-Easy to follow flow. (No map needed)
-Concrete tee pads
-Great signage on each hole
-Course requires every shot in your arsenal
-Good mix of short technical with long big air

-Wish the layout order could have been a little better mixed. (lots of short and then lots of long holes)
-Small walk from 18 back to #1 tee.

I like this course a lot. I love the technical challenge of the first 9, and I like being able to air out some drives on the back. If you can get good at playing this course well, you can play any course.

I realized quite quickly that you have to be patient on this course. Some holes are tough to birdie, and being too aggressive can get you into big trouble. But some of the holes can be reached and scored well on.

A lot of locals I talk to hate the length on the back 9, but, to be fair, I met those locals when they were playing on much shorter courses. I am sure there are locals here that love the length Tyger brings to the table in the back.

My one issue with the course is the mix of short and long. I think it would have rated higher if the short and long holes were more randomly mixed. I can see how it can become daunting on the back for some with bomber hole after bomber hole coming up one after the other.

I will definitely be playing here again, and again, and again.

1/4/2021 Update: Added ranking below.
Out of the 66 courses I have reviewed, this is where this course ranks along with similarly rated courses:
Rank-Course, Location
1-Munson Park, Denison, TX
2-Holston Creek DGC, Inman, SC
3-Noble DGC, Noble, OK
4-Selah Ranch - Creekside, Talco, TX
5-Fritz Park, Irving, TX
6-Selah Ranch - Lakeside, Talco, TX
7-Shaver Recreation Center Championship, Seneca, SC
8-Tyger River DGC, Reidville, SC
9-N.E. Lions Park, Norman, OK
10-Grand Central Station, Central, SC

Pin locations are clearly marked. Holes vary from intermediate to very challenging. Course is definitely one of the longest ones in the area but overall very fun to play. Overall, Tyger River Park is beautiful place to play a round or two. Not for beginners.

People walking (not playing) have picked up my discs before and it's super aggravating. Some of the signs have been stolen and not knowing distances can be annoying.

Wish this course had a few bonus holes to play, or changed pin locations sometimes.

Front nine is shorter distance thru thick woods. Back nine is huge fairways with giant distances. This course is definitely one to drive out of your way to get to. It has every type of challenge possible.

There are many places that you could lose your frisbee on this course. Throw with caution! Also, hole 15 is nearly impossible to par.

Great course, strongly recommended.

This course is great. My favorite thing about this course is the diversity of shots required to complete the course. The front 9 includes mostly wooded and more technical holes while the back 9 includes some much longer holes allowing you to cut loose.

Tee signs: several of the tee signs (I'd guess about half) are completely missing. We had played before about a year ago so we knew where most of the pin placements were, but this would be very difficult for a new player to the course.
Weekend play: this is a baseball field complex and on the weekends it gets really crowded. There are signs stating no parking on the grass, but this is not listened to or enforced so cars are in the way on a couple of holes.

I'm very familiar with this type of course, the "cram a disc golf course around the periphery of an athletic complex" style. This is one of the better renditions I've encountered and quite fun. Some highlights:

Varies wildly from ace-run short to gonzo long. Some really fun pin placements utilized like raised baskets and baskets on ridges. Nice baskets and tees that are easy to find.

The front 8-9 are a lot of straight holes through tight-ish little woods. It's an enjoyable deuce-or-die romp through a shady corner of the park that will sharpen your midrange and putter skills off the tee. Fast greens on the holes that finish near the park road spice up this otherwise really safe juncture of the course. Tee signs are everywhere and informative on the front.

Then you get to the back half of the course. Terrain, length, and difficulty get turned up considerably in contrast. The amount of land available for the course opens up considerably in this part of the park and the course takes full advantage. You get good bomber holes that aren't mindless rips in the field, really neat hilly holes like 16 especially and hole 17. Crazy long, ball golf-esque fairway on hole 15. Fairways mowed and defined by boulders and tall grass OB. Sounds great, right? It is all pretty good fun and undeserving of being listed in the cons sections but here's where it sours:

Signs start going missing on the back half, when you need them most like on hole 15. No sign on a short hole where the basket is clearly visible? No problem. No sign on a 925' par 5 that snakes around for seemingly forever and hides the basket in the woods? Really effing annoying. The copious amount of nasty rough and hazardous debris (lots of broken concrete buried by vines and briers begging to twist your ankle whilst you try and find your disc) that borders the entire right flank of this hole is also heinous.

