Pros:
-It's a course in Bedford County
-Nice Discatcher baskets
Cons:
Oh boy, where do I begin?
- No teepads or markings of a tee box what so ever. Start wherever you like and make each hole as long as you want to make it
-Does not circle around at all. Very poor course design.
-Holes 1-6 are all along Shobers Run creek. Literally within 5-15 feet of the water. Be careful.
-Goes across numerous football, soccer, baseball, and track courses. Beware of those and practices/games.
-I played on a Sunday. Access to the track area was closed, so holes 7/8/9 weren't playable.
-Basket #4 is completely gone. So it's now only an 8 hole course.
-Numerous baskets have brush grown up around them, or a large bush in front of them. Hole 5 literally had weeds growing up through the middle of the basket. I ripped them all out and cleaned it up.
Other Thoughts:
As someone who grew up in Bedford, I was happy to hear that the school put in a disc golf course. It's a great opportunity to get younger kids involved in the sport if they're able to play during gym class or play a round after classes. This course seems like it was someone's idea, and the school board got on board to spend the money to build it, and then the idea was total abandoned once the course was installed. There's so much potential here, but the school board seems to have completely neglected the idea and doesn't care to maintain it any more. I'd love to see someone step up and volunteer to help maintain this course. I feel like if 3-4 people got together and spent one day cleaning this place up, it could be a decent little course worth of a 3.5 star rating.
I like that this course offers some longer holes which is good for experienced players with bigger arms, but if this course is truly aimed for middle/high school aged kids, it's not going to be fun for them if they're only able to make shorter throws. I get that they need to keep the baskets out of the way of the sports fields, but a majority of the baskets are literally tucked against the creek and are a death trap for discs.
Enough complaining, here's what I can comment on about each hole.
1 - Starts at the tennis courts and goes across practice football field. Basket is down in the corner by the golf course and Shobers Run creek. However, there's is a large brush growth all around the basket, making throwing into the actual basket basically not possible.
2 - Starts next to hole one, and goes along the creek back up towards the school. Is tucked in a corner, 5 feet from the creek. You won't see the basket however because there is a large bush grown up in front of the basket. Once you get past the bush, you can see the basket and throw in. Be careful, a missed putt will likely land in the water.
3 - Starts next to hole two, and again, follows right along the creek up towards the school. Makes a nice right hand turn to the green and allows for a good putt.
4 - This basket is gone. It's supposed to be by the tennis courts, but it was not there whenever I played (Nov. 2018)
5 - Starts at the corner of the tennis courts and goes up along the soccer/baseball field along the creek. Again, water in play here. This basket is only about 15 feet from the creek, however there is a large brush pile of old Christmas trees and large rocks behind the basket,to prevent putts from going in the water. There were weeds growing up through the basket, however, I ripped them all out and cleaned up this basket to make it playable again.
6 - This is a super long hole (600-700' I'd guess). Starts by hole 5, and follows the creek clear up to the bridge at the road. Again, water can be in play here. A fun hole to play if you have a big arm.
7 - I played on a Sunday and the track area gate was closed, so I couldn't play holes 7/8/9. However, from what I can see, this hole goes across the entire length of the high school girls softball field. The basket is literally against the fence at the foul pole in left field. If practice/game is going on, forget about this hole.
8 - I couldn't see this hole, so I can't comment.
9 - I don't know where this hole starts, but the basket is literally 5 feet from the fence at the road. So if you were to overthrow the basket, you'll have to walk outside the gated area to get it, and hope that it doesn't land on the road or get run over.
I definitely wouldn't recommend this course to anyone unless the school takes the time to clean up the baskets and designate some sort of teebox area. If you're in the area and want to put in some field work, it's good for that, but that's about it. I wish the school would put a little effort together and make this course great, because the potential is there. It's a shame to see those wasted tax dollars being overgrown by brush.