- Not terribly crowded, depending if there's a show later on

- Holes where you can let 'er rip, holes where you have to actually know what you're doing

- Some signage on tee pads contradicts main sign at the beginning of course (like hole #16 is marked par 4 when you get to the hole, marked par 3 at the start)

- Maps on individual signs show up to four holes at once; can get confusing.

- Signage doesn't necessarily show a "fairway", just a straight line from the tee pad to basket.

- Going from 8 to 9 is easy as long as you know to look for the port-a-johns. Going from hole 14 to 15 is very confusing, though. You have to walk back out of the woods (past the johns again) and walk down the main drive until you see the tee pad on your right.

- A good third of the tee pads have wooden borders around them - some both front and back. I can deal with the ones up front mostly, but the ones behind forced me into a non-running drive.

- There's an extra tee pad next to hole 13. It is not the tee for hole 14. The tee for hole 14 is just below the extra one.

- Hiking trail zigzags through hole 14

- Workers apparently park far down on hole 16, so if you have a good drive you need to watch for cars.

- Do I have space to write about holes 9 - 14? How much can I fit in here?...

It's pretty disheartening when you have a good drive but hit a tree somewhere down the way, and see your disc roll 70 ft straight down the hill you just climbed up.

18 new DGA baskets in bright orange that are easy to see. Nice signs at each hole with distance and hole design.

Gift shop, restaurant, bathrooms and ice on premises. Beer allowed and sold on premises.

Lots of open holes if that's your preference.

Hole 11 is a very good, challenging uphill shot of 290'. But it is very steep and plays tough.

The few wooded holes are pretty good and challenging.

Carpet tee pads are junk and wearing already on this relatively new course. Muddy and tearing in spots. Could use an upgrade to fly pads or concrete.

Open holes are for the most part very dull. Just wide open, flat shots. Yawn.

There are several places where you are forced to throw over the road. Even on a week day there were some cars, trucks and buses that I needed to wait for before throwing.

Transition from 14 to 15 is long and strange. you just walk back through the ampitheater. Course is probably closed during concerts due to the the location of basket 8 right in the middle of where a crowd would probably be standing.

Overall design plan leaves a lot to be desired.

Not knowing what limitations the designer was faced with on the property while designing this course makes it difficult to be overly critical. It is a well maintained course on a cool piece of land with a bar and restaurant in site. Even if the restaurant appears to be a little too nice for me when I'm sweaty, stinky and in disc golf clothes. But you could dine and drink, and then go play. This course is Ok, but with some more use of the creek and woods it could be something special. It looks like work is being down now so maybe things will get tweaked as the course designer gets feedback and new ideas.

There are 12 holes that are mostly wide open and dull. #3 tries to make use of some trees, and #5 crosses the creek and makes you miss some trees, but overall the open holes are just flat and boring.

#14 is a gorgeous downhill bomb of 420'. it is steep and fairly tight, but fun none the less.

The climb up the fairway on 11 is tough, and 12 is also an uphill stroll so be prepared. when wet the trails and hills in the woods can get slick, so wear good shoes.

One nice option for this course would be to just use the open holes to practice, and enjoy some cold beverages. Skip the tough hike in the woods, and simply use it as a practice or fun round with drinks.

The pros for this course have to be split up into two groups; those who like completely open, flat holes and those who like technical elevation holes. There really is no in between. All holes have nice level carpet tee pads that are huge and large tee signs so you know where you are going. Brand new orange DGA baskets are easy to spot in the open and on the one huge downhill hole. For those who like minimal underbrush, the opening eight holes and 15-18 are for you. These holes allow for the big guns to come out with little chance of losing your disc. Besides from 3 and 5, there is no danger of getting stuck in anything (trees, bushes, creek). Once you start climbing the hill to number 9, the golf is completely different. Shorter technical holes with plenty of elevation force you to shape your shot to have any chance at birdie. Most of these holes are blind shots as well. These holes could appeal to more skilled players who can stay out of the rough. The holes that are in the floodplain have the option of having everything pulled (tee, signs & baskets) so that nothing will get damaged.

The open holes don't force anything except a long drive. Being that this portion of the course is in a flood plain, there's a solid chance these holes will be very soggy after flood waters recede and the course is reinstalled. With the wooded holes as new as they are, traversing them is very difficult. Many downed trees have not been cleared and it appeared as though a lot were purposely placed across the fairways for whatever reason. There are no trashcans or benches located anywhere on the course. The former is a big con since this is private land and keeping this course in place could depend on how clean the golfers help keep the grounds. I wrote that this course has conflicting appeal because more skilled players have to wait until the back of the course to find any challenge while beginners will have to throw their arms out before they reach the woods. The balance of the course is very odd and the flow didn't really appeal to any of the other players I talked to while there.

