Heymann Park is a good sized city park which could use better maintenance. How about picking up some trash park employees? And how about packing it out disc golfers? I'm pretty embarrassed when I see a dozen plastic bottles and cans lying by a tee box. The park is basucally flat with a swamp in the middle and another bayou alongside of # 9. Coupled with the beautiful Live Oak trees throughout and you have some obstacles to avoid.

The course starts by the street. There is a kiosk here with a nice, big, colored course map. This pad is natural and marked by two red bricks in the ground. Following holes had concrete pads. The baskets are Discatchers with the yellow bands and #'s. Decent metal signs give you the basic information although many signs are getting abused at night.

The course plays fairly long with, at least six holes over 400'. Some of these holes seemed to be long for no particular reason, just long for longs sake. There is a nice variety between the longer, open holes and those playing near some obstacles like the swamp or baseball fences.

Signature hole? No one hole stood out. Most were pretty pedestrian.

# 5 basket is getting trashed.

# 12 basket leaning over.

# 13 sign lying on ground.

The sturdy mental bench by the # 6 tee is beat to crap. The vandals here are really into bashing this course.

Numerous other tee signs are getting beat up, twisted, mutilated and looking shabby.

Litter everywhere, mostly from disc golfers.

Course is flat.

There's just not much to get excited about here.

The course is somewhat challenging. There is a chance for lost discs at several holes which border the swamp and the bayou. The litter is a turn-off and so are the long, mostly open holes. I found myself yawning while playing these. If I lived here, I doubt that Heymann would be on my regular circuit.

This course is set in a municipal park with many mature (100+ year old) live oaks. These trees create a "ceiling" on half of the holes that is both fair and manageable. This adds significantly to difficulty level of these holes in a good way IMO. This also adds a unique scenic element to the course not to mention shade which is very nice in South Louisiana for much of the year.

There is also a good balance of technical holes versus more open holes.

#1 No tee pads. This is a significant issue after rain. The ground gets sloppy in areas. I'm told that the pond/lake/giant-mud-puddle in the middle of the course can impinge on the holes close to it, but did not see this myself. After a rain, you may have to throw from areas adjacent to the tees.

#2 Navigation. Multiple baskets can be seen from some tees. Make sure you know what you are supposed to be throwing at.

#3 Gimmicky OBs. There is OB on almost every hole. I can only think of two holes without significant OB areas. In several cases, baskets have been purposefully placed very near OB (less than 30 feet). For the tournament I played there, there was a booklet that listed the OB areas for each hole. Just the OB decriptions took up several pages.

#4 Safety issues. The course plays along roads, walking trails, near parking lots (indeed inviting a low shot over parked cars in one instance) and around many pavilions where other park-goers gather.

#5 Lack of elevation. There is little elevation change on the course and virtually no use of elevation on any of the holes.

#6 Lack of forced shot selection. As mentioned by the previous reviewer, a straight or hyzer shot is all you need here. Rollers and anhyzers may help on some holes, but are certainly not required.

The course is definitely worth playing but if you are in the area and only have time for playing one course, I'd recommend Pa Davis instead. If you are looking for more of a technical challenge, then play one of the courses at Acadiana Park.