I titled this A Tale of Two Courses due to the layout of this course. Barfield has two types of holes - open or tightly wooded.
Here's the open hole portion. Mostly wide open fairways lined with moderately tall trees (most under 12-15 feet). The fairways are very wide and lined with an array of cedars, oaks and other trees that will eventually form a very nice barrier. Occasional older, larger trees are well used to force a route instead of letting the thrower chose their own. The grass is nicely manicured and short which provides a great surface for rollers. The open holes provide more length than the wooded holes and number 18 provides a great finishing hole that is also visually appealing. The open tee pads a gigantic (probably the largest ones I've ever seen out of 100 courses) with paved paths leading from the tees down to the basket. The handicap paved paths sit along side the fairways and provide a nice artificial OB to keep you in the fairway. There's virtually no way you can get lost on these holes from basket to tee and so on.
Here's the wooded hole portion. The layout greatly uses the woods to split up the course to where you play a few open holes, go into the woods, come out into the open, go back into the woods, and finished with one big bomber out in the open finally. Most of the wooded holes have multiple sleeve placements unlike in the open though I don't know how often these are switched up. The fairways are tight but mostly fair in that if you hit your line, you will be rewarded. There's a few spots where luck can definitely go one way or another. The woods forces several different shaped shots to reach the basket and everything is reachable with clean drives. There are more elevation changes in the woods than the open and make for some interesting uphill hyzers and downhill hyzers/anhyzers. Most have lots of outcrops throughout the fairways and greens with number 17's basket perched on top of one. Though the wooded tee pads are smaller than the open ones, they are more grippy during wet conditions.

There is excellent signage at each tee with each sign showing where the next tee pad (especially useful in the woods). I noticed there's a lack of trash cans at least on the wooded holes, so if you pack it in, pack it out. All of the baskets are in great condition and catch well.

The open holes generally around the same length (310'-390') and don't provide as much of a challenge as the shorter wooded holes. Recovery shots here can be very easy compared to the woods. There's no indication of which sleeve the baskets are in on the wooded holes which will lead to more walking/searching for baskets. The mono-toned gray color of the baskets doesn't help the search either. Though the open tee pads are oversized, they can be very slick when wet. The wooded holes are not part of the handicap accessible portion of the course and have smaller tees. As in smaller, I mean, normal sized tee pads. The walk from 16's basket to 17's tee is ridiculous since both 16's and 17's tee pads are at the same elevation on the hill. Feel like there could have been a different design for 17 to lead to 18 just the same.

Barfield Crescent is an immensely fun course that provides a little something for everyone. The open holes provide a great place to let 'em rip but not without some control and is also a great place to practice rollers of varying distances. The wooded holes showcase the typical Tennessee fairway with tight lines and a little luck. I found those to be very fun and they kinda remind me of some North Carolina fairways. I kinda find it laughable that people complain about the concrete circles around the baskets eating away at discs yet they don't complain about trees doing the exact same thing.

Very Clean park. The maps at each tee were in great shape. Easy acess to the park and to the course.

Cement surrounding each basket in the front 9 will eat up a disk quickly.

I had only a little of daylight left to play. I got the first 9 in and it was too dark to play the back half. Front half, was well groomed, clean and great for beginners.

Lots of variety. The water holes are fun and not intimidating. Most holes in the back 9 play through some very scenic rocky landscapes. Excellent signage and layout.

The same rocky landscape, though pretty, can be rough on discs. Pretty crowded, as most awesome parks tend to be.

I will make the 45 min. drive and add this to my regular rotation of courses to play. Worth a trip. I played this course a few years back and they have put a ton of work into since then. Keep up the good work!

Aesthetically, probably the nicest course in middle TN. Definitely the best tee box signage I've seen.

You could live inside the concrete tee pads they have. The things are massive so you have plenty of room to make your drive.

Reasonable mix of wooded and open holes.

Water holes that aren't daunting.

