- Excellent variety of terrain and hazards in a beautiful park
- Great amenities with a very nice pro shop and helpful staff
- Fun and challenging disc golf with short and long tee pads on most holes
- Shares property with 3 other courses on site

- Can be hard to locate tee pads and baskets on some holes due to very simple graphics on tee signs
- Sandy soil can cause dangerous footing on many tees and fairways
- Leans more towards long and open holes, could be frustrating for lower skilled players with many opportunities to lose discs

I set aside some time to play the New World Green Course during a recent business trip to Jacksonville. I exited the well-stocked pro shop after my round very glad I had made the effort and disappointed I didn't have the time to play any of the Red, White, or Blue courses. After parking and getting the details and a little bit of the history of the complex from the very helpful man at the pro shop I was off to enjoy the 20 varied and challenging holes of the Green Course.

The variety present on this course is definitely above average. Just about every hazard possible on a course is present here: tight wooded lines, water carries, precarious basket placements, wide open holes that expose your discs to the wind, it's all here. There is distance variety as well, though on average this course does play on the long side and line shaping is limited for much of the course. The landscape and terrain changes frequently and it seems there is always something interesting to look at while you are playing your round. The sand dunes by the lake are wild, hopefully erosion doesn't problems for the holes on this portion of the course in the future. The brush in the wooded portions of the course can be quite thick, between that and the numerous fairways that cross or border water the chance of losing a disc can be quite high for more aggressive or less experienced players.

The equipment here is interesting. This was my first time playing on Prodigy baskets and I thought they caught very well. The targets are also color coded for each course and were generally easy to spot. The concrete pads were nice and large, but a fair number were covered in a significant amount of sandy soil, and a couple may have even been buried. The very large tee signs were not especially helpful in finding a number of the tee pads. Most holes have two pads, and the signs did not seem to be uniformly placed in relation to the tees. Some were by the short tee, some by the long tee, and others somewhere in between. This made routing at time confusing, and the very basic visual descriptions of the fairways made locating the correct basket on some of the longer holes challenging. I had to reference the picture I took of the course map on multiple occasions.

I arrived prepared to pay the $6 fee to walk the course, which would have been completely reasonable, but discovered that Mondays and Wednesdays are free-to-play. Possibly something to keep in mind for those on a tighter budget. This is a long course and I was certainly a bit tired and sweaty following my round, but I did not have any problems walking the course. That said, the option for a golf cart is great and I can definitely see it being a big plus on hotter days.

I had a ton of fun playing the Green Course at New World and will make an effort to play the other courses on site when I eventually get back to the area. This complex seems to have something for players of all skill levels, and just about everyone should have a good time here.

- New World Disc Golf is a Top Notch Facility with much love put into the Sport of Disc Golf.
- Very Friendly Staff (Owner took us on a Tour of the Green course before we payed)
- Awesome Pro shop with many different disc selections for purchase, snacks and beverages (Also Adult beverages)
- A very well designed Green course with all of the Variety in a course you could ask for. Terrain change, elevation change, wooded parts, open bombers, water hazards. You name it, this place had it and it was amazing to play on such a fantastic piece of property. The Flow of the course was never tiring or felt repetitive and the scenery was always changing around.
- Signage was good and all of the tee pads were large and paved.
- The Golf Carts were a welcomed addition for the most part even though it is nice to get out and walk a bit but this course is huge so it was nice to be able to cart hole to hole and provide a sitting place while everyone was teeing off.
- The baskets installed here are high end prodigy Baskets and were catching discs perfectly.

- Design flaws were apparent on the Red course. Some of these Disc courses are on shared property with Ball Golfers which wasn't terrible but just created issues with the game flow. We had to wait a few times for the Ball golfers to tee off and there wasn't much appreciation for either group it seemed once the groups passed each other. There were several times when we were having to cross over Golf fairways during Live holes which could pose a safety concern.
- Signage on the Red Course could have been better as we did get a little lost at one point. Better directionals to next tee pads.

I can't say enough great things about this Facility. We had been wanting to come play here for some time and we all had a great time while we were here.

