This is the review of a traveling player. I played it once. It was awesome, but not perfect.

This course sits on a private campground on an "island" in the Catawba River. On the day that my group played this course, it had been raining for a few days and the river was swollen. Any disc that left the steep bank edge would likely be lost.

The hole layouts here are carved through mostly heavily wooded land and are in some ways typical of most of the golf courses in the Charlotte area. However, this course does have a couple of open holes with water carries and one or two out over an open field.

This course has some occasional, significant elevation changes on some holes, including hole 7 which, from the medium/short tees is a throw from an elevated platform across a pond to a basket on the side of a hill. Although the platform gives it an air of artificiality lacking in the rest of the course, it is, nevertheless, one of several memorable and fun holes on this course.

Fairway width-to-distance ratio is fair, which is another way of saying that, although, some of the holes are long, they present lines that can be hit without a perfect throw, giving some latitude for both mistakes and alternative types of throws. There is a good balance of both straight, right turning and left turning fairways and it didn't strike me as a course that favors any particular throwing style over others.

The views of the river range from cool, as on hole 2 to spectacular as on hole 12. Hole 12 is the signature hole in my opinion, a fairway that consists mostly of a gaping river gorge on the left of a heavily wooded fairway remainder on the right with a basket just to the right of straight ahead. You are basically throwing off a cliff here and needing a right-turning throw to park this basket with a throw just over 300 feet from the short tees. The view and the butt-clinching factor are both incredible. Pick the wrong disc and, when the water is as high as it was when I played, it is lost. Park this hole and, unless you are a pro, you will remember that shot for the rest of your life.

Canaan, for mostly good, has a number of very memorable holes from ace runs to par 4s. It is an exceptionally fun course and is my favorite, all round, among the courses that I played on my trip to Charlotte. There are a couple of navigational challenges on the course, but no major frustrations like Renaissance Gold.

It is pay to play, ALWAYS a positive for me. This course was well-maintained, had helpful and friendly staff and is in a phenomenal setting aside from its excellent design.

The first con was a tee sign on Hole 2 that listed the hole distance from the short tee as over 300 feet. This hole is much shorter than that AND the basket is very close to the river. My disc when into the river on a shot that I thought would be parked until I discovered the distance error. After going through the course photos on this site, it appears that the course has been re-designed somewhat. There are only 18 holes now and possibly older signs were repurposed. Whatever the reason, this was aggravating.

There are a few minor navigational challenges. Once you complete hole 6, there you are. The closest tee pad is (now?) 13. There is nothing leading you to 7 unless you have a course map on your phone. Once you complet 12, you are a long way from 13 and unless you remember where 13 was located (possibly from mistaking it as 6) it will be a pain to find. Again, this is something that a past redesign might explain.

There is one hole out in a field, played as 10B, I think, that is, hopefully a temporary place marker for something else. Hole 14 could not be played and 10B is the current substitute.

The last negative that I encountered on this course was hole 16, apparently the former 18 (based on course photos here). It is a basket that is raised, making it just visible from the tee but with no indication that it is raised. I thought I parked it and almost lost another disc because when you are throwing at the basket, you are throwing at the river. This nonsensical (my most generous word without mentioning farm foul and waste) gimmick is compounded by the fact that it is raised so high that if you hit it and drop straight down, you will need to pitch away from it to give yourself another putt. A course with multiple, excellent, signature holes doesn't need a signature bad one. But Canaan Riverbend has it. If you want to see how such a basket should be implemented, go to Ford Park in Shreveport, Louisiana. A missed putt that hits the basket and lands at the base should be a drop in. One that costs you two strokes loses you a full half disc in my ratings book. For the record, my disc was nearby, safe and I made a 3. That doesn't make this elevated basket any better.

I could overlook most of the other cons as temporary, but a hole that you could park, landing your disc touching the base, but could not birdie without a little luck if at all and that was only made so with great effort just doesn't belong here. And I wouldn't care about that hole all that much if this wasn't such a great course otherwise.

With one glaring exception, almost every hole on this course was exceptional. This was the most fun course that I played on this trip out of Hornets Nest, Chester State Park and Renaissance Gold. Rain and a tournament prevented our group from playing a few others.

An unrelenting course that exceeded my expectations and ranks in my top 2%.

-Amenities: Good. Grippy rubber matting tees, excellent tee signs, DISCatchers, next tee markers throughout.