Less of a con but worth a mention is that much of the back 9 consists of holes mowed out of a wild field. So if you land in this tall grass be prepared to dig 2736298834594* pointy seeds out of your shoes, have red legs thanks to razor grass rash, and old friends in poison ivy and briers with the occasional chigger. Yeah, I hear you right now, "Stay on the fairway, you scrub" but this stuff is just so prevalent and I can't control the accuracy of my companions. We lost one disc out there** and it could've easily been more.

The other big negatives are hole 18 ends a good while away from the start and hole 7's basket is pretty close to the street, with it being a fun ace-run hole it would be really easy to zip past the raised basket and into the road.

*Approximate count, your seed count may vary.
**Technically lost 2 discs since I found one on hole 15 and promptly lost it on hole 16.

Don't let the low rating fool you, this is a fun course and worthwhile visit, especially if you like more open type courses. It just feels like it's already kind of run down with the signs missing and there's nothing really remarkable or special about this course outside of hole 16. No water features, not any really significant doglegs or unique greens that will wow you.

While many will likely enjoy the Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde contrast of the two nines, it felt too much like two different 9 holers shoehorned into the corner of this park to me. For a course this recently installed and what could've been, Tyger River could've been less funky. This day and age, we need to expect better design of our courses and this cat doesn't purr as much as it could.

Still though, it's a fun course to let the drivers air out and I wouldn't think twice about playing again, especially in the fall/winter when the rough is tamed.

Very nice 18-hole course in a park that is pretty much just DG and baseball. Well taken care of- grass was being mowed as we played, and appears to be mowed often. Tee pads were not concrete, but another rock-like material (not sure what?), different but just fine. The baskets were in fantastic shape. I absolutely loved the tee signs mounted on large rocks, what a cool unique signature characteristic (unfortunately a couple signs were knocked off or even missing, shame on you vandals.)

There is fairly good variety on the course overall in terms of: length, number of trees to avoid, shot shape, options, and elevation changes, plus baskets on hillsides, and one slightly elevated basket. Each hole had its own challenge, but nothing insanely difficult.

It is really a tale of two 9's. The front is shorter and flatter winding its way around mature trees over grassy fairways. The back becomes more wide open, but much longer, and is where a good deal of the elevation (both up and down) are found, and more susceptible to strong winds.

As mentioned some of the beautiful tee signs were knocked off their rock mounts or even missing, what a shame that some people ruin it for the rest of us.

Longer than normal walk to the car after 18, course finishes kind of in the middle of the course rather than near hole 1. Not knocking the design as I think the available land was used about as good as it could be, but just the way the flow had to be for holes 1 and 18.

Though decent in variety overall, there is definite difference between the 9's, rather than having an alternating mix of long/short and open/wooded combinations throughout.

I would rate this course a 3.75 if I could, not quite up to 4.0, but real close. I would play here on a regular basis if I lived here, and would play again if visiting this area in the future.

Oddly enough, of the 11 courses I played in GA and SC during my spring break this year, this was the only one with NO WATER holes, despite having the word RIVER in its name! So the river does not come into play or even into view, and is one area where this course lacks compared to other courses (though you are not losing your disc in a lake, so that could be a positive for some).

Finding the park was a bit tricky for some reason. DGCR, GPS, and the signs in town all provided different ways to get there. My GPS was not very helpful as the address took me to a house not near the park. The park is a giant baseball complex that is not too hard to miss once you get close.

I was very pleased with the quality of DG in the Greenville/Clemson/Spartanburg area. Though I only played a small sampling of the courses they have, I enjoyed the quality and overall variety this area of the country had to offer. Great for DG vacations, vacations in general, and even living here.

The front is fun, short somewhat repetitive (like running wind sprints, back and forth) but very narrow but can be dangerous in spots due to the pads being so close to some baskets. The back is very open in spots with some elevation. Even if you stay in the fairway on many holes or you may not find discs as this appears to be an old farm and fairways are cut which is nice but the grass was 3-4 feet in areas off the fairways.

