-There's some creativity on the front nine. I liked the green for #2. It has two trees in front of the basket with two logs tied to the trees creating an "X". Makes a shorter hole a little more difficult and strongly encourages to find different ways to birdie rather than to throw a straight putter at the pin. #6 is a nice uphill open hole near an OB retention pond. The green is elevated on a small stack on cinder block.

-Holes #8 and #9 are both fun par fours. #8 was a pretty straightforward birdie since it almost plays straight. Throw low and safe and you'll probably have a good look for birdie. The shape of the fairway does allow you to throw a driver and gives a possible look for an eagle, but that would be incredibly risky. #9 to me is the best hole at Pisgah. It's a brilliant pro par four. A lot harder than #8 but still has a very logical line. Throw left to right and throw a nice right to left approach. An "S" shaped par four down a tight but wide enough trail.

-There's a kiosk right beside the first hole in the field. There's also a huge recycling bin next to the first hole.

-Concrete tees with tee signs that give hole info. The holes also include handicap numbers, with handicap 18 being voted as the easiest hole and handicap 1 being voted as the hardest. See cons below.

-Note: There are established handicaps, like there are on many golf courses. Where handicap 18 is the easiest, and handicap 1 is the hardest.

-I hope Pisgah Lutheran Church has a recovery group program because the person that established the handicaps might need it. I think they were on the devil's shrooms when they came up with the handicaps on some holes. I understand if they haven't been playing as long, and I would expect to disagree with some of their handicaps for each hole, because I mean all players are different with different abilities. But here's a breakdown. #1 is a simple hyzer in the field tucked into the woods. Handicap is 14. That seemed reasonable when I stepped to the pad. Easy hole. Probably thirteen holes harder than that. #2 is a short 210' foot par three. Basket is guarded by two trees with logs crossed in front of them. Handicap is number 10. Well, not sure that's right but I could maybe see their point of view. #12 is a 350+ par three down a tight wooded fairway. There's a tree in the middle of the fairway not far ahead of the tee pad. You'd think this would be handicap 4, or maybe 3 because you wouldn't expect more than maybe a few holes to be tougher. Wrong. I kid you not, hole #12 is handicap 15. This is a very tough pro par three with some incredibly dense woods on the left side. You're telling me that this hole is the fourth easiest hole on the course? Easier than #1? You've gotta be on something really bad here if you really think hole #12 is easier than #1. Go to rehab, an AA meeting, something.

-Some very aggravating holes. #4 is the worst hole on the course in my opinion. Bad sidearm hole, about 330' down a skinny trail that fades off into nothing but pachinko once you reach the landing zone. This is handicap 8 by the way. It should be handicap 1, maybe handicap 2. You should know now that the handicaps here are way off. I know different players have different skills to show, but there's no way this hole would ever be less than the fourth or fifth hardest hole. The line to get there is nil. #11 was a weird sharp af skip shot left to right. It's probably 100' to the landing zone and 190' from the landing zone to the basket. The last two holes were hardly any different. Two luckluster sidearm holes in the woods that break off to the right. #17 was basically #11 on steroids. Throw a 90' putter shot or wimpy sidearm, and throw a long 250+ approach. It was a par four, and fair by all means but doesn't mean it was fun.

-Some fairways cross one another and the course is crammed incredibly tightly when the fairways aren't crossing. I'll refer to it as a "tent course." Think about camping trips. When you leave, you're having the worst time of your life trying to put the tent back in the bag that it comes in. You try and try to squeeze it in and it's just downright impossible to put in back in the way it was. Then you give up, because well you have to go home eventually, and you throw it in the trunk without putting it back in the bag. They put in eighteen holes but some of the fairways cross and others are practically throwing directly back in the direction you threw from. #5 and #6 are both good holes in terms of quality, but they practically face each other. #7 is a big hyzer hole, so you have to throw a big hyzer well across #6's fairway to have a good shot on #7. There's some of that too on the back nine.

If a church group were to have a big event where a bunch of members play disc golf in different groups, that would be a serious test of patience because they'd have to constantly yield to one another. The fairways are in the way of others. With crossing fairways and others entirely too close, that also means that there's a greater chance of hitting someone.

Is there more? Oh yeah! There's always room for more!

-Yes there are concrete pads. But they are painted. Painted red, yellow, or blue. Why paint them? I played while it rained and they felt a little more slick due to the paint covering the concrete. Was the intention to make them look like Candyland spaces?

-The baskets aren't the best. They are shallow with smaller diameters. This is understandable, as budgets can be tight.

-The rough can be very messy in spots and incredibly hard to even pitch out of. I had some errant throws, and made plenty of bogeys, doubles, and a triple due to there not being opportunities to scramble. The others in Columbia have some rough areas that are hard to get out of, but they still allow you to scramble and possibly be able to save par. Pisgah does not forgive. And you will not forget.

-It's great to see a course with established handicaps for each hole. Opinions will vary. On a side note, I played here after the first round at the Southeast Open. Personally, I think #3 is the toughest hole at Southeast. But holes #11 and #17 played as the hardest holes at Southeast in the tournament. And that makes perfect sense. #11 at Southeast is a 600+ dogleg left that requires an approximate 300-325' straight drive to the landing zone in order to have any sort of a birdie look. The fairway is relatively wide for the first 300-325' and tightens a little. #17 at Southeast is a 744' par four. It's wooded for the first maybe 225'-250' and opens up. For me, it's a standard four. I've birdied it once before, but the other times I parred it. I thought #3 would be the hardest hole in the tournament since it is over 350' through a corridor and turns a bit right. If I would've had to establish the handicaps for every hole at Southeast, hole #3 would've been the number 1. Turns out I was wrong. Very possible. I think it's a very tough hole but most other players in the tournament had more trouble with a few different holes. There are going to be holes I consider to be the hardest from my sole point of view and the tournament statistics will often disagree with me because all players have there different strengths and weaknesses.

Opinions may vary on what is the easiest and what is the hardest. But here, they got it wrong so many times on the handicaps. A few seemed about right. #5 is an open downhill, shorter par four. Handicap was 17, meaning it's supposedly the second easiest hole. Handicap 18 was #14. It's a more open par three, but it's over 250' and a bit of an anhyzer. It's not necessarily tough, but definitely tougher than #5. There's no way #1 would EVER play harder than #12. Never. Not when turtles become track runners. Not when crocodiles become safe pets. Not when squirrels become opera singers. Never. Hole #9 is definitely a difficult hole, but should not be the number 1 handicap. #8 was listed as one of the hardest holes. I think it was handicap 3, but there's a countless number of ways to birdie. Some pros could eagle it. If I had one hundred tries, I think I'd have a few chances for an eagle on #8. There's no way its one of the hardest holes here.

-The land is very limited. Yes, I enjoyed several holes on the front nine and they are fun in terms of appearance. Even though they were too close to each other, I liked holes #5-7. Each of them had their own challenge. #8 and #9 to me are the highlights. Unfortunately, the rest of Pisgah is a total bummer. A couple other holes were decent, but I can only safely say I liked six of them. And they are all on the front nine. A few on the back have potential, but they still weren't particularly fun.

-Few fairways make Xs with them crossing. Guaranteed to bring plenty of woes to this course. Woe is me. And probably woe is you too if you play here.