Laurens County Park has multi uses , one of them being a disc golf course . There are several places to park , none giving you an advantage on walking to the start of the course or back from #9 . There is a nice enough bathroom near hole #6 near the back of the park . You may want to park your car there and hoof it to the start of the course , so you can dump your disc bag in the trunk in case you have to use the bathroom .
The Equipment - The tee pads here are set up kind of weird . Many are long and thin , only 2 1'2 to 3' wide . The tee sigs are very basic , giving you just a hint of where the basket is ( You want to walk up the fairways to gage where these baskets are . The baskets are yellow banded Discatchers .
The Landscape - This course is anything but flat . Every hole has a slope or steep uphill ( like #1 ) or downhill ( like #4 ) The course could probably have used a trim , but it wasn't nasty . Most of the holes after #2 employ an amount of trees either lining the fairways , or in the middle of them .The first 6 holes favor a park-style course , The last 3 holes are more in the woods .There is a lake that may affect your decisions on the last 2 holes .
The Course Appearance/Atmosphere - The course looks okay . Plenty of room here . The deep rough in Laurens County Park is fortunately not close enough to the course . . I played this course on a Saturday morning at around 8:30 and never saw another player . The woods section is appealing enough when the lake is used as a backdrop .
The Highlights - at 3167' The course isn't lacking in length . #2 is a downhill 542' open bomb with just a couple of bushes and trees in the fairway at the end . #3 is a station to station dogleg where the last half of the hole goes uphill and between random trees to the basket . The trees force low ceiling shots up the hill . #7 is a wraparound left to right hyzer , following a cement walking path to the basket . You can also take your chances with a straight drive through the random trees . #9 finishes you off with a 254' drive from a tee pad right next to the lake , bending your midrange/driver upwards and to the right , passing over a small part of the lake .
The Time - It took me about 35 minutes plus to play the course , and 10 minutes total to both walk to hole #1 from where I parked my car at the bathrooms , and from #9 back to the car .

#1 The Equipment - The tee pads are kind of dangerous . The holes can and will afford runups for all but maybe 8 & 9 . Hitting the edges of these thin pads may afford you an ankle sprain ,,,, or worse . Good tee signs would enhance the course looks from the pads .
#2 Course Design - First hole is throwing almost from the chain link fence of the courts , which makes tee #1 hard to see from the road , to the basket with sits next to the dog park . #4 is a downhill blast through a low canopy of trees . The basket sits to the side of a swampy mess . If your disc rolls in there , good luck . The #5 basket sits less than 30 feet in front of the #6 tee , which the player on the #5 tee cannot see . How would you like to get smacked with someone's driver while following through with you own drive on the #6 tee ? !
#8 will make you wonder whether throwing it is worth the trouble . Use a spotter if you have one . You throw a blind shot through the trees sloping downhill and to the right , to a basket sitting right next to the lake . I'm sure the lake has claimed many an unsuspecting player's putter or midrange from just a little overthrowing , or a rollaway .
#3 " Dude , Where's My Car ? " . This qualifies as one of the longest walks back to a car from the #9 basket . Some say 4/10 of a mile , and I say maybe 2 zip codes away . I am hoping that the parks board envisioned adding enough holes to make a loop and just hasn't done it yet .
#4 It's 9 holes .

This course has some promise to it . I walked the grounds after I finished my round ( No , it wasn't because I was lost looking for my car ) and saw extra land to not only make it a 18 hole course , but possibly loop around to where it is at least close to a parking lot . If you could start it where #6 ends , it would be close to parking , the bathrooms and a nice shelter about 20 yards away . Some of these holes are solid , just that some of them have flaws , too . This course is what the Laurens area needed . It sits almost right at the fork where I-385 and I-26 meet , and some distance away from any other courses . Challenging , I feel that the course favors eft hand forehand throwers (L to R ) , has plenty of elevation and risk/reward shots to keep even the better players interested . I'm hoping that the locals don't give up on the course before the finished product .
My Recommendation - A workout for only being 9 holes, this course might cater to the slightly more seasoned player . Pretty hard for intros , newbies families and dates , this course will favor locals , intermediates , Ams , and maybe even pros . The course is not far off of I-385 and not too far from I-26 , it's not terrible for a leg stretch for travelers or a quick pickup for Course Collectors . I would just tell you the Choice Is Yours !

