Pros:
This is an excellent 9-hole course on the campus of Virginia Highlands Community College in SW Virginia, right off Interstate 81. If you live in the area or are passing through on I-81, I highly recommend bagging this course.
1. The biggest pro for me, by far, is the amazing scenery of the course and the surrounding mountains. The course begins at the top of a steep hill with breathtaking views of the course and campus. It's a great setting.
2. Being in the mountains, the elevation on the course is off the charts. Hole 1 is a big valley shot. My favorite hole, #8, is also a valley shot. There's also a ridge shot, #9, playing to a blind pin placement. The elevation -- and being able to watch the flight of the disc across valleys and down hills -- is awesome.
3. I like the blind basket locations. Amazingly, on a 9-hole course, five of them play to baskets you can't see from the tee: 2, 3, 5, 6, and 9. I like this challenge.
4. Several holes are extremely short (also a con), but they make for easy ace runs: holes 3, 4, and 7, especially. The distance on these holes is 147, 144, and 153, respectively.
5. Navigation is intuitive and simple.
6. The rough is fair. This is mostly an open, park style course, but there are trees and shrubs lining a few fairways. Not hard to find your disc if you make it into the rough, but not easy to get out either.
7. The proximity to Interstate 81 makes this an easy course to play if you're just passing through. I love playing 9-hole courses, particularly, and just being able to pull of the interstate to stretch my legs and throw discs.
Cons:
1. My main con for this course is that a few of the holes are exceptionally easy (the aforementioned holes 3, 4, and 7). Going for aces is fun, but the ease and length of these holes fit better with a kids' pitch-and-putt (or putt-and-putt) style course. Other holes offer a good challenge for intermediate level players, but not these.
2. It's only 9 holes! Another 9 like the 6 more challenging holes and this course would be in the 3.0 to 3.5 range for me.
3. There are two par 4's on the course. This is a minor quibble, but they both should probably be par 3's, especially #8. The best data point on this is that I had eagle putts on both. (I'm not good enough to have a lot of eagle putts.)
Other Thoughts:
Excellent 9-hole course (I've only played one 9-holer that I rate higher). Try it!