I graduated from the university in 2001. But, because I was so focused on my studies, I just finally played the course in 2019. What an excellent course.
- Great weaving stroll through the southern part of campus. Starting and end in the Outdoor Education Center, this course will weave in and out of the woods, up and down hills, all while offering an excellent variety of layouts.
- I hope you like Carolina Blue. It's prevalent throughout your round from tee signs, benches, and baskets all featuring it.
- As for the course itself, there's plenty to like here. It's a solid test, with some excellent variety. It's not a championship level layout, so it can be tamed.
- When I played holes #1 & 2 were out of commission due to construction work. In their place were (hopefully temporary) #19 & 20. As such, there's a long walk from the parking lot to #3. As it is, #3 is a solid opening hole, mostly open that lets you warm up the arm.
- Course mixes in a variety of hole lengths throughout. I was pulling out multiple discs out of the bag as you're getting your share of sub 250-foot holes and 350-foot and/or uphill shots.
- The front nine is mostly flat. The back nine has most of the elevation. From #9 to 15, and again on #18, you've got elevation being the biggest obstacle.
- The scenic, rolling hills stretch of #11 - 13 gives you the feel of being in a secluded small-town park. #11 is the longest hole on the course, an uphill par 4. #12 is a fun, valley layout, throwing from the top of one hill to another. #13 ends this stretch as a downhill, 319-foot open field throw. If you sail long or to the left you can run into danger. On either #12 or 13, you'll be thinking of throwing multiple tee shots.
- If you play smart, throwing straight, and keeping it on the fairway, you're not going to find much trouble. Other than a disc rolling downhill on one of the uphill holes/approach shots, you should be seeing plenty of birdie/easy par chances.

My biggest negative is the tricky navigation in several spots. There's a lack of signage on some of the longer transitions. From the parking lot, you're walking down the service road. Because holes #1 & 2 don't exist, it's a long walk to #3 with only one small, temporary sign to say follow the markers. If you don't see the sign, as I didn't initially, it's easy to assume the markers are for the construction work. Several other holes had less than obvious tee locales, notably #12 & 16.
- on #17, the dual basket locations are completely opposite directions from each other. Standing on the tee, you can't tell if it's a sharp dogleg left or a sharp dogleg right. Throwing it down the middle is pointless, so you just need to suck it up and walk the fairway.
- I hope #19 & 20 are temporary holes replacing #1 & 2. #18 is a great finishing hole and should be the capper to your round. #19 is a short, straight, birdie hole. Playing #20 makes you to walk the length of the hole to get to the tee, turn around and then play back to where you just started. It's a trashy hole that only gets enjoyable once you get to the rocks around the basket.
- I didn't notice trash cans on the course. Also, no water fountains or restrooms.
- Not a con about the course per se. Parking is limited to permits only during weekdays. Weekends, nights, and the summer, it's not an issue.
- Also, due to redesigns over the year, many course photos on this site are either listed incorrectly or are for holes that no longer exist.

Chapel Hill is known as the southern part of heaven. If so, I'll gladly take this course in heaven.
- I'm just a little biased about all things UNC. I guess enough time, money, and memories will have that effect on a person. That said, I was extremely pleased with the course.
- Two great holes that players will enjoy are #15 & 18. #15 is a short, 183-foot layout. Throw it on a rope, avoid trees, and avoid a disc rolling down the hill near a basket and you've got ace run or birdie chance potential. #18 is a tight fairway off the tee on this valley layout. Depending on how far your tee shot goes will determine how much of an uphill shot you'll have for your second shot. This basket has a wall in front and side of it. If you're short, be prepared for your disc to roll back down the slope.
- For average players, front nine has more birdie chances. The back nine has more 'take your par' holes. Advanced players are going to have a field day here.
- This course reminded me a lot of Falling Creek in Bedford, VA and a better version of Yadkin County Park.
- I wish I was playing disc golf back in my college days. I would have spent way too much time on the course. Call it extended study breaks.
- I'll take into account that holes #1 & 2 would be better than #19 & 20 (they can't be any worse). With that said, this course is right in the 3.75 to 4.0 range. Still, this is the best college campus course I've played.

Great variety of open and wooded holes; short and long; uphill and downhill; right, left and straight holes. You really get to test your all around game here.Some holes allow you to really unload on a drive, being over 400 ft, and also some great "touch"?drivesClear signage (most of the time) and paths for where to go next.The open holes are not always simple, with elevation change and some low hanging trees reaching into the fairway that make you have to think about your route.Suitable for sidearm and backhand players, some holes advantaging left to right throwers, and some right to left.

This is a big one that keeps me from ranking this course a 4.5... drainage. There are areas in the walkways and fairways (especially half way through the front 9) where you get your shoes caked in mud if it has recently rain (but even sometimes when it hasn't). It's an issue that I wonder could be resolved, which would make this a premier course in NC.

