Oak Ridge, TN

Secret City DGC

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autocrosscrx
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 6.7 years 27 played 27 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Different style than other 9 hole courses in the area 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:May 7, 2021 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

- For the most part, Oak Ridge and west Knox county disc golf is relatively open, with more emphasis on landing in a specific area than throwing a specific line. This course is a very different style. We'll call that a positive.
- I've never seen this course crowded. In fact, in 4 visits (all beautiful Friday afternoons), I've only seen 1 other person on course.
- If you like really wooded, old style park courses, you may really enjoy this one.
- Course has a few decently fun holes. I think hole 4 has really been cleaned up. It is a nice left to right slight downhill hole. Hole 5 is a nice defined line short hyzer from the red. Hole 6 rewards an aggressive shot. Hole 7 is a short little uphill straight shot ace run. Hole 8 is the best hole on the course. You crest a little hill, then have to hit a gap to clear a creek to get to the pin. Hole 9 has a choice of baskets that bring water into play.
- There are spots on the course where discs will be hard to find, but there isn't any real threat to lose discs.

Cons:

- Everyone mentions the tee pads. They are fine to me, but if tee pads are important to you, this will stand out to you.
- Signage. Some of the signs are out of the ground. Some of the hole printouts are torn or faded to the point that they are unreadable. They also show multiple pins, which can be confusing.
- Several holes have no real obvious lines. I was throwing multiple shots and I didn't identify a strong relationship between successful execution and results (see update below). If you are off a bit or just unlucky, this course can be a real grind.
- Swampy after a rain. I've seen people hosting events warn people to not wear shoes or pants that they want to keep nice.
- No real opportunities to see your disc fly.

Other Thoughts:

All the locals refer to this place as "Yearwood" or "Carl Yearwood". As mentioned in other reviews, hole #1 is on the other side of the ball field.

I played this course very early in my disc golf career and hated it. Revisiting it a few years later with a different skillset, I'm warming up to it a bit.

If you want to play a course with nice tee pads and new shiny Prodigy or Dynamic Disc baskets and you want to throw big sweeping hyzers and muscle out flex shots as far as you can into beautiful well manicured green fields, this isn't the place for you.

If you romanticize woods golf with an old school feel and you want to play a short 9 hole course in the area, you might find it to be a gem.

Update: November 13, 2021. After a summer of playing as many wooded courses as I could, I revisited this course. Between the course thinning out a bit and an evolution of my game, I found the play a lot more rewarding and fair.

I'm leaving my rating as is because it is still a slog and this course visually reminds me of the back yard of someone featured on 20/20. And frankly, it is overrated on here and will set up travelers for disappointment. However, while it isn't as good as Norris or Admiral, someone who prefers woods golf will probably find this 9 holer more enjoyable than Plumb Creek, Powell Station, and Pellissippi.
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MrFrosty
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Experience: 31 years 764 played 386 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Fun Short City Park Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jun 16, 2019 Played the course:once

Pros:

