This rating is for the current configuration with baskets in their long (C) position, which makes the course significantly more challenging.
+ Extremely challenging heavily wooded shots, longer than most courses that are this obstructed. Will certainly test your abilities to miss trees.
+ Great use of elevation.
+ Usually not very busy.
+ Good mix of left and right turning holes.
+ Course is fairly well maintained.
+ Signs, tee pads, and baskets are in good condition.

- A number of the holes are a bit much in terms of having no discernible fairway. I am tempted to say they should cut down some trees, but it is kind of fun in its current form (if you want to be tested). Many of the holes are (for me at least) relatively easy to par, but almost impossible to birdie.
- During the summer, the rough gets pretty thick and the poison ivy abundant.
- Tee pads are a bit too short.
- It would be nice to have pars on the signs.
- I am not a big fan of the current system of periodically changing all of the baskets between short and long positions. In the long position, the course is too challenging for inexperienced players, and I feel like it would be better to have alternate tee positions or two sets of baskets.
- Navigation is pretty good, but there are some spots where it would be helpful to have arrows pointing to the next hole.

This is a solid course, and one that I periodically play to test my progress. You will experience a lot of frustration, but it is very rewarding when you get a shot all the way to the basket through a seemingly impenetrable wall of trees.

This is one of my favorite courses and I consider this my "home" course. It's not the best course I have played (Charlotte and Michigan have some great ones), but it's perfect acceptable and well kept. I am familiar with the course having played it the most of the three around here. I started playing Anderson and while it's a fun enough course, this is a better version of Anderson.

-The signage and trails are very easy to follow except from 9 to 10 (across the street from 9's exit). But it's pretty simple to follow.

-Longer than Anderson park, but not too long for a beginner. No real frustrating distance holes for most people.

-Good lines for most shots. The only difficult/frustrating hole is number 9 for me which is a big risk for losing a disc in either the water or the giant mass of overgrowth. The angle is also touchy anhyzer/forehand shot that probably won't get much distance because of the angle and trees.

-Good elevation changes with some fun holes you can put some extra distance into.

-Variety of left and right leaning shots.

-Three hole variations that rotate throughout the year which adds some distances to holes (hole 9 is basically the hardest hole I have ever played when at its full distance, though)

-Gets enough traffic to keep the fairways from becoming overgrown which is nice.

-Not a really long course if you enjoy airing it out. Some open holes you can do so, but it's a more technical wooded course. Not a con to me, but maybe to others.

-I enjoy the disc locations, but some friends do not. Sometimes the rotation and placement of baskets can be really easy, but other times a bit too difficult to reach with trees/foliage blocking some lines(hole 9 comes to mind again as it becomes 600+ feet with weird angles coming out of the woods). Not a huge issue with me but I have seen people mention the rotations can be too easy or too difficult for some. My girlfriend dislikes the long placements for example.

-Some gnarly thorn bushes are prominent on the back side of the course which I happen to find more often than not.

-Teepads are concrete and fine, but if you have a big run up you might have issues.

-There are some holes where its very possible to lose a disc like hole 9. You have to pay attention because you do not see the water from the tee,.

-Opening hole can become extreme muddy for days after a rain to the point where its almost not worth trying if you dont have the proper shoes and attire.

I like to compare this to Anderson park, but it improves on that course with its variety of shots. There are more elevation changes, more open and forgiving fairways, less overgrowth due to more people playing through regularly, and a variety of rotating baskets. The course does have issues with mud on the first hole and can become more difficult for beginners if and when the baskets change or possibly too easy for some when it changes to the short tees. I personally love this course because its not super long and won't tire me out and it's quite relaxing to go and play at because its not as busy as UNC. Not the most amazing course, but I prefer it to most in the Triangle area.

To me this is one of the best wooded courses in the entire area. Top 3 in the Chapel Hill - Durham area, right behind UNC and potentially tied with Valley Spring, depending on who you ask. It's clean, well kept, challenging at times and forgiving at times. Hole 9 is as unique as it gets.The front 9 starts open and ends up with all wooded in between, the back 9 is all wooded.

For the most part, the course is well kept, but there are some areas where the brush is overgrown off the fairway.

Hole 9, well unique, is almost an impossible shot off the tee if you don't have a REALLY good forehand. It's extremely tight off the tee as far as trees are concerned, which is totally fine, but then it goes out into the open field, with an extremely overgrown pond on the left that the layout is practically setting you up to go into off the tee should you throw RHBH. A turnover shot honestly doesn't work because the trees go out further on the right side and it would have to be an extremely late turn to get past the trees before turning right and then hopefully never fading back towards the pond. It's just a strange layout, almost as if you'd be better off pitching a putter out to the bridge then a big hyzer to the basket.

Hole 10 and 18 are a little too tight off the tee, in my opinion, but I suppose that's nit picking.

The course is very good (3.5), but could be great with a few changes. A little bit of brush removal and maybe take out a few trees at 9, and one or two at 10 and 18. I know that's asking a lot and people hate to see trees removed but taking out about 4-5 trees total would really improve this entire course tremendously.


UPDATE!!!: They COMPLETELY removed the super over grown mess by the pond on hole 9. I'm SO happy about that, makes the hole 10000x better and enhances the entire course by a lot. I still have a problem with hole 7 as it asks you to perform a shot that discs don't do, which means it should be a par 4, and I feel like the gap on 18 is a bit tight but I guess I can forgive that.

