(3.289 Rating) A medium length park style course in need of some investment.
- UNIQUENESS - The aspect I enjoyed most out here was definitely the variety. Mostly a moderately wooded park style course, but with some interesting perks. Three fun water holes along Freeman Lake. Two 500 foot plus par 4s. Some nice pockets to shoot into and some tree gaps to split. I loved hole (8) where the best line was a sky high fade shot over a couple big fronting trees. Several down shots and up shots with twisting lanes. Overall I scored Freeman Park just into my top 50 for most diverse layouts as of this review.
- HOLE 14 - This hole is definition of a pucker-up shot. After not finding hole (13), (see other thoughts, Course Edits), I walked to (14) tee and saw a complete overgrown fairway forcing a blind play to the left and well over Freeman Lake. "No way" I first thought. So I put my disc back into the bag and I walked to see where the basket was. After seeing the well-groomed landing area around the basket, I walked back to the tee, grabbed a disc that I wouldn't hate my life for losing, and threw a blind flick prayer of a shot. It looked great out of the hand, but it ever so slightly clipped the farthest left twig. Thankfully the disc still careened in the general vicinity of what I thought would be the basket area. As I approached the basket, total bliss. A two foot drop-in birdie.
- TEES - Nice sized 5 foot by 12 foot concrete tees. Three holes have multiple tees and hole (16) has four tee surfaces. Hole (14) could really use another tee however. I have a feeling that a lot of lower skilled players will skip this hole.
- CHALLENGING - I rated the challenge as a par 56, although the tee signs claim more like Par 61. I found the difficulty best suited for Intermediates. Recreational players playing it as a 61 might find themselves around even par. Most fairways are wide enough for newer players, but the distances are designed for those with several years of experience.
- SKILL LEVEL FRIENDLY - This course manages to find the perfect middle ground between too easy and too hard with one set of tees on most holes. I could see Novices through Advanced level players enjoying themselves here. Lower skilled players might only get one or two looks at a birdie during a round due to the length, but the course is generally not overly punishing to errant shots except on a couple water holes.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - The big lake feature makes this park that much nicer. Three holes put the lake into play and several others have nice backdrop views of it. The park in general is a lightly wooded park style course, but there's one heavily wooded hole and a few moderately wooded lines. Lots of eye appealing moderate elevation change in the 15 to 25 foot range. The park was well groomed on my appearance.

More issues than I was expecting.
- MULTI USE HAZARDS - Other park amenities and park roads come into play a few times. The bench I saw next to (14s) basket was foolish. Literally 30 feet away from the basket on a hole with a blind tee location. On hole (12) I had to ask a lady to move here van as she had parked 15 feet in front of the tee pad.
- WATER HAZARDS - There are a couple of substantial water risks out here, namely (14). I will say however that the water looked fairly clean on my appearance and I personally would have had no problem diving in had I thrown in an ace disc.
- OVERGROWN TEE - I had peaked at the map just prior to (16), and so I was looking forward to throwing the long water clear on from the back tee. As I approached the tee I started noticing a lot of tree blockage and soon realized it had abandoned years ago. What a waste. It was one of the better lines on the course. In frustration, I threw the short tee and nearly put it short into the water. Whoops. No worries, so I made up for the mistake by sailing my approach over the basket and into the water... SMH.
- CHAINS - MachIIIs that have seen better days. Almost all of the numbers on top are hard to read from the tee and fairway. A couple were even completely faded away or missing.
- NAVIGATION AND SIGNAGE - No course map on site. Having a printed map in hand or one downloaded to a phone is a necessity to navigate this course, and I was constantly pulling out my phone to check mine. The tee signs don't have next tee direction and there are no directional cues on the layout itself. Tee signs are very diagrammatic and are pretty much useless in determining the line to the basket. The distances seemed accurate though.
- TIME PLAY - I was hoping for a quicker than normal round and thought I played quick, but It still took me 75 minutes solo. Figure 2 ½ hours or more for a foursome.

This course appears to be on a slow decline from its heyday. Everything is aging here and its doesn't appear that there have been many investments over the last five year period. Still however, If I lived in Elizabethtown I'd be here on a weekly basis if not more. Definitely worth a look see to those traveling along I65 as it's only 10 to 15 minutes from the exit. Players in the Louisville area who've pondered on whether to check this course out should definitely do so.
- COURSE EDITS - Not sure when it took place, but original hole (13) no longer exists. A new fenced off dog park has taken its place. There is a new hole after hole (18) the runs parallel to (18) back down the hill. It's not marked at all at the tee area, but the basket bears the number (13).
- CHARACTER - Its hard to tell from playing if this course has a hardcore club following. Typical things that clubs keep up like community boards, tee signage and navigation were mostly absent. There are only a handful of seating areas. There is however a practice basket and a bunch of alternate basket placements, so I hope that a club or the park staff moves them. There are also a couple of nice park amenities of note. Several well-built shelters and restrooms.

Very good mix of elevation, lateral terrain, wooded obstacles, water hazards, and open throwing space. There are good technical holes as well as a few that you can really stretch your arm.

