No doubt about it, I am not a Championship level player. I struggled at PC, came away with no birdies, and just tried to survive the uphill holes. But I'm glad to say I've played it, and all the other courses in Morristown, on the same day. I started at Kiwanis as a "warmup", then played PC before it warmed up too much.
So why am I reviewing a C-level course, a layout well above my game? I read some of the other recent reviews for PC and realized that some of the Cons others saw were not just faults with my game, others felt they were Cons also. Primarily the design of some of the holes, not too many, but enough to affect the rating.
There definitely are some memorable holes, a lot more interesting than playing a 9000' + course laid out on a golf course:
The large, rock covered green for #3, was pretty cool.
#4 is an awesome hole, after clearing the trees and reaching the top of the hill, the downhill approach shot of 350' was a blast on this 660' Par 4.
After playing #8 at Fox Chase, I thought I had found possibly the Steepest Uphill Hole in Disc Golf, then I played #5 here, 520' with the last 400' or so straight up and in the woods, this is my nominee for that title.
#10 is one of those, tunnel tee shot, uphill through a clearing, then turning right and downhill through the woods to the basket, 750' Par 5 hole. Every course has one of those, don't they? An awesome layout!
I thought I would never reach the green on #11, through the woods, sidehill lies, for the first half, then up the main hill to the basket behind ferns, also large rocks most of the way up. It plays much longer than its 620' length.
After coming off the hill on #13, and crossing the entrance road, #14 let's you catch your breath with a mostly open, gradual uphill Par 4.
#15 gives you an awesome hilltop tee, across a wide open valley, then tightens down through a wooded tunnel to the basket.
I normally like to see a challenging, tough finishing hole, #17 fits that bill here. #18 is a rather soft, mostly open, 365' Par 3. It shouldn't produce much score variance, but the Championship level players will need to birdie that to keep pace.
If you want to see how your game stacks up versus a very high level, don't bring your cart, but give Panther Creek a try, you'll be glad you accepted the challenge.
With this being the last of my Morristown, TN reviews, I have to agree with this town being named one of the Best Disc Golf Small Towns in the world. Four 3.0 and above courses, all with #1 and #10 starting from the same area (in case you only have time for 9), in this small town. Plus, with the Tri-Cities and Knoxville courses only 30-45 minutes away, Morristown should be in strong consideration as a Disc Golf Mecca!!