You'll definitely have a fun round, but it will come with a few quirks and disappointments. Here's some of the pluses:
- Easy to find the first tee, and room for a decent number of cars; just take a left up the hill and drive past the fenced basketball court.
- Beautiful, hilly landscape, especially once you get into the woods on #2 and 10 through 15.
- Nice Discatcher baskets and long concrete tees.
- Great variety between tight woods shots (like on #11 and 13), lightly-wooded holes (like #3 and 16), and wide open field bomb opportunities (like #4 through 7).
- #9 is a fun straight shot to the basket on a steep uphill slope. I don't generally try for aces since my putting is mediocre, but the basket placement REALLY invites you to dart your tee shot straight at the chains. Wish I would have had time to try it more than once while driving through the area!
- Despite the dense woods on many holes, there are clear fairway lines and the distances are short enough that most intermediate players will likely see birdie chances on a number of holes.

- #1 is a really terrible starting hole. It's by far the hardest hole on the course: a steep, blind uphill tee shot into a 15 foot wide path between dense trees. Then you go further uphill up that tunnel to get to the basket. Miss the tunnel opening on the first throw of your round and you'll be screwed into a dump out recovery shot and bogey to start your round. Maybe it could work later in the round, but it's an awfully big demand for your very first throw of the round.

- The hole layouts are disappointingly repetitive. Especially #12, 13, and 14, which are all almost the same hole. There's an awesomely steep, wooded ridge to your right that could be used to vary the hole styles, but instead all three holes play along the side of the hill with downhill to your left, making it tough to stick your landings if you're a righty. You keep hoping for an uphill, downhill, or some type of diagonal valley cross, but instead all you get is more side-hill holes. Why not charge up and then down the slope, or cut across some of the gullies into the ridge? Wouldn't that be more fun? Seems like the designers didn't want to do much hiking or something...

- Though #9 is the most inviting ace run I've ever seen, the overall best hole is probably #2: a scenic, slightly downhill and fairly open shot through the woods where if you control your distance right you'll have a high chance for birdie.

- Yes there's a fairly long walk from the 15th basket to #16, but if you check out the map ahead of time and know what to expect, it won't bother you at all.

- Overall, not a stellar course, but there is nice variety between open and wooded holes, and a few intriguing shots for birdie or even an ace make it more than worth the time to swing by for a round if you're in the area.

Great for beginners. Good for a quick round of 18 holes. Great mix of elevation. Nice course sign along with concrete tee pads and tee signs on each hole.

A few of the holes seem like filler holes as they are just back and forth in an open field. Long uphill walk back to the parking lot from hole 18.

Persimmon Ridge Park DGC is a Kiwanis course located in Jonesborough,TN. This is not going to be the best course you have ever played, but you will have fun for sure. This course was originally put in as a 9 hole course but the addition of 9 more holes to make it a full 18 was implemented later. Adding the back 9 was a good move but a bad move at the same time. The reason I say this is because it's great that Jonesborough now has a full 18 hole course but it seems like some of the holes were just thrown in place in an open field to make it happen. It did add a new element to the course with longer open holes which the 9 hole layout didn't have, but I just hate seeing holes just go back and forth in an open field. To me, this just seems rushed and/or designed as filler holes. Some of the new holes I could live without while some of them are actually pretty fun. Over all, this is a pretty fun layout with a good mix of elevation. Have I played this course multiple times? Yes. Will I play this course again? Absolutely! It's a great course for a quick round, just don't expect a championship level course with this one. This course would also be great for beginners! If you want to see this course on video, check out my crew playing this course in the video below...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMj48IOhxHs

- Great hole variety. One must be able to drive well in the open in addition to weaving through trees.
- Easy to navigate. There is a course map at the start of the course and hole maps throughout.
- Baskets and most concrete tees are in very good condition.
- Allows for the use of almost every disc in your bag.
- For beginner players it is a fair challenge and experienced players will have fun with multiple birdie runs.
- At most times of the week the course is not crowded. Even though some holes may be fairly close together, you will more than likely be the only party there.

- Grass needs to be cut more frequently and foliage better maintained. Can be rather dense even slightly off the fairway.
- If you are an experienced player looking for a challenge in contrast to a light afternoon, this course may become boring.
- As aforementioned, in the off-chance that the course is crowded, you may have to be extremely weary of throwing near others or other groups.

From previous reviews read, I find that Kiwanis has improved and frankly come a long way recently. I still consider myself a beginner player, and this course certainly tested my abilities in all areas. In order to save par many tough putts had to be made. I enjoyed the variety of Kiwanis and played a fun round in just over an hour. I would undoubtedly recommend this course to players of all levels in the tri-cities.