Cane Ridge - Short Course sits in Cane Ridge Park , and it's 18 holes sit within a short walk of it's better half , Cane Ridge - Advanced Course . Disc golf signs within the park will take you to a road that either goes right or left . Take the left and park near hole #1 of the Advanced Course . This way , you can walk up and around the corner ( a local had to tell me ) , to the right of a children's play area to find the tee box for #1 . Bathrooms are where I told you to park and a Port O Let is there , too .
The Equipment : I read some comments from previous reviewers , and it looks like the course received an upgrade . The tee pads are cement with turf carpet on top . The signage is good , with hole#, distance , and par , with flight path . The baskets are heavy chained white Prodigy with deep buckets .This helps identify the short course with the blue baskets on the Advanced Course . Some Next tee signs help navigate . P
The Landscape : The pages on landscape are right out of the Advanced Course album . A very nice park that has 2 holes out in the open park-style and the other 16 in a nice section of woods . The park was mowed and clean when I was here , maybe could have used a little sprucing up , but ,,,, . The elevation is as prevalent here as it is with the advanced course . Lots of grades , rolling and up and down holes and a couple of steep grades . Water plays a part here . There is a creek that you throw over , and also runs behind holes ( #10 ) and alongside ( #11 ) . A couple of gully shots , and some heavily wooded technical short holes round out the course . The paths from one hole to the next will keep you on the right track .
The Highlights : The course played short and fun . There weren't a lot of highlight holes . #2 was a short uphill tunnel toss to a basket with a wood base . #5 was a blind shot 200' + downhill throw to a green at the bottom . #10 was a downhill 210 footer that made you snake around left to right , then back a little left . A dried up creek falls off behind it . #18 is a straight uphill drive on a tight fairway .
Signature Hole : The 490' par 5 ( 5 ? ) #11 . It is a tight winding fairway that has a creek with water in play to the right . You will have to shot shape some in order to birdie or eagle here .
Time : At just over 3800' , You can take all 18 holes solo in about 45 minutes if off peak and groups don't slow you down . If you are one of those 4 person groups , you still shouldn't be here later than an hour in a half .
Disc Risk : There is still some heavy rough here in spots , and the elevation can cause a rollaway , but the holes are so short that you should be able to keep an eye on your disc in most instances. Your disc should be able to be fished out if it lands in the creek .
There are friendly locals here to help , or maybe join a round with , and this course is popular during the weekends and weekday evenings .
There is a shelter before hole #10 that might enable you to rest , or eat after your round if not occupied . The way that these 2 courses are set up , since the both end their 9 holes and the Advanced Course finishes close by , you can mix or match your rounds , or play all 36 holes if you want to make 2 1/2 hours out of it . This will be a perfect course for someone to learn the game in this course , then eventually move over to the Advanced course when good and ready .
The course woods and open park are very scenic .

Where to start ? Logical is to park in the first parking lot on the right . You still have to hug the treeline to get to #1 . It isn't visible there and a long walk .
Safety . Some are complaining the when the carpet style cement is wet , it becomes slick . Plus , the course is mostly woods and has a small amount of grass in there . Combine that with some elevation and you will = Fall . #10 is my prime example .
Challenge : This will be a birdie/ace fest for many . Make a deal with yourself . After 30 lifetime rounds under your belt , count everything here a par 3 . I know that will put pressure on you with #11 , but you will make up that difference all over this course .
Amenities : Other than a tree flavored bench , there is very little in the way of extras here . There is a nice shelter you can eat after #18 if you pack a lunch .

Disc golf in south Nashville needed a place to play , and Cane Ridge responded , with 2 18 hole courses . I would have loved to have learned on this course , then graduated to the Advanced course , but still coming to play here to see how far I have come play-wise . This park never gives you a reason to leave it alone .
It's on a picturesque piece of land and there are other things you can do if you want to take a break from it . The parking lot was over half full by the time I left it on a Sunday afternoon , so the game Must be popular , here . The challenge is low , but the Fun Factor is high , here .
My Recommendation : Great for Newbies to learn the game , 1 discers , families to play together on a weekend or after dinner , dates and locals . Much too simple for the good intermediates , ams and pros , many could play here with maybe 3 discs . This is a good alternative for a traveler , stopping off for a quick round , since it is just off of I-24 , or staying the night in Nashville or Murfreesboro , and even better for the Course Collector , a 2'fer . There are not many courses around where you can park your car in 1 spot and play 9 , 18 , 27 or 36 holes . Play It !! Enjoy It !! .

