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Bedford, VA

Falling Creek Park - Yellow

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Experience: 13.8 years 179 played 120 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Peanut Butter Cedar Time 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 21, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

For reference. This course is laid out unconventially as there are two layouts (yellow/red) that share the front 9's pads but have their own baskets (discatchers/chainstars). On the back 9 they split off and have their own separate pads/baskets. I did not have time to play both and chose to play the yellows on the back 9. Normally I would not review the course having not seen the other back 9 but because there is only one other review at this time you're getting this.

TL;DR Course is laid out weird here's my take on the yellow portion.

Layout - Most of the course plays through a sloped meadow that flows down towards a tiny creek and is dotted with 20-30' tall cedars that create most of the obstacles.

Some decent elevation changes throughout the course as you go up and down the slope.

Given what is there I think the front 9 does a good job of creating different shots and forcing different lines. It finds some places that force you to hit gaps instead of just throwing over everything.

There's a fair share of big hyzers/annys around everything but the basket locations force you to be accurate with the greens guarded by the cedars making some putts almost impossible depending on where you land.

There's one par 4 on the front and it's a good one. You have to hit a gap with power and work the disc, or go over and risk fading out away from the basket or losing D from throwing high.

Overall the front 9 has some solid fun factor even though it's never that difficult. You get to rip one a few times and a lot of it is user choice so you can pick how you to play it from a variety of possibilities.

From this point on I am only speaking to the yellow layout and it's back 9.

I went yellow because it looked like it was going in the woods. Well it did for a second and then you throw out of the woods. I liked that hole; it made you throw with a bit of power uphill and hit a gap.

The next hole I enjoyed on the back 9 was #16. It's a long par four where you throw out of a tight gap of cedars for a bit and then have a bit of an uphill approach to a nice looking green. Not terribly difficult but a great looking and fun hole.

#17 is probably the best hole on the yellow course. It' s another par 4 where you throw over a valley through a gap in cedars while hitting a pretty small area to have a good look at a thin line in to actual woods where the basket curls up and to the right.

I'll also say that for the most part the entire course flowed really well and I never got confused between the two layouts so they executed that very well.

Atmosphere - This is a quaint little park with a playground and an old barn by the parking lot. It's pretty much all meadow dotted with cedars so it's got looks even though it lacks serious wow. The back 9 is much more secluded feeling and is thicker in the cedar department.

I also saw a groundhog in a hole on hole 2. Watch out for his numerous holes.

Equipment - I liked how they did the multiple baskets being different brands so it's easy to distinguish. Making the discatchers with the yellow band the longer ones was also smart given they were usually more obscured from the tee.

The signs were informative and pretty accurate from a map perspective. They also listed where the next tee would be in relation the baskets which is a nice touch. The baskets also have spokes painted red that show you the direction you need to go to find the next tee.

There's some cool granite slab benches in a few places as well.

Cons:

Layout - The biggest problem with courses like this is that you can usually just throw over the trees and disregard the intended line. This happens a lot here, mostly on the back 9. I didn't play the reds but I'm guessing it's more of the same because it's in the same general area.

From 11-15 you play holes where the line doesn't make that much sense given how thick the cedars are and you they're all short enough to just throw a thumber/tommy over the top. There's a couple holes in this stretch where it's almost impossible to throw the intended line because branches have grown so far in to it.

Some of the greens are so protected by cedars with branches all the way to the ground that you can be 15' from the basket and literally no way to make a putt.

The yellow back 9 to me, outside of 16 & 17, just wasn't that interesting and really let me down after a pleasurable front 9.

I also don't understand why they put the two baskets on the front 9 so close together in most cases. Seems like they could of done a bit more to give each some individuality if they're going for the "hey it's two courses" thing.

Again I didn't see the red layout's back 9 but I have to think maybe they should of just kept going with the one pad two baskets and used all that land to create a more interesting back 9 than what I played on the yellow.

Atmosphere - Only thing really is that the front 9 plays near the other park stuff and it doesn't give you that secluded feeling.

Equipment - The pads were the biggest con for me here. They're brick which wasn't really the problem but in most cases they were just too short and elevated so you couldn't get a decent run up on to them and had to take in to consideration falling off of them on the follow through.

The course map at the beginning needs an update not only because of the new dual layouts but because it's literally falling apart.

Other Thoughts:

I had higher expectations for this course going on. I have had several people tell me it was a top course in the area and even though I liked the front 9 it was a 3 tops at that point. I think there's some fun factor and it certainly is a nice looking course but it is too lacking in to many areas to get a higher score from me.

I think some of the problems I found with it could be fixed with simple maintenance by cleaning up the greens and lines a bit.

I do recommend playing this course if you live in the area and especially if you're newer to disc golf. I wouldn't say it's a must hit if you're road tripping but I wouldn't tell you not to play it either.
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