Beautiful state park, nice employees, lovely walk through the woods to play. Before you read the cons, may I say the design of the course is really nice, but the briars and brambles will force anyone not wanting to lose a disc or two, or three, into not taking any chances with shots, thereby decreasing distance considerably. For those who have a zillions discs, that's probably not an issue, but how will you know where you'll play from?

For those of us who are, well... accuracy challenged, there is a constant worry of losing discs. The briars and brambles are well-known by those who've already reviewed the course. The distances listed on the T-markers are vastly different from those on the map given to us by the ranger. We couldn't even find the #6 basket, but a couple of the park maintenance people actually went out on their Gator and searched for a while before they found it. Nice people.

I guess there's not much that can be done with the briars. I suspect they will still have plenty of teeth in the dead of winter. Someone mentioned a control burn, but as a camper, I sure don't want to be in the adjacent campground during a burn. I doubt that will happen. I think a little better signage would really help on #6 and others. I would love to watch even a par player on this course to see how they do it. This is the only course we've played so far that we really doubt we'll ever get much better, even with plenty of practice. Update 11/1/17: Went back and played two rounds this morning. My opinion (as a newbie) still stands. It's really hard to have fun playing this course. In fact, if this was the first course I'd ever played, I wouldn't have continued playing. That said, I think the more skilled player, who might stay out of the briars, could have a good time. Update 11/2/17 Played once more before packing up, same results: Really nice course, but the briars and brambles will absolutely eat you alive. 1/15/19 update: This course is much more fun during the winter after the vegetation dies out. That said, the briar and brambles will still eat you alive, but losing a disc is much less of a problem. Several baskets only have one T pad, and it seems like the amateur marker is always the one missing. Hole 6 is a killer. I'd love to watch anyone make this one in 4 throws. Update 3/20/19 Well, the winter actually killed off most of the briars and brambles, but it's still really easy to lose a disc. We've found that the only reliable way to play and keep our discs is for one of us to be a spotter and keep a line on discs in the brambles. Otherwise, you'll be looking for a while. So- if you're golfing alone, either be super accurate, or bring a friend.
Update 12/31/19: Well, we went to play today and very quickly realized the course had not only been modified, it has doubled from a 9 basket course to an 18 basket. Good news: 18 baskets. Bad news: still a very rough terrain course and even in the winter, the briars will eat you alive. I played it twice, and it certainly gets better. Whoever did the work- thanks.