The Cane Ridge "short course" lives up to its name. It's short all right, totaling just under 4000', but don't assume that you are going to come out and throw a bunch of half-hearted putter shots. Think of this as the bratty little brother of the next-door "advanced" course. Both certainly have the same DNA. But I'd say where this one may lack on distance and its inherent challenge, it makes up for with some squeaky lines with lots of twists and turns. It's a roller coaster ride through the woods with lots of elevation changes and what I found to be a huge fun factor.

Half the holes are 200' or less so of course plenty of birdie opportunities and ace runs are here. Being able to work some magic with your mids and putters through the trees will go a long way in terms of shaping shots and "gettin' skinny". I even used higher speed drivers for utility shots to get some creative turns a time or two. It's a great course to just have some fun, get creative, and maybe best of all, warm up for the longer "advanced course" next door. Repeat players and locals will surely try to break their previous best scores. Low rounds are certainly obtainable, but things must go well for 18 holes. Put your guard down and you can beat yourself up. Look out for hole 10 too. I didn't give it the attention I should have and ended up in the creek twice. The 490' so-called par 5 showed some teeth mid round and will put you back on your toes after a steady diet of shorter "easy" holes.

Speaking of the creek, it comes into play here and there and makes you play a little more carefully than you might otherwise. Several holes will have you dialing back on the drive a bit with its banks near the basket. Other times the creek plays along the hole where a bad tree kick will get you red faced.

The course is outfitted with grayish white Prodigy targets. Whether you love 'em or hate 'em, they are good quality baskets. They are fairly easy to spot and because the baskets on second course on the property are blue, it gives the short course its own identity. Tee pads are marked or identifiable enough to find and with some makeshift signs, navigation not a big issue. I overlooked benches so I'm not sure how many you'll find except the one carved from a large downed tree that was a nice touch.

It does have some of the new and/or underfunded course woes. None of the sleek tee signs, good tee pads, and other amenities we like to see. That said, I hardly noticed. The course was fun enough and designed well enough to allow me to overlook the missing finer things in disc golf.

It may sound funny to say on a short course, but a couple of holes were too short. I kinda feel like you shouldn't be able to "putt" from a legitimate tee. I think it was just two holes but I do think the smile faded as I reached the tees and thought to myself, "really?"

You can expect some slick or soggy areas during wet seasons.

This is one of the best short courses I've played. It was definitely the most fun. I felt like it was a good enough design to keep the experienced player challenged/interested while not being too arduous for a newer player. For the first timer, while maybe being just a tad tight, it is a great introduction to the sport.

Whether you play before or after, make sure to make time for the "advanced" course as well. Personally, I think this course makes a great warm up for the longer and more challenging layout in the same park.

On a DGCR scale, it's a solid 2.5 but I would bump it up to a 3 out of 5 as a short course rating. I think it could be a highly rated course if it ever gets all the bells and whistles.

Brand new Prodigy baskets could probably catch North Korea's whole arsenal (see other thoughts below for more detail). Ample directional cues from hole to hole. Port-a-pot by hole 1.

About as much fun as you can have with an average hole length of ~213 feet, really, with all kind of fun woods lines and a healthy dose of elevation change - in fact, it felt like more elevation change than the big boy course. Novice players or those who struggle for distance should be able to really enjoy this course, as it tests accuracy without penalizing those without 400 foot arms. Despite the overall shortness, there was decent variety in hole lengths, from 120 foot jumper to 240 foot par 3 and some longer numbers on the par "4" and "5" holes. Hole 11 was actually a really cool multi-shot hole, at 490 feet and par 5, though there's a reasonably accessible way to get there in two for players who can throw at least 300 feet.

Mostly natural tees. The front corners are flagged, however. They were dry when I played, but I could see some butt-busting happening if it rained. Tee signs are paper on a stick, and a couple were MiA. The OB creek appears to be intermittent only, although it was roped on all but one of the holes on which it appeared.

