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Canaan Sand Hills DGC reviews
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Canaan's Training Wheels 2+ years
Reviewed:
Played on:Oct 6, 2018
Played the course:once
Pros:
So the big boy course was closed so we had to settle for this one. Despite the disc-appointment, this little 10-holer (20 if you count the other set of tees) was a fun romp through Canaan's pleasant island terrain. Finding it is not entirely intuitive (across the road from the pool house) and when you do find it, you'll find 11's tee first which is confusing if you don't realize that it's numbered as a 20 hole course using 10 baskets.
Way easier course than Riverbend, obviously. Every hole is birdie-able if not ace-able so expect plenty of birdies if you're a fairly experienced player. That being said, it's not very repetitive so each hole does require some sort of varying skill to do well. You can huck a putter straight at most of these holes but a little forced over flex FH or hyzer flipped mid here and there makes more sense. Actually fairly hilly despite how short the course and most of the baskets are placed on fast greens to spice up the challenge just a tad. For as short a course it is, Duvall did a characteristically good job of utilizing the terrain. The extremely short hole is a great example. There's literally one skinny tree to avoid but it's perfectly in the way. It begs to be jump-putted (or just putted really) but there's a steep drop-off just left and past the basket so a bad miss can leave you a ~15' comebacker way uphill. You should get a 2 every time but you're so enticed to get the ace that you'll go for it and you might actually end up with a 3. It's hard to imagine but it's basically a par 2 with possibly decent scoring separation.
Way easier course than Riverbend, obviously. Every hole is birdie-able if not ace-able so expect plenty of birdies if you're a fairly experienced player. That being said, it's not very repetitive so each hole does require some sort of varying skill to do well. You can huck a putter straight at most of these holes but a little forced over flex FH or hyzer flipped mid here and there makes more sense. Actually fairly hilly despite how short the course and most of the baskets are placed on fast greens to spice up the challenge just a tad. For as short a course it is, Duvall did a characteristically good job of utilizing the terrain. The extremely short hole is a great example. There's literally one skinny tree to avoid but it's perfectly in the way. It begs to be jump-putted (or just putted really) but there's a steep drop-off just left and past the basket so a bad miss can leave you a ~15' comebacker way uphill. You should get a 2 every time but you're so enticed to get the ace that you'll go for it and you might actually end up with a 3. It's hard to imagine but it's basically a par 2 with possibly decent scoring separation.
Cons:
None really. It's really short but still pretty sweet. The rubber pads are prone to drifting apart from each other so you might want to make sure you don't land on a crack.
Hole 19/9 I think it was, is very capable of kicking you into the river. That's fine, it just seems uncharacteristically punitive compared to the rest of the course.
Hole 19/9 I think it was, is very capable of kicking you into the river. That's fine, it just seems uncharacteristically punitive compared to the rest of the course.
Other Thoughts:
It's a really great warm-up for the Riverbend course and it's close enough to Winthrop and fun enough to hit up if you want to take a break from watching the USDGC or get all the Rock Hill highlights.
