-To clarify, this has nothing to do with nudity........

What I mean by "The Strip Down" is that Randolph is simplistic. It's a plain novelty course without Virginia's elevation or Virginia's tendency of having more difficult courses that rate higher. I haven't played many basic courses in Virginia. Of the ones I had played so far in Virginia, Randolph is most rudimentary. Have a fun day planned with a group of people? Come to Randolph.

-There are two baskets on most holes. I think all of them except for three (#11, 15, and 17). The yellow disc catchers are the long pins and the white dynamic veterans are the shorts. Many layout options, as there are two sets of pads as well.

-The white pads are marked with concrete and the tee signs have hole info on them.

-I liked how the back nine gives a clear indication of a change in direction. The entire front nine is wooded and the back nine starts off in the open. #10 is long par three just begging you to rip a driver. #11 and #12 throw over and then back over a dried out pond in an open field. #13 is the longest hole at about 800' and plays over ANOTHER dried out pond and over the meadow. Very nice multi shot par five. Back nine ends at the course's roots in the woods.

-Signature hole would probably be #16. Without question my favorite hole at Randolph. It's long (about 675') and downhill a good bit for the first half. The second half is wooded but down a pretty wide and accommodating trail. Not only is the tee shot a lot of fun, but the overall look of this hole is in a whole different league. #11 long is another great hole. Elevated pad in front of the parking lot. This is probably the bag emptier at Randolph.

-Nice bamboo triple mando on #15. Without it, this would be a pretty boring hole. It's a 285' straight and flat shot that's pretty open. Makes you question your distance capacity when you have to keep it low and straight.

-There's a waterpark at the entrance where you'll first see holes #14 and #15.

-The fun is pretty limited here if you are used to the more hilly terrain courses in Virginia. It's not that Randolph is completely flat; most holes have mild elevation. #11 long and #16 both dive down more than 20' but that's the most you'll see here.

-The long pads have no signage or concrete pads, so they are difficult to find. They are just marked by blue wood chips.

-The tee signs could use an upgrade since the white veteran pins are relatively new. The tee signs give hole info for the original design and I think for both pin positions, but not for the long pads. U disc is a necessity. There are next tee arrows that make navigation a little less tricky, but they can still be hard to spot.

-Honestly just a little too plain for my taste. The wooded holes to me are pretty insipid. A couple of them were okay, but a lot of them were bland. Some of the fairways to the long pins are kind of jagged and funky. #4 is pretty bizarre. The fairway breaks off right past the short pin and the turning point is pretty unclear. Same with #5 and #7 in the long pins.

-I wasn't too fond of the front nine. Most of the wooded holes are very bland and don't really have a spark to them, even though they aren't considerably bad hole. Just crusty and dry. #11-13 are all good holes with more of an edge since they all play over the dried ponds. #14 is another big grip and rip with the water trenches in play. Gives a pretty neat look.

-The other course in Dublin is $25 to play. It's a lot more fun and has some sweet downhill shot, but $25 is very expensive for disc golf. Princeton, WV is about forty-five minutes from here and has an amazing course at Glenwood Park. There are a couple of private courses listed on U disc in the Blacksburg area about thirty minutes from here. Contact the owner and see if he'll let you play them you'll certainly have a blast at those courses. Dark Hollow and Dire Wolf. Both are hidden gems.

This course has a lot to offer if you know where to find it. (see complaints about navigation below)

To start, it combines a lot of wooded and open holes, but only 1 that mixes both. Front nine is technical, wooded and mostly short-medium in length. The long hole is a giant "U" so don't expect to be able to bomb one in here.

You'll probably use a fair amount of your bag on this course. You'll likely be throwing technical mids-putters on the front 9, and then you'll have some wide-open fields on the back to bomb some drivers.

All of the baskets were in really good shape. They were all top of the line Innova catchers, however a few had some rusted chains that may present problems in the future.

There are some REALLY cool shots out here. Namely holes 14 and 15. 14 has you throwing into several rock-lined drainage ditches, hoping you don't chip your plastic. 15 is probably my favorite shot on the course. Just a simple midrange tunnel shot (reminiscent of a hole at Winthrop) but the well manicured trees and park environment add to the beauty of it. Hole 16 is probably the other sweet shot as you'll be able to bomb one out near the opening of the woods and then throw a technical up-shot to finish it out. My advice; Don't give up on this course after hole 10. You really want to play holes 14-16, so pull your best Lewis and Clark and navigate to these if you can.

A consideration for future development, I would suggest some navigational signs. Perhaps only a product of the forest floor being covered in leaves, however I was unable to find the next tee in several instances. Compounding this confusion was the fact that the tees were natural, perhaps some with toe boards/frames, but nothing distinguishing them from the rest of the leaf-laden landscape.

Many of the tee signs no longer existed as they had been broken off of their pedestals. This only added to the confusion of finding the next hole. I distinctly remember being unable to find hole 17's tee. I used my best judgement based on the map provided online.

The navigation issues don't end in the woods either. Once you've played hole 10, unless you have a map on hand you'll have a tough time finding 11. An astute observer may have noticed baskets scattered in the fields on the right on the drive into the park. That's where holes 11-14 are, but there is quite the walk between several of these holes, with zero signage. You best bring a map!

