Marvin Efird Park is a beautifully maintained park that plays host to this wonderful 9 hole beginner/pitch & putt course. The course has grass tees, and DISCatcher baskets. While more experienced players will likely be able to navigate the course with a single putter, the course features enough variety to stay interesting. There are straight ahead shots, dogleg shots, open holes, and wooded holes.

You get a scenic view of the pond/lake beyond Hole 2's basket when you're putting out. Due to the parking lot's location, I actually started on Hole 3, and I feel like this is actually the best way to play the course.

On my first visit, I played before the tee markers were put into the ground, but there were flags denoting where the tees were planned for (at least on most holes). So I played from a bit further back on some of the holes. There are now more permanent tee markers, but I also realized many of them were much closer to the baskets than I had anticipated.

For more experienced players, the course won't offer much outside of 9 chances at scoring an ace. Holes 1 & 2 are the only two holes that offer even a little bit of distance. And they are still both under 200 feet long. If there were space for long tees, I think the course would benefit from them. I played Hole 9 from about 60 feet further up the hill on Hole 9, which was a blast. I am not confident many holes have that much extra room though.

For a course designed so clearly with beginners in mind, I found the choice to put Hole 2's basket so close to the water to be somewhat odd. A bad kick off the trees and a disc could end up rolling/flying in the water. Would be discouraging for beginners.

A few of the holes almost feel like miniature versions of holes you might find on a larger course. Hole 7 had a tree right in the middle of the fairway. If the hole was longer and wider, it wouldn't really have stood out, but on such a short & narrow hole it didn't feel necessary other than to frustrate new players.

I thought Marvin Efird was a beautiful course, and think it is an excellent place for beginners to learn the sport. It's the sort of course that helps grow the sport. For now I am going to give it a 1.0 rating because it just doesn't offer enough for anyone other than absolute beginners. I do believe the course will serve that niche really well. If there were maybe two to four more holes in the 190 ft to 225 ft range the course would probably deserve a slightly higher rating.

Favorite Hole: 9

A brand new course that could rapidly become unplayable without work.

The park is small and tight, and the start of the disc golf course is not immediately obvious, as you see baskets from the conclusion of the course driving in. Once you find the start, you'll be going through a couple of clearings and some small stands of trees on this short round.

Marvin Efird has nine new DISCatchers, and arrows marking the way to the next tee-off spot. Tee signs with number and distance were going in as I played.

The advantages of this course are that it's short and it's aceable. Starting on (3), it's basically a par-2 course with very short holes that beg you to go for it. The park is well cared for, so you won't lose discs in tall grass or get lost.

There's also a decent attempt at variety. Some holes are basically open with perhaps a slight finish, others are tightly wooded, and some are in between with a guarded basket. The best hole of the course is (9), a downhill and touchy tunnel shot.

Quite a few things are missing. There are no tees (just the signs), no course map, and no indication of correct parking.

The lines are suspect on occasion. This is especially true of (5)-(7), which don't really have viable air shots between tee and basket. Hole (2) also seems sketchy, especially with water in reach of a particularly bad ricochet.

It's also a really short course. These are ace runs, but they aren't particularly interesting ones. It's more like they used up the remaining space at a park however they could. This is also the case when you consider how piecemeal the course is. Two holes here, three here, one there…and working around park roads and a playground between holes.

Marvin Efird is a tiny course with very little besides baskets and basic signs. I've seen worse, but most are better. On the whole, without improving lines, flow, or beauty, it fits squarely in the Poor category.