- free to play, free to park
- public restrooms
- easy to follow layout
- highly visible pins, baskets in good condition
- beginner friendly, but not needlessly wide open
- most fairways featured both RHBH & LHBH routes to the pin
- high canopy created lots of shade from the sun and height for putter/mid drives
- informative signs with distances and suggested fairways routes....when found
- no undergrowth, easy to find errant throws

- not all pads were concrete, some were natural and rutted
- some tee signs were missing, most were vandalized
- neighborhood fences boarder some fairways
- flat course
- area kind of bummy

This is my ideal beginners course. The fairways featured many large high limbed pines that suggested multiple lines to the pin , but don't necessarily force a single line. The forgivability of the Hitzman's fairways invites players to try their non bread and butter shots without too much punishment. Errant throws are not overly punitive here. There's a decent enough mix of distances for a 9 holer, nothing too long, mostly average fairway driver distances from tee to pin. Not only do these high ceilinged fairways help keep the sun off your face, they also allow enough clearance to practice putter or mid drives for the longer holes.

Overall, I thought this was the model of RHBH/LHBH neutrality. Hitzman is the ideal course to take baby steps outside your comfort zone, whether it be discing up/down, working hyzer/anhyzer shot shaping, or simply throwing straight. I'd eagerly bump my rating from a 1.5 to a 2.0, assuming the tee sign situation gets fixed and course upgrades to a full set of concrete tees.

For a nine hole course, I found the shot variety required quite diverse, and none of the holes are gimmies. It's challenging to shoot under par. The course is tight and technical. There is a good deal of shade and the park is very clean, it drains well, it's easy to navigate and the signage is very professional.

Rarely do I rate 9-hole courses higher than a 3, and that's when they are really spectacular. If a 9-hole course is worth playing more than once I will rate it at least a 2. While this course was worth playing once, it just didn't capture my imagination, especially when the Pensacola area has so many better courses to play.

The teeboxes being sandy are sure to erode relatively fast. I played from the back or the sides of the teeboxes.

Definitely worth playing once, due to the course design which is definitely challenging and fun. Kinda feels like playing in someone's back yard as there are several homes backed up against the park fence.