The course has been given some much needed attention. The course plays very similar to the time before it was left fallow. It's playable because it's winter and the undergrowth is down. The trees down and trash cans have been dealt with... a good mix of open and wooded holes.

Very poor signage since the course was reworked to make room for Douglas County Animal Control. Hole # 1 was moved from the old location with no obvious directional signage. No traffic directional signage showing the location of hole number 1. The "Master" sign is still illegible and showed the 30,000 foot view. Hole # 2 now has a tee pad and still plays over a retention pond. Hole # 3 has been cleaned up and several trees removed. The rest of the holes show some maintenance. Hole # 9 has been rerouted around the mountains of debris. The balance of the course is pretty much as prior years but does show effort to keep the course mowed and clear. There are few hole to hole directions.

Deer Lick will never be my favorite course but it's playable and will provide plenty of challenging holes with Wooden Guardians.

Deer Lick's 5277' par 56 course is an Atlanta classic. Starting back in 1997 with a modest 9 holes, it has undergone 20 years of improvements and today has evolved into a really fun and well stocked 18 hole course. Most recently, with the addition of some concrete pads, new DisCatcher baskets, signs, benches, and more love that you can shake a stick at from the Douglasville club, Deer Lick became a hidden gem. Unfortunately, with the construction of a new animal shelter, it was one step forward and two steps back. But even that setback couldn't break the will of the Douglasville folks and after some thoughtful redesign work. The course is back in one piece.

Fortunately, a lot of the classic holes are still here and this is still a really fun course. It features a reasonably wide range of hole types ranging from 195' to three holes just breaking the 400' mark. There's a fair share of wooded holes, both short and long, but you'll get to air it out a time or two on some longer open holes as well. Expect some elevation shots scattered along the way too. Water also comes into play a couple times. Your first time is with a pond along the left side of the uphill fairway that leans towards the water. Believe me, that lake is on your mind the whole time you're on the hole with the threat of a roll away getting wet. Moving on to the next hole, maybe the most memorable if not the signature, is hole 15's creek shot. It's a downhill shot that punches into the woods and the fairway follows the creek. The OB creek bends and forms a peninsula just made for a pin placement. Otherwise expect some decent golf holes and look out for those with really tight woods shots.

Several holes have alternate pin placements that get moved on a fairly regular basis. There is some OB scattered around and one mando to keep you honest. Overall this is a solid course with a pretty high fun factor. There's plenty of ace and birdie opportunities. This is the kind of course that if you are throwing well you can light it up and if you are off, you may leave with your head hanging low.

The areas involving holes 6 and 9 still has some back filling and grading going on. So far it has gradually been improving and should be complete with time.

A time or two you'll find a couple holes that are shoehorned into place. If the course is crowded or come tourney time, expect to wait for other throwers.

On the back side of the course, on a few holes, you'll be sharing some of the real estate with other park users. On a busy day near the lake, don't be surprised if a friendly walker or angler brings your drive back to you.

Navigation is sure to be an issue on your first visit and the map on this site isn't up to date as far as hole numbers or the course in general as of this review. Expect some wandering around and backtracking looking for the next hole a time or two. Luckily, there are some directional signs and markers to help you along the way. That coupled with some disc golf intuition should help.

When pulling into the park, take an immediate left past the median. Follow the road up the hill and park by the tennis courts. Across the lot from the courts, look to the right past the fenced dog park. A disc golf kiosk with info greets you to the trail head leading to one's tee pad.

As with all the westside/Douglasville courses, the club does a great job maintaining and improving the course. This course compliments the variety in the Douglasville area with the pair of courses at Boundary Waters, Frog Rock, and another soon to be installed course. If you are in the area, try to carve out time to hit them all for a great day of golf.

Deerlick had always been a very solid course, and the slight rework didn't change that much.

It's a nice but not new park with baseball fields, tennis courts, a pretty cool skatepark, a large pond and a lot of amenities.

The corse is a good mix of long and short, woods and open, with a little bit of water and has enough mandos and interesting lines that even though it's mostly not very long it's pretty fun.

The new holes are mostly open and play across the open field behind the dog run. Not concrete pads yet but the rubber mats are good except in the wet.

Overall it's a very solid course, not my favorite, but plenty of fun.

The layout isn't super intuitive, and the holes with the mats aren't ideal. The holes are mainly on the shorter side and though they are mostly insteresting so that's not a huge knock.

If it were busy though I can see some of the fairways on 10-11 12-13 being so close that newer players could hit someone on the opposite fairway.

Overall it's pretty good though.

It's a good course and a fun addition to the Douglas county area. It's not in the same league with Boundary Waters but it's still fun to play and if you have kids with you there is more for them to do.