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Polkton, NC

South Piedmont Community College

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BrotherDave
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Experience: 16.9 years 192 played 189 reviews
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Polkton's Premier Disc Golf Course! 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:May 6, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

That's right, Polkton! Polkton is named after L.L. Polk, the 3rd most famous L.L. after L.L. Cool J and L.L. Bean. OK, not really. But he was a pivotal figure in NC history concerning agriculture and politics, fought for the Confederacy and wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg. In addition to founding the town after the war, he also possessed a goatee that was said to be the envy of schnauzers everywhere. OK, I made that last part up again. Oh yeah the disc golf course.

Surprisingly, the course is very decent. This may place top 10 in courses whose tees are disproportionately nice and large compared to shortness of the holes. Finding these great concrete tees can be tricky but not too hard if you can spot the wood colored stobs that serve as signs. Design-wise there's nothing groundbreaking here but for a short 9 holer it's decent variety and fun. Some holes are nicely wooded but most are open tunnels flanked by pine forest. The routing is great with the parking lot supremely located next to start and finish and the campus is right off the highway so this is a great place to get a quick round in and stretch the legs if you're traveling this lonesome road. Nice Innova Discatchers.

Cons:

Transition from 6 to 7 could use a sign, just walk straight past the little amphitheater. You've also got a long walk from hole 3 to 4 through the woods but little Discraft flags let you know you're on the right path.

Some if not all the holes are basically Par 2's but a few are blatant about it with their shortness. Some of these seem like the tees could have been pushed back to assuage that a bit. But definitely a putter course best suited for beginners. Hole 9 is pathetically short. The shortness of holes do make up for the fact that the tee signs tell you the hole number and that's it so you have to eyeball every distance.

No trash cans anywhere so you're going to have to take your Natural Light empties back out with you, sorry.

Other Thoughts:

No frills but plenty of ace-runs to make and it is conveniently routed and located off the highway, albeit not conveniently located near, well, anything. Bring a Polecat and enjoy it for what it is.
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