A fairly easy course to navigate and access (when the beltway doesn't look like hell), South Main Baptist offers the only 18 hole course for miles. The holes sit in a nicely manicured area on the church property and for the most part, makes the most of the land that is available.

Minus the four or five longer holes that play in the field, all of the holes are shorter and technical. Some of the lines off some tees aren't realistic, but for the most part the holes are challenging but fair. Navigation is fair once you feel the rhythm of how the course is set up.

It's obvious somebody put some time and resources into the course. The course has nice new Mach V baskets with tee markers on every hole. The effort is appreciated.

If you were to take a satellite photo of the course and overlay the fairway for each hole, you would have what resembles a spider web. 12 or so holes are crammed into a very small space making it dangerous if anymore than one group is playing at a time. Additionally, the course crosses walking paths, plays close to buildings and throws over parking lots. Not the safest course out there.

The tee signs are literally 3 feet from the previous baskets in some places and the distances on the tee signs seem about 50' shorter than what the hole actually is.

Like Blake mentioned above, the course is technically 18 holes but it really is just 9 holes played forward and backwards. They could've made 12 solid holes than cram 18 in. I also didn't particularly enjoy the long holes in the field. They were 450' holes with not a single obstacle other than long grass that can make you search for your disc for a while.

In 98% of cases, a course is better than no course and this is one of those instances. There is nothing here that is inspiring or interesting. It has glaring issues, but the play here is fine to warrant coming out if you are close.

Mostly squeezed into a small area behind a large baptist church off Beltway 8 in the south of Houston, this course offers a lot with a little. There are a lot of short holes through some trees that at first seem like poke-and-*pray* (badum-tsh), you can move around the tee post to find a good line (there's no specifically designated throwing area, so I went for the most fun shot).

Most of the course, or at least a lot of it, plays in this small area between the main building and what looks like some storage facilities/back meeting area. In this little area are some hills, a pond, and trees. Even a very muddy creek. The rest of the course plays through a big field.

The holes are a mix of short and long. Some very short, some long 'tweeners that they went ahead and called a 4 but you shouldn't have a hard time getting a three as long as you can find the basket.

Navigation was pretty easy once you pick a starting a hole. I started at 9 because it was right by the parking lot. But hole 1 and hole 10 start by 9's basket, so if you want to start on hole 1 just walk hole 9 first. Or do whatever you want. I'm not your real dad.

Oh, baskets are brand new Mach V's.

Sadly this course feels like it kind of cheats you, because the "18 holes" are basically 9 holes played backward and forwards. To me that's a huge con. I'd rather see 9 great holes than a mix and mash Frankenstein course. I could see a 3.0 course in this land if it was devoted to 9 good holes instead of 3 or 4 good holes, and a lot of forced holes.

There's no tee's, just a pole with signs on it with par and distance. There are two tee signs per hole, and they face in the direction of the corresponding basket. I kept finding myself wanting more though. The poles were always very close to a basket, within circle 1, sometimes within just a few steps.

Overall length is still pretty short, but it's nothing compared to:

The hazards. Playing close to buildings, and walkways, in a garden that looks like an otherwise great place to sit and chill, is probably not a big issue since it's on a private property and no one will really just be hanging out there all the time. The bigger deal is playing straight across a parking lot (towards the road on one of the back and forths). Even on Christmas, there were cars and big rigs between the tee pole and the basket. I just can't imagine why it was decided that was a good idea.

I gave this course a 1.5 because I do think there are enough holes to make it Passable. I would go back with a buddy and play this course, though it probably wouldn't be my first choice.

But as the title says, something is better than nothing and I am very grateful that this church put something out there to let people throw some plastic. Coming in from out of town with a coworker, I had a lot of time to kill before the rest of my family got back from our various places around the country, and this Baptist church gave me something for my dogs and I to do for an hour in the morning. And I would definitely have this cute but problematic course than none at all.