Secret City DGC at Carl Yearwood Park is a 9 hole disc golf course set in a nice city park in Oak Ridge .The park looks pretty well manicured . After looking at the previous reviews and determining by now that the rating given this course ( 2.97 ) , and knowing long by now that Knoxville rates its courses too high , I wasn't sure what I would see . After pulling in the park , you feel compelled to park next to a nice picnic shelter at the end . There are bathrooms here . There is a kiosk there , but no real direction as to where the course starts . You may want to print a map on this one . The course will eventually follow itself and you may be able to navigate it without one , but your map will point you to hole #1 , which is across the parking lot and behind the skate park toward the trees .The course runs clockwise around most of the perimeter of the park , I notice right away that although the wood tee boxes are basically dirt ( they must have been mulch at one time ) , there are several lengths or positions , blue , which is shorter , white is intermediate and red is the longer . Not meant to confuse you , but I don't think that the longest hole on the course seemed 300' . Still , the course also has different pin positions . which is a plus , especially for the locals . I don't know how often they change the pins , but I like the thought . The baskets are the old Lightnings , typical for a small park setting where you would otherwise have trouble picking up seeing the basket in a woods or at twilight . The signage looked a little worn , but still informative , with hole # , distance , and a picture of the fairway. All of what little woods there are in this small park is utilized , and park users will probably not interfere with the course after hole 3 or 4 . #1 is a short flick shot through a tree line bearing right to left with the basket being guarded by a set of trees . You will notice that trees come into play on every hole . You will have to walk through bushes to your right and back about 100' to get to the next tee . #2 is a short drive down a fairway with trees here and there to the basket in front . #3 will take you towards a fence line breaking right to left . . The basket is set kind of wedged in to the the front of the brush . #4 is a throw across a fairly dry creek to a basket sitting on a tiny hill grade . There is no real alley to throw to , just keep your disc low so a ricochet doesn't go into the thick rough . #5 was a tight fairway shot , ( pin position was on the left for me today ) guarded by brush and trees . #6 had the tee pad in the beginning of the wooded area and throwing out into the open . #7 was an interesting hole . You kind of throw from the open into the trees slightly uphill , to the pin which could sit a little down and to the left , or on the level and into the open on the right , providing you don't clip a tree . #8 is a + 250' drive into a tight nook in some bush , with the pin sitting either in front of the creek or just behind it . Nice pin placement . The last tee pad ( #9 ) is back and to the right of #8's basket . It is a short downhill toss , breaking right to left to one of 2 baskets on this hole . They have the short basket set just beyond the creek , and 30' further down , they have a foot bridge with a hanging basket over the creek next to it . I thought that this was a colorful finishing hole . The course is a short play , under 30 minutes for me , and easy on the body since there is little elevation . There is some fun factor here in these holes . A great starter course for newbies , good for casuals and families , and okay for better players to work on their short game and putting , This course praises accuracy and punishes lack of control . I had a lot of fun during my round . I don't know if there was anything I would call a signature hole , but I liked the downhill #9 , with the hanging basket over the small creek .

Cons:

The course does a good job & doesn't present itself to be something it is not but it has some cons . #1 . Tee boxes . I like that it has multiple tees , but most don't make much of a difference and are dirt . #2 Mud factor . It would be a non play if it rains . A decent piece of this course is dirt , along with the tee pads , which could fill up with water . #3 maybe park users wandering around the first few holes . Be careful . When in doubt , wait or skip the hole . #4 navigation ? It would be hard to park and find the first tee right off , sometimes even with a map . #5 some holes which have no real path to the basket . This might also be twisted into a pro . Be accurate ( or lucky ) . #6 . The rough can be rough in some areas and a ricochet off the many trees dotting the fairways can turn off the travelers and especially the local casuals and newbies if they spend a lot of time looking for or even losing a disc . Not necessarily a con since the park can't help it , but the course is pretty flat . The design uses what they can , but ,,,,,, .

Other Thoughts:

Secret City is never going to be a destination course , but I don't think it was ever intended for it to be . You can spend a whole day going up Hwy 95 and play 2 9 hole courses , then The Mounds and Woods ( only 3 miles away ) , and finish your day here . A picnic area sits at the end of this course so make the overall loser drive over and grab an early dinner before playing this final course , or right after . The course looks like it wants to appeal to everyone , making the lines to the basket tight or even non existent for the better players , but mixing fun short holes and multiple tees and pin positions for casuals or newbies . Whatever the case , the course still resonates fun , and looks like it is never crowded . If I lived in Oak Ridge , this would be a good after dinner round for me . The Recreation Dept at Oak Ridge looks like they try to make it work here , and it works for me . Thank You , Oak Ridge , for allowing me to play Carl Yearwood and keeping an interest in disc golf . My recommendation : GROUP THIS FUN COURSE AND COMBINE IT WITH OTHER COURSES AND PLAY IT IF IN OAK RIDGE , AND A MUST PLAY IF A RESIDENT , NEWBIE OR CASUAL .
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Baysinger
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 14.8 years 93 played 55 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Secret City DGC at Carl Yearwood Park 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 15, 2018 Played the course:once

Pros:

Secret City DGC is a 9 Hole course located at Carl Yearwood Park in Oakridge, TN. This isn't one of those courses that is an absolute must play, but if you are in the area and have some free time, make sure you check this one out. It is a fun little 9 hole to play with multiple tees for every hole. There are also multiple pin positions per hole that alternate on occasion. This is a small but nice little park with a great use of the land used to design the course. It looks like the course designer tried to us every single element possible when designing this course and was successful, completing the latyout with a creek running through Hole 9's fairway! That hanging basket is a nice touch. Most of the holes are tightly wooded so hitting your lines off the tee pads is a very important part of getting a good score here. As I said not an absolute must play but you will definitely have fun at this course! If you want to see this course on video, check out my crew playing the course in the video below...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-Prl2GNAQQ

