Chris and David Sauls invite our disc golf friends to our private disc golf course in the beautiful South Carolina piedmont, near Newberry & Prosperity, SC.  Tremendous hills, creeks, a pond, and a great variety of disc golf holes await you.

 

 

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.   Mostly available weekends and late afternoons, except by special arrangement.

Best suggestion is to contact one of us during the week, when we're easiest found, to schedule for the weekend.

Stoney Hill Challenge

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April 14-15, 2012

Stoney Hill Challenge

 

 

 

October 9, 2011    CLICK HERE FOR TOURNAMENT INFORMATION

 

Chris "Mess" Bash 

December 26, 2010   CLICK HERE FOR DETAILS

Course Description

One of the more challenging courses in South Carolina, geared toward Pro & Advanced players, with a wide variety of open, tight, elevation, and O.B.   SSA (1000-rated round) is around 59 on the diamond layout.

(We do not recommend this course to beginners, or those who can't throw a minimum of 220 feet with some degree of accuracy, as you may lose discs or otherwise find it frustrating.  Though you're still welcome to try.)

We've striven for maximum variety---long open shots, tight wooded shots; up, down, & level; balanced RH & LH, with danger on almost every hole, and no two holes alike.

We currently have two overlapping layouts.  They are:

DIAMOND---18 holes, 7310', par 61.  Includes two holes over 700', with plenty of O.B. to deal with.

QUARTZ---18 holes, 5350', par 57.  Still very challenging with lots of O.B.

Descriptions are from righthanded player, throwing backhanded.  Distances are deceiving, as most holes have large elevation changes. 

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These descriptions last updated April 26, 2012.

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* You can also see photos from the 2009 Stoney Hill Challenge here.

 

1 Tee View Tee View - Let'er fly! Tee View with Hole 9 in distance Approach from halfway down fairway Approach from landing area to green
  Basket - note O.B. creek behind Reverse View, looking back toward open area Reverse View, looking back out to fairway Reverse View, showing creek Reverse View from Hole 9 fairway

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. 

1 Drive under arch, down tight gap, then right & uphill Drive through that high gap and turn right Looking back towards tee Approach Shot approach shot
           
    Reverse View Reverse View of Basket Reverse View Jonas Card putting

285' shot, through an arch and then anhyzer up to a significant hill to an open green, lined with small trees. 

1 Tee shot, down and hard right (with creek beyond!) Blaine Kinkel risks hyzer route Approach shot Approach shot Approach to basket
           
    Reverse View of Basket Reverse View Ernest Vera putting (seen from across creek) Reverse View - looking back up to tee

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. 

1 Thread tunnel, then fade right---avoiding creek Looking up fairway from tee Approaching Basket, creek on right Basket Basket & Creek
           
  Reverse View Reverse View, looking back towards tee Coming at you Putting towards creek Bad lie (across creek)

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). 

1 Tee View - Drive uphill and hard left Looking back down at tee from first corner Second shot View from landing area toward basket Fairway view from landing zone
           
  View from Landing Area towards basket Long approach shot Reverse View from basket Reverse view of basket & fairway Looking back from next tee

 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.

1 Tee up narrow fairway, then turn right from first landing area, peeking through both doglegs From 1st Landing Area, looking through doglegs to basket A look through both doglegs 2nd & 3rd doglegs
           
      Final segment to basket Reverse View from basket Reverse View from Basket

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. 

1 Tee View Tee View - Straight through gap, then fade left tricky approach shot Downhill approach through trees Green
           
        Reverse View of basket Reverse View from basket
281', tight downhill shot among tall trees.  Straight through a gap, fades left at end. 
1 Tee shot Looking back to tee Green, seen from distance Approaching green Reverse View from Basket
          Reverse view, looking back towards tee

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 it, no telling how far down you'll sail.

1 Tee View (dual tee pad with #6) Tee View, with stakes marking O.B. on left From midway down fairway; O.B. is to left Putting down at basket Putting from below on overthrow
           
    Reverse View from bottom of hill From bottom of hill - note stakes marking O.B. Looking back from Hole 1 (tee at upper left) Reverse View with players on tee

316' steep downhill shot to basket, with an ever steeper dropoff behind basket.  O.B. line runs down hill and left of basket.

1 Tee View From tee, looking up at gap to basket Looking back out gap, towards tee approach In gap, pucker-putt at basket
           
  Dangerous putt Reverse view, back out tunnel Basket Reverse View of Basket Matt Peckham putt

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 sides.

1 Tee View Tee View, OB creek on left Mid-fairway view Looking down on basket (#15 green below) Basket on top of cliff
  Basket as seen from above (15 green in background) Reverse View, looking back at tee Reverse view from basket to tee Reverse View, with players on tee Looking up at basket from creek
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 left.  Very cool. 
1 Tee Shot (drive must cross road below) Green from above (Drop Zone view) Green Green, showing OB road & creek Reverse View, looking back towards tee
           
          Reverse View, with players on tee

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. 

1 Tee View Mel Shuman drive Reverse View, with drive coming around corner Approach Shot Long putt across water
           
  Approach over Creek Basket beyond OB creek Long putt over hammock Reverse View from basket Putting on hanging basket

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.  

