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Rockwater Park reviews
10
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fun hilly course to work on your uphill shots 2+ years
Reviewed:
Updated:
Played on:Jan 2, 2021
Played the course:2-4 times
Pros:
a. Tee pads are nicely long, in fine gravel pits with raised concrete (?) covered with turf.
b. Many downhillers are great even for a weak arm. Put the disc on the right high line with some power and gravity will definitely help you (nos. 1, 7, 8, 13, 16).
c. Each hole sign is invaluable for both the hole being played (which basket you are playing to) as well as where the next tee is.
d. Par scores are fair.
b. Many downhillers are great even for a weak arm. Put the disc on the right high line with some power and gravity will definitely help you (nos. 1, 7, 8, 13, 16).
c. Each hole sign is invaluable for both the hole being played (which basket you are playing to) as well as where the next tee is.
d. Par scores are fair.
Cons:
a. Lots of walking up and down hills; routing for front 9 is pretty harsh. Possibly unavoidable since park is recycled from a ball-golf course. By contrast, the back 9 takes you up once, keeps you up for 3 holes and the 13 tee, and then brings you down to the creek valley with just two (spaced out) rises (nos. 15 and 18).
b. Steep uphillers can be somewhat maddening; my particular challenge on any day. I have handled holes 6 and 9 decently (both have a flatter start before the steep stuff). No. 3 is just frustrating; maybe when I develop a controlled roller, I will give that a try here. I have figured out how to play no. 18: aim your drive really far left (understable disc) and watch it climb up and back right.
c. The park can get rather busy...I have never had pedestrians trekking across the course in front of me, but there can be a good deal of walkers on the old cart path that runs throughout the course.
d. Print the course map online because there is no such at the beginning of the course. There is a photo of the course map on discgolfscene.com. So I miss seeing it all the time or someone removed it.
e. No benches. Maybe a few holes get a bench? Couple in the high area; one in the creek valley.
f. Baskets have no numbers. See the hole sign to confirm which basket you are going to (see c in Pro section).
g. While nowhere near as bad as Giles Run Meadow, a thorny rough is present. Expect it.
b. Steep uphillers can be somewhat maddening; my particular challenge on any day. I have handled holes 6 and 9 decently (both have a flatter start before the steep stuff). No. 3 is just frustrating; maybe when I develop a controlled roller, I will give that a try here. I have figured out how to play no. 18: aim your drive really far left (understable disc) and watch it climb up and back right.
c. The park can get rather busy...I have never had pedestrians trekking across the course in front of me, but there can be a good deal of walkers on the old cart path that runs throughout the course.
d. Print the course map online because there is no such at the beginning of the course. There is a photo of the course map on discgolfscene.com. So I miss seeing it all the time or someone removed it.
e. No benches. Maybe a few holes get a bench? Couple in the high area; one in the creek valley.
f. Baskets have no numbers. See the hole sign to confirm which basket you are going to (see c in Pro section).
g. While nowhere near as bad as Giles Run Meadow, a thorny rough is present. Expect it.
Other Thoughts:
a. Looks like it used to be part of a ball-golf course that failed. There are some very scenic views, particularly from the high crests.
b. There are some large critter holes in the fairways of nos. 11 and 12. Watch where you are walking!
c. If you are not a local - perhaps live closer to Washington, DC or Baltimore (or Annapolis or Charlottesville) and this would be a day trip - consider playing both this course and Spilman (30 minutes away) in the same day with lunch (perhaps) in between. Makes for a lovely, lovely outing.
b. There are some large critter holes in the fairways of nos. 11 and 12. Watch where you are walking!
c. If you are not a local - perhaps live closer to Washington, DC or Baltimore (or Annapolis or Charlottesville) and this would be a day trip - consider playing both this course and Spilman (30 minutes away) in the same day with lunch (perhaps) in between. Makes for a lovely, lovely outing.
2
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SlowSpoke
Experience:
6.6 years
2 played
1 reviews
Promising new course. 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:May 5, 2019
Played the course:once
Pros:
Holes play with a variety of elevation change.
Most holes are very open for long drives.
Most holes are very open for long drives.
Cons:
Poor course marking (so far).
Not many technical wooded holes.
Not many technical wooded holes.
Other Thoughts:
Only played this once a few months ago before the course was posted on here. Some things in this review may have changed already since we played it but I'll update my review after playing the course again.
Most of the holes are pretty wide open which is a very nice change compared to Walnut Creek in North Garden and Meadow Creek in Charlottesville. The layout uses the hilly terrain well and gives you a great combination of downhill, uphill and flat throws. The open fields really brings wind conditions into play compared to wooded courses. It's a much longer course than I'm used to playing. Overall it's a very promising course once things get more established.
Issues that have probably been changed already or will be fixed in the future are navigation and waist high grassy fields. There were a few "maps" of the course but they were completely useless. They more or less showed the fields which had tee boxed and holes but no layout information what so ever. We only had wooden stakes to mark a tee box with faded numbers to designate what hole it was. Many actually didn't have anything written on the stakes so we didn't know where we were. We did start at hole 1 and somehow started playing the course kind of in reverse. A few holes in of just "wingin' it" we put some clues together and got to hole 2 and had a much easier time following the course from there. At the time the grass wasn't mowed at all and I nearly lost a disc in the middle of the fairway, however, after driving past the other day it seems the fields are well maintained now. It's a 45 mile drive but we're definitely going back to play this course again soon.
One update already. Culpepper has a course map to follow now. https://www.culpeperva.gov/do...-Golf-Map.pdf
Most of the holes are pretty wide open which is a very nice change compared to Walnut Creek in North Garden and Meadow Creek in Charlottesville. The layout uses the hilly terrain well and gives you a great combination of downhill, uphill and flat throws. The open fields really brings wind conditions into play compared to wooded courses. It's a much longer course than I'm used to playing. Overall it's a very promising course once things get more established.
Issues that have probably been changed already or will be fixed in the future are navigation and waist high grassy fields. There were a few "maps" of the course but they were completely useless. They more or less showed the fields which had tee boxed and holes but no layout information what so ever. We only had wooden stakes to mark a tee box with faded numbers to designate what hole it was. Many actually didn't have anything written on the stakes so we didn't know where we were. We did start at hole 1 and somehow started playing the course kind of in reverse. A few holes in of just "wingin' it" we put some clues together and got to hole 2 and had a much easier time following the course from there. At the time the grass wasn't mowed at all and I nearly lost a disc in the middle of the fairway, however, after driving past the other day it seems the fields are well maintained now. It's a 45 mile drive but we're definitely going back to play this course again soon.
One update already. Culpepper has a course map to follow now. https://www.culpeperva.gov/do...-Golf-Map.pdf
