Most baskets are well protected by trees, so shot shaping comes into play. There are a few (usually dry) creek beds that come into play on a couple holes. Course is not ridiculously littered with random trees, unlike 'Crooked Creek' park in Chapin, SC. Professionals are likely to stay away because they love long holes that keep mid level players out of their league - this course gives amateurs with experience here a fair chance at success. Course is not usually crowded. There is shade on most holes, so you can play in the summer and not get scorched. There are restrooms and a water fountain near the ballfields. There is a football field if you want to practice long throws.

Pros will give Seven Oaks a bad review because they won't get the free advantage of drive length, aside from Hole 5. Pros will knock Seven Oaks as some sort of an 'ace' course, and I read someone above write that it is "as easy as they come" (but I can guarantee you they will rarely ace ANY holes even over the course of dozens of games, as the holes are moderately protected, for the most part). Course can become very muddy in places after rainfall, but drains rather well by the day after. This park attracts walkers, and there is a path running through and around it, so you have to be mindful before you throw. Some people set up outfield chairs too close to the course during baseball season, so watch out!

Pros should stay away from here because they are likely to get their heads handed to them by 'lesser' players who know what they are doing, such as me. I hate to see them get embarrassed like that. If you have accuracy and can putt well, you can score well here - if you bother to have respect for the course and actually learn the holes. Your mega blockbuster super sweet jam up driver disc isn't gonna give you the automatic win here, you're actually going to have to earn it. And to the guy who says he has to use a putter on 8/9 holes - I can guarantee you'd lose to me five times in row with that kind of disrespect - and I'm a self-taught complete amateur.

Seven Oaks features nine holes of very short, moderately wooded golf. The park is multiuse but the disc golf course stays away from all the other park activities, minus a sidewalk that could come into play on a few holes.

The course is nicely designed for beginners and those wanting short game practice or just leisurely ace running some holes. The flow of the course is about as easy as you'll ever find. All holes are visable from one another. The only exception is hole 8 which is just across the bridge. It won't take more than 15, maybe 20, minutes to play a round here.

There are a few trees in play on every hole. Makes you have to think a little at least. But honestly this course is as easy as they come. No elevation to speak of but that's fine for a beginner level course such as this.

The baskets are Discatchers which are in good condition and catch fine. Concrete tee pads on each hole as well. Not the biggest by any means, but perfectly serviceable for the lengths you'll encounter out here.

The tee signs have all the basic info needed. Ad mentioned above, you can see almost every other hole from the prior one anyway. The signs have a basic hole map, hole #, par and distance. So very nice amenities for such a small course.

The course is permanent and free to play. Probably not the busiest place either.

The walk from the parking lot and back will take damn near as long as it will to actually play the course. I kid obviously, but the course starts on the north side of the playground you see when leaving the parking lot.

Pretty redundant course. No holes really stick out. Hole 8 across the bridge was probably the "signature" hole. That or hole 5 which is by far the longest hole on the course.

The walking path that runs through the course can come into play a few times. If you pay attention and play smart it shouldn't be an issue. Not everyone pays attention or plays smart though.

The course can be a bit swampy in places after it rains. Nothing too bad, but worth noting after the rains the couple days before we played it.

The course is what it is. Not worth any type of effort to go out of your way for obviously. But also worth a visit if you're anywhere nearby. For a course bagger like myself this type of course is always a welcome site.

Decent little warm up course if you're headed to any of the other bigger courses in the area. Good amenities, clean park. I'd play it quite a bit if I lived nearby tbh. I'd have a lot more aces than I currently do too.

A petite course through sparse trees.

-Amenities: Among the better thought out for courses this tiny that I've played. Concrete tees, DISCatchers, tee signs with map, par, and distance.

-Environment: Not all-star, but solid for a tiny course. Holes play among large, spaced-out trees. A tiny, dry creek bed comes into play several times and could be used as a hazard area to make holes more interesting.

-Beginner-Friendly: Holes are mostly in the 100'-200' range without any needle lines. It's birdieable for newer players, and aceable for experienced ones. It feels like a par-2 course.

-Flow: With one exception, holes flow nicely and (9) ends near the start of (1).

-Shot Shaping/Gameplay: Moderately interesting for the length. Many holes have a straight line drive option with fading shots open as well, but you do have to choose a route or you're subject to tree smackdowns. Hole (5) is the open "bomb" at over 300', though by the time you get to there it feels difficult to get your whole body into a drive. The closing holes are the most interesting, an uphill shot with low ceiling and a longer, tighter finisher with a creek bed long of the basket.

-Marshy: When I played a couple days after a rain, the ground was wet and swampy almost throughout the course. It was a major nuisance that got my shoes, bag, and discs wet.

-Scope: I can't complain about this course otherwise, so I'll just note that it's a pretty small course. It's fun but will barely even get you warmed up.

Seven Oaks is a nice little spot. Holes feel like par-2s, but aren't just open putts as some tiny courses tend towards. The marshiness is a major detractor, but not quite enough to lose it a spot among the Reasonable.

