(2.529 Rating) (RE-EVALUATED) A putter-fest course with a mix of open and heavily wooded holes.
- UPGRADES - I played Humble Tree within 6 months of its opening. There was a lot of growth potential at that time to be had, and thus it was nice to get an update from Cerealman highlighting the upgrades in the last two years. New tee signs, new concrete tees, 4 new holes (old 3 got the axe), lots of alternate pin placements and even a few back tee installs. My re-evaluation score is more than a half point higher than before. I originally scored it a 2.017 in June of 2021. A tip of the cap to all of the volunteers here making this place better and better each day. I hope I am able to get in another round here to see it myself.
- FUN FACTOR - Ace-a-palooza. I lightly brushed the chains on my first throw out here. Additionally, I had at least three mirage aces before the realization set in that the basket must have juked left at the last millisecond. There are 16 holes listed at less than 225 feet currently, although placement can vary this figure by a touch. MA3 players are going to have a birdie bonanza here and average 6 to 10 down in my estimation. It is also hard to lose a disc here. Yes, there is some moderate overgrowth on more than half of the holes, but there are no unforgiving water hazards lurking in the shadows. I think this place is going to draw in a lot of newer players and it will keep them entertained as they develop.
- RAW BEAUTY - The visual star of this course is holes (6-14). 13 straight holes of tight twisting rustic looking tunnel shots when also playing the four-hole loop labeled (A) thru (D). I personally really enjoyed the aesthetics during this portion. The open portion of the course brings my overall score back quite a bit. I scored the woods a 3.5 and it makes up 60 percent of the course. I scored the open part a 1.75. That roughly calculates to a 2.75 overall.
- MAINTENANCE - The word is that several volunteers are out here keeping the fairways and greens looking nice. Thanks again to those involved making this course into the playable shape that it is.
- SIGNAGE AND NAVIGATION - I heard the tee signs got upgraded from the low quality paper printouts, which was definitely going to be needed as they don't last. When I played two years back, the transitions were generally easy to see due to the openness or there was an intuitive path in the woods. My phone died even while on the course and I had no trouble getting around. I can't imagine that this aspect got worse and it's likely even improved. I still would think that the only tricky transition is (5) to (6). Head west after this hole up the gravel path and through a tree gap.
- HOLE VARIETY - About average, but I decided to include it in the pros because for a short easy course, the variety is above average. There are 6 open holes, 2 lightly wooded holes and 13 heavily wooded holes. Lines break both ways. Lots of moderate elevation change with both risers and fallers. The biggest missing element here is length. I threw only one driver at full power, the last hole. For many longer throwers, this is going to be a putters only kind of course. There are also obviously no multi-play holes and no water elements.
- CHAINS AND TEES - White Veteran baskets. A fine choice in my opinion. The tees, as noted above, recently got updated to concrete.
- QUICK PLAY - 70 minutes as a quick solo, but with family tagalongs throwing a couple throws here and there. I figure groups of four at 100 to 135 minutes.

A super short young course with room still to grow in a couple areas.
- LACK OF CHALLENGE - Perhaps I was wrong, but I thought several holes were more than 10 percent shorter than the listed distance. Perhaps the new signs alleviated this. A couple holes felt like mindless dinker plays. Anyways, the challenge was not very inspiring enough to me and likely won't be for many MA1s and above.
- SAFETY HAZARDS - I was not a fan of holes (2 thru 4). These three holes can infringe on parking areas. I got a weird adrenaline kick out of throwing over the top of a parked car on (3). Thankfully this hole got the axe. Holes (4) and (5) have low use property access roads in play. Later on hole (15), the tee shot sort-of infringes on hole (18s) basket. Also, holes (17) and (18) have property access roads in play.
- MISC THINGS - The spacing hole to hole is suspect a couple times. I also thought that a couple holes were too luck based with ultra-tight lines. No practice basket and no benches yet, which was surprising to hear from my source.
- TERRAIN - I loved the terrain. The middle chunk of the course is raw rugged decadence. Players with knee, ankle or foot pain should probably avoid this place. I don't have a cart, but I'd label the course as somewhat cart friendly.
- POISON IVY - The course probably has poison ivy and ticks in the wooded portion. This is the situation though with every course in the region with heavily wooded holes. I don't take off for this unless it's epic bad and that's not the case here as long as it stays maintained monthly.

In my humble opinion, this course has seen enough updates to qualify as a 50 to 55 percentile course in my personal rankings. I still think there's more potential. Benches and more extra tees will nudge it up on my ledger. Also tweaking a couple wooded holes to multi-play par 4s would be a nice variety boost. The course still has enough potential yet to cross my 2.75 rating threshold with these noted upgrades. I guess time will tell. If you are reading this and there have been more upgrades, please let me know. I will adjust my review score if I think enough has occurred for the course to rise up a ratings level. As is, not a destination course like Clay DGC a bit down the road. For those in the Birmingham area, it's worth checking out for sure. It will be liked most by MA4s and MA3s, and I'm sure some MA2s may enjoy the high birdie potential. Not ideal for higher skilled players due to the lack of difficulty and length.