-Dual Tees: Gold and White tees offer a nice variety of difficulty. The Gold are quite difficult (heck, they use them for USDGC doubles), and the Whites are appropriately named.

-Greens and Water: Probably the two signature features of the course. Greens are frequently precarious, adding a very real and difficult layer of strategy to putting. This includes mounds, drop-offs behind the basket, and often water. Speaking of, Riverbend uses its island location to the full. A good handful of holes have water carries or water danger ranging from the river 75' downhill behind the basket on (16) to a 420' left-to-right eagle water carry option on (11) Gold to an elevated putter shot over a pond on (7) White.

-Scenery: The river provides some outstanding views. Furthermore, as a ziplining property, the woods are appropriately lush, secluded, and overall perfect to play in.

-Shot Shaping/Gameplay: A varied and extremely challenging layout highlighting Mr. Duvall's skill. Riverbend is more wooded than open, but these aren't highly technical fairways for the most part, and give plenty of opportunity to lace line drives a long way. The variety of shot choice is very high - straight shots, hyzers requiring the perfect arc, big forehand opportunities, tiny wiggles in the fairway that need touch. As noted, the greens will reward great touch on approach shots. A lot of holes have fairways that narrow, widen, or otherwise change partway through the hole, which I enjoy. With five par-4s and two par-5s, there are plenty of multi-shot holes, but even the stretch of six par-3s on the first half felt far from monotonous as the distance and style varied. Other than the temp situation on (10), I honestly don't think I'd label any hole as weak - even less interesting holes like (18) are scenic and challenging.

-Second Course On Site: Unfortunately, I couldn't play the Sand Hills course, but it sounds like a nice change of pace from Riverbend.

This is one of those courses that, though there are cons, you don't really notice them.

-Temporary (10): Okay, I just contradicted myself, because this is definitely a memorable con. Easily the biggest issue out here. Hole (14) was permanently removed for construction, and the two temporary holes (10A) and (10B) are the weakest. (10B) is just boring, but (10A) is memorably atrocious - an initial gap to a wide open field where the basket is maybe 70° right of the gap from the tee. I honestly don't know if there's any way to get to the basket in one shot, and just throwing to a field for a wide open approach is lame. Unfortunately, with (14) gone, it doesn't seem there's any solution forthcoming.

-Rollaways: Since the greens are a really cool feature, it feels lame to mention this, but putts rolling away could become aggravating. A majority of holes have the opportunity to easily three-putt.

-Disc Loss: Very real possibility. If you find the water, the current will take the disc away, and the slopes down to the water are far too steep to safely descend, anyway.

-Navigation: A few confusing transitions. There is some signage to help, but UDisc will still be helpful on the longer walks.

-Difficulty: The Golds are really hard. I don't think this is a real con because you can always switch to the Whites for a letup if you want.

-Footing: Some of the ditches in the fairways are quite steep. Sure footing is a must to play safely.

Immediately after playing, I thought that except for the temp situation on (10), this was a 5.0. I'm not sure I would quite give it the bump now due to a lack of big elevation, but it's still a Phenomenal course - far better than my expectations for excellence. To me, this course is nestled nicely between Harmon Hills, Bucksnort, and Hobbs Farm on my rankings. Yes, it's great. All you Charlotte folks need to get down here and stop missing out. Traveling players, also make this a priority.

-Favorite Holes: Wanted to highlight some here. (1) is a classic starter, a long tunnel par-4 reminiscent of IDGC Jackson (1). (2) follows up nicely with a long, left-bending fairway and water lying for shots too straight. (7) is a quality pond hole. The Gold tee throws about 300' with a slight left finish, while the White tee throws on a porch 20' above the water for a great ace run. (11) is extremely memorable - the pros throw the 400'+ water carry over one of the most scenic rivers in disc golf, but most players will take the moderately wooded alternate fairway option, only to have a triple fairway option approaching the basket. (15) is a really nice par-5 that bends right off the tee, has a generous straight tunnel, and then fades right to the green. Hole (16) is a gentle right fade screaming downhill towards the water, and contains the memorable spiral staircase basket (which I personally disliked, but oh well).

~Similar Courses: Zipline Canopy Tours (Lula, GA); IDGC - WR Jackson (Appling, GA); wooded 9 on Brazos Park East (Waco, TX); Langley Pond (Burnettown, SC) on the water holes only.

