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Sasquatch DGC reviews
10
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Excellent water course w/ tons of variety 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Jul 25, 2020
Played the course:2-4 times
Pros:
I arrived at Sasquatch with 3.5 expectations and the course exceeded that fairly high bar. This is a solid 4.0 and up there with Buckhorn as one of my favorite water courses in North Carolina. At 27 holes, this thing is really a monster, living up to its name.
+ 27 holes! And the extra A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I holes aren't just short add-on's, as I've seen with some other courses that have added "letter holes" later to the design. No throw-away holes here. They were all solid. I highly recommend making time to play the full 27. The layouts on UDisc are now updated with the optimal sequence to play the letter holes, mixed in with the original 18.
+ This course offers a stiff challenge to Rec, Intermediate, and Advanced skill levels with Red, White, and Blue tee options.
+ There is a ton of variety here: long, open holes; tightly wooded holes; downhills; uphills; all the angles; water carries and water in-play holes.
+ Several fast greens, elevated baskets, baskets close to the water, and major risk/reward elements. Love this in a course.
+ The water holes are terrific, including 2-3 true water carries, depending on if you play hole #2 or #2A (plus #3 and #17), plus some baskets on the shoreline, sloping down to the water. I'm a huge fan of well-designed water courses.
+ The design and flow of this course are top-notch. There are navigation signs on each basket (and on some trees too), and the main course sign at the practice basket is helpful. The flow is what really stood out to me. The walks between holes are very short until the back half of the "third 9 holes." And the letter holes flow nicely in between the number holes.
+ Beautiful park, lake, and well-maintained course.
+ Nice baskets.
+ I used all the disc categories (putter, mid, fairway driver, distance driver) in my bag off the tee...and most of the shot types (dead straight, hyzer, anhyzer, flex, flick).
+ Very high marks from me on the two most important scales: CHALLENGE and FUN FACTOR. You really can't go wrong here. And the course is on a beautiful lake, so take a swim after your round if you're gassed on a summer day. In terms of the challenge, it was a mental and technical challenge as far as disc golf goes, but it was also pretty tough physically, being 27 holes and pretty up and down with elevation.
+ 27 holes! And the extra A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I holes aren't just short add-on's, as I've seen with some other courses that have added "letter holes" later to the design. No throw-away holes here. They were all solid. I highly recommend making time to play the full 27. The layouts on UDisc are now updated with the optimal sequence to play the letter holes, mixed in with the original 18.
+ This course offers a stiff challenge to Rec, Intermediate, and Advanced skill levels with Red, White, and Blue tee options.
+ There is a ton of variety here: long, open holes; tightly wooded holes; downhills; uphills; all the angles; water carries and water in-play holes.
+ Several fast greens, elevated baskets, baskets close to the water, and major risk/reward elements. Love this in a course.
+ The water holes are terrific, including 2-3 true water carries, depending on if you play hole #2 or #2A (plus #3 and #17), plus some baskets on the shoreline, sloping down to the water. I'm a huge fan of well-designed water courses.
+ The design and flow of this course are top-notch. There are navigation signs on each basket (and on some trees too), and the main course sign at the practice basket is helpful. The flow is what really stood out to me. The walks between holes are very short until the back half of the "third 9 holes." And the letter holes flow nicely in between the number holes.
+ Beautiful park, lake, and well-maintained course.
+ Nice baskets.
+ I used all the disc categories (putter, mid, fairway driver, distance driver) in my bag off the tee...and most of the shot types (dead straight, hyzer, anhyzer, flex, flick).
+ Very high marks from me on the two most important scales: CHALLENGE and FUN FACTOR. You really can't go wrong here. And the course is on a beautiful lake, so take a swim after your round if you're gassed on a summer day. In terms of the challenge, it was a mental and technical challenge as far as disc golf goes, but it was also pretty tough physically, being 27 holes and pretty up and down with elevation.
Cons:
There aren't many to speak of for me. There are some tough graders so far for this course! Usually I'm fairly tough myself, but this one is deserving of the rare 4.0+ grade, in my opinion. That said, there are some very minor cons:
- Gravel and natural tees are the obvious con here. Honestly though, I played on a hot, dry summer day and had no footing issues. Still, some permanent concrete or turf tees would be nice, at least for the middle/white/intermediate set of tees. The red tees are just natural. The blue tees tend to be framed and gravel like the white tees.
- Major bummer when I got to the 17th hole (arguably the signature hole on the course -- and certainly one of, if not the prettiest hole -- a tricky water carry to a tiny peninsula green) and a guy was sitting in his boat mere feet from the basket and swimmers and kayakers were in the water right off the shore, close to the green. I had to skip the hole. Otherwise, I didn't have any issues with other park-goers, as some other reviews have mentioned.
- Decent amount of briers and nasty underbrush. I got pretty tore up. But there's a simple solution to that: stay on the fairway.
- Gravel and natural tees are the obvious con here. Honestly though, I played on a hot, dry summer day and had no footing issues. Still, some permanent concrete or turf tees would be nice, at least for the middle/white/intermediate set of tees. The red tees are just natural. The blue tees tend to be framed and gravel like the white tees.
- Major bummer when I got to the 17th hole (arguably the signature hole on the course -- and certainly one of, if not the prettiest hole -- a tricky water carry to a tiny peninsula green) and a guy was sitting in his boat mere feet from the basket and swimmers and kayakers were in the water right off the shore, close to the green. I had to skip the hole. Otherwise, I didn't have any issues with other park-goers, as some other reviews have mentioned.
- Decent amount of briers and nasty underbrush. I got pretty tore up. But there's a simple solution to that: stay on the fairway.
Other Thoughts:
Sasquatch is a destination-worthy course, in my opinion...especially when paired with Rockness Monster. There are 56 holes of monstrously challenging and fun disc golf, between these two. As of this writing, I have not played Kracken, but I glean from the reviews that it's a pretty distant third to the headliner Rockness Monster and solid understudy Sasquatch.
5
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mx23ang
Experience:
13.4 years
75 played
23 reviews
2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Played on:Oct 19, 2012
Played the course:once
Pros:
Starting off I like to let everyone know what Im personally looking for in a course. I love the scenic aspect of disc golf (this includes boulders, lakes, wildlife, and plantlife- I do study horticulture). With that being stated, I rate a course based on a combination of the scenic factor and the overall course aspects (this includes layout, fairway lines, divesity of holes, and amenities)
Great lines that are really fair considering how new this course is
Very scenic lines both over the lake and through the mixed hardwood/pine hilly forests you play through
DISCatcher baskets and with more play/traffic the natural tees will begin to become more and more flat
Great lines that are really fair considering how new this course is
Very scenic lines both over the lake and through the mixed hardwood/pine hilly forests you play through
DISCatcher baskets and with more play/traffic the natural tees will begin to become more and more flat
Cons:
A very few holes play under/through the power line right of way. While this could be viewed as a pro giving you a chance to air it out a little, the underbrush the pops up in these places usually consits of brambles/thorns when they are not able to bushhog it, catch it after it has been mowed and not an issue at all really.
Other Thoughts:
In combination with the scenic holes (all 3 over the lake and several ones through the woods) and layout of both the fairway and course this place stacks up exactly to a 3.75 in my opinion, being optimistic I will rate it a 4
In combination with the Rockness Monster, the Sasquatch has made Roxboro a great mini-day trip from both the triad and triangle area
In combination with the Rockness Monster, the Sasquatch has made Roxboro a great mini-day trip from both the triad and triangle area
