-Sandy Creek is a very fun course. You get to play 27 holes now instead of 23 with different appearances and different shot shaping requirements while having a view of the lake during your round.

-It seems that Sandy Creek encourages you to warm up. The first seven holes all play on the side beside the main parking lot. I played those holes and didn't play well so I started over, and was able to have some better shots. On top of them being closer to the parking lot, they are in the more open area. The first two holes are the longest. #1 was over 600' in the short pin from the long pad through some trees along the road. I threw a big anhyzer that seemed to work out well. You could try to go up the middle and be closer to the OB fence in the woods to the right side. #2 was very enjoyable! A long downhill bomb of a par four that begs big arms to try and reach. Just over 500', but the left side is the OB dog park and the right side is DENSE. An attempt for eagle can leave you fighting just to save par here.

-You'll see some early warnings, as this course is not easy. The wooded part of the course is a real adventure and a very difficult test of accuracy and vision upon release. You'll see the OB danger on the first two holes, which I previously mentioned. #3 and #4 are tricky short holes with very particular lines that only a few of your discs could suitably hit. #10 was the last hole before entering the most wooded part of the course. Was my favorite hole at Sandy Creek. A nice downhill par three that gives a view of the lake on the left side. The green is nestled into the woods, making it a goal to hit the gap off of the pad to avoid any difficulties of saving par.

-Multiple layouts. There's a 27 hole layout you can play. That layout has nine additional wooded holes. The 18 hole layout simply has you playing the original eighteen. The extra nine holes are labeled as 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A, 7A, 8A, and 9A. If you are in a hurry, you could play nine and just do holes one through eight and then play hole eighteen.

-There is some consistent elevation movement. The best of it is on #16 being over a huge dip in the woods holding some water from the lake. Has you throwing under a canopy! #2 is a very fun downhill bomb. #11 was a good way uphill and was an all around enjoyable par four in the woods. #12 was a very fun valley hole. There are many more!

-There were eight par fours when I played. My favorite of them all was 2A. A very cool and technical hole that teaches you to stay in the moment. This is a dogleg left and nearly 500' long from the blue pad. You are instantly faced with a rolling hill (or hump hole). Throw up and over the crest of the hill and hyzer out in order for an easier second shot. #11 was very neat too being tight off the pad, eventually opening up only to get tighter at the upshot. The hole curves only a bit to left from the tee pad. The upshot goes slightly to the right side so you don't need anything very over stable. Just something that will turn a little. #27 was a nice ending. Wide open and all but a nice relaxing finish after a difficult challenge in the woods.

-Course has multiple pin positions on most holes here as well as three sets of pads on most holes.

-There are maps and scorecards available at the toll booth where you pay. Make sure you grab one because navigation is tricky (see cons below).

-I will say that the 27 hole layout is well marked in regards to signage. But the order in which you play the extra nine is downright weird. You start off playing the original thirteen and hole fourteen on the 27 hole layout is not fourteen or 1A. It's 9A. Hmmm??? Then you play 8A as fifteen. Okay, so we play them backwards from 9A to 1A maybe? No, that's not it. After 8A, you play the original hole #14 as hole #16 on the 27 hole layout and then 7A as #17. The next hole you'll see is 6A. I was thinking that would be #18 on the 27 hole layout but it's hole 24 or something. After that hole, I see two pads beside each other and one of them is #15 and the other is #16. Um, alright then. #15 has you teeing off up the hill and you have to walk back down it to get to #16 if you play the 18 hole layout. Odd.

I'm pretty sure 1A was labeled as #18 and 2A was labeled as #19 on the signs but the U disc layout was in a different order. Ah well, least I was still able to play every hole. If you play the 27 hole layout, you may improvise a little bit.

-Few hazards here and there. The optimal line for backhand throwers on holes #8 and #9 is throwing a hyzer over the road where people walk. There may be people fishing on holes #10 and #16.

-Some repetition. Multiple shorter holes that are tight and straight. Some of those holes were fun (like 1A being a nice "thread the needle" downhill gauntlet). Others like 9A, 7A, 6A, and #13 had a filler feel to them. They weren't very distinctive, just okay at best.