#1 - fun anhyzer to basket in a small area.
#2 - tight short hyzer into protected green
#3 - uphill shot out of a hollow with little ceiling to work with
#4 - straight open shot to narrow protected green with small trees around
#5 - Great tunnel shot hole, short
#6 - Slight anyhzer slightly uphill to wooded area up to target in the middle of small trees again. This hole could be great but there is no green really.
#7 - fun hole to boulder but eventually the trees with grow to where there will be a fairway lacking. Watch for throwers on #8 pad as the basket is very close by and there is a chance of getting hit.
#8 - uphill anhyzer with basket close to #7 pad
#9 - Strange hole. This hole will be unplayable eventually as the tee is located behind two trees that will grow in and the target is in another cluster of trees that will mature.
#10 - Open and downhill with numerous small trees that will grow in eventually. Bomber hole.
#11, #12 #13- Throwaway holes for flow to open greens.
#14 - Fun downhill hole to open green with trees behind. When the trees grow in the fairway this will be a very challenging hole.
#15 - From all I have heard this is the signature hole. Very long hyzer shots around a corner up a hill and basket to right. Stay on fairway or too left and you will easily par it. This hole could have been two great holes I think due to the landscape of the area. This maybe an option when some of the other holes are eventually not playable due to the trees growing in on other holes.
#16 - Open hole up and over
#17 - Throwaway hole for flow - straight, long and open
#18 - Finishing hole uphill to basket on a hill

Many of the small trees in fairways will grow to make some holes unplayable. Too many targets on the front are located in the midst of small trees with little to no routes. Many holes on the back seem to be throwaways for flow.

I played it right after it opened and I would have rated this higher but it lacks a lot of diversity especially on the back there are much better courses in the area including the new Pipeline course which I feel is now the best course in SC. Bring water in the summer as it can get hot due to the lack of shade in many spots and elevation. You may also want to wear a helmet on the front as I have never seen some baskets and pads this close except at Oak Grove.

My three pros:

-Very well maintained and manicured course with defined fairways. The course felt pretty clean and the mowed paths helped navigate betwen holes.
-Pretty nice signs at most holes showing distance, obstacles etc.
-Fun holes ranging from a couple short wooded holes to several monster long holes, including lots of use of hills and valleys for good elevation change throughout. The Texas equivalent that came to mind was 'old settlers park' which has similar super long holes but the long holes at Tyger had more variation and were more fun to play. Sometimes long holes feel like playing fetch with yourself, for the most part this course didnt have that feel.

My three cons:

-The course itself is very pretty due to being well maintained, but the presence in a big softball complex takes away from the natural beauty you would expect at a course in this location. There's a 'manmade beauty' and 'natural beauty' factor to each course and the manmade features here are great- the natural aspect not as much. Several holes have a road behind the baskets that i landed in a couple times. The pictures show some really pretty shots around 18 but they leave out the big parking lot and softball fields that take away in my opinion. Hole 2 or 3 played into woods and wound up right next to private property, and 15 had no trespassing signs all around- both of which can get in my head and again take away from the park feel.
-I kept expecting to encounter a 'Tyger river' but this course is dry.
-Hole 15 was somewhat overly long in my opinion but im not a strong backhand trower. Sometimes long holes feel like playing fetch with yourself, this was the case on 15.

I spoke with a mower guy for a while and he was really cool and friendly. Although he said he "didnt know how to play the game" he was mindfull of me when throwing nearby and suggested i try pipeline next time im in greenville. I'd imagine this course gets busy being so nice, but it was 30 degrees and noon on wednesday when i was there so the mower was the only person i encountered.

The Tyger River course will test your arm, and the mostly open fairways require extra skill if the wind is blowing. It was steady wind on the day I visited, and the sun was beating down, with little shade to seek. There are some trees, the thicker parts around the front 9, which features shorter holes with less elevation change and only one par 4. The back nine has more airspace to drive the fairways, which you will need to negotiate the big elevation changes and longer holes (four par 4's and two 5's). The opportunity for a low score is there, if you can keep control and stay in bounds. I only managed to get two birdies, hole 2 and 18, but I missed a few chances. The tees are concrete, and the baskets are all in good shape. Tee signs are pretty good, and the layout is easy to follow. There are benches here and there, as well as a few trash cans. Variety is good, changing contours and enough trees and OB to keep it interesting. Holes 14 through 17 are my favorite. 14 is down a tall hill, with tall rough on either side of the fairway and trees and brush as you get close to the pin. 15 is a 1000' monster, turning left and then right, very thick and rocky rough if you miss to the right, and a slight incline at the end. 16, is over a large hill, then dipping some, and then climbing even more with the pin on a slope. 17 is an elevated tee, with a landing zone as the fairway flattens out, and the pin in an island. The LZ and the island green are marked with large boulders. You can drive the green if you can drive 400' +, getting some help driving from the hill top. I went for it, but the wind knocked me down and put me OB. 18 is a par 5, with the pin atop a fairly tall grassy hill, and I made an all or nothing putt for the birdie to finish. Bad rolls are probably a common sight on this one.