If you're an advanced player, in your mind, you expect to birdie half the holes, and half the holes you feel like birdie is a bonus, which speaks to the fairness of this course, and why -7 or so is a 1000 rated round.Also, I wish they had a couple of par 4's here. If they had a few of those and fixed the drainage problem, it would be competitive with Hornet's Nest and renaissance in Charlotte.

This course really has a lot of diversity. I play in the weekly doubles group and always have a blast here.(great community). The course really has everything you could want in a disc course.

-Essentially broken into 4 groups/stages. First section is open
with holes 1- 6 ish, second area is more technical and woods based holes 7-10, open elevation 11-13, 14-18 are variations with both wooded/elevation holes.

-Medium to long hole locations throughout. You can really air out some drives in the elevated areas in the back 9.

-Wooded, technical portions that focus on technical shots.

-Great elevation changes for most holes including the technical woods portions

-A pretty good workout with the length of the course and the various elevations changes if you push yourself for a fast pace. Some holes are pretty far away from others as well.

-The maps are not updated and there are 20 holes listed. Two of them do not exist and that has made all of the numbers on the baskets off. For example: Hole 1 is marked as 3 which can be really confusing. I spent time looking for holes 1-2 to not find them (because they aren't real) and realized what was wrong.

-Navigation issues are very present. There is good signage detailing the lengths of holes and locations of baskets, but some have now broken off/fell off. Finding holes 16-18 are confusing because they have confusing signage. There's a sign that points to hole 18, ,but really 16, 17, and 18 are that way near the tennis courts.

-Cannot park at the entrance for hole one until after 5 unless with a permit so you have to start at hole 6 parking.

-Much busier than other courses nearby so be ready to see others/be impacted by players

-Extremely, extremely muddy which makes playing it anytime after rain or in the winter a mess. I played two days after a rain storm and there were small rivers being made and overflowing onto the course. Hole 2 is basically unplayable for me because everytime I have played there recently, the fairway is just a muddy, soggy mess that could pull your shoes off if you aren't careful. The same can be said for hole 3 and 4 where giant patches of grass become a muddy mess. I have fallen down a few times on hole three's downhill portion because its basically just mud at this point (has been this way for 3 months).

I would want to give it a lower grade because of the cons which are very, very frustrating but the diversity the course brings to this area keeps it above its nearby competition. Make sure to bring pants/shoes that you can risk ruining because of the mud and download the udisc app as it shows the proper map course numbers and where to go moreso than the map provided on their website. Great course, just wish they would fix the signage and I wish the land was better suited for water (how to fix that, I have no idea).


Edited: The waterhole has been shut down along with the following hole but has been replaced with 2 interesting holes after 18. One is a tunnel shot and another is a long bomber soft par 4 which let's you throw 350+ which is awesome. Summertime has improved drainage issues a ton. I play this weekly along with doubles on Saturday now and it's now my favorite area course. Matt and crew do a good job to keep the course functioning properly.

Beautiful couse
Nice variety
Not overly busy
Not much underbrush, so compared to other states and places I have been hard to lose a disk if you really look
Good markings overall
Baskets seem freshly painted with UNC blue.

cement tees are way too short for my approach. I had to start off the concrete
Signs have been updated, but there is no sign after hole 15. Walk down the hill on the right. You will see a sign labeled 18 with an arrow, but the first hole you come to will be 16

Excellent course and several longer holes for North Carolina, but only 1 hole, was out of my driving range. For a higher rating there would need to be more sharp turns and a few longer holes. I had to disk down on several holes as I overshot the baskets sometimes. I'm not sure if I was just throwing longer than normal or the holes were marked a bit shorter than reality.

UNC has a very good disc golf course, the type I would love to play on the regular. Elevation changes, open and wooded holes, birdie opportunities and par 4's. There are two sets of roomy concrete tees and I played the longer blue tees. Most, if not all of the holes had benches and a few trash cans are around the course. The baskets were in all decent condition. Hole 1 is a good opener, but hole 2 is where the fun begins. A long shot through a lot of trees, way downhill. I tagged many of those trees and took a six. I made up for it on hole 3, the only hole with water in play. Busted a great drive over the pond and got the deuce. The next several holes are ok, 4 being long, flat and wide open. I enjoyed the second half of the course a lot, when the elevation changes become more of a factor again. I took a few tough rolls and bad bounces leading to bogeys, but there were also some great drives and timely putts for birdies. Hole 15 was the perfect drive down a large, wide open hill and right onto the green. Hole 17 was the short wooded fairway, where the par putt attempt caught an edge and rolled 40 feet downhill, leading to a double bogey. Finishing hole 20 is a good one. Having 20 holes means some extra fun. I liked the beginning and end more than the middle, but it was all good.

Course is on campus I guess, so other facilities mean less parking and other park users at times. I was there early on a Saturday and saw few other people. I spent a good amount of time looking for a disc in the rough on hole 11, I think. I must have overlooked it multiple times and felt dumb when I finally spotted it.

UNC DGC is fun to play, and a nice little hike built in. I am glad I stopped there, and recommend you check it out if you're able. Challenging with excellent variety. Kind of similar to Va-Du-Mar in SC.