-I really like Sandy Creek and the big shift in its look. It felt kind of similar to George Ward in Birmingham, Alabama or Victor Ashe in Tennessee on the first nine holes and the remainder kinda of had a Chester State Park in Chester, SC feel to it. Some holes really had some originality like #16 being under the canopy over a large valley. That hole stood out a lot! 2A was an awesome dogleg left as well. Accuracy is a must. Whether you are playing in the open or the woods. The only must get birdie was the finisher since it's not very long par four from any of the pads for anyone in their respective divisions (pro, advanced, int, rec).

-If navigation is very important to you, I would be hesitant to tell you to play here. It is tricky to navigate the full 27. The original 18 still pretty difficult to track since it's hard to get to #14 from #13 without passing 9A and 8A. It almost encourages you to play the full course.

-As far as hole quality is considered, and what I heavily weight my ratings toward, it's a fun course with some very brilliantly thought out holes. Most of them are fun to play. Make sure you use your resources available because you'll need a map if you don't have U disc.

(3.669 Rating) A sprawling city park course with a stretch of heavily wooded holes.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - There are parts of this course that are just plain gorgeous. Clearly the best part of this layout begins on hole (11) with Lake Chapman in the backdrop of the basket placement. Hole (12) thru (22), is a nice stretch of wooded fairway lines. I think the consensus favorite would be (21), which is stellar looking down shot over a bog. Despite this really good stretch, sections of the course are relatively bland. Several of the beginning holes and the last hole bring my beauty score back quite a bit. I got the course roughly a 3 out of 5 in these terms.
- MULTIPLE TEES - I bumped the score up for Sandy Creek a lot for the tees. First off, big surfaces for the middle and back tees at 5 feet by 11 feet. The short tees are 5 feet by 8 feet. All of the surfaces are concrete. All of these tees and thus layout difficulty options, makes Sandy Creek playable to a larger than normal audience. I could see beginners loving the front half of the course from the short tees and Advanced players being appeased by the longer and more technical back tees.
- CHARACTER - In addition to the tees, The course has a nice array of extras. First off, be sure and ask for a scorecard at the gate. You'll need it. There's a course map and practice basket near tee (1). There is seating on a handful of holes. There are lots of multiple basket placements and there are big shelters with picnic tables and restrooms.
- CHALLENGING - I played a mixture of front, middle and back tees on my round. The back tees read as a tweener between Advanced and Intermediate. Hole (23) is not a par 4 to Advanced played regardless of basket placement. An open and 480 foot listed par 4 isn't going to make a 950 rated player shudder. I did like how the course balanced power and finesse so that one particular skill set wouldn't have an advantage.
- UNIQUENESS - A near even split of openish holes to wooded holes. Several multi-shot holes as hole (1) out the gates can play up over 800 feet from the back tees depending on basket placement. Holes play up, down, left, right, long and short. Water is in play on a few shots and elevation hits the 40 foot mark.

A couple minor things but otherwise a solid course.
- SAFETY HAZARDS - The path between Basket (21) and tee (22) is through (13s) fairway. During the summer, I highly doubt those on (13) will see the walkers until after release. I don't recall seeing a warning sign on the path, perhaps I missed it. Also, some of the basket placements and tees on the front were not very well spaced, although I've seen much worse examples at other courses.
- LOOSE DISC OPPS - There are some places not to throw a disc into on this course. I spent a good 15 minutes looking for a disc on (13) in a dead leaf pile. The thicket on the wooded holes looks fairly dense, It could get dicey during peak overgrowth. Obviously the lake on (11) is bad place to end up, and the bog on (21) likely isn't a wise landing spot either.
- ONE TEE SIGN PER HOLE - The tee signs are only at the back tees. Thus those that play the other tees will have to recall the distances and locations of the 3 basket placements when they arrive at their tee. It would have been nice to have basket placement indicators on this course as many of the placements are blind.
- POISON IVY - I didn't see any in late November. Yea! This course looks like a prime offender though. Probably lots of briar and thorns off fairway as well.
- PAY TO PLAY - I want to say I paid $3 for both the park entry and the disc golf usage fee. Some may be swayed away by this, but at this price, it's not a bad deal.
- TIME PLAY - I showed up at Sandy Creek with exactly one hour of park open time left. There are 22 holes (hole 8 is still missing per all the previous reviews.) I figured, I'm quick, I'll play the front tees to start and then move to the middle and back tees as time permits. I switched to the middle tees on (9), but after spending 15 minutes searching in the dead leaf piles on (13), I took a lot of liberties to get this round in. I think a solo playing the middle tees will take an hour and 15 minutes. A foursome on the back tees may take close to 3 hours.

