Pros:
• Free to play - It was my first time to the area and I didn't feel like paying the $3 for Shepard.
• Well maintained grounds, I enjoyed the plant life and local wildlife - a pair of Canadian geese and a couple of box turtles, the latter of which were, shall we say, busy.
• Decent variety - some gripper 'n' rippers, some trees, some water. You definitely need to pull out some tricks on the back 9. I pulled out mostly tree-seeking missiles.
Cons:
• No facilities that I saw.
• The only things I saw in way of amenities was a couple of benches near hole 1 before the pond. Other than that there weren't any benches, garbage cans (not a lot of litter that I recall though) or bag holders (which on a day after rain come in handy if you don't like getting your bag muddy).
• Signage leaves much to be desired. More on this below.
• A water hazard that warns you of alligators makes floating discs kind of a moot point.
• Speaking of water, I'm sure the local players know this but after a good rain, like we had the day/night before I played, the back 9 is basically a swamp. Hole 15 was totally surrounded by water (didn't stop me though).
Other Thoughts:
• Natural tees
• While there are some directional signs to "next tees", the only thing at the tees themselves are short white posts which used to have a hole number, distance and basic map on them but these have long since been washed away by the elements. This is a particular con here because the course is split into what could be called 2 or even 3 different playing areas. If you go, PRINT OUT THE MAP. It was absolutely essential, I can't see a first timer being able to navigate the course without that map or help in less than 3 hours. As it was, the map isn't even totally correct anymore. Like stated in other reviews, 1-4 are together, there's a short walk to 5, and then a small trek to 6-8. Tee 7 is not as it is on the map. Now it's next to Tee 8, going the opposite direction, towards Gautier Vancleave Rd. The rest of the course is true to the map until you get to 17, which for some reason goes straight away from the rest of the course and leaves you high and dry having to walk back the way you just came and then to tee 18. At least I think it was tee 18.
Best holes in my opinion (disregarding alligators) are 1-3
I've seen courses with better flow, but it seems to me that you make do with what you got, and what they had was enough total area to make a course, just not all in the same spot, and at the end of the day isn't a decent course better than no course at all?