Main gate was closed, which meant we had to start on hole 5 and work our way through. Not a big deal, but still less than optimal. The major problem though was one hole is completely unplayable (13 I believe) due to the area the hole should be at being fenced off. The next hole is playable but risky, in order to play through you have to throw a right curver over water and around a silo, if you mess up the rotation or power, you're in water easily.

This was my first ever round of disc golf, and despite the two drawbacks with this course, I couldn't be happier. I absolutely had a great time with the friends and will be back to this course regardless of hole 13 being operable.

Multiple tees and/or pin placements on each hole. I generally play the front 9 2-3 times a week, and try to get the full course once a week. Most of the time, I play the f9 during the day, so foot traffic around the course is minimal. I'm not the best golfer, so I enjoy the course because it requires me to throw rhbh, flick, and rollers which has improved my game quite a bit over the past year or so. Weekends seem to draw out a few more players, I don't ever seem to have any trouble finding people who ask me to join their group. It's a beautiful park and a great course that offers multiple lines to the pin on most tee shots.

As previously mentioned, hole 13 is out. 14 needs some major trim work done to really be playable. Most of this year, the grass was left pretty tall, so early morni ng rounds can get wet/slippery.

If there were a par 5 on the course, it should be hole 4, certainly not hole 5. Double Eagle is within reason on 5, even for someone like me who really doesn't crush it off the tee.

On the back 9, 13's gone, 14's unplayable, so I generally play 12 and play an alternate (the "pro") tee for 15. When you finish 12, start walking across the small field toward the lake. You'll see the tee pad there kind-of in the middle of the field, but there's no sign on it. I don't know how long it plays, but I do prefer that pad to the original one, I find it a bit more of a challange to keep my rhbh drive safe from this tee, and it makes the flow feel a bit better while skipping the two holes.

- Freeman Lake Park possesses a fine 18-hole disc golf course. Water comes into play prominently on 5 out of the last 6 holes. The majority of the course has open holes with a few scattered trees as obstacles, although some wooded areas do come into play. A slight amount of elevation keeps the course from being completely two dimensional. Dual pin positions help keep some of the more open holes from becoming repetitive over time.
- The water holes are well-designed and will certainly make most players a bit nervous. None of the water carries are ridiculously long, though, and alternative concrete am pads are available for the more difficult shots in case the risk of losing plastic is too great. #14's tee has water directly to the left and woods slightly ahead and to the right. A concrete silo extends out of the water just ahead of the tee. The green is easily makeable unless your shot goes awry, in which case you're probably in the drink. #16's green is comprised of a narrow peninsula surrounded by the lake. Four concrete pads are available for differing levels of skill.
- Well-worn concrete tees, but grippy and long enough. Tee signs list both pin positions along with distance and a map of the hole.
- Mandos force lines away from other park activities and add a little difficulty.
- Port-a-john on site.

- As mentioned in other reviews, the course is difficult to locate at first. Our group ended up starting on a random hole because we had already lost time trying to figure out where the entrance was, where to park, etc. Be sure to follow other reviewer's tips for finding where to go.
- Near the water, goose excrement becomes a bit of an issue.
- Many of the more open holes seemed generic or slightly repetitive, but this is largely forgotten by the time the outstanding water holes come into play.
- Short wooden posts that house electrical utility boxes dot the course in areas. I'm not certain if these are for campers or if they are for something else, but if in use, I imagine the course could become unplayable in spots due to the risk of hitting someone.
- Despite the signage showing both pin positions, it's often impossible to tell which pin was in. Going ahead to scout the position is necessary in places.

- Despite seeing only one or two trashcans on the course, the course was clean and it is seemed obvious that Freeman Lake is well-maintained year round.

Great location and scenery, good shot selection a must because you have a ton of variety on shots from short and technical to long and bomb.

Biggest Cons imo was the course was really full of liter. The course is full of pedestrians and bikers and dog walkers so dont take for granite that they think its their obligation to keep an eye out for incoming projectiles.

I was with a group of four and speaking of bicyclist we all stood around a tee pad and a biker rode off the road and in between me and another guy literally who was stepping up to tee off. I almost went Chuck Norris on him just to protect myself from a unannounced game of chicken. He literally rode right down the middle of the teebox without a beep a verbal warning or anything so congested was a understatement.

Nice all around shots.up hill, down hill over water,left hand right hand.Its all there...And clean one of the cleanest around!!

Hard to find holes if you never played there before.some trashy woods on some holes makes it very hard to find disk.

Great Course.

This course has a lot to offer: multiple pin placements on nearly every hole, a challenging par 4 hole, strategically placed trees and evergreens on almost every hole, a beautiful lake that comes into play on 3 holes, and some fun, memorable holes.

The tee pads are in good shape, and the tee signs are on tall 4x4's with next to the pads making the next hole easy to find.

The course gets closed down a couple months around Christmas time because of decorations.

The course has looping 9's which is great, but there's a small walk from 9 to 10 and from 17 to 18. This is fairly minor issue because it's not that difficult to follow, but a small sign could easily fix this.

On nice days, people tend to walk around the park and specifically the edge of the lake which is close to a few holes. I've had to wait for people a few times but nothing unreasonable.

Getting into the correct entrance for the course and locating hole 1 can be an issue your first time here.

This is an amazing, gorgeous course well worth checking out.