(2.171 Rating)A tropical looking niner with several design flaws.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - I played 6 Florida courses on this road trip and I thought the natural environment here was the most exotic to walk along. Fairway after fairway is lined with tropical looking vegetation. Lots of Spanish Moss covered live oaks with palmettos underneath. The fairways were well maintained from my appearance with newly spread-out mulch everywhere. If I excluded course beauty from my formula, I'd rate the course more than a quarter point lower. I liked the zen aspect the course was dishing out as I cautiously and miraculously missed the constant perils off fairway all but once.
- BASICS - Nice accurate course map posted near tee (1). The tee signs are well done too showing an artistic aerial view of the hole shape along with obstacles. Tees are rubber pads on top of crushed shells and limestone. The baskets were a model I was unfamiliar with. They caught well, but I wasn't a fan of the silver color.
- HOLE VARIETY - I like multi-play holes, and this course has a bunch of those. The thought process here on how to keep my discs on a 500-foot long hole intrigued me. Sure the design was wack on a few of them, but trying to avoid the near certain disc death kept me entertained. There are five par 4s and two par 5s here. A par 36. I think this is the first time I've played a niner with that high of par figure, excluding those niners with obsolete par listings. The course is mostly flat but with some light sloping inclines and declines. There are a couple slight turns, gaps to thread and some mischief. The gameplay here was just not something I experience very often for niners.
- CHALLENGE - As an MA2, I finished at even par 36. Much of the challenge here is the fear of losing a disc. MA1s should be able to post 5 or 6 down on occasion, but they'll be losing plastic with any sustained gunslinging approach. MA4s with an erratic aim will likely hate the course.

The palmettos will eat yah.
- DESIGN AND LAYOUT - I really liked the first two holes. Hole (3) is where things got weird. The line on (3) is fine, but there is a marshy 8 foot down ditch with no bridge in front of the pad. Thus players need to make their way back to the street to circle around the ditch. Thankfully I made the center of the fairway on (3), but I imagine that the attitude would be much different for the players that spray it into the palmettos and then can't remember the precise spot the disc headed to. I liked (4), even though the pad was not aligned very well. Hole (5) is super weird. First off, just like on (3), players need to hike around to even get to the pad. Once on (5), the only plausible line requires throwing down the middle of fairway (6). The second shot then has to cross the jungle like median between the two holes to get back on (5s) fairway, all while trying to avoid the swamp that flanks the left side. Good luck. Hole (6) has issues with tee shots from (5) likely using the fairway. Getting to (7) require walking around again and the tee aims directly at a pair of cabbage palms. The last two didn't bother me despite the higher than normal plinko factor. They both had 8-foot wide gaps in the pines. I took off significant score for the flaws, almost a ½ point, but I'm not going drop the rating to be equivalent to a 9-hole open field course. I'd much rather throw here again over a short elementary niner.
- FORGIVENESS - The disc loss potential is very high. Players need to be very cautious and bring their favorite lucky charm. Punishment is awaiting for just about every disc that doesn't land on the fairway. Laughing palmettos will backstab and slice players looking for discs. There is also swamp water present on a few holes where I'm sure alligators could be present. Players would be wise to not bring their ace discs here. This is not the course to bring beginners and mammas boys to.
- PARKING - The parking area is across the street. Not a deal breaker, but not ideal obviously.
- TIME PLAY - I logged a 45 minute round. Amongst the longest niner times I've ever posted during a solo round. This does not include the 5-minute walk to the course and the 5-minute walk back to my car.

I liked the course and didn't like it. I'm a sucker for beauty and multi-play holes, and thus I liked the course for those elements. On the flipside, the disc loss potential and hole design kept me from loving it or even liking it as a whole. The course would benefit by adding short tees, bridges, fixing the line on (5), and removing a couple key trees on the tighter holes. As is, a 2.0 level course to me when weighing all the pros and cons. It reminded me of both nearby Ann Dever and nearby Franz Ross. Although I've rated Myakkahatchee around the same as those two, this one was without a doubt the most beautiful of the three to walk.