Gresham, SC

Brittons Neck Community Park

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pmay5
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Experience: 20.9 years 482 played 245 reviews
1.00 star(s)

The course that time forgot 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 31, 2020 Played the course:once

Pros:

There's baskets, found six of them … err, make that seven!
Hardly anything else is maintained here either, so you should be by yourself.
That's about it.

Cons:

No tees, no tee signs, a few baskets were missing, but there was a playground and a picnic shelter.
Judging from the pics on here, the design wasn't much when it was put in.
#1 teed between the tennis courts and the road, then 90 turn around the tennis fence.
#2 basket was/is in a clump of bushy trees.
#4 ran right over the bleachers of what use to be a softball field.
#6 and #9 baskets are very close together.
The one interesting part of this course, a large mound that held #5 basket is now gone. I did find #5, laying in a pile of brush not too far from #2 basket. (Sure wish I had a way to rescue that little puppy! :) )
Yea, not much going on here any more.

Other Thoughts:

It looks like the local Parks crew spent some time on putting this course in back in 2010. They built tee boxes (raised off the ground :( ) and tried to spread the baskets around the perimeter, but that was probably the last effort put into this course, except for leveling the mound.
Since the ballfield and tennis courts are grown over, the playground and walking path are probably the only things that get used around here. I guess if you lived out here, it would be good for field work, up shots and putting. I wouldn't even bring beginners here, its pretty sad. I kept looking over my shoulder, expecting a Walker to come stumbling along any minute.
Really just a course for course baggers now.
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MrFrosty
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Experience: 31.1 years 764 played 387 reviews
0.50 star(s)

Brittons Wreck Community Park 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 7, 2020 Played the course:once

Pros:

The course sits in a very small park on SC 908 . Go slow on this stretch or you will miss it . There is a small parking lot with a Port O Let next to it . There are 6 Chainstar baskets in pretty good shape . The park is mowed and bushes and trees trimmed . The Pros part is now over .

Cons:

I put the address in my GPS and it shot back " Why ?! " . It kept trying to send me to the gas station 3 miles down the road . Look for the tennis courts to mark the park . The park sign has been whitewashed , so even the sign was ashamed to be part of the park . The park will baffle you . The small grassy area looks nice , maybe just less than 2 acres . The first tee is on the opposite side of a small playground ( looks okay ) and a couple of tennis courts . Unless the USTF adds weeds to its list of surfaces , I don't think this court will ever get any play . Anyway , The disc golf course has no tees or signs that I saw , so you will have to play basket to basket . At least the baskets are numbered . #1 plays from a sidewalk near the road to the basket , with the fenceline from Weedfest Wimbledon on your right and of the park on your left . The #2 basket runs on the same line as #1 , but the going from basket to basket , you will have a large bush right in front of you and a row of trees that the basket in placed in between . You will have to bend a hard and high right to left shot to try to get it close to the basket . baskets 3-5 looked at this dismal disc golf course and slipped out at night ,donned disguises , and supposedly became traveling carneys . #6 is toward the kids playground and #7 is an isolated basket near some large bushes . #8 is toward the parking lot and #9 is back toward where the #6 basket is . The course is as flat as the parking lot and the course is in the wide open , which means that the wind blows , just like the course .

Other Thoughts:

The course is a fast play , so if you came to specifically play this course , you didn't do your homework . I wouldn't play this course even if I had enough open space on the tennis court to pitch a tent and live there . This isn't really even a course . It is just a practice area for the kids living within a short walk or bicycle ride . I wonder if there was ever tee signs or tee pads at Brittons Neck . A shame , because it really is the only game in Gresham .
My Recommendation - Flat and fast , this place is a quick bag for the Course Collector and good for very little else . Take a pass on this course and Drive down to Socastee Rec Park 50 minutes away .
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DiscGolfCraig
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Experience: 19.9 years 588 played 543 reviews
0.50 star(s)

The guillotine has dropped on this neck. 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 17, 2020 Played the course:once

Pros:

Brittons Neck is in the middle of nowhere. You drive past farmlands and fields, questioning your GPS, and suddenly come upon the park and building. Maybe you should blink and miss it instead.
- At one point, this seems like it was a decent nine-hole layout. Based on the course pictures from nine years earlier, the course didn't receive much upkeep even then, one year after the course was opened. In 2020, the neglect is even more noticeable.
- Here the most shocking part of my round. I was at the course at 7:15 on a Saturday morning. I left Charlotte just after 4:30 for a marathon 9-course day trip, starting my day here. 5 minutes after I get here, another car pulled into the parking lot. She was here to walk the track, not play disc golf. Still, by 7:20, the park met its daily visitor count.
- When I played, only six baskets were still upright. I found a seventh laying on its side under a pile of branches. Don't know about the other baskets.
- There was no indication of tee markers anywhere, so I just teed off near the prior hole's basket. As for #1, I just picked somewhere based on other people's comments.
- Hmmm. Let's see. Other positives. Ok, here's one. This could be a nice practice area. It's a good 400 feet plus from one side of the field to the other, so you can unleash some throws.
- Playing #6 - 9 as I did they're perfectly decent short holes. No obstacles or challenges. Just decent. #2 was the best hole as there was an actual semi-obstacle (tree) that you had to avoid for your easy 2.

Cons:

Just about everything. Just like any meal, you may have all the ingredients but if you don't have the correct proportions, you've got slop for the animals. Unless you like twice as much flour, half as many eggs, 3x the salt, and a spitballed amount of vegetable oil.
- There are six baskets remaining. They are disproportionately placed throughout the field. You have two within 30 feet or so each other while also having a vast expanse of nothingness. Chalk that up to a loss of baskets.
- Lack of signage. Nobody would be drawn to the first basket as the starting point of this course because of its obscure location. Baskets #6 - 9 are much more visible than one hidden on the far side of the tennis court. Alas, the hidden basket is indeed hole #1. There are no tee markers. No signs. No course map. Nothing. Remove the baskets today and tomorrow nobody would have a clue a disc golf course ever existed here.
- No tee pads either. The pictures from 2011 showed (poorly framed) tee areas. Alas, no sign of those in 2020. You notice a pattern yet.
- Based on the old pictures, it's interesting that the two holes with the most personality (basket on a manmade hill and basket in the ground) are gone. Gimmicky yes, but at least it would give this course something.
- You're sort of close to main roads (15 minutes away), but you're also in the middle of nowhere. If you were inclined to be here awhile, come prepared as there are no amenities. Unless you're here for a work day, nobody should ever spend more than 45 minutes here.

Other Thoughts:

You don't have to worry about Coronavirus at Brittons Neck. The course has been overlooked by everyone else, so why would COVID be any different?
- I have a single positive memory of this course. The sunrise. One of the best disc golf pictures I've ever taken was of the course at sunrise, with the water tower as the backdrop. Check it out on Instagram @discgolfcraig.
- With a lack of tees or a full layout, it's hard to take the course seriously. Making my own tee areas, it was hard to put forth a serious effort knowing I probably wasn't close to the actual tee areas. Essentially it was a glorified practice visit to the course.
- #7, with its backdrop of trees and shrubbery, presents a decent setup. It's better than playing next to a rundown tennis court.
- The most recent review was nine years ago. The last round recorded on DGCR was eight years ago. That may be the last time anyone paid attention to the course.
- I wish I had more to add, but this is an incomplete mess. Parks department needs to decided if it will put in additional resources, or call it quits with this course. Why a course was built in the middle of farmlands and fields seems a peculiar choice.
- A baggers course and nothing more. It can become decent with some attention, but it may not be worth it based on the seemingly lack of interest the course receives.
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RussMB
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Experience: 19.5 years 131 played 110 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Small Town Rec Course 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Oct 2, 2011 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Entry Level: Par 3 pitch and putt
-Small town rec course
-Got a few distance shots
-Good Beginner course
-Mach Baskets
-Other Activities in the park
-Does make for a nice Safari round, if one were so inclined.
-Easy to find since it's off the main street through town.

