It goes without saying that temporary courses are different from regular courses. They lack some of the features of a regular, permanent course we've grown accustomed to. The biggest difference is that by the time this course is back in the ground, there's a good chance some or all of it will look different.
- Course is a nice weaving layout through a large portion of the park. For such a large park, it doesn't get much foot traffic. So the disc golf is a nice, secluded round of throwing and missed putts.
- Some nice elevation layouts. #1 is a fun, gauntlet-esque downhill hole. It's probably the best tee shot on the course unless you like big bomber, downhill throws (#15). #6 is a quality, steep uphill par 4. You need a quality, well placed tee shot throwing uphill if you want to make a run at a birdie 3 on this layout. Finally, #8 is the other open, easy downhill tee shot for those who like cheap thrills.
- Some good shot shaping layouts. #3 - 5 all have weaving fairways requiring you to hit gaps (to varying degrees). This was hands down my favorite stretch of holes on the course with #4 being another solid, multi-shot par 4.
- Great scenery. Course plays in the rolling hills of a privately owned park. Other than the sound of a twin prop plane flying overhead or cars driving into the park (when playing holes near the round), this a peaceful, feels far from Charlotte locale.
- Quality use of limited resources. Playing in a foursome of Diamond TRers, we all made note of how certain holes would be much better if it could be lengthened, moved into the woods, and/or had some trees cut down. Obviously, that's not happening for a course that's in the ground for several weeks. Still, the layout in and of it self didn't seem that much different from plenty of permanent courses I've played.
- The course ends on distinguishable, if not completely great ending. The final 4 holes each have a distinguishing aspect to them. #15 is the open field, downhill bomber hole. There was some frustration being unleashed in the tee shots in our group. #16 is another quality, tree-lined, very birdie-able par 3. It does help when you don't gag a 12-foot birdie putt. #17 is the 'good idea, I see what you tried for, but it didn't quite work' hole. In a permanent setting, with a couple trees thinned out, I think this could be an outstanding layout. It just didn't quite work. But, at least it's memorable.
- Then you end on #18, the best overall quality hole on the course. At 602 feet, it's the longest on the course. The first section is uphill with tree lined fairways and a somewhat low-ish ceiling. Keep it in the fairway, and you get past the short tee (357 feet). From there, the hole opens up and drops off into a valley in the woods. A long, straight tee shot, and this is an easy par 3. Or, be like me, hit every tree, and take 3 shots to get to the drop off into the woods. Pointing being, it doesn't take much to see scores from three to six on an outstanding closing hole.
- The park is owned by Westminster Presbyterian Church. You can read my review for their short school course here -
https://www.dgcoursereview.co...&mode=rev#86754