Pros:
-Tee posts with distance
-Good use of available land
-More "Teeth" than I expected
-Navigation was reasonable without a map
-Would be a fantastic glow golf course
Cons:
-No welcome sign with layout
-Grass tee pads with no marking except tee sign
-No bridge at 3rd hole
-There are some potentially dangerous overlap zones if the course was full.
Other Thoughts:
I had a few minutes while traveling between Columbia and Greenville, and took the chance to play somewhere new. I did not go into the round with high expectations. I figured this was going to be a simple round on a simple course. I figured a bunch of short and wide open baskets. But, I was pleasantly surprised.
Don't get me wrong, it is a mostly simple course, but there are some hairy holes here. Hole 3 was especially interesting. It took a lot of imagination to figure out the best way to clear the trees and the stream to have a birdie chance. I chose a small hole in the trees and I actually hit it to get a birdie, but I imagine that is the toughest hole on the course.
Hole 4 was another respectable hole. Nice forehand flick for some decent distance required from right handers. Hole 7 probably is also in the top 3 holes for the course with either a big sweeping forehand or a wide anhyzer BH.
The day I played, it was SUPER wet, so not having tee pads was a huge deal. There are some slopes that you have top tee from that are definitely slippery when wet.
Because there were only tee signs with no marked pads, I was confused on which side of the sign I should tee off from. It may sound like a small detail, but that minor difference made a big deal on how I approached several holes.
If you are passing through, I would say this course is worth a quick play, but it is by no means a destination course.
1/7/21 Update:
Out of the 66 courses I have reviewed, this is where this course ranks along with similarly rated courses:
Rank-Course, Location
50-Dacusville DGC, Dacusville, SC
51-Pauls Valley Flightline DGC, Pauls Valley, OK
52-Michelin DGC, Spartanburg, SC
53-Holmes Park, Greenville, SC
54-Seven Oaks DGC, Columbia, SC
55-Margaret Hunter Park-Newberry, SC
56-Black Mountain YMCA, Black Mountain, NC
57-Furman DGC, Greenville, SC
58-Easley High School, Easley, SC
59-Noble E. Young DGC, Tyler, TX