-Course has every type of hole, wooded, open, even one requiring you to clear water
-Many of the holes just look awesome from the tee box. The use of terrain makes just about every hole feel different and fresh and keeps it interesting throughout the full round
-There are 6 air it out holes on the course which you don't find much of in the area
-Many holes offer great risk reward shot layouts

-Poor signage. The first time you come to play the course, good luck. Finding holes 16 and 17 was particularly challenging.
-When the vegetation grows in some holes can be real disc eaters
-The course drains water terribly. If it rains within 3 days of when you are playing get ready to get a little bit muddy
-The course is a huge loop which makes it nearly impossible to just play a quick 9. Be ready to play them all.

This course is the best in area in my opinion. When you want to find a course that will truly test all aspects of your game this is the course you should play in the area. Just make sure before you go out that you park at hole 8/9 so you don't get ticketed, remember if its rained lately you will get muddy, and get ready to be tested on all your shots. This is a great course and one I would consider a can't miss if you're in the area.

- Awesome mixture of wooded, hilly, open, technical, and water holes.
- Plenty of parking
- Never to crowded to play right through
- multiple courses close by
- some holes on the back 9 you can really open up and rip a few good long drives
- some holes require thinking

- Directions dont take you to the right parking lot.

Good tough course that anyone can enjoy.. Watch out for that pond near holes 2 and 3.. Its bigger than it looks.

You will use every shot in your arsenal to play this course. So many different shots. It is well maintained and the scenery is great. It has never been busy when I've been there however I am from wisconsin and have only played there in Nov.

- Great mix! Elevation changes. Left, right, straight. Hole shapes. Open vs. wooded. Short and long. A water hole. I don't feel like there any "throw-away" holes (we need to get 1 more so we have 18....).
- This course is worn (other then 18), but not worn-out. There are benches at many of the holes. Concrete teepads for all holes. There are trash-cans (it's a clean park). If you know how to read the "tracks", you can find your way.
- I think what is best about this course is the overall design. The open holes are long - so you are rewarded for airing it out, and have the room to do so. The shorter holes are wooded, and reward accurate shots. They had a great piece on land to work with, and utilized it to it's fullest.

- The signs are adequate, but not great. It seems like there are out of date for some holes. Probably back in the day, they were good - now with the newer signs on many courses they are sub-par.
- Course flow - not the best. If you play regularly, it's probably not a big deal. For visitors, make sure you bring a map (if possible). The challenging transitions - 7-8: halfway down the fairway to the left, look for the little plank bridge. 15 to 16: look for the low orange sign marking the path in the woods to the right, about half-way down the fairway. 17-18: head back towards the basket for 15. Thanks for the paper signs. Hopefully some permanent ones get installed. 18 to 1: walk around the tennis courts to the right - you're heading towards the spot where the road that you can see coming down the hill hits the bottom.

- I have played starting at 1 and starting at 9. I prefer 9 - you get a little easier hole to start on.
- I think they have moved baskets around, so some of the numbers may not be correct. Don't be thrown by this. When I played, there weren't really places where you can get confused (maybe 9 - you might see 7, but if you look at the map on the tee, it's very straightforward).
- I don't particularly like the new hole 18. With the development of the high-ropes course, I see why they moved it, but that old hole was better then the long, straight tunnel shot. When I played, baskets were in both short and long positions, and I didn't see the long one from the tee - I was really disappointed - the short basket (don't know the distance, no tee sign) is a short, tight ace run. The long almost doubles the distance and puts the basket slightly to the right. To be honest, there are a lot of other great holes, if you start at 1, to end on 18, it's not quite up to par with the rest of the course.
- My personal favorite holes: 12 (I like throwing thumbers, that is an ace-run with no risk of losing a disc onto the softball field). 15 (down-hill straight shot onto a peninsula). 2 (tight, downhill to a basket on a rock-outcropping).
- I don't get to play this course too often - it's a little further for me then other courses, but it's a great course. If you're visiting the Triange for DG, it's a MUST PLAY.