There aren't many, if any at all, risky shots that you can be rewarded on. Zero water hazards, no major chance of OB. Your standard fare.

I couldn't tell if some of the park amenities (benches mainly) were for the course or for the walking trails. After seeing several benches pointing away from the tee pads, I assumed the latter. Thus, the park is lacking some of the typical stuff I'd like to see on a course. Navigation signs, benches, trash cans, non-natural pads, etc...

This course was a real treat to play. Honestly, holes 14-16 are what made it stand out to me, otherwise I probably wouldn't play it very often. Since I travel down I-81 fairly often, this will probably become one of my normal stops (along with Steele Creek in Bristol). The park is beautiful, the course is fun, you'll have some shots at aces and hopefully a good time. Plenty of food and other things in the area as well. I do recommend it, despite it suffering from a few of the things above.

-Gorgeous park with tons to do with disc golf included.
-Shot selection is great never got bored at any hole.
-Great new Innova discatchers.
-Nice mix of wood and field.

-The walks from holes I.E. hole 10 to hole 11 is ridiculous 13 to 14.
-Horrible signage, Some with no par some with no diagram at all signs between holes very small hard to find next hole (first time playing) . Which almost makes me think that a 9 hole was originally here and then tried to stretch another 9 across the whole park complex to make it a 18 hole course.
-No concrete tees

The horseshoe hole is kind of a crazy type of hole that I wasn't expecting at this park.
If Im in the area I'll play again now that I know where all of the tees and baskets are.
Get some better signs some tees and just make it a 20 something hole course to fill those gaps between the good holes on the course and call this a 4 disc rating course!

The course has a big variety of holes which makes for a fun and interesting round. The first half of the course is mostly through fairly dense woods, while the second half plays through mostly rolling fields around drainage ponds. The elevation available was pretty minimal, but it was used well where possible to make things more interesting.

The wooded holes had a great mix of straight holes and holes with bends and doglegs left and right. They forced many different types of shots in order to score well, and put a premium on accuracy. The open holes were more about shot placement and controlled distance to have a shot at the hole and stay out of the retention ponds (empty when I played, but they could be a cool water feature at times). There was a good mix of lengths, from ace run holes to some good places to air it out including one hole at around 900'.

The signage on the course was very good,with good hole maps that were very descriptive of how to find the next hole when there was a long walk or it was otherwise not immediately obvious. The baskets were in good shape with painted spokes to point the way to the next tee. The course loops back near the parking lot in the middle which is always nice.

There are a couple holes that have silly fairway shapes in the woods, especially #6 which was very long and basically boomerang shaped with a sharp dogleg down a very tight fairway. It would be nice to have the open holes and wooded holes more mixed rather than half the course of each, but that would be very difficult to incorporate into the design, so it feels like a couple different courses put together.

There are some very long walks between sections of the course to avoid other park features. I definitely prefer that to having the course interfere with paths and sports fields, but it still breaks up the flow of the course. They are well marked though, which keeps it from being too much of a navigation issue.

None of the holes really stood out to me as anything really special, and the course seemed a bit repetitive at times.

This course has something for everyone, from easy to hard, long to short, and open to tightly wooded. The course is approachable for newer players, but would be pretty tough. More experienced players will find some fun challenges, though the open holes don't have enough chances for bad shots to be punished to be very tough.

I definitely would play this course if you're in the area, but it's not really a destination course that I would drive a long way to play.

Excellent signage, especially for the wooded holes. Signs at tee will show distance, path(s) to basket, next tee location. At basket, red spoke indicates direction of next tee, as well as some signs on trees.

Two 9-hole loops both ending near same parking lot.

Within 1.5 miles of I81, restaurants and petrol stations nearby, bathrooms at site. Located in large multi-use park, including a large pool/water park.

Favourite hole #16: 560', first 2/3rds in open, last 1/3rd in woods, retention basin directly between you and basket. If you play to the right, you then have a long right-turning shot to reach the basket deep in the woods.

With leaves on the trees and water in the retention basins, the chance of losing a disc is a bit high.

Wooded holes play amongst multiple walking trails, so be aware of non-players.

Very long walk between holes 10 to 11, 12 to 13.

Least favourite hole #6: After smashing your discs against trees the first five ~250' slight dogleg holes, you get to do so for 450' on this tight right dogleg! :-O

To find tee #1, go left after entering the park, past pool, past gazebo on left, large parking lot on left just after.

Holes 1-5, 7-9, 17&18 are very similar - in the woods, slight doglegs (about half to the left, half to the right), between 183' to 335', most in the mid-200's.

Holes 10-15 are mostly open, bring water retention basins into play, and vary in length from 250' to the monster 860' that is #13.

After finishing #10, follow the fence on the left until it turns sharply to the left, where you will find tee #11.

After finishing #12, walk along the fence, keeping it and the soccer fields to your right, and the woods to your left - you'll eventually find the tee for #13, with its basket being 860' away, down then way to the left.

Fun and challenging course - a bit repetitive in the woods, so the option of airing it out the next few holes is a welcoming sight.

good variety. tight shots big shots and wind can be a big factor. Very nice park.

a little hard to navigate the first time. some holes are to far apart.

not every hole is a par three. some tough ones. great job on the course design.