Redwood Park is a small community park in Hudson, NC. While I was there I noticed multiple ball fields, a picnic area, small playground, and a pool. The course features 9 holes with DISCatcher baskets, nice tee signs, and natural tees. The layout of the course was fun and seemed to be balanced well enough to where Beginners would have a blast learning the game here, but Intermediate, and Advanced players would still enjoy themselves.

The course requires a decent variety of shots from players in order for them to score well here. It also has a nice blend of touchy placement shots from the tee (Holes 2, 4, 8, & 9) and longer drives requiring a fairway driver to reach your intended landing zone. Hole 5 is a unique design, with a turnover or forehead needed from the tee to reach a landing zone, before approaching up onto an elevated spot of land right behind the baseball field. Holes 1, 6, & 7 all allow players to really pull on their fairway drivers to try to get a full flight out of their discs. This blend of styles provided an exciting round.

The tee signs on this course were super helpful. Every tee sign had a picture of the whole course, allowing you to really determine where you needed to throw, which baskets weren't your targets, and where you would need to walk to find your next tee. They are also large and easy to spot, with the added touch of providing a nickname for every hole.

The natural tees are showing some major erosion. It might be worth the parks department finding a way to address this soon. While concrete is obviously nice, even filling in the pitted out tees and placing small cuts of astro turf on top would be nice to see.

The course has a few crossing fairways. Hole 3 plays around a blind corner in the direction of Hole 8, while Hole 6 tees off directly across Hole 5's fairway, which is already a blind shot. This could cause potential issues on busier days.

I definitely noticed possible interactions with other aspects of the course, such as Holes 5 & 6 brushing up against one of the baseball fields, Holes 3 & 7 throwing across a walking path, and Hole 9 being placed where an errant drive could interact with the nearby picnic shelter, playground, or parking lot.

There are also quite a few spots with disc loss potential. The hill on the left hand side of Hole 7 is one that I learned about firsthand. It is very steep and full of thick brush. It feels very risky to look for a disc on the side of that hill, as I learned when searching for my second drive on that hole. Ended up walking away because the steepness, and everything being wet from recent rain made me very nervous. Other areas in the trees are pretty thick as well, but they either didn't look quite as bad or I just didn't have to contend with them.

As fun as the course is, not all the holes are winners. Hole 8 was pretty tame and generic compared to the rest of the course. The other short holes at least had obstacles to contend with.

Redwood Park was a pleasant surprise, and was honestly one of the more fun 9 hole courses that I have played. For now I am giving it a 2.0 rating. If the course didn't have crossing fairways and/or had permanent tees I think the course could score higher from me. As it stands, it is a great course for locals and I would love it if this course was closer to me for me to play after work. If you're driving down 321 it is well worth popping off the road for a quick round.

Favorite Hole: 5

I didn't think i would like this little course but it's fun. If your new like me watch the creek unless you have a niece who enjoys jumping down to the water to retrieve your disks. "I used a cheapo i didn't mind loosing". Lot of the holes can be a bit of a challenge but are fun.

Bit hard sometimes to figure out which catcher your aiming for. Got turned around a few times but not bad. Maybe would be nice to have a trail down to the creek to make it easier to grab discs.

Redwood Park was an unexpected, excellent 9-hole course. Don't let a couple design flaws take away from a fun, little round.
- I did not expect one of the best 9-holers to be in a small park in Hudson. Considering this course has gotten so little attention, my expectations were low.
- Course starts out with an excellent opening hole. The Lefty is a downhill, 350-foot, dogleg left layout. There's plenty of room to the right side of the fairway begging you to throw a big, sweeping shot. A excellent opener. From here, it's a short walk to #2.
- #2 is the first of several ace run holes. #2, 8, & 9 all offer ace-run chances, letting players be aggressive with little penalty. #2 is slightly downhill, so it plays shorter than its listed 170-foot distance. I hit the pole with my tee shot here, and parked my shots on #8 & 9. The biggest penalty on these 3 holes is the creek on #2. Go long, and you're looking at an easy par at worst.
- #3, 5, & 6 offer challenges with sharp doglegs: #3 & 6 hang to the left; #5 is to the right. #5 also features a basket up on a hill with an outfield fence behind the basket. #6 is like #1 in that the best shot to hang your shot far right and let it sweep back to the basket.
- #7 is the longest hole and the only real chance to air it out. The fairway starts out semi-narrowed (hit an easy gap) before becoming wide open. Big arms may see putts for 2s. For the rest of us, it's a simple two-shot hole to be in putting range.
- I like that each hole has a name. I like even more the descriptive tee signs: hole layouts & distances. The best feature is showing the entire course with specific hole highlighted.
- Simple small-town park with various amenities: walking trails, ball field, swimming pool, playground. Very convenient location - less than 3 minutes off 321.

