The Sarge: if it looks like a swamp, and it floods like a swamp, it's a swamp. Enjoy finding the dry spots on this course.
- Disclaimer off the bat. Passed a local on hole #2 who was fishing out discs on the fairway. He said the course had more water than normal. I've been playing in the Carolinas during the historic rainfall of the prior 5 months and nothing was this bad.
- Course is a longer version of Tidal Creek (Fire Swamp) in West Ashley (Charleston). If you've ever complained about tight, wooded courses in Charlotte, they're nothing compared to this place.
- After losing one disc and having to fish another disc out of water on the fairway in the first three holes, I played the remainder of the round with only a Buzz. My strategy was simply to throw dead straight 175 - 250 on every shot. Even then, I still landed in unavoidable standing water on multiple fairways.
- There are a couple of holes that would/should be outstanding in pristine conditions. #12 (over the water), #13 (peninsula green) and #19 (water both sides of fairway) all look stunning. Just prepare for a strong pucker factor the instance your disc leaves your hand.
- Lots of wooded and doglegged fairways. There is no elevation so winding fairways and lots of trees are the only obstacles. And those obstacles more than make up for the flat grounds.
- Outstanding tee signs. They're a must on this course with so many blind baskets throughout the course.
- Very nice park: playground, walking trails, pond for fishing. Wife even noted how clean the restrooms were.

Water, water, and more water. I do not know how flooded this course typically is. I suspect the course wasn't built with the goal of having standing water on 1/3 of the holes. I do suspect the designers did plan to put baskets within 10 - 20 find of the pond.
- If the course was at its nadir when I played, my impression of the course would somewhat change. If this is close to typical play, this is not a good course. Just like Tidal Creek in West Ashley, the course plays much better in one portion of the year vs another.
- Knowing this course floods so easy, I'd expect more ease on other portions of the course, be it alternative baskets, wider fairways/easier hole or two, or something to distract you from.
- As good as #13 could be, it's a fail in my book. My tee shot landed within 10 feet of the basket, skidded along the ground, and ended in the water. It was 4 feet from the edge of the green, but the water/mud was already above knee high, so had to retrieve with a stick. I'm in gimmie birdie range, but I'm OB? My issue is for players not familiar with the course, such as me, not knowing you're in the water 7 feet from the basket is a BIG problem.
- There are long stretches of uninspiring holes. From #3 - 8, nothing stood out in this section. I threw 225 down the middle and was fine on each hole. Maybe because these holes are so basic that I thought #9 - 13 was such a fun, scenic stretch.
- I do not recall seeing a single bench or trashcan on the course. I could be wrong though. Let me know if I am.
- I don't understand the random basket halfway down the fairway on #18. Is that another hole? Did I miss something?

Sarge is a very nice park. Sarge has some good holes. Sarge has many less desirable parts too.
- There are boardwalks running the fairway on holes #2 & 3. That leads an amateur sleuth to deduce these holes tend to be swampy and flooded. Maybe don't have holes with 12-foot wide fairways playing over this portion of land?
- There were drier & nicer parts of the park that would be big upgrades to the course.
- #13 & 15 summed up the course at its worst. On #13, I found out a portion of the hole was flooded after landing my disc in the middle of the fairway, only to find it was in the water. I'm thankful for long sticks. On #15, you're playing 559 feet from the longs. There's swampy water on both sides of the fairway, there's thick rough, and there's a narrow fairway. Why would anyone less than the best of players throws anything more than a short, safe shot? And if you throw, 250-250-two-putt for a par 4, how is this a fun or even relevant hole?
- This course would be impossible to navigate without the tee signs. Major appreciation that each tee has its own tee sign versus the cheaper one tee sign per hole regardless of how many tees.
- Compared to the rest of the course, #20 seemed like a wide-open bomber hole. Only the long tee has water in play. Otherwise, you're only dealing with trees, so let it rip.
- The course seems like it needs one solid cleanup. Cut back some of the branches, widen the fairways, and make sure all signage (next tee signs), is up to date.
- If the course is never this flooded, I may be off base with my review. I was not impressed with this course. It was just a longer Tidal Creek. Playing the shorter tees, it was the same course as Tidal Creek. Move this course out of the swamp and it gets an immediate boost. As it is, you know what you're getting into, so come prepared.

Very challenging course. Back 9 is a series of terrific holes, mostly long with lots of OB and many different shots required, including big anhyzers (RHBH) and "for-God's-sake-keep-it-straight-because-there's-water-on-both-sides" holes.

Course is in fine condition and land not shared with other park users.

Right of I-95 interchange; a convenient stopover for travelers heading elsewhere.

Front 9 (other than hole 1) is a string of insanely tight, "poke & hope" shots through tall pines. More luck than I care for. Unfortunately, it's an "out-&-back" course, with hole 10 about the furthest point from the parking lot, or I'd just play the back-9 and give it 4 stars.

It's an incredibly long walk from 18 to 1 (or the parking lot)....but if you're just playing one round, it's a walk around a lakeshore, think of it as a winddown from a grueling round of golf.

Aesthetics---for those who care---are mixed. It's a generally pretty place, with mature pines and lots of lakes, and no trash or eyesores. On the other hand, it's right along I-95, so the roar of interstate traffic is a constant.

It's a suprising walk from the parking lot, through the woods and across the road, to find hole 1.

"challenging" holes. Waterx3 is bogus. Water comes into play in more like 6 or 7 holes.

Just drove freaking 40 minutes to play at this course where shortly after I put on a shit ton of 99% deet bug juice, I had to dive into gator infested water to retrieve a disc on hole 2.. then started encountering mosquitoes that had wing spans as big as a nickle or larger.. To be followed by a shit ton more water holes. I didn't lose any discs, but got covered in bug bites got dirty as hell and threw 7- over par..

The terrain pads made it hard to play in flops.. as I like casual play. The Bugs were
NON-STOP. they were not even affected by the 99%deet. They were freaking hummingbirds. I had to rush many shots because I was being swarmed.

It was not worth the drive to me coming from downtown savannah. The water is a huge annoyance.

The layout is OK. I went on a dry day. I'd hate to see this course after a rain. The staff there is really swell.