Some holes would be ridiculously easy for more advanced players; I found myself jump putting off the tee twice (aced neither, sadly, but birdied both), and I'm sure more holes could be approached this way by better players than myself. Additionally, both the 4s should probably be 3s for rec players or above, and the par 5 is a par 4 in discguise (but a really good par 4!).

No good directional signage back to the parking lot - I wound up walking about a third of a mile, but the other way may have been shorter.

Prodigy baskets - Cane Ridge was my first experience on these. You can hit them as hard as you want, even high - BUT they behave very weak on the weak side. On the other hand, anything strong side or dead center is pretty much guaranteed to drop. Banding on the top keeps things from lodging there - if you miss high, you seem to get pretty much the same skip wherever you hit the top.

There's some real potential here for improvement - better tees and signs would be a big help, making this a really great beginner course (it kinda already is, but it could be one of the best).

Overall difficulty level: Par struck me as lying somewhere around the strong end of novice, but playing on a screwed up arm (I mean, I shouldn't be sore after about three 200 foot shots) made it kinda hard to tell.

(2.548 Rating) A young course with all the signs of future greatness.
- FUN FACTOR - I haven't had this much fun on a short course in a long time. So many super fun ace runs under 250 feet. I didn't come here at a prime time, a work day in the early afternoon and had several large groups to fight thru in my solo round. In my early days, I would have been here every day if I worked or lived nearby.
- ACEABILITY - Ridiculous easy ace runs. Veteran players should be able to pop off an ace here every 30 or so rounds. Holes (4) and (8) are both sub 135 foot and 15 foot wide tunnel shots. Players are probably going to ace 5 times more often here than at a normal course.
- ELEVATION - I checked topoquest.com after playing to compare the elevation changes between the two Cane Ridge courses. It appears that the short course is on par or even passes the advanced course on these terms. A couple shots seem to play at over 40 feet of grade change. Half of the holes have at least 20 feet of elevation change. Sure it got tiring, but the looks from all these tees just kept pumping me full of adrenalin.
- SHOT SHAPING - Numerous creative short twisting shots up, down, left and right.
- UNIQUENESS - In addition to the shop shaping and elevation, I was surprised by the hole type diversity. Although listed as a par 5 at 490, Hole (11) is still a legit multi-play hole. The creek that runs through the course comes into play 5 or 6 times. Although mostly heavily wooded, there are a few openish holes as well.
- SIGNATURE HOLE - Hole (9) is amazing. The play shoots across a valley and plays along a recently deceased monster 8 foot wide tree on the left side. In addition, the tee area on (9) is flip'n awesome. The tee on this hole was located just in front of another massive downed tree. Someone decided to take a chainsaw and carve a bench out of it. Amongst the best chill areas that I've ever seen.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - Definitely one of the more scenic courses to walk. The creek is probably the best natural element and its drainage basin over time has shaped the undulating grounds in this location just wonderfully. As stated, lots of heavily wooded holes with a few well used giant trees to guard baskets.
- QUICK PLAY - A shorter layout that's run-able in 40 minutes for a single on a empty course. However, I have a feeling that this course is going to start attracting a crowd as more people find out about it. Figure groups of four will be able to tackle this one in 90 minutes.

Lots of young course issues.
- TEES - One of the issues with a newer course is generally the tees. I happened to play a couple days after a 2 inch snowfall and got a course just full of mud. The tees being a mixture of natural ground and turf, were absolutely miserable. In addition, the natural tees had no tee edge marking. I'm going to assume, that concrete tees will be installed in the near future.
- CHARACTER - In addition to the poor tees, the disc golf related amenities are just not here yet in the courses young state. No course map or permanent hole signage. No multi tees or alternate pin placements yet. There are a couple seating areas, most notably hole (9), see pros Signature Hole. All stated, it's a young course and there's room for a lot of growth.
- TERRAIN - As stated above, I played soon after a 2 inch snowfall and got a course just full mud. Making it up some of these slope was a journey in itself. Be sure and check the course conditions or recent rainfall totals as this one can get a bit treacherous.
- NAVIGATION - Finding (1) can be a bit tricky. There is no map on DGCR and the layout I played didn't fully match the one on the park's website. Thankfully, just like the Advanced course, there are lots of directional cues along the layout.
- DISCONTINUITY - Hole (1) and (18) seem to be 400 to 500 feet apart.
- LACK OF CHALLENGE - To players above the recreational level, the course plays so easy on several shots that anything less than a birdie will be major disappointment. Listed as a par 58, advanced players should be able to routinely throw mid 40s rounds and rec players should throw mid to low 50s.

