-Greenfield is for the most part, fantastic. I think its hype and its rating on the site is well earned based on my visit there. The design on most holes, at least to me is beyond the expectation for a great hole. Some of them could be better, but the ones that could improve have a TON of potential to be excellent holes with the spots in the forest that they are in. You consistently bounce between the green field with the mountain views and the cedar tree forest. Almost promising a memorable location.

-The course is in the back part of the land. The front side of the entrance consists of many open fields and hills. You can throw many practice drives off a large hill and into the fields before you enter the back side where the course begins. You'll see the practice basket once you are warmed up. My recommendation is to throw many drives off of those hills. It'll warm you up and have you more comfortable throwing power shots more accurately.

-There's a great amount of elevation change here. I'd say more than average. The first hole is a big downhill driver shot from the blue coming in at 460'. The white is about 360' and plays maybe no more than 280' because the elevation drop is quite significant. The elevation on this hole makes it very easy to longer than usual. It's wide open with OB on both sides so the downhill. #9 from the blue made me throw several drivers off of the elevated blue pad. This to me was the greatest hole on the course. The blue is a par four in its own league. Nearly 800' long and starting off of a big hill that instantly drops forty feet and plays throw an opening that splits the woods on the left and right side. Throw through the opening cleanly, and you may be able to par this hole without much trouble. The white pad is much closer to the opening that you throw through and plays a good bit easier than the long pad. Probably more than half of a stroke easier while it's still a hard par four. The second half of this hole is back uphill with OB flags marked on the left and right side. There's a small OB orchard in the middle of the fairway that you want to miss as well. Just an all around epic hole. I said that #13 at Independence was the best hole that I've played in Virginia and I think #9 at Greenfield just may take that #1 spot now. One of the greatest holes that I've ever played. #10 and #11 are excellent follow ups. #10 is another big downhill gem from both pads that starts in the open and enters a gap that enters the wooded part of the property and over a small creek. Hole also has an elevation change over 40'.

-The next hole (#11) is the the token water hole. It's a perfectly fair challenge with a great chance for birdie. If you play the blues (not recommended if you can't throw at least 300' comfortably) then you have to clear a water carry that lasts for about 275'. The white pad is about 240' and is along the edge of the pond, making it a lot easier to avoid but from this pad, the basket is not visible since it is directly behind a tree. It's a gorgeous hole, and a great opportunity for birdie.

-There are three sets of pads. The reds are most suited for recreational players. I'd say that the whites are quite challenging for intermediates and even somewhat difficult for advanced players. The blues are clearly aimed for pros. Even par would probably 1000 rated based on the pin locations I played to. Several par fours that were over 700' with serious shot shaping strategies required. #13 is the lone par five at Greenfield. From the blue it's about 980' and downhill with OB entirely on the right side. The white is about 830-850' and is still a difficult hole. The blue pad is much tougher just because the tee pad is further to the right side and much closer to the OB. You have to be able to comfortably throw a driver right to left, but you also have to make sure it hyzers out enough to miss the OB. I didn't and I took a 7.

-The OB challenge on the open holes can really help your score if you play conservatively enough. #4 is wide open for most of the way on the blue and entirely on the other two pads. OB is on both sides marked by flags. The tee shot from the blue is more intimidating than it seems since you are blindly throwing up a pretty big hill without any sight of the OB flags ahead. There are a few branches you'll need to spot on this hole from the long that you want to avoid in order to get a good distance. The white is still a pro par four with a lot more visibility. You'll feel more tempted to rip one as far as you can. But you'll need to be accurate to have a chance for birdie. This hole makes you feel that aggression is the only way to score well, but it isn't. Same with #9. You want to throw something that'll fly far enough with accuracy. You have to take it one shot at a time on the par fours here. Whether you play the reds, whites, or blues. It's like running in a marathon. Find a tempo pace that you can stay consistent with without injuring yourself. Think about the furthest you can throw accurately and it'll pay off. #7 was in the long pin when I played. It's 735' from the blue to long pin. This was my highlight hole. I threw a stable driver a little less aggressively than I did on #4 and was lined up perfectly for my second shot. I threw another stable driver up the gut into the woods and landed right under the basket and had a tap in birdie. Was one of the best birdies that I have ever gotten. The white pad plays more uphill than the blue. The blue is located further the side hill you walk up from #6 and plays closer to a ball field. The white is closer to the line of woods and plays uphill while being closer to the gap that leads you to the wooded half of his hole. There's not much OB (not sure if there was any) but it's a real placement type hole that'll hurt you if you don't line yourself up with the gap of the woods.

-Pads are concrete, so more slip resistance. The tee signs are very helpful and accurate too.

-Regardless of the pads you throw from, you'll see a whole lot of variety. You'll be throwing distance shots and will be going for the ace on some holes. Even the blues have a few holes under 250'. #8 and #14 are both downhill ace runs that can help your score. #8 is immediately down a small but opening fairway that fades left from the blue (235'). The white pad is hardly any shorter but the tee is more aligned with the basket. #14 was completely different from the blue than the white. The white was about 230' and slightly downhill and straight ahead with a few trees to dodge in the middle of the fairway. The blue was similar distance (245') and steep downhill on the other side of the woods. You stand directly on the white pad and you'll have to walk straight down the fairway until you are close to the basket and you'll see a whole new fairway designated just for the blue pad. It's like a completely different hole despite the similar distance. It's tighter, and the fallen tree near the basket is more of an obstacle since it is right in front of the basket from the blue.
You have the creek just several feet behind the basket instead of to the left side like it is from the white pad. If you are skilled at flicking putters, you could have a good ace opportunity from the blue pad. It's much harder to reach with a backhand unless you are left handed and the instant decline of the hill makes it tough to control the flight of a backhand throwing nose down. I flicked a felon, and went too far past the creek and ended up with par. I really wanted to birdie this hole. It's a nice break after #13, which is the longest hole on the course and one of the hardest. #8 was a nice intermission between #7 and #9. With that three hole stretch, I played a 735', 235', and 780' hole. There's less consistency in distance on the blue pads than the whites, and the whites still have a lot of variance in distance.

