First of all, Solomon Retreat Center is a magnificent piece of land with trails, a giant lake and scattered trees throughout. This is a perfect place to put a disc golf course, and a solid one at that. Blake did used every bit of what this land has to offer when designing the course.

The hole variety is easily the biggest pro here, the front nine is shorter and plays in the slightly wooded part of the camp. The idea behind this was to give people who have never played a easier introduction to the sport, which I can appreciate that. Still those front holes are solid, and for a more experienced player, you are going to be looking to get as many birdies as you can.

The back nine has more length and even more hole variety. Hole 10 and 11 play near the lake and utilize the levy. Hole 11 is an incredible hole that needs two good shots for an opportunity at a three. There are a few heavily wooded holes, which adds more variety that are easily the most challenging holes on the course in their own way.

The course finishes up with a long bomber hole, a tight downhill hole towards the lake and one final hole that throws over the lake. All really fun holes. You need to bring your whole bag and your whole shot arsenal if you want to shoot well as you need so many different types of shots to score well here.

The course is permanent! It has nice, brand new Discatcher baskets that have a coral band and not yellow. It's neat.

With some great holes, Solomon still has some not awesome ones. I do not love hole 6 - unless you have a 400' hyzer, a "2" is very difficult as there is no other real line to get to the basket with the big tree in the middle of the fairway. Though it isn't a par 4, since if your disc is dry, it is a very easy shot to the basket for a 3.

Right now there are no tee markings of any kind, concrete, tee map, or even just a wooden 4x4. It makes the course virtually impossible to play correctly as a player who is visiting for the first time without a map. A map uploaded here on DGCR could be a huge help (hint, Blake).

I do like the idea of a front 9 and back 9 for newer players. Though hole 9 is across the lake from the start of the course and the retreat center, so if someone did want to play just 9 holes, they would have to walk a bit, though walking doesn't really hurt anyone.

This course is well worth the time. It is a bit off the beaten path, but a lot of work in raising the funds has been put to good use, as this is a must play in the state of Louisiana.

With tee signs, this course could be elevated maybe even to a 4.5 rating.