1 Drive under arch, then hard left (or straight, on 14-Diamond) Drive uphill, through arch, then hard left Basket, with long drop behind Basket, will hill dropping beyond Basket, from below

[QUARTZ LAYOUT]  Tee off uphill and under archway, then hard hyzer left to basket on top edge of hill.  Only 223', but you end up with a lot of pucker-putts from above the basket.

1 Drive across wide open area to landing zone Tee View View from Landing Area towards basket Approach from short drive from Landing Zone, looking straight now narrow peninsula
           
  Green with OB on 3 sides Basket.  Beware of O.B. behind. Basket with creeks beyond Reverse view of green Matt Peckham putting

[QUARTZ LAYOUT]  476' total.  Tee off from hill over open area to landing zone 300-350' away, then up tight peninsula with OB on either side to basket with OB beyond. 

1 Landing Zone; 14A basket to left; 14D off in distance.        

[DIAMOND LAYOUT]  In the Diamond layout, combine 14A & 14B into one epic, 714' par-5.  Drive under archway and land a little beyond 14A basket, then LONG second shot.

1 Tee shot, uphill and then hard right Fairway view Looking back down fairway towards tee Approach to basket Reverse View from Basket
           
      Green Basket, from below Green, as seen from far beyond

235' "birdie" hole drives uphill, bends right, then downhill to basket, set with a drop-off directly behind it.  A respite in a touch finishing stretch.

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[QUARTZ LAYOUT]  295' Ace-run hole, tee tucked into woods on one hillside, across valley to open basket.  Photos to come.

1 Tee shot - must land between water & road Driving over water - not for the faint-hearted! Baset, Barn, & Reflections Green, as seen from tee Reverse View
           
          Quartz basket, with Diamond basket in distance

[QUARTZ LAYOUT]  295' throw off the dam, across the pond, onto an "island" hole on one shore, with a huge dead 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.   O.B. water to the left, O.B. road to the right, go to still-long Intermediate Tee for drop zone.

1 From tee, land under dead oak and proceed from there. Standing on tee, looking WAY down pond at basket Looking across landing area toward green in distance Landing Zone (basket in distance) That's the green, way across the water.
    Green, as seen from landing area Green, as seen from landing area Reverse view, from basket looking back to landing area & tee Reverse View from Basket

[DIAMOND LAYOUT]  In the Diamond layout, the 16Q green becomes a landing area.  Then drive back across pond another 300' or so to basket.  608' total.

1 Drive over water, then right (but not too sharp right) Drive over pond, then dogleg right Distant view, showing pond and last segment of fairway Long view showing dogleg up hill Second shot
        From landing zone, UP towards basket Reverse view from basket

[QUARTZ LAYOUT] Drive back over pond, 200' to clear, 300' to sweet spot, turning right (but too much!).  From there, up a defined fairway with 2 interfering trees.  465' total.

1 Tee View Basket from halfway down fairway Basket on top edge of hill Basket with pond behind Basket with a View
           
      Reverse View of basket Basket, with pond below Basket, with pond below

[QUARTZ LAYOUT]  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.  Mando (must go left of cedar tree) makes it tricky; wind makes it trickier).

1 From tee, basket way off in distance Tee View Drive over trees to cut corner Looking down on basket from top of hill Dangerous approach shot
           
    Basket, with drop-off behind Reverse View (tee is up that chute in distance) Basket from below (it's a long way down if you overshoot!) on a misty morn

[DIAMOND LAYOUT]  Reverses 17B, tee off from high on hill, over 17B basket and down shore of pond.  Cut corner of pond to reach green; basket is on back edge of dam, with steep drop behind.  726' total.

1 Tee shot - down road and into open Landing Zone - now choose your gap Approach through left gap from powerlines, options to go left or up middle Approach shot over (O.B.) Quarry
           
  Approach shot over (O.B.) Quarry Approach from across (OB) Quarry Scary putt View from back of green, looking back towards tee in distance
           
  Putting at hilltop basket Looking up at basket Reverse View from Basket Reverse View, fairway in distance Silhouette

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 572' on the Diamond layout, 492' on the Quartz layout, through the tight straight gap, longer if you go around.  

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Temp basket and Barn Shot through barn Barn Shot basket Barn Shot basket Barn Shot basket

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Hole 12 basket - Uphill Configuration Hole 12 Basket - Uphill Configuration Temp Basket - crossing OB fence of #14 Former #14 basket Former #14 basket

 

Quarry (under consideration) Old #16 - "Little Brooksville" Old #17 Green Old #17 Tee - straight up! Hole 13 basket---original location
  Peninsula hole - when you had to clear the debris piles Hole 11, as we first saw it Hole 12 fairway - as we first found it Hole 3 Basket - when first placed Abandoned pin placement, seen from tee (long!)
  Drive out of woods, then left Green      
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.

 

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Plans to create more new holes and have two overlapping 18 hole layouts, of different challenge levels, with only a couple of shared holes.  When?  Depends on what volunteer labor we get!

 

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You can reach us by e-mail at

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