-Three holes that I didn't enjoy from the blues. And they are all in interesting spots in the forest, so they have great potential. But what they don't have is the base need. Fairways! Or at least adequate fairways. #6 is extremely tight from the blue and doesn't make a whole lot of sense. The line is awfully strange and a bit too tight. It goes straight and asks you to quickly fade a bit left after about 150' past the turning point down a snaking fairway. There were plenty of branches that were preventive of me from throwing high enough off of the ground to have an accurate shot that would start off with a glide to the right and hyzer back left. The white pad was difficult enough to the long pin. #16 is the hardest hole here and not for good reason. It's just under 600' and would probably average a whole stroke over par in a pro division averaging a 970 rating. You throw up a small ridge about 150-180' from the blue tee and about 100-120' from the white. The ridge then plays as a tight and narrow trail with trees frolicking in the middle of the fairway in some parts that are very preventive of a great second shot without a good amount of luck. The rough is also the worst on this hole. There's barely any room to throw, and then there's a bunch of rough that is painfully hard to pitch out of even with a roller. Not to mention, the basket is so guarded by trees on a bit of a drop off. Just an incomplete hole that needs to be completed. #17 is pretty much pinball the entire way from the blue pad since it is wooded. The white pad is on the edge of the deep woods but there's a little room for a sidearm. The blue is just a bad hole. #16 and #17 need probably about twenty to thirty trees cut down. They'd be very challenging still and very punishing, but would give a clear indication on how to reach the basket. While we are at it.

-I'm going to shadow what the previous reviewers said about #15's long pad. It's directly behind a large tree and angled more toward the trees in the rough rather than the fairway. The fairway dives down about 25' in elevation and bends right up a cedar tree alley. If you go for it on this hole, you will not see where you end up because the basket is not visible from the long pad and it's surrounded by cedars. The short pad is a great hole. I think the long pad is better when the pin is in the par four position, that way you could lay up down the trail and still have some way to birdie this hole.

-No indication on whether or not the creek is OB. It runs through the wooded part of the course, but it's only a few inches deep and less than three feet wide. Could easily be a casual water creek or be OB because of how challenging the course is.

-A few of the holes with dual pins are very hard to tell which pin they are in since the difference in distances is like 10' and they are very close to each other from what I saw on the tee signs. #2 has a 360' position and a 370' position. Don't know which pin it was in. Same with #11 and #16. When I threw on #11, I was 15' from the pin and was like "That could've gone 300' or 325'."

-There are a few holes that did not seem finished, and if so then they need a makeover. The look of #15 is great, but it's incredibly hard to tell where your disc lands if you play the long. #16 and #17 are entirely too tight and need clear fairways. The course ends with a par four that is challenging, but less difficult than most of the holes at Greenfield. That being said, this course is very hard. It's creatively put together and is overall a real delight to play. I thoroughly enjoyed the challenge and the views and elevation that Greenfield has to offer. A few holes could be a whole lot better and if they were, Greenfield would be in my top 10.

-My favorite holes at Greenfield are extremely memorable and are little better than my favorite holes at Independence, Moneta, and even Mayflower Hills. However, Mayflower is better kept and has very clear lines on every hole. Therefore, I'm going to say that Mayflower Hills is slightly better than Greenfield, but I think Greenfield has the capacity to be as good as Mayflower. I enjoy a good mix of open and wooded with a lot of elevation, and that's what Greenfield has.

-Not my best review title, but they can't all be winners right?

The biggest draw of this course is its ability to force you to throw every shot in your arsenal, and providing multiple lines on many holes. Forehand carry across the water or play safely around the edge? Through the tight gap or over the trees? Greenfield will leave you asking these questions multiple times off the tee. The risk/reward is done exceptionally well on making the best shot to park a hole have negative consequences if you don't execute the shot. There's bomber par 4/5s, ace runs, tight wood shots and several pro level holes to boot. Whatever you like about disc golf, this course probably has it.

Multiple solid concrete tee pads with good hole layout signage.

The biggest issue on the course is an abundance of high grass off of the open fairways that is super easy to throw into. Be prepared to look a while if you shank one of your drives. The wooded holes can also get very mucky in even slightly wet conditions. This isn't a course I would want to transverse the day after it rains.

All in all, a fantastically designed course that feels like it has 2+ lines on almost every wooded hole. There are many super punishing areas off of many of the harder holes that can leave you taking high scores on bad days. I would like to see a little more maintenance done in some key areas, but nothing too upsetting.

This and Mayflower provide a couple of great courses in the Roanoke area that compliment each other.

- Nice variety of holes, with many of the open holes being particularly memorable, with beautiful views of the surrounding mountains.
- Some of the wooded holes ask for very creative shot-shaping under low ceilings, which are fun to practice. (But sometimes it's a bit much, see below).
- Quite a few holes offer multiple options/routes off the tee, which is always welcome. Particularly notable is the water carry on hole 11, which has backhand and forehand options. Another fun one is hole 10, where there's the obvious straight tunnel shot, but also a less obvious sky hyzer over the trees that might actually be the best play!