Laurens County Park is a great scene for a disc golf course. Right next to the airport, and a large natural area, this is a solid park. Just be prepared for a walk.
- There are some good holes. The setup is there for an even better layout.
- #2 & 7 are the only holes that aren't over complicated. #2 is an open-field, downhole 524-foot layout. One of several holes for players to unleash big drives. #7 is a straight layout in between the trees, at 324 feet. Ignore the design on the tee sign, which clearly was drawn by a blind person. The fairway is straight, not a dogleg.
- There's a mixture of open holes, wooded holes, and quasi-wooded holes - three of each. As such, distance is a benefit on several holes, accuracy on others. And better yet, several holes require smart shot placement as they're multi-shot holes.
- There are several risk/reward holes - #4, 8, and 9 - where an aggressive tee shot can lead to a real birdie chance. Unfortunately, all three tilt too heavily to the risk side where the aggressive shot probably isn't a smart choice.
- There's some nice scenery. If you want to get a full appreciation of the park, you're in luck during your 5-10-minute walk from #9 back to the parking lot.

No. No. No. No. No! Easily one of the worst five designed courses (out of nearly 300) I've played. Hole #9 ends the furthest away from the first hole as is possible. The entire course is 3100 feet. You have a 4/10-mile walk (approximately 2200 feet) from #9 back to the parking lot. Any positive feelings I had about the course were lost during that walk.
- The course seems like it was laid out by non-disc golfers. If you did design this, and you are a disc golfer, well then. I was wrong. There are just weird, awkward angles, layouts, and flows to holes.
- Why are you throwing directly at a swamp on 4? Why are you throwing blindly, downhill, directly at a pond on #8? Why are there so many blind tee shots, especially when it's important to know where the basket is, a la #3, 4, 5, and 8? As mentioned above, sadly #2 is the most logically designed hole.
- Tee signs are essentially pointless. The hole distances at least appear correct. The simplistic layout designs offer little to no help.
- In The Office, Season 4, Episode 1, Michael creates a pointless 5K run. At the finish line, we have this exchange:
- Toby: Where are we?
Kelly: I dunno, like 5 kilometers from the office.
Toby: He (Michael) couldn't have made it a circle?

Laurens County Park is a nice park. The disc golf portion needs a massive undertaking.
- I sensed things were going downhill after finishing hole #6. Instead of turning back towards the front of the course, the layout turned left and went deeper into the woods.
- The course would be better, and more compressed, if you were to just play holes #4 - 9 twice. You'd eliminate about 2/3s of the extra walking.
- I don't understand the design of #4. You're taking dead aim at a swampy area just 20 feet to the left of the basket. In front of the basket the ground is muddy. Does that mean this area is often under water? Is it drying out? Just, why?
- #6 is also a simple, decent layout. An open, dogleg left design. Perhaps I enjoyed this even more because my disc never turned over and it flew on a rope directly into the bathroom building.
- #9 is a good closing hole. The water shouldn't come in to play. Ignore the water and the fairway is a little smaller. That said, it's a pretty simple par 3.
- The course gets major deductions for such atrocious flaws. It has the makings of an above average nine-hole course. Simply by adding a couple of wide open holes on the way back to the parking lot would break up that walk. The upstate has some pleasant nine-holers. This is not one of them.

This is not your average 9-hole pitch-&-putt. There are plenty of chances to open up, with holes over 400 or even 500'; not par-4s, but long par-3s. It has plenty of elevation and variety, and most of the holes are good or very good.

The first 6 holes are pretty open; then it transitions into a hardwood forest for the last 3, 2 of which have a pond in play.

Easily navigated without a map.

Close to interstate; easy for travelers to visit while passing through the area.

The biggest con is that the #9 basket is about a half-mile from the #1 tee.

The teepads are quite small, maybe 8' x 3', and raised concrete so it's very hard to get any kind of run-up on them. A number of pads are dangerously close to baskets, and in landing areas for those baskets.

A couple of holes requiring throwng over small trees---there's no real route otherwise. Odd.

It's a new course and will subject to adjustment and improvement over time.

There is great potential with future expansion to 18 holes to have a very good course---one worth driving to check out. The property is well-suited to disc golf; expansion will presumaby loop back nearer #1 and cure the layout problem; and the Parks Dept. is quite enthusiastic about it.