Mount Airy, NC

Westwood Park

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BrotherDave
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Experience: 16.7 years 192 played 189 reviews
1.00 star(s)

Designed by Otis? 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jan 10, 2021 Played the course:once

Pros:

You roll into this park and you're like "alright, probably a nice little course in here." NOPE.

This is one of the weirdest courses I've played. Let's focus on some positives:

Pretty good Discatcher baskets. Contains trees. In Mt. Airy so there's nice, hilly terrain. Has tee signs (sort of). Ample parking and easy to find.

Maybe 2-3 fun, technical holes?

Cons:

Natural tees.

The tee signs are every other hole. For some reason, the park I guess was like "Whoa, a sign post for every tee sign? We're not made of money over here. Just put two signs on one post, boom, we save money for half the posts." 9 divided by 2 = no tee sign for hole 9 at all, lmao. The signs are large but also not terribly informative (pfft, who needs distances?).

Man, they shoehorned these holes into this area. Might not be playable if players were on half the holes. Extremely easy to throw to the wrong basket (accidentally played to 4's basket from 2's tee). Absolute head-scratching fairways (hole 3 requires a boomerang to fly the actual fairway).

Beer cans all over the place (Dang it, Otis).


Other Thoughts:

There has to be more suitable land in this park for a course, right? Oh well. At least it's wooded.
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MrFrosty
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Experience: 31.1 years 764 played 387 reviews
1.00 star(s)

Confused , Even Barney Shot The Signage 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 25, 2020 Played the course:once

Pros:

Well , they put a couple of small courses in Mayberry , I mean Mt. Airy . This is the home of Andy Griffith . You will probably even drive down Andy Griffith Parkway when coming here . The course is set to the side of a multi use park . A park sign directs you to where the course is . There is a nice shelter where you park , which is parallel to the 9th hole fairway . There was a group doing yoga in there when I was playing . The was your basic Disc Golf Rules sign near the first hole . The tee pads are gravel , or supposed to be gravel with wood frames . The baskets were yellow banded Discatchers . The signs were what caught my eye . They are at every other hole , and kind of describe the hole you are on , and the next hole . I have possibly played 700 different courses in my lifetime , and never saw this .There is plenty of elevation here . Many up and down holes . The park is nice , but the disc golf course was overgrown and branches were hanging out in the fairways . I ricocheted off a tree with my midrange and never found my disc in the abyss . The first hole starts with a downhill putter throw . If you overshot it , you will wind up in the overgrowth . Hole #2 is to your immediate right . Most of the holes , besides 5 , 7 and 9 are short . They packed a lot in this little section of the park . The course is a fast play . The only reason it took me 25 minutes to play it was because I spent a few looking for my drive in the grass . Figure a twosome will play this course in about 40-45 minutes . I didn't add the foursome time because I doubt that you can find 4 people to play this course at one time , unless it was a part of Barney's work release program . You will have the course to yourself most times . I was the only one on it when I played . The best hole on the course should have been #5 . It is a gully shot that goes up and to the left and disappears into the woods to the basket about 60' , protected by small trees . The branches of the trees , though , have taken away any possible shot of hyzering into or near the woods , and could swat your drive into a lot of overgrowth on the left side of the hill .

Cons:

#1 Character . The course lacks it . It's appeal will not keep you returning , unless you live within biking distance .
#2 Safety . You feel like you could have put the whole course ( at least the first 5 and #9 ) into a Mayberry jail cell and still have room for Otis . The tee pads and fairways easily creep into other ones and the potential for hitting someone , especially since the only players here will normally be casuals , and close residents , can be high .
#3 Disc Risk .For a short course , higher than normal . I lost mine in the first 5 holes ( Surprise ) . Nature is reclaiming some of this course . It needs a good sprucing up . Opie and his friends can make some good bank by looking and reselling discs .Tell Floyd to " take a little off the top " of the branches and high grass . Someone actually found my disc and called me . They are honest here in Mayberry .
#4 Equipment . Tee pads needing work and to be lengthened . They are way too small . , No kiosk and no course map . Add that in with the funky tee signs and you get a big ,,,,,,,,What The ?? .

Other Thoughts:

The condition of this course seems to be slowly slipping away . What is meant as a nice extra activity for a multi use park , looks to be a little forgotten . This would be a good place to go after visiting the museum close by , or getting an ice cream cone or eating lunch here . It is a nice town with a nice park . I looked over the general area of the course , and since there is much more woods and area here , why wouldn't someone spread this course out a bunch ? Even make it a 12 hole course . Someone needs to step up and take a look at this .
My Recommendation : This course is too short and uneventful to attract a pro or intermediate to practice here . This course is only reasonable enough for a casual living close by , or a newbie trying to figure out the game , or a family that is visiting the park . Otherwise , unless you are a Course Collector , you might want to just give the course a slow pass .
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