The wooded holes have potential and the open ones don't. With the amount of land owned by Fontanel, dual courses could be installed. One open course for beginners/non-wooded fans and one wooded course for more skilled technical players. I don't really foresee myself coming back to this course anytime soon. Unless you're dead set on playing this course, I'd recommend playing almost anything else in the Nashville area.

1. The Baskets - great baskets and nice touch having the orange.
2. Location - not only is it an easy place to get to, but having the bonus of the restaurant and other amenities gives a great feel
3. Hole #3 - In my opinion the best hole on the course. There is a great tunnel that you have to shoot through to get a chance at the basket for a 3.

It needs a lot of work! Not just in the wooded holes, but half of the holes could stand to be redesigned already.
Hole #1 - Easy open hole 400ish feet, a standard 3 for most everyone.
Hole #2 - Easy open 280ish feet, easy 3 standard 2 for most.
Hole #4 - Easy open 320ish feet, easy 3
Hole #5 - Mando around tree to right and over a creek, then you are caged in by 3 large trees. 350ish feet 3 is most likely what you will get, unless you get in the bushes on the right.
Hole #6 - Pointless! I can understand having an 880 foot hole that is a par 5 of a course that has some obstacles on it, but this is wide open and as long as your disc is going forward you are fine. No risk reward, no mando's, no trees, no nothing. Most will get a 4 many will get a 5 few will get a 6.
Hole #7 - this was a decent hole. 320ish that hugged a tree row. You had to throw a decent anhyzer shot to get it into putting range for a 2.
Hole 8 - another decent hole except for the fences that you have to throw over 20 feet in front of the tee pad. 300ish feet, and should be a standard 3
Hole #9 - some sort of sign is needed to get to the tee. This is probably the best wooded hole 300ish feet. They made great use of some side hill action and they left some good trees to make it more difficult. Standard 3 but could easily see upwards of a 6 if you hit the wrong tree and roll.
Hole #10 - boring! 170ish feet? Down hillish? This seems like a hole that they just had to put in to get to the next hole. Not worth it!
Hole #11 - Now I enjoy playing some billy goat golf, but this was ridicules! 300ish feet at a ridicules up hill angle. This would be a successful 4 likely 5.
Hole #12 - This was better than 11 and what I would call a fair hilly hole. 300ish feet and a hard 3
Hole #13 - Just like hole 10. About 170ish feet and doesn't make much sense. its in a bad place, the only thing is that if you don't park it you are looking at a 3 at best.
Hole #14 - considered the signature hole, and after playing with one of the designers I found out just why it is labled 420 feet (yes he did demonstrate just what 420 means in front of my wife and new born son.) He went on to say that the hole really is not 420 feet, it's more like 408, but he really wanted a 420 hole and proceeded to laugh about it. The worst part about this hole is the fact that it crosses a walking path 3 times. The worst part is that you have no way of seeing oncoming walkers nor do they have any way of seeing you. For a signature hole they really screwed up.
Hole #15 - back out to the open and you get a standard 300ish foot hole out in the open. There is a power line pole that you have to get around, but easy to do. Easy 3
Hole #16 - considered a par 4, but when you're putting from 30 feet out for 2 not so much. There is a large tree "in the way" but easily avoidable.
Hole #17 - WIDE OPEN! 340ish and nothing to stop you or make you throw a good shot. easy 3
Hole #18 - I didn't mind this hole and would call it a legit par 4. You have to navigate through 2 rows of trees, but those trees are on either side of the drive way that they use all day so watch for the bus. good 4.

I think that Fontanel really missed the boat on this one. When I heard that the course was going in I instantly thought about the possibilities for some great tournaments to be held there, as it would make an amazing home base. What I believe is that someone went to them with the idea of a disc golf course and led them to believe that they could make a "world class" course and they didn't.
There are so many possibilities our there with the restaurant and scheduling weekly events that either start or end around eating time so people will come out and get some food (and it is good food too). There is no one on staff there that is a disc golf person as well. This would be a huge bonus for them as that person could organize events, plan weekly tournaments, and organize work crews for help with cleaning it up.
I anticipate that within the next 5 years Fontanel will realize that they screwed up and either hire someone to come in and redesign the course, or just pull it all together from lack of use.

I played the course on opening day, they've done a lot of work and it appears they aren't finished yet. The course has orange baskets making them easy to see and nice tee signs by each pad. Many of the tees have benches and it looks like they're planning to install more. The tees were extremely large pieces of carpet and were very flat so I didn't have a problem with them. A lot of landscaping work has been done around many of the tees in the woods making them look very nice. Navigating the course is pretty easy and maps are available at the gift shop.

