-This is a decent nine holer on a large campus. It doesn't take up much of the land at all; as a matter of fact, I initially thought it was straight ahead toward the lake. It's actually to the left before the handicap parking lots. Keep walking straight and you'll see the first tee-sign. Course starts off in the open and shows a good effort in hole design.

-Elevation is minimal. But there's a little bit on most holes. Hole 5 will probably be the favorite for starters. It's a downhill putter hole and the basket is underneath the limbspan of a tree. There's a good variety in hole length too. Holes range from 124' to 423'. Course is half open and half wooded.

-Holes mostly favor accuracy. Especially the short ones. The two longest holes are holes 2 and 4. They both allow ample room to throw a good drive so they make this more than a "three disc course."

-Navigation is a breeze. Some of the next hole pads are less than 30' from the previous hole's basket. Course is rather secluded so safety isn't something to be concerned about.

-Plenty of potential to be funner. (see cons below)

-I may be wrong; I'm not sure if this is true or not, but it appears that something next to the wooded part of the course is being put in and may be the reason why holes 6 thru 9 are all shorter. The holes, except for hole 7 being a good hole, are now mediocre at best.

-Hole 6 is silly. It's rocky road ice cream with chewed up squirrel nuts with traces of tooth decay. It's 124' and basically plays as an anhyzer putt down a slight decline. There's no real fairway, and what makes this hole even more strange is that it's too hard to tell whether you are supposed to tee off to the right side or left side of the tee pad. Seemed to ME that it was a better idea to go right because on all of the previous holes, I teed off right. But on this one, it may be better to tee off to the left, as you have more of a shot to the pin. Wasn't fond of hole 8 either. It gave me a Cane Creek in Waxhaw sort of vibe. Very tight fairway that turns.

-The tees for hole 4 and 8 are on the top of small hills. It's hard to have a run up on these holes. They are also listed as par 4s. They are not. Especially hole 8 with it being 234'. #8 is very tight and having to tee off while running uphill can cause an errant shot. My opinion is to just move the tee sign about 10' forward and there's a better hole already. As for hole 4, I say push the pad down the hill to the left and make this an uphill dogleg par 4.

-Hole 3 seems to have wasted potential as well. It's down a very slight decline and is only 180'. There are trees in the fairway that make it a better idea to throw a hyzer. But the decline falls pretty significantly past the basket. Push the basket down further and push the pad back and that's a fun signature hole.

-There is so much land. I don't know if this was all the designer had available. If it was, then I'd say they did pretty good with it. If not, I would say this course could use some better holes. Holes 5 through 9 are so painfully close together and you play them as an "M shaped" zigzag. Holes 5 and 6 are down the woods, then you go back up on 7. Then you go back down on 8 and go back up on 9.

-Isothermal isn't a bad course but with all the potential it has, I expected it to be better than it actually was. It's just good practice for accuracy and it's a respectable nine holer because of it's open and wooded balance.

-Really if a few holes were lengthened (#3, #5, and #6), this course would be a frequent stop for me whenever I go back home to Gastonia from Cullowhee. There's plenty of space available for better design here.