What to Expect: Park style golf in a, we'll say "well seasoned" sports park that is definitely showing its signs of age. Course provides a nice combination of length, technical shots, and elevation. You will get a solid mix of opportunity to bomb the disc in the open areas as well as be forced to line shape on several other holes. Two separate layouts (single tee, permanent short and long pins) allow the player to choose their difficulty level.

Amenities: Large ample parking lot, multiple sports fields where you can warm up/practice, modern bathrooms, practice basket, occasional trash can on the course.

Tees/Signage/Baskets: As per usual HB Clark courses get this part right. Large textured concrete tee pads in great condition. Course map Kiosk near Hole #1 with course map and all relevant information. Tee signs are large, have all the relevant information for both the short and long pin positions, and have a full color hole map. Short Yellows are Discatchers in well loved but still good shape. Long Blue pins are Blue Prodigy (T2's I think?) in newer condition.

Design (PROS): It appears like the Short Yellow layout came first (If I had to guess) and the long Blues were added later. Something to keep in mind when assessing the assigned Par on both layouts. There is a solid use of elevation throughout (front 9 is more flat playing alongside the creek and more wooded, while the back 9 opens up more as it plays counterclockwise around the soccer fields). Challenging greens that are often tucked into woods inlets or provide some roll away potential. Course does a great job of providing a mix of open holes, two shot placement par 4's, and some tight technical lines. There are some "generous" Pars on a few holes, but they are often risk reward holes (like Hole #5) where you can just throw a simple short shot and hit the bisected fairway and play for an easy birdie, or you can try to mash a small wooded gap to play for the eagle. The use of two permanent baskets on each hole lets the player choose their own challenge, shorts, longs, or mix and match. Which really helps this course cater to all levels of skill. Two independent 9 hole loops as both Hole's #9 and #18 finish next to the parking lot.

Navigation: Very intuitive and easy to get around. Baskets have next tee arrows on them. And you can for the most part see the next tee from the previous basket.

Signature Hole: For me I would choose Hole #18. It isn't the hardest hole by any means but it was very pretty. (Of note this is the only hole where I saw two tee pads). The Yellow looked like a 350ish foot Par 3 to a basket on a side slope. The Blue position was a 775-800 foot Par 5 (soft but risk reward I guess), to an elevated green probably 35-45 feet in diameter and filled in with mulch. Not the most intimidating or difficult, but a nice finishing hole to stay in your memory.

Drainage: The course, specifically the front 9 as it follows along the creek, was quite swampy and muddy. I did play after a pretty decent rain earlier in the week, but I can see this course having issues with draining well.

Design (CONS): Confusing mandos on Holes #4 and #5 that aren't marked well or at all. The tee signs do a poor job of specifying which tree the Mando is on as well, considering there are tons more trees in the actual fairway than depicted on the sign. Very soft Par 4's and 5's, specifically on the long blue pin layout. Whereas the short yellow pin layout will have a rather lengthy Par 3 on the same hole. There were spots where one hole was a 350 foot par 3 and then another would be a 350 par 4, or you would have a 400ish foot par 3 for the short pin and then a 500 foot par 4 for the long pin. Multiple tees are in danger of getting thrown at by the previous hole. Hole 6 brings in the chance to thrown into children playing if you miss your line and hyzer out early. If softball is being played while you are on Holes 2 or 3 you run the risk of catching a homer with your face. Almost exclusively RHBH holes. There are only 4 holes that even begin to shape left to right and they are all on the front 9. Some very horseshoe shaped holes that heavily reward the RHBH flare skip, but also leaves multiple holes unreachable from the tee despite being Par 3's.

Upkeep: Though I played right after a storm and this is only a minor con, there was tons of sticks/limbs/debris all over the course. Not sure if this is a result of that storm, or not consistent upkeep.

Baskets: The short yellow baskets are often right in the middle of the landing zone for the long blue baskets. This isn't a major con, but I can see how it would frustrate some players.

