Seviren Lang is a classic course near the Louisville area. Though technically in Indiana, it's only a short drive across the river to play it. The course is a mixture of wooded and open and features subtle elevation changes throughout. The course starts out with the first 5 holes in the woods before opening up, literally, with the 1000'+ hole 6. From there on it's what I'd consider mostly open over moderately wooded.

The baskets are beautiful bright red Chainstar Pros. These look really new so I'm assuming this is only the second, maybe third year they've been here. No complaints with these. In fact, these are some of my personal favorite baskets. One basket but multiple pin placements per hole.

Nice large concrete tee pads on every hole. Most, but not all, have two tees per hole. This is always nice to see since it caters to a wider range of skill levels. The pads themselves are all nicely sized, level and have good traction to them. Nicely done with these.

There's a decent mixture of shot shapes off the tee here, though it seemed slightly more RHBH friendly. I liked how even on some of the more open holes they'd tuck the pin along the tree line or in a tricky area to approach. The design is pretty solid for what's honestly not a huge amount of space. They did a great job fitting 18 holes in here without it feeling crammed.

The flow is pretty intuitive to follow. There's signs guiding you to hole 1 from the kiosk in the parking lot and from there it's a piece of cake getting around.

The tee signs must be updated from the last review too. No longer laminated pieces of paper. They're now permanent and pretty nicely done. They feature a basic hole map showing both pin positions and any OB. They also have the par, distance and any elevation gain or loss for each basket position. Nice looking signs, and it sounds like a major update from prior years.

The 1000' hole feels forced. It's feels like filler to get you to the other side of the park. It doesn't really fit with the vibe of the rest of the course. Not a fan. There are restrooms near it though I guess. The wife appreciated that.

A few of the holes play pretty close to the park roads. Nothing overly egregious but also less than ideal. If playing to the long pin on 14 you're blind to the tee and some people may end up backtracking up the fairway to get to 15's tee.

You have to walk between 18's basket and the right side of hole 3's fairway to get to hole 1. Basically there's just a few slightly sketchy spots out here. While these wouldn't be an issue at 90% of the courses out there, this is one of those 10% courses where it could.

Lots of erosion here. Very unpredictable ground play due to this as well as tripping hazards. The rough wasn't too terrible when we played in mid April, it does look like there will be some gnarly areas come summer.

I can see why this course is rated so highly on here. Back in 2008 this would've been a top of the line course. Honestly, now it's just kind of another above average city park course. Definitely worth a spin if you're near or travelling through here. But don't be mislead by it's lofty rating. Still fun, but currently overrated in my opinion.

+ Peaceful place to enjoy the walk as you play.
+ A healthy assortment of open, wooded, hilly and flat fairways.
+ Tee pads are sturdy, long and wide made of concrete.
+ Many baskets have plastic tubes wrapped around one of their spokes to point players towards the next tee.
+ Info board and practice basket.
+ The tee signs are easy to understand and have a diagram, distances and elevation changes, but...

- ...they're just laminated paper. A third of the tee signs are damaged or outright destroyed.
- Those 'next tubes' aren't present on all baskets, which means a few navigation issues. Going from 7 to 8, for one example.
- No lost disc box?
- Wild and grabby undergrowth all over the place. Aim true or waste time searching for your disc.

For scenery, I liked hole15 the best. A peaceful shaded tunnel is just the thing to relax a disc golfer. There are many instances of that kind of thing here, but 15 was my favorite of it. For playing, I enjoyed hole2 the most because it challenged my skills in negotiating a dogleg in a narrow part of the woods with just enough elevation to keep it interesting. My least favorite was hole6. More than one thousand feet of nothing but wide-open space? Boooo....

That's as boring as it gets at Seviren Lang, though. Most of the other holes have enough elevation or natural features to avoid being dull. And those that don't are mercifully brief. No, engagement is not this course's weakness. I would say that the most glaring issue facing this course is the hodgepodge of presentation.

