I like the hole design on at least 14 of the holes. Stay on the fairways or run out of ink counting strokes (is that a thing?). I have played over 50 rounds so I think I have a good feel for the course, at least from the perspective of a sub-900 golfer with a noodle arm, but I play a lot with a strong armed kid, so I've seen what's possible.
1 is a fine starting hole to get you rolling. Even I'm thinking starting with a 2 is realistic.
2 is a typical, if not typical shorter obstructed par 3. Tight off the tee and the log "X" about 20ft short of the basket. Again, I want a 2 on this one.
3 is a great hole. Bending right, soft curve left, hard left to the basket. Get your drive around the corner in the fairway, and a 3 is possible. Even I've managed a few birdies on this one.
4 was recently re-designed to make a tighter right turn. Some trees were removed to make it possible to get to the basket if you have the right throw. I've seen 2 birdies, and had a couple of decent looks myself.
5 is now shorter than original and it's a pretty soft par 4. Eagle is possible for bigger arms.
6 is a tough 3 for my weak arm, a little uphill. But if I can get a clean drive I should get the 3.
7 is a nice shorter hole with options. Down the gap with a left finish, or big wide hyzer into the woods.
8 is one of the best, again maybe a bit of a weak par 4. Any drive up the middle that stays in the fairway should net you a 3. Again, eagle is possible.
9 might be the best and the signature hole. Bummer that one of the overhanging limbs fell down, but still a great hole. Hit a tight gap, shape an upshot for the birdie look. Miss the gap.... enjoy your bogey.
10 is a great hole if you can bend a drive right. Birdies could be highlights to your round, just have to throw the exact right shot.
11 is a placement off the tee, then are you willing to rip one down the "fairway" 150 feet for the 2 or are you laying up for the par? It would take a throw in for a birdie, unless.... you take the wide gap that doesn't exist. I've seen one circles-edge look at the two taking that unintended route.
12 is another gentle RHBH hyzer that can result in a decent look at the 2 if you have the arm and miss the few fairway trees.
13 is a great hole. Double mando, left finish. Easy 3 as long as you make the mando (I've seen basket hits off the tee, so think ace?).
14 is a sweet gentle right bending hole. Pretty open fairway, and even noodle arms are thinking birdie.
15 is now a mando, down the gap tunnel shot. Used to be you could go big left to right bomber shot, but smartly that shot has been taken away since errant drives had a chance to impact people on holes 5, 6 and 7! I've seen it, I know. I had a long look at eagle once, so if you can hit the gap with the right shape, 3 is right there for the taking. Again, as is common for the course, if you get off the fairway, start counting strokes.
16 is another right turning hole. This one turns right, then right, then right. It's a par 4, 3 is possible... again... if you can shape shots. Right turning shots.
17 is another placement shot off the tee, then 90 degree right turn. Like 11. Tight off the tee, mando corner, place it well and a nice shot down the fairway has you looking at 3.
18 is... surprise!... a right turning hole! Once again, like hole 3, if you make the first corner in the fairway, a 3 is possible. This one just finishes straight instead of left.

April 2024 UPDATE: Hole 5 is now a 120 foot pitch, and hole 6 is now shorter and downhill (old hole 5 from a much shorter tee). Drops the par rating by 1 stroke, but makes 5 a must get birdie, so really it drops the overall expected score by 2 strokes. But the change solves the parallel 5/6 fairway problem and apparently solves the problem of people throwing into the neighbor's yards (not sure how that was happening, but I guess it was an issue).

All the cons have already been mentioned, so no need to re-hash any of that. Although I don't necessarily disagree with the cons I also don't think they are all as bad as portrayed. For instance, yes, 5 and 6 fairways are parallel and there's not much room, but they are basically wide open so a minimum of adjustments are needed even when there are groups on both holes. One new con might be that since 4 has been re-designed, the baskets for 4 and 12 are now about 20 feet apart.

Bottom line, after playing a lot, and a times with many other groups on the course creating some traffic, I've found that overall the course is a plus to play, and cons can be mostly overlooked.

As for the cons, I think there's a way to eliminate them with flow change, a few re-designed holes and a few moved teepads and pins. So here's my unsolicited and likely unwanted idea.

Basically, 11 and 12 are both played backwards, 17's tee is moved to about where the current landing zone is, and 16 is played shorter. Then play it this way: 1,4,13,14,5,6,7,8,9,11 (backwards),15,16,10,17 (new tee),18,12 (backwards),2,3.

No more crossing fairways. No more walking across fairways. You finish on a great hole, no longer in the middle or the course. Granted you would lose 2 par 4 holes (16 and 17 become 3's) but you also eliminate the two very short placement tee shots on 11 and 17, and the now close proximity of the baskets of 4 and 12. It's totally possible to stretch two of the other holes to make up the 2 lost strokes. Personally I like par 4's.

The biggest 'PRO' for this course is that it IS a course. Here in the dead-zone of disc golf in the midlands of SC, there's not many choices. So we were estatic to get a new course, any course whatsoever in the Columbia, SC metro area. After playing I was equally joyous, dismayed, confused, excited and depressed - all at the same time. Pisgah Park has got to be one of the stangest layouts of any course I've ever played. And with 11 years and 150+ courses under my belt - coastal, mountain, wooded, open etc.- I feel rather qualified in making that statement!