- Navigation can be a challenge. At times, there are multiple paths after the basket, and you're hunting for tiny blue/white arrows that may or may not actually be there.
- Maintenance seems to be slipping, based on reading past reviews. The rough is thick, bridges are rickety, some teepads aren't great, etc.
- I really, really dislike the tee shot on Hole 9. It seems like your only option is to throw a giant sky anny over the trees, in which case you have absolutely no idea where it will land, especially if it fades early in the woods. This is especially egregious because the rest of the hole is so outstanding. Please move the teepad(s) forward, past the woods!
- Generally, some of the lines and basket locations are odd and non-sensical to me. They can force some creative shot-shaping, which is a good thing, but sometimes that tips too strongly into just being overly demanding and unreasonable.

I'm surprised by the high overall rating here. This course is clearly overshadowed by Mayflower Hills, which has the same variety of holes, but has far better design and execution in every way. If we picked amongst all of Mayflower and Greenfield's holes, I'd probably pick 16 holes from Mayflower, and only take two from Greenfield. That's progress in local disc golf. This is a fine Option B for the Roanoke area, but don't expect more than that, and make Mayflower Hills your main destination.

I don't want to go into excruciating detail on this one. Just wanted to say that I found this course hugely disappointing, especially after reading all of the sterling reviews. There are 4 foot tall (no exaggeration) fields of grass on the edge of the fairways, in tick country. Extremely short tee pads, and if you are not playing with a local, the course can be difficult to navigate. I gave up on finding the baskets for hole 8 and then went in search of the pads for 9. I wish I could post a pic here so you know that I'm not exaggerating. The pads were so difficult to find because they were completely overgrown with above the waist weeds. The posts from last year describing how well maintained this course is, are no longer valid.
After finding the pads for 9, I gave up and drove down to play Mayflower. Now that is a course that is truly worthy of a 4 disc review.

The elevation changes in this park are superb. Well maintained course with cut grass. Great tee signs and well placed behind each tee so they aren't in play. A stream and pond come into play on many holes.

Wooden steps and small bridges help you navigate over water or muddy spots. Some par 4's and a long par 5, par 61 course. No map is needed since there are plenty of arrows pointing towards the next tee.

Colorful flags on top of most baskets help show the wind and the basket itself, this is a nice touch.

I loved the tee shot on hole #10 downhill and a gap to hit before sloping back uphill. #16 was a hard hole with a sloping fairway towards water but I thought it was very fair par 4.

Short cement tee pads, they should be double their current size.

It was extremely muddy in the lower lying parts but this region has received a lot of rain in 2018. #12 felt like a filler hole. #17 is a poke and hope hole with no clear fairway.

I wanted to rate this 4 stars immediately after playing it but then played nearby Mayflower 2 days later and it was much better. Greenfield is fun to play though.

Greenfield is located just 5 minutes from I-81 so it is easy to get to while traveling through this part of VA.

This course is hilly in spots but I expected even more elevation to be utilized from looking at it from the parking lot.

Awesome course with challenging holes. All the treed holes had grass fairways. The meadows were mown to leave a true fairway on the open holes. Benches and great tee marker signs with distances for each tee. Pin poles attach to top of baskets for blind approach shots. Not a course for beginners.

They have new concrete pads on the white tees, but they were only 5' long (Except for #13 which was twice as long). Weird!! Definitely hilly with plenty of side hill lies. #17 is just ridiculous, with no real line to throw through the overabundance of low-hanging trees. You literally just have to get lucky to birdie/par this hole.

Whoever maintains this course does a great job and there is plenty of wildlife to be seen throughout the course.

Some gonzo elevation change in effect here. This course has mostly two songs: Wide open bombs across the hills and flat, tree-filled holes around the creek and pond. They're both toe-tappin' and crowd pleasin' and so you basically swing from one extreme to the other. A handful of holes do mix the two up a bit but for the most part you're either bombing away or very carefully lining up a precise FH or finesse BH.

Tees are concrete and adequate though some are a little short. Baskets are good and tee signs do the job. Practice basket.

Absolutely verdant, lush, idyllic natural surroundings. In one round I saw: A fawn, a yellow-bellied slider (turtle), a rabbit, and a groundhog. Mother Nature plays this course regularly. Most of the holes along the creek are completely shaded yet the fairways are carpeted with green grass. You'd be hard-pressed to take a bad photograph of this course.

Design-wise the course plays rather tough. I was flat-lining in terms of energy when I played but I think it's still got some teeth. This is due to the beautiful but deadly (to your scores) aspect conveyed by Nature. The fairways are fair enough for the most part but the thickness of the rough really tightens up the landing zones and makes scrambling nigh impossible. The lines are there but hitting them can be daunting when the course is fully leafed out. I mostly played the Blues with a few Whites mixed in (some by choice, some by accident) and I thought the variety of lines and discs needed was pretty good.

The open holes could be monotonous if you don't have the distance for them. The wooded holes could be anxiety-attack inducing if you're really attached to your discs b/c losing discs is very easy to do here. Hole 10 is a good example of a cool hole that you can hate very quickly. It's an open tee off to a gap in the forest way downhill and if you don't hit that gap you need to watch where your disc goes into the green wall of trees and bushes with hawk eyes. We accidentally threw in on two other players b/c we had no idea they were down there. While looking for my disc (eventually located stuck in a tree) the four of us ended up finding 4-5 other people's discs. Because much of the course plays along a creek and pond, it's very thick with weeds there. Even the open holes have large swathes of tall weeds that desperately need bush hogging so you're always on high alert.

Some of these wooded holes were a combination of distance and tightness that made getting a look at birdie practically impossible. The beautiful green grass on the floor of wooded holes just murders your skips and FH rollers which makes it extra difficult to reach certain greens. If you can't throw a power FH and keep it 3-4' off the ground the whole way you'll be vexed.

