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Crookston DGC

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kickert
Experience: 22.7 years 12 played 2 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Meh. 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 11, 2021 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

-Easy to access with good parking.

-Nice open shots to work on your drives.

-Every hole has a "safe" approach option.

Cons:

-You are definitely going to be delayed waiting for people on the walking track

-Pro scoring (all par 3s) is a bit tough and Rec scoring (39) is too easy

-Every single hole favors long drives into open space with a lot of leeway for accuracy

Other Thoughts:

Basic course that is mostly a test of distance with very little challenge requiring good placement. I agree with other reviewers who have said shortening many of the holes would actually make them more challenging because the baskets set in the woods would be more risky.
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Geodisc25
Experience: 13 years 23 played 6 reviews
1.00 star(s)

not for me 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Sep 8, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

Awesome park, amazing views!
good place to work on your long drives.
its a course

Cons:

very long par threes, if you cant repeatedly throw 400ft then you wont have fun. Course was hard to navigate with a long of repetitive shots. very open not many obstacles. not many short more skillful shots. not much elevation change.

Other Thoughts:

if you come out this way better off playing Jackson park or lake Julian. I probably wont play again.
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Mike C
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 15 years 168 played 74 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Rough around the edges, with a few good qualities 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Apr 24, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

+ Amazing views. You're surrounded by beautiful mountains on basically every side. Gorgeous is an understatement.

+ Tons of long, open bombs. If you can throw 400'+, you will have a lot more fun, as otherwise you won't have much of a shot at scoring a 2 on these holes.

+ Wind at play.

Cons:

- One glaring issue is the majority of the holes play along a busy walking path. There are holes like #4 that run parallel to it. I had to wait a full 5 minutes for some slow moving families and couples to clear out before I could throw.

- Hole #1 is a 450' RHBH hyzer line with a playground directly to the left of the basket. They should have placed the basket a bit further to the right for safety IMO. I had to walk over to a family and mention I wanted to throw a disc at the nearby basket, and if they wouldn't mind watching out for 30 seconds. Otherwise I would have felt unsafe throwing, going for the basket from the tee with a sharp edged distance driver.

- Hole #2's basket has a fallen cage.

- The baskets are old, single chain wall discatchers. They caught ok for me but spit-outs are more likely on single chain wall baskets.

- Too open. The walking path borders some woods that look like they could potentially offer some short, technical holes. As it stands the entire course is basically wide open field shots with baskets tucked along the edge of the woods. Only one hole, #3, really offers much in the way of obstacles.

- Slippery tees. They're gravel and they use small, round pebbles. I slipped on the first two tees, then opted to throw next to them in the grass the rest of my round.

- Listed pars are off. The course features level, 400-540' holes, and every hole is listed as a par 3. I think for a flat, wide open hole, 450' is about the limit for a par 3. Its not a big deal in the grand scheme of things but it caught my attention.

- The design won't appeal to the intended audience. This isn't a course that is likely to attract many 450'+ throwers, and the repetitive long distance + unrealistic pars will probably discourage players of average skill.

Other Thoughts:

This is a strange course.

On one hand its a poorly designed course with old baskets, slippery tees, issues with park traffic and an apparently poor use of the available land. (Maybe there is a reason the woods were not used I am not aware of, these things happen).

On the other, the views are absolutely amazing and I have to admit I had fun ripping a bunch of big drives. Most courses in North Carolina are wooded, technical, and often somewhat shorter in length. This course reminded me of the back side of my first home course, Arboretum / Spiker in Ohio.

This isn't a course I can make a strong case for, yet despite its flaws I'm glad I played a round here. Bomber tee shots and beautiful views were enough to keep me entertained for 9 holes.
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S.Cann
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 14.9 years 156 played 82 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Course Does Not Suit Park 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 16, 2015 Played the course:once

Pros:

-I really was a fan of the hole design on most holes. They are all pretty long holes that force you to work for a 3. Despite being a mostly open course, they did a good job with what they had to work with.
-Despite being old single-chain DISCatchers, the baskets caught surprisingly well.
-The course was very well-manicured. The grass looked great and was cut short.

Cons:

-My first advice to anyone playing this course is to either print or draw the course map as the layout and course transitions can be long and confusing.
-This course is in the middle of a busy park. Lots of runners, dog walkers, family reunions, etc.
-All of the designated undisturbed areas make losing a disc not only possible, but probable if you throw into the rough. Many holes set you up to lose a disc in this fashion as they are tucked into the tree line surrounded on all sides by terrible rough.
-The mando on hole8 is beyond absurd. To protect hole 7's tee they direct you to throw right at the much busier walking path and the rough covered in poison ivy.
-Speaking of poison ivy, this course had more of it than any course I have ever played and that's saying something. All the more reason to keep it on the fairway!

