Has tee signs only indicating hole number

Natural tee pads are flat and fair to tee off from

More open than wooded fairways - beginner friendly

Some holes have slight changes in elevations

Well-maintained

Scenic

Quiet - I was the only player out on a nice Sunday evening

Free parking - but it's a walk to the first tee and from last basket

InStep baskets - cheap, portable, and catch poorly

Hole #9 basket is near hole #8 tee - shouldn't be according to the map

Course design and flow could use improvement - long walks between holes 3&4 and 4&5 and hole #2 plays across a road

This is a nice destination to visit but not to really play disc golf here. According to earlier reviews, the course has not evolved to where it could be given the good amount of land and scenery here. The baskets here are the worst and just one step above from putting into posts in my opinion. Beware that there is a man-made beehive near hole #6 basket in case you're allergic to bees. The pars from the scorecard are inflated and plays a par 29 or maybe 30. The staff here is very nice and accommodating as I had trouble locating The Sport Hut or The Outpost to try to register and get a course map. To find The Outpost, once you're past the gatehouse, go straight at the 4-way intersection and it's the second building on the left - across from the guest parking lot. The lady at the counter was nice enough to not charge me a fee for playing my discs.

The course serves its purpose as a small fun activity to do at this village-resort. The course takes you around Barnsley Gardens' beautiful property and it is very well kept up landscape wise. The staff is very nice and will give you a map and directions to the first hole. The last couple of holes present fairly difficult elevation changes. If you enjoy airing it out and testing your arm strength, this could be a very enjoyable course.

First of all, there were no tees. All there is to mark each hole is a wooden stake with the hole number carved. We had to guess where to start each hole.

If you don't get a map, there is no way to figure out that hole five is on the complete other side of the property of hole four. There are no signs pointing you in the correct direction.

Besides Hole 2, there is nothing particularly special about any of the holes. They are for the most part flat and open. This is understandable as most of the property itself is flat and open, but the designer might have fared better using the creek or going into the woods rather than staying on the main part of the grounds.

As a resort activity to complement billiards, badminton, and ball golf, this course works really well. As a disc golf course, it simply isn't worth any effort to convince the gateman that you just want to get in and play a round.

If you're looking for an open course to practice driving and accuracy, try out the Chamblee Church DGC in northwest Atlanta instead. The two courses have similar hole layouts, but the church is definitely open to the public (and has tees).

That said, Barnsley Gardens is an excellent vacation destination. The staff there are just too kind (including their famous "Fairy Godmother"), and they supposedly have a world class ball golf course. But don't start looking into rooms just because they have a disc golf course. It's worth playing if you're there, but not worth a special trip.

BEWARE: Renting out discs will cost $15 per person, even if you are a resort guest. They do not mention this anywhere in any of their resort guides. Although I'm not positive, I wouldn't be surprised if they tried to charge you if they caught whiff of you playing for free, so if you do play you may try to be quiet about it.