I liked the Blues but on a few holes they were ridiculous. Literally no fairway visible or the trees had grown out so much that the fairway was barely wide enough for single-file walking. I don't mind a blind shot here and there but the rough was so omnipresent I was looking for my discs enough with the shots I could follow. Even good drives straight down the middle could frustratingly find a pocket of weeds to hide from you.

The 'next tee' arrows help a lot but a lot of them were as hard to find as the next hole was thanks to vines and foliage. Fortunately I glanced at the course map long enough to remember that the course is laid out in a figure 8, front and back 9 loops, b/c overlapping trails can be misleading.

Gnats are merciless here.

I played this course in peak, indomitable nature season but if you play in the fall or winter or even before the bugs come out you'll probably rate this course much higher than I did and I wouldn't blame you. There's a lot of fantastic disc golf and memorable holes here. Nature just happened to be out-pacing the maintenance the day I happened to play it. But I'd definitely play here again just b/c now I know where the holes are. For example I totally misread hole 9, a very interesting hole. You climb a steep hill and tee off basically the highest point in the park and you literally throw over the treeline of mature trees way down the hill. I thought I just wanted to clear the trees and go immediately left but it's actually a lot straighter and farther beyond the trees.

So bring your extremely bright, visible throwaway discs and check it out. Maybe wear pants. But definitely worth a visit even if just because the course is prettier than what your scorecard will probably look like.

Greenfield Park is an extremely beautiful park with rolling GREEN hills, and a luscious GREEN forest, with sports fields near the front of the park, with the disc golf course and some cross country trails in the backend of the park.

The practice basket is right by hole one's tee pads, and both the front and back nine loop right back to the start.

The baskets are all nice Innova Discatchers, and there are multiple pin positions on most all the holes, leading to a different variety of layouts possible.

Two sets of concrete tees, whites and blue, both with tee signs and providing different distances as well as lines to hit.

A great mix of open and wooded holes, with two-thirds of the holes being impacted largely by trees. This means that you will throw distance shots off the tee, as well as placement shots.


The wooded holes are of good variety as well, forcing different lines of varying distances, giving the need to throw almost every disc off the tee alone.


A few highlight holes:

Hole 1: A wide open hyzer, down the hill, no more than a fairway driver, but a fun opportunity to air out before the wooded holes


Hole 9: You're throwing your drive through a tight gap in the trees, and then throwing across a big grassy field to a pin on an elevated hill.


Hole 11: A shorter shot, but water is all along the left side, and an over hyzered backhand from a righty goes into the water, while an underthrown hyzer from a lefty gets dunked as well.

My first gripe has to do with the tee pads. They were about half the size of a well-sized tee pad, and although there was enough flat area behind the tee pad to get a better run up, they could have easily been a few feet longer.

My second gripe has to do with navigation. There were white and blue arrows on trees, and once you found them, navigation was easy, but there could of been more obvious signage to aid in my journeys.

Lastly, I think there could have been more distance par 4s or 5s within the woods, as the wooded holes were mostly the par 3s.

Extra note: on the day I played, the course could use some landscaping, as a few fairways were overgrown, as well as trees with branches. However, other reviews said it was well kept, so an early summer maintenance day is most likely coming soon.

This course is one of two fantastic 18 hole courses in the Roanoke area, and is absolutely perfect for a quick weekend trip. Hopefully you can come play this course!

WOW WOW WOW!!!

Its rare that a course I haven't heard of blows me away but Greenfield certainly did just that.

Every hole was in good to great shape. Grass was cut, branches and brush was never in the way on the ground floor. It is obvious that a lot of work has gone in to keep this place in tip top shape.

Course design gets an A++. Really great mix of short and long as well as open and wooded. Plenty of backhand and sidearm friendly holes and lots of neutral holes (neither favoring backhand or sidearm). There is also a good mix of uphill, downhill, and flat which isn't something you see every day. This is definitely one of the best designed courses I have ever played.

I really enjoyed the flags in the baskets. Not something you see every day and they were a nice touch. Side note, the flag on 18 broke and now the pole is in the chains. Im sure this is in the works to be fixed

Tee pads and signs were very well made and were a pleasure to play on. I would like to see pin position markers on the tee signs.

There are so many great holes on this course that would be signature holes on 90% of all courses in the world. Its always fun to play a course that has a handful of spectacular holes instead of the somewhat boring same ole same ole.

There are very few cons for this course, everything was in very good shape when I played here in May.

Hole 17 from the Blues could use a little trimming. There were vines hanging in the middle of the very small gap which was probably not by design but could use some cleanup regardless.

There wasn't a tee sign for the blue pad on the water hole.

Parking and bathrooms are an issue but this is a big park so there are options, just not many near the start of the course.

The cedars on hole 15 i believe it was (big left to right uphill shot) could use some trimming near the ground floor in order to create a playable stance/throw.

Tee signs didn't show what pin position the baskets were currently in.

I can't say enough about this track. Manicured, well designed, multiple tee pad options to test golfers of all skill levels, challenging with a good mix of par 3s and 4s. What more could you possibly want?

I highly recommend playing this course if you are anywhere near the area. Hawk Hollow will always be my #1 in VA but Greenfield just jumped into a strong 2nd place.

First of all, this course is placed on a beautiful piece of park land, with rolling hills, green pastures, and a nicely wooded creek.

The course offers a good variety of holes from short, touchy woods shots to wide open long shots over mowed grass. With three sets of tees you can choose your level of challenge from relatively easy to darned challenging.

I played the intermediate White tees which gave hole lengths varying from 215' to 900'. As expected the shortest holes are the most heavily wooded and technical, while the long holes are nearly or completely open.

