NC State Centennial Campus reviews
3
1
Lunch time course for faculty and staff at best 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Nov 15, 2015
Played the course:once
Pros:
-Easily available to those that attend or work at Centennial
-Hole 2 is a very good shot that requires both strength and accuracy
-Hole 2 is a very good shot that requires both strength and accuracy
Cons:
-Far too many short holes without any distance. Gets really tedious
-Weedy and swampy at times
-A few holes have no reasonable path to the basket
-Weedy and swampy at times
-A few holes have no reasonable path to the basket
Other Thoughts:
Although I only could come up with 3 negatives to this course, I would put great emphasis on them, especially the distance issue. The most fun thing of disc golf for me is putting some power behind the throws. I still from time to time play this course at lunch time, if I am in a good enough moods. Keep in mind that there is plenty of unused land so it is possible that this course could improve, simply by changing the location of the tee or basket. It's not the best land in the world but this course could definitely get better.
6
1
Play Kentwood instead 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Jun 30, 2015
Played the course:2-4 times
Pros:
- Good baskets
- Good tees
- Good use of elevation
- Good signage and easy navigation until the last two holes
- Good tees
- Good use of elevation
- Good signage and easy navigation until the last two holes
Cons:
Those are the only positives I could come up with. They tried to build this course in a jungle and the jungle is winning. I spent more time looking for discs than playing -- and it's not that I was shanking drives, it's just so overgrown, and there are blind shots, that you're bound to lose a disc unless you have a spotter. The 9th hole is especially egregious, but it's not the only terrible fairway.
This course is very short, which is fine if it's designed to be a beginner course, but with the overgrowth so bad, I wouldn't recommend this course to beginners...or intermediate or advanced players, for that matter.
Other cons:
- A small creek flowing to the lake next to the course was overflowing when I played (it hadn't been raining either). The #4 fairway was completely flooded. Other holes were soggy.
- I mentioned the bad jungle/underbrush. Also worth mentioning the contents of said jungle/underbrush: thorny blackberry bushes, poison ivy, and some impenetrable thorn/ivy/brush areas.
This course is very short, which is fine if it's designed to be a beginner course, but with the overgrowth so bad, I wouldn't recommend this course to beginners...or intermediate or advanced players, for that matter.
Other cons:
- A small creek flowing to the lake next to the course was overflowing when I played (it hadn't been raining either). The #4 fairway was completely flooded. Other holes were soggy.
- I mentioned the bad jungle/underbrush. Also worth mentioning the contents of said jungle/underbrush: thorny blackberry bushes, poison ivy, and some impenetrable thorn/ivy/brush areas.
Other Thoughts:
There's a reason Kentwood (which is a lightly wooded, beginner- and intermediate-friendly course very nearby) gets 10 times the traffic as the NC State course...even State students! It's a far, far superior course. I can't explain why the State course's ratings are in the 2's and not that far behind Kentwood. Trust me, if you live on campus, anywhere else in the Triangle, or are visting Raleigh, skip this one and play Kentwood instead.