18 hole course set in an athletic/recreational section of UNC-Chapel Hill's campus.
- Plenty of parking where I ended up starting (holes #8 and 9 - see below for other thoughts)
- Variety of holes - half the course plays through some tightly wooded sections, while half plays in more open areas (apparently the site of an old ball golf course) that appeared to be mowed
- Gorgeous views - the ball golf holes really were something to see - from the long tunnels on 4 and 5, to the valley throw-over on 14, this course looked great
- U, D, L, R - this course had all shapes for its holes - among others, #10 and 13 playing uphill, #2 and 15 playing downhill, other going down then up, #7 and 12 going left to right, #8 and 9 going right to left - these are all mixed with woods and open
- Noted above, but good use of elevation - this course has some rolling hill sections, as well as some more rugged areas across small valleys/ditches in the woods - these are in contrast to the numerous flat holes that are interwoven - overall, the layout does not wear you out
- Nice DisCatchers stand out in the wooded sections
- Tee signs were there, showing distance and par, but they were in rough shape and I don't think they had a hole map
- Flush, concrete tee pads wider at the back for easy runup
- Multiple tees on some holes, multiple pin locations (one basket) on some holes
- Course map is available online and is pretty accurate
- Even the wooded holes were not too thick with downed foliage, so relatively low chance for lost disc, unless you really yank a drive on some of the open holes (13, 14, 15) - #12 is a short hole, but has some high stuff, I did spend some time looking for a drive gone long on #7
- There are some challenging pin positions here - #2 next to a drainage ditch, #15 on a plateau in front of a dropoff, etc.
- Not sure if there is any OB - water in play on a couple holes - pond throwover on #3, small creek on side of #4 and across #5
- Restrooms near hole #1 (which was mid-round for me)
- Benches on many holes
- No trash that I remember
- As mentioned, some real nice golf holes - #2 is a tight, wooded downhill shot to a pin perched near a drainage ditch, #3 is a pitch over a small pond, #5 is an absolute beauty playing slightly downhill, through a gap in trees growing up out of a creek bed to an open finish, #7 is an anny line through a wooded area, #12 (not popular by most apparently, but I really liked it) is a short, little anny that requires you to stay right or risk dropping down a fairly steep hill that runs down to a softball field (cool to overlook it), #14 is another beauty playing across a grassy down-up valley to a pin perched near a large, shady tree

- Course start and navigation - as mentioned a lot, the most common spot for people to park and start is at hole #9 - I'm sure there is a way to park and start at hole #1, but it's not the most accessible (maybe not at all for non-students?) - it could be worthwhile to re-number the holes and have a course map near this lot
- Navigation was a litt tough, even with the map, in a couple spots - had to search a bit to get from #15 to #16 (compounded by the "hole closed" sign mentioned above), also had to hunt for tee #1 - bit of a long walk from #5 to #6 with no clear directional sign
- Tee signs were not in good shape and I had to walk up some fairways to see where I was headed
- A couple fairways were a bit mucky after rain during the morning (#6 and 8, I think)
- A couple holes play under a ropes course zip-line and although I didn't encounter anyone, signs indicated that they will always have the right of way while you are playing

- Many reviews on here note that the baskets are mis-numbered - I don't really remember that, but since some of those reviews are recent, I have to assume it's still the case and I just didn't notice - using the course map should make this inconsequential
- Their tournament had just been played the weekend before and there was something about hole #16 being closed and being replaced by some alternate - I think I "ignored it properly" and played the correct/normal layout
- Another tourney sign said that basket #18 was in some long position, but I never found it and re-played the hole, assuming they mvoed it back to the short position

I think the course itself is top-notch and I was close to giving it a 4.5 due the variety, beauty and challenge. However, the poor tee signs, navigation, parking, hole #'s, etc. could all be improved upon to make it an overall top-notch experience. Once you get past those things, the holes themselves were terrific. This was my favorite course during my visit to the Raleigh area (out of 6 - UNC, Buckhorn, Zebulon, Middle Creek, Cedar Hills and Leigh Farm) and I hope to get back sometime. Would have loved to play it a second time, but I went up this way on my last day and still wanted to play Leigh Farms in the afternoon.

Excellent variety on the selection of holes. This course has it all. Open, tight wooded, uphill, downhill, level, valley, lefty, righty, straighty, long, short. You name it; it's there.

Some feasible ace opportunities, and some tough pars.

Baskets in good condition, highly visible.

Fairways are well-maintained. Open-field holes have mowed fairways; minimal undergrowth on wooded holes. 12 is an anomaly, it has shoulder-high trees and brush to throw over or around, but I think that's part of the design. 12 is one of the aforementioned ace runs.

Benches at every tee, I think.

Restrooms at hole 1.

Not a whole lot of non-dg traffic to worry about, although I had to throw over a couple of friendly young fisherpersons' heads at the pond today.

Everyone I've ever met there has been friendly, and willing to let others play through if they are moving slowly.

Signs could be more informative.

Course can be hard to navigate if you've never played there before, although if you copy my "other thoughts" or memorize them, you will make it okay.

There are a couple of blind holes with alternating pins. If you want to know where to throw it, I guess you just have to walk ahead and look for the basket. I don't think the signs even note the different basket locations. Certainly there's only one distance listed on the signs.

Signs don't have par posted anymore. Before a recent tournament, par was posted at every hole, but that was removed for some reason and not re-posted after the tournament. This website has par listings for every hole, but it occurs to me that I could go in and change those numbers if I wanted to, and I have no authority over the actual course itself; I'm just someone who has a frisbee and a computer. So take those with a grain of salt. I like to have a par score specified, so I can play against "par," and use that as a reference point to determine how badly I'm playing.

The baskets have numbers posted at the top, and the numbers range from 1 to 18, but they don't correspond to the actual hole numbers. Not even close. It's best to just ignore the numbers on the baskets, especially if you don't know your way around this course.