I played on a Sunday afternoon, and there was league play going on, so the course was crowded. The sun was out, and there was little escape from the heat.

Tyger River is challenging, and quite different from other courses I have played in the region. Very well done, with great landscaping. I loved the elevation change on the back 9, and the wind added to the difficulty. I carded a 4 over par 67, but there is a good possibility to shoot under par if you can stay in the fairways, make putts, and not hit too many trees on the front nine. It sounds obvious, but is easier said than done. I was stuck with the rating, between 4 and 4.5, but will give it the higher mark based on the variety, difficulty and fun factor. Certainly worth checking out, especially with 2 other great courses near by (Pipeline and Va-Du-Mar).

- This is a textbook great course, with a balance between technical and open shots, as well as distance.
- There are some truly picturesque holes, especially 10 and 17, one of my favorite holes in all of DG.
- Benches, bag hangers, good signs - all the markings of a well-designed DG course.
- The last four holes REALLY push your arm:
--15 is a very long, consistent hyzer, for RHBH players
-- 16 is a bomb over one small hill, with the basket 100+ beyond that on another hill
-- 17 is a long bomb over a beautiful scene, from the top of a hill
-- 18 is a strong 4-5 stroke hole, consistent uphill grade, finishing on the side of a shorter hill with a bank drop on the right side..if your arm is tired, an unfortunate roller could add 2-3 strokes to your game.

- While the style balance is good, the course is succinctly divided between 9 short technical holes and longer open holes. As with most courses, the land tends to dictate the layout. That being said, a more even mix would've been cool.
- Softball crowds. Beware of tournaments, because although there is plenty of "don't park here" signage and PLENTY of parking space, some people just don't care. For example, I couldn't finish hole 15 or start hole 16 last time out, because people were parked AT THE BASKET for 15...for no better reason than just because they felt like it.

This well-designed and maintained course is a pleasure to play, regardless of the random softball-related vehicular difficulty!

- First and foremost, there are some really long holes that let you air drives out.
- Some great woods golf on the front 9
- Excellent use of elevation; holes 13, 14, and 16 immediately spring to mind, but most holes have some kind of elevation to deal with.
- Good risk/reward moments on several holes, specifically holes 10 and 17
- Concrete teepads (the paint is starting to wear in and get some grip on most of them)
- Bag hangers at pretty much all the holes. Started using them towards the end of the round and they worked great (Grip A14 bag).
- Benches at a lot of the teepads.
- Discatchers catch very well.
- Mostly well kept, although the rough is very punishing for the most part.
- Very descriptive tee signs
- Next tee arrows on the Discatcher bands, very useful.
- Good use of gimmicks without being overbearing. Elevated basket on Hole 7 is tastefully done; love the rocks around the base of it. Also, the double island Hole 17 is very fun to play.
- First hole is fun but also relatively easy, great starting hole.
- Great flow, navigation is pretty intuitive.

- No course map.
- Painted teepads can get slippery at times. I slipped on hole 11's teepad myself.
- The walk back to the parking by hole 1 is a long hike; park along the street near hole 3's basket to cut down on that.
- Really punishing rough on some holes, can get really annoying to deal with.
- Tee signs for holes 14 and 15 are missing.
- Beware of people walking their dogs by the baskets for holes 3, 8, and 18.
- OB does not stand out on the tee signs. It's the same color etc as everything else. Making it a different color would have been great, or marking it with red lines on the portion that is played as OB etc.
- No short tees; would be great to have a second set of tees to be able to play two different rounds on this course.
- I wish the woods holes and bomber holes could have been mixed together a little bit, instead of just having sections, but with how the land is laid out, it is what it is.

Tyger River is the second-newest course in the Upstate, and it is absolutely the course that the Upstate has been missing. Most courses up here are shorter, technical disc golf courses that don't really have many air-it-out holes, so to have a course with the length of Tyger River is a great addition. While other courses have bomber holes mostly in addition to the technical holes, Tyger River is able to really play with the theme and create a lot of different types of shots and situations.

