-Very nice goals that are in fantastic shape because no one plays on them.
-Safari layout attached to this page has easily recognizable tee markers and distances.
-Great place to bring new players to develop their power game.
-Hole 6 on the hill was a challenging putting hole.
-No danger of losing discs.

-No tee signs
-No welcome sign
-Few obstacles
-No water risk (some could say this is positive.)
-Cannot play in school hours

I came out here after some local flooding because most of my go to courses are a sloppy mess. I have never played here, so I figured I would at least go try. Worst case is I get to huck some plastic.

Other than baskets in the ground, there is no other sign of a course being here. No tee signs, no tee pads, no welcome signs, no schedule for allowed play, etc. If it had not been for the safari map on DGCR, I would have had no clue as to where to start.

The tee pads on the safari map were easy to find and made sense. Map in hand, I set out to make the best of my morning.

Hole 1: Long 360+ft bomb drive that is wide open. Not much challenge (reoccurring theme), but it was nice to just throw the heck out of a disc. I birdied it by the way, so that was nice.

Hole 2: Straight fairway driver to hole with no obstacles. Nothing to see here.

Hole 3: Straight putter to hole with no obstacles. Nothing to see here.

Hole 4: 380+ ft hole that let me pull out my Crank and let her rip. With literally nothing in the way and a low risk OB (baseball field to the right) I was able to enjoy watching the full S curve flight as I ripped it. Man, that felt good.

Hole 5: Straight putter to hole with no obstacles. Nothing to see here.

Hole 6: Toughest hole on the course. 380+ ft with basket planted on a steep hill. Putts have a tendency to end further away than they started if they catch a roll. I know mine did.

Hole 7: Only 261 ft, but also playing from a very elevated tee. Great place to practice getting used to elevation change.

Hole 8: Straight fairway driver to hole with no obstacles. Nothing to see here.

Hole 9: Straight putter to hole with no obstacles. Nothing to see here.

The back Safari 9 was basically the holes in reverse with different tee pads. I found the front 9 a little more challenging than the return trip.

Is this a championship course? Heck no. Its not even a tournament level course. But, there are holes here where you can practice certain scenarios you may find on more challenging courses. It also looks like a fantastic place to teach new people the game or get field work in.

Despite the lack of challenge, it was a fun round of carefree disc rippage in some places.

3/15/21 Update:
Out of the 66 courses I have reviewed, this is where this course ranks along with similarly rated courses:
Rank-Course, Location
51-Pauls Valley Flightline DGC, Pauls Valley, OK
52-Michelin DGC, Spartanburg, SC
53-Holmes Park, Greenville, SC
54-Seven Oaks DGC, Columbia, SC
55-Margaret Hunter Park-Newberry, SC
56-Black Mountain YMCA, Black Mountain, NC
57-Furman DGC, Greenville, SC
58-Easley High School, Easley, SC
59-Noble E. Young DGC, Tyler, TX
60-Simpsonville City Park DGC, Simpsonville, SC

-I remember that this course was originally nine holes when it was first put on site, then it was eighteen, and then back to nine when I came here the first time. Now it's eighteen again and hopefully that will not change again. There's been quite an upgrade. The holes have tee signs and carpet pads. So it's now much easier to tell where you are in regards to the course. When I first came here, there was no telling where to go and there were only nine baskets.

-It's now a nice simple course in the open with a moderate amount of elevation. Thirteen of the holes are under 300' with four of those thirteen being under 200'. Only a couple of holes are considerably wooded. #3 being one of them. You tee off over the road that takes you to a 25' hill into the woods. The green is somewhat guarded by a few trees in the woods. This was a standout hole. Short and steep uphill. This hole is followed by an even better one. 370' steep downhill par three back over the road. Pretty obvious signature hole here. There is an OB court behind the basket. You'll want to throw a few discs off this tee pad here. #8 is the lone par four. Right around 600' with the OB road being maybe 250-270' ahead of the pad. You must cross the road twice. You throw over the road to a different piece of land, and you throw from that piece of land to the other to reach the basket. A birdie is a good one here. If there's a high school team or club here at the school, it would be a big deal to birdie this hole.

-Few of the open holes play very close to the woods, creating fairway diversity. #7 is another possible signature hole. You tee off right beside the woods. The woodline ends where the fairway turns right. This is a very neat anhyzer hole. #11 has you teeing off next to a fenced area with trees surrounding the outside of the fence. So instantly, you have you avoid a couple of trees. Putter anhyzer is the play here. Slight left to right backhand works well here. #14 was cool too being tucked into the woods. This a 210' dogleg right. Once you are out of the woods, the fairway plays on top of the hill sloping downward to the left more than 25'. Go long, you could be 25' below the basket and out of bounds past the road. You want your disc to turn right very quick while throwing just far enough out of the woods. The rough on the right side is bit jagged.

-I think I would've enjoyed this course a lot if I played it back when I was a teenager and I still like it now. It's a great concept for high schoolers. Most holes are right in front of you by a pro's standards. They are all mostly open with a few trees here and there and many OB roads to avoid. But if you play smart enough, you'll get the hang of this course. Accuracy will be beneficial. Errant throws may or may not be forgiven. You have a lot of different minor challenges too. Holes #6 and #15 are perched on hills with great roller potential. I three putted on #15 and that was my only bogey for my round here. The elevation on some holes may influence your decision on what to throw. For instance, #4. It's a big downhill hole with a green on flat ground with OB past the basket. You'll want to throw something stable that will go straight and not skip.