Other Thoughts:

Overall, this is a reasonable course with some fun throws that allow you to rip some long drives. The course just doesn't suit the park. Being a busy community park I would generally expect a pitch-n-putt type course with some nice ace runs, but that was not the case at all. I really feel like with the land they had available they could've installed 18 solid holes instead of 9 solid holes spaced out between long transitions.
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jeffboi
Experience: 9.9 years 14 played 14 reviews
0.50 star(s)

Pretty Sorry 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 10, 2015 Played the course:once

Pros:

it exists?

Cons:

i'm not sure how you make a 9 hole course that is played mostly in a field hard to navigate, but they did it. My wife hated it because it has 500 ft par 3s. Overall, they took discs and golf and made it completely un-fun.
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ibcleary
Experience: 12.6 years 29 played 2 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Worth a look 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 25, 2015 Played the course:once

Pros:

-A nice place close to town to throw distance.
-Between mando's and the rough they force just about every tee shot with good distance.
-Even with the open course layout they still have a few interesting pin locations.


Cons:

-It was busy with walkers on the path, even on a Thursday morning.
-Tee pads blow.
-Was able to find my way with the map in media files, but I could see hpow it could be an issue.
-If your not out to work on distance, you might not have a good time

Other Thoughts:

I wasn't going to review this course, bu tI thought a 1.5 rating was a little harsh. I gave it a 2.5 because of the pros. Close to town and Hendersonville. Interesting long tee shots.
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Bowman101
Experience: 6 played 3 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Wear long Pants! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 11, 2013 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Great long shots that really test your arm
clean

Cons:

Poison ivy everywhere.
Difficult to find tees
Near parking lots
Near playgrounds

Other Thoughts:

This course was fun to me because its a new course and it allowed me to drive it as far as I can. The holes are almost always around 3-400 feet away from the tees, which are extremely hard to find. Also you better be great with your drives because the woods full of poison ivy. Another thing is that the holes are near/on a walking path and a picnic area, so at one time a woman came down and sat in the middle of the fairway which was difficult. Even though it only has nine holes, I only parred the second one. I ended up with nine over when I played because of the difficulty and there was a strong wind. My advice when playing is to play with all of But overall I had a fun time.
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madcow
Experience: 14.4 years 28 played 10 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Busy park but still fun 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 16, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

open layout (not counting trails)
distance shots
varying left/right baskets

Cons:

Planned out around walking trails
crowded/busy
shots are basically the same
long shots (for those who cant throw far)
if i recall tees were non-existent
hard to find hole 2 tee off
wet/bugs

Other Thoughts:

Over all i liked this course, if it was on a day that it wasnt busy.

This would probably be a home course for me if i lived in the area. Great for practicing throws as the layout is pretty open for most of the holes.

Like i said tho, downside is it the trails/paths. People were everywere.
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MattyIce
Experience: 15.4 years 39 played 3 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Ehh 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 28, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

fairways are kept short.....that's it

Cons:

If your disc even thinks about going int the rough, you might as well kiss it goodbye. Bushes and bushes of poison ivy and honey suckle make it pretty much impossible to find or retrieve discs.
Everything is way to close to the walking trails, and most of the people in this park are older so they have no idea what you are doing or do they care at all.

Other Thoughts:

very sub par course for the potential that this park probably has.
Whoever designed it took no account as to keeping it away from high traffic areas I.e. throwing over roads, over picnic tables, over walking paths, or next to areas that you aren't allowed to go in if your discs do stray.
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JimDK27
Experience: 14.8 years 35 played 11 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Bad Layout 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 10, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

I liked the baskets and tee pads. It was easy to follow the layout after hole 2. The grass is kept short also. The tee signs are good for a general idea of the hole. It is also a good course to practice rollers on because of the open fairways with well trimmed grass.

Cons:

The layout is to close to the walking trails for most of the course. Hole 3 even has a basket in the middle of a walking path. I had to keep checking to be sure no one was walking towards the basket on that hole and it is by far the worst. You can't see far up the trail from the tee and runner could easily end up in the path of your disc after you have thrown. The hazard wasn't marked well for number 7 either. The water on the left side of the hole is deep and muddy and you can't see any thing past the surface. The course is lacking in variety, but this is because they don't have much to work with because of the walking trails through the woods.