The elevation on this course is phenomenal. Most holes have some kind of elevation to deal with, whether it is an elevated or sunken teepad, a gradual rise or drop in the fairway, a steep drop off behind the basket, or sloping fairways. My favorite hole was hole 16, where you have to throw over a hill and across a small "valley" to a basket set on a hillside. Very, very fun hole to play. I also really enjoyed hole 13, where you throw from the edge of some woods to a basket probably 40 or 50 feet up a near vertical hillside. Very reminiscent of Hole 4 at Sertoma Field in Walhalla.

The painted teepads are kind of a pain; I played in the morning, so my shoes (Keen Kovens which have insane grip) were covered in dew. I slipped on Hole 11's teepad, and after that dried my shoes several times before teeing off. The rough can also be really punishing/annoying, so I recommend staying in the fairway.

Hole 18 is a really fun finishing hole. You throw across a slightly sloped hillside for your first shot, with the pin finishing on top of the hill. There is a steep drop-off to the right of the basket, so be careful with your second or third shot.

Overall, Tyger River is a great addition to the Upstate. It brings a new element to the disc golf courses here with its long back nine, and is a really fun course to play. It was definitely worth the drive from Clemson to play here and at the Pipeline. I would definitely recommend playing this course on a disc golf trip if you're passing through on I85; the locals are certainly spoiled.

-Lots of dynamic long Holes
-Beautiful landscaping and set up just a great looking course
-easy to locate start.
-Easily marked hole maps on every tee
-well kept, mowed course with only a few places to really loose a disc.
-not just par 3 after par 3 lots of par 4s and true par 5s I think one should be a par 6 (I know its not possible)

-Clearly marked OB areas on the tee cards
challenging but so fun!!

-the tee cards had fallen down on 2 holes
-18 is a little bit of a hike from where I parked back at 1
-I'm grasping for straws for anything else

Wow amazing course, I saw it was so highly reviewed and along my route from Atlanta to a family members house in NC. So I stopped and played the course and I will play it again every time I even come close to it. well worth the trip. By far the best of the 7 or 8 courses I have played so far.
a little discrepancy in DGCR on par rating for 17 and 16, the tee cards called them par 5 but DGCR has them as 4s.

Well-maintained signage, trails, and tees. Benches and trash cans at most holes. Clean and well-kept.
The back 9 is great for practicing one's long game. The front 9 is challenging for the trees.

The back 9 has little to no shade. It's not really a con, but it makes for a really hot game during the hottest times of day.
There seemed to be quite a few folks walking the course with their dogs. Again, not really a con, but traffic to watch out for.

This is a great course for lots of different challenges, especially distance. The park is beautiful and well-maintained.

Good signage. Never got lost.
Lots of risk/reward decisions.
Nice mix of wide all-out distance and narrow corridors requiring accuracy, and sometimes both distance and accuracy required.
Nice layout and continuity.

Hole 18 is a 1/4 mi walk back to your car if you parked by Hole 1.
The pars are not consistent--#15 is a par 5 at 1000+ feet, then #16 is also labeled a par 5 with little more than half that distance.

One of the best and most fun course I have played.

Tyger River is a tale of two courses. The front 9 is more technical, shorter and more heavily wooded. The back nine is more wide open and longer, a chance for big arms. Combine the two and you have the makings of a very good course.
- There were parts of this course I absolutely loved. For about two-thirds of my round, the course top-notch. The coursehad great blend of nearly everything you could want. The problem was on the back nine when the course gets repetitive and, with a lack of natural obstacles, a reliance on gimmickry is needed to create some artificial challenges.
- The front 9 was a blast. The holes play through wooded areas forcing players to throw accurately to score low. Among the highlights here are #2 - a narrow, slightly downhill 240 foot layout (or 225 foot according to this website). You shoot the gap on this hole and you can see a birdie putt. Miss it, and you're fighting to salvage par or bogey. #4 is a longer hole (405 feet) that also has gaps to hit. A safer, mid-range tee shot will leave you in a great spot for an up-and-down. You pull out driver and you bring the risk-reward factor into play. I loved the S-curve, multi-shot design on #6. At 440-feet, you can play a couple mid-range shots and still see a possible birdie on this par 4. And, the most enjoyable hole on the front nine, which is #7. Tee sign says 269 feet whereas this site says 210. It's definitely closer to 210 feet. It's a slight dogleg right shot starting in the trees to an opening with the basket on a rock. There's a great picture from Bennett on here that shows the basket through the trees.
- This course has lots of variety. There are plenty of shorter, technical holes; plenty of mid-range challenging and/or fun designs, and plenty of longer, multi-shot layouts. The average hole length is 405 feet (291 feet on the front 9; 520 feet on the back 9) with 5 holes less than 250 feet and 5 longer than 500 feet as well. Not surprising, the five longest holes are all on the back nine.
- As for the back 9, there are some solid layouts here. I'll highlight my two favorite holes coming in. #10 is my favorite hole on the course. It's a classic par 4 design. It's listed at 550 feet on this site (483 feet on the tee sign. It's closer to 550 feet.), and is a true multi-shot layout. You have several lines off the tee, all throwing around trees. From there, you have a more open approach shot and a chance at birdie. Give it a couple years, and the approach shot will become much tougher as the young trees get much taller.
- The back-to-back up-and-down the hill combo of #13 and #14 is good. #13 is a simple, uphill, basket on a small hill, par 3. The better and more challenging hole is #14. At 348 feet, it plays much shorter. You can aim for the fairway, or you can take advantage of the elevation and throw over the trees and have your shot come back to the basket. This is the type of hole you'll be tempted to throw multiple shots on.
- I love the hole maps on the rocks. It's a clever, unique design. Rather than the boring, standard tee signs on posts, I enjoyed looking for the rocks on each hole. I also enjoyed the benches and bag holders throughout the course. All are solid touches.

