Mid-South Community College plays across a well-groomed campus. It makes good use of the relatively small amount of obstacles available to create a variety of shots: low ceilings, tight windows, and OB all factor in, and there is even water in play on a few holes that experienced players will have to consider but new players won't feel they need to run from. There are plenty of more open shots and some real bomber holes but trees and OB are frequent enough to prevent things from feeling too grip it and rip it. Hole lengths are nicely varied though never exceeding 400'. Experienced players will be playing for 2s on most holes but in a variety of fashions so as to keep the round fresh. Beginners will have to engage in introductory-level line shaping that makes for a worthwhile round that will never become a beatdown. Overall my sense is that this layout is good for a low-key round regardless of your level of play; just don't expect much beyond that.

The layout is quite spread out, with front and back nines on opposite sides of the street, but walking between holes is smartly minimized. All holes have concrete tees and are well-signed, so finding the next tee box is easy. Parking is plentiful.

There is zero elevation and obstacles are indeed sparse in coming so the level of technicality is capped. Design is straightforward and oriented towards par 3s so don't expect many wrinkles.

The sprawling layout makes for a lot of walking relative to the payoff of the play itself, and with little tree cover and no places to sit the sun can certainly get to you. Bring lots of water and stay hydrated; a stool would come in handy too if you're used to resting between throws. The layout can be hard to follow at a few points due to awkward and distant transitions, even if effort was clearly put in to minimize such moments.

The course plays alongside roads and fences and through more central parts of the campus at several points, so conflict with cars and students could certainly arise. The campus was empty during my late-July Saturday visit, though.

The concrete tees are painted and I found them often to get very slick when wet. The grass seemed regularly watered so this compounded the problem even on an otherwise clear day.

This course is definitely worth a stop to break up a road trip, which is what I used it for. Would also be a good course for casual rounds if I lived in the area. Wouldn't consider it for much more than that, however.

Concrete tee pads, great signage. Manageable water holes.
Liked the back nine better than the front- better use of trees. Shorter but more challenging.
Liked the two water holes on the front nine- both very manageable even for shorter throwers off the tee.

Seven of the 9 front nine holes seemed liked the same throw off the tee. Kinda boring....
Crossing the main street (twice- no matter where you park) - lot of traffic!!
No elevation to speak of....

Like the previous reviewer- seemed like two nine's.
Without the two water holes, I'd give it 1.5. The back nine rates rates a 3 in my book and the two water holes bring the whole course to the 2.5 that I rated it.

I used to drive a truck for schneider national and there is a terminal just down the road from this course. anytime i was threw the terminal i would walk down and play the course. being a long haul driver it wasn't very often i'd get to throw a course but i always new i'd get a round in if i was heaading threw west memphis

most holes are fairly open providing little challenge. also, mostly open so can be windy

i used to work for a company and had a stop just down the road from this course so have played it several times because i was in the area, seeing that i no longer work for that company, i will likely never play this course again