Let me begin by saying the purpose of this course has noble intent. It is designed for beginners, and maybe more specifically kids, maybe a suitable intro for the wife/girlfriend. This is all primarily due to the distance of the holes- everything is super short.

From an experienced player standpoint, it is an excellent course to practice your mids and putters. Great for working on getting up and in from 50-200' in what should take only 2 shots, then you can take that skill to a more normal course.

There are 18 holes in this smaller but very nice neighborhood park. New lime green Prodigy baskets (not my favorite color or brand of basket, but they look appealing and get the job done). Concrete tees (short, but you don't need any run-ups).

I was impressed with the variety here. Begins open and flat, then some elevation, then some tight woods, throw in some holes right on the lake and you get an excellent sampling of what you might encounter once you graduate to the normal type course. In fact, many holes are much tougher than you might think if you just look at length. With the water, narrow fairways, and being fearful of hitting people, it gave me quite a challenge at times. Though after a couple rounds here I think I could hit the par 36 mark.

Navigation wasn't too bad. There was a map by hole 1. Tees aren't numbered and there are no tee signs, but the baskets are never that far from the tee. (8, 10, 18 were the toughest to find)

Quick play/practice for the experienced player.

Could be used as is for an Ace Race event.

If this course was intended to be played brand new players or by weaker armed kids, there are some major issues I have with the hole design.

Holes 2-5 start out relatively simple, but they play around the same perimeter of this field that has a walking/running trail on it, and these holes are almost in line with the paved path. I know enough to wait and am decent at control- but will newer players? Please be courteous and do not use drivers.

Hole 6- basket is the edge of a very, very steep cliff. Discs could easily fly or skip to the bottom, even with a good shot, and it is quite tricky to get up and down the steep hill.

Hole 7- fun downhill shot, but again the hill is steep when you have to walk down it

Hole 9- plays over a walking path/lake viewing pier. It was almost impossible to play as we had to wait for a nearly never ending line of people. Finally enough people became interested in to what we were doing (clearly most people had no idea what those basket chain things were used for.) Oh, yeah, the basket is on a slope near the lake- tough test for newbies: don't hit people, don't throw in the lake. Not sure about this.

Hole 15- is a legit over the water shot for anyone. A bit of distance but accuracy is a must to not hit the many trees protecting the basket. Again, newbs are probably throwing discs in the lake here. (either their brand new discs or borrowed discs from the person that brought them here) I almost didn't play it because I was afraid of losing my favorite putters/mids, as that was all I was carrying.

Hole 17- tough shot with water in play, a large tree in the way and uphill. But the toughest part was all the people with small children that were on the lakes edge just enjoying the water. Challenging shot because I was afraid of hitting somebody- so I threw a safe soft shot as people were watching and interested as we "played our little game".

Hole 18- plays the paved trail like the first few holes

The concrete tees were nice, but they were elevated off the ground more like platforms, be careful not to fall off and scrape or twist an ankle.

I am not knocking this course for its intent- I love it the concept and actually really enjoyed it and would definitely use it to practice on if I lived close by. But it is a definite conflict designing a course like this that comes so close so many times to other park users, in what is a nice park with lots of other features and seems to be quite popular and busy. If used for an intro course, maybe just play 1-6,18 and some of the non-water wooded holes. I think it actually functions better for experienced players as a par 36 short game course, just avoid peak park times like nice weekends and afternoons.

Tough to rate- interesting design, accomplished the intent of a par 36, but I question the amount of overlapping of other park activities. Likely to played only by locals, not a destination course. I only played here as a fun final round on our way out of town after spending a few days playing courses around the Atlanta area. According to DGCR, a 2.0 is Reasonable and I feel like that is a pretty good description. Though I have no issues with others thinking it to be a 3.0+