This is Disc Golf Disney World... Its great to see these types of courses near us and is definitely one of, if not my favorite location to come and play disc golf. We only played 2 of the 4 courses (Green and Red) so I can't event speak of the other 2 but we can't wait to get back and play those as well.

No wonder this course is the home of well known tournaments like the Pro Worlds...They really know how to operate a World Class Disc Golf Facility.

Color me impressed. I know this was at a golf course prior to arriving and I'd seen a few pictures, most of which featured baskets near water. I was expecting a long and open course the leaned heavily on water for difficult. I couldn't have been more wrong. (Except for the water, there is definitely water.) While you check in at the same clubhouse as the golf course, the discing here is on adjacent lands, most of which play around what appears to be an old quarry. It is rugged in parts. Wooded in others. Quite a bit of variety here. And the difficulty mostly comes, if not from the lines that need to be throw into and out of the wooded areas, from the constant need to adjust for elevation changes and frequent requirement to place shots on top of landforms and keep discs from falling into crevices that make putting a trial to say the least.
You can see in the pictures that there is a massive promontory that features in several holes. If I were asked to describe the course in just a few lines I would mention that the holes either start in the words and play into a clearing before climbing to the top of the ridge, or they tee off from the top pf the ridge and finishes in a nook of the woods. There are quite a few of those. During my tour, the owner referred to the areas of the ridge as "billy goat country." I found the term apt and whether you are shooting up or playing along the ridge, you have to watch your placement: there are tons of 5-10foot deep gaps that will make your upshot much more difficult than you expect.
The first few holes are fairly unmemorable. An open field, a few very sort carries through some light woods. But after that, wow does it get good. Playing up down and around a butte for several holes that are truly unique in the region. Discs burst out of a tunnel before climbing jagged features. From the top, a plateau extends quite aways before dropping off at the edge of a lake. But we aren't going that way: we are going back down. A ton of great throws in this segment.
The course transitions around hole ten to a small pond. Every angle of this pond that could be milked for a carry is. While these not exceedingly long stretches of water across the shallow pond, the option to throw a series of shots around the water does exist and short pads offer throws parallel to water rather than over it. Good stuff, if not as exciting as what we just saw and what is about to come. 13 backs up to the lake and throws across some open terrain before bottlenecking into a nook of woods. Passing through that treed section, we once again climb the butte. 15 is a signature hole, a looong, straight shot with crags to the left that requires specific placement for your second? third? Fourth? Shot to make the turn and throw up what is essentially a tunnel carved out of the rock (for vehicles) to reach the flag perched once again atop the butte. 16 is your true bomber but its position atop this huge flat butte, make it stand out from bomber holes elsewhere. 17 is a short shot but it's fantastic, downhill through a rock tunnel (like the one we went up earlier) towards the basket on the edge of that lake we saw earlier.
The final hole of note is 18. About a thousand feet in total, you launch from the top of the promontory, land your first shirt somewhere between the craggy area and the lake. (this throw is going to be parallel to both as you need to get your first quite aways in that direction to shorten the carry on your second throw to something manageable and most players will be taking at least a second shot to ideally set up the carry.) End up in the crags and you are looking at a pitch out and then an additional shot to get close to the water. At absolute best, you are still looking at a 300 for carry across the corner of the lake. (Technically, you could keep throwing along the shore and eventually get there.)
I was given an auto tour before my round with the warning that finding my way around the course would be difficult. I'll never know if that tour imprinted itself on my mind enough for me to stay on track but I never had difficulty navigating the course, even though tee signs are not yet present. The direction from basket to tee is marked on a spoke and my round went seamlessly.
Tees and baskets are top notch. Full clubhouse and large disc selection. This course will indeed be a can't miss when finished.

Currently a work in progress, but I rated and reviewed the course as if the obvious steps to complete it will be made. There are no tee signs yet but most of the posts that the signs will go on are placed. I'm sure any slight issues with navigation will be solved in the near future.
As stated, there is a ton of variety, but sometimes the different segments rob the course of a feel or vibe. Additionally, the first few holes and the last two definitely feel like get-you-to-the-actual-course holes. Playing them is much better than playing a fifteen hole course that starts and ends far from the clubhouse, clearly, but the meat of this course and the part that sticks with you is definitely 4-18.

