Pellissippi State Community College

The DGC at Pellissippi State Community College in Knoxville, TN is a fun little course! It is located on a beautiful piece of the campus property with several holes looping around the pond. This cours ... show more ›

The DGC at Pellissippi State Community College in Knoxville, TN is a fun little course! It is located on a beautiful piece of the campus property with several holes looping around the pond. This course has the option of short tees (natural grass) or long tees (concrete pads) which you can choose from. I personally recommend looping the course twice, playing the short tees first to warm up, and then looping back around to play the long tees. If you are uncomfortable going over the water, there is absolutely no shame in just playing the short tees only. You could always just loop the short tees twice to get an 18 hole round in. Props to the course designer for seeming to keep the water mostly out of play for the shorter tees. Most newer players are going to be wanting to play the shorter tees so it's nice that beginners can play this course and not have to worry too much about the water unless there's a huge grip lock situation. I think this was an excellent idea! The long tees, on the other hand, do have the pond in play on several of the holes. I can tell you this because I unfortunately found the water on two of my drives simply because I didn't commit to my shots. As for the play of the course itself, I would have loved to see more wooded areas used. The majority of this course is open with the exception of the first two holes. Hole 6 does have trees lining the entire length of the fairway but a lefty (like myself) or a good forehand/turnover player can pretty much avoid these all together with the right shot. Other than this, I would say this is an open course. This is not a bad thing in any way, I just personally prefer to be forced to hit several gaps on a course rather than just throwing a couple times towards a basket in an open field. Once again, just personal preference. With this being said, this is a fun little course if you are looking for a quick 9 hole round. I also love the fact that you can play multiple layouts pretty much designing your personal layout as you go. What I mean by this, is you could play 9 shorts twice, 9 longs twice, 9 shorts first then 9 longs, 9 longs first then 9 shorts. That is 4 different 18 hole layouts you could choose from. In addition to this, you could flip a disc for each hole and let your layout be random. I love this sort of option on courses, especially if I am local to the course. It turns a 9 hole course into a variety of options so you never get bored. All in all, I like this course, however I would love to see the short tees get actual concrete pads in the future due to footing on several of the holes. Also, I never found Hole 5 Long's tee pad on the day I was there and ended up playing Hole 5 Short twice. I later found that the tee was indeed over in this grassy over-grown area to the right of the short tee. Feel free to use that tee if you want, but I chose not to walk through all that for one throw. If you are interested in seeing this course on video, please consider checking out the videos below where my full round was filmed on both the short tees and long tees:

Short Tees:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q23GJ88Mmc0

Long Tees:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U6sQG-rwvQ

Other Videos on this course:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW_PphhAUBjUMpLnzULM5j3KGlmUIQfeI