I get the impression that some people think that Little Wing is a pushover course. Perhaps it is for the intermediate and up players, but those of us who are novice and recreational are going to face a challenge. Those of us of a certain age are going to also face the challenge of navigating the course (good deal of elevation change and a pretty long track). I consider these challenges a good thing, and yet the course also gives you a lot of opportunities to score par or better.

I like the interweaving of woods holes with more open holes. Even the latter have some sort of obstacle: steep uphill at nos. 2 and 18; wooded green at no. 3 with a wall of bushes/trees left of the green and OB marsh to the right; huge clump of short, bushy trees at no. 11's tee; easy-to-get-in bunker at no. 16's approach area. You get the picture. The totally-wooded holes are not oppressive. Most are pretty short. However, uphill no. 12 with its initial gate and guarded basket puts something on your mind (as my father would say - may he RIP). And longer no. 15 is likely the hardest hole on the course, starting open but pinched up against the tree line and then into an elevated, deep-pocket wooded fairway. While both of these holes play tough, they are not unfair, and one can see oneself figuring them out over time.

Being a former ball-golf course (half of said), it is a very pretty course. It's very well maintained, and the summer bugs are not so bad. However, I still got a little poison ivy rash despite wearing long pants.

There are many marshy areas that are not OB (most are not), and you are allowed relief from them. That's graciousness. Maybe that is not the case though for the "big" Wing layout; I don't know as I didn't visit those tees and hole signs.

I don't think any two holes are completely alike, even if there may be some similar features (like the aforementioned relief areas or short/tight/straight in the woods). Usually there is something to distinguish the holes. For example, nos. 9 and 10 fit the short/tight/straight designation, but one is basically flat, and the other is distinctly downhill. Nos. 4 and 8 both cross a relief area with the basket on a steep upslope, but no. 4 starts through a gate to an initially-flat fairway and no. 8's tee is out in the open with a descending initial fairway.

Nos. 3, 7, 14, 16 are bombs-away (to start) feel-good holes. Nos. 1 and 13 call for a bombing approach if you were short off the tee or short out of the gate.

The clubhouse has a great menu of tasty lunch fare. There's also a pro shop with discs and other accessories you may need.

There are two areas with practice baskets: one on the old ball-golf course's practice green possibly or the old no. 1 pro tee of the previous ball-golf course (hard to tell which). The other practice basket is near the picnic shelter on the other side of the clubhouse.

There is an open grassy area (old ball-golf driving range?) with a raised shelf where one can practice driving (you hardly ever see that on disc golf courses). However, it likely gets a bit dangerous if multiple people are firing discs while others are out in the field picking up discs...

As noted, traversing the course involves a good deal of walking up and down hills. You want to definitely bring water and possibly try to play when not so hot.

There are some chairs at some tees on the B9, but nothing on the F9. You might want to bring a folding stool if you don't roll a Zuca cart with a seat.

Without hole sign information (make sure to read it) and/or UDisc information, you might lose track of where you are going.

Some baskets are neither red-banded nor blue-banded. Are green, silver, etc.

$10 per round (per round, not for the day) is not very appealing. Active military, students, affiliated clubs get a discount though. And if you are vacationing in the area several days, you can get a weekly pass for $35.

It's a long hike, even from Charlottesville or Louisa. So you want to not have much else going on for the morning or afternoon that you play. You may be on the course for 3 hours.

I've played it 3 times, but all in conjunction with 1 tournament. Pre- and post-tournament, I played the surprisingly-good Meadowcreek Gardens in Charlottesville but got rained out (pretty much) from playing Walnut Creek and Pleasant Grove (both in the area). Betty Queen is in the general area also. Next time.

On the way home to metro DC, I played Rockwater Park in Culpeper. Even if you live in greater Charlottesville, I think pairing this course up with others is a good idea. Of course, there are two other, harder courses on the property itself. But if you want something decently close but entirely different, the aforementioned courses all will do the job. If you are coming from afar, you definitely want to pair RRLW up with other area courses.

If you are staying at the resort that you drive through to get to the course, there's some lovely-looking cabins, but they definitely are not cheap to rent! Seems also that the resort has basketball and tennis courts, I assume a pool somewhere, and other recreation opportunities including fishing on a beautiful lake that separates the resort from the residential subdivision that the disc golf courses are sitting in.