- That it's There. Franklin is an extremely small town in an isolated portion of the state. Having an entry level course in the region is a great thing for a small community, especially when it's attached to the local high school (or Early College).
- Nature Trail Disc Golf Information. A few years ago, I created the Nature Trail Disc Golf Course concept where I added nature messaging to the tee-signs and scorecards on a course I designed. Thus, I was ecstatic to see that the tee-sign posts had nature information on them. It appears as though the school kids (presumably) painted animals and plants on the tee-sign posts (complete with their names and Latin names) so people could identify common species -- White Oak: Quercas alba, Red-Tailed Hawk: Buteo jamaicensis (which I saw plenty of both). Each tee sign had 4 species on it. Way to go Macon Early College!
- Great Use of Barren Land. The course was built on an unwanted piece of land which turns out to be great for disc golf. A lot more could be done with the land if they ever wanted to expand the course to a full 18, or redesign some of the holes.
- That it's NOT as Bad as it's Disc Score Indicates. Based on the course's DGCR disc score, I would have never driven all the way to Franklin to specifically bag this course. I just happened to be in town for a badminton tournament and, being a course bagger, I had to bag the course. Glad I did. Although not great, this course is way better that a ½ disc or 1 disc.

- Hole 4. Besides not really having a great "FAIRway", Hole 4 played on an extremely steep hillside with a small cliff / drop off at the right edge of it (potentially dangerous). I threw a decent shot and got a bad roll (kind of hard to prevent) and almost went off the cliff.
- Kiosk Placement. As you walk from the parking lot, you can clearly see the kiosk, with a tee-pad right behind it. However, that's Hole 2... Hole 1's tee-pad is back near the parking lot (along the dirt road that leads to the kiosk). Why didn't they put the kiosk near Hole 1?

- Tall Grass. According to the park personnel, they had just mown the week before I arrived, so I did not have any troubles. However, if I had played here a week earlier, it might have been a different story. My enjoyment of the course would have been far less and my disc score reflected in that. I imagine that in the summer it gets overgrown and that during the rest of the year the course plays fine.
- Overall. I enjoyed Early Macon College's disc golf course a lot more than I expected (based on its disc score). A few of the holes were pretty decent, offering great risk reward opportunities and utilizing property features well (elevation and thick rough). I certainly wasn't mad at the course and would probably even play it again the next time I'm in Franklin for a Badminton Tourney.
- My Score: -4

New tee boxes have been made on holes 3, 4, 8 and 9. Tee # 8 should be finished this weekend. Tees have been built by local disc golfers and we have also see that the course has been mowed and trails have been weed wacked to make finding everything easier.

The course is very short and many discs have ended up in the river. Not to worry, make sure your information is on your disc and you should get a call when its fished out of the river.

Come on over and see the new improvements the course is coming together and be on the look out for more upgrades to come. There has been a lot of talk about alternate tee boxes to have a full 18 holes.

The best part about the course is it is an area that is Disc Golf deprived. The nearest course to this community is more than 30 minutes away and there are a decent amount of players in the area. It's also located near to a small community college, which could grow the number of players in the area.

It's a short, technical course and you can get a round of nine in about a half hour. Nice views and you play close to the river but the river doesn't really come into play.

A few challenging holes and you can tell, when playing, that when the course 'grows up', it has the potential to become much nicer than it is right now.

It's very short and not well kept up...right now. The park itself is a work in progress. It appears that once funding and time allows, the park and the course will be really nice.

There's a few spots on the course where its not quite clear which direction the next tee is.

Franklin, NC is a great town for a weekend get away. There's a performing arts center that brings in great shows, a gigantic fun center that kids will love and lots of great restaurants.

Franklin is the Gem Capitol and there are a lot of gem mining for the kids (and adults too) and it you like hiking or kayaking, you'll love this part of Western NC

Pros: I have heard about this course for about a month and was fairly close to my home (about 40 mins). But there was no info really on the course. So I decided to go gather some info for every one on here and in the surrounding area. So I took some pics and hopefully my review will help out some people if they ever go and play this course.
Ok so here we go
Hole 1 220ft was a pretty easy hyzer shot with the basket in between 3 big trees
Hole 2 310ft was a downhill flick shot with a small drop off about 20 feet away from the basket
Hole 3 250ft strait uphill shot with a wide opening so you can easily do whatever kind of shot you would like and be fairly close to the basket
After hole 3 there is a small path to the right of the basket shown in one of my pics
Hole 4 190 ft was a very tight wooded and angled downhill shot hard for beginners.
Hole 5 325ft was a strait wide open shot to the basket next to the river. Be careful not to over shoot your shot because it will go into the water
Hole 6 383ft got some distance on it but very manageable. The whole hole is next to the river so make sure you don't go to far right.
Go up the hill to find hole 7
Hole 7 120ft oh yes an easy ace hole lol. I threw for about 15 mins trying to get an ace until my friends decided they didn't want to wait any more. But I did hit the basket twice.
Hole 8 158ft this is a slightly up hill shot with 3 or 4 trees in the way short and sweet.
Go up the path for hole 8 right of the basket and follow to the left of the path and you will find a tee behind a tree
Hole 9 175ft right behind a tree slightly uphill and to the right

The directions were wrong to the course. I was lucky enough to know the area somewhat and followed the signs to the college. The tee pads... well lack of tee pads. There natural as of right now and I'm not sure if they're going to change but there's no limits to where you throw. I didn't know if they wanted me to stand to the left of the post or the right of the post. There are no signs to the next tee's I just kind of got lucky finding hole 4. Hole 4 is really tight and if you go to the right of the fair way you end up about 120 drop off. Its also really easy to roll off a disc on that hole. Hole 5 confused me where to throw from so I just threw from the concrete. In the middle of hole 6 there is some type of massive crater with a huge sewer drain were if you get a disc down there you don't want to go and get it. Hole 7 is super fun but if you over shoot you will have to go through a brier patch to get your discs and yes it hurts. It is also not to fun to find hole 9 tee pad.

overall it's a nice course that is in its beginner stages. They have plenty of growing room for new holes. I will probably come back again just to concur hole 7 to get an ace and see new improvements on the course. But in whole this course was fun I did enjoy myself and any time I am up that way I will play again.