The course at LORD Corp. is a nice little perk for employees and friends of the company! I've played a number of corporate campus tracks in the Triangle and LORD is a solid entry. As far as enjoyment in playing the course, it's right up there with the next corporate 9-holer in town (SAS). I ding it for safety, but it's worth checking out if you have an "in" to play here.

Here is my ranking of the corporate campus courses in the Triangle:

1. IBM - 3.0 (only 18-hole track of the bunch)
2. SAS - 2.0
3. LORD - 1.5
4. RTI - 1.5
5. Cisco - 1.0 (aka Marcom Woods)
6. Lenovo - 1.0

+ Nice distance and shot variety to make it a notch above the typical 9-hole and/or corporate campus course

+ Easy navigation along roads and paths on the campus

+ New baskets

+ Peaceful setting! I saw about a dozen deer grazing by the first basket. They didn't seem too concerned about me. Despite being an "urban campus" course, it's very quiet. Mature forest, good landscaping, etc.

+ Clean and well maintained

+ Brick tee markers

While I enjoyed a quick round here, I caution that this course uses low-traffic roads and paths to form most of its fairways. It doesn't look like any trees were sacrificed to build this course. They just put the baskets in open areas near roads, paths, and parking lots. I'll say that the roads are just on-campus ones and not heavily trafficked, but be aware before you throw!

- Natural tees areas...very slick if not flooded after rain

- No navigation signs or hole info

- Only 9 holes

- As far as challenge go, probably in between a Rec and Intermediate level course.