I dedicate this review to DiskOBX.

Ace Run is a short, nine hole layout. When 150 foot holes are overlapping due to a lack of space, you know this course is tight.
- Quick round. I played two discs per hole and finished in 14 minutes. That includes 1-2 minutes walking around the course to find the first hole.
- Good for beginners. Longest hole is 203 feet. Average hole length (according to DGCR) is 165 feet.
- Leave the bag in the car. Carry one, two, or three discs. And that's simply if you want to throw multiple shots.
- Good for birdies and ace runs. Wow. I feel like Peter Griffin. He normally only gets this excited when they say the title of the movie in the movie.
- Holes #1 & 2 play in the same strip of grass going back and forth. Throw down the strip of grass to the first basket. Turn right back around and throw exactly where you came from. This is a pro because these are two of the most defined fairways on the entire course.
- #3 throws over the parking lot. Fun indeed! #4 & 9 also have defined fairways. As does #6. To recap: 2/3 of holes have clear fairways. That's...something.
- You're close to a bridge. You're near the end of the 543 mile drive on NC-64 from Murphy. You're on the Outer Banks.

The entire 'park' is 4 acres. The course itself occupies barely more than an acre. Not exactly the ratio one wants for a course.
- Every single hole overlaps with something else in the park: other holes, parking lot, shelter. On #7 the picnic shelter is directly between the basket and tee. Why?
- A shot 30 feet offline will end up on another fairway, hitting the shelter, hitting the bathroom, landing in the parking lot. (Hypothetically) if the parking lot has many cars in it, good luck throwing on #3, 4, 6, or 7.
- Yes it's good for beginners because it's so short. But, is this really the first impression you want to present?
- There's no clear fairway on holes #5, 7, or 8. You're just throwing, seeing how far you can get before hitting a tree, or just landing your disc. It's rare to have blind tee shots on 150 - 180 foot holes. Just saying.
- Not a lot of fun or anything memorable. Just a bunch of simple layouts.

Ace Run is a.....course. Very basic. Very unmemorable.
- The course used to be the final rest stop on NC-64 for drivers entering the Outer Banks. To their credit, they used the space for something positive. I just don't know if this was the best use of the land. Perhaps a playground would have better utilized the space.
- I visited the Fort Raleigh National Site across the street the day earlier. Walking through the woods, I kept picturing a disc golf course built in that space. Now, that would be a much better locale.
- Many difference in variety here is how hard you're throwing your putter. Are you throwing 100% effort? 75% 50%? Other than that, maybe a slight dogleg left or right. Maybe throwing a little higher above the picnic shelter. Otherwise, it's all the same.
- The parking lot itself takes up about 2/3 as much space as the course does. Just an observation.
- In my rankings of 450+ played courses, here are a couple courses I have rated just above and below Ace Run: Easy Bay (Georgetown, SC), Cameron Yards (Charlotte), Crookston (Fletcher, NC), and Coker College (Hartsville, SC).
- This is a good course if you need to stretch your legs as you're ending your 543 mile drive from Murphy. Quick explainer: NC-64 weaves back and forth across the state. If you want to see small town North Carolina, drive this road for hours.
- This course has a 4.1 rating on UDisc. Casey Logan is rated 4.3. You be the judge if these two courses are essentially the same.

+ A very beginner-friendly course, and a good introduction to disc golf for people new to the game. If you or your family/friends are vacationing on the Outer Banks and curious about disc golf, or if you're a local just starting out, this is a very good option.
+ Very short holes, mostly under 200 ft., very reachable for beginners, and very quick to play. No reason to stop at just one round, you'll likely have time and energy to loop around as many times as you'd like!
+ Excellent DD Patriot baskets, and good turf tee pads. Stumps in the ground indicate the hole number and distance.
+ Very straightforward to navigate. If you're ever unsure, look for helpful arrows on the basket spokes to point you in the right direction.
+ Nice variety of shot shapes - straight, left, and right.
+ Though most holes are fairly open, a few are surprisingly technical, with some slightly wooded fairways, low ceilings, and the OB parking lot asking for specific shot shapes. Hole 9 is particularly challenging, with intimidating double mandos framing a straight tunnel shot.
+ A quiet, peaceful, and well-maintained park. A nice escape from beach traffic.

- With most holes under 200 ft., this course is not a challenge at all for more serious players, who will not see much reason to play here more than once or twice, beyond truly desperate ace bagging.
- Extremely cramped, with safety issues galore, that I can't even begin to individually list. I'm pretty sure that on every single tee shot on this course, you are throwing straight at/over another hole's teepad, fairway, or green. And in return, no matter where you are standing, you will probably always be in the way of other holes' shots. The course layout is basically a tangled mess of flying discs. While this is all fine if you have the course to yourself, just adding one more group of players adds significant issues. I had one other party playing the course at the same time as me, and our paths directly collided every few minutes. Once a third party arrived to play, I knew it was time to leave. Especially if you are new to the game, please put safety first, and only throw if there is no danger of hitting others.
- On top of those safety issues, cars in the parking lot and a small picnic area are also directly at risk of getting hit. Hole 7 has a mando to prevent throwing directly at the picnic area, but it's still pretty easy to unexpectedly kick or fade off early into there.
- Hole 7 has an alternate teepad that makes zero sense to me, I'm not sure what it's there for.

If you or your family/friends are completely new to disc golf, and would like a friendly introduction, this course is a fine and friendly place to start. But anyone who has progressed beyond absolute beginner status should hop over to the Casey R. Logan OBX course instead, which is much more of a 'real' course, and better showcases the possibilities in the sport. It's good for this area to have a 'training wheels' course like this, but hopefully you won't need them for long.