What Are The Most Brutal Courses?

[discNDav]

If you do come out and are looking to make a weekend of it, about 30 minutes north of Nockamixon you will find Blue Mountain's Skyline Park. It's 5 bucks to play, but it's as challenging as you are likely to find anywhere.

Blue Mtn is $10 to ride the lift and totally worth it. (the $5 was only valid
on a promotional weekend). Open only on Sat/Sun.

 

[Cgkdisc]

Looks like Blue Mountain courses will be the new site for the Skylands Classic NT in late August instead of Warwick. Details coming from TD Dan Doyle soon.

 

[kcplease]

Blue Valley is FAR. But only go on Saturdays when other DGers are gonna be out.

 

[tstack10]

Played east metro after huge rain hungover and it kick my butt all over the place. I can't wait to get back there.

 

[Mike C]

Bumping this. What's the most brutal course you know of? Looking for courses closer to Charlotte than Ohio since I moved.

I want a course that will beat me up, break me down and send me home crying. I want to film a round that I'd be embarrassed to upload to youtube.

 

[Mike C]

do you want brutal as in physically exhausting, most difficult, or nastiest thorns and rough?

I'm looking for the most difficult GOLF possible, but physically challenging courses pique my interest too. I love me a good hike.

No interest in overgrown rough but I carry tools for dealing with that

 

[DavidSauls]

Might be Langley Pond, though I played it only once, under somewhat adverse conditions, so I'm not sure. Renny or W.R. Jackson would be other contenders for me.

Stoney Hill's Diamond Layout leaves me cursing, but that's more about my diminishing skill level than the actual course.

 

[Monocacy]

Not particularly close to Charlotte, but Iron Hill is the toughest I have played.

Have you ever played Hawk Hollow?

Lake Marshall - The Lions in Montross, VA sounds significantly challenging. Not sure if it is finished yet.

 

[Mike C]

Not particularly close to Charlotte, but Iron Hill is the toughest I have played.

Have you ever played Hawk Hollow?

Lake Marshall - The Lions in Montross, VA sounds significantly challenging. Not sure if it is finished yet.

Iron Hill has been on my list for a long time. Used to throw a pink Z Pred with a tourney stamp from that course.

The Lions is on my wish list. Hawk Hollow is now, but looking at the page it appears closed until September. Maybe next fall I'll make a trip towards that side of VA..thanks for the suggestion.

Also I never knew there was a Goochland, VA until now

 

[armiller]

You'd really love Branson Trails - Blue (north of Branson, MO). Pretty brutal and a great disc golf challenge. Not close to NC, sorry...

 

[Mike C]

You'd really love Branson Trails - Blue (north of Branson, MO). Pretty brutal and a great disc golf challenge. Not close to NC, sorry...

First thing I saw on the course page that caught my eye was a caption under the photo: "Rope to help climb up to the green"

Now we're talkin

 

[armiller]

First thing I saw on the course page that caught my eye was a caption under the photo: "Rope to help climb up to the green"

Now we're talkin

Haha yeah. It's a hike/round, but dang it's some nice golf.

 

[knettles]

West Virginia isn't too far from North Carolina. If you ever make it up there, check out Johnny Sias' personal courses. He's super friendly and usually enjoys playing a round with visitors. The Lucky 8 is the toughest course I've ever personally played, and I believe the oldest course in the state.

It also has the most legit par 6 I've ever (only?) played.

https://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=2460

 

[dr.chainslove]

Tommy Shumpert in Knoxville TN has recently become an uber-wooded nightmare with 2 baskets per hole and new tees. It's a true beatdown not too far from Harmon Hills and The Claytons.

 

[Mike C]

West Virginia isn't too far from North Carolina. If you ever make it up there, check out Johnny Sias' personal courses. He's super friendly and usually enjoys playing a round with visitors. The Lucky 8 is the toughest course I've ever personally played, and I believe the oldest course in the state.

It also has the most legit par 6 I've ever (only?) played.

https://www.dgcoursereview.com/course.php?id=2460

I don't even remember adding that to my wish list, but its there. Huntington isn't too far off 77 so that would make a good pit stop next time I visit Ohio.

Tommy Shumpert in Knoxville TN has recently become an uber-wooded nightmare with 2 baskets per hole and new tees. It's a true beatdown not too far from Harmon Hills and The Claytons.

Added it, thanks for the recommendation. I've been meaning to hit up Harmon Hills one of these days. Looks like i'll have to make a weekend of it and swing by the Knoxville area while I'm out that way.

 

[Qikly]

Back 9 of Harmon is one of the craziest set of holes I've played.

 

[dr.chainslove]

Harmon, Shumpert, and Claytons would be a seriously epic trip! And that doesn't even include the Morristown TN courses (still haven't played them but check those glowing reviews).

 

[dr.chainslove]

Yep, might as well add Armco Blue/White, Rotary, Indian Mound, Lucky 8/Crazy 8 to the list if Huntington WV is in the cards!

 

[Mike C]

Thank you, you're giving me a lot of courses to consider!

 

[F.Luke]

Not necessarily the "most brutal," but Rockland Park, my current home course is punishing. It is a moderate hike IF you use the fairway. Rocks, cliffs, sinkholes, hills, valleys, ridges, slopes, river, trees, snakes, fox, deer, turkey, hawks, eagles, turtles, thorns, vines, ticks, and ROUGH? Yep. Got it all and then some.

If I wasn't into ritual scarification via briars, I'd play a different course.