Tyger River was close to being a great course. What knocked it down a peg in my book was some of the poor designs on the back 9. There's a bit too much repetitiveness and lack of imagination involved that made it feel tedious at times.
- Hole #11 is completely boring and just a bad hole, period. It's wide open and 529 feet (or 575 according to this site). If you throw 400 - 500 feet, it's an easy second shot. If you throw shorter, you've got a longer, and more challenging approach. This was clearly a filler hole in that the designer needed to get you to the mound for #13 & 14, and there wasn't anything to work with. So, instead of a long walk in an open field, let's just have players throw discs a couple of times during that walk.
- I get that there's something magical about having a hole reach 1000 feet. It's rare territory. That said, #15 would have been a more enjoyable hole if it were in the 600 - 700 foot range. You still get that multi-shot aspect along with the uphill, dogleg approach shots. My beef is that it takes 3 repetitive shots to get to the best part of the hole. Why not make it only two long shots before the bend and uphill throws? This hole was long simply for the sake of saying it is 1000+ feet.
- #16 & 17 were lesser versions of #13 & 14. On #16, it's a wide open, slightly uphill shot. On #17, it's slightly downhill, while also being completely wide open.
- I found it a little weird that the furthest point from #1 is hole #15. Typically you start making your way back to the front much earlier than that. As I'm doing a ton of walking on my 1000 foot hole, it struck me how much walking I would have to do on the finally three holes. That said, if you parked by the first tee, there is a good bit of walking after #18.
- As wide open as the back nine is, that's going to be a brutal stretch if you're playing in the middle of summer. There's very little shade on the back 9, so plan accordingly when it's 95 degrees and sunny.
- The park itself is really nice. However, there are no amenities near the disc golf course - water fountains, bathrooms, etc. So, keep in mind that the nearest restaurants/gas stations are a good 10 minutes away when coming here to play.

Tyger River is very close to being great. It's no fault of the course designers when you're given a big open plot of land to design a course without any/many natural obstacles. You're stuck with the hand you're dealt. And because of a lack of obstacles/trees on the back 9, you get some less desirable holes.
- This course has so many positives going for it, which might be part of the reason the 'other' holes stick out so much. It's almost like once you cross the park entrance road, you are playing a different course. Take holes #1 - 10 & 18, plus 14, (and maybe 12 & a slightly modified 15) and this would be an awesome 12 to 14 hole design.
- This park is out in the middle of nowhere, at least from the direction I came. I'll blame Google Maps for that. Add to that the fact the signage along the way was inconsistent (why have a sign that says park is 1.3 miles away then not have further signs, even though you still need to turn two more times to get to said park?) and it made it feel like you're in the middle of nowhere. In actuality, you're 15 minutes from I-85, and less than that from civilization.
- There's a new neighborhood being built alongside the first several holes. Once that is done, a couple of backyards are going to back right up to the edge of the course. I had a 25 foot birdie putt on #2 and was much closer than that to being in somebody's backyard. I'm glad the course was built first so neighbors can't complain. I'm also curious how, if at all, that impacts the feel of the front 9.
- I recommend this course to everyone. From casual level up to pro, this course should be played by anyone in those skill levels. It's not the best course in the Spartanburg area. That honor goes to Pipeline. Still, I'm amazed how great, and how fast, the disc golf scene has gotten in upstate SC. And Tyger River is another great addition to this area.
- Tyger reminded me, in parts, of three other courses I've played over the years: Falling Creek (Bedford, VA), The Mounds (Oak Ridge, TN) and Kiwanis (Staunton, VA).