I can see Cane Ridge becoming a recreational favorite for the area. The course is only 3,800 feet long and beginners will even have the potential to make a birdie here and there. This course is going to produce some new addicts for sure. Skilled players that enjoy throwing birdie fest rounds and ace runs are going to love this course as well.

The Short Course is the 2nd 18-hole course in Cane Ridge park. It makes for a very nice complement to the Advanced Course. I really like the thought process put into these courses. Though this course seems to be designed for novices, kids, or the distance challenged, it can be enjoyed by any skill level. I am fairly experienced, and I enjoyed the multiple ace runs and birdie opps here, plus I liked the chance to work on midrange precision. However, this will definitely be the first course I take my son to play when he becomes old enough to play in a couple years.

Now don't let the distance fool you- this is not a boring course. Most holes are in the woods and play through tight, but reasonable, fairways. Three holes care mostly open, but still have their challenges. A lot of holes will be birdied, but there is enough challenge on each hole to really make you work for it, and missed lines will result in 3's and 4's that will leave you kicking yourself.

Elevation is a major factor making many of the holes "feel" longer, and the downhill holes are fun but be careful not to overthrow. Elevation also causes several of the holes to be "blind" despite their shorter distance. (A side note is how deceptively tiring this course can be- lots of hills.)

There is an great mix of straight, left, and right shots required. There are two "par 4" holes around 280' and one "par 5" at 490 that will be a challenge to any level of disc golfer to score a pro 3. In fact, the 490' is one tough hole, narrow the whole way with the creek bordering it on the right side. That creek is small and comes into play along, behind, or across some of the holes. No danger of losing discs, but it does factor into how you attack those holes.

Navigation is a breeze. Paths are already worn in, short walks from one hole to the next, and there are numerous next tee signs guiding the way. (FYI- there is a map on the course website, but the final layout does not match the proposed plan that is on the map, but a map is not necessary.) There is a port-a-pottie near hole 1, but permanent restrooms can be found in the other parking area, and are right there after playing holes 9 and 18.

New Prodigy baskets. Grey in color- not the most visible of all the colors, but I had no problem finding any of them.

I would have liked to see both courses start from the same parking lot, but not a big deal now that I know where each starts. (The tee for 10 is next to the parking lot for the Advanced course, so one could theoretically start there instead.)

The only really long walk is from 18's basket back to hole 1. No big deal since disc golf is supposed to be a physical activity/exercise. But if you are not familiar with the park, you might get a little disoriented upon finishing your round and wonder where you parked. (walk up the hill towards the playground/basketball courts.)

Right now the tee signs are just laminated paper (and two are missing), but all you need is a hole number and distance. I would assume nicer, more permanent signs are in the works based on how the Advanced course has progressed.

Tees right now are either dirt, gravel, or turf. Some tees are on slopes. I also prefer permanent flat tees, but with the holes being short and tight, any type tee is sufficient as a big run-up is not necessary.

Overall, I really like the concept and design of this course. I feel that each hole is unique, baskets are well placed, and there is no repetition here- quite an accomplishment with shorter holes.

Having two distinct 18-hole courses in one park is a bonus. And this is a course that will appeal to a wider range of skill levels, making the game more accessible and more fun to a lot more people. This does make it kind of tough to rate, however, factoring in all 270+ courses I have played. I really like it, and will continue to play here often, so I give it a strong 2.5 [Decent/Average]. CR reminds me a bit of the two courses at Bud Hill, minus the charm.

Locals will certainly appreciate having these 2 new courses to the Nashville DG scene. And if coming from out of town, be sure to add the Cane Ridge Courses to your list. You would likely not travel here to play the Short Course if it was a stand alone, but won't be a waste if you play it along side the other one. Super easy to get to from I-24.