- Secluded location dedicated to disc golf. Despite being used for a host of activities in the past, my understanding is the future of this property will primarily be for disc golf. The property is very well maintained by the course designer, Greg.
- Shot variety. This course asks you to throw lots of different shot shapes and requires a fair amount of distance from the longs. You can get by with 350ft+ of distance but ideally need to have 400-450ft in order to score.
- Distance markers. When I last played this course, Greg was installing distance markers to mark off 200, 300, and 400 feet from the pin on the long par 5s (holes 10 and 18). These kinds of markers have long been used in ball golf and it's cool to see them being used in disc golf.

- Despite having lots of trees on the property, this course does very little to incorporate them into its fairways (holes 5 and 8 being the exceptions). By and large, each hole asks you to throw down a hallway of varying width. Would love to see the trees incorporated further down the fairways to create more gaps to hit.
- This course features A TON of OB that seems largely unnecessary and removes a player's opportunity to scramble for par. For example, hole 2 features OB along the fence that runs down the left side of the fairway for about 90% of the hole. With the woods being as dense as they are, it's easy to think the player will score the same with OB versus without, but the *opportunity* to save par is completely removed with the inclusion of OB.
- This course only presents one way to play it. There seems to be very little room for creativity if you do not find yourself in the ideal landing zone. The wooded par 4s in particular could remove a few trees to give the option of a birdie if the player can thread a narrow gap or shape a difficult line. Given the amount of land to work with, I'd love to see the holes present multiple fairways instead of just one. Hole 6 comes to mind as having two distinct fairways if the teepad was simply moved back 50 to 100 feet.
- Usual temp course issues. No real tee pads, permanent baskets, tee signs, benches, or trash cans. I do not consider these to be major issues given the newness of the course. I expect these will be remedied once the course finds its permanent layout.

- SOAC is a beautiful property with a great course on it. If the course incorporated more gaps down the fairway, more risk/reward shots, and options off the tee, I think it could be a truly amazing course with the potential to be elite.
- Hole 10. I have to rant about this hole a little bit, specifically the teepad placement. This is a wide-open hyzer hole that features a 6-foot gap at the end of the tee pad. It feels gimmicky to have an open bomber hole yet require the player to hit a small gap RIGHT in front of them. I understand part of the reason for the gap is to force players to throw a low penetrating shot instead of a big wide hyzer, but the same result could be achieved by moving the teepad 10 feet back and to the right. It creates a similar gap, still removes the option for a wide hyzer, and makes the hole more visually appealing.
- Hole 11 is a filler hole without much thought into the design. Simply throw a wide hyzer with an overstable disc and collect your birdie.