Great beginner course with a lot of OFF bug spray...
Minimum long distance shots...
Technical course which is what I prefer..
Course is open and playable...

$2.00 Admission into the park itself...not a fee for the disc golf course.
No overall course map.
Not very well maintained...
A lot of trees have fallen and just left in place...
Tee box arrows need readjusting in the actual direction of the Tee itself..
I found myself hiking through the jungle during holes 5 to 6 and 9 to 10.
Mosquitoes are absolutely terrible and will eat you alive, this is even in late October.
No benches at any tee boxes throughout the course.
No trash cans located throughout the course.

It has the potential to be a great course with a little more love from the park and recreation folks to get the down tree's and limbs cleared.

James Island County Park DGC is located in a huge park with many different activities and is a shorter par 3 course that plays through woodsy and sandy terrain. You are in tight woods throughout the entire round, so the course forces you to be technical and concentrates on your approach game more than anything. Off the tee, many holes require you to hit tight windows, so I found myself starting out with my midrange discs more than usual.

You get some interesting shots that provide shot selection. Hole 5 gives you the choice of either throwing left to right over a water carry, which is a more open shot to the basket. Or, you can throw a RHBH hyzer through a tight gap. Being 244' and on a more recreational course, getting wet is a possibility for some players who come here, so this hole gives you a nice risk/reward option. Hole 12 offers two distinct lines on either side of a patch of trees, so it also provides some nice shot selection. They holes highlight the course as they require more thinking for how you approach the hole.

The tee signs and baskets are in great shape. Navigation is very straight-forward and you mostly have very short walks to the next tee. Next tee signs are provided when needed.

The course is very secluded from other park activities, even playing near a marsh on a few holes. This is a nice peaceful and natural environment. The thick woods and jungle-y feel of the course was a pleasant surprise and not what I expected for the area.

The thick tree cover keeps you out of the hot South Carolina sun.

A few efforts have been made to provide elevation - like 11's elevated tee pad and 6's basket on top of a slope - but it is pretty much dead flat here. Playing through the same type of environment/terrain throughout the entire round, the course would improve with more variety of lengths and hole types. Being a tighter and shorter course, there are not many chances to let your arm go. Only two holes are over 300'.

It's pretty rugged in terms of terrain. Lots of long, skinny branches and vines hang throughout and many roots sticking out of the ground keep you watching your steps as you walk. There was never any disc-swallowing rough but you constantly need to keep an eye on the flight of your disc. Discs are easy to find if you have an idea of where you land, but are sometimes hard to follow the flight of your disc within the thickness of the woods.

The sandy tee pads were often loosely packed and didn't always offer good footing.

Finding the course can be difficult. It is in a secluded section of the park and starts near a rock climbing wall. Look for signs or ask to be directed to the climbing wall, as that probably gets more traffic.

A few things to make note of before playing here: though we were able to play the course on a Monday, it's said to be closed on Mondays on this site. I'm not sure if you'll have the same luck as us or not. Before playing, you have to sign in and then sign out after you are done. They seem to be somewhat strict about keeping the curfew, which I believe was 8 pm. The $1 park entry fee is obviously not steep, but keep that in mind as you pull in.

James Island County Park's DGC is set in a patch of woods behind the park's climbing wall, pleasantly secluded from other park activities. The woods lend the course a technical nature, with precise lines to fly and windows to hit. There are a few holes with landing zone considerations, and one risk/reward shot with water in play. Elevation is scant but there is one basket positioned atop a modest hill and one raised tee. The course's main focus is hitting narrow windows and corridors at shorter distances. Lots of putter and midrange throws off the tee, even for modest arms. There is a variety of left, right, and straight lines.

Navigation is smooth with lots of helpful signage; the wooded scenery is pleasant. The underbrush is relatively cleared out given the environment, so there's not much chance of losing a disc in the undergrowth. Some nice views of the marsh at the course's edge further enhance the seclusion.

My favorite holes were the tight and straight hole 3, the 462' hole 10 with its emphasis on hitting the landing zones, and what I believe was hole 12, offering two tight lines to the basket around a patch of trees in the fairway's middle. The presence of choice made for a nice hole.

JICP DGC plays relatively short, with most holes in the 200'-250' range, and no option of multiple tees or pins to adjust the challenge level. While the woods offer a pleasant challenge, the lines themselves are straightforward to the point of redundancy by the round's end, with lots of straight or straight-to-fade shots, especially if you have a decent forehand. I threw a straight-flying putter or a straight-to-fade mid up the gut on most holes. The course is great for a three disc round, but only challenges a narrow albeit important part of your game with its emphasis on straight and tight lines. Not a lot of lineshaping or variety in feel; the drivers hardly come out.

On courses like this one where space seems to be an issue - the wooded patch allotted to the course seems a tight space for 18 holes - I always wonder why 9 or 12 holes wasn't considered. The terrain offers enough technicality that some more challenging par 3s and even a few par 4s are definitely possible, beyond the few already given. With the course already too tight for a beginner, a greater variation in distances, pars, and lines would have really improved it.

There are a few spots where the course is fenced off from other areas of the park; one wrong tree kick or griplocked drive could very well cost you a disc.

The sand-filled natural tees provide pretty poor footing, even if run ups aren't needed given the short distances.

JICP DGC is tight and technical enough to offer an engaging round, but its relentless preoccupation with short tight holes caps its offering. It's a great course to play if you're in the immediate area and has some appeal, but it isn't a must-play by any stretch.