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Hole #10 (Taken 12/2010)
Hole #10 (Taken 12/2010) 
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Reviews: 17
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Play it again for the first time! 
Pros: With the renovation of this disc golf course in late 2010, everything that used to be wrong with Wills is now right. A full set of new Innova Discatcher baskets have replaced the old worn out Mach 2s (or whatever they were), there are newly poured concrete pads on every hole, well marked signs at every tee, useful "Next Tee" stakes at the foot of every basket, and even a practice basket near hole 1.
This course weaves artfully through a high-traffic multi-use park, so there are plenty of "facilities" around in case you need to take a pit stop or you want to set up a picnic at one of the pavilions.
There are a mix of tightly wooded and relatively open fairways on the course, but none of the holes are open or safe enough to be boring. Even the extra-short 17 (formerly 15) has out-of-bounds looming treacherously close on either side of the fairway and basket. Those who like creekside disc golf will love Wills, where most of the holes play along or across a network of small creeks that run through the park.
This course weaves artfully through a high-traffic multi-use park, so there are plenty of "facilities" around in case you need to take a pit stop or you want to set up a picnic at one of the pavilions.
There are a mix of tightly wooded and relatively open fairways on the course, but none of the holes are open or safe enough to be boring. Even the extra-short 17 (formerly 15) has out-of-bounds looming treacherously close on either side of the fairway and basket. Those who like creekside disc golf will love Wills, where most of the holes play along or across a network of small creeks that run through the park.
Cons: All of the major problems have been removed from this course, but there are still a few nits to pick, as with almost every course. The primary problem here is the abiding muddiness of Wills Park. I don't know what the problem is, but there are certain fairways that never seem to dry up, even in the Summer. It can be a pain to negotiate your way around, and frustrating to constantly be wiping the mud off your discs. I don't know what if anything could be done about it, and this con is certainly mitigated by the new installation of concrete pads.
Some of the narrowest fairways run alongside a creek with extremely deep and treacherous banks. The climb down can be annoying or moderately dangerous.
There remains a lot of cleanup work to be done here, especially with a couple of recently fallen trees on the fairways. There is also a significant need for more good bridges like the one that Craigd installed at the nexus of #9, #10, #14, and #15. A couple of major creek crossings have been set up with narrow wooden planks that shift under your feet as you cross. They'll hold your weight but you have to take care of your balance. These latter issues should be resolved in time, but until they are, be careful where you step and be ready to catch yourself slipping on the muddy banks.
Some of the narrowest fairways run alongside a creek with extremely deep and treacherous banks. The climb down can be annoying or moderately dangerous.
There remains a lot of cleanup work to be done here, especially with a couple of recently fallen trees on the fairways. There is also a significant need for more good bridges like the one that Craigd installed at the nexus of #9, #10, #14, and #15. A couple of major creek crossings have been set up with narrow wooden planks that shift under your feet as you cross. They'll hold your weight but you have to take care of your balance. These latter issues should be resolved in time, but until they are, be careful where you step and be ready to catch yourself slipping on the muddy banks.
Other Thoughts: As I noted in my "Cons" section, all of the major cons are now gone. More specifically, the redesign of the layout has removed all of the walking paths, benches, popular picnic areas, and horse trailer parking zones out of play. You'll no longer have to wait forever to play your next throw, or have to skip two holes because of the equestrian RVs parked in the middle of the fairways. The holes that were formerly affected by these problems have been tweaked to take the problem zones out of play or replaced by a new run of 4 holes back in the woods where only the disc golfers go. The holes that never had any problems have remained unchanged other than their numbering.
About the renumbering of the holes, there are still several parking lots around the park that will give you easy access to the course, and nobody is going to force you to start at #1, but the new hole #1 uses the basket location for the old #13, with the pads moved to the other side of the tennis court, and old #12 is now playing as #18. If you want to play from 1-18 in order, park at the lot by the tennis courts and follow the signs and markers from basket to tee. Much has changed, but much is still familiar, and the personality of the old course has been well preserved. It is still a relatively short but technically demanding course with lots of trees and creeks in play.
Reviewers who put a premium on the little details like concrete pads and bathroom facilities will probably rate this course higher than I have. I will be willing to raise my rating once the course has matured a bit. For now, I'm pleased to be able to raise my rating from a 2.0 for the old layout to a 3.0 in the new, and am definitely having a lot more fun out here than I used to. Those who gave up on this course years ago should come back and give it another chance: you'll be pleasantly surprised!
