(2.322 Rating) A lightly wooded Recreational course.
- BASICS - All the ingredients to deliver the basic disc golf experience, is here. The layout is fairly easy to follow. Hole transitions are short and have simple tee paver engraved hole signage. Despite the notion of pavered tees, these are nicest looking ones I've ever thrown from. Extremely flat and pure, although they were likely brand new during my September 2019 visit. As for the baskets, DISCatchers that are in great condition.
- MAINTENANCE - The grounds were incredibly well maintained for my visit.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - I don't think I've ever scored the beauty on a lightly wooded course without a lake in play, this high. The course is on the grounds of a retreat center and yes it felt like a retreat playing here. Again, the maintenance was incredible and the course area was well-manicured.
- QUICK PLAY - It took my quick twosome 60 minutes to tackle the entire layout. I figure a quick solo should bag it in 45 minutes.
- EASY GOING - The course difficulty from the long tees is most closely aligned to middle Recreational. Birdies can be had by Novice level players from most of the short pads. Absolutely no overgrowth areas on the layout. Disc loss potential will be limited to forgetting to pick-up.
- BEGINNER FRIENDLY - Great for newer players as long as the headwater creek is dry.
- ACCESS - There is a manned gate to get into Berry College. Players will need an ID to get onto the grounds, but they will let you in even if you are just playing the course. Please be respectful to the College for this nice gesture.

Only very minor issues. Most of what's noted below are descriptions of why I find this to be an average course.
- LACK OF CHALLENGE - There are two sets of marked tees here. The back tees require mid level Recreational skills and the front ones are Novice level.
- UNIQUENESS - The back tee distances average 290 feet and only vary from this number by 50 feet twice. A lot of the holes have the same feel and many have blended together in my memory as of this review post. The tee shot views typically have light to moderate tree coverage consisting of mostly pines and a sprinkling of hardwoods. Perhaps 20 feet of elevation play on any one hole. The lone water element in play is going to be a dry headwater creek on most days.
- PARKING - There is no parking near the start or end of the course. It's 450 feet from the end and 500 feet the from the start.
- MISSED OPPORTUNITIES - Heavy woods, elevation, aggressive slopes and a pond are all within 500 feet of the layout. None of these are used.
- LOCATION - The course is located way back into Berry College. Something like ten minutes from the gate access point.
- SPACING - The fairway spacing is not the greatest and players will throw into other fairways on occasion. Tees (7) and (10) are almost on top of each other

This course is a really relaxing play. Sure it's simple, but the format will work good for a big chunk of the playing population that just wants to play a quick care free round. For difficulty and variety in Rome? I think the best option in town still the Shorter University course, unless the new Shannon Park course has something hidden that I can't see from the aerial. As compared to the other course on campus, Log Cabin, I think that one will appeal to those that want to throw on a longer and even more open landscape.
- NAVIGATION - Adequate. As noted above in the "Basics" pros, the tee signs are one of the tee pavers. Thus spotting them will take a few seconds on first play and strolling to the wrong one may occur on the first play.

Short par 54 course that's nice for the junior or rec player

Good mix of open and wooded fairways with some having doglegs and slight elevation changes

Some holes have multiple tees (+ symbol on the cinder block markers indicates the long tee)

Well-maintained

Some holes play near water but the stream here is shallow and narrow enough to not be a threat in losing a disc

Had whole course to myself on a Saturday afternoon

Water fountain between holes #12&13

Free parking

No tee signs - tee markers only provide hole number

No next tee signs - course navigation can be confusing for a first-timer

Some natural tee pads were not flat and have exposed tree roots (hole #15 was the worst to drive from)

Some of the holes play near the road (one can expect some delays if there is some traffic)

Some holes in the middle of the course hold water and don't drain well after it rains

This is a nice course at Winshape that I enjoyed playing. Like Log Cabin Course, the course is hard to navigate without a map. Even with very well-maintained grass, the tee markers are hard to spot after finishing a hole but there's not much walking between holes so they are usually close to the previous hole's basket. Once you become familiar with the layout, the course does flow well. Some holes do play near the road but the traffic is less than what you would see at Log Cabin. The course is more technical and less windy than Log Cabin so playing both courses gives you more variety in playing style. Playing around the basketball court at hole #2 and around the pavilion at hole #13 does provide added challenge to this short course. The course is not a destination course but playing this and the course at Log Cabin does make it more worthwhile.

