I can only attest to the short tees because I'm old, but this course has a great mix of open and tight, flat throws, up shots, down shots and all creatively arranged in an absolutely beautiful location that is obviously well cared for by people invested in getting the knowledge out. The ups and downs, while tiring are also not laid out in a way to make it brutal to play. There is really no way to handle a course with this much elevation change without it being a workout, but some courses do it in a way that just eats you alive. I was able to play this one without crashing despite all those ups and downs. It may be that the holes are always challenging in a way that keeps you wondering and excited about what is coming next rather than focusing on being tired.

The only real con that I can say about it is the back and forth fairways can get pretty tight. There are more than a couple places on the course where even a dead center fairway shot is one tree kick away from buzzing someone the next fairway over, not that I throw hard enough to actually hurt someone.

This is got to be in my top 5 of all time including courses all over VA, WV and NC.

+signage is amazing, tee pads are legit and bag holders a plus....on every hole / tee (gold or orange)

+Location is amazing! Winding through the trees and open fields is really breath taking.

+Shot selection is awesome and challenging to choose the right disc and flight path to your Pin.

+Trash cans spaced at more than just the entrance and benches along the way as well.

-I don't usually nag because I'm a simple fella but after a couple of holes I was craving a tight wooded shot other than that let the discs fly!

As said previously this is top 5 course I've played ever, very well done Wilkesboro..........this is a heavenly sight for a disc golf fan!

Course is a perfect example on how all courses should be built and designed. Great variety of shots, distances, elevation changes to attract players at all skill levels. Contains all the amenities (benches, signage, trash cans, bathrooms, etc.) a course should have.

Couldn't find many flaws on this course if any. The only hole I think could be improved with a more defined fairway would be 15 from the long tees. Maybe a tree or 2 and/or some overhang could be removed.

Amenities

Benches - Top notch and spacious. Some of the best benches I have used on a disc golf course.

Signage - The tee signs were clear and outlined par, distance, and OB when applicable. Where there are mandatories, they are bright yellow signs and have arrows. Not once was anything unclear.

Bathrooms - There are multiple CLEAN port-o-Jons on the course in addition to a bathroom with indoor plumbing adjacent to Holes 10/16.

Garbage Cans - More than enough garbage cans/recyclable cans on the course for everything to be kept clean. If there is garbage on the course, it's not for a lack of opportunity to throw it away.

Teepads - More than large enough to allow even the most ridiculous of run ups. I like Hole 2's teepad a lot. It doesn't limit you to just the RHBH hyzer route. You also have a nice run up for the straight shot (RISKY). Teepads will also show up in my cons, but when dry (any no pollen) they are 10/10.

Water - Multiple water spigots throughout the course with cold water. I am a city guy, born in Chicago and reside in Cary, NC. I am guessing it is well/spring water and it was delicious. No need for water coolers which is a lifesaver for TD's.

Hole Variety

I throw both RHBH and RHFH, almost 50/50. And on this course, I think I threw RHBH and RHFH 50/50. The variety is fantastic. Power shots, finesse shots, risk/reward shots, safe shots, etc.

Fairways

Every fairway was well-defined and well-manicured. This is my biggest gripe against courses (especially new ones) and RP blew me away. For a course that is just over 1 year old, WOW. Impressed. I have been involved with numerous course installs/maintenance projects in the Triangle area and I now see what the benchmark is. Well done.

This course doesn't have many, but no course is perfect; albeit this one is pretty close.

Teepads

Like I said, when dry they are 10/10. However, when they are wet (morning rounds) or have a coat of pollen on them they are very slippery. Holes 2 and 3 especially. I would suggest looking into resurfacing them with something more coarse/textured? Hole 3 was especially bad from the longs, considering it requires a solid drive to reach the pin. I was limited to a RHFH shot in my warmup rounds due to slipping when pivoting RHBH on the pad with morning dew.

Hole 7 Long/Par Issues

Par is designed for the 1010+ rated guys, which is totally fine. But I don't even see the best of the best getting a 2 on Hole 7 from the longs very often. A few of the other holes could use a new par (16 long comes to mind as well), but Hole 7 is the only one I had a slight issue with.

Widow makers Above

When we played the course this past weekend, I noticed quite a few 10'+ limbs suspended in the trees. These may have been new from wind/storms in the area.. I don't quite remember what holes they were on, except the one on Hole 18 by the basket.. But these should be looked at soon! Which I am sure they will be..

