce people to the game, you should bring them here. From a disc golf perspective, the park is great b/c it plays all over the place and there isn't much opportunity for other park goers to get in the way except for fishermen around the pond. The course plays all over what looks to be an old farm so you have lots of open, rolling plain to bomb across but also a good amount of shady woods golf. it's one of the best balanced courses I've played in terms of open:wooded. The open holes have a good sized pond indirectly in play and the wooded holes have shifty elevation change thanks to a decently sized creek meandering through the course.

The course has 3 sets of tees but the whites are easily the best b/c they have the signs (solid) and very well done concrete tees. The blues don't look too bad, your general "same look as the whites but just a bit farther back" except for a couple of holes that gave you a completely different look. The majority if not all the tees had 2 pin positions, A and B, and the signs did a good job of letting know which position the pin was in. The fairways are nice and refined and there were few if any janky lines asking you to bend a disc in supernatural ways. The pars seemed good too, maybe a couple of soft pars.

I really liked how the course seemed to spice up what would be normally mediocre holes. Some bamboo fences to avoid and a raised basket were nice subtle touches.

Not much. The only major design issues are that some of the holes are a little on top of each other but the designers seem aware of this, for example the bamboo barricade (could use some more poles) to help shield hole 16 or 17's white tee from getting blasted by a previous hole.

Hole 2's blue tee played across the main park road but you can see traffic on that road for days so it's not a big deal.

You have to walk back down hole 13's fairway to get to 14's tee a bit so be wary of people playing behind you.

This course is basically like a lovechild of Winthrop and Cedarock. It's just a really solid, fun course. There aren't any super memorable holes or breathtaking Appalachian beauty but it's very charming and the golf itself is quite good. Very balanced, I'd love to play here all the time. Definitely worth a trip up north if you've driven to Roxboro for their gruesome twosome.

The pros at Edmunds can be summed up in one word: variety.

The course begins on a hill overlooking a lake. The first hole is long and open, a towering drive towards a pin at least 450 feet away. The next three holes loop around that lake although the water won't come into play unless a shot is a ways off-target. The first four fairways are completely open and freshly mowed. It's a chance to work out that arm and flex that driver.

From there it's into the woods, though there are a few relatively open shots later on. The wooded holes here are solid, with light brush and clean fairways. There are some ups and downs, and some narrow gaps that add challenge to the holes that need it.

Although I usually hate gimmicky holes, the fence on 12 doesn't feel out of place. It's a short hole, that is guarded by a high bamboo fence. There are a few gaps in the fence, that golfers can try to shoot through. Alternatively, one can play safe to the left of the fence or go over the top.

The best hole for me is 14. It's a long, fairly open hole but it is complicated by an early gap. Hit the narrow opening and then you can shoot up and down a rolling hill with woods to the right.

17 is probably the signature hole here though, From an elevated position, the points across a valley with a creek in the center to a basket on a similarly elevated point. The caveat, there is some vegetation high so initial drives have to be kept as low as possible.

There's a lot to like Edmunds, and with this much variety, the course should apply to golfers of all sorts.

It could really use some sort of system for identifying which basket is currently in use. Some of the pins are very far apart and different tee shots would be used for each.

Additionally, there are some navigation issues. Most holes feature obvious routes to follow, but there are a few that would definitely benefit from next tee signs, even just the ones that hang from the basket and point the direction like at the Roxboro courses. There was one hole (11?)that I had a difficult time locating, strolling up to the 17 tee before finding the correct one. (although that helped me find 17 later on, which is also tricky)

This area of Virgilina is apparently the Lake Wobegon of disc golf. All the courses are above average. Between this, Rockness and Sasquatch, there is a nice day trip in the area. Rockness provides the woods, Sasquatch the water and Edmunds the variety.

* Multiple tees and pin locations.
* Course has par 3s, 4s, and 5s.
* Good mix of open and wooded holes.
* Good use of elevation on some holes and water hazard.
* Some creative holes with obstacles and basket layouts.
* Some holes have thick rough adding challenge.
* Parks and Recs Department does a good job of maintaining course.

* A couple tee boxes are hard to find, though course is laid out logically for the most part.

Great course, designer did a good job of mixing in long holes. Moderate level of challenge makes this a good course for intermediate players. Definitely check it out.

Layout - An excellent mixture of open/wooded and hole length. Most of the open holes aren't the boring wide open type, you will have to be accurate on the drive or approach. The wooded holes are technical and have some tight gaps but are fair.

