Pros:
- Short for Charlotte. Charlotte needs a short course that the average family can go play without the frustration of crazy difficult holes. This would be a great course for kids, extreme amateurs, girlfriends, to practice your short game, or go for aces.
-Pin Locations. A few of the pin locations are situated on the edge of a hill, punishing missed ace-runs and bad putts.
Cons:
- Layout Confusion. There were two tee-pads for every pin, which might normally be a Pro; however, for such a small, compact course, all the dual tees did was make confusion. In some parts of the course, you finish a hole and there are so many tee-sign posts that it is basically trial and error to find the next tee-pad.
- Basket Confusion. Which basket do I shoot at??? The baskets weren't numbered; and, with two tee-pads shooting at each basket, and with multiple baskets in sight, it was hard to figure out if I was on the right hole or not.
- Plays Out, Not Back. The course plays away from the parking lot and never loops back to the parking lot. Therefore, to get back to the car, (or hole 10's tee), you have to walk from practically the furthest part of the course, back to the parking lot, and then, if you choose, retrace the course for the second loop.
- Missing Basket. Hole 8's basket seems to be missing... the Tee-pad too... I never did find it/them. And therefore, hole 17's basket is also missing, although, I did find 17's tee-pad.
Other Thoughts:
- I didn't have a lot of time to play this course. I was in Charlotte for an early morning business meeting and tried to sneak this course in before the meeting. With all the confusion and missing basket, it was hard to get a flow and I had to leave before playing the whole thing (i.e. "back 9"). However, I had seen all I needed to see... and wasn't about to make a second loop anyway.
- If you were on a road trip to Charlotte, this is probably the last course you would want to pick. However, if you were a beginner, have kids or a girlfriend, really like bagging new courses and reviewing them (like me), or have a 45 minutes to kill before a business meeting one mile away (like me), then Veterans could be fun. I stretched my legs and went into the business meeting with a smile on my face... so, it's not all bad.
- My Rankings. If you're planning a road trip to Charlotte, here are my rankings (of the courses I've played): Renny, Hornetts, Sugaw, Kilborne, Reedy, .....................Veterans.