Three sets of tees, wide open spaces and serene surroundings. This is like a private course that you have to yourself and it has some lovely little views of a lake, prayer garden and such. It's a very open course but has solid elevation change and enough trees to keep it from feeling like field practice with baskets. Not a super long course but the whites and blues could be taxing for noodle arms. South Mtn also mixes in a couple wooded holes for good measure so it doesn't feel too one dimensional.

I played from the Whites because that's where the very nice concrete tees are, as well as the tee sign, for ease of finding. They're a fun romp through the camp that yields plenty of birdie opportunities but also lets you air out the drivers also. You can throw a variety of lines, have to hit a few gaps like a mando, and worry a little about disc placement (especially by the lake). Navigation is fairly straightforward and there is rarely much walking between holes, a very big plus considering how open the course is.

The holes for the most part require mindfulness and had some elements of risk/reward due to just enough obstacles, elevation change and fairway shape to prevent power hyzers from being the obvious line over and over. The course is so out of the way that it's seldom that you'll see another soul out there so you can really take your time and play as meticulously as you like, a luxury rarely afforded on public courses.

It's a little too open for my tastes but that's a preference thing. It's kind of irksome that the nice concrete tees are at the Whites and not the Blues since those are the longest and generally most needing of good footing. I didn't play the Blues but I noticed that quite a few of them had claustrophobic tees where they tucked them just into the woods with really tight gaps to break out of. The Blues and Yellows (I think they were yellow, the shorts anyway) aren't terribly hard to find but do require looking around for a bit. They're just painted stobs longer and shorter of the Whites for the most part. These are mostly natural (boo) but some of the Blues were at least gravel (yea). A few next tee signs would be nice also.

Biggest outright cons are that several holes play extremely close to other activities and buildings. There's a cabin on hole 2 that you pass by on the left that could easily get smashed. There's a hole where some mandos (double mando in Blue's case) are supposed to be prevent you from decapitating a server on the volleyball court, plus another building in reach. Then hole 17 literally plays completely over a small soccer field, like it is the fairway. Not a big deal if you're the only guy in the camp but I'd hate to drive all that way and find out that a handful of holes are unplayable.

Speaking of driving, dear Lord this course is out of the way, in the middle of nowhere. I'm from the sticks but this is another level of rural and on the Sunday I played it looked like the tiny towns nearest it were basically closed to observe the Lord's sabbath.

This is a fun course but it's so out of the way. If you're on a course bagging road trip unfortunately I would advise to skip South Mtn. It's worth playing and the $2 fee for sure but more suited for a change of pace course if you live near the area and just want to take a break from crowded park courses and play all day at your leisure. Also has some really cool holes like hole 15 which is a mini-gauntlet over a valley. It's more fun and better than the 3 I'm giving it but there's just too much conflict that seems needless considering the camp's bigness.

Very nice facility, quiet with beautiful views.
3 tees on each hole (two natural and on concrete). Tees were in great shape and a couple even had brooms.
Baskets in good shape
Very well maintained
Navigation was good, never too hard to find the next tee.
I liked a number of the holes, but Many (8-9) are a pretty easy putter shots (<250)
Slightly lefty biased, but not too bad.

Only the white tees (middle) had concrete teepads. This makes for a fairly open and relatively easy course. The blue (natural) tees would make it slightly more difficult, since you are often 30-50 feet back and throwing out of a tunnel.

A couple of the holes had some pretty significant design flaws:
- #2: throwing pretty much at a cabin structure, behind which the basket sits
-#4: while a very nice hole by the lake, there are some blind spots where people could be hit
- #10: throwing right beside a volleyball court. Even with the double mando it would come into play.
- #15: just a jump putt down the hill

The pars on the few par 4's and 5's are bit inflated. There are probably 2 par 4's from the whites.

I think if the blue tees were concrete, that layout would be a much stronger course, probably more of 3.5-3.75. Particularly if the roads were marked as OB.

I would definitely consider this a open course, particularly from the white tees.

I think it's very beginner friendly course in a beautiful setting. It merits a visit if you are in the area.

Pro- use of elevation
variety of holes
Friendly staff
tee signs
VIEWS
the lake
natural pads which were a + and - out here

Cons
Started playing the round from the blues and noticed that it was impossible to have a natural run up on every pad except maybe one of them. they were either two foot long with dropoff behind, slopes, or next to a ditch. Started playing whites and really enjoyed it. Dif. over parred. My 50 would've been a -17 where it felt more like a -6 to -8.

Overall an enjoyable course that I would've rated a little higher if I played all white and lower if I played all blue. Worker stated that they were going to work on pad which is good to hear. Will play again.