Practice Basket Green

I am sure this was looked into by the designer(s), and perhaps it was concluded there was no room near Hole 1 to put in a practice putting basket? Having one or two putting baskets for practice would put this course than much closer to a 5. Not a big deal for casual round(s), but for tournament play having a practice basket or two is definitely appreciated.

Wilkes County and the club should be proud of this course. It is a true gem in the foothills of the mountains. Every course should strive for the execution found at Rolling Pines. I will definitely be back to play this course, hopefully sooner rather than later! Thanks for hosting the Collegiate Tri-State Challenge. Much appreciated and hope to see y'all next year!

Impressive! This course is great in many ways! The tee pads are great and the areas around the pads are well groomed, including some informative tee signs! Awesome use of the pine trees and hills. Playing up hills and playing down hills. The tunnel shot with a hanging basket is now one of my favorite holes! There are no easy shots, but there are birdie opportunities. The same birdie holes, with an errant shot, can also become tough holes!

Every course has some cons, but this one is nearly perfect! I would complain about too many pine needles laying on some holes, but the course is called Rolling Pines!

I've been playing for over 20 years, and played in 9 states and this is one of the best courses that I have ever played! Kudos to the WCDGC on another masterpiece! I played the first tournament at the course and had a great time! They know how to put a tourney together! Thanks guys! I can't wait to come back through town to play it again!

Rolling Pines is one of the top 5 course I've played to date. It's a beautiful track, well-designed, and has something for the Rec to Advanced player.

+ Awesome, big tee pads. White and gold tees.

+ Brand new, neon-colored baskets--the best I've ever seen. So easy to spot from the tee. AND there's an arrow under the cage of each basket pointing to the next tee.

+ Great tee signs and navigation. They put orange hooks up near each tee to hang your bag on. Nice touch.

+ The course is immaculate. Manicured grass. Mature trees. Some holes I would classify as "heavily wooded," some moderately wooded, with a few obstacle trees.

+ Awesome variety of fairway designs, great elevation, and challenging.

+ FUN. If you don't have fun at this course, I question why you play disc golf. I love the short, downhill tunnel hole to a hanging basket. That's the kind of unique hole that I wouldn't put in the category of a "signature hole" (there are many better holes on the course), but it's a fun, quirky, and memorable one.

+ There are two par 4's from the white tees (more from the golds).

+ Nice mix of open and technical holes. You will get plenty of chances to bomb drives here. But you will also need to bring some touch and creativity.

+ Rolling Pines is situated in the foothills, just about tailor-made for disc golf: rolling hills, mature trees, and country club-looking, manicured grass. It's beautiful. The rolling hills provide all kinds of varied and fun disc golf holes: downhills, uphills, valleys, and ridges. If you can't get excited about this course, I question why you play disc golf: challenging + fun + beautiful and well-maintained. What's not to like?

I have a few nit-picks:

- Holes 1 and especially 3 are very easy from the white tees: wide open and pretty short (especially 3). Easy birdies for intermediate and up players. It's nice to have the easy warm-up hole #1 -- I can forgive that -- but hole #3 is even easier.

- There is a water treatment plant next to the course, so that kind of spoils the view (and smell) on a handful of holes. This is a stretch though. You hardly notice it and the property, overall, is beautiful.

So, if I could wave a magic wand, my only changes would be to make the water treatment plat disappear and to make hole 3 a little tougher. Still seems like a 5.0 course to me!

If you're in Wilkes County, Rolling Pines has to be one of your stops. Take or leave Highland Hills (see my review on that one). Ft. Hamby is fantastic too, but if you only have time for one, make it Rolling Pines. Also, Ashe County Park is an hour or so away. That's on my wish list. Great disc golf in this part of North Carolina.

Lots of elevation change
Brightly colored baskets make it easy to spot
Hanging basket was a unexpected surprise
easy to navigate
Hole 14 was crazy and awesome. Throwing down a big hill into the darkness with a narrow gap to hit, be happy with a par because a bogey is a very strong possibility

Not for beginners (which I liked)
just a couple trees that could have been taken out

This was a very good course and the name fits how the course is. There are rolling hills and lots of pine trees. Played solo and had no problems getting though the course. If you like lots of elevation change and a challenge then you should play from the back tees. I was passing though town and was very happy with picking this course to play while heading home to Michigan. I recommend this course.