- Baskets are in great shape
- Tee signs are useful and in great shape as well
- Course is easy to navigate
- Unique setting for the course, as it is on a very large island in the middle of a very large river
- Lots of undulating hills and beautiful foliage
- We played the course after a week of constant rain here and it was actually in quite good shape all things considering
- Has a warmup short techy course on sight
- Has practice baskets to warm up on as well
- Lots of good slopes and use of the elevation that is there

- Can be a bit kitschy at parts. The large spiral staircase hole is mostly what comes to mind here. Especially because it's hard to understand just how perilous this hole is if you blow by off the tee and how impossible it is to putt if you land 2' behind the basket. Just an oddly penalizing hole on an otherwise championship level course.
- On that same note a lot of the greens are on mounds, which I don't really mind, but I could maybe use a touch less of this.
- The signature hole has some serious erosion issues and I imagine will be almost unplayable in years to come.
- I'm an elevation whore, so I just generally prefer more elevation, but this isn't actually a knock on the course given where the course is and it really uses the elevation the best that it can.
- I could imagine the rough being quite real here in the summer

I really love this place. It's picturesque and can be a completely surreal and peaceful if you manage to get here when it opens and no one else is there. We arrived right when it opened and were the only car in the lot, but by the time we were finishing, the lot was nearly full. Even then, we still barely saw anyone since the holes tend to be pretty well spaced (and we started way ahead of others)

After playing it a few years ago and totally flopping the signature hole over the water, I had been dreaming of coming back to replay it. Certainly I was sad to see the erosion on the hole that had occurred, but it only makes sense being that the entire course is on an island after all.

To my pleasant surprise when returning, there were a lot more holes that just kind of get swept under the rug of the sheer awesomeness of hole 11. So many fun, well designed holes over and over again here. Takes precision, distance, and accuracy to score well here, but also none of the holes seemed unfair in the slightest with the exception of hole 18(?) and the staircase.

One of the things that I also thought was pretty neat was the random ziplines that encroach on the course. Never so much that they actually interfere with each other, but enough that you just every now and again get a "zzzZZZ... AHHHHHH... ZZZZzzz" noise in the background, or in our case "I ONLY CAME HERE BECAUSE OF YOU, JUST DO IT ALREADY"

Honestly I really wanted to give this place a 4.25. It doesn't quite fit with the other 4.5's in my book, but it's uniqueness, beauty, and amenities had me push it to the higher end of rounding rather than lower.

"Maybe someday you forget what it's like to be human and maybe then, it's OK." --Dave Boyle

Incredibly great course on a picturesque island, just 5 minutes down the road from Winthrop. These are 20 holes in wooded SC splendor, every other hole worthy of being on a calendar. The magnificent terrain is utilized brilliantly by the designer, seemingly to perfection. The fairways are by and large of superb width in commensurate with par, obstacles, elevation, angles, etc. Most of the holes suggest smart, placement golf but some holes simply demand it so if you're the type that prefers to air it out repeatedly you may not enjoy dissecting the challenge of the tighter holes. Likewise, this is not a course that is particularly kind to one-dimensional players so you'll need a good forehand and backhand to really feel comfortable here.

I was asked to throw a large variety of lines and on some holes like hole 1, there appeared to be equally good options off the tee rather than being a cut and dry "lefty hole" or "FH hole." The only lines that didn't seem a good idea were rollers because the terrain is so unpredictable. Picture a DG course on a Sharpei's wrinkled back with steep drop-offs into a river and dense rough bordering the fairways and you basically have Canaan's terrain. The greens in particular share a common theme of being exactingly as challenging as possible. There's no point to the practice baskets at the start of the course because you rarely get to see a drama-less putt on flat ground on this course. Baskets are almost always perched on a ridge, a knoll, or precariously by a deep gully. Even hole 18 refuses to be a typical, short left to right turnover hole by having the basket raised on top of a metal, spiral staircase. If you think putting is too easy in DG then Canaan Riverbend is a wonderful exception.

I really enjoyed the length of the course and the design of the fairways, really proper par 4's here. It really felt like a Duvall design because it reminded me a lot of Caste Hayne except with the epic terrain. The flow can be a bit wonky at times but transitions are usually really short and not taxing, with good signs making navigation a breeze. The tees are the rubber hexagon mat variety and very well done.

