Two tee pads and basket positions for holes..
Technical wooded course. Very beautiful, and fun to play.
Very well maintained and makes good use of the terrain.

Natural tee pads, same as Whitetail course. Not sure its a con, but they are hard to keep in excellent throwing condition. Also no way to know what pin position is being used without doing some scouting.

Played the short tees here the same day we played the long tees on Whitetail. It seemed like the layout wasn't quite as spread out as Whitetail. Just like any wooded course if you get out on the rough you are going to have tough time at making par! Hit your line and you have a great shot at birdie!
Also there is no water hazard to contend with if that makes you nervous. These are both great courses and I don't know how you could decide what course to play if you only had time for 1 round.

I'd like to walk this course even if I wasn't playing disc golf. The beauty is stunning and the walk alone would be a nice workout.

You can't help but compare this course to the "Whitetail" course that's also on site. This one is shorter, but has tighter lines and steeper hillsides. It also has a little more variety of trees and other plants to enjoy as you play.

The course isn't long, but it will test your disc golfing skills and ability to scramble. The lines are fair, but not forgiving. If you are a pretty consistent player, you'll have a blast on this course. We found it a great doubles course due to the tough lines. The scores are less consistent that most courses in doubles. This made it a lot more fun.

The hills are steep. This made them fun for a guy from the flatlands of Texas. Lots of high risk/reward shots on this course.

Cell phone reception is spotty at best. Free wifi available, but not "fast".

Natural tees, but they seemed appropriate for the course. If you let maintenance know of any problem, they will fix it before your next round. They're proud of their courses and it shows.

The park overall is spotlessly clean. We saw deer at sunset all over the park. The cabins are awesome. If you stay in them, you'll feel at home. The views are stunning, the people are friendly, the pace is laid back.

This park isn't only a disc golf destination, it's a vacation destination. Bringing the family will only enhance the experience. Everyone will have a good time.

+very hilly and very wooded
+four par 4s mixed with 14 birdieable holes
+secluded, spotlessly clean
+shady to keep the sun off players in hot Louisiana summers
+very well maintained, with practically no dead trees, fallen limbs, or thorny brush within 50 feet of either side of the fairways
+two sets of tees
+easy to navigate
+nice tee signs on the blue (pro) tees
+Innova Pro 28 baskets
+a few holes have alternate pin placements and more are being added over time

-hole 17, while an awesome par 4 shaped like a clockwise half-circle around a hill that is perhaps 40-50 feet tall, is showing signs of erosion and could be dangerous to traverse in rainy weather.
-cell phone coverage is spotty or nonexistent on the course, though it seems like you can usually get a signal in the clearing between the ranger station entrance building and hole # 1.
-this is nitpicky, but while a nice hike through the woods, isn't quite as scenic as the adjacent Whitetail course, and doesn't have par 5 holes like Whitetail either.
-dirt tees, which are actually pretty good as of this writing, will eventually erode exposing roots, or become muddy in rain, although this course is so far out of the way it will probably take years before the tees are a real problem.

The Dogwood at Lake Claiborne is a pretty big hike through the woody hills of north central Louisiana. Numerous pine and hardwood trees are everywhere on the steep slopes and valleys of this challenging course. Its fairways are about as tight as they get without being unfairly lucky, so Dogwood really rewards those who can keep their focus and torments those who can't. Scrambling skills are a must. The good thing about Dogwood is that the rough off the sides of the fairways isn't going to hide discs or cut you up with thorns, but there are plenty plenty small trees to complicate advancement towards the basket. The hills are steep in many places and this course will definitely test players' ability to throw down, up or putt downhill or uphill too.

THIS REVIEW WAS BASED ON PLAYING THE COURSE IN A ROUGHED IN STATE ON 24 NOVEMBER 2014. THE COURSE HAS SINCE BEEN COMPLETED AND SIGNAGE INSTALLED TO ALLEVIATE NAVIGATION ISSUES.i THOUGHT THIS COURSE WILL BE THE EQUAL OF THE OTHER ONSITE COURSE AND IN THE INTEREST OF FAIRNESS, UNSEEN I AM BUMPING THIS REVIEW FROM 3 TO 4.5, WHICH IS PROBABLY A LITTLE LOW COMPARED TO WHERE THIS COURSE WILL END UP AFTER A FEW PEOPLE REVIEW IT.
- Fun, wooded lines
- Brand new baskets
- interesting elevation changes
- natural tee pads
- beautiful park
- very clean

- navigation is not intuitive - NO LONGER A CON AS SIGNAGE IS NOW INSTALLED.

This course appears to be a work in progress and not complete. It feels and plays like an extension of the Whitetail course and throws like a mature course. Once the tee pads wear in smooth and better signs are developed this course will be as fun and high rated as the Whitetail course. The only drawback is that there are only 9 hole.