-I liked the last hole. It's an uphill 350' open shot near a big tree. The second hole is an okay sidearm/backhand anhyzer. Plays close to the ballfield and the road is nearby but not as much of a hindrance as it could be. Underneath the mess in the woods, #5 is a good hole too.

-Still has visible tee signs. Most of them were in place (see cons below). I liked the drawn out diagrams too.

-The overgrowth in the woods from holes #5 to #7 is so incredibly bad to the point where there is probably nothing that can be done to fix the issue now. There is a dead fallen tree that is standing backwards right in front of #6's basket. For a moment I honestly thought that was a teepee that maybe a homeless person in Shelby might have made. The vegetation on #5's green is so bad that it could possibly be infested with snakes. It's such a mess to where I don't think it could be cleared up in the wintertime. For two reasons. This is a boring nine hole course. And second, it would take a whole lot of work to fix up the mess and I don't think anyone would be interested to fix it up because hey, this is a boring nine hole course.

-#6's tee sign for reason ended up in #5's basket. #4's tee sign I never found but from what I saw on the media, it's a 300+ par three that plays too close to #3's green.

What did Keyshawn Johnson say in that 1999 interview after a loss? "What can you do? I mean there's nothing you can do. You can't do anything. Just nothing. We can't do shit."

-The open holes either play too close to fields (#1-3), or simply too close to each other (#3-4).

-The disc golf course at Crest High School is dead. It's nothing but a ghost. The course is visible but hasn't been removed. It's like a rotting carcus in an open field that doesn't need to be seen.

-I realize that at a point in time that this was an okay nine hole course. Dale Sollars designed it along with South Mountain (which is still one of my favorite courses in 2022). Dale is the reason why local pro AJ Carey got so into disc golf. Now he's on the pro tour. I'm sure Dale did the best that he was given with and I would've rated it higher if the wooded holes hadn't become such a jungle. I wish I played it years ago because it was probably better back then. When I was in the ninth grade, my English teacher (who had previously taught at Crest) told me about the course at Crest and said that was a pretty good course. She had plenty of positive things to say about the course at Gardner Webb as well. I wish that Crest High School's course lived up to its potential.

Crest High School features 9 holes that have DISCatcher baskets & natural tees. The course features a mixture of wooded and open holes and features a wide range of hole length, with the shortest being 124' and the longest being 450'. There were benches at many of the tees. I at least saw one at Holes 1, 2, & 9.

The course seems like it was originally designed to be a good course for Rec/Intermediate level players. None of the holes are too long where they aren't birdie-able, but some are a bit longer than a beginner would be comfortable throwing on.

Outside of the typical cons seen at school courses: limited hours, no restrooms, etc. - the course has much more to worry about. The course seems to have been primarily forgotten/disregarded by the school. Most of the holes on this course are flat and open shots to the basket, but three holes are played in the woods on the edge of campus. Hole 5 enters the woods to reach the putting green, but it is an overgrown mess with fallen trees everywhere. Hole 6 is almost unplayable, as you are throwing over & through fallen trees, and overgrown mess. Hole 7 was still playable, but hard to reach the tee without walking down the fairway. Again you are throwing a tight gap because of how overgrown it is.

Hole 8 would have been one of my favorite holes on the course, as it is the one of the only ones with noticeable elevation, but there is a trailer parked right in the middle of the fairway, blocking a significant portion of the gap. Hole 9 plays very close to the wrestling building, but I didn't notice many windows that could be broken with an errant shot. Hole 2 plays very close to Old Boiling Springs Rd. An errant shot could end up in/over the road.

Many of the holes, most notably hole 1, play very close to the football field or other sports complexes. The football field in particular would be upsetting to have an errant drive enter, because of the barbed-wire fence preventing any chance of recovering your disc. The tennis courts and baseball field could probably be entered to get one back, but I mainly threw "loaner" discs just in case.

When I played Hole 3 had clearly been hit by a mower, truck, etc. It was leaning at an almost 60 degree angle.

