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Canton, NC

Meadowbrook Elementary DGC

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pmay5
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1.50 star(s)

I wonder if Meadowbrook Elem and Bethel Elem have a big DG rivalry?! 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 28, 2019 Played the course:once

Pros:

DISCatchers, all are in good shape.
None of the holes play close to the building.
Mostly wide open, so not much chance of losing a disc (although I almost lost one that I overcooked on #8).
Practice basket, right at the front of the school. If I had to pick up my kids in carpool, I'd be all over that!!

Cons:

No tees, no tee signs, no next tee signs.
A few of the holes are along a school road, easy to beat up your discs.
#2 and 3 were soggy when I was there.

Other Thoughts:

Very similar to nearby Bethel Elementary, in fact they are less than 4 miles apart. Pretty much wide open, long holes, probably not appropriate for young players, and not much challenge for older players.
I guess elementary kids are a little young to get too serious about the game, but, most other school campuses are so built up, there is not enough room for a course. Plenty of room here for a decent practice course.
Yes, I even found a few holes I liked here:
#7 - tee off on the track, to a guarded green under low hanging branches right near a large bush.
#8 - I walked around the school and teed from a sidewalk - across the playground! Only one there on a Saturday morning! Made for some fun shot shaping.
#9 - Tee near the side lot, about 200' to the basket on an upslope, with heavily overgrown OB directly behind the basket.
Nice easy finish after getting four courses (54 holes) in before lunch. So it was a short drive into Canton to hit the riverside BearWaters Brewing Company. I recommend the Sliding Rock, just be ready if you are downwind from the local paper mill!!
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DiscGolfCraig
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Experience: 20 years 604 played 547 reviews
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Where's hole #8?

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jun 10, 2018 Played the course:once

Pros:

Meadowbrook Elementary is a fun, open course that plays around the school's property. Lots of room to air out throws; not necessarily the best design for grade-school students.
- First off, the course was better than I expected. A lot of chances to throw new/different discs on open holes. Being so open, any misthrow could be salvaged with a relatively easy up-and-down.
- A couple of decent layouts. Essentially the few trees on the school property were used as obstacles. Holes #2 - 5 all had good aspects to them. #4 was probably the best layout (by default) with this dogleg left's basket protected by trees. You'd see this hole on many a course and not be surprised.
- As Olorin had previously stated, if you tee off from the prior hole's basket, this course has a (mostly) logical flow to it. I teed off from the practice basket for #1 and followed that flow. That is until I came across the absurdity that is #8. More on that later.
- For a small town elementary school course, basket and upkeep were in excellent shape. And this course has a practice basket! If you see any kids practicing putting before teeing off, that's impressive.
- Great practice course spot. Take a bag of discs, head to the open field behind the school, and take aim at any of the baskets for holes #3 - 7. Or just practice throwing back and forth.

Cons:

The biggest con is that the layout doesn't fit its intended audience. If the course is meant for the school's students, the layout is way too long. Most holes are seemingly in the 250 - 400 range. #7 is around 500 feet. Not a lot of kids are throwing that far.
- The only other issue is the confusing placement of hole #8. After playing #7, I didn't see a basket for #8, so I assumed the practice basket doubled as #9. After finishing my round, I discovered #8 is on the opposite side of the school building. Following the logic of every other hole, this means you're supposed to throw from the back-left corner to the front right corner of the building. Measuring it on Google Map, you're looking at a hole around 700 feet long.
- Why does an elementary school have a 700-foot-long hole? Why does an elementary school have a hole that plays around the perimeter of the building, with every throw a risk of hitting the building/smashing a window? How does that promote the sport?
- For the sake of uniformity, make a clear identifier as to where players are supposed to start their rounds.

Other Thoughts:

Meadowbrook Elementary is about as paint-by-numbers of a course as you're going to find. This is level 1 Sudoku stuff here.
- I wasn't expecting much. The fact I needed to use a driver was a success in and of itself. Still, only carried three discs for my round and was fine.
- 8 of 9 holes are so-so; 1 is just so out of place wrong. I think the course could stand to have a little more variety in hole layouts. Replace #8 with a 150-foot ace run would give the course a nice change of pace.
- This is as average a course as you'll ever see. You wouldn't want this to be 18 holes with as little variety as there is. Solid multi-use design for locals. Easy to skip and avoid for everyone else.
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