About the renumbering of the holes, there are still several parking lots around the park that will give you easy access to the course, and nobody is going to force you to start at #1, but the new hole #1 uses the basket location for the old #13, with the pads moved to the other side of the tennis court, and old #12 is now playing as #18. If you want to play from 1-18 in order, park at the lot by the tennis courts and follow the signs and markers from basket to tee. Much has changed, but much is still familiar, and the personality of the old course has been well preserved. It is still a relatively short but technically demanding course with lots of trees and creeks in play.
Reviewers who put a premium on the little details like concrete pads and bathroom facilities will probably rate this course higher than I have. I will be willing to raise my rating once the course has matured a bit. For now, I'm pleased to be able to raise my rating from a 2.0 for the old layout to a 3.0 in the new, and am definitely having a lot more fun out here than I used to. Those who gave up on this course years ago should come back and give it another chance: you'll be pleasantly surprised!
6 of 7 people found this review helpful.
Report this Review Great Renovation 
2-4 
12/31/2010 
1/4/2011
Review By: Atrain Played: 59 Reviewed: 3 Exp: 20 Years
This review was updated on 2/3/2011
Pros: Tee Signs, Nice wide concrete Tees, New Innova DiscCatcher Baskets, Good assortment of varied control shots
Cons: 1's Tee area is not a good 1st impression of the course.
Confusing course flow @ 9-10, 14-15, 16 (a 10 sign on the right handrail of bridge and a 15 sign on the left handrail would help.)
Confusing course flow @ 9-10, 14-15, 16 (a 10 sign on the right handrail of bridge and a 15 sign on the left handrail would help.)
Other Thoughts: To all who worked on this renovation, THANK YOU. It is now a joy to go back to the course I learned to play on.
1 of 2 people found this review helpful.
Major Course Redesign
Pros: The Wills DGC has had a major renovation. The course now has new Innova baskets and concrete tees. Several of the old holes have been relocated into the woods, making some fun and challenging wooded holes. Some of the holes have been reconfigured away from the walking track, tennis courts and ball fields. Most of the non disc golf interference has been worked out of the course design. The holes have been renumbered, a practice basket has been added and the longest walk between holes has been significantly reduced.
Cons: The course has a thousand foot walk between holes 16 and 17 and hole 18 is uncomfortably close to a picnic pavilion. Course navigation can be a little tricky in a couple of places at this time.
Other Thoughts: Wills DGC redesign has made significant improvements to the course. The course should now be put back on your metro Atlanta's must play list. Wills is Georgia's oldest surviving disc golf course and the redesign is a welcome upgrade to Georgia's disc golf course collection.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.
Wills Park 
Pros: Very interesting course, player friendly (don't let water hazards scare you- it is just a creek running through the most of the course). I love what they have done with it.
Cons: The temporary signs are pretty good, but it will be better when they get the permanent ones in. It was kind of hard to figure out where to go after a couple of holes (especially 16 to 17), but we were able to figure it out.
Other Thoughts: Very cool course, and I like where they are going with it. Pads are nice, as are the baskets, and even the temp signs are good. I don't see how the other guys were losing discs, at least this time of year. I can see it being overgrown during the summer, and prickly bushes were definitely present even at the end of december, but there were no inaccessible spots (I threw it into the deepest spot of water I saw on the course, and that was only about 1.5 feet deep and I could get it back easily). But the course was fun, and not hard to choose decent shot selection. There are no "impossible" holes, and the wooded sections give you a good technical work out, and there are several very ace-able shots if you get the right line. Looking forward to some permanent signs and bridges for when I come back down here!
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.
Major Improvement
Pros: Doesn't cross the walking path anymore so traffic is less of an issue.
Has a practice pin at the start.
crosses the creek at multiple places for an added challenge
Several deceiving holes that give anyone who pays attention a huge advantage.
LITTLE TO NO BRIERS on the fairway.
Legitimate bridges in some parts of the course
The new concrete pads make drives less dangerous in wet conditions
Has a practice pin at the start.
crosses the creek at multiple places for an added challenge
Several deceiving holes that give anyone who pays attention a huge advantage.
LITTLE TO NO BRIERS on the fairway.
Legitimate bridges in some parts of the course
The new concrete pads make drives less dangerous in wet conditions
Cons: Loads of briers off the fairway.
Still a lot of cut up brush that needs to be trampled.
One hole has a few vines hanging down that will stop your disc directly above the creek.
Lost discs have a tendency to not be returned.
Still a lot of cut up brush that needs to be trampled.
One hole has a few vines hanging down that will stop your disc directly above the creek.
Lost discs have a tendency to not be returned.