This course has honestly taken its place as my favorite course in the upstate.

This course has clean concrete tees with 28 chain baskets. Benches or rocks to sit on at nearly every hole, and a hook to hang your bag on at every hole.

One of my favorite aspects is the massive amount of distance that this course allows. The long fairways with multiple par 4s and up make for a great change from many of the shorter holes in the area. Recently the spring has turn many of the trees into giving beautiful showers of white flowers falling. While being picturesque on some holes, it doesn't mean they aren't a challenge at all.

The creativity in the course on many of the holes just makes me really glad that we got such s behemoth in the area.

Hole 15, while being very long, has concrete scrap on the side of the hole and has given me a few scratches trying to play through. Also it is a host to all kinds of rough brush that doesn't make for a pleasant time in shorts.

This course is tremendous in every sense of the word. It plays on a large tract of land around a baseball complex and is absolutely fantastic. Every hole is unique with the perfect balance of wooded to open. There are elevation challenges on many holes (2, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18) as you are present with downhill, uphill, and precariously placed pins putting a premium on placement shots (no alliteration intended). In order to score well at Tyger River you have to have distance and accuracy. The OB comes into play on several holes punishing shots that are off line or the unfortunate rollaway.

-The Hole 17, the island hole, is truly unique and is a solid risk-reward shot.
-This is a championship level course with ample parking and a par of 61. I'm looking forward to the tournaments that will eventually be hosted here.

-The painted tee pads are slick when it is wet out and really detracts from how great the course is.
-There are no bathrooms or water sources in close proximity to the course. The only place would be the large building in the center of the complex that is quite a ways from every hole.
-The old, broken, piled-up concrete on hole 15 really takes away from the quality of longest hole on the course. It is dangerous at times and is the perfect breeding ground for snakes.

Tyger River is a great addition to the current Upstate SC courses and is the first of an initiative by Spartanburg County Recreation to install more courses.

This is not a course for beginners, but I have seen a lot of beginners out here. Tyger River could benefit by having either shorter tee pads or a beginner level 9-hole course in another area of the park.

Good mix of challenges: Front 9 offers some wooded areas that demand accuracy. There's opportunity for birdie runs, but those same holes could put you at 4+ over heading into the back 9. 9th hole is tough 2 considering that even the best drives will leave you with a 30' putt with a basket on the edge of a drop off. Roll down the hill and it could be OB giving you a +2 as a minimum. Back 9 is time to unleash. Some say the back is boring, but add some wind and things change. 15 is long dogleg left with no room to miss. A little too much fade and you are forced into a big hyzer to get around trees. Any miss right and you either lost a disc or you are balancing on a bunch of boulders. Either way, a par is tough. +2 or worse is always in the mix. 17. Gives big arms an Eagle chance if you can find the island green about 400' away. A layup in the island fairway is a good option and leaves a 210-250' upshot for birdie.

Some pin positions can turn a near miss into disaster with roll aways. OB only comes into play with a bad break roll away and the island defined 17th. No water.

Great course that offers an excellent practice course. In the wind you will see every challenge that's possible.

An area full of little gems just got a diamond---a course with the length and challenge to compliment all of the shorter, technical courses.

Tyger River plays around the outskirts of a brand-new and enormous recreational facility---but without any overlaps with other activities.

The front 9 is wooded and technical, with some really interesting lines to hit. None are unfair, and none are redundant. Many of the obstacles are very large cedar trees, capable of stopping a disc dead in its flight (if not catching it).

On the back 9, the length about doubles and much of it is on open, rolling hills. One can only imagine the effects of a windy day. Though this gives you a chance to open up and rip, only one hole is truly wide-open; the others are constrained by the few old trees, dozens and dozens of newly-planted trees, O.B., and other factors.

Though most of the elevation is gentle, there are a couple of big downhill throws.

There are a bunch of dangerous pin placements, as well---on the edge of a rollaway-inducing drop, or on the top of a stack of boulders, or on the side of a steep hill.