I most enjoyed the technical holes in the woods which combine narrow fairways with variable elevation, and often the creek as an additional hazard. Be prepared to drive most of these with a putter or midrange. These holes require accurately shaping your drive, as they include dead straight fairways as well as right-hand and left-hand bends and doglegs.

Hole 11 plays across a small pond and requires a modest 200' water carry and plenty of area to the right of the basket. The closer you try to land to the basket the more you bring the pond into play.

Hole 14 has a live tree growing horizontally across the fairway in front of the basket. The two trunks present an interesting over/under obstacle near the basket.

The Blue and White teepads are concrete with good texture. The sizes are variable and generally on the small side. Those tees also feature nice signs with hole number, par, distance, hole diagram, and next tee arrows. Innova DisCatcher baskets catch great and show up well in the shadows.

Navigation was excellent with plenty of next tee arrows, often separate ones for the blue and white tees. There are several sturdy wooden bridges at creek crossings.

My biggest con is the wide open longer holes. Hole 1 is a nice downhill hill, but is wide open. Holes 4 and 13 are the (unfortunate) standouts at 550' and 900' respectively from the white tees, completely over grass. Even the finishing holes on each loop, Holes 9 & 18 are predominantly open holes albeit with some nice elevation.

Some of the concrete teepads were quite short. Even with a bit of gravel added at the back they were short enough to interfere with my normally short run-up.

The Red Tees are obviously inferior to the other two sets. While the Blue and White tees have concrete tee pads and nice signs, the Red tees are generally a pair of flags, a toeboard, or a small patch of gravel. Really rough.

This is a multi-use park and we had a group of dog-walkers wander aimlessly out across the Hole 9 fairway while we were playing it. With a multi-use trail winding through the course it looks like there is some potential for conflict.

This course is easy to play. I don't mean it's an easy course; I mean you can navigate this course comfortably. The signage at every tee lets you know everything from the footage to where the next tee box is. The white and blue arrows after every basket make a course map totally unnecessary. It's nice to have two tee pads at every hole, too.

This course has the things that I've seen mentioned. It has elevation changes and water hazards. It's got hyzers, anhyzers, and long shots. But I would say that about half of the holes are boring or unrealistic. Several holes are simply long throws with ball-golf style fairways marked, not with trees, but little flags. For how much space there is, i can't believe they couldn't do more. Hole 13(?) is something like 900 feet in a straight line with no elevation changes or really a single tree. I didn't even throw this hole.

This course is like an apartment that a millennial would love: all amenities, no substance. Don't get me wrong, this is a good course, but it is not even close to a 4.5 as the majority of the reviews have said (somebody said they considered a 5!!). I was really excited to play this course based on the reviews, but it left me feeling dissatisfied overall. There were some good holes; I had a good time. But there's no way this course is as good as some reviewers are making it out to be. You can take my review with a grain of salt. I played it once from the blues. But I've played a lot of courses all over the country.

Layout - Greenfield DGC is one hell of a course. It has a tremendous design and offers up a little something for players of all skill levels.

It has three tees (R,W,B) on every hole and two pin positions on half of the holes. This review will mainly be looking at the white and blue tees as I did not pay much attention to the red. I'll also note that I played the course the day before a tournament and I'm not sure if the flagged OB is always in play.

The course is expertly set up in that the whites can give a fun challenge to better Am level players while the blues can offer up a championship level course for Pros.

Overall there's just an absolute great mixture of landscapes and variety in hole types. You have everything form big open bomber holes to extremely technical wooded shots and then some that combine both.

Many of the holes give you a variety of options and allow you to be very creative in how you approach the hole. You'll need to be able to throw multiple kinds of shots and be ready to scramble when you aren't in position.

Most of the higher par holes here make you hit gaps while playing for very technical positions and navigating rolling elevation changes. There's definitely some of the best par 4's you'll ever play here.

There's also a really nice flow to the course in that it balances the round to keep things interesting and never overbearing. You'll play a really tough hole backed up by an easier one; a tough wooded hole backed up by one out in the open.

The greens here and basket placements are overall extremely well done. There are places where going right at the basket is almost impossible without a perfect shot and you are instead forced to play a shot where you're trying to land at circles edge. This forces you to think about how you want to attack each hole and play percentages for what you should be going for.

There is natural OB here by way of a creek and small pond which comes in to play on three holes. Again the variety here is nice, you have a water carry, a shot towards water and on #18 the ground slopes hard towards the water for a big tee shot so it's definitely possible to cut roll or get on edge and end up there.

That brings up another point which is that the elevation changes here are used well to force you to land the disc certain ways. It seems every little thing about the design was thought out to create challenge.

I'm not sure if the flagged/tall grass OB is always in play on the holes it was set up but again it adds a really nice fair challenge to the course mainly on some of the more open holes.

I really can't say enough about the design of this course it's right up there with anything I've played so far.

Atmosphere - It's a public park and the course is in the back. It's a mixture of open rolling hills with the wooded holes mainly tucked in down at the bottom along the creek area. It's a beautiful piece of property and has some cool features. It's very well maintained to boot.

Equipment - Concrete tees, baskets in good shape. Solid tee signs listing distance with hole maps. There's a course map at the beginning. Strategic bench placements.

Layout - Anything here is mostly nitpicking but...

The main drawback to the course is that some of the long to long par 3's seem more like tweeners. A couple are near impossible to get inside the circle. To me #5 could almost be a par 4 from long to long.

There's a couple holes that to me seem a bit cluttered with trees, although I'll admit if you stay on line they are not in the way.

Atmosphere - There's some really tall grass/brush you can get in to if you're off line. So don't do that. There also appears to be some kind of cross country track throughout the course. I encountered zero non discers when I played but I can see this happening.

