Well executed course in a large, multi-purpose, municipal park.

• Variety: Good – Plenty of well-wooded holes that really make you select a line and hit it, with a few holes open enough to provide some degree of relief from playing lumberjack. Good range of distances, with a nice mix of fairway shapes that gives players able to throw FH and BH an advantage.

•Challenge: Excellent – Tight but fair lines test your decision making and execution. The combination of woods and distance make shooting par a pretty decent score. Any birdies are well earned. Most holes favor placement over distance, so those with a strong technical game should do well, but there are a few holes where big arms have chance to gain some strokes.

• Elevation: Good - Nothing intense, but enough to hit the mark. Features uphills, downhills, valley shots, as well as some rollaway possibilities.

• Aesthetics: Very good – Wonderful hike through a mature growth southern forest. Personally, I like the way the hiking trail winds throughout the course, but course is responsibly designed such that the trail itself and hikers really shouldn't come into play. Does a great job of showing our game to walkers, without putting them in the line of fire.

• Equipment: Very good - Turf tees pads were a complete non-issue. Blue Prodigy baskets are easy to spot in the woods and catch well. Good signage and plenty of benches complete the scene.

• Routing/Nav: Very good – Well done on the whole, with most tee markers visible as you walk from the previous basket, with pretty short walks between most holes. Hardly had to use the map (although exiting #9 was a bit tricky).

• Memorable holes: #1 starts off with a picturesque valley shot. #9 brings a winding creek into play, and I really enjoyed #2's woodsy elevation. #16 has an interesting transition from woods, into an open field, and finishing off uphill into the woods. #18's elevated tee gives you a great view of the park and lets you grip'n'rip for all you're worth.

• Fun factor: Depends on your preference of woods golf, or "let her rip" golf. Players who like challenging woods golf will enjoy it here. While there are a few holes where big arms can let loose, Edwards simply won't rate as high with players who aren't fans of woods golf.

Relatively few and far between.

• I don't recall the #, but one hole really had a plinko-like vibe to it.

• Drainage: Not too bad during my round, but definitely an issue here. If it's rained recently, expect muddy, slippery conditions (but at least there aren't any really steep slopes you need to walk in those conditions).

This is a tournament ready course that I really enjoyed playing. Very well executed on the whole, and I particularly appreciate how the designers avoided the hiking trail.

The disc play is wonderful, but I'm getting jaded and Edwards just doesn't have enough "Wow" factor to elicit an 4.0 rating of excellence from me. While I gave it a 3.5, I think it's better than most courses I've rated at 3.5. I can tell you it's a 3.75 ... but I can't rate it that way.

A wooded, advanced-level course with strong appeal to a skillful segment.

-Amenities: Quite good. Prodigy baskets, two practice baskets, turf tee pads, good signs with map, copious benches.. Could use some next tee cues.

-Beauty: This one scores pretty highly. The course is predominantly wooded, and after a light rain in August, it was gorgeous.

-Challenge: A high level of difficulty here. A lot of 300'+ par-3 holes in tight woods that require a really solid commitment or bust. I think upper intermediate and advanced players will be most suited to the course.

-Elevation: Well and copiously used. It starts off with the valley shot on (1) and ends with a cresting then descending par-4 on (18), with many variations in between. The hills complement other course design features and make the course much more fun.

-Shot Shaping/Gameplay: Predominantly technical par-3s. Distance will be crucial, but just as much the ability to hit fairways and scramble. The fairways are fair for sure, and pretty varied from straighter holes to s-curves and hyzers. Perhaps it favors a RHBH flex line. The course will reward smart gameplay, and knowing your limits. As a player that didn't have the distance to score many of these holes, I was still able to post a lot of pars by playing the fairways to my strengths. Mixed in are three par-4s, which are all fun, multi-shot holes that require planning.

-Flow: The course flows nicely. As noted, a couple of next tee signs would make it perfect.

-Maintenance: Underbrush was extremely well under control for a wooded course. The obvious exception is the briar patch on (1)…don't turn your drive over like me.

-Drainage: After a light rain, there were some puddles and some muddy patches. Nothing too severe.

-Variety: Possibly this course leans heavier on wooded holes than is ideal. There are less than a handful of open holes, and virtually nothing in between heavy trees and almost no trees.

-Reward Factor: For a lower-intermediate player like myself, this wasn't a rewarding course. The birdies were mostly very difficult or impossible with my distance. On the flip side, I imagine this is much more fun for an advanced player that can easily trample many basic city park courses.

Edwards is a high-end Very Good, no doubt. It's well put together with credible design and good terrain. To me, it lacks that special sparkle to rate it Excellent - I think probably due to the lack of variety with all heavily wooded, longish par-3s. However, it's well worth a try for any serious players, especially those with a comfortably long wooded golf distance.