(2.213 Rating) A mostly beginner friendly city park course touting par 2s instead of 3s.
- ACEABILITY - Numerous holes, is not all, are highly aceable. Young kids could get their first ace here for sure. I knew going in that the course was very short so I was secretly thinking that I'd be walking away with my first Georgia ace. Seasoned players should walk away with an ace on every 10th round or less. However, a lot of players I know would be conflicted on whether to even count these shorties as an ace.
- CHAINS - Awesome Prodigy baskets that are in great condition. This makes ringing up the chains even that much easier.
- BEGINNER FRIENDLY - Dupree Park is the kind of place I would bring a first timer to. Most of the shots are less than 150 feet. This is a great place to learn the game as there is nice mix of short open and wooded shots. The only hic-up for beginners is going to be hole (15) which is a real island hole that has trees guarding the safe landing zones after clearing the water hazard.
- COURSE MAP - An adequate course map is posted on site on the way to tee (1).
- NAVIGATION - With the course map and considering the extremely short layout, traversing this course is fairly easy. Most next tees are within 50 feet (see cons) and it's just a matter of looking around to spot a 4 by 6 concrete pad.
- QUICK PLAY - This layout can be run by a solo in 30 minutes by a seasoned player. Beginners and novice players should be done in less than 45 minutes. Groups of four should be done in around an hour.
- MAINTENANCE - The course and overall park grounds were in spectacular shape for my visit.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - After getting to tee (6), I wrote in my notes that the beauty was below average. Nothing but bland open short tee shots for the first 6 holes. However, starting on tee (7) and through hole (15), the layout looks really nice. There are several shots that play around a small lake and there's sloping wooded terrain which made me enjoy these ace runs just a bit more. Overall, this portion raised my overall beauty score to be just above average.

A course with limited appeal.
- LACK OF CHALLENGE - Although throwing below par will rarely occur for even the better players, this course really only has beginner challenges for 17 of the 18 holes. I threw up a 40 on a windy day and I have a feeling that most intermediate level players will be breaking into the 30s quite often. I only felt challenged one time, hole (15), which as mentioned above is a well guarded water play.
- MULTI USE HAZARDS - Like many city park courses, Dupree Park has proximity issues with other park amenities. There is a walking path that comes into play at least ten times. Hole (9) plays adjacent to a site seeing platform. Hole (17) has a playable line that brings a shelter into play.
- BASKET AND TEE SEPARATION - There are numerous occurrences where the basket and next tee are perilously close. Numerous times they are separated by less than 40 feet.
- LOOSE DISC OPPS - For a beginners course, this one has higher than normal odds to lose a disc. Holes (9), (10) and (15) all have lake water in play. A substantial misfire or ricochet could mean a lost disc.
- TEES - The smallest poured concrete pads I've ever seen. 4 feet wide by 6 feet long. For a skilled player like me they are adequate as I either did a standing throw or did a one step approach. However, considering that the course is designed for beginners the short pad will not be long enough to learn the footwork for a run-up or walk-up throw.
- CHARACTER - A touch below average. The park definitely has some nice non disc golf related amenities. Three nice shelters each with two picnic tables. There are restrooms and a broken drinking fountain. However, the disc golf related amenities are mostly missing. No tee signage and only a couple of benches at the tees. No practice baskets, no alternate pin placements and no multiple tees.
- UNIQUENESS - Other than the fact that the course is par 2s, this course lacks the uniqueness that one would see on the average 18 hole course. The layout is just so short with no plays over 200 feet in length. The only hole I didn't throw a putter was on (17) which required a low sweeping shot to get it close. The basket has been moved farther left compared to the pictures on DGCR. Other than (17), no other hole twists more than 5 degrees. There are no blind basket placements, only a few windows to hit, and only a few holes are guarded well by trees. There is water in play on 3 holes which will make one question their love for their putter.

The second time I've played an all par 2 layout (Flying Armadillo, TX is a far superior example) Sure it can be fun running at some of these baskets but many of the plays are so non-descript that many seasoned players won't be satisfied. A really tough course to rate. I'd give it a 2.25 if I were allowed to do so. I'd say for beginners it's a really good course. However, for those with intermediate level skills and above I think this one will be a "check, I've played it" type of course.