There are several examples, but hole11 illustrates my point perfectly. The tee sign has been torn off (as of June 2022). The small trees and shrubs at the bottom of the valley completely obscure the player's view of the fairway beyond. So, with no way of knowing what lies ahead, the player throws on faith. Is the basket left, right or straight? You won't know until you see it because the washer & screw system of telling players which position the basket is in is missing on that hole. If hole6 is the most boring, then hole11 was the most irritating to play.

But then take hole16. Its tee sign diagram is still intact. The washer & screw are there to tell players which pin position to throw towards. The fairway is clean and plainly visible. That is the kind of thing that this course intended to offer on every hole, but I get the feeling that age and nature are starting to overwhelm this course's infrastructure and personnel.


In spite of that, however, I still think that Seviren Lang deserves a warm recommendation. It is very rough around the edges with plenty of roughage at its edges, but the good far outweighs the bad here. The manageable hills and trees working together can make you forget about the worse parts of the course, even if nothing reaches out and grabs the player.

Bottom Line: Seviren Lang is a nice place to play our sport. It's got its problems, but they don't overshadow the good parts. Whether you're a regular or just visiting, this course won't disappoint.

By the way, how it that first word pronounced? Does it rhyme with 'siren'?

A moderately long course with consistently pretty good holes.

-Amenities: Quite good. Concrete tees, red Chainstars, good signs including maps and elevation info (though the distances seem questionable), mulch, benches, next tee signage.

-Multi-Pins: Most of the holes look like they have multiple pin positions. For regulars, this would be great.

-Upkeep: Solid, except for tee signs. Combined with the amenities, this makes Seviren a solid park-style experience that anyone could walk through with no difficulty.

-Variety: Good mix of open and tightly wooded. This is a park-style course done right, using all the environments available to it to keep things interesting.

-Shot Shaping/Gameplay: A credible challenge with quite a few interesting shots. The opening is the most technical section, with short par-3s. Here, it's about hitting tiny gaps and straddle putting. After the giant 1000' (6), the course spends more time in the open, with only sparse tree challenge. Then, the back nine ramps things up, with consistently varied length and shaping and several par-4s that were very enjoyable. This concluding section of the course includes the hardest holes and the ones that require most strategy. Parts of the course are extremely flat, but other parts make good use of the moderate elevation, such as the big downhill (7) that plays to a guarded basket.

-Signage: The signage is outdated, and doesn't include many newer pin positions. There are also quite a few signs damaged.

-Pizazz: i.e., this course doesn't really have any. The technical holes are good, but not startling. The open holes are pretty boring, such as (6) which is 1000' straight in the wide open. Really, the only holes that other courses would covet are combinations of woods and hills in the final 8 holes that create fun and demanding shots.

-Growth: I get the idea this course has grown in since it was started. Low shots are the norm here, and I have to think the ceilings are only getting lower as time goes on.

Seviren Lang is a solid course. It's got good variety of good holes, and a few really nice shots towards the conclusion of the course. Add in complete amenities and good maintenance, and it's a Very Good course, on the verge of Excellence. That said, I don't think it has the appeal of Excellent courses, and I wouldn't consider it worth a special road trip to itself.

Played this course while visiting my parents in the Louisville area. Was a warm day, so played it twice. I chose Seviren from local options (having played Charlie Vettiner twice earlier in week) because years ago I played on ultimate team with co-designer, Martin Young. Wanted to see his work. Played my "round" shot from long tee when had option but tried the short concrete tees when present just to see what they offered.

*** The parking lot Google Maps leads to is near H10. The gate was closed that would take you up to the H1 parking lot. I could not tell if that was a permanent change to accommodate walking path or if merely an aspect of seasonal operations. Seemed like locals were starting on 10 as well. My comments are informed by 10-18, 1-9 order of play. There are one and possibly two practice baskets near H1 (still not sure about where 18's basket is) but none near H10 as far as I could tell.

The course was wet in places, but had not been area long enough to know what water it might be holding or why.

Much of what was said in previous reviews applies: well-maintained course; makes most of park space and elevation; nice mix of wooded and open holes.

