(2.167 Rating) An improving sports complex course that still needs a lot of work.
- UPGRADES - High Springs first nine was redesigned after the first review on DGCR. The locals wisely incorporated the big dry sinkhole and it now features a pair of really cool shots. Hole (5) is flipp'n awesome, which for Florida, is a rare 25 foot down and up valley shot. I really liked the pair of large limestone rock outcrops on (7). Hole (9) was a great way to finish the front nine, even with its 900-foot walk back to tee (1). (9) is a shot towards the bottom of the sinkhole. Perhaps that should have been (8) and a different hole (9) should have gotten play closer back towards tee (1)
- HOLE VARIETY - The gameplay dynamics felt on par with my standard 2.5 rated course. I think it's a par 54 course. Hole (2) had two placements, with the far one at 450 feet. Perhaps a local MA3 par 4. I liked the mix of wooded and open. Some holes brake right, while other brake left. On the back nine, hole (16) stood out being a blind play over a 20-foot tall man-made mound with one tree. The elevation change was even a factor a couple times, which is rare for Florida.
- TIME PLAY - I logged 54 minutes, which included a 5 minute drive to the back nine. A majority of the holes are simple and only a couple were over 300 feet long.

Back nine blues
- THE NEW NINE - High Springs appears to have added a second nine in the last year or so. In concept, it's ok. It's more open than the front nine, has two tees and has much less multi-use conflicts. It does have a hoard of issues however, although many of them can be fixed. The biggest unfixable issue is the gap after basket (9). Not only is it a long walk back to tee (1), there is also likely a closed off tall fence with locked gates from the BMX course separating the two loops. Signs are prominent every 50 feet stating to not jump the fence. To get to the second nine, it requires driving out of the park and around the cemetery. If I hadn't driven it, the walk may have taken 20 minutes, or so. Fixable issues include no signage, terrible carpet tees, shaggy fairways and lots of trash. I had a good chuckle from seeing the half-destroyed outhouses inside circle one for basket (12). The recent addition hasn't really improved the course overall. Perhaps with time, it will. I have a feeling that many locals would opt to throw the front nine twice, over throwing both nines.
- AMENITIES - The baskets are good, Dynamic Patriots. The rest of the amenities are not present, partially present or bad. Tee signage is good on the front and absent on the back. No course map. Tees are mostly carpet and sometimes sorta level on the front, and not level on the back. There are a handful of benches and there are two baskets on hole (2). Off the course there are shelters with picnic tables and I saw a porta-potty in the locked adjacent BMX area.
- LACK OF CHALLENGE - Perfect for MA4s and MA3s. Local MA2s I assume will often skip town to throw Alligator Lake, Jonesville, or even Northside. I played terrible as an MA2 and shot 4 down. I only felt intrigued on holes (4), (5), (6), (7), (9), (12) and (16). The rest were bland or blandish.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - Had I just seen the front nine, I would have scored the beauty a hair south of average. Only the stretch of holes from (4) thru (9) were worthy of an above average ranking on this aspect IMO. The rest of the course brings my score back on beauty substantially. As noted, the back nine is full of trash and hole (1) is a bland short open field shot.

High Springs is good enough to get routine local league play. Beginners won't be overwhelmed on the front nine and there is enough intrigue for local veterans that they'll often opt to play here, over making the 25-minute trip to nearby Jonesville. No need for anyone beyond a 30-minute drive to come check it out unless they enjoy exploring courses. Both Gainesville and Lake City have superior set-ups as goto courses IMO. Overall, a 2.25 ratings tweener to me. I'm not sure the new back nine adds any value currently. I probably would have scored the course the same had I not seen the back. The course reminds me of regional places like DeFunk Disco in Defuniak Springs Florida, Creola in Mobile and The Bulldog in Perry Florida.

Great looking, almost like new, white DD Patriot baskets.
Good tee signs, hole layout, distance and par.
Mix of open and wooded holes, and makes good use of the only elevation in the park.
Course has been changed to minimize interaction with other park users. Nice layout, with a variety of hole types for this small town park.

#1 starts at one end of the park and #9 finishes at the other end, and not in a convenient area. The park isn't that large, so not a long walk between the two.
#1 and #2 are both open holes and close to the walking path, so there may still be some interaction with other park users.
Most of the tees are a carpet, turf mix, some are short and showing wear.
#6 plays along the property line down a tight fairway, it looks like a tree kick could put you over a neighbor's fence pretty easily.

High Springs Sports Complex is your typical small town, pack everything in here park. A couple of ball fields, several soccer fields, playground, picnic shelters and, rather unusual, a BMX track.
#3 originally went around the outfield of one of the ballfields and #4 played along side one of the soccer fields, those two have been pulled, probably for good reason. After #2, walk across the soccer field toward the picnic shelter, after passing the picnic shelter, and a "practice" basket, you should see the sign for #3. The course flows pretty simple after that.
Holes #3 - #5 and #9 play through large, old-growth trees, and around and through a large pit/sinkhole? Good use of this area, even though #9 finishes (on a platform due to the slope) kind of in the middle, then you have the walk up and out of that area. #6 - #9 are mostly flat, wooded holes with #8 having a tight double Mando.
Overall, it looks like a good redesign, to avoid having the course pulled. Someone had some pull to get these nice, brand new baskets installed, tee signs made and the course installed. If I lived in this small town, or it was the closest course, I would come here often to get a quick round in. I'm glad I drove the extra 15 minutes to HS on my 2.5 hour drive to bag the Gainesville courses.

High Springs is a smallish multi use sports complex mainly featuring baseball and soccer fields, but it appears they added disc golf in 2021(possibly earlier). You have 9 holes of reasonably playable disc golf in a pleasant setting and a few interesting holes.

Mainly you play around the perimeter of the sports fields with shots in the 200-300ft range but a couple of longer ones in the woods near the parking area.

6 has a tricky triple mando, and 9 has a slightly elevated basket which is nice.

Baskets are Patriots, which are fine and newish. White bands, so they are fairly easy to spot.

There are tee signs present with hole number and distance.

Not a bad effort in extremely limited land.

I'm sure during the school day or in times where sporting events are not active this is a fun little play, but if there are soccer games going on, and honestly probably baseball games too don't even attempt it.

You throw through or around fields on all but 3 holes and two of those fairways are used as overflow parking. There was literally a van on a teepad.

We only got to play 4 holes, and two of those 1/5 were because it was halftime during the soccer matches.

The pads are natural/sidewalk/carpet and not idea, the signs while helpful are basic and largely hand written. A couple had been knocked down.

And the patriot baskets are fine, but veritably not a top tier competition basket.

I'm giving this a 2 because I feel like if you came here when it was empty it would be a fun play, but my personal experience was a 1 or less.

There clearly is some local force driving to get the course in and reasonably maintained, to that person or people I'm grateful. Maybe the kids who are playing soccer and baseball will see the baskets and pick up the sport.