Pros:
Designer Larry Martin has carved out one enjoyable course here at the Nazz. The course starts behind the main church building and first circles the church in a counter clockwise direction before heading into the woods for some technical golf. The baskets are Discatchers with the yellow bands and numbers. Amazingly, a couple look like they were installed yesterday. The tee pads are carpet with a fire hose used as a front board. It worked well as a front board and if the woods catch on fire you might be able to help the firemen. The signs are just little yellow posts sticking up with the hole number on it. Some of the early baskets had cool little red arrows hanging from the basket pointing you to the next tee. Why doesn't every course put these on their baskets? After # 13, Larry has painted bright pink markings on some trees leading you to the next tee. There are a variety of homemade benches on various holes. I think I'm spoiled after seeing the large, traffic block benches on some of the Austin courses.
The strength of this course is the stretch of technical throws on holes 7-14. Although short, each of these has a fair route to the basket. This fair route might be tiny but it's doable. A couple are ideal for a little flick toss. I liked # 10 and it's cool hanging basket. The hole is probably 125' but the route is minuscule and easy to miss.
Cons:
Short distances for the most part.
The middle, wooded holes might be too technical for some player's tastes.
Kind of a primitive feel with the carpet pads, simple little tee signs and homemade benches.
Navigation was a little tricky in places. I missed the # 15 tee.
Other Thoughts:
Solid church course. Larry is passionate and this is his baby. Currently, the church is recovering after the effects of the flooding. Beaumont got hit bad and this neighborhood shows it. The course is a little beat up at this time and getting the church put back together is everyone's priority. Eventually, Larry will get back to his course and begin some of the cleaning up that needs to be done. Some tee signs washed away, lots of debris floated in and the course has looked better. But these Texans are resilient and better days are ahead.