Other Thoughts:

I think that if layout was tweaked on a few holes the course would be safer for the walkers and runners using the trails. I don't see the course getting more than nine holes because it seems that it is restricted to the back half of the park and the park isn't very large. I still can't grasp how hole 3 was approved by the park. Maybe the walking trail came later but I doubt it.
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Bennybennybenny
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 13.1 years 305 played 287 reviews
1.50 star(s)

A giant football field with a disc golf course. 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jun 29, 2012 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

-This course is at Fletcher state park and it's very pretty. It's fair because for recreational players because three of the holes are considered par 5's for recreational players. If you are one of those players who throws over 400+. You probably would want to play the real way considering every hole a par 3.
-#9 is definitely the best on the course. Although I don't like the wetlands at Brevard, I really like them here. They are to the left of the fairway, throw a hyzer bomb or play very conservatively to the corner. Once you go past the wetlands, the fairway goes left.
-Every hole is at least somewhat long. You will possibly have your longest birdie hole here if you play them all as threes. This is good for a warm up round for the big arm players.
-Grass is cut and the fairways are groomed.
-There are trashcans on the course and bathrooms as well.

Cons:

-In my opinion, I think the tees that are just rocks are not good. The tee boxes are not as stable. This isn't that serious because this course is a nine holer that is there for practice play.
-The holes are kinda long. Holes #3 and #4 aren't as long, but they are relatively similar to each other. The rest of them are similar in length and about half are lackluster holes. Hole 2 is cool, 5 has a nice green in the woods, and 9 is a solid finish, but the rest aren't very fun.
-I did say in the pros the grass is cut, but on the greens it's tall on a few and you could lose a disc.
-Hole 3 is too close to the parking lot. It needs to be moved and there are cars parked in front of #3's tee sometimes.
-The mando on 8 on the telephone pole needs to go. On 8 you throw right of it. Forget the stupid mando, the woods are a bit thick. Stupid idea, don't play it.
-Lack of wooded holes as well. Hole 2 is slightly wooded, a few greens are wooded but nothing notoriously wooded. This is just a course basically to have long drive challenges or something.
-The course has the running trail on it. Watch out for runners who are in the way.

Other Thoughts:

Crookston isn't a bad course but it needs major improvement. I did like hole #9 a lot and found that probably as the best on the course. There are a few decent holes here and they do allow big drives which you can't go wrong with on open holes. I don't think a disc golf course should be this long and be on a state park. People eat lunch here, they jog, fish, play baseball or football or play on they playground. The course takes a lot of space just to be boring.
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parTake30
Experience: 12.8 years 103 played 13 reviews
3.00 star(s)

2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 4, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

i enjoyed this course. it was fairly well marked, although i didnt know how to get to the 9th hole. this is a good course to unleash some long drives. the course is located in the back of a nice park, with a bit of human traffic so be careful.

Cons:

with wide open courses you get wind, which can be a pain. other than that i really liked this course.

Other Thoughts:

watch out for the small pond (wetlands) on hole 9. its pretty nasty.
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ashevillain
Experience: 11 played 11 reviews
1.00 star(s)

meh 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 2, 2011 Played the course:once

Other Thoughts:

Not much to say here that hasn't already been said. Too much unrealized potential here.

This course is not worth playing for me. Even if it were the closest course I'd probably drive further to play a better course such as Richmond Hill or Black Mountain.
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ncjay
Experience: 15.8 years 18 played 2 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Ok course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 5, 2011 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

It's an ok course, nothing spectacular here. Some long drives straight across open fields so you get to really see what your disc can do.

Cons:

Very flat and wide open. the wind can come into play alot. also a very popular park so there is alot of time spent waiting on walkers/joggers and bicycles.

Other Thoughts:

close to home so i get to play it alot.
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DiscGolfCraig
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Premium Member
Experience: 19.8 years 585 played 539 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Wasted potential 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Oct 28, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

Great park with some very good basket placements. The course layout unfortunately kills what could, and should, be a very good 9-holer.
- Great piece of land for a 9-hole course. Holes are all mostly open, with minimal trees coming into play on a few holes.
- Crookston has some great, challenging pin placements, with trees or wetlands playing good obstacles. Out of 9 holes, 6 or 7 have very challenging putting areas.
- Plenty of open space to unleash some big drives. Course definitely favors big arms. Average hole length is 441, with none less than 300 feet, meaning average throwers aren't going to see many birdie 2 putts. You can still get plenty of 3s with smart throwing.
- Great course to empty your bag throwing drives. Plenty of room, open and flat space make it ideal to work on adding distance.
- Course is in the far back of a great city park. It plays mostly around a walking trail, and also near a wetland. By wetland, they mean small pond, but whatever. Anything to be eco-friendly.
- It's a very clean and well maintained park. My wife even commended how clean the bathrooms are. Course has lots of amenities - ball fields, walking trails, picnic shelters, nice creek running along side the park.