So anyway, parking at UNC can be a problem. In years past, they have been quick to issue parking tickets. I've never been ticketed for parking at this course, and I've heard that nobody gets ticketed for parking at hole 8. I think the address for this parking lot is 910 Raleigh Road, Chapel Hill, NC. The General Administration building, and I think there's also a sign for a softball stadium there. If you're coming from Raleigh headed West on 54, there will be a place near campus where, to stay on 54 west, you would have to get on the 15-501 bypass. Instead of getting on the bypass, you should just go straight under the highway and make the first left, into this parking lot. Then just stay to the right and park in the corner of the lot. You'll see dg baskets in the field to your right. This lot is more convenient than the other parking lot.

Okay then.

If you start at hole 9, after maybe taking a few practice shots in the field, it will be in the woods near basket 8. (remember, the baskets don't have the correct numbers posted on them) There will be 3 wooded holes before 12. Hole 10 is a blind shot with 2 different basket positions ! At least it's blind in the summertime in the long position, like today, for example. You might be able to see it in the short position in the summer, I don't remember. But it's uphill, left turn, over a ridge. Then to find hole 11 you have to backtrack a little, and it's on the opposite side of the 10 fairway from basket 9. i.e. looking from tee 10 towards basket 10, tee 11 is to the left of the fairway.

12 is a short, more open fairway on a ridge overlooking a softball field. Both 11 and 12 have small right doglegs at the end. Then 13, 14, 15 are open field, longer holes. 13 is the only par 4 on the course, I think, except for "the beast." (Note my note about "par," though.) 14 has 2 baskets and I guess you can take your pick (?) 15 has alternating pin positions. short 350 or blind longer downhill to the right. If you can get the right S curve on that long downhill, you're in business.

Then to get to 16, 17 wooded holes, you have to backtrack. I think there's a little orange sign pointing you to a little path in the woods, although that may have been a temporary little cardboard sign that won't be there when you go. Those are short tight shots over a valley, with alternating pins on 17.

Update: There is a new hole 18, as of late 2012. The tee is near basket 15. After 17, walk down the hill and a series of signs will direct you to 18. It's a long walk to get there. It is a level, straight, sometimes muddy fairway.

It is a long walk to 1 on the other side of the tennis courts, wooded over a valley, 2 downhill with thick woods on the left, and alternating pins. If it's in the long position, the basket is near the pond!

3 over the pond and there are 2 baskets; I always play the long one; short one is very close to the pond. I think there's a sign that says no swimming or wading, even though the fairway is directly over the pond. The pond is shallow, with a very soft, mucky, smelly, gross bottom. Or so a criminal friend told me.

Update June 2013: The long basket is not there now. The only basket to play on 3 is right on the edge of the pond. I'm tempted to dock them a half-point for asking me to throw my disc into the pond, with a sign that says not to go in the pond.

Remember there are 2 tees for hole 4. the short 400 footer, or the long 666 foot "beast." I've never thrown "the beast". There's a tee sign beside the pond, on the more overgrown side, and there's a wooden post a few feet away; I assume the post marks the "beast" tee. It's on a slightly paved walkway.

3, 4, 5, 6 are open field holes, although I've managed to end up in the rough on all of them, from time to time. There's a long walk from 5 to 6, and you could start thinking you're lost. Just stay on the path and go under a little bridge, and you'll end up in a field. At the other end of the field you'll see the parking lot I directed you to.

After 6 you head to the left, into the woods for 7, 8. when you're walking into the woods, try to locate the basket for 7 (which, of course, doesn't say "7" on it). 7 is a blind hole with alternating basket positions. It's either a left or right turn at the end of the fairway. (left today) 8 has long and short tees and alternating pins too. The basket is in open field, either right next to the corner of the parking lot where I always park, or about 80 feet to the right.

There is a map and scorecard file available for download on this site. The map features an old configuration for holes 1, 2, 3, and 18. No longer correct for those holes, but all the others look about right. The hole labeled 2 on the map is now hole #3. 1 and 2 are completely new holes, in the woods to the left when you are walking down the paved road. There's a big sign in front of hole 1. The hole labeled 3 on the map no longer exists. That tee is used for an alternate for 4.

Atmosphere: It's a beautiful course that weaves through old growth forest and an old ball golf course. It has a country club feel to it when you're out there.

Equipment: Good signs and large concrete pads, multiple tee pads for some holes. Benches on a lot of holes, some trashcans throughout the course. The baskets are old but still in playable shape.

Layout: 2 sets of tees, multiple basket locations on some holes.

UNC combines some tight wooded holes where the focus is hitting gaps and open holes which range from short to long bombs.

Most of the wooded holes are basically shorter gap hitting holes and don't require placement for a second shot. It does mix in a couple of hyzer/anhyzer holes in there to provide diversity.

Some of the wooded holes are tight and provide a challenge and some are a bit wider.

The open holes look to be built on old ball golf holes. For the most part they're long with large open fairways; 5 over 400ft, really lets you rip. There is a couple of shorter open holes thrown in the mix.

The course has a ton of elevation change, there are 4 holes over valleys (3 are wooded). 3 big downhill holes, 3 uphill holes.

The course has five holes with water; four involve a creek and one is over a short coverable pond.