Cons:

No major cons really... just simple room for improvement. Would love to see the addition of concrete tees and multiple baskets per hole so you have the option to play whichever layout you want on any day.
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seayhorse
Experience: 27.8 years 22 played 16 reviews
3.00 star(s)

fun 9 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 11, 2016 Played the course:once

Pros:

nice little 9.
easy to follow
cool technical holes
easy parking
nice park

Cons:

gets muddy.
it's only 9 holes
no tee pad

Other Thoughts:

This is a great course to bring a few discs and work on control and lines. It's not just a pitch and put- there's some real challenge in these shorter holes.
It does get muddy depending on weather, so wear the right shoes!
like the other course in OR, this would be a +1 star with tee pads
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dr.chainslove
Silver level trusted reviewer
Experience: 24.9 years 330 played 42 reviews
1.50 star(s)

Let's keep Secret City a secret for now 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 12, 2017 Played the course:once

Pros:

There's a little fun to be had here. 7, 8, and 9 had some decent lines through woods, slight elevation, and a little stream. 7 was my favorite, with a right to left line through trees uphill to a mound with a tightly guarded basket.

Once you find hole 1, navigation is pretty straightforward. Signs are aging but informative.

I won't gripe about the mulched tees. They were level enough and probably adequate for the shortness of the holes.

Cons:

When you pull into the parking lot, you'll immediately see a incorrectly assembled practice basket (pole section above the bottom of the basket was at least 6 inches too short). Next to the practice basket is a message board. You'd assume hole 1 would be around here, right? Nope, it's on the other side of the park behind the skate park. A map or at least an arrow or two would be helpful here.

Hole 4 was a mess of trees with zero line to the basket. If they'd remove some trees, they can help make an actual line and identity for this hole.

Why are there 2 baskets 40 ft apart on 9? They clearly spent a lot of effort and resources creating the hanging basket (although I wish it was a little higher up). Keep that one and repurpose the other! I'd recommend moving this extra basket to make a long option on #1. There's a nice little channel in the trees 100ft past the current basket on the way to the #2 tee where that basket would be better utilized.

Several holes had weird and unnecessarily punitive basket locations with trees literally 2ft away (3, 4, and 5 for example).

Other Thoughts:

Secret City needs work. I think there's hope with some tweaking. Right now, I'd say the biggest issue is the lack of realistic shot lines. Too many times, luck seemed to trump skill and it takes away from the fun. It's also hard to enjoy a round here especially considering the quality you'll find at the nearby Pelissippi and Powell 9-holers.
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calebxen
Experience: 19.8 years 7 played 3 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Nice mid range challenge. 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 9, 2016 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Very technical course.
Lots of trees to really work on your accuracy.
Great for practicing placement.
Nice for someone wanting to learn the ropes, or a great way to work on something other than gripping it and ripping it.
Love the nature shots and having to dodge trees and play around a creek.
Good mix of partial cleanings and wooded technicalities.

Cons:

Can be very frustrating and not laid out perfectly.
Pins need updating, still using older just metal baskets with no color to them so they can blend in to the surroundings and hard to spot.
Tees are mulch, which is better then just grass and dirt, but some pavers would be nice.
Could use some more longer cleanings for driving.

Other Thoughts:

Overall I love this course. Been playing it since they opened in 2006 and it has come a long way. Pins are laid out a lot better and it is fairly easy to navigate. I don't play here as often as I used to because the holes are short and I love a good drive and just watch the disc fly, there are only 1 or 2 spots here to do that, but this is a fun course and a great getaway from the big courses. I easily recommend this course to anyone.
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samfire911
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
5.00 star(s)

A Must Play! 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 23, 2015 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Short and technical with well manicured fairways. The baskets get moved around often, there are multiple tee boxes, and there are benches located at many of the tee boxes.

Cons:

The baskets could use an update along with the earth tee pads.
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Gibbsinator
Experience: 4 played 4 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Mid-Range Focus, Fast 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Mar 27, 2013 Played the course:2-4 times

Pros:

Multiple Tee pads. Par is capable for many players with some effort. Helps hone tighter more technical throws. Fast course. Fair Maintenance. Excellent signage.