Since the course is adjacent to a golf course and run out of the same clubhouse, carts are available to rent. In contrast to many courses that offer carts I would say that driving is not a significant part of the experience here. The course is rugged enough in parts that the cart will probably be a hassle and rarely does the course open enough to offer the fun of zipping around a grassy area that I have experienced elsewhere. I walked the course and at no point did I wish that I had a cart.

Every once in a while something new comes along. For me on this occasion it was New World DGC. I did hear something about this new course that has some strange elevation for a Florida course and I did watch the short Youtube video so I had some idea what I was in store for. It surpassed my expectations to say the least. The day started much like at any other pay to play course. We went inside and paid for the round and the optional golf cart which is always fun to have when playing a long round. After that we make our way to tee 1 and the course starts about as expected with a par four and a mando away from the ball golf green. A very fun and hard 400' first shot with the mando and o.b. right and left. On the approach there is a small o.b. creek and a large guardian tree right, oh and don't forget about that o.b. left. Alright time to relax a little as hole 2 and 3 are shorter. You can view basket 2's green on your ride back to #2 tee. Notice the small creek behind the basket. #2 and 3 are short holes with the creek o.b. to watch out for. #3 has a small waterfall for some early eye candy. #4 is the start of what makes this course very different from most. There is a huge mound that I could only describe as a giant ant hill looking moonscape. The entire mound is acres large and contains crevasse looking erosion gullies throughout with elevation changes from mild to wild. There are a number of holes that throw up and down this monstrosity, the first of which is hole 4. Hole 5 is the first to throw off the hill into a tight gap and into the woods.

There are a number of shots up and down the hill but there are also some wooded holes and some park type holes on nice grass. There are long and short holes on top of the hill where the erosion gullies come into play and if you land long or short of the basket you may go into a gully and have a steep up hill putt. There were also two long and difficult water carries with hole 10 being a 367' water hole from the long tee and 11 another 360' water carry. There are short tees for the waterphobic. There are safe cart routes marked by small c.t.p type flags to drive the carts up the hill.

There are signature holes all over the course but #18 will be sure to be a make or break on the score card. A over 800' par 5 shot from the top of the hill down to a basket lying in a small strip of shoreline alongside the bigger lake. Other signature holes include the par 5 #15 which starts out on ground level and you have to throw a straight shot or hyzer bomb around 450 feet to set up for a triple mando through a rope and banner and up the hill through a cart size alley. #17 is a fun downhill tripple mando through a truck size gap in the hill.

Long and short tees make it fun for all but the course is very long and hard. Great to have the nice new carts for a long course but also for recon on the number of blind shots. Aside from hole 1 we never come back to the ball course to have to share fairways like some other mixed courses.

Very new course with no tee signs other than a hole number. We found ticks on us after playing. Lots of loose sand. With some fairways still partially under construction and the holes that play by the mound, plan on discs getting sandy. Carts also kick up a dust cloud that will cover your bags. Lots of sand on the tees, brooms would be nice once signs and other amenities are considered. At $6 per person plus cart fee, this could add up if you live close enough to want to play often.

This course became an instant favorite of mine. When we talk about courses having a variety of shots we usually look for wooded shots, open shots, water carries and elevation. This course has all that plus the added bonus of something a bit different in the moonscape hill and the erosion gullies. Although there are no permanent signs with hole description there are numbered signs to find the tees and also numbered fairways to give you an idea which way to head out for your recon drive. Score cards provided give hole distance and par. The brand new Prodigy baskets were easy to spot and a piece of black tape on the basket gives direction of next tee. I will play here again whenever in the area and look forward to playing once the course is completed and seasoned in. The pro shop has discs for sale and there is also good food at a decent price. Lost/found discs will be held in the pro shop for 30 days for a $2.00 recovery fee. They also allowed us to bring our dog. There is a very short promo video on Youtube as "Disc Golf Jacksonville FL | Jacksonville Disc Golf"