Rating: 4.4 (Note: this course's rating is dependent on flooding. When flooded, it's more like a 4.1, and when fully open, it's more like a 4.7. Yes, it's that good.)

-Let's just say it right up front. I have never played or seen on coverage (and I watch A LOT of coverage) a course with the combination of scenery and gameplay that this course offers. The place is absolutely beautiful, with towering pines, lush green fields, ferns and intriguing undergrowth, the lovely Ogeechee River, and a variety of wildlife. The gameplay is also absolutely sensational, with a level of variance that I haven't seen on any other course. Par is a full 68! There are FOUR par 5s, and all are bruisers. There are tightly wooded gap shots, power and placement focused multi-shot holes, a couple gettable par 3s, open holes, wooded holes, you name it. I bag 11 unique disc molds, and I used 10 while playing the golds. (For some reason, the Buzzz OS stayed in the bag, but I only use that for dumb hyzers anyways.)
- All the amenities and multiple layouts. Two baskets and two concrete tees per hole. 72 possible holes; therefore, this appeals to nearly every skill level. Fantastic signage and directions. Pavilion and bathrooms are in the process of being built. Bug spray stations, and plenty of trash cans. Benches on basically every hole. A driving range with markers, and two practice baskets. Truly wonderful.
- Challenging and varied without being brutal. Little to no "poke and hope" or truly ridiculous congestion is present. Not long for the sake of being long. Every design element feels considered and thought out. You can't just lay up through gaps and then have a stock approach to the pin, you have to throw varied lines with power and finesse to succeed.
- Maintenance is sublime. Every time I have gone, the grass has been mowed, overgrowth has been managed, and there has been no trash in sight.

- Flooding. The course does not take water well, and will be very soggy if it has rained heavily in the last few days. I went on a Saturday, and it was still wet from Monday's rainfall. However, that's a small issue next to the problems with the holes near the water. When I went in February of 2024, all the holes near the Ogeechee were suffering from flooding-related problems. Hole 12 had the gold pad and basket both completely flooded, although blues were still playable. Hole 13 had the water level very high underneath the gold basket, to the point of where missing a putt would result in a lost disc. Hole 14 had all tees and baskets completely underwater and had to be skipped. Finally, hole 15's boardwalk to reach both tees flooded, so both are unusable and a temp tee pad has been set up. Due to the high quality of the rest of the course, this is still a 4.0+ course with one hole completely flooded and two others half flooded, but the player still leaves with a slight feeling of incompleteness.
- Disc loss potential. For the reasons listed above, it's easy to lose a disc here, especially on 12 and 14. Instead of a water carry driver, you'll want to bring a few mids and putters you don't care about.
- I'm not a big fan of the DiscGolfPark baskets. They tend to push out higher putts, and it seems like the chains are really high above the tray.
- Location. Not going to dock points here, but this course is in the absolute middle of nowhere. It's located near no major highways at all. It's around 2.5 hours from Atlanta, 1.5 from Macon, 2 from Savannah, and 1 from Augusta. Your closest reasonable hotel options are probably located in Thomson, which is about 45 minutes away. Personally, I camped at a nearby RV park. It's likely that you're not going to play this course while just passing through; it will probably need to be a focus of your travel and lodging.