Atmosphere: The course can be crowded at times, and there are parts where other sporting activities come in to play. You go by the tennis courts and a training area. It can be mucky out there at times, some holes don't drain well.

Equipment: The basket numbers don't correspond to the hole numbers, can be confusing for those not familiar with the course. Sometimes both baskets are left in which can also cause some confusion.

Layout: The one major drawback to this course is a lot of the wooded holes are shorter and don't really offer multiple routes. It's pretty much hit this gap and park it.

Not a lot of risk reward out there, mostly because of the really open holes; but even the shorter wooded holes don't have much except for the baskets that sit on hill tops. I wish there were more hyzer/anhyzer shots OR if some of the longer holes were doglegs.. one is.

The layout can be confusing for first timers and seem to not flow well. Once you've played it a few times though it makes since, you do have to kinda backtrack in a few places.

The following holes I don't like:

#6: It's a wide open 320' hole that is just in the wrong place. Comes in after two much longer open holes and one is my favorite; should be a wooded hole for variety.

#12: This hole is unappealing and dumb. It's a 180' straight on shot but the basket sits on the right side of fairway tucked in the tree line about 5'. It just doesn't look good and it isn't fun either.

It's a great course, probably the nicest in the area. Not the most challenging but maybe the funnest if you like to throw bombs.

It has a plethora of signature holes, here are my favorites:

#2: 321' of wooded downhill gap hitter that has two basket locations. The first is up on a hill side that creates a valley shot. The second location is down at the bottom of the hill next to a creek. Fun and challenging hole, disc golf at its best.

#5: It's my favorite hole and one of the most beautiful holes I've played. It's an old ball golf hole that is 444' off a small hill down over a creek and past some trees then out in to an open area where the basket sits... yeah.

#8: When the basket is in the back position this hole is great, it goes out over an open area and into the tree line where the basket sits just over a creek.

#10: It's a very difficult tight gap hitting that moves right to left. One of the more difficult holes on the course.

#13: It's a wide open fairway lined by trees that goes up and doglegs a bit left. The basket sits at the end of a corridor where it opens up and the ground drops off behind it. Great hole.

#14: It's probably most peoples favorite hole, certainly the one you'll remember the most the first time you play it. It's 410/415 (depending on basket location) over a giant open valley where the basket can sit on the left/right of the opposing hill. It's a jaw dropper and super fun.

#15: It's down off a hill to two possible basket locations. One is a bit down hill and straight on where the green is surrounded by a small cliff. The second location is really downhill and goes down through a corridor past the upper green location. Challenging and fun hole.

#16 & 17: Both are wooded valley holes and they're both fun and slightly challenging. Risk reward comes in to play here if you don't land on top in a good place.

You'll want to park off of 15-501 and start at hole #8. The #1 parking lot is for UNC people only supposedly.

- The open holes make good use of elevation and still require accuracy, such as the gap between trees on hole 5. Hole 3 even incorporates a pond you must shoot over, with the basket being just on the other side of it.
- The wooded holes are a bit on the short side but some require very technical throws, such as hole 1 which is a dead straight fairly narrow fairway which opens up around to the hole around 260 feet.
- There is a good balance of right, left, and straight shots required.
- The concrete tees are nice and very large.
- The signage is adequate, notifying you of hole length and the location of the basket.
- Every hole has nice DISCatcher baskets.
- There is certainly an aesthetic beauty to this course. It is pretty secluded and the first 5 holes are all quite beautiful.
- There are a good amount of benches but I didn't see many trash cans, though I didn't see much litter anywhere so that's a plus.

- The layout could be pretty confusing for a first-timer, luckily I played with someone who had played the course a few times before.
- A couple of the fairways retain water as they are low points, which can be swampy from recent rain.

This course was really fun to play, and fairly difficult. There are definitely birdie opportunities, but you have to throw accurate shots to be rewarded with those. If the amenities were a little better I could see this course being used for PDGA tournaments.

A good mix of holes. Open, wooded, long, short.

Course wasn't overly crowded and the people who were playing were very helpful and were givng history on the course.

Tee signs, benches, trash cans at every hole.

This is not really a con but I wish I didn't have to drive 130 miles or so just to play.

I've played about fifteen courses or so and this one is defnitely in the top three. I played it on a Saturday and parking wasn't an issue. Will play again when up in the area.

My favorite aspect of UNC is the variety. It has elevation changes, left/right turns, open/wooded, varying distances, and risk/reward including a water hazard.

Other Pros:
- great tee signs
- nice tee pads
- some holes have multiple tees
- alternate pin positions
- challenging and fun
- well maintained grounds
- easy to navigate
- clever and unique pin placements

It is on campus so parking can be an issue during school hours.

* The map on the links/ files tab is outdated, the 1st few holes are slightly different now.*

Many holes here could be the signature hole somewhere else. It's too hard to pick a favorite hole. I really liked the basket surrounded by boulders on the side of a hill.

The entire area has many great courses, definitely worth visiting!

