(2.607 Rating) A heavily wooded shot shaping course needing more time to beat in.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - I would define the landscape here as rugged raw decadence. There's a lot of flavor packed into this small parcel and I was digging the charm it was dishing out. Clayton Park is generally flat and there is no water, but there are hardly any bland shots. Hole (14) to me, was the only snoozer. I found the attractiveness of the woods to be the course's strongest attribute. I scored the beauty aspect at 70 percentile.
- HOLE VARIETY - 14 holes I would define as heavily wooded. Some are short, some are jump putts, some play left, some play right, some play straight. Some even play around improv dead branch wooden fortresses. There are two holes that start open and finish into a pocket and one that starts wooded and ends in the open. I realize that the course leans heavily on the woods aspect, but it felt like it was switched up well enough to not feel copy-cat.
- BASIC AMENITIES - MachVIIs are awesome. They look and catch great. The tees are ok, being a wood framed box with crusher run gravel dumped in. I didn't have any issues, other than I thought they were on the smallish side. The signage is basic, but works for the course's young age. They'll need to upgrade this when funds become available. The park also has restrooms and shelters. It would be nice if they started adding a few seating areas.
- QUICK PLAY - Despite the jungle like conditions here, I got in and out in 45 minutes. Many of the holes are so short that even a bad ricochet will be found as it likely didn't have to go far with only 150 foot power being applied. Winter rounds are likely even quicker.

Short and weird lines
- NOT BOMBER FRIENDLY - Players that enjoy air mailing it past their friends will come here once, and then never show up again. Only one open hole and three half open holes by my count. Having big distance is probably going to be a handicap. Several lines felt tighter than 6 feet wide well down fairway. In my 630 course played portfolio, less than 5 percent are more wooded than this course.
- OVERGROWTH - I probably played during peak overgrowth, July, and it was pretty wild in spots. Players that are mama's boys are going to complain and likely wuss out before the round is over. Considering the constricted fairway lines, I don't see how anyone throwing it doesn't end up well in it a few times. I personally liked the rawness, but I know players that wouldn't. Likely filled to the brim with mosquitoes, spiders and ticks at times. I'm glad I deeted up.
- SIGNAGE AND NAVIGATION - I forgave some of this as the course was new when I threw it. If the signage hasn't been upgraded yet, players can expect very limited offerings in this category. It was just a number at the tees and a couple were missing. There are some well-placed navigational cues, but it appears some may have been swallowed up by the encroaching overgrowth or have been kicked over. Many transitions are intuitive, but a couple are not.

This course is going to have some vast opinions due to the wooded nature of it. Players that like short heavily wooded courses will love it, while those that prefer namby pamby open gameplay will hate it. I liked it for what it was, but thought that a few too many fairways were boarder-line between fair and poke and hope. Overall, a strong 2.5 level course to me, with likely enough growth potential to reach a high 3.0 on my ledger. The gameplay reminded me of courses like WARP in Waupun WI, Overly Worman in Indianapolis, Creek Ridge in northern Indiana, Robertsdale Links in southern Alabama, Whispering Pines in Central Florida and Mountain View in South Carolina.