(2.890 Rating) A two tee park style course with modest rolling elevation.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - It's always a good feeling entering into a park for the first time and seeing a well maintained rolling landscape. Rob Wallace is not what I would define as exotic, but its pleasant, tranquil and composed. The course is generally lightly wooded with constant 10 and 20 foot gently sloping terrain. It's the perfect landscape for the non-pro looking for a laid back round with friends.
- HOLE VARIETY - Among the 9 holers I've thrown, the variety here is definitely well above average. Great hole distance variation from 204 feet to 598 feet. Up shots and down shots. There are three dogleg par 4s. It's not even common for a niner to have one of those. Although the tree coverage is light, a few lines require a thoughtful delivery, especially from the back tees. All in all, I enjoyed the engaging gameplay here.
- AMENITIES - Rob Wallace knocked the basics out of the park. Pro 28 DISCatchers. Big concrete tees and two of them on each of the 9 holes. Course map and artistic tee signs. Benches on every hole. Off the course there are restrooms and shelters with picnic tables.
- SIGNAGE AND NAVIGATION - I took a picture of the nice course map on the way to tee (1) and had no issues. Some of the transitions are not super obvious as it is a somewhat open landscape, but all one has to do is pull up the course map photo and Bam, back on track.
- QUICK PLAY - Just under 40 minutes from my twosome and we had to wait a couple times. It's longer than the average 9 holer, but there will be little searching and fewer than normal tree hits. I could see a group of 4 skilled players playing both 9s in 90 minutes.

The struggle to find legit cons, cause there are none.
- NOT 18 - I rarely use this con. It seemed like there was room for more here. Perhaps park leadership didn't want to dedicate the space for a full 18. This is a 3.5 course all day with 9 more holes of similar quality.
- LACK OF WOODS PLAY - Players that like woods play may not hold this course to the same high level of esteem than others. Most holes are either openish or likely wooded. Maybe one I'd list as moderately wooded.
- LACK OF ADVANCED CHALLENGE - Pro Players and MA1s will murder this course. An MA1 would probaly post 7 down or better on a blind first attempt. Myself as an MA2, I shot 6 down from the shorts with a couple uncharacteristic mistakes. One may ask, why I threw the shorts? I had a beginning player with me.

Rob Wallace is one of the better niners I've ever rated. In fact, I have it currently at 4th on my ledger among my 224 played nine holers. Everything was done at a high level. Now it just needs nine more holes to really sparkle. Despite the praise, still not a destination course. I had dreams of where my first Charlotte experience was going to be, and Rob Wallace was not among the numerous storylines. But, I am grateful to finally get a taste of the scene here, albeit a small nibble. Man, if the niners are this good here, it makes me even more excited for when I come back. Anyways, solid 3.0 level course to me. It reminded me of these other high quality niners: Tripton Park in southern Indiana, Burns Park in central Tennessee and North Drive in western Kentucky. Although, none of the noted are as good as Rob Wallace in my opinion. Players that are within 30 minutes and with the time, should definitely come check it out.
- THANK YOU - A big thanks to my cousin Greg who joined me for my first round in the Charlotte area. He doesn't throw much. In fact this was only his second round ever. His other round was also with me, and it was at Wells Branch DGC . My cousin played really well. I think he ended up at about 9 over or so. I hope he gives it another go sometime.

A 9er with all the characteristics of a major metro 18er.

-Amenities: DISCatchers with flags, short and long concrete tees, tee signs including map and par (but not distance), course map at start, tons of benches and trash cans.

-Variety: Pretty outstanding for a nine-hole course. This is a place that transcends the usual connotations of the term "9er" and stands solidly. There are several par-4s, but even the par-3s mix up length, shape, and elevation to create nine solid holes.

-Greens: Several greens utilize decorative boulders to either guard or elevate baskets. I like the additional layer of strategy that this adds.

-Shot Shaping/Gameplay: A course with enough distance and obstacles to be really fun. The course has two basic holes that appear in alternation. (1), (3), (5), (6), and (8) are solid par-4s that, with the exception of (8), ask for placement shots to open the birdie opportunity. The other holes are shorter par-3s working around tricky trees, but still largely open. Moderate hills come into play. The style of play is reminiscent of more open holes in Austin, TX, with committal needed but enough flexibility to choose your approach. I could easily see an 18-hole course with these nine thrown in as some of the better holes.

-"Friendly": It's not often I give this label to a course with shaping this good. However, Rob Wallace is easy to play, well maintained, and hard to lose discs around.

-Multi-Tees: Two tees offering a combination of shorter length and different looks at holes.

-Navigation: Difficult. There are often multiple tees and baskets in sight, so the flow is tricky to figure out. Color-coding could be a nice touch to differentiate between long and short tees from a distance.

-Distances: For an inexplicable reason, the tee signs don't include any distances. The maps could also be upgraded from satellite images to nicer disc golf-style drawings. On an otherwise fantastically cared for property, this is glaringly obvious.

-Soft Ground: Several portions of the course have soft ground that can be a little iffy to run up on. It's not the kind of mud that streaks on you, but the grass can sink beneath a strong pivot.

-Weaker Ending: The final three holes may be the weakest on the course. (9) is an enjoyable downhill, but both (7) and (8) are pretty much a one-dimensional distance challenge with just one major obstacle.

