PVCC Disc Golf Course Provides Outdoor Fun
When Mary-Evelyn Sellers became the Coordinator for Student Life and Campus Engagement at PVCC in 2023, the campus disc golf course was a forgotten relic of a bygone time. Two of the nine baskets were on the ground, and another was in storage, while the rest of the course was overgrown and neglected. Now, the redesigned PVCC disc golf course is a thoroughly researched and put-together 9-hole course that serves as a terrific way to enjoy the outdoors while on campus.
Improving the course from its initial state of disrepair was no easy task. It took a lot of dedication and hard work, and quickly became a “passion project” for Sellers, who described the undertaking as “daunting.”
No expense was spared in renovating the course. Sellers, who doesn’t play disc golf, scouted out other local courses and talked to nine Charlottesville-area disc golf players to get an understanding of how a course should be set up. She had her husband use a drone to render the map for the new course, presented the project to the school administration, brought in new dirt and grass seeds, built new tee boxes, reseeded the grass when it died the first time, and added new signage to all the holes. Sellers had the help of David Musselman, Environmental Services/Housekeeping Manager, and Will Scharer, Trades Technician, both from PVCC’s Building and Grounds department, and who Sellers said, “were my muscle” for the project. The amount of effort and work put into renovating the course is remarkable. “I want it to look nice, and I want it to last,” Sellers said.
The PVCC disc golf course comprises nine holes and utilizes the vast green space between the Main Building and the Stultz Center. The course begins just behind the Main Building, near the South Entrance, and finishes on the north side of the building. There are two tees for each hole, with the “B” tees slightly more difficult than the “A” tees, providing multiple paths to play the course.
For students without disc golf equipment, PVCC has gear available upon request by contacting Mary-Evelyn Sellers at MSellars@pvcc.edu.
