Short, concise, & *basically* to the point, course. With the exception of holes 10 & 11, I don't believe there's anything over 280 feet. Great course to work on short/medium range accuracy. Also, as previously stated, hole 15 is quite fun!

Quite a few: hole 13 is missing (as of 4/3/10), 4-lane road within 30 feet of a fairway, and again a 4-lane road within 30-40 feet of a hole, overall course layout (I haven't played that many courses, but I can still say that this is WAYYY too clustered. As a previous reviewer said, it would be rather hard to play the front nine with someone one hole ahead of you, without hitting them in the head.... Holes 1 through 9 all seem very repetitive. And, I believe it's hole #9 that has ABSOLUTELY no fairway, what-so-ever. If you don't over-hand it & hope for the best, I can't say you'll be anywhere near the vicinity of a decent putt.

I'm certainly appreciative of whomever made this course possible, as it is a disc golf course, where there aren't many others...however....the layout could have been drawn up a bit better. Hole 18 is very awkward, hole 15 is REALLY fun.

My favorite thing is that I can play this course with 3 discs and shoot well. A great place to work on driving your putter, throwing thumbers/tomahawks and working on your short game. Short course that is easy to play and find your way around. I have never seen it crowded. Mostly wooded with a few WTF holes that are real tight. Enough variety to keep you from getting bored.

Natural tee pads. Can get muddy and lumpy. No great holes. A few holes are just straight and dull. 13 stands out as a hole that just kind of got thrown in where it could be fit. 12 and 14 aren't much better. They are just tucked a few feet in the woods to make it look interesting from a distance. Not real challenging though. Simple par, and a good shot at a 2 if you can throw around 225' with a little accuracy. Tee on 18 is on a little island in parking lot. I have had some pedestrian traffic cutting across fairway from parking lot. And they have no clue you are about to throw fast moving plastic at them.

Good change of pace if you don't want to play the challenging Buckhorn up the road 20 minutes. Good place to shoot for your ace. There are probably 5 or 6 holes where you have a legitimate chance at an ace.

I'm completely redoing this review since three holes were removed and replaced completely, the change is almost enough to make it feel like a whole new course. The original holes 10 & 11 were taken out by a dog park and original hole 13 (ran lengthwise by the tennis courts) is gone. So now hole 12 becomes the new hole 10 and holes 11, 12 and 13 triangulate beyond the woods from old 12's green, mostly in a field completely unused by the original course.

So basically this is an older course in an old park that really shows its age. What's good is that you often have the course to yourself. It's short and mostly wooded so a skilled (at missing trees) player can play a super quick, fun round here. The front 9 is mostly very technical, quite ace-able holes, then holes 10-14 are fairly open, especially the new holes), then it finishes up with more tight, technical, wooded holes.

Many of these holes are short but they're all pretty fair with fairway widths. You won't miss your drivers much but there's enough variety and scrambling needed that you won't feel completely silly with a full bag i.e. with hole 9 I deuced on consecutive days using a FH roller even though there is a hyzer line. There's also a decent amount of elevation change here and there to help spice up otherwise bland, short holes.

Usually a bench and tee sign at most holes.

Lots of holes of 200' or less, very much a deuce or die course for the majority of the holes. A couple of really tight holes aren't gimmies like holes 6, 8, 9, the new holes 11-13, and holes 16 (might be the hardest hole on the course) and 17.

Very frequently the next tee is stupidly close to a basket or in the line of fire, especially the front 9 which is crammed pretty good into woods. Tees alternate between concrete (which are small by today's standards) to bare patches in the dirt to fine gravel. There's no uniformity of teeing surface whatsoever. The baskets are ancient Mach 3's, some a little banged up. The tee signage is very basic and occasionally missing.

Navigation can be tricky. The original tee and sign for hole 11 is still there, ominously pointed at the dog park like a relic from a bygone era. Finding the new holes, 11-13, isn't intuitive but there's a little path through the woods if you're paying attention. You'd probably be more confused if you played the original course than if you've never been here before. Holes 12 and 13 don't have tees or tee signs but it's fairly obvious where they are thanks to the selectively mowed fairways. They are, however, very close to what appears to be possible homeless camping sites. Also not family friendly are the numerous glass bottles strewn about and a presumably stolen safe that was cracked open there. The rough for these new holes are tall weeds that aren't mowed but mostly just a nuisance to hunt a disc in rather than a serious disc losing hazard. The approach into the woods on hole 13 is a bit too tight and luck rewarding I think.

The new holes add a lot more variety to OT Sloan. They're properly long, distance driver appropriate holes mostly in the open rather than short, technical woods holes. They're cleverly designed open holes too, utilizing transitions in and out of woods for interesting greens and tees, landing zones mowed out of the rough meadow to entice playing for par and hole 12 is angled and long enough that it's arguably a par 4 for White and below players.

Thanks to these holes, this is a surprisingly fun round in a seedy park and a lot more worthwhile to play. I miss the holes taken out by the dog park but the replacements are good and much less conflicting with other park areas. Glad to see old hole 13 by the tennis courts gone b/c it was a big safety hazard and often very damp. This won't be the most memorable course you'll ever play but it's definitely worth checking out if you're nearby and merits the occasional out-of-town visit.