Next tees aren't clearly marked on occassion. A lot of people get lost between 12 and 13. After 12, walk like you're heading back towards the 12 tee box, except stay up in the woods and you'll find 13 with no problem. From there it's pretty easy to find your way.

The tee boxes for 16-17 are right next to each other, and they both play downhill. So once you've played 16, you have to trudge back uphill to the 17 tee and play down again. Poor course design, in my mind, but it's really the only thing they could do given the locations of those holes.

You can skip a disc another 60 feet if you manage to land it on one of the concrete borders around some of the holes. This is usually a bad thing.

Go early or you're going to be waiting for a long, LONG time.

If you've played Seven Oaks at all, you won't mind the wooded holes with "no fairway".

Aside from the fact that I seem to never do well on this course, the only thing that really bugs me is the crowd. Even if I go early I still find myself in a bottleneck at some point. Overall, I enjoy it.

Great place for beginners and pros alike. In my opinion the cleanest park in middle Tennessee.

The wooded holes are almost unreasonable, especially if the pins are placed farthest from the tee.

Do not speed in the parking lot, cops are always all over this place. Also my 2nd favorite place to play in middle Tennessee.

Handy cap accessable, and good to take the girlfriend with because its pretty easy.

The blue on top of the baskets makes them harder to see when it starts getting dark

They are making some more water and will be really nice when its done

HUGE concrete boxes, nice pathways, plenty of signage

Half of the course is not challenging, some of the wooded holes are "gamble throws"... no path for a disc flight,

I was pretty let down after driving from Nashville. I'm sure in 20 years this course will be great (once the foliage grows). Several of the woods holes were just stupid. There needs to be "some" sort of route for the disc to fly

One of the best front nines around. Many ace opportunities spread through course.

Very rocky course especially the back nine. Can easily bang up some discs.

Tons of things always going on at this course. A great place to find some pro's help out your game.

Well kept.
All baskets have concrete pads around them (mulch in the woods).
Challenging woods holes
Many alternate pin placements
Close to parking

Hard to find next hole in woods.
Many woods holes have NO path to the hole with NO overhead options...plinko

Will play again

Attractive park area, pro shop with friendly staff, rocks look nice until your disc hits them, close to Interstate, the open holes have well placed trees that will be more significant as they grow.

Crowded park, wooded holes without defined fairways, no par/distance/map signs on the holes that need them most, concrete around some baskets, inaccurate pars when posted, some too small tee pads.

I suppose this is a good place to go if you want to destroy some discs on the unnecessary concrete, misplaced rocks, or uncleared trees. It was easy to get to from the Interstate which thankfully made it easy to leave!

UPDATED EIGHT MONTHS LATER: Some significant improvements have been made such as informative tee signs and the much needed clearing of some trees. More defined fairways are still holding back some holes, but at least the course is playable now. I doubled my rating after this visit and no longer consider the place an embarrassment to the sport. Congratulations!

It's been 7 months since my last update.

Barfield is a great course for beginners. It is designed so that beginners can play the 9 open holes as a beginner level, or they can play the full 18 with 9 additional holes of woods.

The park is very well maintained. Barfield is a young course, so there are a lot of smaller trees that have been planted on the open holes over the past few years.

They have new tee signs, so you shouldn't get lost anymore. They also have benches and trash cans on most of the holes.

You will have several options on a lot of the holes, so you will be able to use all the shots in your bag.

Some of the holes have multiple locations, and the baskets are moved every month or so. There are also 2 small ponds now that you throw over.

The 9 open holes are handicap accessible. The only downside to this is the concrete ring that surrounds the basket. It can scuff up your discs pretty well, but that's not a big deal.

The only real problem I have with this course are a few holes (4,13, 16 long, 17) that don't have a defined fairway.

The woods are rocky, so they can be slick when it's wet.

It can get crowded after 3 on weekdays and then most of the weekend. When I have played before 3, the course flows pretty well.

