Disc Golf Course Review

Fantastic concrete tee-pads, excellent signage, quiet woods, and the best baskets Innova makes.
Offers a variety of open and wooded holes along with an option of long and short tee-pads on a number of holes.
The potential for "Safari-Golf" is unlimited due to open field and having the course to oneself.
Noticeably well-maintained course that is obviously cleaned-up by the staff, students and volunteers at the school.
Fun for all skill levels!

Holes are mostly on the short-side distance wise.
Beware of "boggy area" on the left-side of hole 3's fairway.

If you live in or around Lincoln County and you are just beginning the sport of Disc Golf this is an ideal location to play and practice. You will not by rushed on the course by another group behind you, If you wanna just get some field work there is more than enough open space. And if you are looking for your 1st Ace....you have found The Place!
In short, The Pursuit Disc Golf Course at Asbury Academy is an excellent school course that both challenges and entertains any disc-golfer and welcomes the newbie player.

+ Tee pads are flat, wide and long rectangular poured concrete.
+ Colorful and informative metal tee signs anchored to metal posts.
+ Numbered baskets have eye-catching orange bands.
+ The whole park is calm, pretty and quiet.
+ A few low-stakes water features, hills and gentle tree puzzles punctuate the course.
+ There is a practice basket, but...

- ...No lost disc box. On a course this brief, that probably won't be an issue.
- Most of the fairways are open and direct.
- A lot of the fairways play alongside or cross over walking paths.
-/+ All of the links are shorter than 275 feet.
-/+ No nav signage, but it's mostly obvious where to go next, and it's marked on the tee signs.

I am always glad to experience a course like the one found at Brush Creek Park. Sometimes, a player just doesn't want to be faced with an onslaught of restrictive tree tunnels, 850-foot fairways, wide lakes hungry for your favorite driver and obnoxious roughage that eats up discs and pant legs. Sometimes, a player, no matter how serious or experienced, wants a clean and refreshing return to the basics. Take us back to the days when we were just starting out and remind us of how far we've come. Brush Creek Park is exactly the course for that.

Nothing is longer than 300 feet. That's a good return to form. Forget reckless full power. Focus on your mid-range game if you're a seasoned player. If you're a newer player, then this course is a good training ground to find out how far you can throw on the mostly wide open fairways.
There are some elevation challenges, introductory tree puzzles and water features that will enable a novice to learn how to deal with the techniques, power/angle control and pressure management that disc golf requires. For experienced players, this will be a mostly simple obstacle course. Speaking of obstacles, please be aware of the numerous walking paths throughout the course before you throw. On a nice day, this place will be crawling with dog walkers and families out for a stroll.

There were a few stand-outs in my mind. Link4 is a profound downhill drive. It's wide open and pretty breezey there. Don't overthrow it! Link7 had the most trees to deal with. It is a nice introduction to tunnels.
Link14 was my favorite one to play because of the line of pine trees that tried to get in my head, the downhill slope and the possibility of a rollaway into the stream beyond the basket. It was a nice level one combination of all three disc golfing aspects.

My least favorite was link18 because of how straight, flat and wide open it is. From my point of view, the majority of these fairways are open, but new players and younger kids might consider it a tricky place to place. Everything is relative.

You'll never feel lost, though. The infrastructure is great. Despite the absence of next tee signs, the path is fairly obvious. (I still like seeing them, though!) Quite a few of the more complicated and technical courses wish they had the kind of consistent presentation that Brush Creek has!

In closing, I strongly recommend this course to new players, course baggers and those who just want a well-presented low-pressure place to gather some birdies and theoretical aces in a pleasant setting.
For those in search of a true challenge, then this course won't scratch the itch because of how much it resembles basic training.
I appreciated it, though. Brush Creek is a competent and clean but common course. I might not ever come back, but I'm glad to have experienced it.

WRAMS DGC or, spelled out, Wisconsin Rapids Area Middle School Disc Golf Course, is a 9 hole course that wraps around the southern portion of the school. Holes 2-5 along with 9 are short wooded holes. Hole one play along the edge of the building and is a short little RHBH hyzer shot to a blind pin location. Holes 6-8 are on the far west section and are longer, wide open shots. Good mix of different holes here for a school niner.

The baskets are excellent. Brand new and shiny Mach V's. These catch great and are all mounted nice and level. One basket and pin placement per hole.