This is a gorgeous, pristine mountain park. Pines make throws challenging while there are still gaps to hit on all the holes. Grass is mowed, benches all over, boxes around baskets, neon baskets are highly visible...all of this makes the overall experience top notch. The fact that the course is so new and in this condition is amazing. There's a variety of shots and the course plays very differently from both sets of tees. Tee pads are huge and the course flows very nicely.

The only negative is that we played our first round early and with the morning dew on the ground, the painted tee pads were very slick. I appreciate the fact these pads are huge and the painting looks nice but I think the paint is what makes the pads slick. It was impossible for me to really rip any drives until it was dry. This seems to be something that could be easily fixed and admittedly, it is a small gripe against a phenomonal course.

Worth the drive. I am grateful that disc golf courses like this are being built. Thank you!

What a pleasant surrpise! Mowed grass, huge teepads -- two for every hole, lots of trees but not ridiculous throws.

The two tees give you a vastly different experience. We played after hitting Ashe County earlier in the day and toward the end we were wishing we'd played the shorter tees.

The place is just beautiful.

Air conditioned bathrooms were greatly appreciated on a muggy afternoon.

Tee pads, while awesome and huge, were slippery when wet. After nearly busting my ass I had to be careful the rest of the round.

Oh, as nice as the signs are, there's no way every long tee is a par 3. Pars definitely need to be adjusted for the Gold layout.

I live about an hour away and have fabulous courses really close to home. But I'll be looking for excuses to get back to Rolling Hills.

Rolling Pines is an absolutely wonderful course. Great terrain, challenging holes and creative layouts all come together to form one of the best new courses of 2015.
- This course is a perfect mix of challenge and enjoyment. Playing the long tees was an absolute grind and yet I still somehow managed to have a blast throughout my round. The course and the designers took advantage of the course's biggest strength - the terrain. There's tons of elevation - hence ROLLING Pines - leading to great downhill and uphill layouts.
- The course starts out innocently enough with three relatively simple holes. These three holes are the easiest stretch of the course, so you better take advantage of it. Then you get to the meat of the course with hole #4, one of my two or three favorite holes. It's a 470 foot layout with OB running the entire left side of the fairway to an uphill shot to the basket. The further right you place your tee shot, you also have more trees between yourself and the basket.
- I thought #6 is a great hole as well. It's a tight, 265 foot downhill shot (165 from the shorts) to a hanging basket from a big tree. I threw from both the long and shorts on this hole, and I actually thought the short tee was tougher because of the gauntlet layout of trees on both sides of the fairway. I could see potential ace-runs on this hole just as easily as a bogey.
- The elevation also plays a big factor on a couple other fun/noteworthy layouts. On #9, the hill slopes down from right to left, so be prepared for a long uphill second shot if you're a RHBH thrower. The good news is your shot might end up close to the bath-house. Holes #11 & 14 can both be frustrating uphill shots because the baskets are heavily protected by trees. Of these two, I liked #11 better. Then you get to the enjoyment that is #15. It's the longest hole on the course at 665 feet, and being a downhill shot, you can finally unleash a big throw.
- The scenery here, for the most part, is terrific. This is disc golf only land, so it's basically you out in nature. The less-than-stellar part of the scenery is the water treatment plant that's visible from #9's basket/#10's tee area and #16. It's a water treatment plant and has brown water fountains. You do the math there.
- The course will also challenge the mental and physical aspects of your game. Walking up and down hills the entire time will start wearing a player down. The key is whether you can be playing as well in the closing stretch of your round as you did at the beginning.

There's really not a whole lot to say bad about this place. The course had been officially open for less than two weeks when I played here, and everything seemed to be in great shape. That said, here are the couple negatives I noticed.
- As majestic as most of the course is, I'm not a fan of the holes that detract from the course's natural feel. I'm mainly talking about hole #16, which plays around the bath house. You go from nature to teeing off next to the treatment plant, throw over the park service road and around the bathhouse. That's a pretty stark contrast.
- The park is also used as a campground for MerleFest. While it's a great place to camp (can you say tourney and camping combo?), there were spots throughout the course where the grass had been burned away because they were fire circles for campers. My concern is whether, over the years, the grass won't grow back and each year more burn circles are formed in the grass. If so, what's picturesque now could lose a big part of that luster in 5 - 10 years.
- Parking lot is rather small. That could pose issues during a tourney/big event weekends.
- There's a lack of benches and trashcans throughout the course. I caught this course at its absolute peak, so no trash concerns...yet. Without many trash cans, we have to rely on 'pack it in, pack it out' disc golfers. As for the benches, well, they'll come in handy. The more of each, the better it will be for everyone.