Elevation and route variety

Challenging - difficult to get a birdie on any hole. No doubt that this is what course designers intended. On this course, a birdie means "superb job" and not "I should easily birdie every other hole."

Creative shot making off the tee and if you get into trouble. Trouble here is worse than most courses.

Good signage

You don't always get rewarded for good shots but rather shots that are both good and lucky. A little luck is always needed in disc golf, but on these holes you sometimes need more than a little luck to do well. On some holes, there are so many trees surrounding the basket that the end of your shot needs a good bit of luck to be close to the basket. On these holes, the first half to 2/3 of the distance of the hole requires skill and focus to make a good shot, but the last 1/2 or 1/3 of the shot (when your disc starts to fade) you need a frustrating amount of luck to dodge the trees.

Consequently, because we often don't get the luck we need at the tail end of a shot, this course constantly forces you to putt well, which isn't a bad thing. Birdies occasionally come by parking a disc, but more often you will have to be able to make 20, 30 and 40 footers to shoot under par.

I gave this course a 3.5 because I believe it deserves a better rating than a 2.9 (but I wouldn't give it more than a 3.5). It's a challenging course with some variety, a nice course to hike through, but it's easy for this course to frustrate you, especially if you get in trouble off the tee. The course has a few routes and secrets that only the locals would know, which would give them an advantage if a tournament was held here.

Also, please update the hole lengths on dgcoursereview to reflect the long pin placements.

There are some courses that are just fun to play and for me this is one of them. I really enjoy the variety of shots required to take on the holes. Course has seen drastic improvements inlcuding 18 new concrete tpads and after playing yesterday there is also alternate pin placements which is really exciting! A lot of work has been done on this course and it really shows. Fairways are really coming together and a lot of growth has been cleared away. I live in the area and right now this is my favorite course to play even if I have to drive further and pass by unc dgc to get there. If you have not played this course in a while, you will be pleasantly surprised when you play it now!
My favorite holes are the uphill #4 . #7 which is really one of the sweetest holes on the course and a real challenge to get up and down. #13 and #14 on the back are also great holes.

No major cons

I really like how the front 9 and back 9 start near the parking lot. If #1 is crowded just start on #10.

nice short woods. not as chalenging as carboro, or as fun as chapel hill.its another piece they need for the chapel hill tourney. no hole stand out, favors side arms in tight places. try it once but more than that not necessary

short but fun with friends

great park with trails baseball fields and soccer fields

DISCatcher baskets, Great elevation differentials on holes, many going straight up hill or down and back up, No concrete tee boxes as stated before but the tee boxes are very solid, compacted dirt. Course also varies in length on holes, seemed the front nine consisted of a lot of holes in the 250 ft range, as the back nine holes got progressively longer and more challenging.

Lots of paths back in the woods that lead to nothing. Also plenty of fresh green ivy and small weeds all along tree lines of the fairways. These tall grasses made it difficult to find discs on the back nine especially.

Other than the multiple paths and heavy weeds, it was a very pleasant DGC. Also as stated before I would definitely not suggest for beginners, for the reason most fairways are very tight and could be discouraging.

The front nine seemed to play much easier than the back nine. I would say the back nine was a lot tighter of fairways, and adding around 100 ft compared to some front nine holes.

Also they have added in a few signs that are made out of white pvc piping with arrows drawn on them to attempt to help navigate.

Good length. Nice park. Well defined fairways. Mostly wooded but a couple were open, play out of the woods type holes, hole 9 is a good example. Be wary of the little pond ~200 ft down and to the left of the tee on hole 9. Very natural course. This is the quintessential course where you feel like you are walking through the woods except there's baskets along the way. Very verdant, very pleasing on the eyes. Although it's very woodsy, there is very little underbrush here so losing a disc takes dedication. Hole one is cool if you throw on the big mulch pile . I doubt that is permanent though. Good variety to the holes, balanced between straight, straight and just left, and straight and just right. A few mild dog leg rights but nothing you couldn't reach the basket off the tee. Holes run from just under 200' to over with a few in the 300'+ range, typical NC wooded course distances. Good flow now that there are tee signs and next tee signs. Good amenities, dog park, etc.

Fairways are quite tight but very fair and manageable as long as you can throw straight. Some of the holes could of presented multiple lines from the tee as there is plenty of land for it but I'm nitpicking here. Good moderate to advanced course, could be brutal to beginners. No benches but there are a few fallen trees and cut stumps to sit on here and there.

*Update* The tee signs are nice but they lack a general picture of the fairway and the distances seem way off, either that or the public school system failed me in a big way.

**Update** The back 9 needs some clearing of fallen trees and branches and undergrowth (including poison ivy) in a big way. It's perfectly playable, it's just starting to get a little jungle-ish out there.

This course is slowly cementing itself in the top 3 of the Chapel Hill area, just behind UNC's and I'd rather play multiple rounds here than anywhere else in the area. As far as a destination course, I would have liked to see some more extreme dog legs to the extent of having some par 4s or 5s b/c I think there's land for it. This course reminds me of Valley Springs except it's prettier and just as fun if not more so despite only having one set of tees.

**update** This is becoming my favorite course in the area. It's easily the prettiest round of disc golf of the 3 (UNC, Anderson) and although UNC is obviously a better course, SoCo's combination of tight lines and wonderful woods make this a fun challenge.