Seviren Lang Disc Golf Course is an 18-hole course that provides a mixture of wooded and park-style holes. Residing just outside Louisville, Kentucky, this course is among the highest rated in the Louisville area as well as in all of Indiana.
Seviren Lang's location is in Garry E. Cavan Park, which is 20 minutes from downtown Louisville. There's not much else around that park other than residential areas, but there are gas stations and some restaurants at the exit of I-64 that you take to get to the park. There are other courses in the area too, including some on the Indiana side of the state line, making it possible to hit multiple courses in one day.
Garry Cavan has a variety of park amenities in addition to disc golf. There are 3 picnic shelters that each have a parking lot near them. There are also 2 playgrounds in the park near the first and third shelter. In the front of the park, you will find basketball and tennis courts, as a horseshoe pit. The front of the park has some nice character, with the front shelter sporting a barn design. The disc golf course is at the very back of the park; if you park in the last parking area, the course start and end will be on the left side of the parking lot. In addition, there are substantial open areas in the park, especially between the 2nd and 3rd shelter. The park website says the field along hole 6 is a soccer field, though there are some fences that insinuate that baseball has been played here as well. Regardless, there are plenty of open areas for park goers to enjoy; during my early morning round here, there were several folks walking around the park.
Seviren Lang sports some nice equipment as a whole. You will find a bulletin board next to the parking lot that has local info and a park map, as well as a sign directing you to hole 1. The disc golf course has red banded chain star baskets that looked pretty new, and played as such. There are also 2 practice holes around the parking lot with plenty of room to practice long putts and approaches. The primary tee pads were all concrete, with some tees have alternate rubber pads - all of the concrete pads were in good shape. The tee signs on course are a little different than the ones on DGCR. The graphics on the current tee signs are a little more detailed, and the signs on course also have pin placements, distances, pars, and which pin is in use. One extra bit of detail is that the tee signs have the elevation change from tee to pin. This was the first time I have seen that on tee signs, and while some of the elevation changes are under 10 feet, others are 30 feet or more. Each tee sign includes the direction to the next tee, but there are also directional signs around the course that help you find the next tee pad. There are plenty of trash receptacles around the course and park, so don't be a litter bug.
The course design at Seviren Lang has some nice variety to it. While plenty of holes here are par 3s, you also have genuine par 4s and a par 5 as well. The course starts with 5 wooded holes that all require precision on your drive to avoid a bad kick off a tree. Hole 2 is a particularly tricky hole, being a par 4 that's only 339 feet but sports a tricky dogleg to the right. After a few more short holes, you will come to the monster that's hole 6, a 1,011-foot hole that plays straight ahead. While the hole seems easy enough, take note of the fairway that slopes to the left the whole way to the pin towards unforgiving rough. After a couple open holes, hole 9 challenges you to a right turning, downhill shot off the tee. The next 5 holes play most open around tree lines with the exception of hole 12, with the last 4 holes requiring more precise drives and placement either through the woods or into them.
Variety at Seviren Lang should keep you from getting bored during your round. There are plenty of shorter par 3s, either through the woods or in the open, but peppered around those holes are some longer holes that will require some skilled shots. Hole 6 will require you to have some decent distance to make a birdie. Hole 11 when in the A placement, 13, 16, and 18 are all legit par 4s as well, requiring 2 intentional shots from most players to set up for a decent birdie chance. There is also a mix on course between left and right curving shots, requiring a decent arsenal of shot types from players that are dominant in either hand or prefer a particular type of throw. While none of the elevation is too extreme, it does factor in on some holes. Hole 9 is probably the best example of this, but other holes like 7 and 18 also have decent elevation changes to keep in mind as well.
For course highlights, a couple of holes come to mind. Hole 11 is a great shot over a tree line, and when it's in the A placement, it requires a tough 2nd shot into a tight fairway to the green. Hole 6 will come to mind for many folks given its length, while some holes like 13 and 16 sport great designs, I think a hole that may get overlooked is hole 15. A `250-foot hole may not seem tough, but if you can't throw a straight shot reliably, the pond down to the right or the steep hill to the left will really get in your head.
Course difficulty will best serve intermediate players. Some of the holes on this course put it a set above what beginning players might enjoy, but I could also see higher level players consistently shooting well under par. The large space in between those two groups in terms of skill level will find some good challenges here while still having fun.