Saddlers Creek is a short, decent layout. With only six baskets in place as of March '20, this will be a nice 9-holer once all baskets are installed.
- The absolute, no-doubt best thing about this course is its location. You're on the banks of Lake Hartwell. Teeing off just after sunrise, it was a serene, peaceful moment only to be broken by the sound of a disc smacking off a tree.
- This is your standard (soon-to-be) 9-hole course. Of the six holes in the ground, none was longer than 250 feet. The holes ranged from wide open (#1) to tight gaps (#4 & 6).
- #4 is a fun, ace-race hole. It's a straight ahead, 142-foot layout that crosses over a path. If you want to record yourself bagging an ace, this is a great hole for that.
- If there is regular course upkeep, this will be a good family friendly, beginner friendly layout. If the fairways and rough get overgrown, then playing a month after its debut may be the pinnacle of the course's viability.
- Course can be played with only a disc or two. The course features three straight shots, two slight dogleg lefts, and one dogleg right. Reminder: I played when only six baskets were in the ground.
- #6 is a fun, tight, downhill shot. Easily the toughest hole on the course I played. It's the narrowest fairway and was the only hole that penalized a bad shot. There was also a large fallen tree right behind the basket so that when my disc sailed 20 feet past, I had to duck under larger branches to retrieve it.
- There is so much more this park has to offer that disc golf is only a small part of it. In the same parking lot is a playground, picnic benches, and trails. And that's just one small part of the entire park. There are also campgrounds in case camping next to a lake appeals to the outdoorsman.

Only having six baskets available when the locals state it's a 9-hole course is always a letdown. Also, having the volunteers not give accurate directions to the course is a bummer too.
- Signage should be better. The tee markers are small stakes in the ground with numbers on them. I had to backtrack twice, finding the basket first then walking around until I saw the markers. A simple map on the kiosk would be nice.
- I'm not sure if all the hole distances are accurate. I base that on two pieces of evidence. On #1, my shot came up a good 40 - 50 feet shorter than I expected. Me thinks the hole was longer than listed. Secondly, the (currently) non-existent holes #7-9 already have hole distances listed. Hard to have that nailed into place beforehand.
- Natural tee pads: although, hole #3 & 4 are thrown from the walking paths.
- Not a lot of variety. Holes all range between 142 and 236 feet. The doglegs are relatively mild. If you throw dead straight, you're still within solid putting range.

Saddlers Creek is your run of the mill, 9-hole course. Solidly pleasant, but nothing you haven't seen at every other 9-hole course.
- This is the type of course you play while you have the rest of the family is at the playground. You can knock out a round in an easy 20 - 25 minutes.
- As temperatures warm up, I suspect certain wildlife may be more prevalent. In early Spring, there was no wildlife nor leaves on the trees. The best of both situations.
- Holes #1 - 3 didn't have a lot of thought or effort put into their designs. They really are a basic and non-descript as one will see on a course. On this trip, I played 150 unique holes, 10 courses, and 3 states in 30 hours. Holes #1 - 3 all were in the 10 worst I played.
- That said, holes #4 - 6 were better. Each of those would be solid holes if there were each extended another 75 feet. As such, I'm curious to see if #7 - 9 would continue the course's uptick.
- Put it this way, I'd be very happy to be a regular at this course if that means I'm spending a lot of time on the lake. For everyone else, it's a stat-padding course.