Awesome signage here. The tee signs themselves are big and bold looking. These are mounted on tall metal posts and the signs feature a simple but effective hole map, hole #, par and distance. Pretty much every basic is visible from the tee anyway so the maps are overkill if anything. They do look nice though. The best part is that they have quite a few next tee signs of the same variety scattered throughout that make the longer transitions as easy as can be. Very impressive stuff.

The design is solid for the most part. The woods holes are all under 200' and provide a good challenge to the intended audience here. The three open holes are longer but have nothing in the way, only the woods off to the left side on two of them and a maintenance building on hole 8. The woods holes have a great mix of left and right bending shots as well as a few dead straight.

The course appears to be permanent and is free to play outside of school hours. There's two different areas where you'd be able to do some field work too before or after a round here.

The tees are ok. For now. They're wood framed gravel pads of decent size. This course just opened this year though, and the thing with these types of tees are that they eventually lose gravel and often times just return to the earth after a few years. Hopefully that's not the case here. Only time will tell. Either way, gravel pads aren't the greatest anyways. These had a very sandy base below the gravel and made for some awkward stepping. Not a huge deal on the woods holes since you don't really need a run up. They really flopped on the three longer holes.

There's a couple long transitions here. Like I mentioned above, the directional signage is great, but it still quite a bit of walking for a course of this length. You also get dumped off pretty far from where you parked.

For the Rapids area, which generally has very sandy (dry) terrain, this course may be much soggier after any rain or snow melt than the other nearby courses. It wasn't terrible today in mid November but there's signs that you may want to avoid this one in early spring or after rains.

Limited hours due to being on school grounds but them's are the breaks.

This was a fun little course. I won't play it often but it'll likely be in the mix when I head down that way each year. Not worth going out of the way for but can be played pretty quickly and paired with a few other options to make for a solid day of disc golf. Good addition to the area.

18 holes, not 9.

Beautiful course around a beautiful campus. Holes take advantage of the terrain.

Some teepads aren't level. Ridiculous walk from 18 back to hole 1.

Some of the early holes are short.

Sunnyside is the best of Franklin's 4 course. It's a fun 9-holer.
- With two sets of tees, you do get some different looks on holes. On #2 (and #11) you've got two distinct angles throwing down the hill towards the basket. I really liked this layout.
- Course does use elevation nicely. Even on #3, when you're at the bottom of the hill, the slope on the right side of the fairway comes into play.
- Throwing uphill on #4, makes an otherwise simple 204-foot hole play much longer. You're throwing uphill at least two stories, so add 60 – 75 feet to this distance. It's not often you need a flag to see the basket on a short hole like this.
- #6's basket is placed right in front of a wall of bamboo. It's almost thick enough that you can use this wall to your advantage. The risk, however, is if you hit the bamboo wrong, you could get buried deep in it.
- #7, especially from the longs is the last interesting/semi-challenging tee shot. Last two holes are pretty much wide-open.
- Outstanding tee signs. Types you wish most courses had.
- Last basket is close to the start. So, if you play a second time through from the long tees, it's an easy second loop.

All of the course's gusto pretty much ends after hole #6. The final 3 holes (#7 from the short tees), only have a couple of trees as obstacles. As much as I enjoyed #1 – 6, the final three holes had nothing to offer.
- After playing #8, you essentially must walk 2/3s of the final fairway, only to turn right back around and play where you came from. Once you're here, you'll see how close #8 & 9's baskets are. It's as if this piece of land is good for 8 holes, but they needed a 9th.
- Course overlaps in spots, especially when playing from the long tees. The day I played there were two other groups on the course. Each time I came in contact with one, someone had to pause to allow the other to play a hole.
- It'd be fun if the bamboo behind #6's basket came more into play. It'd be a different look.
- When I turned onto 1st street, GPS took me into the entrance immediately off Highlands. Once I got to the parking area, I quickly realized I was in the middle of the course. Better signage for the correct parking lot.
- That said, the actual parking lot is small. Could be an issue for events. And with a business directly across the street, may have some weird parking situations.