The Alpaca Peruvian Charcoal Chicken place right off hwy 421 is some of the best chicken I've ever eaten.

What I personally like and how this course stacks up:
1) Holes with good risk/reward -- B-
2) Holes that have rewarding birdie opportunities -- C
3) More wooded than open - lots of variety of shots required caused by hole shape and topography -- B+
4) Natural beauty (Appalachian beauty preferred) and seclusion -- C-
5) Bonus amount for multi-shot holes with defined landing zones, good risk/reward and multiple options to play them -- NA

It's all about feeding the addiction, so I ranked this course subjectively based on my own "personal addiction factor". The grades above tell how well the course will draw me back to itself again and again and again. Since I have played a decent number of courses (115 18-hole, 50 9-hole as of early 2009), my hope is that players/explorers who have similar addiction tastes will find my ratings list helpful as they choose courses to play and explore.

Over time, I expect to fill some of my reviews in with more descriptive verbiage...if what I can add anything to what has already been written. For now, my list is more important to me than the verbiage of my reviews.

I fully expect others with different tastes/philosophies to disagree with me....that's the fun of things here. See my profile for my rating philosophy.

Easy to follow layout. Good course for beginners and still somewhat challanging for more expeirenced players. course seems to be maintained fairly well.

Hole 17 is a down hill shot with pools to the left and a few wholes are close to the street.

Mainly wooded, never a big crowd unless you show up on a tourney day. Makes you practice your accuracy. The fairways on the wooded holes are tight, but not unfair. If you take a bit off your first shot to make sure it goes straight(or throw that putter or mid-range) you shouldn't have a hard time here. The only long holes are fairly open. The course has been clean everytime I've played it and the local players are really friendly. Possibly the best selection of discs are just down the road.

Some of the tee pads, esp on the back 9 are rutted and cause you to pull up on your throws. Hole 12 and 13 run along a tennis court, throw low, slow and straight and it's not a con. Holes 6 and 7 run parallel to a 4 lane road, There are plenty of trees along the side of the road to catch errant throws, normally. Same road runs behind hole 10 basket, unless you overshoot your 2nd shot by 50' it shouldn't be a problem. Only one water fountain I found and the water from it tastes like pond sludge.

I am mainly a recreational player who doesn't have a big arm. The front 9 will only test your accuracy, which suits me fine. I really enjoy playing this course and do everytime I am in the area. It reminds me of Davidson and Asheboro in a way, which is good because I love both those courses. I guess I'm a sucker for tight, wooded places that force you to work on your mid-range/approach game. There is a great local store that sells discs, Fins Furs and Feathers.
-Favorite hole:#15-It's a fun downhill run that has a public swimming pool to the left. The summer position is to the right tucked in a couple of trees, the winter position is dead ahead. I would only carry my flat top roc and a putter here, but I carry a full bag to empty on this hole.

The holes are very fun. Each indvidual hole has at the park is good. Especially on the back nine. You can practice your upshot accuracy here because there are many short, tight holes. The back nine has some good elevation change as well.

The front nine holes are too close together. The tees/pins/fairways are on top of each other and it would make for a very dangerous round if there were many people playing at the same time. Another problem is that a couple of the holes run very close to a busy 4 lane road. Errant drives can easily get out to the road. Tee's are marked with a raised sign in the front left corner of the tee pad. The sign is as high as 2 feet on some of the holes. It's terrible positioning for a tee sign. The back 9 tee pads are really bad. They're rutted very badly and need to be made of something other than sand and gravel. The other general bad is that the course is in a multi use park and some of the holes are laid out close to other common areas. In the summer you would have to be careful of people entering and leaving the pool area when throwing hole 15.

This is a fun course with but there are some problems that overshadow the goods a little bit. The front and back 9 are completely different. The front is all very tight and short. You will definitely be playing pinball here if you drives are off by a little bit. 16 of the 18 holes are deuceable but getting them is another story.

A comment regarding my evaluation of courses. I am not trying to insult or hurt any ones feelings when I review a course. I'm just trying to evaluate the course on what I feel are important characteristics of a good course. Disc golf has become a large enough sport that I feel we should strive for better than we have now. Just putting 18 holes in a park isn't enough. 18 pole holes does not make a disc golf course. It requires tee's, signs, maps, solid course design and constant maintenance. Any less than that and we will never advance the sport to a reputable level.

I honestly thought I remembered concrete tee pads at this course (contrary to the course description), but I'll have to double check next time. Either way, the tees are marked with signs and distances at each hole. The course is easy to navigate. The course is in pretty good shape and is seldom crowded. The front nine is entirely wooded and fairly short, while the back nine features fewer trees and longer holes. Elevation change comes into play on some holes. Some of the tighter holes may prove frustrating, but you'll generally have a positive experience here.

Some holes are deep in the woods and don't have much of a fairway to speak of. The park's tennis courts (#12 and #13) and swimming pool (#15) come into play if your throw is off-line. The course also ventures fairly close to the main road leading to the park (Bragg Street). It's unlikely that your disc will end up on the road, but it's not out of the question.

Overall, this is an average course with its share of strengths and weaknesses. If you live in the area, it's a solid home course. If you don't live in the area, there's really no need to visit the course more than once.