The wooded holes have big elevation changes on every hole and many of them require challenging, technical shots. The course starts and ends in wide open fields. The signature hole has to be hole 14, 420ft with extreme downhill.

About half the course is completely flat, wide open and boring. Many of the holes are long just for the purpose of being long. And IMHO, holes 16 & 17 are poor examples of holes. With lengths of 475 and 440 only the best golfers are going to birdie them and the other 95% will take a par, boring.

A couple of the wooded holes are so short they're just putter shots. While I liked the wooded holes, a few of them had too many trees in the fairway to call them fair.

There are some safety issues on the course I feel I should mention. Hole 5 doesn't have much of a fairway so the route is over the trees for those with the arm. The problem is that basically makes it a blind shot towards the next tee pad which can be quite dangerous since you can't see it.

Some of the elevation changes in the woods are a bit rough, but approaching 13's basket is particularly hazardous. While hole 14 is very cool, it also crosses a hiking path 2 or 3 times which doesn't seem very safe. A few of the holes in the open cross a road or walking path, but at least you should be able to see if someones coming there.

It appears the course has been changed some since the map was made so it's not completely up to date.

It's great to see a course along side so many other activities and I'm happy the Fontanel Mansion was willing to install a course. I think the problem could be the designer was trying to do too much with the course. It's described as a course for all skill levels but many of the open holes are too long for rec players and the woods are pretty tough for them. The open holes are so long and wide open they aren't fun or challenging for better players.

The course is still very new so there could be more improvements on the way, but I have to rate the course as it was when I was here on opening day.

Brand new 18 hole course. The baskets are sweet highly visible orange Machs.

The course is mostly flat long wide open holes (#1-8, 15-18). The middle section (#9-14) plays in steep dense woods with very narrow fairways. The open section of the course will appeal to the long-bombers that are looking for a place to throw it far with no obstacles. The woods section will appeal to those that like extreme woods disc golf.

There are a few standard solid holes here (#3- through the gap along the creek, #5 over the creek, and #8 across the concert area) are challenging yet fair.

*Takes me more than 10 minutes to get there.

The tees are carpet. They are ok for now, but chances of them becoming slippery and lumpy are probably inevitable.

The color signs are nice, but are really only the course map enlarged and zoomed in for that hole, so you don't get any detailed hole info apart from what the map already says. Also, the direction the signs face are inconsistent and in all directions. The signs are also currently paper with no lamination, so these will not last very long.

Navigation was not too hard, but some next tee signs would be helpful, especially for the transistions in and out of the woods (#9 is up the hill past the port-a-potties as soon as you enter the woods and #15 is on the far side of the stage tucked back into the hiking trailhead, just follow the road).

Most of the open holes are very boring as they are nothing more than throwing as far as you can in a wide open field. The woods holes are unnatural as they are forced into the woods on the hill. These holes are also very steep and footing is very tricky both up and down.

#14 is their supposed jaw-dropping signature hole, but it is nothing more than just a tight woods shot down a steep hill. It is fun, but nothing worth traveling long distances to come and is certainly not as advertised. It also crossed the hiking trails 3 times on the way down (I wonder how long it takes before a hiker is hit with a disc flying down the steep hill?)

There are many other safety hazards as well. Holes 11 and 13 has places where it is so steep there is absolutely no footing and is dangerous, and not suited for everybody. Hole 8 will not be possible to play if a concert is going on (I would guess the course would probably be closed during these times anyways). The road is thrown along (#5) or over (#15, 16, 18) many times and tour buses frequently are passing by on peak days.

I agree with the previous reviewer that some holes are for beginners while others are for advanced, however having both styles in one place really makes this course unappealing to all.

*Be sure to check the schedule for concerts. Tried to give this course a 2nd chance with an attempt to play on a Friday morning, but the course was closed and baskets were pulled for a concert that started at 1pm (on a Friday?). My fault for not checking, but be advised that to play here you have to plan around their schedule.

Hole #1 is behind the restaurant. This course if free to play. Course is closed on Mondays, except for Holidays.

If it has rained, you may need to skip the woods holes (9-14), the good news is that basket 8 is really close to 15 tee and makes for an easy adjustment.

If you are limited, then I would recommend most of the other Nashville courses over this one. For example, Cedar Hill is only a few minutes away, and is considered by most to be the best in the Nashville area.

Keep in mind this is a new course and there is some maturing and possible adjusting that will need time in order to help improve this course.