Cons:

-No maps or signs. It's difficult to navigate, due to lack of directions and a missing basket
- #4 Basket is missing
-Tee boxes are the small sandbox type.
-Play may be subject to other sports since some baskets play on or near a field.
-Course plays near walking path and bleachers.

Other Thoughts:

Here's the deal, I'm not going to give a list of what this course is and isn't. It's a small town rec course in a city park. It is a long way away from Myrtle Beach. (It took me over an hour) Everything you need to know, Is pretty much covered. There is just not a lot to this course. Now, having said that let me say this

I'm not going to be too negative about this course, because some people in this town have gotten together and got a disc golf course installed. That alone says a lot! If you live in or close to Brittons Neck, then you've got a nice little setup to play. A local that helped install some of the equipment in the park, told me that an art teacher is the one behind the Disc Golf course. Which is great, because that means there is someone in this community trying to grow the sport! Let us not forget that it's small courses like this, that help grow interest in the sport. This course is for the Britton's Neck/Gresham community. Keep that in mind, before you decide to make the drive out here.

If you do decide to drive out to this course, then come to grow and represent the sport in Britton's Neck. People were watching what I was doing and I even heard someone say. "So that's what those are for!" lol Odds are you are not going to be impressed or blown away. But on the other hand, you can come with the mindset of, maybe I can be an influence in some way, shape or form. I gave away two of my discs to a kid that started tagging along with me. He was excited and immediately ran out and started playing. (I had to be back in town to go to work, or I would have showed him some more pointers) The kid actually asked me if I would come back. Kinda gets ya in the heart. :)

So that's Britton's Neck. It's not much, but it is a starter course. It's a good place for a beginner to learn how to throw. ...and we've all been there!


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Citadelly
Experience: 13 years 41 played 10 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Up & Coming Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 11, 2011 Played the course:once

Pros:

- 5th hole raised basket pretty cool!
- Open course with minimal hazards
- Free
- Good starter course for beginners

Cons:

- Not much around this course. One will have to go out of their way if they really want to play it.
- Nothing directing players where to start or where to go from hole to hole
- 4th hole basket it currently missing (07/2011)
- 6th & 9th hole tees are hard to find
-Tee pad area was very small

Other Thoughts:

- Coming from Florence, SC take 501 to Hwy 41 to 908
- Coming from Myrtle Beach, SC take Hwy 378 to 908
(Course is 30 minutes west of downtown Conway, South Carolina)
-Hole #1 is behind the Britton's Neck Community Park sign next to the tennis courts
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Hindenburg
Experience: 13 years 37 played 5 reviews
1.00 star(s)

not that great 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 20, 2011 Played the course:once

Pros:

it is open and it has an elevated basket and a sunken baskets. dont see those much.

Hole 2 has two trees very close together right infront of the tee so shooting through them is a challenge.

Cons:

hole 4 is missing.

no signs to tell you where to go so you will probably have to walk around for a bit till you figure it out.

most tee boxes are hard to find til you realize what they are.

most shots are pretty straight. with it being open so its not creative at all.


Other Thoughts:

goot to play once just to get an idea of how some baskets should/ should not be laid out. but for that reason only

hole 1 is next to a tennis court but its fenced in so its perfectly ok to play
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turbosteve
Experience: 13 years 86 played 9 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Nice course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jun 30, 2011 Played the course:once

Pros:

-Course is next to an elementary school so it is probally an EDGE one.
-There is a sunken basket and an elevated green.

Cons:

-It is in the middle of nowhere so it can be hard to find.
-The #4 basket is missing so you have to tee off to the #7 basket until the #4 basket is replaced.
-There are no tee signs to any of the holes so navigation is difficult.
-Some of the tees are not yet complete so you have to tee off next to them.
-1's tee shot is dangerously close to a tennis court
-Several of the tee shots cross a walking path.

Other Thoughts:

This course is a pretty typical pitch and putt. I was surprised that the course designer took the time to make an elevated green. Since this course is out of the way it doesn't look like it gets much playing time. I would suggest that people skip this course as it is not worth the drive.
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