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Bearcat DGC @ Rock Hill HS

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Shadrach3
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 5.5 years 318 played 306 reviews
1.50 star(s)

See My Review for Castle Heights MS

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 5, 2022 Played the course:once

Pros:

A typical school course with an almost perfect clone across the street.

-Amenities: Numbered DISCatchers, natural tees, signs with number, par, and distance. Most tees marked by rocks.

-"Friendly": Easy to play, quick, well-maintained. Loops back to parking.

-Distance Variety: For a school course, alright. One or two in the 100' range, one about 300', and plenty in the 150'-200' range.

-Shot Shaping/Gameplay: More exotic than the middle school, but with a couple of mistakes. Things are mostly open, but rough is a key factor on four holes and guardian trees affect others. (1)-(3) all have rough on the right side that should be avoided, and (5) is the longest hole but also includes persistently thick stuff on the right. Other holes have one tree either splitting the fairway or guarding the basket, so pick either FH or BH hyzer for those. The elevation is more than across the street, and most holes have a 5'-10' change. If the length on the holes was increased, they would be a decent series of par-3s working around obstacles.

Cons:

There aren't a lot of cons. Mainly, this is just a boring course.

-Difficulty: As in, lack of. All open shots that are very birdieable, and mostly really short ones. There are no shapes out here that you couldn't find easily elsewhere.

-Bad Line: I'm willing to say (4) is just a bad hole. The tree currently completely overshadows the basket. Hole (2) is questionable, with some sort of marshland quite close to the basket on the right.

-Rough: Should you find the rough on one of the first five holes, it may be uncomfortable getting to your disc and pitching out.

-Baskets: The DISCatchers here are single chain, and not very grabby.

Other Thoughts:

I could almost copy and paste my review for the middle school across the street here. Both courses are open, easy, and all around exactly what you'd expect from school installations. They're not dreadfully boring and have minimal variety, but they're nothing to seek out. Overall, Passable. The high school has more elevation and the rough forces shaping at times, but it lacks length and the same rough is kind of an unnecessary pain.

~Similar Courses: Success HS (Round Rock, TX); Northwestern Middle School (Milton, GA).
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Bennybennybenny
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Experience: 13.1 years 305 played 287 reviews
1.00 star(s)

100th course. (If you count Ballantyne, Hamption Heights, and Torma Town) 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 6, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Offers a few interesting shots. For instance, hole 2 is a putter shot around or over a protected area which I know for sure contains snakes. I liked this hole because its easy to avoid. You can tell that they tried to make it at least somewhat interesting.

-You'll find the first hole once you get to the parking lot. So navigation isn't hard.

-Course is easy, but does show what makes a hard hole. Such as placement shots and one hole is about 300 ft. Seems like a course where every student on the disc golf team can show their potential.

Cons:

-Just really bland. Nothing to see here if you are a tournament player. I played on the way back from the Trailblazer Open and realized that I would be playing my 100th course. Lol!

-Hole 5 is the longest hole on the course. The design is cool, as it plays as a slight anhyzer out of a slightly wooded area. But the area is covered in weeds. Took a few steps in there and was like "Nope." After my tournament friend Cliff told me about how he and his nephew saw not one army of snakes at Eastway, but two of them and one maybe ten times larger than the other, I've become more cautious. There are courses at so many schools in the Rock Hill area, so they've got to be maintained in case of competitions.

-Seems like most of the land is restricted, so a rather boring nine holer was the only option. After some negative feedback of my review of Frank Liske, I've heard that a designer's biggest issues are the restrictions he faces.

Other Thoughts:

-For what it was designed for, it's good practice. It's a bummer if this was all the land available for a school course in a town where disc golf teams and clubs in school are a more important necessity to a school. But reading the other reviews, it seems to be more enjoyable for players that are closer to the beginner side.

-The course at South Pointe is pretty cool and a little better than this one. I'd head over that way, or play Rawlinson Road.
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terryjoshbennett
Experience: 11.7 years 10 played 4 reviews
3.50 star(s)

hard not to enjoy! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 15, 2012 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

This course is perfect to call my home course. It is an easy course, though hole 5 is pretty long for the course. It's a par 4, but if you play your cards right, you can easily get it in 3. It is great for beginners, and for those who have been playing for awhile. It's a great course to practice new throws.

Cons:

Hole two and hole nine are difficult in some ways. Hole two has a large portion of grass area that's fenced off to the right, so if you overthrow, you will lose your disc. Hole nine is very easy to throw your disc into the parking lot. Other than that, the only other con is that it is unplayable until after 4pm on weekdays.

Other Thoughts:

This was the first course that I ever played, and I was hooked.
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jrearle85
Experience: 16 years 70 played 8 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Good Beginner Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Feb 6, 2009 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

-I love courses at schools because it gets students involved in the sport (provided the PE teachers know anything about it). It's also a good influence on the adjacent elementary school which has put up a basic little course for their students.
-This short course uses just about every elevation change and obstacle on the space available. Holes 1, 2, 3, and 9 all play over or near the banks of a creek, which can swell up and run pretty quick after a storm. Every hole except 5 plays up or down in elevation.
-There is actually a course sign!! Not many of the school courses thought to put up a sign designating the starting point or even the name of the course.
-Generally well maintained course, except in the summer. The grass can get pretty high.
-This is also next door to Castle Heights Middle School, where there is another 9 hole course. It's only a short walk making it easy to combine the two into a fun little 18 holer.

Cons:

-The school is making it difficult to play hole one and I wonder if it will even be moved soon. They are building fences around a large portion of the fairway and the creek.
-The school owns a great deal of land that stretches from the school back to the interstate. There are a lot of woods to play in they took the time to do it. They could also have built this behind the baseball field behind the school, which is all wooded. It's a good use of the land they chose, but I wonder if they chose the right piece of land to build the course on.
-The gate that leads to the lower parking lot where the course begins is almost always locked, so you have to drive around. Enter on springdale rd and drive to the lowest parking lot on the left.

