Oakland, MS

George Payne Cossar State Park

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3.065(based on 9 reviews)
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Experience: 5 played 5 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Has potential but seems neglected 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 23, 2017 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Course has decent baskets and tees with options of alternate placements.
This course has potential to be a camp/disc golf destination and desirable despite being out of the way.
One section of camping is on hole 6 and hole 7 fairway, walked from my tent to a basket in under a minute; would be great for tourneys. .

Cons:

Tee signs are broken, worn/faded, or completely missing.
Back nine holes have not seen a mower in a LONG time, can easily lose a disc in the high grass in the middle of a fairway.
Tee/hole pics on here are out-of-date, scorecard is also out-of-date (couple of holes were listed around 200 or 225 but were actually over 400'), had to hunt for baskets.
State Park office staff are not helpful or knowledgeable about the course location, direction, or condition.
Part of course is in main park and receives at least some attention; hole numbers 12 - 18 receives zero attention and is neglected.
Tree on number 5 off the tee is overgrown-now requires a big arm spike hyzer to get around it and get close enough for a makable putt.
Front nine holes seem a little bland and repetitive.

Other Thoughts:

Deer walked right thru our campsite off number 7 fairway each afternoon, cool. Despite number 14 being on a peninsula, the water does not come into play due to lake level being very low. Seems to have a serious erosion problem around number 14 as part of tee pad now overhangs a sharp 10' drop-off.
The park seems to lack direction and leadership, there was a manager working the office from another park and knew nothing about the park-at all. If someone took over management of the park that understood anything about disc golf, this would be a destination course.
Mow the grass at least once every other month and I'll return just for the peninsula hole (#14).
Holes 12-18 had high grass (over knee high in places) in the fairways-bring bug spray.
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