Equipment - The only problem here is the tees are like half tees in spots. Honestly this bothered me more than anything else with the course.

Greenfield is easily one of the best public courses I've ever played. It combines design, looks and a fun time so I highly recommend everyone to play this course; including newbies play the reds.

Part of me really wanted to give this course a 5 but I think the course falls just a bit short of that. I think it lacks just a bit of wow factor that keeps it from being best of the best... but ignore that because this course is all the good descriptive words so come play it.

Beautifully laid out, very well-maintained on my visit. Great signs and course markings. Lots of variety of layout, shot requirements, and a good mix of difficult and manageable holes. I'll try to stop again on my next trip through from Knoxville. Kudos!

None I can think of. I'm used to longer tee pads, but that's about it.

Greenfield is a top-level course that can challenge players of all skill levels. Capitalizing on the rolling terrain, this course is in Virginia's top-tier.
- Fantastic terrain and terrain-inspired layouts throughout the round. You think #1 is a nice downhill opening hole? Wait until you start your back 9. Hole #10 combines elevation (downhill); accuracy (tight gap to hit); risk/reward factor (layup near the gap vs going flying through it); and some penalizing rough for errant shots. This hole summarizes everything great about this course.
- Course has a tremendous flow throughout. From the parking lot, holes #1 - 9 play towards the right; #10 - 18 are to the left and back. Just with these two loops, you get a taste of plenty of elevation, woods, open fields, and thick rough all squeezed into one round.
- As part of the flow feel, course does an excellent job of offering easier, more birdie-able holes shortly after the most challenging of layouts. If you start feeling like you've had a chance to catch your breath, another difficult hole is coming up. Also, you don't feel like you're playing the same layout as the designers wisely alternated hole designs: open holes, doglegs, wooded, elevation factors, etc. Don't expect anything to be routine here.
- One example of this variety is the stretch of holes #7 - 9. #7 (from the white tee) is a 440-foot uphill layout that starts in a field that goes towards a basket back in the woods. A smart, accurate tee shot is needed if you're going to hit the opening in the woods.
- #8 then is a 215-foot wooded hole. A solid tee shot equals a birdie putt. A safe, simple one leads to your par. A poor shot means you're looking at a bogey heading into another tough hole - #9. On this 490-foot layout, your tee shot must either hit the opening in the trees, or go over top of them. Once you clear that, you're in an open field that leads to a basket protected by some thick rough on the left. All told, your scoring separation on these 3 holes on good vs bad days could easily be a couple strokes per hole.
- Excellent tee signs. Virginia course designers know the importance of tee signs. During a two-day trip, I played 7 courses in the commonwealth. Time and again, my rounds were made easier thanks to great tee signs.

My biggest gripe is that there's a natural walking trail that plays throughout the entire course. Multiple times through my round, walkers came strolling down fairways, including one appearing over a ridge just as I about to tee off. On holes #2, 4, 7, and 13, I came across at least 6 walkers during my round on an early Saturday morning. There does seem to be a potential risk of accidentally hitting someone. And based on history, we know what happens in the disc golf vs other park activities argument.
- Baskets were not consistent in being in long vs short pin positions. It's only an issue on blind holes, especially when the prior hole(s) were all in one position, then you come across a basket in the other position. Don't try to be clever. Just be smart. #16. Why were you in the short position? This had to the potential to be a solid, tough layout. Instead I stumble upon a boring par 3.
- I don't recall seeing many, if any, benches or trash cans throughout the course. I'm sure it'll be a bigger issue for some players, especially on hot summer days.
- It would have been nice to see more of the elevation being implemented, specifically referring to the hill that's used for #1 & 10. I was expecting #18 to play straight uphill. Rather, I got a hole that didn't incorporate much elevation. I really liked the hole as it is. So maybe that hole is better served as #17, then we play an uphill hole for #18.

Greenfield is an excellent addition to the Virginia disc golf scene. There are some other excellent courses in the region - Mountain Lake, Walnut Creek, Falling Creek - and this is another course that belongs in that group.
- There really isn't anything bad to say about this course. I think it's about as close to perfectly designed as you could get here. It's not going to reach elite, championship caliber level. It's a notch below that, and that's a great place to be.
- #11 & 17 both offered great, strategic use of the limited water on the course. #11 is a short hole - 215 feet - that plays over the edge of a pond to a dogleg left basket that close to the edge of the pond. It was a simple mid-range shot, so the water is more for looks than anything else. On #17, however, the water is close to the basket and is a factor for approach shots. Any shot long and/or left is going to be tempting water. On the second to last hole, I doubt you want to end the round searching for a disc.
- Be aware of the thick rough that comes into play on several holes. I got to experience it big time on #12 & 13. As I said earlier, after an easy birdie on #11, I was suddenly challenged on the next hole with a tight fairway.
- #10 is such a creatively designed hole. It's a perfect example of how you don't need length to create a challenging design. It's 'only' 375 and is downhill, so it plays much shorter. That said, I could see anything from birdie to triple bogey coming into play for the average player. Me? I wasn't too upset with a bogey after my tee shot bounced off a tree and into the woods.
- This is a 4.0 rating for me. It's a notch below Mountain Lake and New Quarter Park in terms of the commonwealth's elite. It's an easy 'must play' for everyone in the region and a course I hope to be playing again in the future.

The course offers outstanding variety. From long, open holes to short, wooded challenges, and from uphill toughies to downhill inclines that will tempt you to empty your bag, Greenfield DGC delivers a solid and enjoyable design. The course features three teepads on each hole with a significant difference in difficulty between the red, white and blue teepads.

With a par of 62 that seems fair, Greenfield offers six par-4 holes and a par-5.

