- For the most part, Oak Ridge and west Knox county disc golf is relatively open, with more emphasis on landing in a specific area than throwing a specific line. This course is a very different style. We'll call that a positive.
- I've never seen this course crowded. In fact, in 4 visits (all beautiful Friday afternoons), I've only seen 1 other person on course.
- If you like really wooded, old style park courses, you may really enjoy this one.
- Course has a few decently fun holes. I think hole 4 has really been cleaned up. It is a nice left to right slight downhill hole. Hole 5 is a nice defined line short hyzer from the red. Hole 6 rewards an aggressive shot. Hole 7 is a short little uphill straight shot ace run. Hole 8 is the best hole on the course. You crest a little hill, then have to hit a gap to clear a creek to get to the pin. Hole 9 has a choice of baskets that bring water into play.
- There are spots on the course where discs will be hard to find, but there isn't any real threat to lose discs.

- Everyone mentions the tee pads. They are fine to me, but if tee pads are important to you, this will stand out to you.
- Signage. Some of the signs are out of the ground. Some of the hole printouts are torn or faded to the point that they are unreadable. They also show multiple pins, which can be confusing.
- Several holes have no real obvious lines. I was throwing multiple shots and I didn't identify a strong relationship between successful execution and results (see update below). If you are off a bit or just unlucky, this course can be a real grind.
- Swampy after a rain. I've seen people hosting events warn people to not wear shoes or pants that they want to keep nice.
- No real opportunities to see your disc fly.

All the locals refer to this place as "Yearwood" or "Carl Yearwood". As mentioned in other reviews, hole #1 is on the other side of the ball field.

I played this course very early in my disc golf career and hated it. Revisiting it a few years later with a different skillset, I'm warming up to it a bit.

If you want to play a course with nice tee pads and new shiny Prodigy or Dynamic Disc baskets and you want to throw big sweeping hyzers and muscle out flex shots as far as you can into beautiful well manicured green fields, this isn't the place for you.

If you romanticize woods golf with an old school feel and you want to play a short 9 hole course in the area, you might find it to be a gem.

Update: November 13, 2021. After a summer of playing as many wooded courses as I could, I revisited this course. Between the course thinning out a bit and an evolution of my game, I found the play a lot more rewarding and fair.

I'm leaving my rating as is because it is still a slog and this course visually reminds me of the back yard of someone featured on 20/20. And frankly, it is overrated on here and will set up travelers for disappointment. However, while it isn't as good as Norris or Admiral, someone who prefers woods golf will probably find this 9 holer more enjoyable than Plumb Creek, Powell Station, and Pellissippi.

There's a little fun to be had here. 7, 8, and 9 had some decent lines through woods, slight elevation, and a little stream. 7 was my favorite, with a right to left line through trees uphill to a mound with a tightly guarded basket.

Once you find hole 1, navigation is pretty straightforward. Signs are aging but informative.

I won't gripe about the mulched tees. They were level enough and probably adequate for the shortness of the holes.

When you pull into the parking lot, you'll immediately see a incorrectly assembled practice basket (pole section above the bottom of the basket was at least 6 inches too short). Next to the practice basket is a message board. You'd assume hole 1 would be around here, right? Nope, it's on the other side of the park behind the skate park. A map or at least an arrow or two would be helpful here.

Hole 4 was a mess of trees with zero line to the basket. If they'd remove some trees, they can help make an actual line and identity for this hole.

Why are there 2 baskets 40 ft apart on 9? They clearly spent a lot of effort and resources creating the hanging basket (although I wish it was a little higher up). Keep that one and repurpose the other! I'd recommend moving this extra basket to make a long option on #1. There's a nice little channel in the trees 100ft past the current basket on the way to the #2 tee where that basket would be better utilized.

Several holes had weird and unnecessarily punitive basket locations with trees literally 2ft away (3, 4, and 5 for example).

Secret City needs work. I think there's hope with some tweaking. Right now, I'd say the biggest issue is the lack of realistic shot lines. Too many times, luck seemed to trump skill and it takes away from the fun. It's also hard to enjoy a round here especially considering the quality you'll find at the nearby Pelissippi and Powell 9-holers.

This 9 hole course is in a very small city park that makes pretty good use of the land that was there to work with. The baskets are in pretty good shape. It is mostly wooded with a creek in play on a couple of holes. There is a decent variety of moderately wooded, densely wooded, and a couple of more open shots. Hole #9 is unique with a hanging basket over the creek and ends up back at the parking lot. The course finishes stronger than it starts as the ending holes are a little more interesting.

The natural tees were just ok at best, and were marked with ball golf type markers that to me were too narrow to feel comfortable. Also, some of the tee markers were hard to find, broken, or were missing one or both of the markers. A couple of the fairways (#3 and #4) were ridiculously narrow. Also, there is barely any variety in length from hole to hole.

Hole #1 was difficult to find (use the map linked on this site, that would have been helpful); you have to take a walk around the ball fields behind the skate park to find tee #1. You can't see any tees or baskets from the parking area.

If you want a quick round where you only need a couple of discs this is a good place for that. I personally found this course to be pretty boring and occasionally frustrating. It does make pretty good use of the small space available and would be serviceable if that is all I had, but it just lacks any real excitement. I would not recommend driving out of your way to play this course.