
Chris and David Sauls invite disc golfers to their private disc golf course
on 46 acres of beautiful South Carolina piedmont, near Newberry, South Carolina.
We now have 18 completed holes available to play, and expect to expand to
27 in the next year or two. The property features tremendous hills, 2
creeks, a natural spring, a 2-3 acre pond (to be constructed), long open areas
and large trees, all in a lovely country setting. We welcome our disc golf friends from in and near South Carolina to
visit to take a look, play the course, contribute ideas towards future course design, or even lend a
hand if you feel like it!
PLEASE CALL BEFORE VISITING!
You can reach us at:
David at home (803) 364-3999 or cell (803) 917-8316
Chris at home (803) 364-5282 or
cell (803) 917-8318
Either at work at (803) 256-8983
Note that cell service is sketchy
at the course. On weekends, best to call one of us at home.
or by e-mail (see bottom of this
page) (weekdays only)
NOTE !
Free to play
but RESERVATIONS REQUIRED! From March through May, course is generally
available on weekends, and some weekdays after 6:00 (our schedules are a bit
tight this spring). Tee signs are up but, other than regulars, we will
need to show you around the course a couple of times before you play on your
own.

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Course Status
The course is targeted to be challenging for the average pro and
top amateur player (930-990 rating). It may not be as tough as Renaissance or Winthrop
Gold, or geared to top pros. On the other hand, it is not being designed
to accommodate beginners, who may find it daunting. In short, the kind of
course that Saulses are likely to enjoy. To give some perspective,
course record is 49, and our 950+ rated players have been aiming to shoot 54 but mostly shooting
around 60, while one 900-rated co-owner has broken 60 twice but also been
in the mid-70s several times. (We do not recommend this
course to beginners, or those who can't throw a minimum of 250 feet with some degree of
accuracy, as you may lose discs or otherwise find it frustrating. Though
you're still welcome to try.)
18 holes are completed with Discatchers (or a couple of Sports).
The holes around the pond must wait for pond construction to begin, planned for
this summer. At any given time a few holes have tall grass as we make
the maintenance rounds (especially during early summer), and some of the rough is still very rough if you miss
the fairway, so spotters are recommended on several holes.
Descriptions are from righthanded player, throwing backhanded.
Distances are deceiving, as most holes have large elevation changes.
Click here to print course map.
These descriptions last updated
May 12, 2008.
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Air it out! Drive off a
huge hill through power line fairway, landing (hopefully) 400-500' away
(bottom of hill is 400'; deep creek starts at about 550'). Then,
dogleg through gap into woods to basket, with creek running behind it, 580'
total
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285' shot, through an arch and
then anhyzer up to a significant hill to an open green, lined with small
trees. (Note that some photos are reverse views)..
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325' downhill, with anhyzer to
right at end, with creek behind green to grab any shots that don't hold
their turns. There is also a risky but fun hyzer option, with
thick rough if you miss.
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198' tight shot through tall
trees, crossing a winding creek 3 times and finishing with creek running
along right side of fairway.
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500', uphill, tough
par-4. Drive straight up 160', dogleg left, another 300' down
well-defined fairway (3rd & 4th photos), and through gap in trees, into open
area (last photo is looking back), with basket on an open hilltop exposed to
the ever-present winds.
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Tight, 468' par-4. Drive
through tight window and up a slightly-inclined, tightly-defined 250'
fairway to landing zone. Then, dogleg right, another 220' , though a
gap to basket in a clearing. For the entire length, fairway defined by
tall trees or dense woods. (Note: The fairway for the second leg,
shown in the 3rd & 4th photos, has since been widened to about 3 times the
width shown---with the basket moved back another 50 feet.)
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186', straight, narrow downhill fairway guarded by large trees.
Dense rough to left, open woods to right (leaving room for creative
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295', slightly uphill.
Tee off raised teepad, through a fairway defined by a few large trees, then
out over a open hillside with basket located on a cut lawn. Takes long
straight drive with left fade at end; hill falls to right so, if you flip
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316' steep downhill shot to
basket, with an ever steeper dropoff behind basket.
