Potter's Grove is a nice, fun, challenging layout. There's a solid course here if you're willing to overlook the handful of basic, filler holes.
- The first 2/3s of the course is solid. It features an excellent mix of fun & challenge, elevation & water, woods & open layouts. The course begins losing steam during the final six holes.
- I enjoyed the flow of the front 9. You start with a simple opening hole - great way for everyone to start with at least a par.
- #2 is either a brilliantly tough layout, or a dumb-luck, backdoored into a tough hole. This is the course's second shortest hole at 185 feet, while playing even shorter with a downhill fairway. It's a testy tee shot with a wall of rough along the left & right sides of the fairway. On top of that, everything had grown when I was playing in July, so the fairway/opening was half as big as the course picture on this site. I suspect regular players have no issue parking tee shots. For my first time playing, that gap seemed about 5 feet wide, so I was relieved just to clear all the overgrowth and leave myself a long chance at birdie.
- Holes #3 - 5 & 10 all use the hill to create several fun holes. Most people are going to enjoy #10 because it's a downhill hole and they're simpletons. I enjoyed the feel of #3 & 4 more. I did however enjoy the approach shot of #10 because there's at least challenge here and you're not just throwing a disc downhill.
- #12 has a great scenic view from the tee pad, throwing over the water. There's plenty of room to bail out to the left, so it should be a simple par 3 not matter how aggressive or safe you play this hole.
- The final third of the course does offer one more bomber hole - #15 at 455 feet. If you avoid one of the several trees throughout the fairway, this is another 3 for most players. #17 is one final birdie hole. After giving away a couple of strokes on the back 9, it was nice to pick one back up.
- Tee signs are top-level. They show both basket locations and distances, along with the elevation factor for both.

There are two stretches of uninspiring holes. #6 - 8 plays around the perimeter of a field at the front of the park. Each hole offers a slightly different look, so this isn't a huge issue.
- My round quickly lost steam after #12. Walking from #12 to 13, you walk right back to the parking lot for #1. From here, you're walking away from the parking lot, until #18 when you have a long walk back to the lot.
- Here's my thought. Make the current #1 the new #18. After finishing current #18, continue playing around the perimeter of the ball fields and play back to the basket for #1 (in theory, the new #18). This would also mean the tricky #2 is the new opening hole.
- There was an inconsistency in the hole locations - whether the baskets were in position A or B. The only consistent aspect is that the distances did match what's on this site.
- The course somehow needs to end on a better note. #16 is a simple par 3; #17 is a birdie run; #18 starts uphill, with your second shots throwing over/around a fence. Good luck if the sports field is in use. It's just a couple of open field shots, over two fences to the basket to end your round. This is probably one of the worst holes on the entire course.

Potters Grove is a good course. It suffers from a 'what have you done for me lately?' mentality when it comes to its layout. You reorder the hole numbers, don't end of a low point, and my impression of the course is somewhat different.
- For seemingly in the middle of nowhere, this course seemed to get lots of attention. Let's hope the course continues being maintained in the coming years, looking just as good after 5 years as it does after 5 months.
- Bring your drinks and snacks before showing up here. From Asheboro, I passed several more exits before the course, none of which appeared to have gas stations or restaurants. You don't want to head 15 minutes back to town because you forgot something.
- Course plays almost entirely in the open. When playing in the summer, come prepared with drinks, sunscreen, etc. There aren't any benches on the course, but you can still find places to catch your breath if you need to.
- I found out the hard way there's a downhill slope along the left side of #13. I thought my tee shot was hole high, 30 feet to the left. It was hole high, it just made its way down the slope before getting stopped. Instead of a birdie putt, had to scramble for a 4.
- This is a solid all-around course. It offers a little bit of everything throughout the round. It's worth the trip for everyone between Charlotte and Raleigh.