(3.281 Rating) A better than normal HB Clarke course with great variety.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - Holes (1) and (18) are mundane compared to some of the holes within the middle of this layout. There are two loops to the course. The (1) thru (9) loop is a blend of park style and moderately spaced wooded holes. Hole (3) has some extra charm to it with the small creek running along the left side of the fairway and by the basket. Looks wise, Hole (12) is by far the bread winner on the course. (12) is a water clear shot with lots of little mounds and tall trees on the other side of the pond where the basket is. Holes (13) thru (17) are fully woods golf, and I was digging it. The beauty of this park is what bumped it just across my 3.25 threshold for a 3.5.
- GAMEPLAY - Eiffel Tower Park is blessed with a sizable and nice chunk of land. The design takes advantage of this and thus the hole variety is bountiful. There are some ups, some downs, left plays and right plays. Some holes need to miss one or two trees, some need to be threaded down a lane while others have fairway gap options with shaped line requirements. Water comes into play twice and elevation movement is very noticeable a half dozen times. Hole distances vary from the low 200s to the mid 400s. There are also several marked par 4s, but only a couple of them felt like true multi-play par 4s rather than just a bomber par 3 with an obsolete par indication.
- AMENITIES - Like most HB courses, the basic amenities are great. The baskets are older 24 chain DISCatchers, but 17 of them were still in good to great shape. The tees are concrete and measure 5 feet by 12 feet. There are also a few benches spaced through-out and I liked the picnic tables by both (1) and (17). By my count, nine new basket placements are present and it appears I played some of them. Detailed tee signage is still mostly present and a new course map is next to tee (1).
- NAVIGATION - As noted above, a new course map is posted. So despite the fact that the tee signs don't have a next tee indication on them, a brief consultation of the map should get most players back on track. Many transitions are obvious, but not them all. I did notice a couple arrows after baskets, but even when there wasn't, the map cleared up any confusion I had.

Unconnected loops.
- GAP IN PLAY - Holes (10) thru (18) are on the other side of Volunteer Drive. Players that play the holes in order, will have to make a 600-foot walk to (10) after (9). In addition, the walk back to the car after (18) is around 700 feet. I wish I would have skipped to (10) after (1) as the walking gaps are more in the 400-foot range.
- HOLE 17 - (17) is a ridiculous arcing poke and hope shot with many unmakeable 2-foot wide clean lines. Hole (14) is also borderline flawed and unreachable due to the angle, trees, up-hill nature and deep pocket.
- TIME PLAY - I was running between holes and still spent roughly an hour here solo with zero time spent waiting at the tees. I would expect group rounds to come in at over 2 hours.
- TEE SIGNAGE - The tee signs are plus 15 years old and many are still good. Tip of the cap to HB for always putting in great long lasting tee signs. The reason I'm noting this in the cons, is that many tee signs need an update. I think I played at least 5 new placements and none of the info regarding the new placements is reflected on the signs. In addition, two tee signs were lying on the ground.

I played both 18-hole courses in Paris Tennessee on this trip and thought that Eiffel was the noticeably better example among the pair. The only things I liked better at McNeill were the Pro 28 Baskets and leaving. I think 80 to 90 percent of the playing population will enjoy this track better. Higher skilled players that enjoy less woods plays will likely be the only ones that like McNeill better. It's not that McNeill is terrible, I actually gave that one a respectable 2.75 rating, its just that Eiffel does just about everything a tad bit better. Similar courses that come to mind include every HB Clarke course I've ever played… Joking, but Eiffel Park does generally fit into what the textbook HB style looks like. The most similar HB examples that came to mind were Paducah and Madisonville City Park. I'm sure there are better fits as I've only played 15 HB Clark courses as of this review. Not destination worthy unless a player lives within an hour or if one is visiting Paris for other reasons.

Great Balance of holes Front 9 3 straight 3 anny 3 hyzers. Two tunnel shots 4 blind shots 4 challenging 4s but makeable in three with great drives.
Back 9 More challenging,
10 bomber hyzer hole, 11- 2 anny lines, 12- pond shot into tight woods 13- blind curve lay up shot to straight tunnel shot, 14 blind SPike Hyzer (or Tomahawk) shot 15-S flex shot 16- Tight flick shot 17 HIgh Anny Shot (and a prayer)18- long Bomber anny . This course is a great practice for any disc golfer, makes you work with all your discs and all your throws.

Vandalism to course, lack of benches, lack of garbage cans, and some tee pad and tee sign need repair.

Parks and Club need to raise some funds and update the signs and get a practice basket.

When I first played this course several years ago, I hated it. But playing it now I really enjoy the challenges it provides, In this area W-TN and WKY its the only course that has this many challenges. Glad to see its getting more use these days and its staying picked up. Local Club meets on saturdays at 9am great bunch of guys. With some cleanup and updateing this could be a 4-4.5 course.

Paris offers just about any shot you would like to make. There are tight runs through trees, shape shots that also require precision, overhand throws to get out of trouble when you hit one of those little guardian trees that create the gaps. Downhill shots, uphill shots....
The front 9 sets you up for the back 9 in that you get to warm up your aim. Hole one is a big downhill run that finishes under a tree. Not a terribly hard shot, but the road is just behind the basket, and since it's downhill, easy to overthrow. 2 plays along the bottom and introduces you to the woods.
3-9 weave in and around the bottoms, with several really tight gaps, blind overhill shots, and lots of opportunities to really test your accuracy. Then, you cross the road and meet hole 10. He's a friendly little guy. Longish, but not too hard.