When playing Crest High School, it is clear that the design of the course was fairly well thought out. The close proximity to other aspects of the sports complex would necessitate a need to be very careful with which shots are thrown. However, with the current state of Holes 5, 6, 7, & 8 - I would be hard pressed to believe anyone at the school has any real interest in the course or the sport even.

For now I am going to give the course a 0.5 - mostly because of the design of the course. I was definitely not a huge fan of the barbed-wire fence so close to a couple of the holes, notably Holes 1 & 5, but that is something I could understand. Unfortunately the wooded holes made the course just simply not fun! Hole 5, which would be the signature hole if it were maintained, is in such disrepair it wasn't fun to play. Hole 6 took me longer to find than the rest of the course took me to play. Hopefully someone takes a liking to the course and fixes it up before the school just decides to pull the baskets.

Favorite Hole: 5*

* If the course was maintained.

-Interesting basket placements on several holes.
-Easily navigable for the most part.
-DISCatchers on all holes.
-Variety in length and hole difficulty.

-This course is littered with trash (old hand warmers, an old fire extinguisher, flower pots, a sign post, etc.) especially on the wooded holes
-Weird transition from hole 1 to hole 2.
-No public bathroom on-site.
-Only 9-holes
-Natural tees on all holes. None of the markers were visible, and we simply teed off from the closest spot that made sense.

Crest High School is really not a bad course, especially for one located on a school campus as they tend to be pitch-and-putts for the most part. Overall, this course just lacks identity. Does it want to be a short tightly wooded pitch-and-putt (a la Holes 6 & 7)? Does it want to be a long open course (Holes 4 & 5)? Who knows? Yes, it has good variety, but it just felt forced. Basically, this course could be a decent 9-holer with a little TLC, an additional 9-holes, and some concrete tee pads.

Good length for a school course.
The area stays well maintained.
You wont see anybody if you play on a weekend.
There are a few interesting holes here.

9 hole course.
Several of the holes are pretty bland.
There are signs for the tees but no area is marked on the ground.

This course is not bad considering disc golf options in the area are limited. You get to pull your distance drivers out several times which is nice for a school course. If you play conrete, athletic fields, and some of the wooded areas as OB then it will be reasonably challenging.
Holes 1, 2 and 3 make decent use of the baseball field and tennis courts as obstacles. Hole 4 and 5 have fairly interesting pin placements. 5 is a reasonalby legitimate par 4. 6 and 7 are straight short wooded holes. Hole 8 has nice uphill dog leg right drive. 9 is a straight slightly uphill bomb that is listed par 4 but is almost an automatic 3.

Seems like the first thing most people say about 9 hole courses is "Makes a good use of limited space." This one is no exception. The holes have some variety, they take you on a half-decent walk, and you're not in anybody's way most of the time.

This one has a good mix of wooded and open shots, and some very tight squeezes. All the holes are quite doable, making it a good course on which to learn if you're a beginner.

Holes 5, 6, and 7 were my favorites. Hole 5 lets you open up with a longer drive and then a really cool approach on a basket just inside the woods. Hole six is a straight shot, and a rather short one, but the trees and undergrowth on this wooded hole make it much more interesting. Hole 7 is the same, with a slight elevation change.

Making one's way from hole 1 to hole 2 is a little odd if you've never been there before. One of the other reviewers tipped me off that it was at the other end of the path between the softball field and the tennis courts.

Hole 2 is right along the highway, so RHBH and LHFH throwers beware of traffic.

Hole 5 throws across a soccer practice field, so that hole would be completely shut down if people were using that field.

Some tall and thorny weeds on Hole 8 ended up eating my Innova Goblin. Very sad. It's a tight squeeze between the weeds, and I had a terrible throw.

I'm normally resentful of courses where I lose discs. I think it's quite impolite for a course to do that.

This one however, is good for a short course, in spite of my terrible play today. It is my hope that the Athletic Department at this school is using the course to also teach students to play disc golf.