Rolling Pines blew me away with how great it was. For how much Highland Hills has failed to become a great course (underachieved); Rolling Pines exceeded my expectations (overachieved). There's a huge gap between the qualities of these two courses mostly due to the excellence that is Rolling Pines.
- The long tees are championship-level quality. I was able to hold my own on them for a while. By the back 9, I got to taste how relentless this course is. Each hole was one challenge after another; yet, I still loved it.
- The course does a great job of not feeling too repetitive. Throughout the 18 holes, it's easy to compare holes to others. Throughout the round however, you don't feel like you're ever playing the same hole back-to-back.
- I'll point out the most nerve-racking, if not challenging, hole on the course. #13 is a nasty, 345-foot, tight downhill hole. There's very little fairway to work with, so you better be accurate. The positive is that if you throw straight, your shot is going to sail a long way toward the basket. The problem is that if you miss the fairway, you might end up deep in the woods, as I did. And just like me, it might take a couple shots just to get back to the fairway, leading to a dreaded double-bogey.
- There are several spots on the course where there's risk for lost discs, or at the potential for long searches. To the right of the fairway on #1 is heavy woods down the side of a hill. The same goes for #12. Also, #13 offers the risk of a disc easily sailing deep into the woods. On these three holes, half the battle might just be find a safe way to get to your disc if it goes down one of the slopes. Keep in mind when debating what to throw and how aggressive to play.
- This is a no-brainer must play for anyone in the region. Between this course and Ashe County Park in Jefferson, that's one awesome day trip for people living in Charlotte, the Triangle, the Triad, etc.
- I'm giving this course a 4.5 rating. If I had the option, I'd probably 'only' give it a 4.25 rating. That said, it's more than qualified to merit the 4.5 'phenomenal' label.

Huge Tee-Pads, Very Fair Fairways, Challenging, Distance, Beautiful Scenery, Well Maintained. Only A Disc Golf Course (Not Public Park), Great Elevation Changes. Long Tees and Short Tees.

Right now its a beautiful course but will it stay perfectly maintained as its a lot of land to keep mowed and clear of debris. I heard some complaints about par however that is all relative. If your a straight newbie then yes its going to be HARD but is that why you came to Rolling Pines to get an easy course?

The Baskets I witnessed a bunch of spit outs.

Not sure what they painted on the tee pads but if there is the slightest amount of dew from your shoes or on the pad itself it is slippery. hope they fix this.

Top 5 course I have ever played. Enjoyed the challenge. Enjoyed that you can throw every shot in your bag. The shorts are perfect for intermediate players but still challenging.

Wow. I enjoy a tough course. Nevin. Renny gold. Why play flat easy courses all the time I love playing in the hills of North Carolina. I enjoy the scenery. The benches. The arrows at the baskets for the next hole. Great. I was by myself and I had no problems finding my way around. Bring a camera. Take pictures to show to your friends in other places how great this course is. Bring a full bag of discs you are going to need every shot. Plus it's fun to empty your bag on some of the holes. I have only left a review once before of any course but this one deserved a review.

This is just me. I enjoy throwing around or over water creeks or streams and there aren't any here but that's just me I live the water at highland hills. But there aren't many cons. The only thing I will say is the arrow at 11's basket seems to be pointing towards the tee pad for 15. You actually walk more up the hill. But there are no cons unless your afraid of a challenge.

I am an average. ( very average ) player I would probably play the short tees if it was just me by myself but I might play it twice if I was up for it or a quick trip over to highland hills. Bring sunscreen on a sunny day. Bring lots of fluids if it's hot although there are water pumps in the ground you can get water from. Not many places near by to get food immediately so being something if that's an issue. It can get windy I'm sure so be prepared. I'm excited to see a pro plAyer courses. So many courses are easy and that's fine but step up and take the challenge and dominate or get spanked. I was happy just to shoot par from the short tees. Amazing course. Why are you reading this. Go play it Love. FROSTY