Cons:

This is one of the most disappointing courses I've ever played. It should be so much better than it is, and I blame that on 2 major flaws. Unfortunately for the course, these 2 issues come in to play on just about every single hole.
- The first is the length. It's not that the course is too long for me, but that it's too long for it's layout. You hear in football when a punter outkicks his coverage, negating a longer-than-normal punt. And that's essentially Crookston's problem. Sometimes less (distance) is more. I'll focus on holes #5 & 7 as my chief examples.
- Both holes have good distance (482 & 420 respectively), with legitimately challenging basket placements - #5 behind some trees, #7 nestled in an opening, surrounded by trees. These would both be difficult baskets to get close to from long range. So, why does the course make these holes too long that nobody is going to be going for them with a driver? If these holes were in the 300 foot range, these holes become reachable for most players, and suddenly become huge risk/reward holes. You might get close to the basket, and have a birdie putt, but you might also hit, or get stuck behind a tree, making it a difficult 2nd shot. By making these holes too long, the 300 foot thrower is now going for these tough baskets from a shorter, easier range (100 - 150 feet). It's much easier to get your disc close from shorter range, meaning the advantage goes from the course to the player.
- The other major flaw with the course is that it runs along the walking path, at times presenting unsafe, dangerous shots. For example, the "official" wide, walking trail runs behind the baskets for #2 - 4 (as you can see on the course map), but there's the walking trail that people actually use, which is in front of these 2 baskets, and also comes into play on #5, 7 & 8. On #4 you're throwing a blind shot over the walking trail, to a dogleg right basket, meaning your shot will cross back over the trail. On #2, you're also throwing down a fairway with the parking lot/road on the left, and benches, horseshoe pits, walking trail on the right/the most direct route. I played the course on a Thursday afternoon, and even with that, had to wait on 3 different holes for the few people on the walking trail. Again, if holes were shortened/moved, some of this would be eliminated.
- The mando on #8 is terrible, possibly the worst I've seen. As you can see in one of the pics, you're throwing through a narrow "fairway", mando pole on left, thick overgrowth on right. I could be ok with that because it prevents you from throwing back at #7 tee. My issue is the second mando pole you're supposed to throw around. After my tee shot, my second shot was maybe 150 feet, straight to the basket. But, I had to throw out of the way, around an unnecessary second mando. Mandos are only good if they're needed, not these artificial, "let's make it tougher" ones.
- The tee for #9 was way too close to the tall brush around the wetlands. You have to throw at angle on the tee, or off the tee to go around the brush.
- Not a beginner-friendly course at all. Most local park, 9-holers try to reach out to first-timers and/or families. I'd hope there aren't many, or any, people who play this as their first course, and get turned off to the game.

Other Thoughts:

Overall, I don't know if I was more frustrated with the problems or with the fact there are simple solutions to all of them. Making each hole about 100 feet too long, and/or "challenging" (possibly unsafe) gave me the sense of someone wanting to have the longest course in the area. Having the best possible course would have been a much better option. Judging by the other reviews, I'm not alone in my disappointment with the course.
- #7 could have been another great hole without the mandos. Move the tee further down the path, past the first mando pole. Imagine the fun of pulling out a driver, knowing if your shot goes long, it's in the pond/thick brush.
- Fair or unfair, I played this course seeing the potential every hole had. I compared each hole to what it could have been.
- If you want to see a good example of making an open course fair and challenging drive 30 minutes to Brevard, and play that 18-holer.
- This course could have been one of the top 2 or 3 nine-holers I've played, instead, it's one of the top 2 or 3 most disappointing courses I've played. I feel bad for the locals who have this rated 2.5 or higher. This isn't anywhere close to an average course.
- I wish there was a 1.25 rating. 1.5 is way too high for this course, and 1.0 is too low. It's sad that with so much possibility, this is the best they could do. On the bright side, at least this course has more room for improvement than most courses.
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El Oso Peligroso
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 23.8 years 27 played 16 reviews
1.50 star(s)

An afterthought 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Apr 2, 2010 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

This course has lots of opportunities to throw your max D drivers, in fact this might be the best course in town for testing your distance drives. The hole layouts are a mixed bag.The ones that aren't totally open field are actually pretty good. Holes 2, 3, and 9 stand out as quality holes.