Hole Breakdown:
Background: At the time of this review, I am a 940 rated player with 400 golf distance backhand and a weak forehand. I have played 83 different courses, located mostly in the American Southeast. I am right-handed and will write this review from such a perspective.
- I usually do a detailed hole breakdown, but with 72 possible holes, it's impossible to cover them all. There are 5 holes on this course that are really, really tough, much more so than the other 13. How you get through these holes will dictate the majority of how your round goes. I'll give a few quick tips below.
- 4: Really difficult par 4 with a lot of fairway congestion, very protected basket placements, and a tricky hyzerflip off the tee. There's a ton that can go wrong here: the hole's only saving grace is that it isn't that long.
- 6: Probably the hardest disc golf hole I've ever played. 1000+ foot dogleg right par 5 with multiple fairway chokepoints and two extremely protected baskets. The thing just seems to keep going forever. If playing long pads, you're probably taking a 7 or worse if you miss the initial gap. The only tip I have is that if you're playing longs, getting to the left after making the initial gap widens the second shot. The most important shot on this hole is the second one, because it's where you enter the chokepoint area where things narrow. Hold on tight.
- 12: Par 4 next to the river. Beautiful hole, but the right is crazy dense and the left is all OB river. Not a super long hole, but the green is very small and there just isn't a whole lot of unobstructed real estate in the fairway for you to land the disc on. Accuracy and controlling ground play is vital.
- 15: Par 5. Throw over water and past some trees to reach a landing area, then the fairway takes a weird "C" shaped turn past a very large, old tree. Past that, there's a chokepoint with a few trees to miss, but the difficulty of this hole is that the green is insanely protected. There's a ton of noise around 50-60 feet from the pin where it's just a little too long to putt. This means that you're almost certainly going to take three shots to get in the basket from the fairway, so if you fall behind on this one, your chances of catching back up are almost nil. Again, the second shot is the big one here.
- 16: This par 5 has a medium-difficulty tee shot- you have to hit a very fair gap with a flex backhand. The tough part is navigating a narrow secondary fairway with trees right down the middle of it. This fairway has also been a swamp every time I've visited, limiting runup. The tricky part is that I notice I'm often having to make off-platform throws here- forehands and backhands where I have to stretch around trees, limiting my control and power.


Other Thoughts:
- This is my favorite course I've ever played. I've played 83 courses at the time of this review, and a few of them are destination courses in their own right. The ones that stick out to me are Hobbs Farm, IDGC courses, and Blue Ribbon Pines. BRP was fun, but it only had one tee and basket option when I was there, and, let's face it, it's not on the greatest piece of land ever, so it feels gimmicky at times and overly touched by human development. IDGC courses were (hate saying "were" here, we'll see how they recover from the beetles) absolutely fantastic, but were also one-note; long, tightly-wooded courses with significant elevation change. (Which, of course, is awesome golf, but does drag after a time.) The IDGC courses could also be somewhat esoteric, accessible to only those with a higher level of skill; the average PDGA rating is apparently somewhere around 860, and I feel like hypothetical Average 860 Rated Joe would take a pretty bad beating on anything other than the Headrick short layout and MAYBE the Warner shorts. (I guess that depends on your definition of "fun".) I do think the old Jackson long layout was better than Ogeechee's long layout in terms of gameplay, but with the multiple basket options and hole variation, Ogeechee is just so much more accessible. Ogeechee compares best to Hobbs Farm, with the open/woods mix and multiple tees and baskets. Hobbs Farm definitely uses elevation better. However, I still think Ogeechee is a better course. I find both its signature and lower-tier holes to be of higher quality than their Hobbs Farm counterparts. Hobbs Farm was fantastic, but it just didn't give me the same childlike feeling of awe that I got from here and WR Jackson. This course also compares in topography and design to Statesboro-Bulloch, which I believe is the most underrated course in the state of Georgia. The Boro falls behind on being perfectly flat, high skill level needed, a middling finish (everything after 12 isn't much to write home about), and being mindlessly brutal at times.
- While this course is on a generally flat piece of land, the designer did a fine job of incorporating the pieces of the property with elevation change.
- I know they have bug spray here. Please, bring bug spray anyway. You can never have enough.
- There are lots of long walks between holes, but the scenery is so fantastic that you will find yourself forgetting. A round on the golds is about a three mile walk. Course is very cart friendly.
- The layouts I played were long tee to gold and short tee to gold. I was surprised at how much easier short tees to gold were. My guess is that long tees to blue baskets is the second hardest layout.
- Be careful of snakes around the water, I saw one that looked poisonous.
- If anyone is aware of any kind of seasonality around the flooding or government resources that can be used to monitor the course's condition, let me know, and I will integrate it into this review. (Army Corps of Engineers water level or something? I don't know.) Funnily enough, I came here in February of 2023, and while the course was a bit soggy, it wasn't flooded; in February of 2024, the water holes are a mess. The best the course ever looked was when I played it in September 2022, the first time I went. I want to find a way to check the water levels BEFORE making the long drive here.
- I think 7 is the most sub-par hole on the course, and it's relatively inoffensive. The only holes where I got the "975+ rated players will birdie this every time" feeling were 7, 8, and 14. Only three holes is pretty good.
- I want to say that this would be absolutely prime for a DGPT Silver Series event, but the mercurial nature of the flooding is going to probably disqualify this course. What a shame.
- While this course is very remote, there are other courses you can package with it if making the trip here. IDGC and Statesboro-Bulloch are maybe a little over an hour away in opposite directions. I've made both these pairings, and on my visit this weekend, I paired it with the new Walter B. Williams course in Milledgeville (not a destination course, but very good!) and Claystone in Macon.
- I feel the phrase "if you know, you know" really applies to this course.
- You've got to play this one before you die.