I played this course several times when I was starting out and wrote a review like 9 years ago, but it was one of my worst. So I'm going to fully rewrite it.

This course is now 18 holes and is deep within the Berry College campus at the Winshape camp/retreat area.

You can either park at the main building and walk across the soccer field to hole 1 or what I prefer is to park by the basketball pavilion and start on hole 13. The course plays on a loop from any point so it makes basically no difference.

Most of the holes are 220-350 with a couple of longer ones mixed in but all par 3s. The course winds through old growth trees with the terrain going gently uphill to a sharp uphill on 7 and then winding downhill back to the bottom of the hill to 18. There is a good general variety of shots and you probably need 4 distinct shot shapes to score well here.

Decent amount of OB with the road on some holes and I imagine the creek if there ever were events would be OB as well.

Teepads were natural years ago but have been upgraded to pavers on concrete bases and they have the tee signs built into them and they are fairly pretty and mostly accurate. Though I think they pad the distance on a few holes.

It's a fun little 18 and if you have have time to play it and the log cabin course it makes for a pretty decent BT day of disc golf.

The main con to me is this course is stuck into a fairly small area on the largest college campus in the US. It's decent, but you could make an epic pro quality course on another part of the property. Good on them for making this a full 18 and it is probably good for the retreat guests and students that's are newer to playing.

Navigation isn't flawless and could be easily solved if the signs weren't built into the pads, since there is nothing vertical you can't see where to go next many times.

This course would be a 3 if not for an intersection of holes 6/7/10. Within circle two of the 6 pin the 7 and 10 pads are on each side FACING EACH OTHER. If you had multiple cards out there it's literally impossible for them to play the holes at the same time. We ran into another card and got into a standoff as to who would throw first.

The paver pads aren't my absolute favorite but aren't a minus really.

If you are in the area make the trip to the campus, play the course and take some time to walk around the reservoir and see the old water wheel and explore a bit. It's not a perfect course but could make for a part of a very fun day.

Berry College is a lovely campus with character. Win Shape is a branch campus about three miles from the main campus. Once I found the 1st tee marker, the rest of the course was easily navigable. The course plays 8 holes heading away from the first tee and then the last ten head back toward # 1. This is a short, recreational level course with some very slight elevation change which plays through a park like setting. Very pretty! The baskets are all visible from the teepads, usually there are some scattered trees in the way. Look for the white block tee markers in the ground. They're not always easy to find. In some places, the worn areas might help you find them. This campus seems to be a haven for the local deer population. They're everywhere! I counted 17 hanging around one basket. I scattered them with my tee shot. I wonder if any Berry College disc golfers have a mounted head in their dorm room after thumping a deer with a drive? Think Randy Johnson's 100 MPH fastball and that unfortunate bird he wasted.

There are no signs, no amenities of all kind. The teepads are often a little difficult to find. When I played the college was doing some construction/drainage work of some kind. So the last six or seven holes were kind of torn up. I think the white tee markers were lost in bulldozer work. I'm sure they'll replace when the work is done.

What you see is what you get here. It's a little enjoyable, recreational set in the middle of a college campus. It's designed for their students to be able to get in a round between classes or after dinner. Berry College is not looking to be hosting the Worlds. A previous reviewer was wondering why they squeezed this course into this space when they have the room is the world just beyond the main campus. Duh? They wanted their students to be able to WALK over and play this course. Plus they use it with their summer campers.