-about five minutes off of Interstate 10
+pretty lake at the heart of the course
+2/3 of the course is cut on a regular basis
+never crowded (I have yet to see another disc golfer on the course)
+players with imagination can make up their own challenging holes using the lake and surrounding asphalt path as OB
+bathrooms near hole 1

-at least one basket missing (# 9)
-no tee signs nor tee markers of any sort
-basket #5 is severely overgrown with trees and weeds growing through it; I could not locate # 4 on my last visit and assume it is also overgrown by thick thick brush
-flat
-baskets aren't numbered
-no posted course map

Without tee markers or tee signs, this course is little more than a big practice area. But as far as practice areas go, this one can be fun, especially to those who like to throw far. With a couple of baskets near the lake, imaginative players can make up their own challenging par 4 or 5 holes with an OB path on one side and the lake on the other.

Baskets 4 & 5 are not really playable any longer, as it's been a few years since their fairways have been mowed; now saplings and tall brush grow through these two baskets. Even before holes 4 & 5 were reclaimed by Mother Nature, those fairways were usually swampy, and so it's not that surprising that they are no longer mowed.

The rest of the course is cut regularly and there are enough big trees for players practicing to make their own interesting lines to the other baskets. But with no defined tee pads, no numbers on the baskets and no map, most players are going to be frustrated trying to figure this place out. It's surprising that a local golfer or two hasn't tried to revamp this course as it could be halfway decent with just tee posts installed and the baskets for 4 & 5 brought out from the brush into the grassy areas that are always mowed. I was thinking about doing that myself a couple years ago in fact, but instead I took up redesigning at Bogue Chitto State Park and Lafreniere Park which have been really time consuming. Maybe once I'm done with those two I'll see what I can do here.

This course isn't much to look at. But it holds surprising challenge in its 8 playable holes.

Most of the course is in a well kept part of the park behind the Lamar Dixon Expo Center. It starts, theoretically, near a green bathroom building near the two lakes. If you start there, the course can be navigated semi-intuitively, as long as you can see the baskets.

Whomever designed this course primarily used distance, but did a passable job of using one of the lakes and many of the large oak trees as obstacles.

There are no tee boxes and no signs telling you where to tee off or which of the baskets to throw at, or in which order. There are no amenities save for the bathroom near what is supposed to be the start of the course. Start by the bathroom somewhere and throw to the closest basket to the southwest and go from there.

Still, you will spend some time looking for the next basket on almost every hole. After hole 3, you throw at a basket in an area that doesn't get mowed. And then from that unmown area to another basket that can be hard to find from the overgrown area.

Unfortunately, there were some really missed opportunities on this course. There were a number of features of the lakes and tree locations that could have contributed to 3-4 memorable and challenging holes with risk/reward. As is, you only get one such hole, hole 3, in which you must throw over the corner of one of the lakes (Or do you? Who knows - because there are no signs).

Finally, hole 9 is missing a basket (and maybe a tee, who knows). In any event, this is an 8 hole course. Still, this is not a horrible course for an 8 hole course. I've played much worse. And, I'm docking half a disc due to the missing basket.

This could have been a much better course. It is obviously very neglected and seldom played. If you are bagging courses though, it is only a minute or two off the interstate and you could do a lot worse than play this course to add another notch in your course belt.