A petite course through sparse trees.

-Amenities: Among the better thought out for courses this tiny that I've played. Concrete tees, DISCatchers, tee signs with map, par, and distance.

-Environment: Not all-star, but solid for a tiny course. Holes play among large, spaced-out trees. A tiny, dry creek bed comes into play several times and could be used as a hazard area to make holes more interesting.

-Beginner-Friendly: Holes are mostly in the 100'-200' range without any needle lines. It's birdieable for newer players, and aceable for experienced ones. It feels like a par-2 course.

-Flow: With one exception, holes flow nicely and (9) ends near the start of (1).

-Shot Shaping/Gameplay: Moderately interesting for the length. Many holes have a straight line drive option with fading shots open as well, but you do have to choose a route or you're subject to tree smackdowns. Hole (5) is the open "bomb" at over 300', though by the time you get to there it feels difficult to get your whole body into a drive. The closing holes are the most interesting, an uphill shot with low ceiling and a longer, tighter finisher with a creek bed long of the basket.

-Marshy: When I played a couple days after a rain, the ground was wet and swampy almost throughout the course. It was a major nuisance that got my shoes, bag, and discs wet.

-Scope: I can't complain about this course otherwise, so I'll just note that it's a pretty small course. It's fun but will barely even get you warmed up.

Seven Oaks is a nice little spot. Holes feel like par-2s, but aren't just open putts as some tiny courses tend towards. The marshiness is a major detractor, but not quite enough to lose it a spot among the Reasonable.

Parking behind the building at Seven Oaks Park , and overlooking the ball fields , the course is on the Right side of the fields and down the hill . The 9 hole course sits in a multi use park with plenty of parking , and a nice bathroom in between the ball fields .
The Equipment - The course has cement tee pads , and good tee signs for each hole . There are alternate tees , but they are natural . The baskets are yellow banded Discatchers . There is a nice chill area in the park with benches after your round .
The landscape - The course is park-style all the way . It is parking lot flat except for the basket that sits on a small hill on #8 . 8 holes of the course are confined to maybe a couple of acres of land with a few trees on it as obstacles There is a small ditch in front of the basket on #7 and #8 is isolated over a bridge on your left .
Course Appearance/Atmosphere - The course is average in appearance , sharing close space with the nearby ball fields . The large trees to provide shade for at least half of the course . The atmosphere here is that disc golf is secondary to everything else , including the walkers that use the trail that surrounds and also cuts through the course .
Highlights - Nothing to speak of . Most holes from the cement tees are ace runs except for maybe 5 , a right to left 275' with no clear look at the basket ( trees and their canopies line up between you and the hole ., and #6 a straight shot 267' with a little gully in front of the basket .
Time - I played this course in about 25 minutes . A group of 4 will get through in less than an hour .
Disc Risk - minimal . Unless you griplock a midrange short drive on #8 ( 192' ) and end up in a small stream , or throw an awful fade on 6 , you will come home with the same amount of discs that you left with .
The course is secondary to the park , but there was a group and a single playing when I was there .
It's fast and fun if you have an hour to spend . It's also good practice if your son or daughter is riding the bench during the ball game nearby and you are tired of waiting for them to be substituted in .

#1 Safety - There is a cement walking trail that runs around and through the course . add that into the energetic little or older brother and sisters of ball game parents and couples spreading a blanket near a fairway , and you have a smorgasbord of new obstacles on the course to come close to hitting . Just kidding . Skip a hole if you have to and double up on hole 8 or 9 .
#2 Navigation is easy , except for #8 , which is over a bridge on the left of and after the basket on #7 . A Next Tee sign would help the non local people find this hole . Print a map if just for finding 8 .
#3 Challenge - If you have grown up into your body , and/or have plenty of rounds of disc golf played , you are either going to be seeing how far under par you can go , or try for aces . This is a beginner friendly course .
#4 Landlocked - I wasn't sure if there were long tees or not . I saw something that looked like it could be a natural spot or 2 . I don't know if the course could expand to make a more challenging layout , or add holes . Maybe that's not what the park had in mind . I give course designer Alan Kane credit for squeezing 9 beginner holes into such a small spot and still make it appealing to the locals .

Even with the supposed dual pins per hole , the message is clear ; This course is designed with kids or beginners in mind . It's short , it's flat , and there is little risk of losing your only disc , or spending a lot of time looking for it . Read the description on the face page of DGR and it will tell you that .
I can see where this course would be fun to jack around and play with your high school buddies while talking about girls or parties . I have to admit that I liked the course okay , too . 7 Oaks has just enough going for it to make it worth a drive .
My Recommendation - This course is near perfect to introduce the game to the curious , newbies to get their bearings straight , a fun date or family outing . It is good enough for locals to drop down and grab a quick after dinner round , or a parent to try to goad his child into throwing a few holes after their ball game . Intermediates on up might entertain themselves if they can find some longer tees , or make up their own course . A great leg stretcher for the traveler , since it is 5 minutes off the exit , and appealing to the Course Collector for the same reason + 5 other courses within 10 miles of here .
I wouldn't go out of my way to play here , but if you have 40 minutes to kill and you are on I-26 ,,,,,,,

-Concrete tee boxes
-Tee signs on every hole
-Nice shade
-Bathrooms at the baseball field.

