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Cowpens, SC

The Moo

2.835(based on 6 reviews)
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Moose33
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 12.4 years 214 played 211 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Not Moovelous, but pretty good

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 11, 2023 Played the course:once

Pros:

I mainly stopped at the Moo for two reasons; 1. Proximity to the highway 2. The name is self aware for the town(Cowpens) and very funny.

You have a lot of good things here, decent concrete pads, largely easy navigation, nice and accurate signs and a good amount of benches near the teepads.

It's mainly a wooded course with some fun twisting holes, and elevation that create the rather fun course that it is.

You have ten pads and 18 pins and the back 9 are largely longer and straighter while the front 9 usually are shorter with sharper hyzers.

I like the course and it's simple but fun and well maintained.

You even have some funky things like the elevated basket on 17 and long par for on 14 I think it is that make it a lot of fun to play.

Cons:

It's hard to imagine any big events here since it's mainly playing twice over the same plot of land and would be fairly difficult to pull off.

Navigating from 6-7 is weird because you have to find a small hidden bridge behind the significantly longer second pin, but that's the only weird spot.

It's maybe a touch repetitive since it's mainly wooded holes in the 200-300ft range and there are only a few really memorable ones but for a course that is slotted into a tighter land mass they did a good job.

Other Thoughts:

I got to a 2.8 on my personal scale for this one, and I always round up if close. It's a well maintained little wooded course and if you ar pass g though it well worth the time.
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MichaelWebster
Experience: 18.4 years 76 played 13 reviews
3.00 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Jun 3, 2020 Played the course:once

Pros:

The Moo was surprisingly varied in terrain, shot shape, and hole difficulty for a 9 hole community center course. The course weaves through a powerline cut, down to a creek, and back uphill to give a few "open" holes and many wooded holes. The 2 pin positions per teepad adds additional potential for the size of the land. Overall the course is fun to play due to the variation and good use of available elevation. There are a few great holes, such as 1/10, 5/14, 7/16, and 8/17. Risk-reward is utilized well in a few areas, such as hole #14, which requires a long flex shot running along an OB creek with bailout areas that make it tougher to score well. Hole #7 also utilizes an OB creek to create a fair island green, but there is a safe layup to a 50-60 putt.

Cons:

Some of the wooded holes incorporate too many small trees in the fairway to unnecessarily add luck and randomness to the scoring. For example, hole 9 has a small tree directly in front of the basket 40ft out on an 8ft wide fairway. That tree forces a "perfect" shot to make a circle 2 putt, whereas a less perfect shot that moves to either side of the fairway will be closer to the basket. I think the fairways are great except on the short wooded holes, where random small trees begins to supersede rewarding skilled shots. There is plenty of luck and randomness in disc golf already, just make a clean fairway! Holes 4/13, 6/15, and 9 all have this problem.

Other Thoughts:

Since the course is new it's still a little rough around the edges, but overall was impressive. I'll be back to play often!
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Bennybennybenny
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 13.2 years 306 played 288 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Woohoo Moo 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 20, 2020 Played the course:once

Pros:

-The Moo is like that soft spoken new guy at work that you don't really notice for a while. He's under confident, yet picks up on everything quickly enough. Doesn't annoy anyone else or have any interest in turmoil or gossip. He clocks in, clocks out, goes home, and lives his own life. Eventually you start to notice him more and you start to like him!

-The course actually has nine fairways. There are ten tee-pads. Holes #1 and #10 do not share a pad; they share a fairway. The other eight pads are shared and all have two baskets you can throw to. So there are eighteen baskets. This course is similar to Macon Early College (nine baskets and eighteen pads), so the Moo does feel like an eighteen holer. There's a good amount of elevation and interesting fairways.

-One special aspect of the course is that the first nine baskets are yellow. The second nine are white. Gives a good indication on where to throw, since some of them are sort of close to each other. The baskets are new discCatchers, so that's always a pro.

-Primarily wooded. A couple holes are more open. For instance #2/11. This is a nice downhill hole. The basket for #2 is 288' and straight ahead. Plays effectively shorter because of the elevation. The decline is very slow but if you look back at the tee pad from the basket, you see that this hole is nicely downhill! The pin for #11 is down the opening just a little more to the left. The downhill look on #7 is pretty sweet too! And it's open. Just a photogenic 297' par three over a little creek.

-#5/14 is a great hole you'd see on a pro course. #5's basket is down a dangerous fairway. The tee shot is very demanding, as the fairway slowly cuts right toward a ravine. There's an OB ravine that's really scary to go into. The painted OB line is in a safe spot, so if you go OB that doesn't mean you'll have a difficult recovery shot. #14 is the lone par four on the course. It's further down the trail by the ravine. It's a 543' gem that can be pure terror. It's possible to birdie, but there will be eights on this hole for sure too.

-Nice tee signs with hole distances and info. Good hole diagrams.

-The Timken Center looks like it offers many cool features. A computer lab, and a rec room. Might want to check it out once this coronavirus issue is over. Different classes are offered there's a summer camp if you have kids. I got kicked out of summer camp when I was twelve. Hopefully your children won't be.

-Cool tunnel shots for both #4 and #13. Very short and very touchy. Great use of elevation, making this hole(s) even more cool. I like the elevated basket for #17 as well.

-Easy to spot. You'll see the first hole when you pull in. The last hole is very close to the parking lot. Ends in two circles.

Cons:

-Typical new course issues such as thorns and small limbs growing in the fairways. They can cut you. I was very worried that I'd see snakes. You'd probably expect different kinds here. I could be wrong though.

-A few of the fairways (especially for #3) are really weird. You have to sneak past a ton of trees and pray it hooks left enough. Could open up a little. Not fond of #6/15 or #9 either.

-There's plenty of space behind. The space is pretty limited, so that's a bit of a bummer. Then again, this course is fun.

Other Thoughts:

-The Moo was better than I thought it would be. In the description, I thought it would be okay at best but it's better than that. It's a good course! Nice variety of shots, smart use of danger on #5/14, good elevation changes, and has a very cool look to it.

-Don't think this is a tournament course, but it's still fun. If there were singles events out here, I would go. I'm not sure on what the fate of this course will be in a few years, but there might be something. I saw some locals today and they all seemed to like this course as well. From what I heard, it was designed by one of the locals and they were assisted by Russell. Good job fellas!
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Tom_oconnor
Bronze level trusted reviewer
Experience: 9.6 years 63 played 24 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Mad Cow? 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Feb 22, 2020 Played the course:once

Pros:

Good use of land and terrain. Two baskets for each hole and basically 9 tee pads. Two loops to get 18 in. I wasn't sure how this would work, but it works well. This also gives you the option of playing a quick 9. Prepare to hit some trees, some lines are very tight with many holes having scoring separation based on one bad kick.

Cons:

Not much, if anything it's new so the normal mud and underbrush. Course will mature in a couple years with use.

Other Thoughts:

If you practice on this course theres no excuse for other wooded courses. This is a great addition to the many great courses in the Spartanburg area.
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