Overall, I really liked Sunnyside. It's a fun course. And it might have the best views in town.
- Course is all about fun and not as much about challenge. Keep that in mind when playing here.
- With 4 different courses in town, this is clearly the focal point. It's probably the most played, it's most accessible, and most visible.
- I like having multiple holes where you might want to throw multiple discs. I see some casual rounds taking a long time as people are throwing second, third, fourth discs on holes.
- This could have a fun safari layout. You could also make an enjoyable Ace Race layout here.
- Other than the skate park, this is essentially a disc golf exclusive spot.
- One of the few courses in western North Carolina that didn't suffer damage from the remnants of Hurricane Helene in September '24.
- In the middle of my disc golf marathon day, this was one of the more memorable courses. I'll remember holes #2 & 4 and the great views. Well worth playing if you're in the area.

Having first heard of Sarsparilla's Loop as a private course just outside of nearby Amelia, Ohio, I was surprised to see it listed here amongst our recent boom of 'list every course' mania. So I figured I should wait til I made a connection to play this invitation only site. I'm so glad my buddy Troy reached out to owner Jason and set us up. Don't make assumptions like I did, that a flat, wooded, back yard course might not prove to be all that interesting. Jason's tribute to the family's late sweetheart of a dog is actually quite a gem, and will present tons of quirky fun and even challenge to intermediate skilled disc golfers.

There are two configurations of 17 holes ('Sass' lived to be 17, and was known to run excited loops around the yard when family pulled in the driveway), which sounds like it could be confusing. But you discover that the numbered loop and the lettered loop are well marked by laminated signage that aligns you with the fairway, and then clever use of plastic cones, attached to posts or trees and pointed at the color-coordinated cone on top of each target that is your goal. And there are two 'next tee' arrows under almost every cage when you hole out. You also can take along an accurate hand-drawn map if needed.

Hole distances vary, with a great mix of ace runs up to several in each loop well over 300'. Jason recently created an elevated tee pad on the longest (500' +?) lane running out to the back of the property. You will usually need to evaluate which fairway lane through the trees will give you the best opportunity to get furthest down each fairway, and you are often faced with tough decisions about how much of that lane you can reliably eat up in one bite. In this way, there might be a few legitimate par 4's out here for the average player, if you really want to look at it that way. There are only a couple of obvious and well designed mandos that help remind you to keep it in THIS yard. There are lanes so tight you may be wise to disc down and admit a three might be your best chance, and others wide and flexible enough that a clever line might park your tee shot.

But the charm is the main thing here… like many well cared for private courses, you can expect things like elevated baskets in the notch of a tree where there really isn't a putt from either side (and this one has a 40' log that looks like a snake chomping on a disc). There's a dinosaur garden. There are brooms at many teepads. There's one on an old spool table inside a 'nest' built out of debris and tree fall. And there's a very cool 'putt putt' like finishing hole for the lettered loop (hole 7 on the numbered): a basket atop an old wooden 'fort' play structure where the cage has been replaced by a barrel that drops your disc into a flue, which rolls it to drop onto a drum cymbal! So unique and fun!

For many, the restrictions of being a private, appointment only, donate $5 type of round might not be your cup of tea (…but so far, we've been more than happy to support the course). And if you only like to bomb long hyzer shots out in the open, you'll find none of that here. Control is the key.

A major issue comes in the nature of private course building: tees are extremely variable (from 4' square rubber up to 5'x10' paver stone masterpieces), as are the baskets (some are great catchers, and others are shallower and flimsier). This is the main reason I didn't go higher with my rating. I want the reader to understand what to expect. I also usually rate in order of priority on safety, fun and challenge. This one, by nature of its loops cannot be safe for a full field of players. It's just not possible. So if there are ever multiple groups out together, situational awareness and respect are vital. But the fun factor goes to 11, and the challenge is solid, for the intent of the design.

Overall, the positives here have kept us coming back every week or two since we started playing here: it's shaded, cartable for us old farts, presents 34 holes worth of variety (each of which, where almost anything can happen), and we don't feel too weird with the pay to play tradeoff… My buddy contacts Jason to make sure it's OK for us to drop by at a particular time so the family, dogs, and everyone knows there will be an extra car or two out there, and those harmless old guys with their carts are respectfully playing the family backyard course. I always recommend picking up treefall debris as you play (you will have obvious spots to toss that stick into the many, many debris corrals that this labor of love produced). Help sweep off a teepad, and enjoy your round!

The property is remote, quiet, hilly, wooded, with some grassy fairways. This tract of land compares to Harmon, Maple and Iron hill. There is good diversity of holes. More of the holes play in wooded fairways with demanding but fair lines. The fairways are well defined. There are open holes either shooting from a cove or finishing in a cove. I stayed on the property and played two rounds to ourselves. The course now as a complete 18 holes. Appalachia discin is my favorite topography.