Cons:

Pads are mulched, better than dirt though. Course is strongly affected by rain. Trees can be challenging for new players. Drivers won't get used effectively. 9 Holes

Other Thoughts:

Course can be played in about 30-40 minutes alone. Fun little course if you love your mid range.
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Firebird911
Experience: 3 played 1 reviews
5.00 star(s)

Difficult and challenging course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Oct 31, 2012 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Very technical and heavily wooded. I love this course because it is all about the ability to control your disc instead of throw it as hard as you can in a general direction. If your not accurate with your shots then you definitely need to play here a lot. After playing at Carl Yearwood daily for a while I find all other courses simple and un-challenging. There is also several benches added on holes 3, 4, 6 and 7.

Cons:

No concert tee pads.
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DiscGolfCraig
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Premium Member
Experience: 19.8 years 585 played 539 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Crazy old Carl 2+ years

Reviewed: Updated: Played on:May 19, 2012 Played the course:once

Pros:

Carl Yearwood is a typical, city park, 9-hole course. It serves as an appetizer course, giving you a little taste of everything, so you want to go play one of the city's 18 hole courses.
- This is a more wooded than average nine-hole course. It ranges from some trees on holes #1, 2 & 6 to heavily wooded, tight layouts on #4, 5 & 9.
- There are several fun hole layouts on the course. The two most notable for me were #6 & 7. #6 tees off in the woods to a fairway and tee that's much more open. There are four basket layouts for this hole, and the one I played set up nicely for one to be aggressive for a birdie chance. #7 is a wooded hole throughout, with thick tree coverage on the right side. The basket is on a slight mound, protected by trees. There's a thin line between great tee shot and a tee shot that leaves you fighting for par.
- Good tee signs. They clearly show you the multiple hole tee & basket locations. Most tees are clearly marked by colored, wooden markers. A couple holes were missing them however, but you usually could see where the grass was worn.
- This course definitely puts the emphasis on accuracy. If you can throw straight, you'll save yourself a lot of headaches by staying in the fairway, and in turn, not having to search for discs in the thick rough on most holes.
- For such a relatively small park, the course is almost completely isolated from everything else. About the only thing you'll have to deal with are walkers, plus close proximity to two different roads on #1 & 8.
- This was a smaller park with not a lot of facilities - ball field, skate park, picnic tables and restrooms. That should also help DGers not have to deal with many people.

Cons:

There was a couple confusing layouts. Some holes had two baskets on them (what's the deal with one regular basket and one hanging basket 25 feet apart on #9), some had poorly marked tees, and some really could use arrows helping you find both tees (#5 comes to mind).
- The rough on some of these holes was really thick, that you could really spend some time searching for a disc if you get a bad bounce off a tree.
- #4 is a poorly designed hole. The 'fairway' is a cluster of trees. The luck factor seems to play as much, if not more, of a factor as skill. At least, there's enough spacing for putts/short shots, that you should be able to save par. #9 was similar, but that one at least had narrow paths around the trees, making the hole tough but fair.
- I'm listing this as a con, but some might argue it's a positive. The course seems a little confusing in terms of who it's trying to appeal to. It's short like a beginner-friendly course, but it's also heavily wooded, and has narrow fairways, which would seem to be aiming for a more experienced player.
- The course is lacking in basic amenities. I only noticed seats on #7, and don't recall seeing trash cans. But I do recall seeing trash.

Other Thoughts:

If all nine holes were as tough, and decently-laid out as the last 5, this would be a pretty decent, and fun, course. Instead, you feel like you want to rush through the beginning just to get to the good part.
- There wasn't enough variety in the holes in terms of distances or even overall feel. From the short tees and baskets, holes ranged from 160 to 249 feet, from the longs they ranged from 216 to 303.
- To its credit, Yearwood had a much bigger risk/reward factor than what you'd see at most nine-holers. Good, aggressive shots will get rewarded with birdie putts, while bad ones will leave you scrambling for par or worse.
- It'd be nice if the basket positions were clearly marked at the beginning, or consistent. My buddy and I had to walk the fairways on several holes to determine which layout we were throwing to.
- #6 & 7 was the best stretch of holes. These holes are isolated from the rest of the park, giving a good disc golf feel. And with a couple of good shots, you should be seeing two birdie putts.
- Overall, a decent nine-hole course. There's nothing really bad or good here, just a lot of consistency. It's not as good as Admiral Farragut, but still alright.
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kinger
Gold level trusted reviewer
Experience: 14 years 101 played 101 reviews
2.50 star(s)

