Pros:
- DISCatcher baskets in good repair with visible yellow bands
- well manicured park with great wooded natural beauty
- some decent elevation change incorporated
- generally decent park amenities incorporated
- nice variety of hole lengths and shaping with good technical challenge
- a few longer open drives mixed in
- isolated, dedicated disc golf area
Cons:
- turf tees are just ok
- some of the longest holes could be broken up
- a few minor confusing areas for navigation
- more flat than some other parts of the park
- risk of poison ivy
Other Thoughts:
Anna Page South was my favorite of the 3 courses in the park - which isn't surprising, as I love a good wooded, technical course. While all 3 courses are great, and having them all in one park is fantastic, this one spoke to me the most. It incorporates some elevation change, though perhaps not as much as the West course, but brings the highest level of technical challenge while still having some long holes mixed in.
The park is generally picturesque and well maintained. This will be the quietest experience of the 3, with more seclusion and nature sounds than you will find out in the open on the other two courses.
This is the newest of the 3 courses in the park by several decades, and is a great addition to the park's disc golf scene. This is the only course with a single tee option, which I think is fine with the tighter fit of everything on the wooded holes. It seemed to be the least crowded of the three, though none were swamped. I appreciated the lack of rough/undergrowth hazards in the woods, making disc location and retrieval straightforward. One note - a parks employee did warn the wooded areas can have lots of poison ivy in the spring.
While the West course really requires a big arm if you play the long tees, South requires more precision. It isn't actually that much shorter, but it felt that way to me. The turf tees aren't as desirable as the concrete on the other two courses, but most were dry and level, with some limited exceptions.Other amenities shared in the park were generally good; garbage cans around, picnic tables, and port o potties available. The tee signs were nice full colors signs with maps like the other park courses.
After hole 5, you may see a tee that looks like it is missing a sign, which I originally thought was 6. This appears to be some sort of alternate tee; continue past it up the "fairway" and you will find the normal hole 6 tee and sign.
There are a few long bomb holes on this course that break out of the woods and tie it together - these generally add to the diversity of the course. However, the 930 ft. Hole 13 seemed excessive to me; this could have been 2-3 holes rather than forcing that kind of distance, and it's so long you pass multiple other baskets (14, 16) and navigation becomes a bit less clear. Almost everywhere else, navigation wasn't bad.
Hole 18 throws over a park road which is not ideal, but the roads tend to be very low traffic so you just need to be alert. Otherwise, there were really no safety hazards here, as this part of the park was dedicated to disc golf and does a good job of not doubling back on fairways too closely. 18 was probably one of my favorite holes, as it starts out relatively open (but still in the woods) and forces you to hit a pretty narrow wooded tunnel near the basket. Cool view from the tee.