The course incorporates a nice mix of hole types. Multiple paths on some of the holes and gives an opportunity of creativity.You won't need every shot but quite a few. There's some good elevation changes and it's used well.

Some pretty tricky greens here as they are positioned near ravines, creek or a lake. The greens are also protected heavily on some holes so you'll have to hit tight gaps near the basket in a few places.

Multiple tees on every hole and multiple pins on some. The multiple pins do a good job of changing the shape of the hole or the path needed.

Good course flow, easy to follow for the most part. No long or confusing transitions.

Atmosphere - Absolutely gorgeous park with rolling hills, a lake, creek, nice cedar trees. Very serene out there no distractions and not many other golfers or other park users. A local dog who was awesome followed us around most of the round and then jumped in my car at the end, sadly we had to leave him.

Equipment - The white tees have large and level pads. There are tee signs at the white pads that have a pic of the hole, the multiple pins and shows you where the other pads are located. The other pads have colored posts next to them. Good baskets and bridges where needed. Course map and scorecards at #1.

Layout - I played the whites and from there I felt like a few of the pins are at awkward distances making the holes tweeners.

I didn't like all of the pin locations, I think some are in awkward places. Specifically 4 which has a pin within 3' of the lake, 9 and 12. I didn't really like 12 at all actually, a short boring hole mixed in to awesomeness.

Some of the wooded holes still need a bit of clearing of the higher parts of the fairway. Some of the rough off the immediate fairway needs to be cleaned up. Very thick in some places that forces you to just pitch out.

I think some of the green areas should have a few smaller trees taken out that are near baskets. There's a couple fairways that also need one more tree removed.

Equipment - There's nothing marking which pin location is in use. Blue tees have no pads yet but those are coming. No benches or trashcans yet.

This is a great course and a lot of fun. There's some very memorable holes here that really stand out and overall I think the design is well done. There are some tweaks and clearing up that need to be done but as this course breaks in I see it only becoming better.

My fave holes were 6, 8, 14 and 17. 14 being an absolute gorgeous uphill shot through a gap and past a big cedar.

A great one day trip for non locals where you can hit this one and the two Roxboro courses.

18 hole course set in a nice rural park. The two times I have been here no one else has been on the course. If you want a place to yourself a trip to Edmunds might be in order.

Nice, large concrete tee pads at every hole for the White positions. Red and Blue are natural pads marked by posts or ground markers. Baskets were all in good shape and had no issues. Signs at every pad showing layout and multiple basket positions.

Good mix of open versus wooded holes. First few holes are wide open allowing you to get a little warm up before going into the woods for the technical holes. There is also a good mix of long holes, short holes and everything in between. From white tees there are holes from 196' to 713'. Excellent variety.

There is a nice mix of lefts and rights. Course does not seem to favor any style or RH vs LH.

Some elevation present, but nothing extreme or memorable. Just enough to add some challenge to a few holes, or to add a little down hill fun. But it won't greatly change your throws.

Bridges are up in areas where they are needed, and walking paths are obvious and cleared. Upkeep seems to be excellent. No trash or signs of abuse anywhere.

The first few open holes are a little uninspiring. Don't let them fool you, the course gets better.

Some of the wooded holes seem a little off. In a few spots the tee pad seemed like it should be moved over a few feet. Maybe it was just me. Not sure.

Some of the wooded holes have lots of late trouble near the basket. Seemed to favor luck in a few places more than a well placed shot. Maybe there are local routes that aren't obvious, but I couldn't fathom it.

Basket visibility. Many blind shots where we had to walk a long ways to spot the basket. Some bright tape or flags would help this course a lot.

Signs do not show the current basket position. The simple washer type system would solve this easily.

This was a nice, varied course that really has a lot to offer. There are nice open holes for big bombs, and some tight technical holes for those that enjoy woods. I am pretty sure I used every shot I had here. That in itself is something to be proud of in a course. My issues with the wooded holes stem from making decent drives into the middle of a fairway, and still not having a clear and obvious path to the basket. Strange, but the holes were still fun, even if a little frustrating.

South Boston is out of the way for most people, but this course is worth a little side trip. And with the up and coming courses in Roxboro, NC a day trip makes a lot of sense. This is already a very nice course, and with a few tweaks it could be even better. If you have a chance, play it.