Hendershot's Haven is not meant for the average disc golfer. Being situated in green pastures and tight woods, it allows for open bombers (with accuracy) as well as tight technical shots. With hazard/OB on nearly every hole consistency and accuracy are crucial for having a great round out here. I'll start with my favorite holes: Hole 2: plays as an elevation drop of around 30-40ft with a double mando through some huge trees. At 450+ feet birdies are rare on this hole. However, a safely placed mid through the mando allows for a simple up shot and an easy par. This course is simply a huge game of risk/reward. Hole 5: this par 4 shoots just over 400ft flat. There are 2 trees nearly 70-100ft in front of the tee with a low ceiling and righty back hand gap right of both trees. Placement and accuracy yet again holds key as OB lies outside the fairway. Once you reach the basket, it is elevated on a stack of railroad ties filled in with dirt. (In my opinion one of the most picturesque places on the course) Hole 7-8: I'm placing these two together for the shear fact these are such a score separator. From open pasture land these holes bring in the tight woods. From seeing this course when it was 6 holes to now. The woods section was the only piece I felt was missing from this course. Now that box is checked in my book. (Holes 10 and 11 now play through some woods as well.) Hole 12: with a 20ft wide creek to the right of the fairway it's safe to say you don't want to miss your line on this hole. At around 300ft it is a getable ace, however it has not been hit yet. Trees in the fairway while on the outskirts of the pasture land means shot placement is key. I'll skip to hole 18 from here not that the holes in between aren't mentionable however I was able to witness Evan's first ace on his own course on a casual round amongst friends. Pretty sick to watch 1 of 10 aces hit out here!

This course isn't for everybody. This course is meant to be difficult. It is meant to be a Gold level course! Par is a 935 rated round to give a reference. This course is meant to frustrate you and mentally test your game just as much as the physical. You'll see what I mean when you try it out!

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-Located on an old green pasture, Hendershot's Haven is a pretty private course with different shot shaping requirements and tons of risk that can't be avoided. It's primarily open with a few wooded holes in between.

-Many interesting risk and reward holes with some of the OBs. #15 is a 400+ uphill par four. Real big arms can reach it. There's a narrow cut strip that plays as the fairway. The left and right side tall grass is OB. You could go for it, but you'd have to be 30' short or closer to avoid the OB. Still many ways to birdie by not taking many risks. #17 is a fun downhill ace run with OB on both sides of the green and a fence just a few feet past the pin. The island hole on #9 is very cool too. Gives a big hyzer option around a tree, or you could try to through straight past the tree. The hyzer line is probably the most ideal.

-I really like Evan Hendershot. He is a very cool and fun guy to be around. Very friendly as well. He holds league events here. His time is pretty limited, so the league events on Tuesdays are probably the best time to come here. He holds tag events and everything and there's cash payout.

-The wooded holes are all unique with their own shot shaping requirements. #7 is a very tight S curve par four. The initial gap is very small off the tee and the fairway breaks off a good bit to the left and does a quick hair pin turn to the right. It's a short par four that is more rewarding depending on the amount of risk you take and how accurate you are while taking the risk. #8 is a sweet par three down the trail. Right side of the trail is death, left side is a little less grueling but still very tough to play from. You really want to watch your disc fly down the hill on this one. It's not a huge hill, but it's a very pretty hole and you see the basket from where you stand. #11 is a very hazardous par three. A very short one out of a wooded shoot. This is a severe right turn onto an island green. Miss the island, you play from your lie with a stroke penalty. The woods are incredibly dense, so you really don't want to land in there and play from there with a stroke penalty. A six or possibly even a seven can occur if you miss the gap. Your disc needs to end up at least 70' to right from where it started from the pad. Very scary ace run, but just as attackable as intimidating. I hardly ever sidearm, but it's all I can rely on for this one.

-Nice Axiom baskets and turf pads. Some of the baskets are a yellowish orange and some are black.

-They went wild with some of the OBs here. They turned the crazy past 10 on the OB on #6. It's more rewarding to throw a couple of 200' layups than it is to do your best and try to throw a longer and accurate shot. #6 is the figure eight hole and on a scale of one to ten, the craziness of the OB on this hole is literally eight figures long if you ask me. That is 10,000,000 at the least out of ten. There are yellow stakes EVERYWHERE throughout this hole and they make an "8" shape. The yellow stakes are hazards, so if you land inside them and don't stay inside the "8", you are throwing from the hazards with a penalty stroke. I think this is gimmicky and too far fetched. You could make a point against this claim and say that #15 (the previously mentioned par 4) has a ton of OB and that I still like it, and that's true. However, #6 is a par three that is nearly just as long as #15. #15 is a par four and gives more options to birdie. And once you make it to the green on #15, your battle with the yellow stakes is pretty much over as there are none around the green

I feel the same about #2. 467', downhill through a mando gate. Hazards left, right, short, and deep past the mando gate and it's a par three.

-Few greens where if you miss a putt, even hit chains, you could end up OB past the stakes. Mainly on holes #5, 6, and #12. I had a 25' miss on #12. Wasn't the best putt cause I missed it, but wasn't bad to the point where a penalty stroke is an order. I had a tap in for bogey after placing my lie where it went out. Going safe on a flat green on a 25' putt is something nobody wants to do.

-Evan has changed up the course a good bit in the past and has actually had different pin positions for a few holes. #8 comes to mind here. The pin used to be all the way down the trail and out of the woods, being about 500' long and playing as a par four. I haven't played it yet but from the locals told me while playing the short pin, I don't have to play it to know that it's a real standout hole. This being said, #8 is definitely my favorite hole and to me, one of the greatest holes in the Hickory area.

-The average length of the par threes is roughly 290' and with a standard deviation of 83'. Meaning that the range between one standard deviation is 207' to 373'. Ten of the fourteen par threes are within that range. #16 is the shortest at 165' and #2 is the longest at 467'. The overall range in distance between the par threes is just over 300'. So there are a few short ones that are more reachable like #10, 11, 13, 16, and 17 and some that are long and tough to reach and even riskier to go for since the OBs on the longer holes are where it gets the most crazy.

-#7 is the only par four of the four, and the only long hole at Hendershot's Haven that doesn't have OB, but that's only because it's tight and wooded. #3 is the longest hole and plays around a circle of marsh. The distance of the marsh circle from endpoint to endpoint is probably 375' long and the tee pad is not on the edge of it. There is a mando tree pointing right in the middle of the marsh while the basket is visible on the far left past the marsh. So you have the option to throw over the marsh. It probably takes 450+ of power to go for the eagle. The clear cut grass is in play on the right side and has plenty of space to land on, making this hole challenging but fair. #5 has OB on both sides and plays down the pasture. This is the only hole with an elevated basket. It's placed on a wooden platform. The basket is on the right side of the green and immediately past the left side there are OB stakes. Ending up left on the approach often results in a death putt.

-Accuracy is very crucial here. Driving for show can be very taxing. You really want to try and get the short holes to stay ahead. It's a fun course. Hope some more alternate pins and alt pads will be thought of sometime soon.