-Large campus with a designated visitor's parking area. I came right after school hours. There was ROTC practice, cross country practice, football practice, and band practice occurring but there was still a place for me to park and I didn't have to yield much. The course does not interfere with different after school activities. It's a big campus with a lot of land!

-JB Red Owens Park (Foothills DGC) is only a mile and a half away and is another fun eighteen hole course. This is good practice for a tougher and even more hilly course with a better balance of open and wooded.

-Not many for me to think of aside from the crazy amount of kudzu behind #13's basket. Easley High School isn't an awesome "destination type course" but it is a better than average school course that I drove an hour to play without any regrets. I'm a 967 rated player. Most of the holes were simple for me, but a few were challenging and really make you think. I do wish it ended on a better note. The back nine was pretty fun but ended at its lowest point. #17 and #18 are fillers. Especially #18. It's a flat 240' putter shot beside the school building.

-You end on the opposite side of where you park. The other side of the building. It's a long walk back to the car. It's difficult to find #1. You'll see holes #9 and #10 when you park in the visitor's parking lot. You'll have to walk to the football field which is adjacent to the side of the building where you park. You'll see the paved square court. Walk past it and you find the tee pad for #1. You'll probably need U disc.

-I like that Easley High School is very close to JB Red Owen Park. This course is definitely like an advertisement for disc golf. I tend to say this pretty often but it's always great for there to be an easier course like this one to be close to a standard level park course. If a student or faculty member here develops an interest in the game by seeing the baskets, then they could really enjoy this course. I really loved holes #3 and #4 and you get to see more holes like that at Foothills if you love those holes like I do.

-It's a good rec/intermediate level course. I thought about giving it a 2.5 because it ends on a very flat note but I'm giving it a 3.0. I don't think the pleasure is limited to rec and intermediate players. I think it extends to all players which matters a lot to me as a reviewer. Few holes could be better, but it's hard to get the most out of every hole designed. I shot -10 with one bogey and thought that was a solid score for me.

Easley High School's course takes you on a tour of part of the school campus. Unfortunately, it's a simplistic one-way trip.
- Nine holes. Nine unchallenging holes. That's good if you're a new player.
- Nine baskets. Baskets are green for the Green Wave. And they're numbered.
- More than half of the holes have flags for tee markers. I assume that's what they're for. If not, I guess I picked an arbitrary tee area for every hole, not just a couple.
- #6 - 8 all incorporate a little elevation. #6's basket is on a slope leading to roll-away factor. #7 tees off from top of a hill down towards the basket. And #8 plays uphill.
- #3 has the most trees in play. By that I mean more than two.

Everything else. It's as if the baskets were just placed in the ground at set intervals, then somebody had to figure out how to make some challenge. Other than several trees on #3 and one on #1 & 8, there are no obstacles on the course. Crosswinds will be the biggest obstacle.
- Layout is terrible. In addition to what I just mentioned, #1 tees off in front of the school and #9 finishes behind the buildings. You'll have a long walk back to the car when you're done.
- A lack of tee markers. I found small flags in the ground throughout the course. I treated those as tee areas. I could be completely wrong. For holes where I couldn't find a flag, I just threw from close to the previous basket (#2 & 8) or the sidewalk (#9).
- Not a negative about the course per se, but an issue trying to play nonetheless. The course pictures and map on this site are completely useless. Some local created his or her own safari layout and are treating that fake 18-hole course as the course. So, if you try to use the pictures or map on this site as a point of reference, you're just wasting time. There are no holes #10 - 18, but someone is trying to convince you there are.

Easley is clearly one of the worst layouts I've ever played. Nine baskets in a relatively open area. Credit to the school for investing in baskets (or whoever spent the money). There's just nothing to this course that's appealing.
- Players would be better served if the baskets were pulled and either located elsewhere on campus or at a nearby park that can accommodate a layout.
- Baskets are in good shape. So there's that. There's also the opportunity to get creative if you want to throw at a different wide-open hole instead.
- This was as stat-paddiest of a stat-padding course as you'll ever see. Imagine if you've never eaten pizza before. And the first pizza you ever eat is the cheapest, $1.50 frozen pizza with fake cheese and fake sauce and pink slime-filled meat from some cheap gas station. You'd be turned off to the delicacy wondering why everyone else loves pizza. And if you've like good pizza, you don't eat $1.50 frozen pizzas. Same thing here.

-The elevation is well-used! One of the best Top of the World shots in Hole 6.
-Brand new DISCatchers. The green bands are a fantastic touch!
-The course is wide open, but every shot is different enough to create variety.
-The extra set of tees give you a different look on each hole.
-Most holes are 300ish which is great for beginners while still providing challenge for more experienced players.
-Course was well-groomed.

-The tees are marked by short flags and are very difficult to locate. Several are missing.
-The course is wide open with the exception of a few saplings here and there.
-Natural tee pads with the exception of Hole 9 which uses existing pavement.

Overall, this course is fun play (especially if you enjoy elevation). This is not your usual pitch-and-putt course because it gives you a little bit of distance, but is nothing to write home about.