Crest High School has a decent nine-hole layout. I was more impressed with the top-notch athletic facilities (hello big money) than anything else here.
- There are some nice holes here, which break up an otherwise monotonous course. #5 is a legitimately fun and challenging hole. It's a 450 foot, downhill layout. It's a blind tee shot across a field and down a slight hill. The challenge is in your approach shot. The basket is hidden in a narrow open in the woods, so your tee shot has to be strategically placed in order to have a shot to the basket. First time I played this layout, I didn't know that, so I had to essentially waste a stroke getting in the correct position so I could reach the basket. This hole offers a true mix of distance and accuracy, something you don't often see in a course of this level.
- There's a little variety here. Key word is little. A couple holes (#5 & 8) have some nice elevation; two are true wooded holes (#6 & 7); and the others are all predominantly open and flat. Two holes are shorter than 150 feet and four are longer than 350 feet, so there are a couple chances to throw driver.
- Baskets are in good shape. There are nice tee signs and very easy to spot from far away.
- Course is easy to navigate with one exception. Going from hole #1 to #2 tee, you have a long walk between the tennis courts and softball field. The tee for #2 is right next to the main road.
- The facilities at this school are impressive. From the football field to football field house, tennis courts to baseball and softball field. All have some money poured into them. When you pull into the parking lot, you see a ball field. I thought this was well kept baseball field. Turns out it's actually the softball field. I've never seen a high school have such a great softball field. All around, these were very impressive venues indeed.

There were only several small things to point out about this course.
- There were too many open, flat holes. It's what you would probably expect for a school course except there did seem to be more land to expand/add challenge to the layout. For example, move the tee pad back on #8, to make the tee shot even more challenging. It's currently an uphill, 202 foot, dogleg right hole. This was probably the second best hole on the course, in terms of layout, but it still didn't offer much challenge. Pushing the tee pad back, would up the risk/reward factor big time.
- Along those lines, it was disappointing that the two wooded holes were the two shortest on the course. Again, there was more room behind them to easily add some more length. With these two holes, even a bad tee shot should lead to a relatively easy up-and-down to save par.
- The tee for #2 is somewhat close to the main road - Old Boiling Springs. The layout is a dogleg right, away from the road, and the road isn't normally that busy, so it "shouldn't" be a problem. That said, if you're tee shot gets away from you, it won't take much to be landing on, or across, the road.

All, in all, this is about what you'd expect for a school course. There are some challenges, but it's mainly aiming for beginner/casual players.
- It is nice to see how prominently featured this course is throughout all of the athletic fields. Some schools seemingly dump a course in the back of the campus, away from everything else. So it was nice to see how the baskets weaved through everything. This can only help expose students to the game.
- This is a quick course to play. I played through twice in about 45 minutes. The worst part of the course might be the walk back from hole #9 across the parking lot, back to the first tee.
- If you're in the area, and are looking to play a course, I'd play Gardner-Webb before this one. There's nothing at this course you won't find at most places. Now, (hypothetically) if the school ever poured some of that athletic budget into the course, it would be interesting to see how good it could get.

I go to crest and i am in love with disc golf its a easy course to play and it allows me to be able to play whenever i want to.

the managing of this course is terrible its grown up at s lot of the holes

good to go if you live near not worth a far drive to get there

Has 1 good hole.

The course weaves around buildings and busy roads.

1) Start from the parking lot, throw to a basket that sits underneath bleachers. Potential to hit people is there. Possible to throw into the stadium(s) and tennis courts.
2) Hard to find from basket 1. Right next to the road. Miss left you are in the road, miss right and you are in the softball field.
3) Miss right and you are in the softball field. Also goes around a baseball batting cage. Terrible idea for this hole.
4) The woods right next basket are full of trash and litter. If you go past there is a fenced in field.
5) The best hole here. Really good hole.
6) 100 foot ace run
7) 100 foot ace run
8) Short uphill shot. Teepad is rotting plywood.
9) The basket is right next to a very busy parking lot. Lot's of potential for hitting people and cars.

I don't know who designed this, but it's a waste of baskets.