Other Thoughts: Be careful about losing discs on on of the back holes.(still haven't trained my brain to the new hole numbers) but on one of the new holes that cross the river i have seen 3 discs lost in the space of 30 minutes.
Pesonal Message: if you found a brand new orange star groove with a green stamp on old 1 that was mine and i would love to have it back.
Pesonal Message: if you found a brand new orange star groove with a green stamp on old 1 that was mine and i would love to have it back.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.
Like new Coke without all the suck
Pros: I suppose one could say that the course is completely playable even on a weekend. I never played the old layout but was always warned to play during the week if you wanted to get a round in.
New baskets, usually I am not picky about brand but I was glad to see discatchers since there are many blind or semi blind positions and the yellow band is easily spotted in the woods.
The temporary signs are more informative than a lot of permanent signs. The distances to next tees are on there which is a plus because there are several with 200+ foot walks. The baskets also have next tee arrows on the base which were probably the most accurate we had seen.
Line shaping and accuracy is put to a premium here which is a great thing, if you played here often you would certainly be a force in the woods.
The creek adds challenge without adding fear as it is pretty easily accessed for disc retrieval.
New baskets, usually I am not picky about brand but I was glad to see discatchers since there are many blind or semi blind positions and the yellow band is easily spotted in the woods.
The temporary signs are more informative than a lot of permanent signs. The distances to next tees are on there which is a plus because there are several with 200+ foot walks. The baskets also have next tee arrows on the base which were probably the most accurate we had seen.
Line shaping and accuracy is put to a premium here which is a great thing, if you played here often you would certainly be a force in the woods.
The creek adds challenge without adding fear as it is pretty easily accessed for disc retrieval.
Cons: Still pretty tight confines, especially when you cross the artfully crafted bridge from 9-10.
Lots of briars to get into off the very tight fairways (I know, keep it on the fairway).
Some roughness but no more than you would expect for a "new" course.
The transition from 14 to 15 is odd and we watched several people skip 15 because they couldn't find the tee (signs will fix this).
Some 'poke and pray' holes on the back 9...but they were fun so its not a huge negative.
Lots of muddy areas.
Lots of briars to get into off the very tight fairways (I know, keep it on the fairway).
Some roughness but no more than you would expect for a "new" course.
The transition from 14 to 15 is odd and we watched several people skip 15 because they couldn't find the tee (signs will fix this).
Some 'poke and pray' holes on the back 9...but they were fun so its not a huge negative.
Lots of muddy areas.
Other Thoughts: There are several fun holes on this course, in fact I would say there are more fun holes than not fun holes.
Hole 5 was one of my favorites, I enjoyed that huge line of guardian trees.
Hole 12 just had an epic look to it as well.
Hole 17 and 18 were fun and hole 6 was a blast with practically the only elevation on the course. (15 has a slight downhill)).
If you live in the area and have not played this course get out there! I can totally see why this course has spawned so many world champions and excellent players. You really have to be able to shoot accurately to shoot well.
This course will easily be a 4 once it is broke in and all the signs are installed.
Hole 5 was one of my favorites, I enjoyed that huge line of guardian trees.
Hole 12 just had an epic look to it as well.
Hole 17 and 18 were fun and hole 6 was a blast with practically the only elevation on the course. (15 has a slight downhill)).
If you live in the area and have not played this course get out there! I can totally see why this course has spawned so many world champions and excellent players. You really have to be able to shoot accurately to shoot well.
This course will easily be a 4 once it is broke in and all the signs are installed.
9 of 10 people found this review helpful.
The New Wills 2-4 12/17/2010 12/24/2010
Review By: craigd 
Played: 82 Reviewed: 82 Exp: 4.8 Years
This review was updated on 1/7/2011
Pros: Most people who remember the old Will's Park layout will certainly enjoy this new design. Although I'm nowhere near a venerable "Will's Dog", I can probably and reverently speak for them when I say that this new layout is a welcomed improvement. The first things you'll notice are the concrete tees pads. They are roomy and have been backfilled so if you need a little extra room you won't have to worry about tripping over a big lip. Secondly you'll notice the old worn baskets have been replaced with new Innova Discatchers complete with next tee indicators pointing the way to the next tee. Look for them down at the bottom of the pole near the collar. Tee signs with updated info are being installed soon. There are multiple pin placements on holes two, nine, twelve, and thirteen. They're on an organized schedule to be moved frequently so look for consistent changes there as well.
