Hornet's Nest--soon to come back to life

[tom12003]

The 18-24 month closure of Hornet's Nest (Charlotte) is about to come to an end! It's RIP nature has been mentioned in many other threads but it's comeback deserves a new thread.

Yesterday, 11 new tee pads were poured, and today about 25 DGers continued to manicure the course and installed new sleeves, benches, and tee sign supports. Two new retention walls and a large deck tee pad yet to come. Baskets should be installed in about a month or so. The course will host a PDGA B-Tier on April 1 (already filled with 90 players).

Thanks to Mark Huether and Stan McDaniel for the redesign after changes were forced by utility company interruption.

The course will consist of 2 tee pads per hole and one basket. The short tees will be similar to the old Nest layout in difficulty and the long tees will enhance the teeth of the old Web layout (making it a par 71). The new hole 2 will be an island green with about a 250-ft water carry. The majority of the course will have similar holes to the old layouts and the new holes will be exciting additions.

Time to make Hornet's Nest a destination course beginning in April. Course will be used during the 2018 AM Worlds.

 

[jeffmonty]

Never played Hornet's Nest, and most likely never will, but this is great news for those most affected by this. :thmbup: It's always good to hear about a much loved course coming back to be played again.

 

[codyroberts18]

This is great. I will surely be back to NC when it re-opens. This course is great from hole 1-18!

 

[dw00]

great work guys.

:hfive:

 

[roadtrip]

Is there a site (other than FB) where workdays and/or course-work needs are posted?

 

[Mike C]

Is there a site (other than FB) where workdays and/or course-work needs are posted?

Curious as well. I'd like to help out.

 

[tom12003]

IT'S BACK and meaner than ever before!!

 

[Notverygood]

Played the "Web" layout today.

What a beast! I love it. Anybody know what the par for the new Web layout is?

 

[tom12003]

Played the "Web" layout today.

What a beast! I love it. Anybody know what the par for the new Web layout is?

Its 69 now, but once the WEB tee on 16 opens it will be 71; just a little more clearing needed.

 

[Notverygood]

Does that include hole #19?

 

[timg]

So is the course pretty different? Sounds like a lot of new pads but not sure if that equates to new holes? If that's the case, I'll add a new page for the course rather than reviving the old one.

 

[BraveThrower43]

So is the course pretty different? Sounds like a lot of new pads but not sure if that equates to new holes? If that's the case, I'll add a new page for the course rather than reviving the old one.

It has some significant changes on the "Nest" Layout(9/18 Holes are ajusted or new). Web is a little more original(4/18 holes are adjusted or new)

 

[BrotherDave]

Oh cool. I've been kicking myself for never playing the Web layout so I'm glad it's mostly intact.

 

[bhadella]

My favorite design feature of the new layouts is moving to multiple teepads instead of multiple baskets for the dual layouts. Web was a major pain to play in the past as there was poor flow between the two layouts.

 

[bhadella]

So is the course pretty different? Sounds like a lot of new pads but not sure if that equates to new holes? If that's the case, I'll add a new page for the course rather than reviving the old one.

Talk to Huey (1978) about whether or not we should create a new page. A few points to debate include:

Pros: New Reviews (and this version will rate better, better installation, flow and creature comforts)

Cons: Most Played Course status is lost

 

[_MTL_]

My favorite design feature of the new layouts is moving to multiple teepads instead of multiple baskets for the dual layouts. Web was a major pain to play in the past as there was poor flow between the two layouts.

Agreed 100%!

 

[tom12003]

Does that include hole #19?

No, the old WEB 18 island hole (used as #5 in the finals of the 2012 Worlds) is still there and has a basket but not in the "normal" layout.

 

[sprintermatt]

Played Nest Saturday and Web Sunday.

I can't recall remembering Web fondly, I have played it plenty of times, but maybe it's those little tweaks before a big tournament that always aggravated me. I was quite happy to play this new configuration Sunday. New holes 1 and 2 are awesome. Really like the use the gauntlet tee on 16. hole 15 is nice too. Gotta work on my drives on 14 as I have not hit the gap in a bunch of tries. Hard to tell the distance and angle.

Glad I get a favorite back in the mix for events/leagues/casual play.

Incidentally, I shot the same front on Nest and Web... 28.

 

[1978]

I loaded a new course today. I included hole 19, although we didnt have numbers for 19 so it is currently unmarked. Additionally, I plan on installing a practice basket near the opening for hole 1 Nest if I get park / club budget approval.

Mark

 

[DiscGolfCraig]

I loaded a new course today. I included hole 19, although we didnt have numbers for 19 so it is currently unmarked. Additionally, I plan on installing a practice basket near the opening for hole 1 Nest if I get park / club budget approval.

Mark

Are the Web and Hornets Nest considered two different courses? If so, we should have two unique course pages from the start - a la Renny Gold & Pro Players; Winthrop Gold & Lakefront. We only had a single page for the two courses in the past, and that got to be a hassle with course updates, ratings & online scorecards.