A good, fair, rewarding, enjoyable challenge for my level -- almost exclusive LHBH 890+ rated intermediate player. The challenges include line hitting as the rough is punishing even in winter months and being out of position on holes, even in the open holes, increases the challenge and risks of the subsequent shot. On some holes this increase is fairly substantial - difference between good birdie look and no birdie look.

As I mention in the Cons there are, for my tastes, too many straight holes. That said, the course designers use angles and elevation effectively and interesting dimensions such as fast and roll-away greens, pinch points, etc.

Multiple basket design on some holes significantly change the hole while others create what amount to left and right greens. Only one basket in ground, so basket rotates. Some of the A/B baskets are not really far enough apart to really matter in terms of shot making but perhaps locals like the course variance they offer?

Comments on specific holes in Other Thoughts area.

There are a number of course holes that might not be approved in 2019 given safety concerns. As the course runs counterclockwise for most part, the risks tend to be LHBH fade risks and RHBH hyzer risks. 14 in the B position is a strong dogleg left with walkway on right. Not a big fan of throwing around a corner without good sight lines. 18 long also requires throwing over walkway that leads to 1's tee. This wasn't a problem with this parking lot not being used but still not a great design. I actually played to the practice basket near the parking lot in round 1, and then did again in R2 when I couldn't find a different basket to play to. H8 basket is near a parking lot but, again, the gate to the parking lot was closed.

I felt like I was throwing a driver (I throw nothing higher than a 9 speed disc) or a putter on most tees. There are a number of either straight or downhill putter shots: 1, 3, 7, possibly 10 (I threw mid), 17 in short. The alternate pins may change this dynamic -- just felt like a lot of straight putter shots. Other straight holes include 12 in long, 14 in short, 15 tunnel, 16 @ 1,000 ft, and 8 (uphill). That repetition of short shots solidified the 3.5 rating, and not a 4.

I really disliked hole 5, a nearly 90 degree short dogleg. Just seemed a goofy hole made out of necessity given the space available. Maybe if I threw FH better, I'd like it better.

I liked the B9 (which played as F9 given where I parked) more than intended front 9. The first five wooded holes are uneven. 1 is a fine putter shot. 2 is a great hole. Requires two really good shots to get to green (perhaps 950-rated players putt for eagle?). 3 is boring. 4 is a good hole in that it has two routes to consider and an uphill green. 5 is as described above. 6 is 1,000 ft straight, though with sloping fairway toward wood line. 7,8,9 have weird flow.

3 favorite holes:
Hole 11 -- maybe signature hole on course. Uphill tee shot over a wooded area that can collect low discs. Hole was set in short position but, in second round, I went ahead and played to the long basket -- which required an uphill to downhill right-to-left tunnel shot, with runaway green. No basket, so I didn't putt, but would have been putting for par from circle's edge. Great view from short basket, if turn back toward tee. Took a picture there.

Hole 2 -- Almost a cut above, in good way, in terms of challenge compared with rest of course. Tight wooded fairway moving sharply to the right and then uphill slightly to very tight green. Fairway has pinch sides approaching green, so requires hitting two lines to be putting for birdie. Short par 4, but punishing if on either left or right of fairway, and especially right short of fairway bend.

Hole 16. Par 4, uphill from long tee into a tunnel, then on second shot (for my 300-foot arm) downhill through pinch point to guarded green (basket in longer position). tough birdie. I didn't get it either time.

3 Least Favorite Holes:

Hole 5 -- as described above. Yuck.

Hole 8 -- Kind of a filler hole. Go downhill on 7 and 9, so have to get back up hill from 7 to play 9. Probably harder RHBH given tree and mando but boring played LHBH.

Hole 3 -- the most boring of the straight putter holes. Kind of an obstructed tee of sorts, but that added nothing to hole.

Other hole comments:

I wonder what 13 played like when the course was designed compared to now. The second shot requires navigating a very large clump of trees across most of the fairway and then the green has evergreen trees around it in places. The map does not show the left hyzer line (LHBH) as a designed option. This line, if it is a line, requires hitting a narrow gap while possibly turning the disc over OB to clear this large clump and need distance to clear evergreen guardian trees. On the designed line, the hole plays LHBH hyzer then turnover. Opposite for RH. RHFH and then big RH hyzer is probably easiest route. The hole would benefit from some line clearing.

