Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center must have had a team building moment , disc golf was suggested , and a course was born . The start of this course can be hard to find . After pulling in here , there is really no direction in which to pull you towards tee one . Maybe they don't want a lot of outsiders ( Got It ) .
I played here on a Memorial Day Sunday early morning . The grounds here are immaculate . I found 2 tee pads for most of the 9 holes here . The longer are either grass or are concrete used from driveways , etc. The main pads are nice looking pavers . I don't know how slick they are when wet , but they look nice . Even though the course plays short , the pavers aren't big or long enough . And they sit about 6" off the ground . Careful if you have to step off of these after a drive The signage is first rate , giving you everything you need to know about the hole . The baskets are yellow banded Discatchers and in good shape . There is a picnic table next to one of the corporate doors at the start of the course . I don't know if it is a break area for the smokers , or for disc golfers after a round . Print the map or you will wander around aimlessly in a few spots .
Hole 1 tee is on a small hill and throws over a nice pond . to the basket maybe 15' or so on the other side . It is only 240' ,but it is a postcard hole . #2 is up a little and to the right of the #1 basket . it is a drive with this pond on your right all the way and to a basket tucked into some trees . Also a very nice looking hole . The course then wanders around the research grounds from building to building , and eventuually winds up in the backyard of the center's back end . There is a tight woods hole on #6 . The sign might have been missing on it . Make sure when you finish the #5 hole , that you look at some courts a little back and to the left of you and across the road . The course will take you back close to hole #1 . VTCRC is a short fast easy play . It is a nice walk on a weekend . Easy on the legs , the course doesn't see a lot of elevation . Disc Risk : Pretty low if you can keep it out of the water on the first 2 holes . No signature holes here , but holes 1 & 2 are the stars here . Really nice looking .

#1 Navigation . If you don't have a map , you can have problems . The course is cut up in sections across maybe 3 buildings grounds . Next tee signs , or at least spray painting one of the rungs on the bottom of the basket would help a lot .
#2 . Safety . This course isn't going to get a lot of play , but there are people that hang out by the pond , and cars that go by the parking lots and small roads that could preset a problem . Look before you throw .
#3 equipment . not only the next tee signs , but the nice pavers are too short to really test , especially when platformed
#4 Lack Of Challenge . Not a lot of challenge to pull any full time players here , but I don't think that this course was designed with that in mind . Maybe employees & locals ?
Other than that , there are some planks for you to walk across in the left fairway of #1 , which will still get your shoes wet No amenities . Best relaxing area is a cement benched spot with roof that overlooks the pond near #2's basket . No bathrooms near the course . No place to dump trash . Carry out what you carry in .

You know . The course was actually kind of fun to play . I could see some VT students that dorm a couple of miles down the road , coming up here on a Saturday or Sunday morning and curing their hangovers with a couple of rounds . I don't even know if they allow play during work hours during the week . There must be a few disc golfers working here , or they wouldn't have manufactured the longer tees . Pretty accessible course for locals , just off the US460 5 exit .
My Recommendation : Ams and pros really don't want to be here . This course is suited for maybe an evening round with the family , some locals or newbies , course baggers to add with Golden Hills 2 courses , great for the college kids down the road , and especially the workers at the research department here . You could pit building against building after work . If you have a 15 minute break and since the course is divided , someone could grab a disc out of the drawer and throw a couple of holes or putt around . Not a course to take too seriously if not a local . Not a course I would play again , but okay give this one a look on an early morning or late evening .

The course at the Virginia Tech Corporate Research Center does not really have a reason to be here. In that aspect, I mean that this course isn't in a usual area. It plays in the grassy and tree filled areas surrounding the buildings, but it is a really fun track.

Hole one is, in all reality, a signature hole. You are throwing a 250 foot hyzer/straight shot, completely over a pond, with the basket 30 feet from the water's edge.

Hole two, is also a pretty signature hole. From the blue tees, the tee is on a dock, with water all the way along the right side, the basket is, again, circle's edge from the water. A cool hole.

The tee signs here are some of the best I have seen, which is pretty crazy. They are full color, with a map, distance, predicted line, the whole nine yards.

Baskets on this course are shiny Innova Discatchers, easily a top basket in the game. A huge perk on a course, no matter what it is.

Every hole as at least one paver tee, mostly on the red tee, but the pavers are about 3 feet too short to give a nice run up if you need one, and they are also not in the ground, but rather on a six inch platform, meaning even the tiniest overstep and goodbye ankles.

The navigation leaves a little to be sought after, as there is no indication on how to get to the next hole, but it isn't super hard to get where you need to go. Online map was helpful a few times.

Only one tee sign per hole, so I would suggest playing the tee you find, unless you want to make up a tee position, closely resembling the one it has on the sign.


My biggest gripe with this course is the fact that it exists. By that, I mean that it plays with roads near the fairways and baskets, cars will get in the way, I imagine people will too on busy days, the buildings are in the way a couple times. It's really oddly placed, and there isn't anything to do about it.

Don't get me wrong, this course was fun to play.

I think I played this course on the perfect day, when the research center was closed, and people were away for the summer. However, it was still busy. Play safe fellow discers!