(Bottom row of photos are
reverse view; tee is at top left)
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A very tough 236', driving up steep hill across 170' of
open space, to hit a tight window in a line of woods. If you hit it
well, you'll continue about 50' up a tunnel, then fall left to a basket
sitting on a steep slope, with a long drop behind it and trees guarding both
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| 167', tight wooded fairway,
teeing from next to creek and angling up a steep slope through large
hardwoods, including passing (hopefully) a 13-'circumference beech tree.
Basket sits about 30' above creek with a steep drop---almost a cliff---on
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Straight down shot, 281'---a
dive-bomb ace-run!---with the basket in a little patch of woods, with an O.B.
creek in front of the green and O.B. road looping around to form a virtual
island green.
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Level, slight anhyzer drive
down fairway with towering pines on right and dangerous hillside on left.
(After all the hills, you'll appreciate the level fairway). At end,
fairway doglegs right to hanging basket located just across perilously-close O.B. creek, guarded by
creek if you're short, O.B. fence if you're long left, and, if you're long
right, two huge trees to putt around with creek now behind the basket.
About 325' total, with danger all about. NOTE: Some
of these photos show basket before it was hung from tree limb---but location
is the same.
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Shot out of woods and across
pasture, with a big hyzer to basket about 330' away. Drive must clear
a fence on a rise which, being higher than the tee, seems about 10'
tall---or it's a stroke or retee. An O.B. pasture is right of the
basket, for drives that don't hyzer enough. Basket stands on flat spot
on edge of a hill, so long drives can sail on down. All over a
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Tee at top of gentle hill,
pat a couple of large trees onto a tight landing area, about 300' away,
with O.B. just beyond. From landing area, fairway doglegs left trough
a tight gap and down a long, narrow, wooded peninsula, another 180' or so,
with O.B. on 3 sides. The fearless can hyzer a long drive into this
gap---but will find big trouble if they miss. (NOTE:
Basket has been tucked a little further back, into the fork of the creeks,
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Birdie-time (and perhaps an
ace-run?). Tee off a hillside, across a valley to a basket on the far
slope, about 230' away. But.....the basket is circled by trees, and
the window off the tee will punish the errant drive. The birdie that
you just can't afford to miss.
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Throw to the sky! Drive
straight up a tight gap with only the sky in the background to landing area.
Drive from there to the next tier and up a path. Then angle right up
to a 3rd tier, with basket in clearing. 386' total, but all uphill and
plays about 550'.
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A great
finishing hole, calling for a level drive down a well-defined fairway for first 200', through a gap, into
an open
landing area 180' long (but hill falls to left; too much hyzer and you could sail down
hill). From the landing area, you must choose from 3 windows (straight, hyzer, or anhyzer),
then cross a deep quarry (O.B.) to basket location on other side,
perched atop a large, steep mound on the edge of O.B. Total
length 492' through the tight straight gap, longer if you go around.
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"18 HIGH" An alternative tee placement for hole 18, or a
warm-up hole before #1. A great place to rip it. Drive down a
level road into a flat clearing on top of a hill, giving a good landing zone
250-450' away. Then another 150-350' to #18 basket, on top of mound.
About 600' total. |
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Temporary
Holes
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| From time to time we've
installed temporary holes to fill in as we test the course, or to try out.
These photos show holes that are not in play at this time. |
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The Pond
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| We will be constructing a long,
narrow pond of 2-3 acres, and perhaps a smaller pond in a deep bowl
upstream, bordered by a large hill on one side. We anticipate 4 holes
to go around, over, or otherwise make use of this pond. |
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The Rest
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designed, but we're not sure of the routing and which ones will be in the
final configuration. As always, disc golfers are welcome to visit and
contribute ideas. |
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FAN LETTER
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posting it to the website (but not such much that we're paying royalties).
CLICK LEFT to see what an unbiased disc golfer thinks of the course (or just
read above to see what we think of it).
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You can reach us by
e-mail at
Chris@SaulsInsurance.com
David@SaulsInsurance.com
Note that these
e-mail addresses are at work---if e-mail us at night or on the weekend, we won't
get them until our office next opens.