So, you're thinking that you've already played all the hard stuff. Well, you're dead wrong.
Hole 11 is a really cool little tunnel shot with a true risk/reward situation in that there are 2 routes out of the woods. One is a really tight cut to the right, lined with pine trees, but it goes straight towards the basket. The other route is straight off the pad, but you're making the hole longer. Really neat little hole.
Hole 12 is a daunting throw over water. Not too long (maybe 100' to the shore), but if you want to make the basket, you've gotta carry a fair amount of distance, avoid the thick, thick trees and not land where you will roll into the water. Very tough hole, even if you do make the shore. This is due to the large mounds, trees, and thickets around the basket. And, we played in the winter!
13 is a long, tight uphill tunnel that eventually takes a sharp right, goes slightly downhill, to a basket set on the side of a hill that will roll your putt down to the bottom. TOUGH!
14 plays along the bottom near the lake, and is another blind shot. The basket lies on the uphill side, and off to the left with trees everywhere.
15 is a beautiful hole that plays downhill into a circle of pines. Easily the coolest looking hole on the course.
16 is a bear. No real lines to throw unless you go over the pond, or can hit a very small window to the left.
17 requires a very well placed annie (RHBH) shot, and for a short hole, there are probably 100 trees between you and your target.
Then, you make your way out of the woods for a longish annie drive that takes you back to the road for hole 18.

They need to install some benches, trash cans and bathrooms out there. The signs are dated, but accurate-ish. Sometimes it would say a slight left, when in reality it's a pretty strong dog leg. Minor thing, and after you play it, you know. But for a first timer, it makes you walk a lot of the holes. Partly due to the plethora of blind tee shots also though.

This is a fun, challenging course that will help you hone your game. Gotta bring it to shoot good, and to me, that's a great quality in a course.

Very fun course, great variety of shots.
Course demands accuracy.
Hole 12 drives over water - no trees to hit!
Course flows pretty well.
The front and back nine have different flavors.

There are some areas where a shot into the 'rough' will involve a 'disc safari' in tall weeds.
Hole 14 does not have an actual line to the pin, which could be frustrating to some players.
Vandalism of course signs

This course is fun to play. The tight nature of some holes means that you may find yourself working very hard and making great shots just to bogey after an errant drive into a tree.
This course would improve with some upkeep.
If you enjoy playing at par, this may not be the course for you. If you enjoy overcoming adversity and amazing yourself with what you can do under challenging conditions, this may be the course you have been looking for.

Great layout, easy to make it from green to tee. Lots of variation in the holes, with a couple short par 4's

Can get a little tight in the wooded areas, especially in the summer.

Great course to start on and sharpen your skills. Lots of variation in hole layout.

Front nine is brilliantly laid out, with good signage for the most part and a wide variety of shots. Makes very good use of the park's walking trail. Back nine is very challenging, but uses some unique terrain and rewards good shots.
Brand new restrooms located behind #1 tee.

Walking trail receives a lot of use - occasionally lots of pedestrians and their dogs.
Course is very prone to vandalism - signage is often damaged or missing altogether.
Plenty of ticks in the woods during the summer months.

As other reviews have stated, the back nine is an absolute bear for those attempting the course the first time. Couple that with a confusing layout and little signage and you have a recipe for a frustrating afternoon. Play with a local or get a map if at all possible.
However, this remains one of the top courses in the area and is well worth trying.

Good mix of open holes and wooded holes. Nice park and disc golf is mostly away from everything else if I remember correctly.

I remember us confused sometimes in attempting to find the next hole, but we did eventually. The hole over the lake seemed daunting but I made it over.

The is the first time I played disc golf and I now love the game and am obviously better now then then. I hope to play this course again one day.

The restrooms and parking and cleanliness were tops here. Waste baskets at strategic holes. Course looked great, holes were fair, tee pads were long enough,baskets were in top shape.
Well manicured on most holes.

Who made up this back nine? It is one of the toughest back nines in our area.
I didn't like it but I respected it enough to want to play it again. The signs on the back nine were missing and getting to the next tee was tough on a couple of holes. Rocks for a landing area on 14. Lake water stunk to high heaven. Don't bring floaters, just cheap dx's cause you wouldn't want these discs if they landed in this water. Pheeeewwww!

While this was a dichotomy in terms of beauty and the beast, leaving Number 9 pin I couldn't help but think, :"I am already up three strokes and now I have to walk across this damn road.":
Why this course is rated at only two discs is wrong. This one is at least a three and probably a 3 and 1/2. If you are in the area, at least play this back nine.

The Parisians.... (parisites?) are very friendly. The front nine of the course is fairly well laid out with a nice ace chance on hole 1. From there is goes back into the woods. Hole 12 is a simple but great hole involving a toss of about 200 feet over a lake.

One thing thatis overlooked about this ourse is the variety and risk/reward. There are sooo many different shots to be attempted on this course. At the same time, anyone can get by with just a decent backhand/forehand. There is also now a map at the tee for hole 1 that has an overview of the entire course.

Some of the local kids have been vandalizing signs. It's a shame too because they were very nice. The back 9 is just not beginner friendly at all. There are some definite risk/reward scenarios, but it's still hard.

This course grows on me every time I play it. The shot selection is huge, and that's what makes this a good course. While the back 9 is a bit of an adventure.... there are paths that can be found after playing the course a time or two. The back 9 is somewhat of an acquired taste. It just takes a couple times to really understand the lines. Food and stuff is right down the road so it's fairly convenient

First hole is terrific, an ace run of about 250' from a hilltop.

Par is 31 for 9 holes. Great variety of shots. Holes 4 and 9 are incredibly narrow.