This is as good a place as any to explain why I can't give this course a 5. It's $6 to play (which is a effing bargain and I'm as frugal as they come) but with that comes an extensive signing in and out process and although this is a private course, the $6 isn't buying you an exclusive private course experience. Unlike say, Harmon Hills or Sugaree, you share Camp Canaan with other Canaanites that are camping, zip lining, playing sports, and doing other summer camp activities near enough to the holes that you feel more like you're at a public park than a private course. It's certainly cleaner than a public park though. It's just a bit tough to concentrate on executing that perfect turnover you need when there are kids making a ruckus a few feet away.

The tees are fine but you know me, I'm a concrete snob. The rough really is quite dense. I've seen worse and I wouldn't say the rough is overly disc eating (except the river obviously) but it's dense enough that I was really dissuaded from really going for it on some holes simply because I didn't want to spend the time looking for errant throws. If the rough was thinned out enough to not make discs disappear but still difficult (instead of impossible) to scramble out of, it would be perfect. Some of the holes were a little confusing for first time play because of occasional unrelated trails. One hole had a volleyball court within range which isn't ideal.

The only other real con arguably is that the course is completely wooded. If you prefer courses that have balance and variety of open and wooded holes you won't be completely satisfied. But you like weaving through gorgeous old growth forest you'll be in paradise.

Absolutely must-play, no bones about it. In my few forays into the other Carolina, this is by far the best course I've played yet in this state. It's truly spectacular and everything is great, from the design, to the aesthetics, to fun factor, to erosion prevention, to safety, etc. I cannot wait to return, preferably in the Winter when I'll be a little braver to let it rip without needing a Native American tracker to find my disc in the foliage.

I am not going to write a novel length review of this course, as there are already plenty of those, but I have to enter something as this course is simply awesome. By no means is this is beginners course, unless you want to play for 3 plus hours and have a few discs set aside for sacrifice to the river gods, but this is truly one pay to play that needs to make your list.
Canaan Riverbend truly has everything you could look for in a course from long holes where you can stretch your arm to elevated tee boxes, tight fairways and several that run parallel to the river. Hell there is even a hole where the basket is atop a spiral staircase in the middle of the woods.
Anyway, if you want step by step play check some of the other reviews, but you really need to hit this course.

As you can tell based on my Rating and Pros I loved this course, but here are a few items to keep in mind:
- Rough is rough so keep it on the fairway, otherwise there are plenty of thorns to make it exciting
- No pets (my dog is my most consistent playing partner)
- Set within Christian Camp - does not bother me, but I know there are many that like to drink and/or smoke while playing

Maybe warm up with a few holes on the short course before you tackle Riverbend, but I think anyone can enjoy this one...

First let me call out the folks that want 'pay to play' a course. If that keeps you from playing this course/facility, you're simply an idiot. Just putting it out there! Riverbend course at Old Canaan is simply excellent. Dang near a 5-star course. I might come back later and change my rating, but for now. 4.75 in my eyes. The designers use of the land (all but hole #10) is outstanding. From hole #1 - 672' through a colonnade a trees - through hole 20, this course meanders across a quite, serene island with enough holes near water to keep you butt puckered for hours!

Hole# 2 - is the first place you experience the river as it comes up beside the fairway. The basket is on a ridge that an errant shot can leave you without your putter.

Hole# 3 is the first RH 'oh dear God, I don't want to lose this disc' hole. It's short, 179, but righties will have to take their shot on a Hyzer out over never-never land. Hit the line, park the hole. Miss it and bye-bye disc.

#4 is a straight-line 400' rip! Get your grip on and let it go!

The course stays mostly short and away from water through hole #7. There some nice Anhyzer/Hyzer shots until you get to hole #8...Here's your second "I want to park this hole, but don't want to lose more plastic! It's a straight line 300' hole with the river 10' to the right. HIt a tree and bye-bye plastic.

And on to the stupid hole...This is why I can't give a 5-star review. the fairway is okay, a slight righty downhill shot. But the tee is 8' BELOW the fairway, in a hole. Just freakin' dumb. Need a spotter unless you are over 6'5"

We get back to the long holes with #11. I tight, right turning hole with a low ceiling and a lot of trees! Not a bad hole, but my 2nd least favorite. Take out a few trees and it's a much more enjoyable hole.

#12 is cool high-hyzer shot to a bluff, then down to the basket. Fairly simple.

