Pros:
A hilly track with good variety and fair beauty.
-Amenities: 20 DISCatchers, solid tees, nice bridges where needed, and many benches (though the fiancee was a little aggravated by their excessive tallness--at 6'0" I couldn't touch the ground while sitting on them).
-Elevation: One of the strong suits for sure. Hills, from gentle to steep, are a factor on every one of these holes. I think this is singlehandedly the difference between a 3.0 and a 3.5 for this course.
-Terrain Variety and Beauty: The first 10 are heavily wooded and pleasant to meander through, as there isn't much else in this part of campus. The last 10 are generally more open (with a couple more wooded exceptions), but at times offer views of the Virginia mountains or look out over campus below. It was a very nice place to spend a morning in early December.
-Shot Shaping/Gameplay: Some very good designs, some more unique holes, and just plain fun. The wooded front 10 is highly challenging with tight and windy lines that require everything from a frozen rope over a valley to a gentle left turn down over a creek to a two-shot play requiring you to go down and out of the woods then up and back into them shortly after. The open back 10 have some unusual elevation plays, especially on the up then steep down (11), bomb (13), and fascinating (16) playing what seemed to be 100' down on a 230' hole. Contrary to outdated DGCR info, there are four par-4s on the front 10 but none on the back 10 (though wooded (18) played like a short par-4 to me). Several short holes are birdie opportunities, but also some of the par-3s will need a good rip to get to the pin with a putt.
Cons:
Outdated info and unreasonably tight lines.
-Signage: The signs are totally useless. I guess they were for a previous iteration of the course, but now they're about as helpful as a map of Mt. Everest posted on the Matterhorn.
-Line/Design: Some holes are just shaped wrong, or have very tiny gaps. The turns sometimes don't follow natural disc angles, and on a couple of holes the sequencing of turns is impossible for any non-drone flying object to traverse. This is mainly on the front 10, but also on (18).
-Disc Loss and Hazards: Some issues scattered throughout. First, in fall/winter you could easily bury something in the leaves, while I assume in green months an errant shot could be hard to track in these thick woods. On (5) a road is highly at risk, on (11) a dirt road goes straight through the fairway, on (14) what appears from the tee to be a marked-off island green is actually a roped-off hole filled with murky water, on (16) the lacrosse field is easily reachable by a slight overthrow, and on (19) anything not dead straight could potentially fall right and down a steep dropoff.
-Maintenance: Tons of leaves down when I played. Also, some inexplicable piles of branches in the woods, including in the circle on (6).
-Long Transition: (15) to (16) is a very long uphill walk that won't be super obvious without a map. (18) to (19) was a bit confusing as well, since what looks like a tee is in fact nothing in particular.
Other Thoughts:
There's a lot to like about this Liberty course with its elevation, challenge, and variety, but quite a few issues between the upkeep and occasional design blunders. Definitely the most personality of any college course I've played yet--it's trying to be a championship course, but all of its weird quirks stick out and seem to ruin your shots. Overall, it's still a Very Good course with some unusual holes worth trying out for visitors and dedicated practice from locals.
Also, this is obvious, but it's 20 holes. Not sure that I like or dislike that, but it's different.