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Appomattox, VA

Elk Creek DGC

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swatso
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 15.8 years 755 played 414 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Tight and Turning 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 17, 2011 Played the course:once

Pros:

Even sans any type of map, this course was a cinch to navigate, with a very natural flow, with branch-lined mulched paths leading from the baskets to the next tees.

Cons:

(Cons - or should I say extreme challenge?) The long, tree-filled, sharp right-turning trio-of-doom that is holes 12-14.

Other Thoughts:

Course plays up, down, and across several slopes of gently undulating land dedicated to disc golf. Hitting fair-to-tight throwing lanes carved through collections of small and mid-sized hardwoods is the omnipresent challenge you'll find here.

Fairy even blend of left-/right-turners needed off the tee, with most of the lefts on the front nine, and most of the rights on the back nine. Playing from the middle tees, most turns were needed at about the midpoint between the tee and basket. Very few straight shots needed from the tee.

The course starts and ends behind the pavilion across from the first parking lot. Two nine-hole clockwise loops, with a practice basket between tees 1 and 10.

Informative signs at the middle (black) 4x8 tees, which were filled with a dirt/gravel mixture. Short (red) tees, marked by an in-ground board with a bit of red paint, were easy to find, but only managed to find a few of the long (blue) tees, also marked with a painted in-ground board.

Favourite hole: #4, one of the longer ones at 400', initially starts down an alley, then needing a bit of left fade into a small glade, in order to have an open approach to the basket, downhill a bit and in the woods. Too far left or right in the glade, and you'll have many small trees to work around.

Least favourite (overly challenging?) hole: #12, the most terrible of the trio. Need to exit a narrowing funnel ~200' away, then turn hard right, to find a couple of ~150' walking paths to a jailed basket location.

If you prefer grip-n-rip and/or have an aversion to trees, do NOT play this course. If, however, you prefer them tight and turning, come by for a challenge, especially when you reach 11-15.
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Han_Tzu
Experience: 14 years 8 played 3 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Not for Beginers 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 8, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

It is a very pretty area and easily located. The Tee signs are very nice. Although very wooded it is near impossible to loose a disc. Not much in the way of underbrush. A nice range of hole hyzers, anhyzers, tunnel, s curves. Three different length tee boxes. To pitch from the red tees would be best for beginners like me. I chose to do Black and definitely suffered for it. Easy access to play front nine or just the back nine if so desired. From were you park hole one shoots left and hole nine shoots away from the parking lot.

Cons:

So many trees!!! I have no problem with playing a technical course but with one hole after another of dodging trees you get worn out quick both physically and mentally. The tee boxes are well worn graves that could use to be flipped to concrete slabs. Intimidating to a beginner.

Other Thoughts:

So many trees!!! I have no problem with playing a technical course but with one hole after another of dodging trees you get worn out quick both physically and mentally. The tee boxes are well worn graves that could use to be flipped to concrete slabs. Intimidating to a beginner.
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w8nforhim
Experience: 15.3 years 75 played 21 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Elk Creek 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jul 5, 2010 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

The course is very well designed. The layout is superb, with the front nine as well as the back nine ending up right back where you start, that way if you only want to play one or the other, it's very simple. The course markers were pretty accurate and let you know where to throw when you couldn't see the basket.

16 of the 18 holes are in the woods, and yet if you throw decent shots, you always have a chance at par or better. The woods were thinned perfectly, making lost discs irrelevant.

Great course to play on a hot day, as it is almost entirely in the shade. Also a great place to practice your finesse with soft throws where direction often plays more into it than force.

Cons:

The course could use a trash can or two at the start where the picnic tables are located.

The field on 16 was not mowed, but it was not impossibly thick. Still easy to find your disc.

I had a couple issues with some holes being par 3 or par 4, when they should have been the opposite.

Other Thoughts:

A must-play course for beginners and pros alike. The course is definitely a challenge, with trees seeming to magnetically draw your discs towards them. However, the course was not impossible. The paths between holes were well beaten down and easy to follow.
Favorite holes:
7-- An excellent eagle opportunity if you get a great 1st shot off the steep hill and over the gully.
The hole with the bridge down below is definitely well designed and a delightful challenge (I nailed the creek bed both times I played it!)

16: one of two open shots outside of the woods and a great chance to just wing the disc as far as you can!

Overall, a great course. I will definitely be back!
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JDaley522
Experience: 15 years 11 played 11 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Target Golf 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 7, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

A fun and challenging course that rewards you for keeping it straight

Cons:

A chain saw, weed wacker, or other implenet of destruction may be necessary if you throw into the woods

Other Thoughts:

A fun course...target golf at it's finest...low scores are possible if you keep your disc in the middle of the fairway
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Ryan P.
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 18.1 years 64 played 20 reviews
3.00 star(s)

A bad challenge 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Mar 13, 2008 Played the course:once

Pros:

It's a course with tees and holes. and 1.7 tees per hole. and . . . well the holes are numbered!

Cons:

tell me when you find all the tees. Supposedly there are 3 sets, but i don't recall seeing 3 tees on any hole. sometimes the second set wasn't even found. This course is ridiculously hard. It seems like someone found a walking path and put holes on certain parts, and then laid out limbs for the tees. There are some concrete tees, but only on a few holes. the pars aren't the most accurate. This is basically a hole-in-the-wall disc golf course that you shouldn't play unless you've got nothing else to do. go play an hour west or 30 minutes east.

Other Thoughts:

It is a course, and that makes it worthwhile. If i play it again i might do the usual hole by hole analysis, but I'd rather not (although you're going to find yourself lost on the course a few times looking for the tee pads unless you've got a local or a map.
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