One of the few courses in the area where you can pull out a distance driver and unleash your inner Simon.

Distance and Openness. Most courses around here are par 3's with trees. This course is relatively open.

Many.
Some tee maps have backwards maps on them. The 'Google Earth" maps are horrible. I'd rather have colored drawings that show obstacles and distance which to me are vastly superior visually than a Sat image with writing on it. Jomezpro swtiched to Drone coverage, which is cool, but not nearly as informative as a scaled, color depiction of the hole. Some holes have been changed, for the worse imo. But that is just an opinion. I see someone else favorably comment on the new layout. Potatoe Patahtoe....
Tee boxes are mixed.
Layout goes from a few really nice holes to horribly designed holes. I think it's 7 where you just throw across a large grass field, which the map shows you the wrong orientation. Then you tee off from a fine gravel walking path to a blind tee 10' from water. Then you "tee" from a sidewalk across a train track onto a hill with two baskets 60' apart and no signage as to where the next hole is located. So, easiest ultimate frisbee-ish hole on earth to blind water hazard from no tee box to a sidewalk chuck over tracks to a double basket hill. Not a fun stretch.
Hole layouts are confusing and there are no "next hole" signs anywhere.
Baskets are old and rusty.
Some days you smell the paper mill in Canton.
Many tee boxes are covered with cut grass, sticks, gravel, etc..

I appreciate the effort, but obviously this course is not funded very well, like most things in Waynesville, and it shows. Bad maps, no signage, rusty buckets, mixed and many dangerous "tee pads."
But even with all of the negatives, I'll still go there occasionally if that's what friends want to do b/c the main thing for me is kachinging the chains with friends.

DISCatchers, not the newest but catch well.
Variety of holes, some short ace runs, some long open holes, really no tight technical holes.
Good tee signs, tees were a mixture, some concrete, some gravel, not a big issue on most of the holes.
#14 Signature downhill hole.

A LOT of the holes had potential safety issues, 1-4, 8, 11-12, 15-17. On #1, they moved the tee so you aren't throwing over the parking lot, you are throwing beside a shelter, next to the parking lot. On 2-4, you are using a gravel walking path for either part or all of the fairway. #8 goes over the road and RR track, near another parking lot. #11 goes across a running track that was busy when I was there. You are close to the walking path again on 12. Then, 15 throws beside the track and 16 and 17 either cross the track or throw from the track. I wonder how long you could be standing and waiting if the walking path and track are busy on the day you are there. There could also be delays as you cross the football/soccer/lacrosse fields on 11, 16 and 18.
Course is spread out over two different sections, long transitions from 1 to 2, and 9 to 10. I don't think you could get 18 holes in either section, so this is about the only solution to get 18 holes together.
You have to cross a set of RR tracks twice, throwing over them once. May not be a big deal, but could really slow your round down.

As you can tell, there are a lot of activities at this park, there is also a skate park, a ballfield, tennis courts, dog park, playgrounds, shelters and indoor rec building. It looks like it is the center of outside entertainment for Waynesville, with plenty of things to do. I hope everyone is careful when playing this course.
There are some fun holes here:
#5 - tunnel shot with trees down the left and tennis courts down the right, wider and longer than most tunnel shots.
#9 - nice little elevated, concrete tee pad next to the skate park, downhill 225' with the basket between two large trees.
#13 - multiple tees on this uphill Par 4, beside the building with several trees to get in the way.
#14 - Signature hole of the course. Tee from a hillside above the Rec building, downhill and turning right to the basket under large, old-growth trees. Showers rolled in by the time I got to this hole, I threw a forehand pretty good, except it over shot the turn in the fairway, right into a mess of kudzu vines. I was thinking that one is gone! Got down there, looked around for a minute or so, and there it was, just waiting for me!
The last several holes were fine to play the day I was there, with few others in the park. #18 was fun to rip, Par 4 with a turn to the left.
Park in the lot next to the ballfield and track, if you come in past the Skate Park, go over the creek and park in the lot on the right. The first tee is there. I'm not sure how you could mitigate the risks on several of these holes, but those could be unplayable some days. That, and the various tees, is going to keep my rating lower than it would be otherwise.
Waynesville is the hometown of Riley Howell. Riley and Reed Parlier were the two UNC Charlotte students killed 4/30/19 by a crazed gunman in their classroom, four others were wounded. Many authorities have credited Riley with tackling the gunman, allowing others to escape, until authorities arrived. My son was on the UNCC campus that day, he normally walked his best friend to that very class, but did not that day. Likely because of Riley's actions, she was able to escape the classroom. I don't know if Riley ever played Disc Golf, but if he did, I imagine he would have played this course. RIP Riley and Reed, God Bless you both.