Yearwoods 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 6, 2011 Played the course:once

Pros:

~Tight wooded layout
~Decent flow, easy navigation
~Multiple tees to allow for longer mixed rounds
~Clean, well maintained park
~Putter & midrange friendly
~Technical from start to finish

Cons:

~Uneven, dirt tees
~Longer holes and more variety would be beneficial
~Hole 1 is a short walk from the parking lot (bring map)
~A bit cramped in the space provided

Other Thoughts:

Stopped by for a mid morning 9 while on my way home from a weekend visit in Oak Ridge. Brought my bag, but quickly realized I could have been fine with only a few discs. All in all a quaint wooded 9 hole course with multiple options that would allow for a full 18 if you mix it up a bit. Overall the park is on the small scale, but the design seems to make full use of the wooded landscape. Primarily an approach and put course, but the terrain and placement still make for challenging pars on most holes. Easy to find and navigate once you find the first hole. Number 9 finishes close to the parking lot which is good. Hanging alternate basket on the last hole over a small creek is a very nice touch.
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wire5
Experience: 13.5 years 9 played 1 reviews
4.00 star(s)

Review for Pin position #3 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 28, 2011 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

The new placement of these pins is exactly what this course needed.

Pros:
Short, but technical. This is great, me and two friends met up to play the new pins positions this morning and managed to get 2 games in around an hour and a half

3 Pin positions and 3 tees each (if you include the sadists' Fearwood tees) pin. This means a lot of variety.

Great flow, even with all the additions everything still flows well, and the pins, while not always visible, are still lined up pretty well for the tees

Secluded. This is one of my biggest winning points on a course. I can't stand when I'm at a course and every few seconds I see heads poping up, people coming behind me, etc. This course is not too terribly played and when it is doesn't "feel" busy.

Signage. The shortest Tee on each hole has a sign on it, which, as of today, is marked with pin 3 (though just in sharpie).

Cons:

It's short. I know I put this as a pro, but sometimes this course is a bit of a tease. Getting you nice and warmed up just to have it end.

The Tee's are dirt, This seems to bother quite a few people. I personally don't mind, and perfer them over gravel or grass (except after rains)

The short tee's are easy to find, the longer ones can be a little harder to find if you don't look at the signs. Also "Fearwood" is almost impossible to find on some holes.

The place does flood a little when it rains a lot.

Other Thoughts:

I could see this being a problem, but I've never noticed it. But the place looks like a mosquito breeding ground.

Also some of the holes are a bit of a joke (namely hole six, pin position one, short tee), while others seem impossible, thanks to a few areas with "walls o trees." But I like the mix it provides.

I find hole 7 pin 3 more fun (and ironiclly easier) from the fearwood tee.
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EddieBTrue
Experience: 15.7 years 43 played 42 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Better than a two... 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jan 26, 2011 Played the course:once

Pros:

Clean. Safe. Technical. Unique 'signature hole' (Hanging basket over a creek on #9). Quick play. Ample parking. Shelter. Walking track and playground.

Cons:

Ground tees. Could use a couple of trees taken out (and this is coming from a guy who enjoys wooded holes!). Lack of elevation.

Other Thoughts:

This was the first course my son and I took in while having a w/e trip to the Knoxville area. We enjoyed playing this course as it was quick and rewarded accurately released tee shots. Still, an errant throw can turn what appears to be an easy deuce into a bogie; so let the buyer beware!
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coolhand
Experience: 23 played 23 reviews
3.00 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Dec 6, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

great little nine hole course. very very interesting shots. very very wooded. a lot of fun though. good wind down course after playing the mounds. one of the better nine hole courses i've played.

Cons:

some holes are a little too wooded.
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adrake
Experience: 15.9 years 111 played 3 reviews
3.50 star(s)

Fun 9 holes 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 27, 2010 Played the course:once

Pros:

I felt that it was a fun course for only being 9 holes. I don't understand all the bad reviews on this one. Yes, it is short and it may be a little repetitive, but I think the designer did very well with the small amount of space and only getting to do 9 holes. The course is technical and fun. Lots of opportunity's for birdies. I played it twice in a row and had the chance to birdie every hole.
Nice practice basket.
Holes are labeled well.
I like the use of the small amount of woods they have. Course is worth playing if you are passing through, but not necessarily if your going out of your way, because it is only 9 holes.
Overall, it was worth playing, I had a good time.

