Pros:
Great looking park in the suburbs of Knoxville.
Good concrete tee pads, one tee per hole, and two baskets on each hole.
Great new tee signs, replacing the older ones that are showing their age. The new signs have a hole layout, #, Pars and distance to both baskets. They are a unique style, wrapped around 3 sides of the 4X4 posts. I guess this helps to cut down on vandalism.
Mostly open course, with partial trees on the middle section and only 2 holes with heavy woods.
Practice basket and shelter at the start, away from most park activities, except the paved walking path.
Cons:
Let's start where the course starts, #1. A pond right in front of the tee that you have to carry with your first throw of the round (about 200'), oh and also avoid the trees in front of the tee and hit the gap in the trees on the other side, or else you're going to lose one as it rolls back down the bank on the far side.
There are a lot of long walks between holes here:
#2-#3 - it looks like the layout is trying to avoid crossing the walking path
#3-#4 - you have to walk more than the length of #4 downhill, then turn around, throw and walk uphill. The basket is hidden in a depression, I guess that was important.
#5-#6 - extra long walk here, to cross to the backside of the course, it feels like there was an original nine, then this gets you to the second nine. It seems there could have been a better design to access these other holes. Then #14-#15 is the return trip. Part of the reason I play is the exercise and walking, but most of these just seem like bad ideas.
Several of the holes on the backside just blend together in the large open area, #6,7,10,11 and 14.
Other Thoughts:
I have to agree with several other reviewers, Victor Ashe is the open course alternative to the wooded Tommy Schumpert. By my count, Ashe has 5 open holes, 11 partially open and just 2 wooded holes, a lot of space to throw here. Plenty of space for long walks here also, very cart friendly, in fact this should be the poster course for DG carts.
As I mentioned above, it feels like this started as an 9 hole course, 1-5, then 15-18 of the existing course. When more land, or funds, were acquired the second 9 were added, but not really integrated into the layout. Good thing they were added, because a couple of the best holes on the course are in this area, #9 and #12.
#9 is 299' Par 3 to the short basket, thick trees on the right off the tee, partial trees in the fairway, then a basket carved out of the woods.
#12 plays from an elevated tee, downhill to a clearing, the short basket is protected by a line of trees down the left, then small guardian trees. The long basket is across the field and plays as a Par 4.
#5 is a downhiller that you can throw out of sight. The elevation drop is so steep that you don't even see the basket, 378 feet away. The basket is in a wide open field, but there is a drainage ditch (rock covered) halfway down the right, if you miss that way. This is a hole where you want to throw multiple shots!!
#17 is another fun downhiller, that turns to the left and finishes with another wide open basket. After that, #18 is wooded the whole way, with a very protected basket (along with #13, these are the only tightly wooded holes).
It must be really nice to have these two quality courses just 5 miles apart. I imagine most Tournaments in Knoxville include rounds here and at Tommy Schumpert, what a great test of your skill and endurance. The balance of distance vs. accuracy on these 2 will earn your finish.