Hole one begins near the tennis courts and that means there's plenty of parking at the tennis lot for disc golfers. As you walk down the bridge you'll notice the very clean bathrooms and water fountain. Once you're ready to start the round the soon to be installed kiosk and course map will give you an idea of how the course is laid out. Beyond that you'll find the practice basket for a quick brush up on your putting before you start your round.
The course itself is a really great layout. Even though this park is heavily crowded with non-disc golf users the layout pretty much eliminates any of the old pedestrian problems. No more fairways dubbing as walking trails! It incorporates a small creek on about eleven of the eighteen holes. There's a good mix of lightly to moderately wooded holes with plenty of opportunities to get birdies. Lefty and righty players are both represented but the right hand, back handed players may find an advantage on the new wooded holes. One of the new woods holes even rings up at as par four, something the old layout was missing. In my opinion three of four new woods holes offer a degree of difficulty that previously was missing at Wills. There are lots of trees and plenty of opportunities to get into trouble if you get off the fairways, especially in the creeks and ditches.
Of course there is still plenty of the "Old Wills" here too. Lots of holes asking for controlled drives with careful approaches, staying dry, and plenty of those finesse shots. Plenty of ace opportunities and several "must get" birdie holes if you're competing. One important thing that didn't change, the course is still lots of fun!
Oh, I almost forgot, the course is now tournament ready!
Hole one begins near the tennis courts and that means there's plenty of parking at the tennis lot for disc golfers. As you walk down the bridge you'll notice the very clean bathrooms and water fountain. Once you're ready to start the round the soon to be installed kiosk and course map will give you an idea of how the course is laid out. Beyond that you'll find the practice basket for a quick brush up on your putting before you start your round.
The course itself is a really great layout. Even though this park is heavily crowded with non-disc golf users the layout pretty much eliminates any of the old pedestrian problems. No more fairways dubbing as walking trails! It incorporates a small creek on about eleven of the eighteen holes. There's a good mix of lightly to moderately wooded holes with plenty of opportunities to get birdies. Lefty and righty players are both represented but the right hand, back handed players may find an advantage on the new wooded holes. One of the new woods holes even rings up at as par four, something the old layout was missing. In my opinion three of four new woods holes offer a degree of difficulty that previously was missing at Wills. There are lots of trees and plenty of opportunities to get into trouble if you get off the fairways, especially in the creeks and ditches.
Of course there is still plenty of the "Old Wills" here too. Lots of holes asking for controlled drives with careful approaches, staying dry, and plenty of those finesse shots. Plenty of ace opportunities and several "must get" birdie holes if you're competing. One important thing that didn't change, the course is still lots of fun!
Oh, I almost forgot, the course is now tournament ready!
Cons: The layout still has a long walk but now it's between new sixteen and seventeen. The consolation is that it's much more relaxing and pleasant than the trek from old eleven and twelve. There is also a weird flow at one point at the ten, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen interchange. After one walkthrough you're fine but you might want to note the layout on a map on your first visit. Some of the creek banks and ditches in the back make for some punishing retrievals if you find yourself off the fairways.
I went back and read the cons on the reviews of the old layout and, not surprisingly, everyone agreed that the biggest problem with the old layout was the non disc golfers all over the course. Now that this is fixed, along with some of the other issues that were pointed out, I think most cons will just be some minor pet peeves of the individual players.
I went back and read the cons on the reviews of the old layout and, not surprisingly, everyone agreed that the biggest problem with the old layout was the non disc golfers all over the course. Now that this is fixed, along with some of the other issues that were pointed out, I think most cons will just be some minor pet peeves of the individual players.
Other Thoughts: This is now a great course with all the amenities. It went from a course that I really liked but avoided because of some major pedestrian issues to a course that I look forward to playing. Thanks you Keith, Chris and the Wills crew for all of you hours of hard work to make this happen.
This course is well worth the drive to play when you're in town. There are a couple of other courses within a 30 minute drive so making a day trip to the area is now worth it too.
To get to the parking lot near hole one, turn off Old Milton Parkway onto Wills Road and turn left into the lot to the left of the big gym. Walk down the bridge and you'll see the practice basket. Continue past the practice basket and you'll see the rec pad for hole one. Continue past the rec tee to the opening in the woods to the right for the main pad. Enjoy!
This course is well worth the drive to play when you're in town. There are a couple of other courses within a 30 minute drive so making a day trip to the area is now worth it too.
To get to the parking lot near hole one, turn off Old Milton Parkway onto Wills Road and turn left into the lot to the left of the big gym. Walk down the bridge and you'll see the practice basket. Continue past the practice basket and you'll see the rec pad for hole one. Continue past the rec tee to the opening in the woods to the right for the main pad. Enjoy!
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