A typical course with good midrange variety.

-Amenities: Large concrete tees, good tee signs with maps, DGA baskets with shallow trays.

-Terrain Variety: Good. The course starts in large, sparse trees, travels through some thickly wooded holes, ventures into the wide open, and finishes back in the middle of the two.

-Views: The views on (16)-(17) are fantastic. A huge downhill leading to the lake. (16)'s teepad is definitely the signature moment of the course.

-Rec Accessible: The course plays great for rec level throwers. Par-3s are predominantly under 300', so distance isn't necessary to put up a great round.

-Shot Shaping/Gameplay: A tour of potential uses for midranges. Winding through the biomes mentioned above, there are a variety of matching shapes. Straight shots are most common, but there are holes finishing left and right as well. If you have a confident tunnel shot and simple hyzers, you can score well at this course. Overall, the elevation and foliage is used nicely for an enjoyable round. A few holes deserve special mention. (3) is a pleasing downhill shot with a left finishing guarded green. (12) is an uphill par-4 traveling through increasingly crowded trees. (16) is 340' but can be easily overthrown with a midrange as it hurtles downwards towards the lake. (19) is a nice closer, a challenging 330' downhill with a line of trees on the right.

-Shade: The course, even in its more open parts, has large trees offering shade. This makes it more pleasant on an intemperate Tennessee day.

-9 & 9 (kind of): More like a 9+2+8. Regardless of details, the course loops back so you can take a break.

-Chains: Pretty old. I'm guessing they're the original baskets. They catch some things, but others could slip through or bounce out of the bottom.

-Length Variety: Very little. A huge majority of holes fall into the 200-300' range, with only one hole eclipsing 360'. This provides less rhythm to the round, and more monotony.

-Transition: The (13)-(15) transitions aren't intuitive. No biggie.

Winchester City Park is right on the 2.5-3.0 edge. Even though it was recently redesigned, a lot of it is reminiscent of the 80s disc golf the park originally held. The atmosphere is pleasant, and the shapes keep a decent variety, but the variety of length just isn't present. For that reason, I've left it on the Typical end. I definitely recommend it for an easier, though serious, round or lower speed disc practice.

Big concrete tees, nice tee signs. Some of the hole names were pretty amusing (others were a bit obnoxious, but hey, comedy is hard).

Better mixture than most city park courses, with some respectable technical shots on a few holes, and more ceiling shots than the pines I'm accustomed to playing in. As far as open holes go, 16 is a lovely shot down a steep hillside with the lake coming into play on the right. Judging by the flotsam, could be really killer when the lake is high.

More thought was given to safety than most park courses: for example, I wondered why there was a random section of 10-12 foot high chain link standing along the sidewalk on hole 1. Then I smacked a tree and slammed into the fence and understood.

Great views of the lake on a few holes, and pretty nice appearance overall as well.

Single chains. Eclectic mixture, really, but something resembling Mach I baskets seemed to be in the plurality. At least one set of brass chains. (?) I wanted the Florence baskets back when all was said and done.

Typical city park shortcomings: mostly open, and mostly short to shortish, aside from a few obligatory bombers that are dead open. Some OB paths in odd places, but that must be as it must be, I suppose.

The wind was raging when I played. Not sure how much was the storm system blowing past and how much was just off the lake, but that was rough.

Definitely not a destination course, unless you happen to be visiting Tims Ford State Park.

Nice level pads, good use of the land, fairly easy to navigate with black markers on basket spokes pointing to next tees (you're welcome), land drains well with bridges over the wet spots

No tee signage (DGCR yardage isn't updated yet either), benches or trash cans yet, but the redesign is only a couple months old. A few baskets were a little low, #10 would be unplayable if pavilion was being used.

The course has its own parking lot just north of Old Estill with the first pad visible to the left of the lot. The baskets are a mix of a few Mach 1, 2, Liberty's, and the rest are Titans, all new. They all have signs on top with big red numbers facing the tee to make it pretty easy to know which basket to throw at.

Very birdie (& ace) friendly. Most holes under 300', 4 or 5 were in pretty thick woods, but they were all cleared enough to be fair. #12 & 17 are both over 400' (my only 4s). #12-18 are across Old Estill Rd. #14 is a fun ace run in the woods by the lake with a serious drop off and water hazard near the basket. #15 and 16 could also pose water danger when the water level rises after spring.

While not challenging by any means, it's still a fun course that is much better after the redesign than old reviews indicate. It flows well and uses park features in a novel way. It's not a course to go out of your way for, but if you're passing thru, it's worth the detour off I 24.