- Short for Charlotte. Charlotte needs a short course that the average family can go play without the frustration of crazy difficult holes. This would be a great course for kids, extreme amateurs, girlfriends, to practice your short game, or go for aces.
-Pin Locations. A few of the pin locations are situated on the edge of a hill, punishing missed ace-runs and bad putts.

- Layout Confusion. There were two tee-pads for every pin, which might normally be a Pro; however, for such a small, compact course, all the dual tees did was make confusion. In some parts of the course, you finish a hole and there are so many tee-sign posts that it is basically trial and error to find the next tee-pad.
- Basket Confusion. Which basket do I shoot at??? The baskets weren't numbered; and, with two tee-pads shooting at each basket, and with multiple baskets in sight, it was hard to figure out if I was on the right hole or not.
- Plays Out, Not Back. The course plays away from the parking lot and never loops back to the parking lot. Therefore, to get back to the car, (or hole 10's tee), you have to walk from practically the furthest part of the course, back to the parking lot, and then, if you choose, retrace the course for the second loop.
- Missing Basket. Hole 8's basket seems to be missing... the Tee-pad too... I never did find it/them. And therefore, hole 17's basket is also missing, although, I did find 17's tee-pad.

- I didn't have a lot of time to play this course. I was in Charlotte for an early morning business meeting and tried to sneak this course in before the meeting. With all the confusion and missing basket, it was hard to get a flow and I had to leave before playing the whole thing (i.e. "back 9"). However, I had seen all I needed to see... and wasn't about to make a second loop anyway.
- If you were on a road trip to Charlotte, this is probably the last course you would want to pick. However, if you were a beginner, have kids or a girlfriend, really like bagging new courses and reviewing them (like me), or have a 45 minutes to kill before a business meeting one mile away (like me), then Veterans could be fun. I stretched my legs and went into the business meeting with a smile on my face... so, it's not all bad.
- My Rankings. If you're planning a road trip to Charlotte, here are my rankings (of the courses I've played): Renny, Hornetts, Sugaw, Kilborne, Reedy, .....................Veterans.

-Great for practice (short game, putting)
-Close to Kilborne and not too far from Sugaw!
-Good variation in holes considering its 9 holes (woods and open with elevation changes).

-Haven't been in a while, but when I went kudzu and construction were problems
-Course layout, watch the Be the disc on charlotte's dg club site to get a handle on layout. It can be confusing.
-Not the best part of town, but its close to Kilborne (hint hint).

Like one other reviewer said, if you know what to expect here than you'll be fine. Its good for practice, and when I've played there I actually used Veterans as practice before heading over to Kilborne to get my round in. It is what it is and if you're in the area or want to empty the bag or warm up for Kilborne, then Veterans is the place to go.

- Not much traffic.

- You can play a quick 9 (or 18) in no time.

- Great course to work on different shots. The hills can challenge your throws, especially when it gets windy (as it was the day I played).

- Make sure you check out a course map beforehand or you'll be totally confused by the layout. Every basket is shared by companion tees for the front and back nine, so that can throw you off a little. Also, the tee markers don't always do a great job of pointing you toward the correct baskets.

- It's not the most scenic area, but there's some development in the surrounding neighborhood that should improve that greatly.

- Along those lines, there's currently a lot of construction going on behind 8/17, and throwing downhill makes it easy to sail your drive beyond the hole into the fenced-off construction area.

*** UPDATE***

As of July 2008, the construction area has expanded and taken out one basket (#8/#17). Also, the amount of kudzu/undergrowth around the first 4 or so baskets is beyond ridiculous. Between the construction and the kudzu, I'm not sure which is encroaching on the course more. It has really taken a lot away from the course even in just the past few months. Hopefully these problems will be corrected after the construction around the park is completed.

Veterans isn't one of the better courses around, but it never seems to be crowded. This is good place to get a quick round in. If you realize that going in, you should get what you want out of the course.