^That is the most untrue statement I've heard in a long time.
UNLESS you enjoy poison ivy, nettles, ridiculous rough, impossible lines, no teepads, tripping over roots every 3 feet and unfair "fair"ways.
See also: terrible navigation, playing around a playground and busy road, I could go on and on.
All of that being said, I see the potential in the course at some point in the next few years, but I'm really sad I drove an hour and a half (round trip) to play this thing.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE technical, wooded golf. It's the best part of my game. But this course (as it stands) is just no fun.
The DiscCatchers are nice, I guess.
Sorry to hear you didn't enjoy the course HC, it is definitely very green and is a work in progress. Much of your concerns were addressed in the course description and in my original post, but I'll try to address all of them.
There is some poison ivy around, but I have not personally seen it or bumped into it. Do you remember where you saw it? There has been a ton of string trimming done but no question more needs to be done. Once we got .155 thick string it went much better, that stuff even cut small trees and shrubs.
There are some very tight lines, but there are also some lines you possibly didn't see the first time around. It is a very unforgiving layout, and I would say anything under 60 is a good score, and 54 or better takes a highly skilled player, probably open player caliber.
The navigation signage will get better, and there is a course map online and at the pavilion board near hole 3's tee off area that should help. The playground area does not come into play, so I'm not sure about that comment. The main park road is generally not busy at all, unless there is an event going on in the park. Even at that, it's only an issue on possibly two holes, but more likey only on hole 18.
And yes for now the tee pads are just natural, no pads in place yet. Options are being looked at for temporary pads.
The more the course gets played the better it will get, but as you say it will take time to evolve.
Glad you liked the Discatchers anyway