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Rock Hill, SC

Rosewood Elementary School

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dndelli
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Experience: 16.8 years 134 played 131 reviews
0.00 star(s)

Formerly Known as Rosewood Elementary School

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Sep 23, 2023 Played the course:once

Pros:

Rosewood Elementary School no longer exists. This is now called the "Lower School" of Westminster Catawba Christian School. I am not sure what that means. The course has four baskets.

Cons:

This course is no longer open to the public, and is "only available to the students". To make this point clear, the course is surrounded by a 6 foot tall chain link fence.

If someone were to ignore the rules and scale the fence in order to play here, this is what they can look forward to. There are four baskets in a field and five tee signs. (Holes 1 & 7 no longer exist at all.) The grass does not get cut in this field, so the weeds are waist high. There are no obstacles or shots to be shaped. All you would get here are a couple of really long putts, mostly from Circle 2.

Hole 3's basket is single chained and rusty.

The tray to Hole 4's basket is mostly on the ground, and the basket is leaning.

Hole 6's basket is gone, but the tee sign exists- so I guess it would just play to Hole 2's basket?

Based on the looks of the course, not even students are allowed to play here. So basically there are four baskets rusting in an overgrown field, with a couple of decaying tee signs. Surrounded by deflated footballs, dodgeballs, and soccer balls.

Other Thoughts:

In a town where it seems like almost every school has some form of disc golf course, or practice area, Rosewood Elementary School (or WCCS Lower School) truly stands out by absolutely lowering the bar so much, shovels would have to be used to find it at this point. I know they aren't really meant to be used, but I feel like this is one of the absolute rare occasions where 0.0 stars is truly acceptable. This course should either be deleted, or just turned into a practice area at this point. Probably deleted though, because nobody practices here. At one point a layout worthy of being called a course existed here. Unfortunately those days are behind us.
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DiscGolfCraig
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Experience: 19.9 years 597 played 544 reviews
0.50 star(s)

Rosewood: Where a 53-foot hole is only the second shortest on the course! 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jul 9, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

Rosewood actually has the makings of a decent practice area. There's plenty of room in the field to actually throw drives, making these baskets useful.
- It's actually considered a course! With a seventh basket, it's listed as a course, not a practice area. Eat that Mt. Gallant Elementary School 5 minutes down the road, with your six-hole practice area.
- From a course stand point, I only brought my putter and that was more than enough. I played the seven holes in about 7 minutes, if not shorter.
- Course has an easy flow to it. It also actually has signs at each tee, giving it a leg up on some of the other school courses.
- Great place to bring kids to play. With a neighborhood surrounding the school, this course could actually serve a purpose for that.
- The field is big enough to practice mid-range and longer throws. For most people, taking aim at the baskets from 200 - 300 feet, is a better use of this course than trying to salvage a 2 with a 12-foot putt.

Cons:

I'm not going to knock the course for its poor layout; not for having a hole length of under 88 feet; not for only being 7 holes when you could easily squeeze in two more 90 footers.
- The issue is that the baskets are, for the most part, in horrible condition. For a course three years old, that means they've been hit with the mowers, kids are climbing on them, or they're being vandalized. I find that part of this course more off-putting than having a 47-foot hole.
- For any future course designers, don't make your closing hole a 53-foot layout. You're not going to win anyone over with that.
- Why didn't the course go a little further back into the field? With just a little more use of the land, you're now turning holes into the 125-foot range, at less making this more of a challenge/useful locale.

Other Thoughts:

Rosewood is one for the really young kids. I've played other elementary school courses, and most of those are averaging holes in the 125 - 150 range. Those also look like they get more play - both from students and nearby residents. This one doesn't look like it serves anyone's interest.
- I DID NOT BREAK PAR HERE!!! To clarify, every hole is a par 2, and I shot an even 14. I feel like I should have holed-out at least one or two of these shots.
- If I could walk here, I could see myself occasionally coming here to practice. If the baskets were in decent shape, that'd be more enticing for practice.
- With courses like this, Mt. Gallant and Belleview, I feel that the Rock Hill school courses are a means of padding my 'courses played' list. It took me as much time driving between here and Mt. Gallant Elementary as it did to play the two of them combined.
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