Chapel Hill, NC

Southern Community Park

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5.00 star(s)

DOGWOOD DISC 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Apr 30, 2015 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Awesome forest, with three different course settings: short pin placements (in the summer),
middle pin placements (in the spring/fall),
long pin placements (in the winter).

• 16 tight, technical holes in the woods; two open (hole 1; hole 9)
• Balance between right/left fairways.
• Balanced use of elevation (down and up)

Pin placements: All holes have a spring/fall; summer; and winter pin-placement

o Shorts in the Summer: when trees' leaves are out, herbaceous layer full, and the bugs are out, this placement allows for easier play and less time spent finding discs.
• This set up generally plays under 50 strokes

o Middles in the Spring and Fall: This placement is the "normal" dogwood set up, where the course is most of the year; Most holes are relatively difficult but fair. In the beginning of the spring and end of the fall, most of the holes are relatively free of leaves, etc.; Par 54

o Longs in the Winter: pins are all hard to reach, requiring good outs and good putting; Longs: Course plays par 58
Holes 2; 9; 13 and 18 are par 4's.

o Holes have left and right pin-placements (RHBH and RHFH) depending on season.
o Almost every hole has a tree islands or double fairway. Different fairways are used depending on the season (course pin-placements)
o You can see every basket from the t-pad;

• Course has virtually no trash issues; Minor cig-butts, dog-park bombs, and stormwater runoff that carries trash from 15-501. But we get lots of help from volunteers keeping it clean

Distances:
Short (Summer)
Hole 1 In meadow. 219
Hole 2 Straight, basket on right (RHFH). 231
Hole 3 Downhill, double fairway, basket on left (RHBH). 180
Hole 4 Uphill, on right, fast green (RHFH). 198
Hole 5 Straight, basket on right (RHFH). 204
Hole 6 Straight. 207
Hole 7 Downhill, double fairway, basket on left. 258
Hole 8 Straight, double fairway, basket on left (RHBH). 231
Hole 9 Straight, basket on right, fast green, pond on left (RHFH). 231
Hole 10 Straight, double fairway, basket on left (RHBH). 204
Hole 11 Straight, double fairway, basket on left (RHBH). 198
Hole 12 Dogleg right, double fairway, fast green (RHFH). 201
Hole 13 Straight, over valley. 330
Hole 14 Straight, double fairway, basket on left (RHBH). 231
Hole 15 Dogleg left, double fairway (RHBH). 183
Hole 16 Dogleg left, double fairway (RHBH). 213
Hole 17 Straight, double fairway, basket uphill on left (RHBH). 213
Hole 18 Straight, basket downhill on left (RHBH). 237

Middle (Spring & Fall)
Hole 1 Downhill, basket on meadow's edge (RHBH). 300
Hole 2 Straight, basket slightly uphill on left. 279
Hole 3 Downhill, double fairway, fast green, (RHBH). 228
Hole 4 Uphill, on left, fast green (RHBH). 264
Hole 5 Straight, then dogleg right (RHFH). 246
Hole 6 Straight, then slight dogleg right and slightly uphill (RHFH). 267
Hole 7 Downhill, double fairway. 324
Hole 8 Dogleg right, double fairway (RHFH). 264
Hole 9 Straight, over pond, island green, basket on left (RHBH). 351
Hole 10 Straight, double fairway (RHBH). 252
Hole 11 Dogleg right, double fairway (RHFH). 243
Hole 12 Straight, double fairway, basket on left (RHBH). 228
Hole 13 Straight, over valley, uphill, basket on right (RHFH). 369
Hole 14 Straight, double fairway, then dogleg left and uphill (RHBH). 266
Hole 15 Straight, downhill. 243
Hole 16 Straight, double fairway (RHBH). 216
Hole 17 Straight, basket uphill on right (RHFH). 246
Hole 18 Straight, basket uphill on right (RHFH). 249

Long (Winter)
Hole 1 Downhill, over meadow, past tree-line to green. 345
Hole 2 Straight, then dogleg left and uphill toward dog-park (RHBH). 318
Hole 3 Downhill, double fairway, tucked in trees. 252
Hole 4 Uphill, on right, fast green (RHFH). 300
Hole 5 Straight, then slight dogleg right (RHFH). 276
Hole 6 Straight, then slight dogleg left and slightly uphill (RHBH). 300
Hole 7 Downhill, double-fairway, basket on left (RHBH). 348
Hole 8 Straight, double fairway, basket on left (RHBH). 279
Hole 9 Straight, over pond, opposite side of meadow. 600
Hole 10 Straight, double fairway, basket on left (RHBH). 306
Hole 11 Straight, double fairway, basket slightly downhill. 324
Hole 12 Dogleg right, double fairway, basket downhill (RHFH). 240
Hole 13 Straight, over valley, uphill, through tree-tunnel to basket. 420
Hole 14 Straight, double fairway. 300
Hole 15 Dogleg left, double fairway, slightly downhill (RHBH). 249
Hole 16 Straight, double fairway, basket on left (RHBH). 249
Hole 17 Straight, basket uphill on left (RHBH). 270
Hole 18 Straight, basket uphill on left (RHBH). 324

Cons:

It's getting broken in, but if you aren't comfortable in the outdoors, this course can be hard...It's a mature forest in the Piedmont. You will have some minor bushwacking if your disc flies too far from the fairway.

The Town takes FOREVER to respond to requests, mostly for chainsaw work.

Hole 1 has some drainage issues, since they dumped a huge sponge-like mound of dirt in the fairway AFTER the hole was built... But, they're going to build a little bike park there and hopefully address that.

There is poison ivy-- not too much, but in several holes more PI is coming out.

Other Thoughts:

Coming up:
• Kiosk and Big map at hole 1
• Individual signs on each hole's t-pad
• 12 More benches
• More boardwalks
• Trees: May still take out some trees.
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