Whirlwind Disc Golf Course

Whirlwind Disc Golf Course is a brand new course in Greeneville, TN which is located at W.T. Daniels Park. My favorite thing about this course is that it has excellent signage and tee pads as well as two pin locations for each hole. The A Pins are the short pins and the B Pins are the long pin locations. From what I understand (from more local players) the baskets alternate between both pin locations every two weeks. This may not be exactly accurate and may change as the course seasons, but I do ...
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Whirlwind Disc Golf Course is a brand new course in Greeneville, TN which is located at W.T. Daniels Park. My favorite thing about this course is that it has excellent signage and tee pads as well as two pin locations for each hole. The A Pins are the short pins and the B Pins are the long pin locations. From what I understand (from more local players) the baskets alternate between both pin locations every two weeks. This may not be exactly accurate and may change as the course seasons, but I do know the baskets are moved on occasion as I have played both layouts. I must say, both layouts are quite fun and compliment each other nicely. Both layouts offer a great selection of left to right holes and right to left holes. In addition to this, there is a good mix of long/short, open/wooded, and uphill/downhill holes. From the standpoint of the play of the course alone, this course is great. There are however a few things I believe could be changed to make this course an even more enjoyable experience. One of my main concern is that there are a few wholes that are facing each other in opposite directions with very little to no trees separating the two. This is fine for casual play but I could see some safety issues that could come into play during an event setting. With this being said, that is nothing a few planted trees couldn't fix. Another course con for me would be the distances listed on the signs. Some of the distances are very obviously off by how the holes play. One last thing worth mentioning would be the fact that if you get off the fairways, the rough is VERY rough. I have not done this myself but I have heard stories of local players losing a disc with a shot that seemed to have been no farther than 5 feet from the fairway and getting cut up pretty badly on their legs with thorns in the rough. This feels to me like something that will of course get better as the course ages and it is apparent that they are already putting tons of work into the course even after it was opened to help this issue. In a couple years, I feel like this course will be outstanding as long as minor course maintenance keeps going into it and maybe the addition of a few signs to show you where to go for the next hole. I wouldn't call this a destination course, however I definitely will play it here and there as it is fairly close to home. If you are in the area, make sure you give this one a play at least 2 times so you can see both layouts. I know it seems like I complained quite a bit about his course but before this course was put in, the only course Greeneville had was a small 9 hole course with no tee pads, no signage, and horrible baskets, so this course is HUGE for Greeneville! Overall, I am quite excited that this course has been installed and I hope it opens the door for more disc golf in Greeneville. If you wan't to see this course on video, check out the videos below where we show off the A Pins.

Front 9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8Rvp4chz6s&t=28s
Back 9: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwx-BpZJbNo&t=7s
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