The course is very much a work in progress. Without government funding, it is a labor of love. When I played, the wooded holes were covered in leaves from tee to pin. The layout is tricky to navigate. This is not a negative once navigation signs are in place. The tee signs are not good. The tee pads are bad. They are carpet, to short and bumpy.
As this course develops, longer tees should be added.

I agree with most points as the first reviewer. However, until the cons are remedied, it is not a 4 rated course. If they keep developing the course, it will be a destination 4plus rated course.

Fun, challenging 9-hole course. For such a short course - 5 holes under 200 ft, none longer than 255 - you really need to throw some great shots to score well.
- Good variety of holes - several open, doglegs, one throwing to a raised basket, and tight fairways. Other than lack of elevation, the course has a little bit of everything.
- The course will appeal to all skill levels. Advanced players will enjoy the real challenge of trying to get their birdies. Lack of distance means beginning players will not be overwhelmed.
- Great scenery. It really feels like you're deep in the woods on several holes, only to turn around and realize you're a couple hundred feet from the lake. What an amazing view.
- Park has nice, new amenities - restrooms, water fountains, playground and splash area for the kids, and boat access ramps.

Dirt tee pads. Not a problem on most holes because they're so short. The only real issue is the tee for #2 is on uneven ground. There wasn't a spot within 5 feet of the tee marker that was flat enough to do a real run-up throw.
- You probably don't need a map when playing, but at least take a glance at one online beforehand. The park has 2 parking lots (the second is a public boat access ramp), and there aren't any big signs marking the first tee. So, if you're not paying attention, you may find yourself wandering around looking for the first tee.
- #8 runs along side the road. It's not a heavily travelled road, but still have to pay attention when throwing. If the hole was any longer, requiring drivers to be used, or if the road had more traffic, I'd be more concerned about safety.

Most 9-hole course all feel the same. This one definitely stood out. I give it credit for making holes challenging, yet still appealing to everyone.
- As mentioned, the course isn't long, so you can play only carrying a couple mid-range discs.
- Favorite hole was #6. 240 foot dog leg right through a tight, wooded fairway. It takes a precise shot to A., not hit the trees along the fairway, and B. put yourself in birdie position.
- This is a fun, change of pace layout from other nearby courses. Scenic, quite park makes for a relaxing round.

Hannah's Bend Park is home to a fun little nine hole course that plays along the Cannon River for four of the nine holes. Pretty little park where the disc golf doesn't really conflict with other park activities for the most part. The holes are all on the shorter side with nothing over 270'. Nice course for beginners and plenty of ace run chances for more experienced players.

The baskets are older Mach III's. These are in decent shape and catch okay. One basket and pin placement per hole.

The tee signs are you old school DGA models. Basic as can be but they get the job done on a course like this one. Simplistic map with the stickers showing some trees, pin, basket and a next tee arrow. They also have the hole #, par and distance. Nothing fancy but better than nothing. They get you to the next tee easily more than anything else.

The course is mostly flat but hole 1 is a fun little downhill, sub 200 foot ace run to start things off. Hole 5's basket is tucked up on the side of a small hillside too. There's enough trees on the rest of the holes to at least force you to shape a shot for the most part.

Free to play, permanent and most likely never busy.

The tees are pretty poor. They're natural pads but most are lumpy and the grass has been worn away years ago. Not a huge problem if it's dry I'd assume. These were not great on a rainy afternoon though.

There's a couple longer transitions between holes. Nothing major but not entirely obvious either. Holes 1 to 2 and 6 to 7 are the culprits for this. You'll figure it out but it'll take a little bit of scouting.

The tee signs have seen better days. Lots of vandalism and just general wear from being here for ten plus years at this point.

It'd be kind of cool if the river came into play a bit more but this course is designed for players of all skill levels, including and especially newer players, so I understand why it's not used more. Or at all really.

This was a fun little course. I'd be glad to have this one near me. Nothing that really stands out but just a fun place to throw some frisbees at. Worth a visit if you find yourself near here for sure. Just don't go out of your way for it.