Hole #1 is a classic opener - downhill to a slightly sloping green. With tall grasses providing a border and golf-type feel, the first hole is an excellent warm-up opportunity. Holes #2 and #3 are shorter wooded holes into a shaded grassy area. Hole #4 is a longer, open hole over rolling hills, and then Hole #5 is a tough, dogleg right with tight boundaries and plenty of trees. Hole #6 is another wooded hole with several intimidating trees near the teepad. Hole #7 requires an uphill throw before disappearing into the woods. Hole #8 offers a rare ace run before the lengthy Hole #9, which requires an accurate drive between trees into an open but uphill field that leads to a basket on a mound.

The course is two nine-hole loops, as the ninth hole finishes next to the parking lot.

The back nine offers excellent diversity as well. Hole #10 is a lovely downhill, into-the-woods hole and then Hole #11 brings the water into play with a short drive required over the corner of the pond. Hole #12 requires a tricky dogleg right shot. A couple holes on the back nine have been changed - Hole #13 is still long but is now "only" 830 feet and is flat with bushes and a stream serving as the left-side border. Hole #14 appears to be changed from the original design too - now it is a short hole with a seemingly-fallen tree obscuring a direct route to the basket. Hole #15 is a tough through-the-valley, dogleg-right hole requiring an accurate drive to make par. Hole #16 is a challenging, heavily-wooded hole where placement is crucial to setting up your next shot. Hole #17 is a short wooded hole, and then the course concludes with a cool #18, which requires a well-placed drive through a gap in the trees leading to an open but sloped green.

The signage and other amenities at Greenfield are excellent.

Too many trees. Several of the holes would benefit from some tree removal. A couple of the most wooded holes require guesswork in locating and remaining in the fairway.

Short teepads. As one reviewer stated, they're closer to "half a teepad."

Some muddiness possible. The trees on several holes offer a welcomed shield from the heat during the summer but may result in the course being damp in several places.

Many of the holes are eye-catching and fun-inducing. This beautiful course appears to be well-maintained. If you're traveling on I-81, you should definitely include Greenfield DGC as a destination worth visiting.

The Greenfield DGC sits in the very back of a large park with multiple ball fields. I finally spotted a small park's sign pointing the way.

The course is in a disc golf exclusive area of the park. I doubt you'll ever run into any other park's users. This is a nice large staging area complete with kiosk which evens holds a "Borrow a Disc" shelf with 6-8 discs that you can borrow and then return. Brother, you're not at Brookside Park in Indianapolis now. There are garbage cans here and picnic tables. And the tee pads for both # 1 and # 10 are both right here in sight. The tee pads are now for the middle Whites and long Blues. The shorter Reds are still natural. The tee sign is on the middle White holes. The course has nice colored tee signs which give the needed information. The baskets are Discatchers with the yellow rims and #'s. Almost every hole has a bench and/or garbage can, and there are numerous next tee signs to help you navigate. There are porti potties at the beginning.

The course was easily Advanced Player, long and difficult, even from the middle Whites with holes like # 13 which is an uphill 900 hole which as others have agreed with, plays like 1200'. But my favorite aspect of this course is, for every mind numbing difficult holes there seems to be a more comfortable ACE run to counter it.

My two favorites were back to back, #'s 9 & 10. # 9 is 490' playing from the Whites, open early and then plays into the woods and then onto a tricky, elevated basket in a pretty setting.

Then, after looping back to the beginning, you have # 10. It's 375' (From the Whites) throwing slightly downhill to a smallish window in the trees with the basket then another 150' back in amongst some scattered smaller trees.

The course has some erosion issues, lots of bare, muddy ground everywhere, on fairways, around some baskets and on the walking trails between holes. An ideal fix would be to ask the park's department for about 10 yards of wood chips. Most park's department seem to have a pile lying around somewhere from all the downed trees and branches they cut up.

I didn't care for # 13. I thought it was just long for being long sake.

The rough is fairly thick and mean in places.

I also thought the back nine didn't quite measure up to the front nine in terms of design.

This is an excellent course for advanced players and above with lots of creative, challenging holes. It's not really designed with us rec players in mind although I didn't get a chance to play it from the shortest Red tees. One thought I have is this course will continue to evolve and get better. One can easily see that Greenfields DGC is a course designed and maintained by people who truly care and want to make this course a true destination course.

This course has all you could ever ask for. Three tees per hole with the middle and backs both concrete. Middle tees had signage. Lots of elevation. And trees everywhere! This is basically a wooded technical course with a blanket of grass and hard earth underneath. Very small chances of losing your discs except for the water holes. There are benches for most holes and plenty of trash cans. Every hole seemed to have multiple routes forcing you to think on every shot. I love a course that doesn't force you into a certain shot. Most of the pars were fair, while hard they were not discouraging. The front and back 9's play in a loop. I imagine in tournament shotgun start play it is easy to get to any starting hole.

The cons are few but they did keep me from giving a perfect 5.0. I preferred the feel of the front 9 a lot more than the back 9. The flow of the front seemed to work while the flow of the back seemed forced. While water holes are fun they were just wet mud in the fairways and greens. I'm talking the kind of mud you sink past your ankles in (talking to you hole 11). And it's been dry for over a week. Another con is hole 13..... why????? 900 ft from the middle tees? Oh and uphill????? It plays more like 1200 ft from the middle tees, that's how uphill it is. And it's one of the few holes with no trees, on top of a hill in the middle of a field, so the wind was probably 30mph once I finally threw 3 full drives to have a circles edge putt. It's just not fun. Shorten that hole and give it some obsticles. The following hole #14 is the second worst hole so just get redesign these to get to the fun #15.

