Pros:
Cement tee pads for every hole
Great Tee signs showing most of the pin placements
a couple of good par 4 holes.
Multiple pin position for almost every hole
Cons:
(this is being picky)
Nothing on the tee sign marking which position the basket is in.
New pin positions not marked on tee signs (yet)
course flow
Last few holes
Other Thoughts:
First off, this is a killer course, I am going to be a little harsh on a few of the problems I have with the course that keep me from rating it a 5.0, something I have only given a few courses.
1st off, it had been raining all day, lucky for me, it stopped raining when I got to the course and the sun even peaked out from between a few clouds during my round. With that said, the course is very sandy, so it does not get muddy. No issues at all with this course being playable, even during rain.
I have an issue with multiple pin position courses, when the baskets are in all different positions, the scoring apps can't reflect it. This course was an example of this, The UDisc app course map did not reflect where the baskets were located. I was playing several of the holes totally blind on my drive.
The tee signs really need to have some sort of marking of which pin position the basket is in, specially when you can't see the pin's from the tee. This was really bad when the pin position is totally new (like hole 3) and is not even mapped on the tee sign.
Course flow, one issue with having multiple pin or multiple tee's is it really messes with the course flow. Nothing worse than walking as far between the holes as the holes themselves. This is particularly bad in a couple of spots at The Rez. Hole 3 to hole 4 is normally a decent flow, but the super long pin position it was in when I played it meant I literally had to walk the distance of hole 4 to get to play hole 4.
Hole 6 was in a shorter position and it was about even with the basket for hole 7.
Hole 9 and 10 are almost parallel throwing the same direction.
Don't' even get me started on the walk from hole 12 to 13.
Then after all the great holes from 1 to 13 you get to an open area. Hole 14 is good enough. New pin position (not on any maps) to the right. Wide open, but too far for me to get anything other than a 3.
Hole 15 is the ONLY hole without multiple pin positions, but there are only about 3 tree's between you and the basket that is about 300ft away, but only 10ft from the lake. Of course I hit the one and only tree on the right............
Hole 16 would drive me crazy if this was my home course. This is a disc stores bread and butter. The map shows a short position and a long position on a narrow peninsula. But the basket was actually in a new position not listed on any maps. Hang your disc out straight, your in the lake, over throw the hole, your in the lake. Shoot, I hit the first (and only) tree and my upshot was in the lake (well, it hit the bank and bounced back into the water, at least it was retrievable). And about 10ft behind the basket, is the lake. I can't even imagine playing the longer position, I doubt I would have thrown it.
Hole 17 is good enough, lake shot but reachable for most players. Nice fence behind the basket so you can make a run at it.
Hole 18 is the 2nd or 3rd longest hole on the course and has you throwing across an open field and then down into the woods with rows of pine tree's.
This course can eat your lunch. I can see why people like it, specially in the long positions. I wish I could have known where some of the pin's were before I threw my first shot, but I didn't have the time to walk all the way down the fairway and walk back to throw. I just threw several layup as I played to see where the basket was and would make my upshot from there.
The new pin position on hole 3 is killer, Drive placement is VERY important on this hole for a chance at a 3 or 4, you can get into a lot of trouble here. Best hole on the course for sure.
Would I play here again? Oh yea, if I had time I would have played another round. is the course perfect? No, but it is a GREAT course and anyone who can play here everyday is lucky to say the least. This course was listed as the #1 course in MS before I played it. To be honest, I thought the course was great and have a hard time believing this is the best of MS. it's all downhill from here? Well, at least it is the best course I personally have played in MS.