
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 20 completed holes available to play. The property features tremendous hills, 2
creeks, a natural spring, a 2 acre pond, 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 at (803) 364-3999
(best for nights & weekends)
David or Chris at work at (803)
256-8983
if neither of these work, try our
cellphones (but service is sketchy at the property).
David's cell (803) 917-8316
Chris's cell (803) 917-8318
or by e-mail (see bottom of this
page) (weekdays only)
IMPORTANT NOTE !
Free to play
but RESERVATIONS REQUIRED! 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. Available weekends only until March;
weekdays only by special prior arrangement.
Best suggestion is to contact one
of us during the week, when we're easiest found, to schedule for the weekend.

CLICK HERE FOR TOURNAMENT INFORMATION
April 17-18, 2010
December 27, 2009
CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS
WIN $50! if you can set new
course record (Click here for details)
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 overwhelming. In short, the kind of
course that Saulses are likely to enjoy. To give an idea,
before we added two holes and changed one, the course record was 49, and 55 was
a 1,000-rated round. (Current course record on the 20-hole layout is 60).
(We do not recommend this
course to beginners, or those who can't throw a minimum of 200 feet with some degree of
accuracy, as you may lose discs or otherwise find it frustrating. Though
you're still welcome to try.)
20 holes are completed. We're working on an extension to 26 holes
that will give option of two 18-hole layouts (with 10 shared holes), or one 26-hole marathon.
At any given time a few holes may have tall grass as we make the maintenance
rounds, and some of the rough is still very rough if you miss the fairway, so
spotters are recommended on several holes.
(Currently we're playing holes 15-17 out of order and adding two holes,
labeled "A" & "B", to make a 20-hole loop and minimize walking until we settle
on a final layout)
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
February 04, 2010.
CLICK ON
PHOTOS FOR LARGER IMAGES
* You can also see photos from
the 2009 Stoney Hill Challenge
here.
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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.
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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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242' tight wooded shot.
Tee off down tunnel, over 3 bends in creek. At about 200', fairway bends
right for last 50', with basket sitting inside bend in creek. Lots of
trees, lots of O.B. to kick off them into, but at least it's level (rare on
this course).
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500', uphill, tough
par-4. Drive straight up 160', dogleg left, another 300' down
well-defined fairway, and through gap in trees, into open
area, with basket on an open hilltop exposed to
the ever-present winds.
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Tightly defined, winding, 629' par-4. Slight uphill drive through archway and
narrow fairway to wider landing area 250-300' away; dogleg right, and level,
another 250', then dogleg left, slightly uphill, another 150' or so.
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281', tight downhill shot among tall trees. Straight through a gap,
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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. O.B. line runs
down hill and left of basket.
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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.
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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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476', with two tees.
First photo shows original, 300-350' downhill to landing zone, then up
peninsula with OB on either side to basket with OB beyond. An
alternative tee (not shown) is off dam, a slightly longer but straighter
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Still a little rough, this
235' "birdie" hole drives uphill, bends right, then downhill to basket, set
with a drop-off directly behind it. (These photos were taken while
we were still clearing fairway, but will give you a good idea).
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280' throw off the dam, across
the pond, onto an "island" hole on one shore, with a huge oak tree guarding
the lefty hyzer. Rather intimidating. You must carry 250' of O.B.
on a straight line to the basket; somewhat less if you bail out to the
right.
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As we tinker with the layout,
we've installed two holes to help with the routing. Hole A drives back
across the pond, 280-300', with a forced carry of 200-220'.
Trees and a a wooded pond area force a left-to-right approach; overshoot it,
and ground slopes down to OB water. (This hole is in process of
being extended so current basket location will be landing area---then it
will go straight UP a 30' wide fairway to a location high above.
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272' shot along top edge of
hill to basket sitting at top of big open slope. Shots that drift or
hyzer left may go way down the hill....or, if errant enough, into pond.
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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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| Some holes were part of the
course but are no longer with us....some of which were just temporary,
filling in as we built. Here's a few memories. |

We've plans to add and "extra 8".
This will allow you to play 26 holes at once....or play hole 1, jump across
creek and play holes 10-26, for a different 18-hole loop. When?
Depends on how much help we can get, and how well we can keep equipment working.
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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.