A really nice course that will appeal to a wide swath of players. All the key aspects that deliver highly rated courses are here. Solid amenities and basics, challenge and variety. It can a boat-load of fun and the course is beautiful in spots. All stated, what keeping this course down a few pegs compared to the courses I've rated higher is that none the aspects I noted above are knocked out of the park here. Whereas a course like Little Mulberry Park, 45 minutes away, has killer beauty and excellent extras and amenities, thus the higher ranking I've given. In all, I would not put this course at the Georgia destination level, like that of IDGC courses, Hobbs, Perkerson or Mulberry. It is a great regional course though, and players in the Atlanta area should make the trip over at some point to play it.
- NAVIGATION - Ok. If it weren't for the course map at the gate, I would have gotten lost several times. There are a few longer than normal transitions and navigational cues between holes are spotty. Tee sign descriptions are satisfactory. What Sandy Creek really needs is tee signs at all the tees and pin placement indicators.

Only played the Front 7. Very open and forgiving for all players.
Big layout-
Pads very nice
3 TEE OPTIONS- VERY VERY NICE for All Levels.
I Played on Monday- could have been open because of the Holiday?
Very nice person taking money to play and answering questions.

Need to redo the numbers on the holes. No number 8.
Can't tell where hole location is based upon the tee box gives 3 possible options.
FIRE ANTS EVERYWHERE. YES I GOT INTO A PILE and PAID THE PRICE.

Overall on the front seven not bad. I would play again if in the area. I'm not an expert. Novice player at best but I did enjoy this course. My wife and I played red tees first then went to play same seven on White tees and definitely a difference.

Layout - It starts with multiple pads (2 or 3) on top of rotating pin positions. There's also 23 (actually 22 because there is no #8) holes here so there's a ton of different ways to play this course and you could play it multiple times in different configurations; that's a huge plus. (Also for the purpose of this review I played most of the long pads.)

The two biggest strengths of Sandy Creek is that it gives a solid balance in hole type and forces you to throw a variety of shots in different circumstances.

The front eleven starts you off in the more open area of the park. There's some gaps to hit and some trees to avoid but for the most part it's about being able to place your shot over length. If you have the arm you can take more obstacles out of the way by hyzering/anhyzering around them. There's some fun holes on this front part and I especially like the stretch from 9-11 which matches that fun with challenge and more interesting lines.

The second eleven to me is the real strength of the course. It gets you down in the woods in the undulating terrain by the lake. Here you have quick elevation changes and some really interesting lines.

Most of the holes back here can be reached with a mid but a few are longer and require a fairway driver. I only played one set of pin positions but I could tell that they did a good job of changing the shot. I also really liked the selection of basket positions, they were usually tucked in to a nice spot or on some slope to add challenge. This all leads to a really balanced course.

The back eleven does a really good job of making you work the disc through gaps while moving it. Even the straighter overall holes aren't simple. It's not overly challenging but enough to make it interesting.

At the end you pop back out in the open for one more bomber hole that ends the round nicely.

There's one par 5 (though I'd call it a par 4) and five par 4's (though I'd call some of those a par 3) thrown in. A few were really solid holes that forced good placement shots to set you up for the second. It's one more area the course gives you variety in.

Equipment - Concrete pads for each tee and good signs that show you the length and hole layout. There's scorecards with a map available at the parking lot. The baskets seemed to be in good shape.

Atmosphere - Overall the park is pretty scenic. You have the lake in view on a few holes and the terrain is interesting. Once you get in the back you're in a more secluded place and I enjoyed that part more than the front but it's definitely a fun place to play disc golf.

Layout - The bigger weaknesses for this course really come in to play on that front 8 (well 7). I liked a few of these holes and it's not that they were all bad but it's just overall not that impressive. There's a few really boring open shots over there.

There's also some weird distances on a few of those holes from the long tee that create some tweeners.

The back part of the course is much better but there's not many holes that really make you go wow. It's just really solid golf and nothing amazing.

There's also a few holes on the back that seem like tweeners and some holes that from the long tee just have really awkward angles to the lines.

It would of also been nice if they could of brought the lake more in to play.

Equipment - There's no basket #8. From what I understand it had to be removed for safety reasons but to me it makes more sense to just renumber the rest of the course.

Some of the tees were really sandy...

Atmosphere - The front part of the course isn't all that great atmosphere wise, there's a few nice looking holes but I just didn't like the feel of it.

