(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.

Nice baskets.
Clear tee pads (rubber mats on crushed shells)
Great signage.
Kiosk with map visible from street.

Parking is across the street, no way to know where to park.

Single tee bads and basket, no appropriate lay out for newer players.

No numbers on the baskets can cause confusion.

Risk of disc loss is very high. If following the 2 minute rule, I would have run out of discs. This 9 holer took longer to play than many 18 hole courses.

Design wise this course is a mess. You play a pair of holes then walk a quarter mile to play 2 more holes, then walk a quarter mile to play 2 more holes. It is like the entire course was made on a strip of land no wider than a football field. The holes themselves are poorly designed. You walk by multiple tees looking for your tee.

Hole 5 is the worst hole over 700 feet that I have ever played. (see comments in Other Thoughts) Hole 6 is not far behind.

The course starts out deceivingly pleasant. "Why would anyone not like this course. Hole 1 is a very fair 363 foot shot to a blind basket with palmettos on each side. Hole 2 is easy to find and the difficulty increases with a 505 foot narrow shot with palmettos on each side. After the silly walk to hole 3, you have to walk back the entire length of the hole before you play it. It is a narrow 412 foot followed by another narrow 460 foot hole that feels much longer because you have to play so cautious. At this point disc loss becomes a concern. but the course is still fun but feeling redundant.
After hole 4, you have to walk passed hole 7 to get to hole 5. Hole 5 is the absolute worst long hole I have ever played. It is basically a narrow 800 foot hole with a 90 degree turn at the beginning. Off the tee on an 800 foot hole, your goal should not be to lay up 80-120 feet to be able to drive on your second shot. That alone makes it a poor design, but it also throws directly at another fairway. There is swampy water on the left as well as water behind the basket. Hole number 6 is another 800 foot hole where you can not really utilize a big arm. It is better to throw midrange lay up shots to survive the hole than to actually play and enjoy the hole.
After back to back 800 foot holes you have to take another long walk back to hole 7 for a 556 foot hole where the tee does not even line up with the fairway. This hole offers no creativity, you basically have to play every shot a particular way to succeed. There are trees that control how high you can throw, obstacles limiting your path options, and it is literally 20 feet of landing area in some places.
Walk on to hole 8, and it is a 374 foot hole where you can actually see the basket. Hole 9 is a 238 foot plinko shot which is finishes this 9 holer with mediocrity. I grew up in North Port and was so excited to see a course so close to my home, but I will never ever return to this course. This course will scare away newer players and does not give the variety experienced players needed. It does not appear the land was suited for a disc golf course, but someone squeezed it in anyway.