I really enjoyed this course. Like a lot of HB Clark's park designs, there isn't anything mind blowingly spectacular about them, but there are also isn't a ton of bad designed holes or big misses. Just a solid park style course that provides a challenge to all skill levels, which is probably the main intention when designing. Just a really solid 18 hole course. Certainly worth the visit when in the area, or if you can make it to TN States. I was surprised to find there were so many courses here, and that were rated well, I wish I would have had time to play them all.

Others reviews touched on many of these.
- Good tee pads.
- Multiple baskets.
- Good use of elevation.
- Challenging greens often tucked into the woods.
- Variety of tight and open holes.
- Challenging to different skill levels.
- Practice baskets
- Public restrooms
- The are numerous ball fields at the park, so always a good place to practice some shots/warm up/test discs.
- Hole 1/9 and 10/18 finish up near the primary parking lot. You can also park at the next lot and pick up your round on Hole 4 or Hole 7.
- Easy to navigate. The baskets are marked to point to the next hole
- Doesn't look to be a ton of risk of losing a disc.

- Even after 5 of so dry days, it was muddy/swampy in places. It might not be the best course to play after a rain.
- Hole 4 and 5 were confusing. The signs do a great job for pin locations, but only show a handful of trees on holes that may have 50 trees. Normally, this doesn't matter, but these holes specify mandos and nothing is marked as such. I couldn't really figured out how to play 4 as intended.
- If you care about par, the pars on the longs are softer than you'd typically find. The long baskets add challenge, but often look to be an easier than the short basket in relation to par. If you are playing yourself or your competition, this likely doesn't matter to you.

I had a few safety concerns:
- Several of the tees are in the firing line of the previous hole.
- Hole 6 is a fun little downhill throw. However, if you let your shot hyzer out, it could potentially get near children playing.
- Some guys were practicing slow pitch softball on the field next to hole 2 and 3. In the time I was playing the hole, they had hit 2 balls over the fence that landed near me.

This course is part of the rotation for the Tennessee Disc Golf State Championships, which is an A Tier. I played the shorts as I have interest in playing that tourney as an am at some point. It was a beautiful 75 degree spring Sunday afternoon (albeit very windy) and there were maybe 4 groups on course, which was a very refreshing change from what I typically see in Knoxville as far as crowds.

I really enjoyed the course. There really isn't anything that is spectacular about the course. But there also isn't really anything bad about it, either. It is just a really solid 18 hole course.

Played to the Blue pins aka longs.

This is surprisingly a really neat course in a kind of rundown looking park. I don't mean the park is in a sketchy neighborhood or anything, just that the park is long in the tooth. But I digress.

The course is a good combo of length, technicality, and challenging terrain. Open holes require good power and wooded holes require good line shaping to score well and lots of holes require both. Although I played to the longs, many of my good drives that landed just a bit short of the Blue baskets were parking the Yellow baskets, if that gives you any indication of how the layouts differ. Basically the disc golf version of Wendy's chicken sandwich (yellow) vs the spicy chicken sandwich (blue).

This was my 1st time playing Prodigy baskets, I think they're T2's but not sure. The cylinder of woven inner chains definitely plays differently compared to the chain assemblies used by Discatchers, Veterans, etc. Most noticeably, these baskets hate left-side putts and also not crazy about right-side putts. Anything on the pole though it felt like you could jam putts with reckless abandon and it would catch. That's arguably a better test of accuracy so I'll call it a pro. I like these baskets but I could see others not.

There weren't a whole lot of redundant seeming holes, probably thanks to the hilly elevation change. For the most part, fairways felt like a good width and ratio of obstacle to air-space. Probably the best feature of the Blue layout are the greens, which were almost always in challenging locations and making good use of the terrain and slopes.

This course mixes open and wooded spaces very well and it's always fun to play courses that allow you to rip on a disc but still have to consider placement for the next shot so you can hit gaps.

Holes 9 and 18 finish at the parking lot so 9 hole loops are easy to play. Course flows fairly well and when in doubt, the tee signs do a great job of showing you where the next tee is.

Also not a lot of artificial OB to worry about other than the occasional soccer field or parking lot. It's always a plus to play a course that is nicely secluded from other park areas so your chance of running into other park goers is less.