+ This expansive property is a disc golf exclusive venue! There is zero chance of oblivious joggers and dog-walkers here.
+ All tee pads are flat, wide, long and sturdy concrete.
+ All tee signs are colorful, metal and reliable with bag hooks attached to their sturdy wooden posts.
+ The baskets are brightly-colored and numbered. Plus, they have rubber rings at their bases filled with mulch to prevent erosion.
+ Tall, noticeable and colorful 'next' signage posts are everywhere!
+ Link9 finishes nearby the parking lot.
+ There is a well-stocked camp store/disc shop.
+ The course has imposing elevation to conquer, several tree puzzles to solve and a few water features to avoid. Plus, it's a pretty place to observe and walk, but...

- ...Some of the fairways are so large that a player feels unsure of where to throw.
-/+ No truly meaty wooded challenges to fight through.
- A few considerations need to be installed for wet conditions.

This review is based on the white tees to the orange baskets.

Agape /ah-GAH-pay/ Farm is a great place to enjoy our sport. The grounds are well maintained. During my round, I had the privilege of talking to two of the course overseers Bruce and 'Romo.' Through those conversations, I learned that a lot of energy, effort, time and expense have gone towards transforming this land into the nicely crafted disc golf course they have now. They tell me that the ultimate goal is to transform the place into a full-blown disc golfing resort with camping and so on. How cool of an idea that is. The property is so quiet and desolate that I imagine it would be a very restorative place to camp.

My favorite fairway to play was link5 because it starts with an eye-catching valley that's half open and half wooded before spitting you out into a downhill approach over an open slanted field with a nice view of some miniature mountains on the right.
Honorable mention goes to links8 and 15 for being stark downhill tee-offs. Those kinds of throws will always be thrilling.

Not everything here is thrilling, though. My least favorite was link6 because it is just a straight, flat and wide-open connector fairway. Link17 is kind of the same way except it finishes uphill. Also, I wasn't thrilled with the possibility of hitting any of those three crosses at the top of the hill near link18's tee-off. Yes, the odds of it are quite slim, but I'd rather not have the thought of accidentally vandalizing one of the holiest symbols of Christianity weighing down my mind while trying to throw a frisbee down a hill.

In addition, I was kind of bummed when I realized that there wouldn't be any dense tree cover in between me and the basket. I was happy with the woods that this place has, but there weren't any paralyzing tree challenges to stop me in my tracks and make me scratch my head. What did make me scratch my head two or three times was the location of the basket during the course's longer fairways. For example, link8's basket wasn't obvious. I took a few throws towards basket10 before understanding my error. Similarly, basket13 was nowhere to be seen after a few throws, which caused some doubt in my mind if I was throwing the right way. On multiple occasions I said to myself, "Well, I know it's that way somewhere, right? Just throw." Perhaps some taller color-coded flags could be installed on the baskets to aid in visibility?

That said, the infrastructure here is otherwise pretty great. Quality tees. The baskets do catch the eye when you are close enough to spot them. I always appreciate a robust 'next tee' system, which this course has. I never felt lost walking between links. The tee signs are even special because each one traces the optimal line from the tee box you are playing from. That's a nice subtle touch that indicates a strong desire to create the best experience Agape can be.

So, overall, how is the Agape Farm playing experience? Well, at time of writing, I've played 240 courses, and I would definitely place this course in my top 15%. I like how the course incorporates its various attributes into many of the fairways. For some examples: Link9 has a flat and mostly open start, but the fairway throws a bunch of trees in your way along a steady downslope that concludes with a death putt not too far away from a pond behind it. A little bit later, link15 has a profoundly downhill profile and just a line of trees but a nice stream cutting across the fairway. Link16, while completely flat and basically treeless has you up close and personal with that stream you just crossed. Aim true!

Most fairways here don't have water but enough elevation and obstacles to keep you grinning. Link4 combines a downslope with a peppering of trees that are just dense enough to make you double-check your line. Watch out for a nasty rollaway on the left. And link10 has a generously wide tunnel along a mostly flat fairway before a surprising uphill finish. And don't forget that the whole entire time you are far, far away from any sort of pesky parkways and packed public parks. Don't forget to look around, breathe deep and admire the setting.

In closing, I emphatically recommend Agape Farm to all players. There are at least three layouts, so all skill levels can earn their scores here. If it has been raining, bring some boots to withstand the marshy flat areas. (Maybe one day some elevated walkways will be installed?) Perhaps the power players might get more of a thrill than the tacticians, but regardless of what flavor golfer you are, you'll be glad you made the trip. There is a donation box by link1, and it is obvious that this course makes good use of every penny. Come experience it for yourself!