r/discgolf • u/DiscGolfFanatic I've played 323 rounds in 2025! • Aug 26 '24

Pro Coverage, Highlights and News FPO disc golfer Hailey King made this statement on her Instagram account:

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u/Zestyclose-Smell-788 Aug 26 '24

No of course it isn't. That's a ridiculous statement.

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u/slowpokefastpoke Aug 27 '24

…Are y’all just being pedantic?

They obviously meant the signs of slavery are common, not this literal case of baskets next to slave housing.

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u/ChefCurry911 Aug 27 '24

Do you play in the south? I played a c-tier today that hole 17 has quarters in the middle of the fairway. Leigh farm park, Durham NC

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u/Yokelocal Aug 27 '24

I’m pretty sure hat’s a tobacco barn - exceptionally common in tobacco country. I’d be surprised if it were that old.

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u/Silly_Attention1540 Aug 27 '24 edited Aug 27 '24

Hey Fellow Monday Flexer! So the poster below is right (but left out a detail): - Leigh Farm does appear to have been a small tobacco plantation (built in 1834) - There is a slave quarters house - It looks like the one in the fairway is the tobacco house, the Slave Quarters is the bigger one with the stick chimney that has a porch (that I think is on the other side of Leigh Farm from the course? Though I can't quite figure out, will look for it next time I play there)

This was educational though, thanks!

In general, lots of large undeveloped land area (especially anything moderately open) was former plantation in a lot of southern states. So you end up with an issue of "how do we use this land", and putting a disc golf course on it, doesn't seem like the worst idea? [As a lot of them become parks or historical sites anyways]

Edit: i think the one in the fairway is actually the corn crib? Whatever that is.

Also, you walk next to the family cemetery after 16 too, which is a good bit offputting :)

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u/ChefCurry911 Aug 27 '24

Thank you for being detailed! I was paraphrasing and assuming based on the udisc description. It's definitely an interesting, historical course and good to know the details

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u/DJGebo Aug 27 '24

This is absolutely true, kinda weird at Leigh farms that you have old buildings as obstacles in the middle of the fairway

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u/mrford86 Aug 27 '24

There is a course in Charlotte called plantation ruins at winget. It is a pretty good course. You can guess it's history.