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Charlotte, NC

Renaissance Park - RenSke

3.165(based on 16 reviews)
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rcys
Experience: 8 played 2 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Great Little course par 3 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 16, 2018 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Easy to play. Rarely too busy after work or during mid day. Can complete a round on my own in <45 mins. Some wide open holes mixed with some tight trees. Should be able to come out of front 9, 3-4 under and birdie a couple on the back 9.
If too easy, you can veer off and play the pro course

Cons:

Short T pads.
several holes are a bit too easy

Other Thoughts:

Basically drive and putt or approach and putt. I've seen a pro play the whole course with a single disc.
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pmay5
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Premium Member
Experience: 21 years 483 played 245 reviews
3.50 star(s)

RenSke - Fun for All 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 16, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

Concrete tee pads, great signs and excellent baskets on every hole. Benches at every tee also. Good flow to the course with open and wooded holes. Nice mix of left and right holes and even a triple mando on the shortest hole (#15).
Most of the open holes were not completely open, they required some shot shaping around the trees and even splitting a tree line right in front of the tee (#2).

Cons:

Even though there is plenty of parking at the course, really no facilities available. There probably are some when the ball fields are in use, but not normally. Really no other cons.

Other Thoughts:

This course was designed and built for the 2015 Tim Selinske Masters, so it was built with little elevation change and not a lot of distance. I would normally consider those Cons, but it was designed with this in mind.
The open holes share fairway and baskets with the Renny-Gold holes in this section of the course. They are the long, open holes of that course, so they make of 2 or 3 holes of this course. The designers did a great job of dual labeling of the bands on the baskets, half gold (with that hole #) and half red with the RenSke hole #. The tee signs even have #, par, distance and flight path for both courses.
On the day I was at Renny, I got to see all three courses and this one was by far the busiest. I saw a large group of locals (including young daughter and dog in tow), a foursome of two couples, another couple and a minority family. It shows that this course is accessible and playable for everyone. A good addition to Renaissance Park.
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apdrvya
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Experience: 14.1 years 350 played 299 reviews
3.50 star(s)

well that was fun! 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 8, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

Aesthetic--plays through the 11-13 corridor of renny gold. Area is pretty well known to be disc golf exclusive and we didn't see any non DG'ers doing anything on the course when we were there... Still, watch for people.

Baskets-- DisCatchers. most were painted red for RenSke exclusive baskets, some were red/yellow for baskets that were shared with renny gold. No pro-players intersects here.

Signage-- wonderful. tees were listed as Gold and PadSke to differentiate shared pads.. IF gold fairways were shared with RenSke fairways, this was always denoted along with which hole intersected/paralleled.

Teepads-- Mostly good. Super super gnurled and rocky in places, other places they were really nice.

Challenge/variety--though this is a short course, they did utilize a lot of variables to make the round here truly enjoyable. Lots of rights, lefts, trees trusses and clown mouths help keep it ineresting.

Routing and nav-- not once did we feel like were struggling with finding where we needed, next teesigns were present as well as teesigns showing exit directions.

Cons:

not many really.
Length--yep, it's short but the challenge lies in the natural here. trees define fairways as well as wind and heat all hope to derail your round.

Methane-- the methane release ports in the woods smell like a typical garbage dump and could be distracting depending on the wind.

challenge-- not super high here, scores for an AM3 player should be +5 or less, not a tough course by any means.

Other Thoughts:

RenSke has it's own personality from gold and is definitely it's own beast. For those who don't want to take on the daunting challenge of 9000+ feet of disc golf, play RenSke. Hey, it lets you see some crazy long holes for what they are...Crazy long.
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SpainKiller
Experience: 32 years 11 played 3 reviews
3.50 star(s)

3rd Renny Course Fills A Need 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 24, 2015 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Rennaisance Park is the closest DG location to me in Charlotte, less than 10 miles from my home and office. Now there are THREE distinct courses (54 holes!) in this one location. A quick and well deserved "thank you" to Charlotte Disc Golf for the planning and many hours of hard work that has made this location - and Charlotte in general - a destination for disc golf lovers.

On to this course: It is not a Championship Caliber course. It's not insanely long. It's not a heave and hope track through an impenetrable maze of trees. What it is, is a nice toss in a gorgeous setting - with several birdie runs and several tough pars. Every course doesn't need to be Renny Gold or Winthrop Lake Course. The course mixes in open holes with shorter wooded holes. There is little to no elevation change.

Expert player who wants a good warm up before tackling Gold? RenSke represents a perfect "driving range" for Gold.

Intermediate player who doesn't want a three hour beatdown after work? Come have a nice hour long toss and work on your midrange and putting game.

Beginner looking to learn the game and not have your confidence ruined by super tough holes? This is an ideal place to sharpen up before graduating to other courses in the area.

Parent who wants to teach your children this great game in a non-intimidating setting? RenSke is a perfect place to do so.

The course is in excellent condition, is very well marked, has all concrete tee pads, with signs on every hole, benches on many holes, and all Discatchers (recently painted red to dilineate between the Renny Gold and Pro Players Course - which have gold and white baskets, respectively).

Cons:

The course holds water more than most. This may be due to the fact that Rennaisance Park was a huge landfill many years ago. No. 4 on the right side has been a lake every time I've played it (4X now).

The course gets a good deal of traffic. This isn't really a con, as it moves quickly though due to the shorter nature of the course in general.

As others have mentioned, No. 2 is weird and kind of out of place. I like every other hole.

Other Thoughts:

Favorite holes:
No. 1 - Nothing like a nice open rip to ease in to the course.
No. 12 - Another open throw, ending in the woods
No. 15 - Triple mando birdie run

RenSke is a perfect addition to Rennaisance Park, giving it three full courses - an expert (Gold), intermediate (Pro Players Course) and beginner/practice (RenSke).
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