Pros:
-It has baskets
-It has tees
-Great place to practice distance drive accuracy
Cons:
-Tee pads are way too short.
-Tee signs can be confusing at times.
-Many holes presented little to no challenge
Other Thoughts:
To be fair, I played 2 courses this day and the first was an absolute gem, so this old girl had a lot to live up to. When I say old, I mean OLD. The baskets are the second oldest I have ever played. To be fair, they still catch discs, but their best years are obviously behind them.
The tee boxes are way too short for a long distance bomber course. With so many long distance goals, you really needed at least 8 ft tee boxes to get a good approach to the drive. Most of these seemed to be more like 5-6ft long.
I did enjoy letting some drives fly, and this course definitely promotes it, but pars are super easy to come by. I was playing very badly and I only got one bogey all day. My play deserved many more bogeys than I got.
I appears the locals have done the best with what they were given to try to add teeth to the course, but it just is not there. I was confused by some holes that had multiple baskets. There did not seem to be much rhyme or reason to them.
If you want to go to a course that allows you to chuck plastic in a carefree manner, then Rose Lane is the place for you. I normally love such courses, but the lack of real hazard combined with the disappointing tee pads really holds this course back. With a remodel including tee pads, new baskets, and some strategic shrubbery/trees, this course would have more potential. But I know money doesn't grow on trees, so I guess this rose will remain a memory lane.
Out of the 68 courses I have reviewed, this is where this course ranks along with similarly rated courses:
Rank-Course, Location
52-Pauls Valley Flightline DGC, Pauls Valley, OK
53-Michelin DGC, Spartanburg, SC
54-Holmes Park, Greenville, SC
55-Rose Lane, Toccoa, GA
56-Seven Oaks DGC, Columbia, SC
57-Margaret Hunter Park-Newberry, SC
58-Black Mountain YMCA, Black Mountain, NC
59-Furman DGC, Greenville, SC
60-Easley High School, Easley, SC
61-Noble E. Young DGC, Tyler, TX