This was my home course and I found it a great course to learn on. Most of the open holes are 320-375, so a little short if you have a long arm, but great for beginners.

Barfield is doing a good job of working and developing the course for the future. I really look forward to playing this course in the future because of the additions and growth this course is having.

As of today here are my favorite Nashville area courses:

1. Cedar Hill Park
2. Crockett Park
3. Liberty Park
4. Sharp Springs Park
5. Barfield Crescent Park
6. Seven Oaks Park
7. Two Rivers

I haven't played Sanders Ferry, Cedars of Lebanon, or Triple Creek.

- Fun for new or casual player
- Unique technical shots on back 9

- Heavily played
- Holes are short with some awkward fairways

This course has some elements that would bother a more serious golfer. It is heavily played by large groups with frisbees and thus, is hard to play quickly. The open holes are short and bland, requiring no more than a midrange or fairway driver. Some of the wooded holes have awkward and unclear fairways (16, 17) and need a well placed shot plus some luck to get a putt. Although some claim that it is "well constructed" I would have stretch the open holes and dug deeper into the woods for some shots that require some power and accuracy. Of the Nash area courses, I'd only rank this above 2 Rivers.

this is such a beautiful course. it is well maintained. mowed every morning. it has concrete paths leading to each hole that is in the open. lots of beautiful plants and trees in the front nine area. baskets are in great shape. concrete tees on each hole. a tournament is held the last saturday of every weekend also. this course is well worth the trip from any point in tennessee. the wilderness store is a little ways down the road from the course just in case you need a spare disc. the rocks add a nice touch to some of your throws.

there tends to be a lot of people. it gets slick and muddy when it is wet. the rocks can be hazardous to your discs... i know from experience.

my personal favorite course

This is a beautiful course in a great park. The course is very clean and appeared to be well maintained. Lots of young trees and shrubs are planted around the course on the open holes and will be really nice when they reach maturity. The flat rocks among the hardwoods and cedar trees made for a really nice setting in the woods.

The average holes are in the 300' range with some shorter ones in the woods. Of the open holes number seven stands out with a punch out crossing a small pond. The wooded holes can be challenging with the thick trees mixed with some sweeping doglegs here and there. Thirteen, sixteen, and seventeen stand out to me of all the wooded holes. Thirteen is an uphill shot with lots of trees to navigate around. Sixteen and seventeen are downhill shots with doglegs right and left. Also Seventeen should be noted for having the basket set on the edge of a 3' rock cliff. Eighteen is a fun way to end with its 380'~ downhill shot to the parking lot. You will want to throw several discs at this one for sure.

Concrete tee pads, benches, and signs were a nice feature along with the practice basket near the parking lot. Most signs say "par 4" and "pro par 3". I think most players would agree that these holes should all be played as par 3.

Even with rainy weather we still saw lots of people out on the course. The course would be very busy on weekend days with good weather. There are 10' circles of concrete around the baskets on several holes.

Just 2-3 minutes off I-24 makes it even more worth while to stop and play, especially if you are driving through the area. H.V. Griffin is only about 20 minutes down the same road as Barfield Crescent from 1-24. Playing both on the same day would make a trip even more worth while.

Shows that a short layout can be challenging.

Very well placed obstacles

Design was maximized given the land used.

Short

Tee signs dont reflect actual par, everything should play a 3.

This was a fun little course to play. Me and some pals drove up to murfreesboro from atlanta to go to white castle and were very surprised by the design of the course. Its a short one, but the course uses key placement of trees and OB sidewalks to fight back.

Very good disc golf can be played here. Good distances and a lot of tight holes once you get to the woods. A lot of shots will be used on this course.

Sometimes they take a long time to mow the grass and they keep adding trees and a lot of holes would be hard to find for beginners on the last 8 holes because of the lack of signage.

Good course to learn to play. Lots of fun with big groups and usally not too craowded.