"God bless America, and God bless the backhand turnover."

Long holeschallenging terrainnice layoutSignage is excellentGreat baskets

Too long

I would 🤙 me back and play this course again if I lived closer.

The driving range and putting green when you first pull up to the course are an awesome touch and give a great impression right off the bat. The grounds at the course are also kept immaculate by the local parks and rec department. This course has two baskets and two tee pads for every hole so you have a few different layouts to choose from. There is a lot of variety in shot shapes off the tee and a good mix of technical holes and open bomber holes. Some of the long par fives even have technical elements and open distance elements. The long-long layout is a legit professional layout that is fun and challenging for 1000+ rated pros. The design great, the course flows well, and the fairways are challenging but very fair.

Sometimes the course can stay wet or get flooded with heavy rain. It's also kind of in the middle of nowhere. No permanent bathrooms on the course.

Definitely one of the best in Georgia, just a bit out of the way. If you ever need to go near Louisville, GA make sure to stop and check out this awesome course.

This course has some of the best tended elements I have ever seen. Roomy, beautifully done dual tee pads and 2 baskets per hole, with next tee arrows in the bottom of each basket. There is reflective street-sign-style "next tee" signs all along the course, and each tee has its own full color sign (yes, even the short tees!). The only tee box we had to search for was the short on #1 - it\'s not at all obvious that the short is further down the hill.Most tees have benches, and trash cans were numerous. Most holes have multiple routes to the basket, with obvious, nicely cleared fairways. The amount of mowing they must do here is quite impressive. We saw absolutely no trash anywhere on the course.At the trail junction where the routes to 5 and 16 cross in a swampy area, there\'s a lovely 4-way bridge with nice ramps for cart users.The assigned pars seemed pretty reasonable for the longer holes and the dual practice baskets were a nice touch, as were the PVC "T"s on the parking lot posts that contained cans of bug spray.Even though we quit early in the course, I was impressed with the amount of shot-shaping this course requires. Several times I was wishing I had even a basic forehand.

Hole 6 is ridiculously long (almost 700 feet from the short tee to the blue basket), with a blind dogleg to the right. Yes, it\'s a par 5, but still....those without an arm or decent disc control will be racking up the shots (I had an 11).

We ran out of daylight and only played through hole 8, so take that into account on my review. There is no restroom facilities on or near the start of the course, but there is a Porta John near hole #10, so plan accordingly.The course is very cart friendly, and getting off into the rough wasn\'t the total nightmare I expected.

Clean, well layed out, good signage, directional arrows at baskets, and trashcans. Has multiple tees and baskets for different challenges playing levels.

Would be challenging during the wet times. During which hole 15 would be very difficult for beginners and some intermediate players to drive over wetland area. A shorter tee on the other side would be nice to allow those who did want to risk lossing a disk or getting muddy.

Very nice, well maintained, place to play with good mix of challenges and open a shady spots.