I really liked this course except for one major con (but more on that later). We played on a day that the university was out (Labor Day weekend) and it was fairly early in the morning so there weren't many people at all on the course. I was impressed with the mix of short, tight holes and big, long bombing holes. Can't remember the number, but the hole that plays across the top of a ridge overlooking the softball stadium is a bit scary for anyone worried about an errant shot. The course was just fun and challenging all around.

I really wish the course had been better marked and that's my big pet peeve. Having never played the course before I had some difficulty navigating it. There was a spot about midway through the course where we just kind of had to wander around the area looking at tee pads and baskets until we figured out the layout. We never found the last hole and I still have no clue where it is. If this course were better marked it would be much easier to play and without the navigational worries, it would be even more fun.

This is the one that made me want more on my trip to the area. I loved it and played it twice. While I love challenge I don't necessarily crave the distance that Gold level courses bring into the mix, so this Blue level course was just what I needed with a great mix of shot selection required due to the varying hole types and unique terrain.
The area is beautiful with great site work and landscaping done in part because it was an old ball golf course. Now the disc golf course reaps the benefits of that previous work, but also gets to dive into the unique wooded ravines and valleys that surround the manicured fairways.
The variety and balance here was outstanding. From tight woods, to wide open rippers, to downhill bombers, water hazard, elevation, and valley edge to valley edge touch shots, this course has great variety for 18 holes. Some longer wooded holes and eliminating the throwaway #6 would make it even better.
The signs were great with a good depiction of the hole and accurate distance.
There were indeed some memorable holes. I wanted to jot down and describe more than 75% of them! #1 has a nice fast green and some terraced fairway landscaping in a great wooded valley. #2 is stunning beauty of a hole. A fairly long downhill wooded valley with scattered trees to shape your drive. Then punch out to the pin in the open but very near a stormwater drain ditch for some risk. #3 is picturesque and over a pond off the tee. Not a simple over the pond shot either. #4 and #13 offer the wide open 400'+ ripper hole. #5 is a beautifully framed and elevated tee and green from a former par 3 bolf hole - makes a great disc golf hole. #10 is a great uphill wooded hyzer (RHBH) with a pin near the edge of a ridge for some risk. #14 is a rolling valley with great elevation (50-75') throwing downhill to a pin hidden behind a lone giant tree. This is your downhill bomber hole. #14 is a downhill touch shot. 75' elevation change to a pin on the edge of a raised green with severe threat of blowing past it and winding up another 30-40' below the pin with no view on your upshot (here is an example where an alternate pin way down below in that valley would offer a GREAT option to crush a drive downhill). #16 and 17 are those excellent valley edge to valley edge wooded holes than I love so much where you throw from an elevated tee, over a gully, and up to the pin on a risky rollaway slope. #18 is a beautifully framed hole with some manmade fields and tennis courts as possible OB. You throw uphill and try to thread in between a few major trees to a pin perched on a good slope that loves to skip your disc away if you can even make the s-curve drive.

Only one pin placement (although I saw a few alternate sleeves on various holes). Having a second pin placement on many holes would showcase much more of the unique and beautiful terrain, offer some more needed distance, introduce some risky greens, and add needed variety in skill/challenge.
Only one tee on many of the holes. A second set of tees would really wake up the variety and skill challenge throughout this course. The best option might be to leave the current tees as a white level tee and install shorter red level tees and some even longer blue level tees. Plus, there seemed to be older style and shorter concrete pads for holes 3, 4, 5, and 6.
I think there was wasted potential on the walk between #5 and 6, and not incorporating the wooded ravine and the bridge. But my opinion is that I like manmade obstacles incorporated into the design. This wooded potential is even more squandered because #6 is just a wide open throwaway hole.
Hole #2 had no tee sign but it was probably due to the recent redesign.
Despite the clean and beautiful setting, there is some annoying road and traffic noise on holes 4-9.
Baskets were old style DISCatchers modified with an inner layer of overlapping chains. They caught fine. They had numbers on them that didn't match the hole at all.
While the setting was beautiful, it was not secluded. Lots of road noise, private residences, and college activity all around.

I was never torn on this rating. The fun, unique, and beautiful terrain and the well balanced variety in design was screaming high rating after playing a third of the round and things just kept getting better. This course is a solid 4.0. Lack of multiple tees throughout and multiple pin placements keeps it from being more. Also, lacking good par 4 holes, longer wooded holes, and having a throwaway hole #7 will keep the rating down. The redesign on hole #2 is becoming a thing of beauty, and it looks like commitment to the course is strong. Installing some more option for skill/challenge would be ideal. Add longer tees, and add riskier alternate pin placements. Although with the challenge of Leigh Farm, this course will fill a great par 3 niche in the area with its setting, terrain, balance, and variety.
I'd say this is a Blue level course. When you have the option, the longer tees fit the bill of a blue level skill course. I never play as well my first time through a course, but this course did challenge me on almost every shot. A few excellent drives and LONG putts kept me in the game.
(The order of favorites on my Raleigh trip is as follows - UNC, Leigh Farms, Harris Lake, Cedar Hills, Zebulon, Middle Creek, and Valley Springs. UNC and Leigh farms were runaway winners but with vastly different reasons. Harris Lake was repetitive being almost all wooded, but real fun to play and lots of risk. Cedar Hills, Zeb, and Middle creek were all tied around the average for different reasons. Valley Springs was very fun, but repetitively grueling.)