And that leads us to HOLE #13...Only the BRAVE go for the green! Can you throw 400' on an anhyzer line OVER a river and clear the 20' bluff where the basket is? Then go for it! I took the 427' wuss line to the basket. But man, what an EPIC hole!

#14-17 are a set of really long, turning holes, some right, some left. Thankfully you exit the bomb holes to a short, down hill (mostly) hole.

#18 is a tiiight 252' fairway, dropping down hill to a basket on top of a 10' spiral staircase. Park the hole and have no shot at the basket! Need to drop about 10' back to hit it.

#19-20 are fairly easy holes with #19 being a hard hzyer shot (and way beyond the length of my arm, #20 being an thankfully short 220 shot straight ahead, but with the rifer to the left. So one last chance to lose your plastic!

Not many, and has been mentioned by other reivewers, too many baskets on the edges of mounds or hillsides. Putt for bird, miss and walk away with a 4 or worse. Did get a bit tiring toward the end. But this is like complaining about the pin striping on your vette.

Would have also liked a few benches. This is a long course and it would have been nice to have a place to sit

I played this course after the leaves had dropped and everything was brown. I've heard that summer is beautiful

Canaan Riverbend is an absolute gem of a course. Somehow, a course this good in an elite-disc golf metro has remained to be hidden. And that's just from playing the short tees!
- Canaan is even better than I expected. I'll admit I was skeptical about how a course 15 minutes south of Charlotte could be getting such positive reviews yet many disc golfers in the area (myself include) didn't know much about it. After making trips to play courses several hours away, I finally made the short drive to one of the closest courses to my house. Man, did I feel like a fool for not coming here sooner.
- The first three holes alone give you feels of three different courses. I played the shorter tees with my pal. Even from the shorter tees, the course is tough. Hole #1 reminded me immediately of WR Jackson at the IDGC. A long, wide-fairway layout that still plays tough.
- Hole #2 is 312 feet (from the shorts) that is a semi-sharp dogleg left. If you miss the dogleg, you're in the river. #3 is only 111 feet from the short tee, and is about as easy of a birdie chance you'll see all day. From the long tee, you're throwing over the creek, which is a taste of things to come.
- This is the longest 5800-foot course I've ever played. Even from the short tees, many of the holes are grinds. The way that's most often achieved is by creating challenging putting zones with baskets on the edges of slopes.
- This is both a pro and a con. On one hand, just like a (ball) golf putting green where you need to land your ball on the correct side of the hole, you need to be accurate with where your disc lands. On several occasions, I thought I had thrown a great tee/approach shot, landing 15-25 feet from the basket. When I got to my disc I realized I was above the basket, and if I missed my putt, I'd be down the hill, facing a 40-foot comeback putt. Nothing to slow your momentum in a tough round like having to lay-up from 25 feet.
- Course is relatively flat, yet, somehow also somehow seemed to have just enough elevation to create difficulty. It was another layer of challenge to have holes seem flat, but to have enough elevation to cause shots to either land short or sail long.
- Course offers some great, creative layouts. A straight, 156-foot layout should be an ace run....however, on #9, when the Catawba River is running along the left side of the fairway, suddenly the fairway seems pretty narrow and you can start overthinking about having a shot sail left or kicking off a tree towards the water. Same thing on the next hole. #10 is a dogleg left, 192-foot downhill layout that now has the river behind the basket in case you sail long. Now, you're thinking about whether you want to throw a disc 192 feet, or if it's better to only throw it 160, 170, 180 feet. How brave are you going to be?
- Then there's #13. The Beauty and the Beast hole. Outside of a couple mountain holes, this is the most picturesque holes I've ever seen on a disc golf course. The tee pad from the longs (427 feet) has you throwing over the edge of the Catawba to a right curve back towards the basket. You'll want to stop here just to take in the peaceful, serene view. Just remember, no matter how long you stop, you're going to have make a tough throw. At least from the short tees, you have a realistic option of avoid the river altogether and still having a birdie putt.
- What separates this from the elite Charlotte courses - Nevin, Renny, Hornets Nest, Bradford - is that this is a private course. On the Saturday we played, we only saw a couple other groups of disc golfers, some people on the zip line course and a couple other park goers. For more than an hour, we never saw anybody else there. Good luck finding that in any of the public courses.

