Lake County is quickly becoming a Disc Golf powerhouse with the addition of several new courses such as Palmetto Trails.

- Parking area is conveniently located between Hole 1 and the restrooms as well as practice field and practice basket (which is on the way to hole 1.
- Elevation...right off the bat you are treated with a hole 1 that uses the slight elevation benefits of the adjacent field as a nice additional degree of difficulty. Several other holes also use the terrain elevation and incorporate into the course.
- The course is a true 18 hole course with 2 tee pads and 2 baskets per hole allowing for several playable options per hole.
- While this course is in a public park which is a very nice place to walk around the lake or play soccer in the field, the Disc Golf course is out of the way from the activities of the park. The course is primary carved out of the nearby woods surrounding the facility and has its own private feel to it.
- Though being mostly wooded, the course has a lot of diversity in it's 18 holes, I was constantly debating disc preference. I would not say the course design favors any particular thrower...there was a flight option for either BH or FH on most of the holes. There are several true Par 4's and even a Par 5. I particularly really enjoyed the few holes that played over the lake including the final hole. These types of holes in my opinion are the best in the game.
- I was impressed with the restroom facilities on site, they were quite clean and spacious and conveniently located at the entrance of the park as well as on the walk back to the parking area from hole 18.

The course is still new obviously so many of the cons will be addressed in the coming months but some are worth stating.

- 85% of this course is located in a pretty dense woods setting with many risk vs reward type of shots. You are mostly shooting a gap of trees and hoping to stay in the center. I would of liked to see a few more holes come out of the woods a bit similar to the 2 I mentioned above. The round was beginning to feel a bit repetitive towards the end with the same scenery.
- The Rough at this course can get pretty painful, both to the body and the scorecard. Thorn bushes are plentiful here as well as jagged branches, stumps, Spiders...etc. Stay in the fairway was the motto of our round.
- There currently are no cement tee pads but they are coming soon.
- There was a lot of litter on the ground unfortunately during our round in places which is not a blame of the course but having some trash cans throughout the course layout (in the woods portion) would help to solve that issue.
- Additional course prep is needed in the fairways to remove some misc branches & tree stumps. There were a few stubbed toes and trips along the way.
- Abundant wildlife...and not so much the good kind. Due to the thick rough on this course, you will be traversing through numerous large Banana Spider webs and be cautious of snakes. We had a number of snake and spider sightings. Bring bug spray as well, the biting critters were present in vast numbers.

Overall, we had very positive post round compliments of this course. I would say Palmetto Trails would not be the best place to come if you are new to Disc Golf. It definitely was created to cater to the more intermediate to experienced golfer. That being said, it certainly has an identity of its own and gave us a very fun & challenging round of golf in a very scenic location.

My current rating is based on current course conditions but I could see the rating improving in the next 6 months to a year once it has time to break in and improve in some of the areas I covered. But, we will definitely be visiting Palmetto Trails again.