Just about a disc throw from Interstate 59 and northeast of Birmingham, the CrossPoint Church cranks out a fun, mostly heavily wooded design with an excellent variety of lines and tons of potential for score separation.

First, this course is incredibly easy to access. As you exit the interstate, you might be able to glimpse a couple baskets on the hill. Second, the course includes 13 holes in the well-shaded woods and is bookended by four open holes on each side.

The course has experienced some considerable updates since photos were taken two summers ago. There are now concrete teepads on nearly every hole (on all but the newest four holes). There is new permanent signage. Several of the holes now have two teepads, and about half of the wood holes have two or three possible pin locations, as indicated on the new signs.

Humble Tree has spread its branches and grown from an 18-hole to a 21-hole course. After Hole #9, there have been four more heavily wooded holes added and designated as Holes #A, #B, #C and #D. There holes have temporary mesh-like rubber teepads, which obviously aren't concrete, but I had no issues with the footing. Also, the original Hole #3 is gone; part of the fairway went over a parking lot and may have posed a danger to vehicles or been unplayable at times.

The variety of holes, especially in the woods, is excellent. While the layout is on the short side and averages about 200 feet per hole, there's a good mix of fairway shapes with notable elevation on at least half of the holes, which merits the "moderately hilly" descriptor. All the holes are par 3s – with the possible exception of Hole #13 in the long position, which with its twisting fairway design, merits being a par 4.

Hole #15 is one of the more memorable holes combining an open downhill toss with a visible outlined "island" and an elevated basket. It's not a long hole, but the delineated area demands accuracy and got my adrenaline going.

Navigation was fairly straight forward and the distances between holes tended to be quite short.

The course conditions at Humble Tree might suffer a bit after inclement weather. With heavy tree cover, there's definitely the potential for muddy fairways. Several of the holes in the woods have rutted fairways and challenging traversability.

Several of the holes are near parking lots. If you look on UDisc, there are guidelines that indicate there are several mandos and there is OB on nearly every hole. However, in most instances, only really poor throws risk missing the mandos or finding the out of bounds area.

The lines aren't pure on every hole. There's definitely some poke-n-hope on several of the most wooded holes.

Humble Tree won't be much of a challenge for experienced players. There aren't any holes over 300 feet. You won't need to throw max distance on any of the holes, and even the few uphill holes are short.

Humble Tree is my favorite type of course. I love the technical lines which prioritize accuracy over distance, which equates to being a fun challenge for me. There are plenty of opportunities to snag birdies while occasionally forced to scramble to avoid bogeys.

With the expansion to 21 holes, new teepads and signage, and an apparent commitment to improving the course, Humble Tree seems deserving of a "Good" rating.