-VERY short
-Putters are all you use
-Not much in the way of technicality,

Played this course while in town over the holiday. I asked locals for recommendations since I only had 5 discs, and I did not want a stupid hard course. This is what was offered.

Boy were they right. This was not hard AT ALL. VERY short holes on every tee with little to no obstruction. This was more of an approach practice course at best. I was close on 4 ace runs and I am glad I did not hit because I would have felt guilty counting these as ace runs.

Listen, I know a course like this is needed for beginners and kids, but that is it. If I ever go back, it will be because I am teaching someone the game, or taking a kid to play.

If you are better than a middle of the pack recreation level player, you should not be on this course. Especially if the only reason you are there is to hit aces. But, if all you care about is to be able to brag about how many aces you have, then go for it.

Everything you would want for a course is there, except length and difficulty. For that, the course gets 1.5.

3/15/21 Update:
Out of the 66 courses I have reviewed, this is where this course ranks along with similarly rated courses:
Rank-Course, Location
51-Pauls Valley Flightline DGC, Pauls Valley, OK
52-Michelin DGC, Spartanburg, SC
53-Holmes Park, Greenville, SC
54-Seven Oaks DGC, Columbia, SC
55-Margaret Hunter Park-Newberry, SC
56-Black Mountain YMCA, Black Mountain, NC
57-Furman DGC, Greenville, SC
58-Easley High School, Easley, SC
59-Noble E. Young DGC, Tyler, TX
60-Simpsonville City Park DGC, Simpsonville, SC

Quick easy round in a multi-use park, PERFECT for the kids or beginners.
Nice baskets, concrete tee pads (barely needed), tee signs with hole layout, even though they all could have just said, "the basket in front of you".
Located between other uses in this park.

A couple of spots on the later holes where shots could end up in the weeds or stream.
Not much challenge for more experienced players.

Don't get me wrong, this course is GREAT for what it is designed, a short, beginner-friendly course. Situated on the back side of the park, behind the ballfield, next to the soccer fields and the walking path.
Perfect to take the younger kids to while the siblings are playing their sport, or Dad to get in a practice round during the kid's practice, or some family physical activity after the family picnic. I am fine with this type of course existing, it opens our sport to new players.
Not really a challenge for even intermediate players, as it was a birdie fest for me! As I was leaving, I passed a guy pushing his son in the stroller, I mentioned that the park should be called Squirrel Oaks, since I saw so many tree rats there. He reached down in the bottom part of the stroller, pulled out some plastic and wanted to know if I wanted to see the long, challenging course. Seems he's laid out a longer course, for these days he has baby duty.

Seven Oaks is the essence of a beginner friendly course. Plenty of chances for birdies and aces.
- Nice variety between long and short tees. Long tees present some tight layouts (#7 - 9), longer holes (#5) and different looks from the shorts. At least you'll have to somewhat work to get your birdies from the longer layout.
- Easy course to play in short amount of time. Could easily play short layout in 15 minutes with one or two discs. It'd be even quicker if tees were better marked - see comment in cons.
- Great overall park - large rec center, great ball fields, walking path, playground. You can easily distract the rest of the family long enough to squeeze in 9 or 18 holes.
- Nice, detailed map. Without the map, it'd be a struggling find some tees.

Course offers very little challenge. Too many holes are too straight, too short or offer little to no obstacle. Eight on the 9 short holes are under 200 feet. Whereas one may see a great beginner course, others will see a course that's not going to be fun/challenging for advanced players.
- Many holes/layouts play over walking paths. The only real risk is playing from #8 long, where you're throwing a partially blind tee shot.
- Too many holes are poorly marked. I couldn't find a tee area for #1 on shorts - other short holes are marked by a temporary tee sign. Long tees are marked by spray painted markers. I could only find 6 of the 9 long layouts (couldn't find #1, 2 & 5), and even of those, I wasn't sure if 3 of those were actually the tee (#2, 8 &9). Some markers/tees could be better marked than just being spray painted dirt/grass, which (obviously) quickly fades away.
- Holes are very close together. If this course gets crowded, it could present real issues.

Seven Oaks is clearly aimed at beginners. Whereas that's a good thing for beginners, a good, high-rated course it does not make.
- The biggest thing going against Seven Oaks is its absolute lack of space. They should be given credit for somehow squeezing 9 holes (with dual layouts nonetheless) into this small piece of land.
- There were two fun hole layouts - #8 & 9 in the longs. That's assuming the spray paint I saw was indeed the tees, and not something else. On #8, you have to shoot through a gap in the trees, over the small creek to the basket. If you throw straight, it's not a difficult hole. #9 tees off in the woods, right behind the same creek. Once you get out of the woods, the fairway is wide open. Part of the challenge was just getting to the tee.
- Needless to say, this course is nowhere near the ratings others have given it. Courses need to be rated against each other, not in a vacuum. And my ranking reflects that.
- I'm giving this course a 2.0, based on the long layout. The short/beginner-friendly layout would get a lower mark, but I'm not going to include that in the overall rating.
- Unless, you're a local, this course probably isn't worth a trip out of the way to play. With a lack of space, I don't know how much better this course can get.