This is a great course with a wide variety of necessary shots. It has big holes for big arms including a 666' monster on #4. Also has short finesse shots through the woods. Nice elevation changes as well. Great excercise to play the full 18 because of all the hills. The 13th is an absolutely brutal uphill par 3 at about 450' with a narrow landing area from the tee pad.This course requires an all around game to score low. Course is very well maintained and is constantly being altered.

Impossible to play only 9 holes because neither the back nor the front loop back to the same parking lot. Parking is tough during the week as there really isn't any place that you can park without at least the threat of a ticket. Forget trying to park on Saturday home football games.

This course does not contain very many "chuck it and pray" type holes that are so wooded there isn't a clear path. A must play when in Chapel Hill area!

Nice track that runs through rolling hills and forest AWAY from most campus activities. It has a great mix of wooded holes and grassy open holes bordered by thick woods. The wooded holes will challenge your medium to short game mostly, but the open holes will allow you to launch a few (they will punish you if you don't stay on these fairways). Challenging fun course. Good tees and brightly colores "Carolina Blue" benches.

A couple of really memorable holes here - #2 is one of the more difficult holes - downhill, slightly left turning, harrow fairway, and pin perched in the middle of some large boulders on a sloping hill - but don't despair! They are not all quite this gnarly. Hole #3 short pin is just over the pond at about 230', with a grassy slope just behind the pin. Don't fall short or you are wet, but go too long and you are putting uphill with the pond only 20' behind the basket. I thought I was on an ace run both rounds but ended 60' past the basket each time. Hole #14 is simply beautiful, a grassy rolling fairway with dual pins on each side of the fairway. The setting sun makes it even more picturesque.

Difficult to find the next tee in some cases (especially 16 & 18). Use the map posted here! The dual pins on #3 confused me as you could only see one of them from the tee, and one of them had both a
#4 & 5 on the basket. I would at least recommend placing a 3a and 3b on those pins (for us first timers).

You can park at hole 1 or 8 which can be a nice thing, but it's always better if #9 ends up at the clubhouse.

If you are looking to grab a few more quick holes - and are parked by hole #1, you can play 1-3, walk halfway back to the 3rd tee, cut left, and find 16 tee, then play your way out.

Not a lot I can add that others haven't. This course is the most fun in the Triangle IMO. It is well managed and maintained, the baskets are in good shape (love how some are painted yellow like the tops). Good signage on most holes. Good length, flows fairly well with good open holes and some really quality wooded holes. Has at least one hole with water in play (it got my TL). Although there isn't hole variety in the strictest sense of the holes, (most play straight) the changing topography of the holes makes them unique enough to break up the monotony. Multiple tees, nice benches on nearly every hole, lots of trash cans. Really clean considering it's on a campus. Makes really nice use of the elevation.

Some of the baskets are numbered incorrectly and there are some trails that will lead you off course if you' aren't careful. Getting to 6 was tricky, go straight into the woods after 5. Some signs missing on the front 9 but there weren't any blind tees so no biggie.

Be prepared to run into old ladies walking their dogs everywhere like they own the course and college students doing it up TDD style. I've had more than enough run ins with the brosephs and frat guys. Not really a con, they can just cramp your style if you're looking to have a serious round out there.

2nd Update: Hole 18 has been changed. There are signs up directing you to it but in case they all blow away, just hail a left after hole 17 back towards hole 15's long position and go straight into the woods. Hole 18 has two baskets, a short straight putter rip away and a longer one that's kind of hidden out of sight on the right. Both are tunnel shots with lots of vegetation on the fairway still. It's on the other side of the tennis courts so the swampy valley that is the fairway is filled with rotting tennis balls, like a tennis ball graveyard. Yeah. And now the walk back to 1 is way longer but at least the water fountain/drink machine is along the way.

Update: BATHROOM LOCATIONS: There are some restrooms located in the main building at the 1st softball field you pass if you parked at the parking lot like most out of towners, it's left of the 3rd hole (#11 overall). You have to pass through a gate but it was open when I needed it. I think there are some restrooms at the end of the tennis court complex b/w holes 18 and 1. I know there's a drink machine over there. This course isn't the most difficult but the length, scenery, and playability makes the repeat factor really high. Some will complain about the variety but if you factor in that topography changes a bit that really helps. Could have used a good horseshoe hole or 2 though. Favorite hole: Hole 2 is 300' ish down hill with a boulder lined hillside/slope on the right. This isn't the best technically designed course but it really strikes a great chord in terms of fun and playability for novices and veterans alike. The quality of the Chapel Hill courses make it well worth a road trip. Buckhorn is better and prettier but this is much nicer to your game and more fun/relaxing.