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C4 Church Disc Golf Course reviews
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wellsbranch250
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Experience:
10.3 years
661 played
640 reviews
The Blast That Never Happens
Reviewed:
Played on:Sep 10, 2023
Played the course:once
Pros:
(1.589 Rating) A basic church niner with four weird lines.
- BASIC AMENITIES - The main reason I'm scoring C4 a 1.5 over a 1.0 is due to the tees, baskets and tee signs. The tees are concrete. They are small, but they sort-of work on the many short holes that are here. Black Hole Gravity is the basket model and they caught very well. The tee signs are well done artistic signs with all the required info except a next tee arrow. Although, a couple close by next tees are present within the artistic image.
So Sos:
- RAW BEAUTY - Slightly below average, but with some nice aspects. 5 holes are heavily wooded, which to me, is nearly always an appealing aspect. The course was also mowed and generally free of trash. Aspects that are holding it back from a higher score include, flatness, no water and no memorable lines.
- BEGINNER FRIENDLY - Naturally when I've thrown church courses, I expect a beginner friendly layout. Some of the attributes here read beginner friendly, like the length of it. However, the tight wooded element definitely feels in conflict with that conclusion.
- NAVIGATION - Great signs, but the flow in the woods is tightly confined, which can be confusing. I was with 2 others and we all assumed basket (8) was the play when standing on (3s) pad. A course map is available near tee (1) apparently, but we started on (5), so we missed it.
- BASIC AMENITIES - The main reason I'm scoring C4 a 1.5 over a 1.0 is due to the tees, baskets and tee signs. The tees are concrete. They are small, but they sort-of work on the many short holes that are here. Black Hole Gravity is the basket model and they caught very well. The tee signs are well done artistic signs with all the required info except a next tee arrow. Although, a couple close by next tees are present within the artistic image.
So Sos:
- RAW BEAUTY - Slightly below average, but with some nice aspects. 5 holes are heavily wooded, which to me, is nearly always an appealing aspect. The course was also mowed and generally free of trash. Aspects that are holding it back from a higher score include, flatness, no water and no memorable lines.
- BEGINNER FRIENDLY - Naturally when I've thrown church courses, I expect a beginner friendly layout. Some of the attributes here read beginner friendly, like the length of it. However, the tight wooded element definitely feels in conflict with that conclusion.
- NAVIGATION - Great signs, but the flow in the woods is tightly confined, which can be confusing. I was with 2 others and we all assumed basket (8) was the play when standing on (3s) pad. A course map is available near tee (1) apparently, but we started on (5), so we missed it.
Cons:
Unnatural lines
- HOLES (2, 3, 6, 8) - I love technical disc golf, yet the part of this course that had that aspect, bothered me. The reason was the line shape. All these noted holes are blind unnatural 60 to 90 degree benders through vine lined fairways. Even though all these holes are shorter than 250 feet, my card of 3 players had maybe one lucky birdie on a redirection and a few bogeys. Hole (7) was the only woods hole that I didn't take issue with.
- RAW - The woods part feels like a bushwacking tunnel. The vines are everywhere and they will swallow up plastic that goes off line. Likely full of poison ivy, ticks and mosquitoes during late spring and early summer. Lots of tree debris and roots to trip over. These descriptions don't really bother me, but I know it will bother others.
- NOT FOR BOMBERS - The longest hole is 430 feet. It's the only opportunity to rip one. I highly doubt serious MA1 players are enjoying the gameplay out here. To them it's a putter course with some half powered touch shots.
- HOLES (2, 3, 6, 8) - I love technical disc golf, yet the part of this course that had that aspect, bothered me. The reason was the line shape. All these noted holes are blind unnatural 60 to 90 degree benders through vine lined fairways. Even though all these holes are shorter than 250 feet, my card of 3 players had maybe one lucky birdie on a redirection and a few bogeys. Hole (7) was the only woods hole that I didn't take issue with.
- RAW - The woods part feels like a bushwacking tunnel. The vines are everywhere and they will swallow up plastic that goes off line. Likely full of poison ivy, ticks and mosquitoes during late spring and early summer. Lots of tree debris and roots to trip over. These descriptions don't really bother me, but I know it will bother others.
- NOT FOR BOMBERS - The longest hole is 430 feet. It's the only opportunity to rip one. I highly doubt serious MA1 players are enjoying the gameplay out here. To them it's a putter course with some half powered touch shots.
Other Thoughts:
The target audience at C4 feels most appropriate for MA4s and MA3s with sub 250-foot arms that like twisty woods courses. Not exactly a large niche of players, but they are out there. After that grouping, no need for anyone else to come here unless they attend the church or they are a course bagger. Overall a 1.5 level course to me with perhaps enough growth potential for a 2.0 if a lot of precision trimming occurs. By precision trimming, I mean that they need to be careful not to overdue cutting as it will impact the already thin fairway buffers. Similar courses I've played include Steele Creek in Mobile, Cemetery Point Park in Cedar Key Florida, NAS Whiting Field near Pensacola and Creek Ridge in Northern Indiana.
- BAGGERS UNITE - RocketCityRedd and myself ran into a bagging legend during our stop here. On hole (6) we bumped into DGCR's eric_vdberg whom was on course 1630 or so. We ended up throwing the next 7 holes together as we had all started our round on hole (5). Lots of fascinating discussions on bagger adventures and other random disc golf subjects. We all thought this C4 Church course had issues, but that didn't stop us all from having a great time.
- BAGGERS UNITE - RocketCityRedd and myself ran into a bagging legend during our stop here. On hole (6) we bumped into DGCR's eric_vdberg whom was on course 1630 or so. We ended up throwing the next 7 holes together as we had all started our round on hole (5). Lots of fascinating discussions on bagger adventures and other random disc golf subjects. We all thought this C4 Church course had issues, but that didn't stop us all from having a great time.