Terrific open hole layouts that use OB and a few well placed trees to reward/punish a player if they just rip it. 1/2 of the wooded holes are pretty well done, especially 15, 16, 17. Hole #6 comes out of the woods and sets up for a really nice finesse drive for a birdie. Clean, well groomed. Great place to play.

Concrete Basket pads are hard on discs. I used my Blowfly just because I didn't want to mess up my money approach disc. Half of the wooded holes are pinball holes. A little judicious trimming is needed.

This could be a world class course. The distances are fair so that even a 275 average drive arm like mine can play the holes to pro par. A little attention to fixing the random penalty effect of some of the wooded holes would make this a truly exceptional course. Worth stopping at if you are in Tennessee.

This course is solid, with a good variety of shot types. The layout of the course is easy to follow, and makes good use of all the land at the park. Several holes play across a relatively open field, but the majority of the holes play in the woods, along the side of a hill.

When I first arrived at the course, it was easy to find the first teepad - with a practice basket 50 feet from the parking lot.

This course is fairly short, but the woods and elevation change makes up for some of that with a bit of added difficulty.

I played this course on a cold and windy day, and it was relatively busy. I can imagine that on a nice day this course can get very crowded.

This course has 5 or 6 holes that play in a field with sparse trees. The rest holes that play through the woods. They range from 200-350, with many having tight fairways or dogleg hooks. All of the wooded holes have modest elevation changes, with one drive that requires a throw over a small pond (150 to clear the water).

Hole 17 is the signature hole at this course, playing down a steep hill with rock outcroppings. The final hole is ~410' and plays from the edge of the woods, back toward the parking lot to finish.

The best thing about this course is the elevation change on the wooded holes - it is very similar to Mastin Lake in Alabama if you have played that one.

This course could be improved by having a few more benches/trashcans and maybe an alternate tee-pad or two. This is not a pro-level course, but it is fun to play for all skill levels.

Good overall use of the space. The course starts out open and flat - the first three holes provide a good chance to get warmed up. I like the pond that has been added to protect the 3rd green.

With the 4th you enter the woods for the first time. The 7th takes you out from the edge of the woods and over a very short pond - good confidence builder for relative hackers like me. The 12th starts a second stretch in the woods, and it's one of my favorite holes. Lots of fairway for the drive, but you have to know when to cut right to find the hole. Look for the huge dirt mound, and aim in front of that. 14 provides a choice for either a hyzer or anhyzer drive through the woods. The 17th is a fun downhill to the basket on a rock ledge, again through the woods. Good tee boxes throughout.

By the time you finish the second set of open holes, 8-11, the straight back and forth begins to feel a bit repetitive, although 9 adds a dogleg slightly uphill left to the mix. 16 and 17 are both short wooded downhills. You have to walk back up the hill from the 16th to get to the tee at 17. At least it's pretty well marked.

There is a lot of flatrock ground among the woods. This provides an opportunity for long skips on shots - most of the time favorable. Every once in a while, though, approaches can go out of control. That's the case with the asphalt around the open field baskets as well, but I don't see that as a huge problem. Almost all the holes are in the 300-400 ft. range, with a few shorter holes in the woods. The course managers set up some shorter basket options the most recent time we played. This layout was easier than I remember from previous rounds. The wilderness station at the southeast edge of the park is a decent source of discs, as well as snacks and general info about the area.

This course has a nice mix of short and long holes. It also has some open holes and wooded holes. The tee pads are large and the signs are nice. This is one throw over a small pond and some nice down hill throws in the woods. I really love hole #16.

It seems like this course is either open or too wooded. A couple of holes have absolutely no fairway are you are just throwing and hoeping to get lucky. I also do not understand the concrete around the baskets. This scuffs up your putters and makes approaches skip away. It's just a very bad idea

This is a decent course if you are in the area. The have planted a bunch of young trees on the open holes so it will get better in time. It just feels like the holes are too easy or rediculously hard.