Some of these pars are strange. Some of the pars seem really soft, others really hard. Like hole 15 is a par 3 but absolutely unreachable from the tee. The biggest con I have is that some of the holes are a bit horseshoe shaped more than what's conventional. Hole 17 for example is such a sharp angle off the tee that really you have to throw an overstable skip shot to have any chance of getting a stroke on the field probably. It's just a bit too forced of an angle for me. Hole 2 is another example of a weird fairway shape. I'm not sure what the line is here but I know it's fairly unconventional. Probably a FH flex with a really OS disc, cut roller or something. Just be prepared to pull off some unorthodox throws. This hole is kind of masquerading as a dogleg par 4 but the first leg is too short so it's a par 3.

Brush piles. I felt like I cleared brush just as much as actually playing because regardless of good drives or bad, I frequently had to throw some limbs, branches, etc out of the way of my lie to get footing. Obviously this gets worse the farther off the fairway you go but either I have some terrible luck (possible) or there's just a ton of tree debris out there.

Occasionally you run alongside a parking lot or ball field but I think the designer did a pretty solid job of avoiding conflict.

This is a course I need to play a few more times to really judge the design on most of the holes. First impressions are that I really like them. The long pins are definitely pushing more like Gold level than Blue level when you take into account the par although some holes like hole 4 are really easy for a par 5 it seems. But overall I'd say this is probably my 2nd favorite course of the Morristown four, just behind Panther Creek. It's close between it and Cherokee.

- Wooded holes, open holes, short holes, long holes, uphill drives, downhill drives... this course has got it all. This is a great course to test your course on. You can go from par to 5 over in a matter of 2 holes so this is a great course to up your skill level on.
- As in all Morristown courses, tee pads and signage are great.
- Close to two other nice 18 hole courses.

- If there is a soccer game going on.. you might as well call this 17 hole course. There is no way you can play hole 11 if a soccer game is going on unless you want to potentially peg someone with a disc because normally the croud will sit on the hill going up 11. Have seen a few people sitting along the other side of the soccer field going along hole 14 also but there is less of a chance of hitting someone there.
- Hole 7 and 8 seem like the pars should have been switched. 7 is a 400 ft par 4 with a slight uphill approach. Hole 8 on the other hand is a 375 ft par 3 with a much more steep uphill approach. What i am trying to say is that hole 8 seems to play a bit longer than 7 but par is one stroke less. All of the guys I play with seem to think the same about these two holes.
- Parking can sometimes be rough here because sometimes they keep the upper gates closed. Numerous times we have had to park at the baseball fields and walk up to the course. And if you get there real early (just after daylight) you may even have to pass up the park entrance and park at the church that is close by and walk down to the course. A lot of road trippers like to hit the courses early as to be able to play more holes in a day. I could see this being hell on someone from out of town to even find where the course starts. I know this is not a course design flaw but it is worth mentioning for anyone out of town who may hit this course.

My list of cons seems longer than the pros but don't get me wrong... this is a great course! I had to nit-pick to have a list of cons. As far as going to play a new course that you have never played before... this is a great one to hit! Definitely take the time to road trip to this course.. you will not be dissapointed. Also, course maps / brochures available at all times would be a great addition to all the Morristown courses. Out of towners would really appreciate it.

I must be upfront and say that I only played the first 10 holes. Navigation wasn't too bad and I generally enjoyed most holes. It started going bad on 10.

The major con is the unplayability of the back 9 when the soccer fields are in use. This completely ruined my view of this course. There seemed to be no thoughts as to the impact of soccer matches on the usability of the rest of the course. There is a tournament listed in a couple of weeks. This will be impossible to pull off if the soccer fields are in use. I definitely would have given a higher rating if not for the major problems with integration with other park guests.

H.B. Clark's other morristown courses are among my favorites. I just can't believe this problem occurred.
Updated 11/7/12. After a second attempt to play all 18 holes I have revised my rating to reflect the whole course. I still see potential for problems with others utilizing the facilities, steps have been taken to work on the problem. I was not a fan of 17, no discernible fairway through to the basket. I did however enjoy the rest of the back 9. Particular favorites were 11-13. Please give this course a try, it is worth the effort.