Pros:
Nice setting among trees and rocks with some gentle elevation. There are 18 concrete tees. There are fantastic large color maps of each hole beside the tee. This also makes finding the next tee much easier as well.
The course provides ace runs and numerous birdie chances with many holes under the 200' mark. The wooded holes are pretty short for today's norms, but require accuracy and distance control. There are 5 holes that are pretty much wide open around the 275'-325' range to provide a chance to air out a longer drive. This is a fantastic course for shorter throwers, beginners, families, etc.
Even though this is an easier course than most of others in Middle TN, I still enjoy playing this one to work on my short game.
Cons:
A couple of minor design issues (I just deal with these when playing, but it does keep it from a lower rating than courses that don't have these issues):
- Hole #1- it is played over a soccer field/baseball field (the soccer nets when in season do provide an interesting obstacle!), but it would be unplayable if a team was playing/practicing. I have had to skip this hole a couple of times now.
-The long walk from #12 to #13 (from one set of woods to another), but the other option of putting a hole there would have been just a boring long open hole, so I think the right decision was made.
-#18 ends somewhat close to the car and hole #1, but you can tell with #17 and #18 the designer was desperately trying to get the course to come back to car somehow!!!
A few navigational issues as well, but just look for the tee signs, sometimes they are more behind you than you might think, paths are starting to wear in. There are a couple spots where the next tee is not in the obvious direction you might think and some have a longer walk than compared to the other holes. Hole #10 is past the dumpster, hole #13 is to the right across the field towards the back woods area.
The signs say the tees are Am tees. I don't know if Pro tees are in the future plans, but I don't see where there is room for them if so.
And for those that want to know, there are currently not any benches or trashcans.
Other Thoughts:
The designer did a nice job with the land that was available, there are 2 groups of holes in 2 separate wooded areas. However, the long open holes appear to be "thrown in" to get from one to the other and to and from the parking lot.
Good for beginners and those with a shorter range of distance on their drives.
Park at the rec. center. Hole 1 is across the street beside the walking trail near the park entrance. There is a kiosk with a color course map and a practice basket. The rec. center did have a few dozen discs for sale behind the counter.
It is relatively close to Barfield and Henry Horton. Playing these 3 in a day would make for a decent day of DG and you would not have to throw your arm off to play all 54 holes.