The only con is the layout. If the course and/or park are crowded multiple holes may be unplayable. Or at least played with EXTREME caution. Based on lack of attention this course receives on this site, I doubt it's often heavily played. That said, be aware of these issues.
- Holes overlap other holes and/or other park amenities. On #3, for example, it's a blind tee shot to your dogleg left. On top of that, your tee shot overlaps hole #8 and the walking trail.
- Tee shot on #5 is a blind dogleg right that overlaps hole #6. Plus, the basket plays right behind the outfield fence of the park's ball field.
- Hole distances are off on several holes. #5 is much longer than its listed 260-foot length. I'm guessing it's in the 300 - 350-foot range. #7 is much shorter than 495 feet. I'm guessing it's around 400, 425 tops.
- Pay attention to the tee signs. It would be easy to throw to the wrong hole if you're not paying attention. On #7, the only basket you see from the tee is for #8. Standing on the first tee, you see baskets for 4 holes, none of which is yours. Just a wee little, micro problem.

The only little thing about Redwood is that it's 9 holes. It offers plenty of punch to appeal to many players.
- I would have liked to see a little more of the rolling hills incorporated into the design. Too many holes played across the hills rather than going up or down them. It also would have been nice to see the holes spaced out more, so they wouldn't be overlapping. There's plenty of room here to make that happen.
- The course reminded me a lot of Mint Hill's 9-holer in terms of layout, feel, and play. It's weird how similar a lot of the holes played.
- The worst, or dumbest, thing about the course? It's the design of #9. You finish #8, walk past the first tee, tee off away from the parking lot, play the hole, and then turn right back around, walk the length of the hole right back to your car. This area had room for 7 solid holes. Then you finish with the two easiest holes on the course.
- That said, I really liked the course. There's plenty to like on the first seven holes to tolerate two ace runs to finish up the round.
- It's one of the better nine-hole courses I've played; easily in my top 10. The positives dwarf the negatives. It just stretches out big enough to reach the threshold for courses I rate 2.5.

+ Great signs. Each hole has a course map with that hole highlighted.
+ New Discatcher baskets
+ Nice park with pool, shelters, and restrooms
+ Fair mix of shots. Course is open, defined by some trees and brush.
+ Some holes have surprising length considering the small course footprint.
+ Streetlights might make for interesting glow golf (I have not tried it yet).

- Grass tee pads marked with blocks in ground, varying from 8 to 20 feet wide. Some already have been beaten in to where mud is showing. Hole 9 tee area is an uphill slope ending at a ridge.
- Course is very compact. Holes are very near each other and pedestrian paths. Hole 5 crosses hole 6, and the best RHBH line on hole 3 crosses over the #8 basket.
- Most holes are defined by brush, often thick and thorny. Some steep hills make for awkward stances.
- Several blind shots make it easy to lose discs or hit other players/walkers. I suggest scouting ahead and using spotters.
- OB's are inconsistent with only two holes (6 and 7) making the walking path OB. A creek is in play on holes 2 and 3.

It is great there is more disc golf in South Caldwell County. Thanks to Hudson P&R. The course is fun if your group is the only one playing and there are no other park users. There are several chances to let go a long drive. If others are in the park, take care to prevent accidents.