Tupelo, MS

Tombigbee State Park - Course #1

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golfdawg221
Experience: 4.8 years 5 played 5 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Incredible Use of the Land 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:Nov 29, 2019 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

- The mixture of short and long tees make for a round that anyone can play. I went my first time with an experienced player who played longs and I played the shorts. Unique challenge for us both.
- Great use of the elevation and terrain. Fun shots along ridgelines that present "death putt" situations. Several downhill and uphill challenging holes. A couple of blind shots.
- Great mix of shots. To get birdies, one must have decent backhand and forehand control.
- If you like hiking, you'll enjoy the decent scenery and good flow of the course.
-$4/car is perfectly reasonable for two great courses.
- Okay tee signs. Navigation is pretty natural.
- I did not count this in the review strongly, but you can really make a great day/weekend trip to the Tupelo area and play great disc golf. So many good courses that present unique challenges.

Cons:

- Gray baskets are so tough to see in the middle of the woods of Mississippi. Several holes where you have to wonder where you are throwing.
- A couple of the holes could have been stretched out for the short tees. Several very easy holes.
- 14 and 15 have a road running alongside and through them. Not a huge deal but can be annoying. 15 is certainly frustrating when people are playing in outfield of baseball field.
- Edited to add something I did not remember. The teepads are probably about ten feet long, maybe eight. A bit too short for me, especially on longer holes.

Other Thoughts:

I love this course, and begginers and the experienced alike will likely enjoy it too. As a hiker, the scenery and terrain appeal to me. Great course at a really pretty state park. Just minutes outside of Tupelo, but it really feels like the foothills. A gem in Mississippi, for sure.
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dmbrun2
Experience: 13 years 97 played 10 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Technical 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 6, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

I would consider this course an extreme pitch and putt.
The varieties of different shots make for a very fun round, even if the holes are not very long.
Almost every hole uses the woods to it's advantage, from hitting lines, to avoiding the treacherous guardian trees.
I enjoyed all of the elevation changes, and it makes for some very fun "death putts" or as Billy Crump would say, "That will make your butt pucker."
The course itself is very well maintained

Cons:

The layout is a little confusing, as we played to a wrong basket (Hole 5 to Basket 9). Also finding hole 18 was a little tough.

Other Thoughts:

This course's fun factor is very high. It is a course where you can score very low if you are hitting the right lines, and sinking your putts. *The park ranger was very friendly and helped us find Bigbee #2
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harr0140
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Experience: 15.3 years 1508 played 480 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Tom and his Big Bee 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jan 18, 2013 Played the course:once

Pros:

1) Outstanding amount of elevation change. There are all sorts of different holes from downhills, to uphills, sidehills, up and over hills, etc etc etc. There are some gentle rolling hills and some extreme elevation changes.
2) Plenty of benches and garbage cans available on this course.
3) Incredible property with tons of room for disc golf and plenty of other activities. Just driving to this place I could tell it was going to be great.
4) Practice basket is available for before the round.
5) Old DGA baskets with number plates seem to be standing up to time in the woods.
6) I love technical courses in the woods, especially with some short aceruns. It really is a lot of fun to play because you can make a lot of birdies, but you can also get punished with a couple bad kicks. Either way I love tight technical courses like this.
7) The variety is actually pretty good, although it is mostly tight technical and wooded.
8) The distance variation is pretty good for a short course, but it is pretty much just typical par 3 disc golf. There are holes in the 100's, 200's and 300's but this course is all about technicality, not distance. The woods also make these holes play much differently than just their distance.
9) I would say this course is adequate for beginner friendliness. It is short enough that beginners can still recover from a tree hit but it will also show the beginners what the game can provide.

Cons:

1) I wish the DGA baskets had a powder-coated top or something because they are so tough to see on densely wooded courses like this.
2) This course was relatively short, and it would be really tough to make much longer truthfully. There is so much elevation change and so many trees it would be devastating to make the course any longer than it is.
3) Compaction or at least erosion is taking its toll here because of the elevation. There also seems to be a whole lot of drainageways due to the elevation changes. These areas naturally are becoming eroded.
4) Road comes into play on a handful of holes. It adds more variety to the course, but at the expense of safety (for the vehicle at least). I wish this type of scenario could be avoided without sacrificing quality on the course.

Other Thoughts:

This course was a lot of fun. It was challenging, yet birdies were plentiful. You have to execute your lines to get close but that is always so rewarding when you do. The variety was surprisingly good for a wooded park because they used the roadway areas for a handful of holes. I would always prefer that roads do not come into play, but they did make the disc golf more enjoyable. I also didn't have any issue with vehicles while I played.
I enjoyed talking to my fellow disc golf road-tripper Larry Clifford Kirk who called while I was playing this course. I was a little surprised my cell phone worked out there because it feels like you are truly in the middle of nowhere, but I suppose Tupelo is actually a fairly big city.
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discdawg
Experience: 8 played 6 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Great course for confidence 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Sep 11, 2010 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Most holes are short and many offer excellent birdie and / or ace opportunities. Holes are well marked, laid out and it is easy to find the next tee. Incredibly clean and well maintained. Easy access to parking and facilities. Twists and turns in the woods require some technical skill. I threw my lowest score to date on this course. It is a great confidence builder.

Cons:

There are strange orange cylinders sticking up out of the end of the tee pads. They can be intimidating when trying to throw. There is a park day use fee of $3.00, but it is well worth it.

Other Thoughts:

Overall, this is an excellent course, especially if you want to prove you can make some legitimate birdies.
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