PROS are mostly that I actually LOVE THIS COURSE. But have to give it a 1, because it is very poorly designed.

- Long wide open holes in an area with extremely few courses that offer this setting. Here in NC 95% of courses are heavily wooded and having this beautiful wide open course is an amazing addition to the area.

- The course is in a beautifully maintained park, which means you don't have to worry too much about snakes, tics, etc.

CONS;

The major con is that at least 25% of this course should just be scrapped entirely. I absolutely adore the front 9, but I doubt anyone would miss the back 9 if it disappeared tomorrow. From now on when I play this course I'll be playing the front 9 twice rather than even bothering with the back 9. I understand WHY the back 9 is the way it is, they don't have the space to turn that second half of the park into a quality disc golf course. The woods to the right of the fairway through 11 and 12 is some of the thickest and dangerous brush I've experienced in my time playing disc golf. On 12 I threw a fantastic drive that just so happened to touch the one obstacle it could which was a large branch hanging out over the fairway, and it sent my disc about 5 feet into the brush. Alright, no problem right? Just go in and get it? NOPE. It was literally surrounded by a FORTRESS of thorns and poison oak. This is not acceptable in my opinion, the parks&rec team should do something about that because I got shredded by hook thorns trying to get my disc back, which I couldn't actually do at first (Until I came back with some devices from my car to get the job done.)

Overall, I love the idea of this course and I want it to be better. I'm glad that they changed 3 from a 1,000 ft hole into two separate holes, but they need to update the signs because that's super confusing! As others have said the par 6 and par 2 nonsense needs to go. The problem with the back 9 is lack of space, many holes are the same shit, many are too close to the soccer fields, maybe set up a fence for those... Hole 15 was the only nice hole in the back 9, the only one I'd miss, but even it had problems. If you are going to set up such a hard tee shot, at least make sure there is some path towards the basket once you get out of it. My wife tossed my zombee over the fence into the farm land and there's barbed wire so you can't get it out, I had to get a really long stick to get it back. So maybe put up a bigger fence there or ask the farmer to cut one small section out so you can get your discs back.

In the end I'd recommend just scrapping the entire back 9, it's just not worth the risk of pegging a soccer mom in the back of the neck with a destroyer or tossing an $18 disc over a barbed wire fence that you can't get over. As I said, from now on I'll be playing the front 9 twice rather than even thinking about the back 9, it'll be a much better experience.

I played the Gold course for this review but the Blue has many of the same issues.

The park is beautiful and well maintained. Great Athletic Complex.

The wind made it slightly more difficult.

There are a few decent holes.(probably 5-6)

There are some MAJOR safety and conflict concerns in this park. Between playing too close to ball fields and holes alongside roads it is a SERIOUS problem.

Mandos on holes such as 3 do not mask the issue of discs flying into the outfields. Just because a Mando is put up it does not mean a player will make the mando. And if they miss some of these light pole mandos their discs will land in the outfields.



The OB's and mandos(3) along with the landing zones on holes 3, 8, and 13 and a few others are not a good combo. For the distance required to throw on these holes the landing zones are not sufficient.

Hole 8 is a poor design in my opinion. Even with the hillside clear it will be a poor hole. Once again the landing zones+distance will be insufficient.

Hole 15 gold is a plinko fairway. yes there are gaps but they are more "lucky" gaps that are not realistic to hit over and over again.

If the pros ever played here(I doubt they ever will) they would be very critical of this course.

Ok now for the Par issue. Changing the par on a hole does not make the hole harder. it's just a number. When you change a short one to a par 2 or a 500 ft hole to a par 3 you are just arbitrarily saying "My course is harder" when it's really not. 90% of the field is still going to get 2's on the par 2's and 3's on the stupidly long par 3's. These are not bad par settings, they are bad holes. The scoring separation will just never happen. A gold level player will get the same score 99% of the time.

Hole 3's gold pad is almost in the fairway of hole 2. One tree kick and someones getting hit.......although it's so close I doubt anyone will be able to throw 2 while people are on 3's pad.

But even without the ball fields this course would not be a solid layout. There are just no OMG this is awesome holes.

I have doubts that this course will survive in it's current state. It is in major conflict with the rest of the park. I asked a few patrons in the park walking and watching us what they thought of the course and they said "we think it's dangerous". Not a good thing. As a Parks and Recreation professional I was appalled with the blatant disregard for safety in the design. This course was a major overreach. I'm not even 100% sure that disc golf is viable in this park since the useable land is so spread out throughout the park and is divided by large Athletic fields and other facilities. It might could be done with some longer transitions and a major scale down of the course distance and par.

This course would never be allowed to hold a worlds and honestly is not a true Gold level course. I have played Gold level and this is not it.

I would not recommend playing this course unless you are a courses played junky. Also avoid weekends if you are going to play. Baseball and softball will be played most weekends I would imagine.

- 18 hole course with great new baskets
- Two sets of concrete pads for each hole.
- Easy to get to
- Nice, clean town park
- Well kept and clean
- Grass was all mowed
- It is in NC
- You probably won't get shot or mugged. Nice area.

- Plenty of food and booze nearby. Which you will need after a round here.

- Far enough from my house I won't be tempted to drive back and play again.

- Not one hole that you stand on the tee and say "cool". Just no really good holes. NONE.

- Par 2s??? That's just idiotic on a non-beginner or kid's course.

- Plenty of roads, parking lots and other park users in play. Too many safety issues to list.

- Mandos used to cover up dangerous design features.

- Artificial OB in attempt to make open holes more challenging. Just really weak.

Ok, you get the idea. This is a park that probably could have a decent little beginner or intermediate level course squeezed in. With some good design work. Trying to force a "Championship" level course, whatever that means, into this park was simply a mistake. Odds are there will be enough conflicts with cars and other park users that the local park's department will eventually be tempted to simply shut it down. Cars slowed in fear as they saw our group preparing to throw in a few spots. We had to wait as cars came around a blind turn hidden by a tree.

Now, even if you are that 1200 rated player that can throw 600' wherever and whenever you want there isn't a lot of fun to be had here. No good technical holes or elevation. And on more than one hole the fairway either sucks or is possibly just a wooded version of plinko. Like the long tee at 14. 14's short tee however is really OK. Should have just left it at that. In several places the fairways and lines are just nuts. Throw in some human error or wind and you'll be drilling cars and houses or loosing a disc maybe. There are a few decent holes here, but not enough to overcome all the other issues.

Sorry for the rant and negative review, but if I was a tax payer in that town I'd be pissed I partially paid for this abomination. Obviously no one involved had a lick of common sense. Hell, I'd fire all the park's employees that let this course go in the ground.

Like I said, this course could have been an OK beginner's level course with some careful planning. It was never going to be great in that park, but it could have served a purpose to the neighboring housing developments and local players. But someone just HAD to build a big, tough course. What a shame.

IF you are one of those people that like to stop to watch the bodies hauled off after an accident, or go to your local Wally World and check out how much fat is hanging out of poor clothes choices then this is your place. It's a frightening accident scene better left to others. Just keep on driving folks.