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Emerald Isle, NC

Emerald Isle Woods

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BrotherDave
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Experience: 16.8 years 192 played 189 reviews
2.00 star(s)

This Emerald Could Use Some Polishing 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 20, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

This is a quiet, quaint little park on the island and the course is well secluded from other activities. Basically 9 holes that are cut out of very dense woods around marshy, swampy areas. If you picture the place where Yoda trained Luke Skywalker in Star Wars you wouldn't be far off, just less swamp and more spider webs.

The baskets are nice and in good shape. Finding the tees isn't a problem for the most part although transitions from some holes could be confusing. The design itself is fairly thought-out with most of the holes having defined lines, neat pin placements and good use of terrain. Despite being on an island, the course has surprisingly good use of elevation and manages to avoid being monotonous.

This is very technical, needle-threading woods golf. Even at short distances, you're asked to shape intricate lines and consider disc stability. Your utility, get-out-of-trouble discs and shots are going to be used much more than your go-to discs, especially with the occasionally extreme angles some fairways take.

Cons:

The tees are bad and that's no lie. That being said, I didn't mind them even though I hate non-concrete tees. Every hole basically was so tight and short that running up with a backhand was impractical anyway. You just don't need much of a good tee to do standstill flicks, FH rollers or OH shots.

Finding the course is a little tricky. The first hole you see upon entry is hole 4 but you go past it and go into the gap of the trees to the right of the decently sized parking lot on the right to get the start of the course. Getting around is fairly straightforward after that but a couple of long walks between holes mixed with indistinct signage doesn't inspire confidence for first-timers. Basically the portion of the course on the other side of the road can be a little confusing thanks to the shared boardwalk/trails over there.

Is it too tight? Some holes, maybe a tad. It's tough when the holes are this short because the margin for error is so slim but I think a choice tree removal here and there mixed with thinning out some rough would make this course a lot more enjoyable. Some of the doglegs are fairly extreme angles that discs just can't hit by flight alone.

Other Thoughts:

I wish there was a more conventional type of disc golf course in this area to complement this one but beggars can't be choosy. It's just super-technical and short, kind of reminiscent of the many mini-golf courses in the area. It's not my cup of tea and not something I'd like to introduce people to the game via but it has its place.
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