I'm still not sure if I played to the right basket on 18.

A few final "enjoyment" thoughts that did not affect me but worth mentioning:

The off-fairway rough was punishing to both scramble shots and to the body (thorns!) even in December. In summer it could be a real challenge/frustration.

I would call some of the Par 4s "soft" but I am not good enough for it to matter to my round. Just a design comment.

The busier the walking path is, the more disruption your round will likely encounter. Doesn't impact a ton of holes, but is a factor on a few.

If you are a 875+ player, I'd pass on the short tees. A few holes have second concrete tees and others have rubber pads (that seem to have been deserted in terms of upkeep). All of the long tees are more interesting. The short tees don't have tee signs.

****
My rounds played quickly though the layout requires a fair amount of walking. No transitions are too long -- it's just a course that covers the park perimeter so asks a fair amount of walking.

If I lived in Southern Indiana, I'd play this course all the time. Really good course for practicing hitting desired landing spots and wooded lines and navigating obstructed and runaway greens.

Close to I-64 when on a road trip. Very well maintained and manicured park; the grass was being cut along with weed whacking / trimming by the grounds crew while I was playing on a Monday morning.

Cement tees on the long tees. Trash buckets at each tee sign. Good Mach 5 baskets. A variety of shots were required, from fairly tight wooded holes to a 1011 foot monster open hole #6. Good use of elevation change incorporated into the course which is important to me.

Hole #7 is a beautiful down hill shot. Hole #11 is a signature hole here with a uphill shot over a tree line, uphill some more to a well protected basket, par 4, loved it! I liked the look of #12 but played it poorly. #16 good par 4.

The cut rubber mats directly under the baskets were a nice touch, it prevents erosion and is easy to mow around.

Finding tee #1 was tricky even though I saw the red arrows, it could still be marked better. I found #2 and #18 before finding #1.

The first 5 wooded holes were through some very tight woods.

The flow between 7, 8 and 9 didn't feel natural. I expected to cross the road after 7 but the course goes back uphill for #8 and backtracks past basket #6 before you find tee #9.

#15 tunnel shot, hated it.

This course shines on the back nine. I drove over an hour out of the way because of others I knew highly recommended it, I was disappointed until it opened up on hole 6. Again, props to the landscaping done on the course!

I'm a tough reviewer and can see why others see it as a 4 star course.

Clean, manicured scenic park. Exclusive course land. Excellent signage. Decent course flow. Good mix of hole types, throw challenges and skill levels. Very easy to access from the highway.

Course gets a bit bland on the back nine. Some needless fairway overlap on the back nine as well.

The course has a lot going for it, and you can tell it was designed by experienced disc golfers. The park setting is beautiful and well-maintained.

The first 5 holes are really superb and set the stage with some excellent technical wooded fairways. Hole 6 felt a bit ridiculous to me at 1100 feet. The backtracking for hole 8 and back to hole 9 felt weird.

The back nine started getting a bit bland, with a few holes just hugging the park drive and were little more than gap-fillers. A couple good technical holes though. For some weird reason, the basket for 18 was placed crossing the path one would take from the parking lot to the tee for hole 1, when it could have easily been placed without that overlap (a mere 20 foot difference).

I'm not a fan of asphalt-hugger courses in general. If I can see my car for most of the round, it's not my kind of course.

This is a nice course. It was fun to play, easy to navigate and enjoyable the entire round. Unfortunately, all the personality it built up on the front nine slowly drained out by the time you got to 18.

This is a model for what multi-use park disc golf courses should be like. I'm not sure much else could be done with the land to offer up signature holes or anything else that would make this course exceptional, but it's no doubt a good course and hits most of the marks.

I played Severin along with Iroquois Park and Charlie Vettiner while I was in the Louisville area. Without hesitation I'd recommend Severin if you had to choose one. It's not a destination course, but it's so easy to access from the highway that it's a definite course to play if you're in the area or traveling through. The 4+ rating here is definitely overinflated.