Sandy Creek is a solid and fun course to play and I'd recommend it to anyone in the area. Though if i lived in the area I'd probably mostly just start at 9 and play through 23 or work out some other 18 hole layout.

Concrete tee-pads
3 tees per hole
Mix of open grass and tight trees
Several interesting shots
Good basic infrastructure
Lovely park
Mostly Disc-only area for the course

No maps...not even on the Kiosk?
'Back 15' very hard to play.
Not much elevation
Some repetitive holes on the back

NOTE ON EDITED REVIEW: WHEN A REVIEW OF MINE ISN'T 'HELPFUL', I STOP AND ASK WHY. I EDITED THIS ONE A LOT. But the basic concerns stay the same. I really think a player who does not know this course needs honest information.


This is a pretty good course, but I have to say it wore out my patience. It took 20 minutes for the staff to admit that they could not find me a map. But what was really lame was that a pay to play course did not even have a map posted in the kiosk. Wandering lost with no idea how to get going on the back really dampened the day. (There were good signs once I finally got to the denser woods).

This was a beautiful, sunny saturday but I only saw about 10 players, all but 2 on the "Front 7". The back seemed to have scared most players off and I could see why. Does it make sense to put nearly every pin in the 'Throw long and blind' position when leaves have buried the course? I'm sorry to complain but the fact that the back was nearly unplayed seems to indicate something here. Throw in a few redundantly dense tree holes and it just wasn't much fun.

Sandy Creek could be a 4 star course with more love and fewer leaves. But on the day I was there, 3.5 is giving the benefit of the doubt.

Great course in a nice park offering several other activities (check their website for details).
•Variety: Welcomes you with several semi-open to lightly wooded, fairly flat holes employing well-placed stands of trees. The initial holes don't necessarily call for oodles of control, but still force you to shape a reasonable line if you hope to putt for par or better. The course then heads into the woods where trees and rolling terrain make things more interesting. A great mix of fairway shapes encourages BH/FH, hyzers/annies, and S-shots. Most tees present a few possible lines to challenge your decision making, but a few pretty much give you only one, defying you to pull it off. Does a decent job of offering a nice variety of lengths within each tee color (rather than forcing you to mix tees up to get a reasonably full range of distances). Throw in some nice elevation changes and a few rollaway greens along the way, and you have a fairly complete course that pretty much gives you a chance to use every shot in your arsenal and challenges all aspects of your game. Rotating A, B, C pin positions provide additional variety for locals.
• Equipment: Red, white and blue concrete tees were in good shape with ample footing. While the blues typically didn't change the line from the red and white tees appreciably, what they do exceptionally well is provide a much smaller window off the tee, requiring both power and finesse - playing in the woods from the blues is where you'll want those oodles of control. Innova baskets were easy to spot and in good shape. Tee signs were simple, informative, assisted in navigation. Scorecard/maps are available.
• Aesthetics: Visually appealing course that takes you through green fields, woods, moderately hilly terrain and offers a couple of lake views, making for a pleasant experience with nature... if you can stay off of the trees.
• Memorable holes: Starts off with the longest hole on the course where you can really let loose right off the bat. Sig Hole 21 plays over/around a large wetland bowl that will make you think twice. There were some other interesting holes, and although I can't recall their numbers, Sandy Creek keeps you engaged the entire round. Fun to play and challenging at the same time.
• Routing/navigation, I had a guide and was enjoying their company more so than paying attention to where the next tee was. The course takes you to several different sections of the park, and you'll have to cross the park road a few times to get from one section to another. While I don't recall any walks that seemed counter intuitive or unusually long, I can see how the uninitiated might not know where to proceed at these crossings. Follow the map, look for the signs... you should be OK.

Hole 10 plays near the tennis court and close to a park road. While I wouldn't say it's a glaring design flaw or major concern, unlike pedestrian traffic (likely to pass safely out of the way in 30 seconds or so), tennis players are right where they're supposed to be, aren't going anywhere, and probably aren't listening for people yelling "FORE!" Caution and common sense should avoid any issues, but I have to question routing a hole that can bring such an obstacle into play. Other than that, most holes play well away from non-DG traffic.
•Tee signs don't indicate the current pin position - be prepared to walk a few fairways.
• I spotted quite a few hairy Poison Ivy vines - beware.
• Hole 8 has been removed and the subsequent holes haven't been renumbered.
• Tons of leaves in the woods during fall/winter can make finding even good shots time-consuming: stock your bag accordingly if possible. Listed more as a warning than a con.