Cons:

Could make a little better use of space. There is a practice basket and I think that could be another hole. They could have a few more holes I think, or just make a few of them longer. Hole one is hard to find unless you use the map on here. I found it easily because I looked it up on here first.
No concrete teepads

Other Thoughts:

No concrete teepads but the ground was nice and flat.
Took me a little over 30 minutes to play because it was so short.
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bjreagh
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 27.6 years 350 played 317 reviews
1.50 star(s)

2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Jul 22, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

This 9 hole course is in a very small city park that makes pretty good use of the land that was there to work with. The baskets are in pretty good shape. It is mostly wooded with a creek in play on a couple of holes. There is a decent variety of moderately wooded, densely wooded, and a couple of more open shots. Hole #9 is unique with a hanging basket over the creek and ends up back at the parking lot. The course finishes stronger than it starts as the ending holes are a little more interesting.

Cons:

The natural tees were just ok at best, and were marked with ball golf type markers that to me were too narrow to feel comfortable. Also, some of the tee markers were hard to find, broken, or were missing one or both of the markers. A couple of the fairways (#3 and #4) were ridiculously narrow. Also, there is barely any variety in length from hole to hole.

Hole #1 was difficult to find (use the map linked on this site, that would have been helpful); you have to take a walk around the ball fields behind the skate park to find tee #1. You can't see any tees or baskets from the parking area.

Other Thoughts:

If you want a quick round where you only need a couple of discs this is a good place for that. I personally found this course to be pretty boring and occasionally frustrating. It does make pretty good use of the small space available and would be serviceable if that is all I had, but it just lacks any real excitement. I would not recommend driving out of your way to play this course.
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Musicaldelial
Experience: 14.9 years 2 played 2 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Decent course for precision. 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 24, 2009 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

This is a good course to practice your precision on. There isn't alot of room to let a distance driver rip 300 yards, so all you really need is a mid-range and a putter. The hidden tees give an extra challenge for the more advanced players. The hanging basket on hole 9 is a nice touch, as well. The flow of the course is set up nicely, You dont have to worry about getting lost here. Everything seems to be pretty linear. It generally takes around 30 minutes to play if you are alone or with a small group. This makes it good for a quick game to pass the time.

Cons:

There isn't alot of variety here. Most of the holes are in dense wooded areas. One bad throw can throw off your entire game. Once again, there is only one hole that is open air, and thats on 8. Other than that, prepare to dodge trees.

Other Thoughts:

Its a good course for practice on your precision throwing. If you are looking for variety, so to Groves park on the other side of town, but if you want a wooded excursion, this is a course that's fit to you.
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nicemeup
Experience: 15 years 11 played 4 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Challenging Short Course 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Aug 8, 2009 Played the course:once

Pros:

This course can be really tough with lots of challenging throws through the woods. Some of the holes feature pretty creative uses of the space available. Good flow, with the hole on 9 being on the opposite end of the parking lot from where you began.

Cons:

Kind of repetitive. Just about every hole has you throwing into or out of the woods. No real opportunities to let loose with a big throw.
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rb_lifer
Experience: 1 played 1 reviews
3.00 star(s)

Small But Challenging.......... 2+ years drive by

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 21, 2008 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

If you want to get in a quick round this is the course for that. This course offers two natural tee pads at each hole. There is also "secret pads" known to locals as "Fearwood". These offer longer and more challenging throws.

Cons:

I wish this course offered 18 holes but it is very in the amount of space available.

Other Thoughts:

The hanging basket on 9 is a fantastic touch. Great use of the space available!
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swatso
Diamond level trusted reviewer
Experience: 15.7 years 755 played 414 reviews
1.00 star(s)

Not my cup of tea 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Nov 1, 2008 Played the course:once

Pros:

Thirty minutes to play nine holes, only used a mid-range and a putter.

Signs were useful, and the flow was natural.

Cons:

Most holes were the same - 225 feet through a dense collection of small-diameter trees.

Other Thoughts:

Probably the best that could be done with the limited space and physical features.
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