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Oxford, NC

The Incinerator

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Experience: 7.9 years 258 played 41 reviews
2.00 star(s)

2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 2, 2019 Played the course:once

Pros:

Good to see a course finally emerge in Granville/Vance Counties. Somehow, this area managed to support a stable disc golf club before even having a course to call home!
+ For only having 9 holes, there's a nice mix of shots here. There are tight/technical wooded holes, wide-open bombers, left/right/straight finishes (but mostly straight), and the distances range from 150 to 500+ ft with everything in-between represented.
+ Two sets of tees on every hole is really good to see. The short red tees are natural, and are a good introduction for novice players. The white tees are on excellent smooth concrete teepads, and are best suited for intermediate players.
+ The tees are marked by easy-to-find colored stumps, which also display the hole number.
+ The baskets are brand new Discatchers, which catch great and are easy to spot with their yellow bands.
+ After each basket, a small but colorful sign points towards the next tee, helping with navigation.
+ Though I haven't found official course rules, I'm assuming that the walking paths, roads, athletic fields, etc. play as OB-and-beyond on all holes, in which case the open holes have some nice risk/reward decision-making elements. Big crushes can put you in great position, but you most be accurate to avoid the OB.
+ The par 4s in particular are quite fun. Hole 2 is a big sweeping hyzer that must be carefully positioned into a blind landing zone to make the tunnel approach shot easier to attack. Hole 4 features OB on both sides of an open but somewhat narrow fairway, really testing players' risk-reward decision-making and execution. And hole 6 is a big dogleg to the right, where the tee shot must fly past the corner straight, while avoiding OB left and rough on the right, setting up a tricky approach to a very well-guarded basket. These holes were the definite highlights for me.

Cons:

- As just mentioned, there are walking paths, roads, and athletic fields that come into play on most of the course, and those present some significant safety issues. This can be a surprisingly busy park at times, and disc golfers will have to be very cautious. I actually skipped playing Hole 6 because of a very well-attended little league game in progress, with spectators standing unaware on the edge of the fairway. Please be respectful and cautious when playing these holes. Ideally the course would have been set further away from these activities to begin with.
- Though the Next Tee signs are welcome, there are some longer hole transitions that could've used additional signage to clarify. In particular, the transition after hole 7 is very unclear. The map on uDisc will be very helpful to have along.
- At the moment the tee markers only show the hole number, but no distances, maps, OB rules, etc. I don't think there's a physical course map anywhere either, outside of the one on uDisc.
- The more wooded holes are very tight, quite short, oddly shaped, and a bit puzzling. Hole 1 in particular seems to require a tight flex forehand, maybe a panning thumber, or maybe a grenade. Not sure what novices will think of these holes.
- Though there's a very nice mix of shot shapes and distances here, and a few odd wooded holes, it's still a fairly soft and easy course. Anyone rated ~870 or above will probably be able to carve their way through with relative ease, and perfect rounds are easily envisionable.

Other Thoughts:

It sounds like 18 holes are eventually planned here. My hope is that the local club has demonstrated the course's popularity to the park, and will get support to build the new holes well away from the rest of park's activities, to improve safety. It seems like there's plenty of land to do so. Building up that trust and support will take time, and having these 9 holes in is a strong step towards that. I hope those who play the course do so smartly, and don't risk the goodwill of the park and its other users, so that more and better disc golf can be built here.
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