This is a pro and con, so here's the con perspective: too many baskets are placed on the edge of slopes. Is it gimmicky or is it creating a game where you must land on the correct side of the basket? In the majors - U.S. Open, the Masters - are pro (ball) golfers penalized for landing on the wrong part of the green? This idea clearly rewards accuracy and/or players who have a knowledge of Riverbend. It's also going to frustrate/anger many players who don't appreciate this added layer of challenge.
- I didn't like having two similar long par 5s only two holes apart on the back 10. Both #15 & 17 are long, dogleg rights. Whereas #17 is a solid layout, #15 was the inferior product in that the bend was much longer, and more extreme, the fairway was much narrow, and the rough wasn't cleared away as much. The second half of #15 was the only portion of the course that wasn't cleared away, having an in-progress feel to it. It wouldn't be noticeable anywhere else. Here, with the quality so high, I was aware of an 'average' portion of one hole.
- The closing holes aren't what you'd expect of a potential championship caliber course. The closing hole - #20 - for sure isn't the challenging end you'd expect from a top-notch course. Compared to the final hole at Renaissance, for example, it's a major blemish here. I wonder if the course was turned into an 18-hole layout, if a better closing hole could be had.
- I don't recall many benches throughout the course. On a hot day, you'll be wanting them in the closing stretch.
- Not a con, but must be stated for the ill-prepared: You must pack out your own trash. Also, for the stereotypical player, no drinking or smoking, so you'll have to adjust. Between that and the non-flat putting circles, you're going to be irritable for the better part of 2-3 hours.

Canaan Riverbend is close to an elite-level course. If I had played from the pro tees instead, I might be able to remove the disclaimer entirely.
- Canaan clearly seems to be a sleeping giant. I must tread carefully with this statement. Charlotte, and its disc-golf community, tend to have an elitist, inward focused mentality in regards to other nearby courses. Think of ESPN and how if a sport doesn't appear on its airwaves (the NHL), it's virtually ignored by the mothership. If Riverbend were in Charlotte proper, this course would have been getting praised from day 1. Instead, simply being just outside the city, many disc golfers don't even know the course exists. And that's an unintentional shame.
- Variety is this course's flavor. After the back-to-back shorter water holes, you suddenly face a crazy, low ceilinged tee shot on #11. That's followed up by a fun, dogleg left, slight uphiller on #12. However, if you go long, you're down in a valley thanks to another basket on the edge of a slope. And that leads to #13.
- #20 is a good, simple hole. I just wish it wasn't the closing hole. Switch #17 with #20, and you're ending on a high note.
- There are steep slopes down to the water on many of the water holes. I was reminded to not go in the water, plus I signed a disclaimer at the start. However, I didn't know the trek down the slope could be challenging to retrieve a disc that was still on land, as happened to me on #20.
- This course most often reminded me of New Quarter Park in Williamsburg, VA. That course is in my top 5%, and I feel Riverbend is in that same elite category.
- It's a no-doubt must play for all disc golfers in the area. It's also going on my recommendations for every 'I'm visiting Charlotte, what courses should I play' thread.

Aesthetic-- plays on an island in the river in Rock Hill. The island is a christian summer camp so watch for campers. Near the end of the course, zip liners and/or high ropes courses may be overhead so watch the high throws.

Baskets-- Innova DisCatchers. the yellow bands helped to aid visibility. all in great shape and present.

Teepads-- these teepads are actually incredible. the lattice mats over concrete are great and I'm sure are incredibly durable and easy to drain. These are my 2nd preference after concrete.

Routing and nav-- maps provided at the poolhouse ( I posted for both courses) but "next tee" signs abound.

Dual Tees-- It was nice to have the option to play shorts if we wanted to due to the heat...

Visually stunning-- #13 is by far the most beautiful hole I've ever played. I didn't bomb out over the water but it was super tempting.

Teesignage-- all there and visually pleasing.

facilities-- there is a bathroom near #5/15, USE IT! you can also fill your water bottles if needed. the comment was made that there aren't benches... there is a firepit near #4 that has plenty of seating and there are multitudes of places to sit and relax.

Challenge/variety-- the challenge here lies in the terrain and trees. I'm not saying the course is unfairly heavily wooded (it was actually welcome after playing winthrop), but there are trees everywhere.

Rough-- the rough here is demanding, keep your plastic on the fairway.

No short pads on 19/20? We could not find them.

With a second course on the island and low admission prices, this should be a secondary destination course in Rock Hill... simply stunning in every sense of the word.