-This course summarizes the wide variety you can find in par threes. There are many ace runs under 250' and a few 400+ bomber shots. Few fall in between these two categories. Usually at an intermediate level course such as this one, many par threes are around the 300' range with their distances being somewhat similar. It's not this way here. The standard deviation (variety) in hole length on the shorts is even wider than it is on the longs. Since on the shorts there are even more holes under 200' and multiple holes over 400' that are still par threes. A two faced design. Average hole length is 314' (288' for the par threes) but most holes aren't very close to that in distance. Pretty weird, but you'll get to throw both some rips and have ace opportunities.

-Many enjoyable downhill holes. #2 is probably the most memorable playing on top of the dam. Two drop offs are in play the entire way. This hole states a real paradox. You really don't want to land left, but the right side has the lake in play the entire way and it's not always easy to avoid. Seems rational to avoid the lake by going left. However if you land left, you'll be throwing up and over the dam back downhill to reach the basket since it is on the right side being close to the dam. You could simply roll off the hill and land in the lake if you get unlucky. However, there are plenty of retention rocks on the bank. Best bet is to throw a low hyzer over the water. Very neat hole deserving it's very own pro

-#8 is a truly fun par four. 500' par four and downhill about 60' in elevation. So extreme elevation is in play here. Hole is wooded and down a pretty tight and curving trail. The elevation makes this hole risky to throw a full drive on, the woods to the right are off a small ridge, but it's very attackable for distance throwers. #14 is a fun downhill shot too. Wide open but off a big hill.

-Benches and there is a bench swing around holes #12-13. Probably a few more elsewhere. The course has a good amount of elevation and the walk is very hilly. Holes #10-12 give a nice break from the hiking. All are flat holes. I strongly prefer elevation, but it's always good to see a few flat holes on a rather hilly course as well.

-The rough on the front nine is punishing without being unforgiving. The shorter holes (#3-7) are all wooded with at least a little elevation in play. #4 and #5 are more challenging because they play on the side of a hill that you could roll off of. There's a lot of room for recovery, but there are spots where you'll have to pitch out

-The use of water is pretty much maximized. Like on what I previously mentioned on #2 about the lake entirely in play to the right. #10 has a nice water hazard in play. A run off pond you get to throw over.

-Signage is great with accurate hole diagrams.

-The first hole you'll see is #18 when you park. Not sure why that isn't the first hole instead. #1 is straight ahead past #18's basket.

-The land has a hilly terrain. My personal opinion, it would've been cool to see a huge uphill tee shot after #2. But instead, you just play three short holes on the side of the hill with some elevation. All 200' or less. Holes #3-7 are all pretty boring when they could be a little longer and have more elevation. #3 and #4 are both nicely uphill, but the walk from #3 to #4 is up a much higher hill.

-Lots of fillers. #3-7 are all pretty boring wooded holes. #11 and #12 are both pretty bland too. The last two are long and wide open. They have some elevation but aren't very exciting. Honestly most of the holes I didn't find very fun, many left a pretty mawkish taste. Just my opinion. #8 was very fun and some others were very cool but I mostly rushed my round here because I was mostly bored with this course. Sometimes, I'd just throw off the tee and walk to the next hole.

-The OB fence on #15-16 has no trespassing signs all around it.
I wasn't willing to find out, but it may not be safe to cross either.
The rough on #15 is pretty bad too on the right side.

-Lake Point has a great mix of wooded and open holes and some great elevation change. #8 long is one of the coolest tee shots that I saw in the handful of courses that I played in Alabama, a couple of those courses being Inverness and Clay (two epic courses!). This was a hole with severe elevation change that had a much different look and feel to it. BY FAR my favorite hole here at Lake Point. Extreme downhill with a lot of risk being in the woods. I was very bored with holes #3-7 and this hole was like a reward for being patient. Take time to value this hole because it has the most elevation out of all the holes here by more than 20 feet.

-I think this course could be a whole lot better than it is. A lot of the open holes are boring and many of the wooded holes are boring as well. I played Revelation Mountain (a low rated course in Alabama) and I honestly found that course to be funner than Lake Point. Lake Point has a hilly terrain in the woods and I think there could be better wooded holes. Probably not as fun as #8, but still better than the ones you play after #2. I was all juiced up and excited for what the wooded holes would be like and wasn't thrilled until I was done with #7.

-Was overall pretty disappointed to be quite frank. It had a lot of Bear Creek's qualities in NC. If I were to rate this solely on my personal opinion, I'd give it a 2 or 2.5. However it's well kept up, the holes I liked are extremely interesting and brilliantly thought out, and this course is a bit better than Bear Creek. So I'll give it a 3 because of that. If it wasn't for holes #2, 8, or 10, then I'd rate it no higher than a 2.