Sandy Creek is a great course, a fun round and offers something for everyone - worthy of consideration if you're visiting the area.

The wooded holes all come one after another toward the end of the round (in a somewhat unrelenting fashion), before finally concluding with an open hole, rather than being interspersed with more open holes. If that seems a bit overwhelming (or monotonous), you can easily park near holes 14, 19, or 21 and start with a few holes in the woods, saving the more open holes (1-9) for the middle of your round, then finishing up back in the woods... the order you read the chapters in can make big difference. I like courses that make it easy to start at several different points - also nice for leagues, tournies or heavy casual traffic.

I can't complain about the $3 fee ($2 to enter + $1 for DG) as the course seems well maintained.

Some claim the course is too tight/too difficult. I'm an 850'ish rated player. I played the blues and got shredded; but the blues are supposed to be challenging for Advanced players - I was in over my head. The red, white and blue tees were quite well suited to Rec, Int, and Adv skill levels. If you choose to spar with heavyweights, don't complain if you get KO'd... jump over to white or red on holes that look more intimidating to you if that's what makes the round more enjoyable.

Sandy Creek may be more difficult than some courses, but all the tees give you a fair target and I saw nothing that seemed to draw upon luck more than skill. That said, I'm sure recovering from bad shots is a lot tougher in spring and summer - to be expected on any well wooded course.

I hemmed and hawed between 3.5 and 4, but liked the variety and elevation enough to say it's closer to excellent than very good.

1. This is my home course and I love almost all holes, except some.
2. Good concrete tee pads on all holes with sign. First 10 holes are decent.
3. Multiple tee pads and pin position.
4. Now they have started to mow grasses frequently than they used to be.
5. Good mix of open fairways and woody holes

1. Cost to play even after taking $2 for entrance. The cost should go to the improvement of disc golf course but it doesn't seems it is going for disc golf. If my $1 per visit goes just for mowing than where does my $2 goes. At least benches could be placed in each tee pad area that would make me think that my money is well utilized.
2. There are some trees unnecessarily kept in the middle of the fairway. At least one or two trees needs to be cut down in hole number 13, 15, and 16. The skinny tree in hole number 15 from white tee is just so much annoying even though the hole still needs a great technical shot with a danger of death roll at the end.
3. Hole number 8 is missing and it needs to replaced.
4. Multiple placement of pins is annoying sometimes; for example, hole 1, is it par 3 or 4 or 5? I know it is a legit par 3 for pin A and B, but I am confused with pin C, it doesn't seems like 830 ft from the blue tee. Everybody seems to be taking pin c as par 4 but according to sign, it is par 5.

It is a good but very challenging course, especially the last 11 holes. Multiple tee pad is definitely a plus which gives opportunity to every level of players. There are a lot of other activities you can do in your visit.

Great course. Good mix of wooded and open holes. 1-10,23 are pretty open holes with a few tight shots required. 11-22 are in the woods and require more precise shots to par. Blue, white, and red cemented tee boxes with 3 different basket locations. Not much water to deal with other than a marsh on hole 21 that is pretty nasty (lay up if your playing from blues).

Cost $2 parking $1 to play, but not too bad. Closed Mondays. Hole 17 is way to tough, to tight and long for par 3.

Overall fun course. I play it 2-3 times a week and still haven't gotten par. Can be -3 going into hole 12 (wooded holes) and come out +3. Clean park, friendly staff. Theres a beach and fishing permitted as well if your planning on making a trip out with the family.

Scenic, quiet park in the countryside that will challenge all of your game. The park is well maintained and though you pay $3, you get a nice 23 hole gem in an area sadly lacking of courses. I really like the multiple teepads and the wonderful signage. Really easy to find your way around. The layout is trees and field through the first 11, then sends you into thick woods for the latter half.

Though I really enjoy the course, a couple of the holes on the front nine are too open (7,8,23) , and a few on the back are almost too narrow for their length, leaving no room for any kind of flex shot (to give the distance you need to get par). A few holes in the woods seem like repeats of each other (the shorter ones). Navigation is tough finding hole 9 and 23, perhaps a "next tee" sign could be placed on these.

Kudos that they have posted some par 4's and required the golfer to use effective placement in order to achieve par instead of using length alone to bump up the par