-I played this new layout with newer adjustments yesterday with a good friend that I met from work. For the most part, we are both happy with the new layout. It's a harder course than it used to be overall. Many of the new holes can be very punishing or have a difficult line to hit despite the open. I've had a round where I failed to break 60, and rounds where I about got in the 40s. You hit the line, you'll be in good shape. If not, you'll fall from grace. It's like Waynesville met up with Meeks in Blairsville, GA and received some inspiration about challenge. The holes have defined but challenging fairways by taking advantage of the trees here.

-First hole is not in a spot where the old course was. It's a daunting 255' hole. But better than the old starting hole by far. It's by the pavilion and is an island hole the whole way. The asphalt is on both sides of a narrow grass fairway. If you're on the asphalt or beyond, you are OB. The width of the diameter on the green can't be more than 20' wide. Scary starter, but if you skip OB near the basket, you'll probably save par. You probably won't fall back with a par even though it's a very possible birdie.

-Hole 6 is another great addition. A bomber par 3 with the basket facing a narrow creek. 466' long but wide open. It's ideal to throw an anhyzer, since you tee off on asphalt and the basket is not in line with the pad. However, I think #13's longest pad (496' par 4) is probably the greatest new hole here. The medium pad is also very fun. It's a par 4 from both of those pads. It's the old hole 12 and 13 combined. Throw near where the old hole 12 pad was to the basket that was and still is the basket for 13. Easy par 4 for higher rated players, but I don't know if it's reachable from the longest pad. The medium pad is 406' and to the right side of the the longest. You get a couple more feet in elevation from this pad, but is an easier par 4. A relatively easy par for most players and probably a pretty simple 3 for players that are 875 rated or higher. You have to throw more of an anhyzer up the hill, but a big arm would have a better chance in having a possible look for eagle.

-Something I haven't seen until now are dual teepads on some holes here. I've seen dual pins on plenty of holes here, but no dual pads. There are short and long pads on holes 7,8, and 10. There are three pads on hole 13.

-Worried that you can't throw down a big hill over the building anymore? Stop worrying. #14 is the same hole as it used to be. 35 foot elevation loss, taking advantage of the most possible way to include great elevation here. Worried you can't throw that hallway shot between the tennis courts and the line of trees anymore? No need. Hole 5 is the same. The 325' low ceiling hole that forces you to throw very straight.

-The tee signs are new and improved. They are photos directly from U disc.

-#18 is no longer what may have been the biggest tweener hole I've played. The pad is to the left of where it used to be, so it's almost a slight dogleg left. You have to hyzer pretty nicely as soon as you release it but if you really shank it, you could go OB left of the asphalt. But at least now it's a par 4.

-You don't typically tee off in grass. You're teeing off on asphalt, the walking trail, sidewalks, the running track, even in the parking lot. I think a couple pads should be moved a little. Hole 10 long is 401' and has you teeing off on a sidewalk. Right behind it is a small but sudden decline in the grass, maybe a foot and a half. Basically, the start and end of your run up has a height of 18 inches. Is this a bad hole? Not at all. Is this hole impossible to reach? No. I've parked it. Is your run up going to feel weird? Most likely yes. This may urge you to play the short pad. And for clarification, on #18. Do NOT tee off to the right of the sign. Just throw from the left. Take my word for it. There is a bigger nature sign right in front of your release point and if you can't control your movement, you could crash into it or whack it with your arm if you foot fault. No need for that.

-There are mandos, but they are not on trees. It just says on the tee signs that if you miss the mando, go to the drop zone. Well, where's the drop zone? What trees should I go through?

-#2. "Ooof" is all I can really say. Hole is open and relatively short. But you have to throw to the right of the pole. The basket is perched on a hill far left. A skip shot would most likely be ineffective since you have to hyzer up the hill around the mando. The hill is a hump; it quickly descends. So no matter how great your hyzer is, your shot will probably stick to the hill or have you go deep. It would take a rare, debatably magical fairytale of a skip on the flattest part of the hill to have a reasonably short putt.

-This new layout has more to offer than the old one. I got to see the best in the old one. It had some good holes and the alt pins changed up the experience a little. This new layout could possibly have more to show in the future. So I'll give it a 3.5. It's tougher, even though some of the easy holes still remain and allow you to capitalize or make up for some lost strokes. Waynesville became more of a challenge I prefer. Initially, it had a bunch of shorter and easier kinds of holes, and then you got to the old 18. A 462' par 3 with an OB path in play the whole way, being a bit too excessive. This new layout is tougher overall; mad props to you if you get a 2 on hole 2. Yet, the holes have better quality and more interesting looks to them.

-Favorite hole is probably 13. I know that years ago, there was an extra long position for the old 13. If that could ever come back in play, this would be a sick 600+ par 4. #14 is pretty much without any debate the signature hole. Even though #13 is more fun for me and has three pads. As for #14, I think it's a funner hole in the short position. You can watch you disc glide down the hill.