Another good title for this post would have been WTF Park. I mean, what freakin' course in the world do you CROSS hole# 3 to play hole# 2? Hole #10 crosses over Hole#16? To get to #12 you cross over #10, #17 & # 18 (which ends in the middle of the course!). Lastly, hole #17 crosses over #12 and#18!! I know, you're like 'Whaaaaat?" Yeah, exactly...weird, weird weird. The best description I can give you is this: draw and cut-out 18 fairways, put them in your hands, shake aggressively, throw in the air, then let them fall. How they land is how you play!

That's not to say, this course isn't an absolutely bizarrely blast to play. It's almost like golf on acid (though I've never tried it, just thought it to be an apt description). You have amazingly tight holes, wide-ass open bomber holes, up-hill, down-hill, cross-hill...only thing missing is an underground shot.

Back to Lefty's Revenge...this course has 13 holes where righties have to either throw a forehand, turnover or anhyzer shot off the tee. Lots and lots of long right-turning shots. Too be honest, many of these lefty shots are S-turns. Lefty off the tee, righty on your approach. And only 4 holes where you don't have trees or tight fairways to deal with.

Here's a breakdown of holes...

#1 - It's okay, long flat shot across a field, ending in a sharp hyzer to a basket in the woods.

#2 - (after crossing over #3) is a soft anhyzer shot from a small tunnel to a basket about 225' away. Sounds simple, but they put a ginormous 'X' of trees in front of the basket that deflects shots away. Sigh.

#3 - A super hole! Very tight S-turn on a narrow, pine-tree lined fairway. Tough par 4, have yet to see a 3 on it. Lots of 4's & 6's

#4 - 150' laser beam straight, 90-degree right, 90-degree left...and tight. OB long on he drive

#5 - Grab your long range bomber! About 500' slightly down hill on a wide open field with a few trees to navigate

#6 - Reverse of 5...raised basket almost at the #5 tee

#7 - Kareem Abdul Jabar RHBH hook shot! SUPER sharp, 275' drive around the trees to a basket in woods. Throw it HIGH and TIGHT for a shot at a 2

#8 - Perfect, long, narrow, wooded sidewinder shot of 400'

#9 - This hole, with some tweaking, could be close to epic. More of a pitch off the tee to the fairway that runs under a series of oak tree limbs (12' diameter) that extend over the fairway. Gotta go under/over the limbs to have a hyzer shot at the basket

#10 - Another long, turnover, hyzerflip, Anhyzer drivers from RHBH

#11 - SHARP, short forehand, Hyzerflip, Anhyzer drive

#12 - Really nice hole...long, tight, right-turning, hill climbing
shot

#13 - **My Favorite** - Double mando, 275', left-turning shot that drops out of sight. Flat, hard shot with eagle/tee bird etc puts you on the basket

#14 - yet ANOTHER forehand, Hyzerflip, Anhyzer drive of a bit over 300'. I did chain out once on an ACE, so like this hole too ;-)

#15 - BIG forehand, Hyzerflip, Anhyzer drive (plays beside Hole 5)...500+' HIGH ANHYZER shot with woods playing all the way down the hill

#16 - Forehand, Hyzerflip, Anhyzer drive...you should be good with these by now ;-)

#17 - Pesonally, the way it is set up is top 5 WORST holes in golf. Double mando, 50' toss to landing zone. From there forehand, Hyzerflip, Anhyzer drive to the basket. Move the basket more inline with the basket and it would be a long, soon anhyzer shot. As it is...it sucks.

#18 - Forehand, Hyzerflip, Anhyzer drive yada yada yada

Lots to list...crossing, recrossing and re-recrossing fairways are a few of the issues. Sometimes you can see multiple baskets from the tees and have to know which ones to throw to. The designer did help some by painting some baskets blue, some yellow etc.

Tee pads are really short

Navigation is... {{{shudder}}} print a map or you might never be seen again

Repetitive shots

Large groups playing at the same time would have to stand back-to-back to avoid being hit by errant shots

Yes, I just bashed this course, it has many flaws, but...if you play it a lot, your tight-game will become very good. Some of the fairways are crazy tight and you MUST hit your lines. If you keep your shots in the middle of the links, you should shoot a few down. Get off the fairway and you are in bogey city.

Not a beginner course by any stretch of the imagination. Major challenge for experienced players.

Lastly...major Kudos to the guy who put it in. Not so much for the overlapping fairways, but because he put in his time and effort and was mostly a new player. Despite the flaws, Pisgah Park is a ton of fun, aggravating at times, but well worth the trip.

I enjoyed that most walk paths are designed with natural limbs making the path easier to follow.
I played during the day but it appears you can play at night due to the lights that appeared over the path ways,
It's a technical course for sure but overall very fun.
No water that I could find, I believe beginners would enjoy this course.
You distance throwers there's a few long distance maybe par 4 shots at best. I believe hole 5, 7, and 9 were good distance,
The owner wasted no time installing a bunch of "watch for flying disc signage."

No overall course map. Maps are provided at each tee box but they're held on by push pins and some are missing.
The pathways intertwine to the point you have to look both ways or a disc will hit you. No benches at any tee locations. No trash cans at any Tee locations.

I did post a picture of hole 17 map, if anyone makes a hole in one, I'll pay you a $100 but I will require proof. I would like to see a more permanent signage posted for each shot. I hate being the first one to leave a comment because I don't write a book like other's I just tell it like I see it.