Cons:

The biggest con is that the course is designed around a very popular walking trail. This means constant waits to throw, and usually playing a hole really wide to avoid the people who hang out in the middle of the fairway. The tee pad for 1 is hard to find but since it's totally open and flat it doesn't really matter where you throw from.

If you can't drive at least 300', this course is not going to be very fun for you. There's no elevation change at all, which makes for an easy round at the expense of variety.

Other Thoughts:

It would be nice if they planted a few trees in the MASSIVE open field the course plays around and moved the baskets there. As it is it's frustrating to have to share the course with a LOT of walkers. There is definitely enough land here that this should not be an issue, but thanks to poor design it is.
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DSCJNKY
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 22.6 years 682 played 129 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Ouch... My Back! 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 12, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

- Wow! Not many pros. I suppose it's a pro that the course is here. I mean, a course is better than no course - right?
- The only real pro I can see (other than mentioned above) is this would be a great place to practice your distance.

Cons:

- This course is too long for its own good. I think only one hole was under 400' and there were at least four over 500'. If you like this... I guess this is a pro. But, to the average man it's monotonous bomb after monotonous bomb... half the time even your second shots are bombs.
- Another reviewer mentioned this would be a good course for beginners... No Way! Besides being too long and spoiling their interest, the "little" alcoves the baskets are placed in are surrounded by thick disc eating vegetation most of which is poison ivy.
- You can't even practice rollers cause the grass is so thick.
- There is a serious lack of birdie-able holes here. I might have only had one reasonable birdie chance the whole round.
- The basket placement requires you to throw near the non-disc golfing public... over picnic tables, near a hiking trail, along the parking lot, again near the hiking trail. Not only do you have to wait to shoot, it's dangerous.

Other Thoughts:

- I wish the designer would have thought about the quality of shots and not just the distance of shots. So much more could have been done here. A much more fun, user friendly, safer, 18 hole course could have been designed... too bad.
- Did I mention my back - OUCH!
- My Score: +4
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jhalvor5
Experience: 14.8 years 11 played 2 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Beginner's Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jun 20, 2009 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Wide open field always leaves a safe play.
Very good beginner course.
(Keep in mind the Par 3 is for Professionals. There is a recreational par of 39, not 27)

Cons:

First two tees not well marked.
Can be boring with a lack of variety from hole to hole.
Non-pro par is not marked, not every hole is a par 3.
Beware of families picnicing on the second hole.

Other Thoughts:

Holes are hard to hit, as they're in alcoves in the trees.
Flat field floods when it rains a bunch, as the current conditions are.
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masonrph2
Experience: 14.8 years 8 played 4 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Beginners luck 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jun 16, 2009 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Safe options on every hole. Risk/reward decisions on 5 holes. Water, woods, and OB lead to strategy but not too penal. Variety of distances 330' to 540'.

Cons:

Weaves through walking trails and near a soccer field. This leads to some distractions. Very flat so puddling in field an issue after heavy rains.

Other Thoughts:

A good course for beginners. Nice baskets. Free.
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Dave242
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 29.8 years 393 played 271 reviews
0.50 star(s)

D+ = i Don't throw 500' 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 12, 2005 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

What I personally like and how this course stacks up:
1) Holes with good risk/reward -- D
2) Holes that have rewarding birdie opportunities -- D
3) More wooded than open - lots of variety of shots required caused by hole shape and topography -- D
4) Natural beauty (Appalachian beauty preferred) and seclusion -- B
5) Multi-shot holes with defined landing zones, good risk/reward and multiple options to play them -- D

Other Thoughts:

I ranked this course subjectively based on my own personal enjoyment factor...more accurately my "personal addiction factor". Since I have played a decent number of courses (115 18-hole, 50 9-hole as of early 2009), my hope is that players/explorers who have similar tastes will find my ratings list helpful as they chose courses to play and explore.

Over time, I expect to fill some of my reviews in with more descriptive verbiage...if what I say adds anything to what has already been written. For now, my list is more important to me than the verbiage of my reviews.

I fully expect others with different tastes/philosophies to disagree with me. See my profile for my rating philosophy.
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