Riverwalk Academy is a short pitch & putt course designed with young, elementary school aged arms in mind. More experienced players will be able to navigate the course with just a putter. Each hole has a tee sign, natural tees, and a numbered DISCatcher basket.

While the course is mostly extremely simple, a couple of nice touches were included to help teach young grade schoolers elements of the game. Hole 2 has a slight downhill tee shot from on top of a berm. Hole 6's basket is on the edge of the same berm area, creating possible death putts- at least in the eyes of an elementary school sized player.

Hole 5 was the most unique hole on the course, with a low ceiling created from the tree the hole tees off underneath, and the basket is on top of a grassy knoll, allowing for potential roll-aways.

For anyone older than the target audience this course was designed for, this course is going to feel like 7 baskets in a field. At least there are tee signs to designate teeing areas. Though some of the distances listed on the tee signs are clearly wrong. There is zero chance Hole 7 is over 100' long.

Hole 1's basket is located in the middle of an outside lunch/picnic area.

In a town full of short courses like this, Riverwalk Academy feels destined to just be another box to be checked by course baggers, but hopefully does a good job of introducing the students to the sport. I am giving it a 0.5 rating, solely because it has all of the infrastructure needed to be a course, and feels like an appropriate lengths for younger arms. There is plenty of space nearby that, as long as it is school property, they could have probably made this a nine hole course or some longer holes created.

Favorite Hole: 5

Riverwalk Academy is a short, kid-targeted seven-hole layout. If this field is mowed, it's a nice practice spot for locals. If not, watch your feet.
- This is a simple, seven hole beginner friendly layout. How beginner friendly is it? You just have to avoid the tree on #5 and you've cleared all obstacles.
- This is a short layout, with holes averaging under 150 feet. Most holes had listed distances. Some of these were clearly wrong. UDisc had lengths listed as well. Some varied from the tee markers. In general, both are in the same ballpark in terms of length, even if they're slightly different.
- Pitch-and-putt. I carried three discs. One a couple holes, I threw all three as I was trying to get an ace. On #3, listed at 171 feet, my three discs totaled maybe 15 feet from the basket.
- If you want to get a cubby ace, this is a perfect course for that. If you're playing some sort of marathon, seeing how many holes you can play in a certain period of time, this is the course for you. Even at normal walking speed, most players should be able to get at least six to eight rounds finished in an hour.
- If you want to introduce kids to the game, this is an excellent course for that. No obstacles mean nothing to knock down a shot. Even young kids should see a couple of 3s or 4s on this course.
- Pink baskets. Kids like bright colors.

No obstacles. No challenge. Grounds crew seemingly doesn't use weed eaters in the fields, just mowers. So, be prepared for tall grass around the baskets.
- I kept an eye on the ground knowing this is a perfect field for snakes. Tall wild, unmowed fields just past the baskets means there will be wildlife in the area. On a warm day, I'd pay attention to what's around.
- If you're here to play an actual round, there's not a lot to like. One open field, ace-run layout is fine. Six of seven holes this way is tedious. At least #5 is a nice change of pace. It's actually a decent hole, slightly uphill and a tree to navigate around. After not having to think for four holes, suddenly having one layout that requires shot-making was a shock to the system.
- As mentioned above, tee signs had incorrect lengths on several holes. For practice/fun, it's not a big issue. It is a slight annoyance when you throw the listed distance, and you're 20 feet short.
- Did Riverwalk Academy relocate from somewhere? If not, where's the river I'm missing?

Riverwalk is perfectly suitable for what it is. If you come here for anything more than bagging or practice, you'll be let down.
- This is a perfect addition to the York County mediocre disc golf trail. You're five minutes from Kathy Kitts Walking Trail, and its poetic layout. You're also close to Tirzah, Dutchman Creek Middle, Rawlinson Middle, Northwestern High, and York Prep, just to name a few. One could easily bag 12 - 15 courses, or more, while only bagging 90 - 120 holes, in a day. For the overachievers, 20 courses is easily attainable thanks to all the three to 12 hole layouts in the county.
- Sorry for the lack of individual hole breakdowns. #1 is open and straight. #2 is open and straight, with a slight downhill flair. #3 is open as is #4. #5 has a tree. #6 is open ands straight. And, to end your round, you have the shortest hole on the course, one that's open. There's your recap.
- You'll have the course to yourself if you come here. That means you can practice any and all parts of your game. I suspect a fair number of people discover the course by driving down SC-274 or Mt. Gallant and seeing the bright pink baskets in the field.
- I'd rather play Tirzah than here if I lived close by. Tirzah is at least a course in terms of design. This is a series of baskets in a field.
- In terms of wide open fielded, sub-1000 foot, one-tree, pink-basket courses, this is easily #1 in my book. To all you doubters, prove me wrong.