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Mount Olive, NC

Mount Olive College

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1.55(based on 7 reviews)
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KenanFlagler01
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Experience: 14.1 years 195 played 190 reviews
1.00 star(s)

Campus short track drive by

Reviewed: Played on:May 21, 2022 Played the course:once

Pros:

+ The course is set on a pretty Eastern NC college campus with well-maintained, manicured fairways. This is the #1 pro for me: it's a good setting for park-style golf -- and a great location to introduce new players (aka college kids) to the game.

+ There is a decent variety of hole lengths, including some on the longer side for your typical 9-hole and/or campus course.

+ I enjoyed hole #2 with a flight path over a fountain.

Cons:

Several cons, but this is not a destination course. It's a fun one to bag if you're in the area or go to school at Mount Olive. Otherwise, it's not worth traveling to.

- Safety is by far my biggest con (and an automatic point or two deduction on any course). Many of the holes are parallel or close to roads, including a hole where you have a blind RHFH shot over a road (and also next to a parking lot). One basket is very close to a two-lane road. I landed inside the circle for a birdie, but was within a couple feet of the road. Some holes are on the campus, close to buildings and walkways. This just seems like an accident waiting to happen.

- While a well-maintained course with manicured grass, it's flat with no elevation and not much variety. It's ho-hum as far as design and shot variety. Good use of trees as obstacles. I'd call this course lightly wooded.

- Not out of the ordinary for a 9-hole course. It's beginner-friendly and not a track that is going to wow you or challenge an intermediate player (much less an advanced player).

Other Thoughts:

My son had a track meet at the University of Mount Olive, so this was an easy one to bag in 30 minutes. I was glad I did. I certainly wouldn't go out of my way to play it again, but if I ever happen to be in Mount Olive in the future, I would.
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Toomes
Experience: 18 years 95 played 8 reviews
1.00 star(s)

Once is enough 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 1, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

- Located on a well maintained, pretty part of campus.
- A couple of decent holes and fairly well balanced in terms of left/straight/right shots
- Good way of introducing college students to DG, even if its not a good course.

Cons:

- I played it on a weekend, but I can imagine this course is pretty much not playable when classes are in session. The first couple of hole are in a courtyard type area right next to building.
- Horrible Lighting DB-5s. UGH I hate this baskets. Single Chained Nightmares with the cage that bend slightly inward toward the chains.
- Shorter holes/slim differences in hole lengths.
- Pretty much no signage. It took me forever to find some of the holes. The only thing marking the tee pads is a small tee marks which not easy to spot at all. Wander around forever trying to find hole 1.
- Natty pads
- Flat as a board. No elevation changes.

Other Thoughts:

There are biblical notes attached atop each basket. For me this is a con, but it might not be for others. I don't like being preached to while I play golf personally. It's about 15-20 minutes off of I-40 and that's too much of a detour for me to ever go back. Not worth stopping to play when I travel to Wilmington from Raleigh
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Kiknwitcooper
Experience: 18.1 years 65 played 11 reviews
1.00 star(s)

Words Can't Describe 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 15, 2009 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

It's a course in Mt. Olive and that's pretty much it.

Cons:

The baskets are terrible for they only have one tier of chains which are not good for catching discs plus some people have destroyed a basket out there

Other Thoughts:

If you would like to make it interesting try and play the course backwards and make your own teepads for the backwards route.
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