Other Thoughts:

Favorite hole: Hole #9. This one is a high risk, high reward hole. You shoot downhill to the left. If you overshoot, you are in the creek. The added challenge of the new fence also gives you a very narrow landing zone, which is almost always swampy.

Overall, this a fun course if you only have 20 min to play or if you have a newbie with you...then you can show off :) Easily a one-two disc course, but especially fun if you add in the 9 holes at CHMS.
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DiscGolfCraig
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Experience: 19.8 years 585 played 539 reviews
1.00 star(s)

Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-far better 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jan 18, 2021 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Bearcat is a good, varied beginner course on the campus of Rock Hill High. By school standards, this is one of the more enjoyable courses.
- Good variety. #1 is a solid opener. Midrange hole with rough/wetlands running along the entire right side and a parking lot along the left. #2 is a little uphiller teeing off alongside a rock. Unlike Sullivan, this is the only rock that comes into play.
- #3 & 4 are nice little downhill shots. Either one may tempt you to throw a second or third disc as you insist you should be able to make a run directly to the basket.
- It's a good course to introduce newcomers to the game. None of the baskets comes close to the main road, so that's not a problem. And with only one hole longer than 250 feet (#5 at 298 feet), you don't need a big arm here. Second longest is only 218 feet - #1.
- Course is easy to navigate. It's easy to spot the tee sign posts with the possible slight exception of #2 if you don't walk far enough. Even though you can see multiple baskets at any time, it's not difficult figuring out which one to throw at.
- Course encourages aggressive tee shots with this layout. Your biggest penalties are if you go right on #1, 4, or 5. On #4 & 5 especially, there are some nasty thorns in that rough. Playing in January, I had on long pants and layered shirts and those thorns still managed to work their way through.
- It's great that a high school has a disc golf course. It's a nice little plot of land for this type of course. I hope a lot of students get introduced, and hooked, on the game by playing here.

Cons:

For intermediate level or above, the course presents very little challenge. There are strategically located trees on #3, 4, & 6. Otherwise, even an overly aggressive tee shot should likely only yield a par at worst.
- In terms of length, there's very little variety. I only threw a driver on #6. It's only 164 feet and uphill. I opted for driver here because I wanted a big skip on a low tee shot around a tree. And, seeing my disc underneath the basket, I made the right call.
- #8 & 9 are basic filler holes. It's not the greatest look when a course seemingly runs out of steam after seven holes.
- Tee markers were inconsistent. I say this is only an issue because it impacted several holes from being easier or more difficult if you're teeing off 10 feet to the right vs 10 feet to the left of the tee marker. On #9, for example, choosing the side of the tee signs alters whether you're throwing right at the basket with no obstacles (left of tee marker) vs having a little tree obstacle and having to throw more of sweeping shot (right of the tee sign).
- The course has no amenities, not that any are needed. There's a board by the first tee, and that's about it. Being a high school and aimed for its students, water fountains, bathrooms, etc. are inside the school.

Other Thoughts:

If you live more than 5 minutes away from this course, you're not playing here unless you're bagging.
- The course was decent, but unmemorable. #1 & 4 are the most scenic, and probably memorable, designs but even they're rather mundane. It would be nice to see something just a tad more significant here.
- This is pretty middle of the pack in terms of the Rock Hill/York County school courses. It is better than Castle View Middle, just down the road. So if you live close by, this is the one to play and/or practice at.
- I like that there's a sidewalk/path that takes you directly from here to Sullivan Middle. If you choose to play both courses, it's easier to just walk from one to the other. It's barely a tenth of a mile to go from #5, walk to Sullivan, start your round on that course's #6, play all nine there, walk back, and pick back up on #6.
- It had been 11 and a half years since the first time I played here. In the meantime, I've played more than 300 additional courses, which may have helped me appreciate this layout a little more. If they're not going to afford the course more land, this is about as good as you can expect. As such, I've bumped my rating up a half point.
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The Valkyrie Kid
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 45.9 years 1563 played 1507 reviews
2.50 star(s)

We Threw Rocks When I Was In H.S.! 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 17, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

Bearcat DGC, named after the high school's mascot, is a beginner friendly course on the grounds of Rock Hill High School. It's a simple little nine-holer situated just below the parking lot. It's kind of an open field with scattered, mature trees and slightly rolling elevation as well as a creek. The tee signs are simple, but give the hole #, par and distance. The baskets are single chain Disc-catchers which are fine for this course. There are natural teepads. There are little post placed in the ground to show you where to throw from. The distances range in length from 145 ft. to 285 feet. The wind could prove to be a challenge. Navigation is a breeze. You can enjoy a round in 20 minutes.

Cons:

It's short! It's mostly for beginners and families. Those who play Winthrop Gold probably won't coming here for their warm-up rounds.

Other Thoughts:

A great little course to peak the interest of some high schoolers in disc golf. If I was a staff member at Rock Hills High, I 'd be all about sponsoring an after school disc golf club.
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kmelton
Experience: 29.8 years 148 played 11 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Great course for High School 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Mar 16, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

Great for beginners-well mowed/kept--won't lose your disc--mostly open. Good use of the space--hills, trees, creek,even rocks

Cons:

Can only play during off school hours. Seasoned players need only Roc and putter..

Other Thoughts:

I wish I had a disc golf course at my high school. I am an intermediate player--so enjoyed it. Since it is open, wind comes into play. South Pointe High School in the area also has a pretty neat and more challenging course on their campus.
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