Pros:
It's a beginner-friendly course with lots of clean lines on the front-9 and many large concrete teepads. Many of the front-nine holes are wide open and provide a great opportunity to try whatever types of shots you'd like.
There was only one other person on the front nine, and nobody on the back nine on a surprisingly warm late Thursday afternoon in December.
Hole 18 is a surprising elevated basket location, and throughout the course (particularly 9 and 10) weaving through the electrical poles was a fun challenge for my wife and I, who are both beginner-to-low-intermediate-level.
Risk of disc loss is virtually none, as the park is well upkept, and the bramble-filled undergrowth is limited to spots on the back nine.
Cons:
Existing signage is old and in places no longer existent. There are no "Next tee" arrows. We had to rely on UDisc GPS to find several teepads, as the paths aren't intuitive, especially on the back nine. Basket bands could use a fresh coat of paint for visibility as well.
On hole 4 it's very easy to throw at the basket for 6, not realizing that you're aiming at the wrong basket until you overshoot the correct one.
Three of the teepads are drawn with spraypaint on existing asphalt roads and paths, and some of that paint is starting to fade. Be on the lookout for trucks there, and for cyclists using the mountain bike trail on the back nine.
I'm not sure what kind of disposal plant is located down Disposal Plant Rd, but Hole 17 is very close to something that smelled of sewage, so play that one quickly.
Other Thoughts:
The biggest complaint that people have about this course is that it's boring and simple. That might be the case if you're a solid golfer dropping 400-foot bombs, but for two people who aren't that good, we had a great time.
The other big complaint is that you need to hop in a car to get from from the front-nine to the back-nine. This one is a completely justified complaint, and although it's just two left turns, it could be enough of an inconvenience to turn off people who had a bad time on the front or people who just don't know that they need to hop in a car to finish 18 holes. At the very least, it would be nice to have a sign near the basket at 9 giving you directions on how to drive to 10.
In the end we had a nice time, and will probably play here again when we return to Statesville... We have scores to beat now after all.