Tons of work has been put into this course and that is obvious. The land is beautiful. The signs, tees, and baskets are all in great condition. 2 baskets on each hole so you can choose if you want to play the short or long layout. Short range driving range and practice putting green right at the parking lot. A tale of two 9's with a wooded front 9 and an open back 9.

Very long walk from hole 18's basket back to hole 1 where you parked. Lots of throw and hope holes on the new front 9 with unforgiving fairways. Several other long walks between holes.

This review really hurts for me to post because a few years ago if you were to ask me what I thought of The Claytons DGC I would have told you that it was tied at the top as my favorite course (with Sugar Hollow) out of close to 80 different courses I have played. These days, I can not say the same. Not even close. The Claytons (front 9) was shut down for quite some time and was redesigned due to some lodging added by Clayton Homes. With these changes the course changed dramatically. The original Hole 1 is gone and is now just a short practice driving range. Original Holes 2, 5, 7, 8, and 9 are gone. Original Holes 3 and 4 both seem to now be altered versions of what they once were. Original Hole 10 is now Hole 9 and OG 11 is now Hole 10. They have added a new Hole 11 and everything from there on out seems to be the same. I may be a little wrong on some of these but I believe I am fairly close to being accurate. The original front 9 was some of the funnest holes I have ever played in disc golf (still to this day) and that nostalgic feeling is now gone for me as you can see where all the changes are. I remember having an absolute blast playing the OG Front 9 on my numerous visits to the course. The Back 9 was great as well and still is now aside from what I feel is a filler hole (the new Hole 11). The Front 9 there now just seems like so much more of a throw and hope course. The new Hole 1 is absolutely terrible. by far my least favorite hole on the course. From there it seems like too many of the holes are just placed in thick woods that require a certain amount of luck to get in a decent spot. So many tiny branches still hang out over the holes dropping down any shot that is inches from perfect. I hate to have negative feelings about any course because I love having course diversity all around me but after giving this new layout a chance several times, it is likely that I will never play this course again. If I do, it would be to do a safari layout using the OG Hole 1 and then skipping straight to Hole 9 from there. I feel like if I had never played the OG layout and didn't have such a high opinion of that design, I would have liked this new layout much more but having the memories to compare it to, this course just does not hit the spot for me anymore. If you want to see the OG layout vs the new layout check out the playlist below with videos on both layouts.

https://www.youtube.com/playl...gsCUh-5f4GfCP

Mix of trees (front 9) and open (back 9).
Two baskets with distinctly different lines (and distances)
New Prodigy baskets (2 practice baskets)
Elevation shots on several holes
Awesome tee pads and excellent signage

Had a little trouble navigating course the first time through.
Had to swim for my disc in the creek on 18

Edit: Have moved from the area so haven't played lately. Friends say the course lost the front 9. This obviously would greatly lower my rating.
Worth the 1.5 hour drive from Chattanooga. Greatly enjoyed the different basket positions as well as the wooded and open shots.