Incredibly beautiful setting. The park is really the dam area for a lake and it is wonderful. The first two holes go across the dam break and if you don't stick the landing on the top, the bottom is a long hike. The next 6-7 holes through the woods really could use a little TLC. After hole 9 it becomes much more what you would expect from a disc golf course.

Holes 3 through 8 are really just an exercise in billy goat disc golf. I think that there is some great land for these holes, but not crazy with what the designers did with them.

If you are in the area, GO. Even if you are only sort of in the area, GO PLAY THIS COURSE. It is in a wonderful setting.

Lake Point Park gives players a taste of everything as the course offers three distinctive flavors. Too bad the course shoots its load on the first two holes.
- My first voyage into Alabama disc golf. Making a trip to plays Hobbs Farm, I had to include a detour to the west to bag a course in Alabama. And there is a lot to like here.
- The two best, the two most picturesque, the two most intimidating, the two most memorable, the two signature holes. Those are holes #1 & 2. I can't remember another course starting with a bang and not having much memorable after that.
- Holes #1 & 2 play on top of the dam with downhill slopes going both directions. To the right of the baskets, you have the reservoir. I don't think a disc would pick up enough steam to roll all the way down the hill. But I do think a disc could easily sail to the right and be gone. Of the 300+ courses I've played, I'm hard pressed to think of a more intimidating first shot of a round.
- #2's basket is even tougher as it's nestled much closer to the water. The lost disc factor will be much higher on this hole.
- From there, holes #3 - 8 play up a hill, then back down it. Holes #3 - 7 are all birdie chances, all playing sub-220 feet. #8 is a long, tight fairway 500-footer that gets you back down the hill. By fairway I mean a road/trail wide enough for a vehicle to travel. There's a drop off to the right of the fairway.
- Hole #10 plays over the creek and water-run off pipe. It's a fun multi-shot layout that allows players to throw short or long. I played it safe as the dam was wide open releasing water through the pipe. It was a great visual from afar, not as much up close if one is trying to retrieve a disc. Once over the creek, it's a 90-degree turn back to the basket.
- I enjoyed the scenic, basic challenges of #11 & 13. #11 weaves around trees for another birdie run. #13 is an uphill shot with trees on both sides of the putting circle. Great view from the basket looking back towards the tee.
- Course is secluded. There are a few picnic tables and maybe there's fishing in the reservoir. Other than that, this is a disc golf course.

This is a disjointed layout. You have a stretch of short, wooded (and easy) holes from #3 - 7. You have a stretch of the open holes to close out your round from #14 - #18, with a little bit of tree coverage on #16 being the exception. #18 is the simplest hole on the course. If only #1 & 18 were flipped, the entire feel of the course would be different.
- Signage is horrible. Simply driving into the park, you drive past multiple baskets on the back 9 before you get to hole #1. Throughout the course, there are multiple times you see multiple baskets standing on the tee, and not sure which one is the correct basket. The biggest culprit is on #10, you see the basket for both #10 & 11.
- Along those lines, there are holes without tee signs, baskets without numbers, or guesses as to which opening is the fairway: on #16, does the fairway curve before the tree line or past it?
- I really felt the hill could have been incorporated better on #3 - 8. If you have 5 straight short holes, why not turn one into a sphincter-squeezing downhiller? #6 sort of tries with a drop off past the basket. I feel a great layout was left on the table here. You add a great hole in this section, and you can replace one of the lesser holes on the back 9.
- No amenities on the course: benches or trash cans. There is a restroom here. At least you're only five minutes back to town and gas stations and restaurants.

There is a lot to like about Lake Point. Writing this review, I'm having more positive memories than when I was playing.
- The course was extremely saturated when I played. There had been several days of heavy rain the week before I played. As such, there was a lot of standing water in sections.
- Really, this course only needs a fresh coat of paint. Make sure every hole has a tee sign. Make sure holes are clearly marked. Just those two things will improve this course.
- If I were designing, the course, I'd make several small changes. 1. Flip the front and back 9 to incorporate the dam holes at the end of your round. 2. Find a way to incorporate the dam for another hole. Tee off from the top for your new #1 (current #10). 3. Find a way to end your round playing onto the dam: essentially have a mirror version of #1 as your new closing hole.
- The course has one signature flavor. You might as well incorporate it on more than just holes #1 & 2. Just my opinion.
- For being less than 10 minutes off I-20, this course really feels like you're in the middle of nowhere. That's either a good or bad thing depending on one's perspective.
- Overall, I think the course is more the parts than the sum. The good parts of this course are very good. The lesser parts scream a neglected course. The course has character and will be memorable, which a lot of courses can't claim.
- I'm giving this a 3.0. At its peak, it can be better than that. Still, a good compliment to Hobbs Farm 40 minutes away or those driving down I-20.