I really like Rob Wallace. I would play here again in an instant. The par-4s introduce a great layer of strategy, interspersed with birdieable but not trivial par-3s. The course is just a touch more open than ideal, but I think it runs well with a front or back 9 from many higher rated courses. On the whole, it's an upper level Good for me.

I'd like to start this discussion with how stunningly beautiful Rob Wallace Park was. When you first turn into the park you can tell that this is a park that is taken care of. There are benches and picnic tables galore, a nice restroom facility, and a nice playground right at the entrance, with a pond and fountain as its backdrop. If you drive a little further in, you reach the parking area for the trail system and the disc golf course.

This is a 9-Hole course that does not give off any impressions of being a 9-Hole course when you're playing it. Right when you reach the parking lot you can see two Practice Baskets, that you can use to warm up on. There is a nice kiosk at Hole 1, with a course map that came in very handy when I played here. Each hole has new Innova baskets, two long & smooth concrete tees, benches at each tee, and a tee sign at each tee that are placed on rocks cut to be consistent throughout the course. Hole 4 even has an Igloo cooler in a custom mount, so that you can refill your water bottle mid round. One of my favorite touches were the signs around the course that cautions park goes from aimlessly wandering into the field where flying plastic discs could cause them harm.

There are two raised baskets on this course, which I thought were a nice touch to break up the generally generic putting greens. The course designers tried to make interesting basket placements, but since the course is fairly wide open, the raised baskets added an element of risk when running long putts.

Rob Wallace Park does a great job of setting up a nice area for bigger arms to really air out their drives, without becoming monotonous with baskets placed in an open field. There seems to be trees you have to contend with and aim around on just about every hole. This is an aspect I really enjoyed, and atypical from the Charlotte-style golf I am used to. If you live in the area, this course is a great resource to work on your big drives without worrying about being punished too heavily for an errant shot.

While they don't all do this, a couple of the long tees do a really good job changing the angle of the drive to give the hole a different character. This is something I really appreciate in a dual layout.

Navigation here is a bit of an issue. It likely is only really a problem for first timers, but it is worth noting. It took me about ten minutes of aimlessly walking around in order to find Hole 1. For those who suffer from the same issue, walk towards the trails from the parking lot, and continue to head straight (to the right ever so slightly if anything) and you will see the kiosk after walking about 50 yards.

It then took me a couple minutes to find my way over to Hole 2. From here on, navigation became much more straightforward, and the only other time I might have gotten confused, was prevented with a laminated next tee sign. Having a sign point to the start of the course would be very beneficial, and then maybe some next tee arrows on the Tee Signs or on the baskets would really do wonders for this course.

Speaking of the tee signs, while they look great, I would love to see these redone so that they include distances. If done, arrows pointing towards the next tee could also help with navigation.

Unfortunately, this is only a 9 hole course, despite it feeling like it should be a full 18 when you're playing it!

This is one of, if not the best 9-hole course I have ever played. I am not sure what Cabarrus County has planned for the nearby land, but it would be awesome for this course to get an additional 9 holes added. In an ideal world they would be designed in a manner that would allow the course to slip in-and-out of the nearby woods a couple times to give golfers reprieve from the sun a couple times during their rounds. Even though I definitely plan to return to Rob Wallace Park, to work on my distance (and to play the Long Tees) - if an additional 9 holes were added, I would easily have to add this course into my regular rotation.

I am giving Rob Wallace Park a 3.0 rating. However, there are a few basic things that could be done to improve this course. With the few basics I discussed already added, i.e. distances marked, directional signs, etc.

It is worth noting that if all of this was done and a "back 9" were installed that matched the quality of what already exists (especially if any of it were wooded), this course could easily warrant 4.0 or higher!

Favorite Holes: 1, 6, 8

Rob Wallace Park is an almost brand new 9-hole track in southern Cabarrus County. As 9-hole courses go, it's one of the better ones I've played. It has some challenge to it and isn't a pitch and putt or beginner-in-mind track.

+ Good hole designs with variety: some par 4's; well-placed guardian trees for the tee shots, upshots, and around the baskets; a few elevated baskets to simulate some elevation (which is mostly lacking here).

+ The tee pads are huge and there are longs and shorts for each hole.

+ This is a course where you can really air it out. It's mostly a very open course with dotted trees to force *some* accuracy. Intermediate players will like the short tees and likely shoot well under par. Advanced players and especially big arms will want to play the longs.

+ The course is well-maintained and the area is very pretty and peaceful. It's as disc golf should be played.

There are some con's worth pointing out:

- First and foremost, the gnats were insane when I played here. You basically have a wave a disc in front of your face at all times. I don't know if it's like this all year, but May does not seem to be a good month to play here.

- The navigation and signage is sub-par here. There are tee signs, but they don't show the yardage of the hole or much else relevant information. There aren't many (or any?) next tee signs to help with navigation.

- While the tees are nice and big, which is appreciated for courses where you're throwing long drives, some of them are not level. They're just laid out on the same slope as the ground, which isn't flat in all areas. Not a huge deal, but a pet peeve.

- Only 9 holes. This course certainly has the bones of a good 18-hole course -- and there seems to be a lot more land to use out there.

This is a nice track to play in between Charlotte and Albemarle. I used it as a warm-up for City Lake Park and Fox Chase (which are not to be missed). Rob Wallace is definitely worth the stop and worth traveling to in its own right.