Sand Hills is a wonderful compliment to the nearby Riverbend course at Camp Canaan. It has rubber tee pads, tee signs with maps, DISCatcher baskets with blue rims, and "twenty holes" to play. There are two practice baskets near the start of the course, plenty of parking, and nice restroom facilities. For $6 players can enjoy both courses at Camp Canaan for the full day.

The course completes two full loops, playing to 10 baskets - each basket twice. The shorter hole lengths allow it to be enjoyed by players of all skill levels, including absolute beginners. There is also a decent variety in shots to be used for such a small course. The front half (and Hole 13) is pretty much just pitch-&-putt, but the back half is a great midrange/putter course.

There is a decent amount of elevation utilized throughout the course, despite its shorter nature. Not only are there uphill and downhill holes, there are holes with sloped fairways, some risky greens, as well as Hole 2/12 where the basket is in a bowl feature allowing for aggressive play.

There are beautiful views of the Catawba River throughout the course, with a couple of holes playing alongside the river as well as nice views of the Camp facilities. Had a very calming atmosphere about it.

Realistically, Sand Hills is a 10 hole course (9 hole course for some, depending on how they feel about Holes 3/13) that has two sets of tees. The two sets of tees are a bit of a mixed bag. Some of the long tees drastically change the hole, some of the long tees mildly lengthen the hole.

Sand Hills was an apt name, plenty of the slopes on the course appear to be made out of a sandy soil that didn't always provide the best footing. Be mindful of where you are stepping when you play here to avoid rolling an ankle.

The tees and tee signs are fine, but are showing a bit of age - a bit of work done on this front would definitely spruce the course up some. Hole 16's tee pad and tee sign both seemed to be missing. (Or I am blind.) I played using the course map to determine where it probably was at one point.

There are a couple of holes where disc loss is a real risk. Holes 7/17 and 9/19 come to mind due to their proximity to the river. Hole 19 being the most likely for it to happen, as the tree infested fairway slopes right down to the river. Which isn't a bad thing for everyone, but for players who are new or don't have a disc they are okay losing, could find this less than ideal.

A lot of the course seems to be located in low lying areas that may flood/hold water when there is a lot of rain. Around Hole 2/12 the ground seemed pretty moist despite there having been no rain in the week leading up to my round.

Sand Hills is likely not the reason any disc golfer makes the trip to Fewell Island, but it is absolutely a wonderful short course as well as the perfect compliment to the other course there. It can be used as a warm-up or a cooldown for Riverbend.

I think a 2.5 rating seemed appropriate for Sand Hills due to the sheer amount of variety. At it's best the two tee layout really makes the second loop feel like a different loop, but not every hole is fortunate enough to share that sentiment.

If you are traveling from out of the Rock Hill area, a round at Sand Hills, Riverbend, and the very nearby Westminster Park (which you drove past less than a mile before arriving at Camp Canaan) can offer a full day of disc golf.

Favorite Holes: 6, 10, 12, & 15

So the big boy course was closed so we had to settle for this one. Despite the disc-appointment, this little 10-holer (20 if you count the other set of tees) was a fun romp through Canaan's pleasant island terrain. Finding it is not entirely intuitive (across the road from the pool house) and when you do find it, you'll find 11's tee first which is confusing if you don't realize that it's numbered as a 20 hole course using 10 baskets.

Way easier course than Riverbend, obviously. Every hole is birdie-able if not ace-able so expect plenty of birdies if you're a fairly experienced player. That being said, it's not very repetitive so each hole does require some sort of varying skill to do well. You can huck a putter straight at most of these holes but a little forced over flex FH or hyzer flipped mid here and there makes more sense. Actually fairly hilly despite how short the course and most of the baskets are placed on fast greens to spice up the challenge just a tad. For as short a course it is, Duvall did a characteristically good job of utilizing the terrain. The extremely short hole is a great example. There's literally one skinny tree to avoid but it's perfectly in the way. It begs to be jump-putted (or just putted really) but there's a steep drop-off just left and past the basket so a bad miss can leave you a ~15' comebacker way uphill. You should get a 2 every time but you're so enticed to get the ace that you'll go for it and you might actually end up with a 3. It's hard to imagine but it's basically a par 2 with possibly decent scoring separation.

None really. It's really short but still pretty sweet. The rubber pads are prone to drifting apart from each other so you might want to make sure you don't land on a crack.

Hole 19/9 I think it was, is very capable of kicking you into the river. That's fine, it just seems uncharacteristically punitive compared to the rest of the course.

It's a really great warm-up for the Riverbend course and it's close enough to Winthrop and fun enough to hit up if you want to take a break from watching the USDGC or get all the Rock Hill highlights.