Pros:
Biggest pros:
* Fun factor is amazing
* Great location close to I-20 if you're driving laterally through the south.
* Quick to play
* You'll remember this little course forever
This course is pure fun to play, you just have to go into it realizing that it's not a typical course. It feels a little more like a mini golf course with the clowns and windmills... you don't take it seriously, but you have a blast anyway.
Most baskets are homemade and some are devilish to play on -- one that sticks in my memory is more like a large mixing bowl than a basket, with slick sloped sides that can launch a fast putt out the back like a halfpipe... and that particular basket is on the edge of a steep slope heading down through thick trees... this might be a con for some people, but it fits the fun factor of the course.
The holes are short, just over 200' apiece, but there are places where you've got a 90-degree dogleg on a 200' hole with trees so thick it's a blind shot to the basket. Again -- on some courses, this would be a con, but here it just fits in perfect.
Lots of elevation for a short course, beautiful terrain and trees, lovingly maintained, easy to navigate... And you feel welcomed and like you've escaped from the world to some wonderful paradise in miniature.
Cons:
My biggest regret is that I didn't get a chance to meet the owner and designer of this quaint little course.
Sure, the course lacks the amenities of most courses. It's only 9 holes. It doesn't have "real" baskets on a lot of the holes, teepads are a mixed bag. Signage is minimal... and holes are so short you rarely need more than a putter. But when you're there, none of that really matters.
For me, it's harder to find cons for private courses as long as the course is fun to play. And this course is fun, and makes great use of the land available.
The biggest risk to frustration is that the course can feel unfair if you take it too seriously. The homemade baskets will spit all kinds of stuff that would have stuck on PDGA baskets. The tight fairways and dense trees and sloping hills can turn a 200' hole from what seems like an easy deuce into a five or six if you're not careful and get a bad break. If you're hyper-competitive and take yourself seriously, you'll be upset. But if you relax and just enjoy the round, you'll be happy to be here no matter what your score.
Other Thoughts:
A friend and I played this course several years ago on a cross-country roadtrip. At the time, we were using the printed PDGA course guide, well-before online databases and google maps. Redbone Road looked like we could get there from I-20, and there wasn't much else in the area back then.
We pulled into this place in the early morning, not realizing it was a private course (not mentioned in the guide at that time). No one was around, so we went ahead and played through a couple of times, and it was one of the most enjoyable courses we played in an epic disc golf journey of Southern courses from Texas to the Carolinas. I don't think it's changed a bit since, and is a loving personal, backyard tribute to an amazing sport. Definitely worth the detour if you're ever on I-20 passing through Vicksburg.