Even with the cons I have no doubt this is the best course in Virginia. It is much funner and more broken in and taken care of than Mountain Lake. I played late winter but I would suggest bug spray, I imagine the gnats get ridiculous. The concrete tees are very short but they did a great job of crush run in the back of the tees to lengthen them. Bottom line this is a destination course worth a 4 hour drive to play.

18 single position DisCatcher baskets with dual concrete tees and a short natural rec tee. Good signage and navigation. Excellent use of the rolling elevation, pond, terrain and natural land features. Phenomenal course flow and variety of hole design from open and wooded to short and long holes. Two loops of 9 holes back to the parking lot. The course is well maintained and manicured by the park. Beautiful property with the panoramic mountain peaks surrounding the course. Portapotty in parking lot.

Really have to nit pick for cons. The concrete tees are a little short, almost half a tee, but the room and gravel behind the concrete works ok. Hole 14 plays close to building structures, breaking up the seclusion feeling. There's a couple rough spots you can lose a disc. The long and rec tees had no signs. No bathroom with running water. Beware of some runners through the course.

Greenfield should be on everyone's hit list traveling anywhere near Roanoke, it's only 10 minutes off I-81, and IMO it's the best public course in Virginia. It is suitable for anyone from rank beginners to touring pros. When I played 4th of July weekend there was some tall grass rough on the open holes, but the fairways were still fair. When I played a few weeks later there was much less tall grass rough and the course was in pristine condition.

Hole 1 welcomes you with a nice open par 3 downhill bomb and slight right to left slope.

Hole 2 and 3 take you into the woods with right and left technical par 3 turning holes.

Hole 4 takes you back into the open with a long uphill par 4.

Hole 5 and 6 take you into the woods for a couple short straight-ish technical par 3 shots.

Hole 7 is a solid par 4 that tees from the open to a landing zone and the basket tucked into the woods straight back.

Hole 8 is maybe the easiest par 3, playing downhill and a left to right slope, it's tight off the long tee, but really just an approach shot with a putter.

Hole 9 is maybe my favorite on the course, it's a difficult open par 4 that tee's off over a valley to a landing zone, then you have to clear the rough to a slightly elevated green if you want a look at birdie. I lost a disc in the rough my first time playing although the wind was really whipping around.

Hole 10 is a fun par 3 downhill semi open RHBH hyzer tee shot with the basket tucked into the woods.

Hole 11 is the somewhat intimidating pond hole. There's a lot of water between you and the basket on this par 3 and just enough trees to make you think about your routes. You can layup somewhat, but so much fun gunning for it. I hit the basket my first time playing it. Emboldened by that, my second time playing I ended up in the drink, although I threw the wrong disc mistakingly. Farewell orange Firebird that matches the color of the bottom of the pond.

Hole 12 is a wooded tunnel par 3 with sloping right to left elevation and the basket to the right. Great for RHFH or LHBH, really hard for those without that shot.

Hole 13 is the uphill open par 5 1040' beast. Both times I played this hole with a stiff headwind and made it feel like 2000'.

Hole 14 is a relief after that, a par 3 that you shoot over the valley of trees.

Hole 15 is a short straight par 3 tunnel shot with the horizontal tree protecting the basket.

Hole 16 is a beast of a wooded par 4 with a fairway that snakes a bit. The elevation comes into play with it being uphill off the tee and sloping right to left all the way to the well protected basket.

Hole 17 is a short technical par 3 with the creek running along the fairway and the pond behind the basket.

Hole 18 is a par 4 that plays from the woods to the open with a hard right to left slope to the basket.

This is one of the best courses I have played. Once completed it will be championship level, with three tee placements for each hole. They have done a tremendous job utilizing the landscape. It forces you to use every trick you have in your bag. Almost every hole had two distinct lines to choose from, providing diversity in your approach.

The tee pads NEED to be bigger. On a course this perfect the tee pads should top notch. That would be my only con. The short settings do not have cement tees yet, but are clearly marked. Would be 5/5 with better tee pads.

This is a must play if you are anywhere near. One of the best public course I have seen and we have some great ones here in Oregon. This was my second time playing it in two years and it has only gotten better. I look forward to the continued improvements to this already amazing course.

- I think my favorite aspect of this course was the design and layout. Each hole was unique and the flow was perfect, by the end of the round I felt like I played 5+ different types of holes. 1. Narrow tee shot out to open fairway 2. Open tee shot to a narrow green. 3. wooded finesse hole. 4. Open long par 5. 5.Water hole . In addition I never felt like the basket ought to be in a different location or they missed any opportunity to improve any particular hole. Everything was very well thought out.
- The next biggest pro to me was how well maintained the course was. Maybe my timing was lucky. But the open holes were mowed nicely and the wooded holes were trimmed back perfectly. On top of that I didn't notice a single piece of litter either(The way a course should be) There was an park employee on the course working on it and he had so much pride in the course, I am optimistic the course will remain in great shape at all times.
- Multiple tee boxes very logically positioned with great signage. They placed each tee sign by the white (intermediate length tees) which was very convenient. Each sign was well detailed and the navigation signs between each basket to the next tee was perfect.
- The views of the surrounding area were great. Added to my wonderful disc golf experience.
- Very convenient to I-81 (less than 10 minutes)

- I can see how someone might point out the crushed gravel tee pads. Tee pads have never been a major issue to me so I can't complain too much about that at all. I will say if they did have a concrete tees I would have no problem giving this course a 5.0

Was lucky enough to plan a 5 day disc golf road trip early this summer. I hit up a total of 12 courses. I liked all but one of them but Greenfield proved to be my favorite. In the future I will seek out other courses installed by this designer. A++ work for sure