The course finishes with a flourish---a 1000' hole with a decently-wide fairway snaking through dense woods; a hole where you must throw over the top of a huge free-standing hill, then across a gap to a basket on the next hill; and a hole with a hilltop tee and two "islands", designated by enormous boulders, where big arms can try for the furthest island, where the basket lies, while lesser arms can play hopscotch via the closer island (which isn't all that easy to hit).

The park is clean and in great shape. With the sports facilities, I presume there are bathrooms open most of the time, and would be concessions available during athletic events.

As of this writing the course is new, so the very thick rough in places is forgivable. In a number of places there is thick rough and obstacles fairly close to the basket.

There is one set of tees on this 7300' layout. It could certainly use a shorter set. I have no idea whether they are planned.

The tees large and level, but also painted concrete, so they're not the grippiest. They were slightly slick on a dry afternoon; I'm not sure how they'll do when wet. (A couple of them point in very odd directions, but are still useable).

There are 3 baskets that are on the top, and very edge, of a tall steep slope that rolls down to one of the park roads. This is about the only aspect that seemed redundant, as if they went to that well once too many times.

Certainly a great addition to the area. My weak arm and meager skills had a blast, and I'm sure much better players will as well.

-Nice beautiful park in another great neighbor hood. Very family friendly, there is stuff for everyone if you all like the outdoors. Park reminds me of Hornet's Nest Park in Charlotte.

-Benches on almost if not every hole. There are trash cans around the course which is good enough.
-Nice tee signs and tee pads. Tee pads are brick I believe.

-Nice 28 chain baskets in perfect shape.

-Life is a box of chocolates. You don't know what you will get. This course is all the variety that is wanted and it's perfectly mixed in. Lengths range from about sub 200' to over 77' feet. Good use of elevation, good mix of open/wooded holes, clever use of OB on #10 and #17. #10 to the right side of the logs to the right side of the fairway is OB and the OB rule of #17 make it fun with its risk/reward. The hole is over 400' and in the fairway, there is a clear area, not grassy that is in bounds and the green is surrounded by rocks. This is exactly like a roped hole in a tournament.

-#10 is my favorite. It's a downhill par 4 over 500' that is OB outside of the logs in the ground. You can play safe and throw left of the gap straight ahead of the tee and be in a little area of planted trees just starting to grow, or anhyzer. The pro way would be to clear the gap ahead which is very thin and your disc will hopefully stay straight. This is a pretty easy par if you play it safely and you can even birdie it that way but if you screw up, potentially in the first 100', you could face a 5 or 6. The green is also surrounded by low bushes.

-Nice basket locations. Such as rollaway greens, #7's basket is elevated on a bunch of rocks, #17's green being surrounded by rocks in which you have to be inside of, etc.

-The front nine is more of an accuracy game, #4 stands out to mind. It's a slightly downhill par 3 that's around 400'. Basket is tucked into the woods and the hole has limited fairway. Both the left and right sides can be punishing but a 2 is possible. The back nine is mostly for distance but still demands a TON of accuracy. Everything is birdieable, but so much can go wrong.

-#16 has no tee pad yet and the hole is rough right now. Lot of tall grass and the shot is blind which makes it difficult to see where it landed. Tip. Throw to the right where it isn't rough out there, look at the shot before you throw. Also an irritating hole. Kinda leaves you scratching your head saying "Come on man." It's an up and over par 4, but OB on both sides. So lost disc potential is high.

-Artifical OB. Too much and little room for error.
Some may consider #17 a little goofy because of its OB. Same with #11. Hole 11 is a long uphill par 4. But wide open so you see a really corny idea, Right of the trees to the right side is OB. #13 is a disaster whenever the OB is in play. Both sides and primarily open. Best of luck to you on a windy day.

-Few weird fairways. Hole 8 comes to mind, it's just a "Do everything you can to par." It's moderately long and uphill with trees randomly spaced out.

-#2 gets flooded sometimes.

-This course starts well, ends well. #1 is a nice midrange anhyzer that's slightly wooded. #18 is out in the open and plays uphill all the way. An open 675' par 4 seems doable but a 3 here is very well cherished because this hole has its risks and many challenges. The tall stuff and the excess OB gets pretty aggravating and there are some odd holes out here. I loved this course at first because I saw so much potential, but instead they made it a little less appealing.

-Signature hole: I don't know if #15 is a signature hole, it's definitely punishing without having much OB. #14 could easily be the signature hole. Very fun tee shot on the top of a hill.

-Love it or hate it: #9. Short ace run that goes through a VERY thin gap and out in the open. This is maybe the shortest on the course. It's only about 200' but it has its defense.