Sarah Moore Greene Elementary School

Let me preface this review by saying this... I have a weak arm and thoroughly enjoy playing short little courses. Yea, I said it. I am one of those players who loves traveling to different courses and ... show more ›

Let me preface this review by saying this... I have a weak arm and thoroughly enjoy playing short little courses. Yea, I said it. I am one of those players who loves traveling to different courses and playing as many courses as possible. From time to time this has me stumbling upon extremely short courses at schools. That is exactly what this course is. Located at Sarah Moore Greene Elementary School in Knoxville Tennessee, this course feels as though it was designed with kids and beginners in mind. I see absolutely nothing wrong with this. In fact, I prefer for towns with several disc golf courses to have this type of entry level course for players to learn the game on. I have played disc golf for over 12 years and I still enjoy courses like this because I know that it raises awareness of disc golf for the children growing up in the community. That is huge to me. As for the play of the course itself, I believe the longest hole is about 230'. This hole is uphill for the majority of the "fairway" so it plays a bit longer than that but still well short of 300'. I'm not sure who did the design work but it seemed like they knew a decent amount about disc golf because even in this short 9 holes there is a pretty good mix of uphill/downhill holes. The majority of the holes feel pretty manageable for both rightys and leftys with no major hooks in play aside from soft turns/fades. There are nice concrete tees, informative tee signs, and permanent baskets which is more than I can say for most short 9 hole school courses. Some of these baskets are not in the best of shape (one looks like it was hit by a mower) but this is something that could potentially be fixed in the future. I shot 2 rounds here while filming the course. I managed to shoot -6 with an ace on one round and -8 on the other round so that will tell you how short of a course this is. Course length aside, the layout is pretty fun for what it is. It is a great place to learn the sport of disc golf without having a chance of losing a disc. I'm not going to recommend that you drive out of your way to play this course but if you are ever in town and want to play a quick 9 hole round, stop in here. It is pretty close to Morningside Park DGC geographically and will only take you about 20 minutes to play if you can keep yourself from trying to ace run every single hole. Go get a round in here and show the community that us disc golfers appreciate even the smaller courses that help grow the sport in the area! If you are interested in seeing this course on video, check out the 2 videos I filmed below...

Putter only round: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9Ynahzolno
2nd additional round: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3a-kK8vYOs

For more videos on this course, please consider checking out this playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLW_PphhAUBjWaIPnTCQF_9htd3c9g_VFe