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Oxford, NC

The Incinerator

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DiscGolfCraig
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Burn it Down and Start Over

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jun 18, 2022 Played the course:once

Pros:

A poor design, poor flow, and lack of quality space make for an unpleasant round at the Incinerator.
- There are a lot of issues that drag down this course's appeal. For now, we'll focus on the positives.
- Good course for casual players. From the short tees, no holes are longer than 350 feet. The longest holes play on the edge of a field, so room for players to safely bail out.
- Accuracy is more important than length. Most holes would be considered wooded. Even the open holes, with the exception of #4, have some degree of trees/branches in play.
- There are a couple of decent holes here. #2 is an interesting tee shot if you play the line throwing over the rocks and towards the road. Just make sure you hyzer back or you're OB. #3 is a basic little shoot the gap tee shot.
- #6 is a mini valley tee shot. From the long, it's a dogleg right, hugging the woods along the right side. From the short tees, it's a straighter, dogleg right. The hole plays in the open aiming towards a basket in the woods. This is easily the best hole on the course. Sadly nothing else comes close to this quality.
- #10 is nice simply for having an amphitheater as a backdrop.
- This is an extremely nice park with lots of amenities. And because the course is sooooo spread out, you essentially get a tour of the entire park.

Cons:

The course is essentially squeezed into any empty space in the park. It's apparent by some of the forced, subpar layouts.
- Course is way too spread out. Way too much walking for not-so-great frolf. For starters, if you park in the lot near #12's basket, it's a long walk to the first tee. Play a short, basic hole, then it's another long walk to #2. And, this continues throughout the round.
- The course feels as if it plays in sections. #1 - 3 feel like a section, #4 - 6 is another, #7 is by itself, then #8 & 9, and finally #10 - 12.
- Signage? What signage? Don't even come here without the UDisc app or people who've played here before. There's no signage where the course begins so you might not even find the first tee. Good luck finding #2's tee, #3's tee, #7's tee, #8's tee, #9's tee, #10's tee, #11's tee, or #12's tee. At least #4 and 5 were marked.
- Talk about a crammed in hole, look no further than #7. It's 'out of the way' yet it felt extremely awkward trying to play it while a baseball game was going on. Banging chains down the left field line seemed like a bad idea.
- Then transition from #7 to 8 was horrible. Let's walk across a parking lot, walk past the basket for #8 and keep going until you find the tee. Did I mention holes were crammed in?
- #10 - 12 are three additional holes. All are short. All are basic. If the back nine is going to look like these three holes, save the time and effort.
- No tee pads.

Other Thoughts:

Incinerator misses the mark. There were more bad layouts than good ones. There were two fun layouts. The rest is lacking.
- I don't blame the designers. If this is all the land they were given, they made the best of a bad situation. Still, maybe, just maybe, it's better not to have a course if there are such limitations.
- At least you get to air it out on #2, 4, and 6. Those play along the edges of the field.
- Too many forgettable holes - #1, 4, and 7 - 12 were all just ok at best. If that doesn't sound like a positive endorsement, it's because it's not.
- If the park ever allows for more layouts in the woods by #1 and behind #10, use that space to make a nice, centralized 9-hole layout.
- Don't think about an 18-hole layout if you can't get 9 or 12 done right.
- I'm giving some major deductions to this course for its layout. It's such a detriment the problem can't go unnoticed or ignored.
- If the locals like this course, I'm glad you're supporting your local course and club. For other people, it's a short drive to Durham and other 18 hole layouts.
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