Parking behind the building at Seven Oaks Park , and overlooking the ball fields , the course is on the Right side of the fields and down the hill . The 9 hole course sits in a multi use park with plenty of parking , and a nice bathroom in between the ball fields .
The Equipment - The course has cement tee pads , and good tee signs for each hole . There are alternate tees , but they are natural . The baskets are yellow banded Discatchers . There is a nice chill area in the park with benches after your round .
The landscape - The course is park-style all the way . It is parking lot flat except for the basket that sits on a small hill on #8 . 8 holes of the course are confined to maybe a couple of acres of land with a few trees on it as obstacles There is a small ditch in front of the basket on #7 and #8 is isolated over a bridge on your left .
Course Appearance/Atmosphere - The course is average in appearance , sharing close space with the nearby ball fields . The large trees to provide shade for at least half of the course . The atmosphere here is that disc golf is secondary to everything else , including the walkers that use the trail that surrounds and also cuts through the course .
Highlights - Nothing to speak of . Most holes from the cement tees are ace runs except for maybe 5 , a right to left 275' with no clear look at the basket ( trees and their canopies line up between you and the hole ., and #6 a straight shot 267' with a little gully in front of the basket .
Time - I played this course in about 25 minutes . A group of 4 will get through in less than an hour .
Disc Risk - minimal . Unless you griplock a midrange short drive on #8 ( 192' ) and end up in a small stream , or throw an awful fade on 6 , you will come home with the same amount of discs that you left with .
The course is secondary to the park , but there was a group and a single playing when I was there .
It's fast and fun if you have an hour to spend . It's also good practice if your son or daughter is riding the bench during the ball game nearby and you are tired of waiting for them to be substituted in .

#1 Safety - There is a cement walking trail that runs around and through the course . add that into the energetic little or older brother and sisters of ball game parents and couples spreading a blanket near a fairway , and you have a smorgasbord of new obstacles on the course to come close to hitting . Just kidding . Skip a hole if you have to and double up on hole 8 or 9 .
#2 Navigation is easy , except for #8 , which is over a bridge on the left of and after the basket on #7 . A Next Tee sign would help the non local people find this hole . Print a map if just for finding 8 .
#3 Challenge - If you have grown up into your body , and/or have plenty of rounds of disc golf played , you are either going to be seeing how far under par you can go , or try for aces . This is a beginner friendly course .
#4 Landlocked - I wasn't sure if there were long tees or not . I saw something that looked like it could be a natural spot or 2 . I don't know if the course could expand to make a more challenging layout , or add holes . Maybe that's not what the park had in mind . I give course designer Alan Kane credit for squeezing 9 beginner holes into such a small spot and still make it appealing to the locals .

Even with the supposed dual pins per hole , the message is clear ; This course is designed with kids or beginners in mind . It's short , it's flat , and there is little risk of losing your only disc , or spending a lot of time looking for it . Read the description on the face page of DGR and it will tell you that .
I can see where this course would be fun to jack around and play with your high school buddies while talking about girls or parties . I have to admit that I liked the course okay , too . 7 Oaks has just enough going for it to make it worth a drive .
My Recommendation - This course is near perfect to introduce the game to the curious , newbies to get their bearings straight , a fun date or family outing . It is good enough for locals to drop down and grab a quick after dinner round , or a parent to try to goad his child into throwing a few holes after their ball game . Intermediates on up might entertain themselves if they can find some longer tees , or make up their own course . A great leg stretcher for the traveler , since it is 5 minutes off the exit , and appealing to the Course Collector for the same reason + 5 other courses within 10 miles of here .
I wouldn't go out of my way to play here , but if you have 40 minutes to kill and you are on I-26 ,,,,,,,

Aside from a lack of any really long holes, this course has a good selection of holes. It's really good practice for your short game. Everything is under 200ft, aside from hole 5.
All the tees are concrete and everything is well maintained.
Great for a quick game after work or school.

It's only 9 holes, not very technical, and all but one hole is under 200ft.

Can easily play the whole course in less than 30 minutes.

-Concrete tee boxes
-Tee signs on every hole
-Nice shade
-Bathrooms at the baseball field.

-VERY short
-Putters are all you use
-Not much in the way of technicality,

Played this course while in town over the holiday. I asked locals for recommendations since I only had 5 discs, and I did not want a stupid hard course. This is what was offered.

Boy were they right. This was not hard AT ALL. VERY short holes on every tee with little to no obstruction. This was more of an approach practice course at best. I was close on 4 ace runs and I am glad I did not hit because I would have felt guilty counting these as ace runs.

Listen, I know a course like this is needed for beginners and kids, but that is it. If I ever go back, it will be because I am teaching someone the game, or taking a kid to play.

If you are better than a middle of the pack recreation level player, you should not be on this course. Especially if the only reason you are there is to hit aces. But, if all you care about is to be able to brag about how many aces you have, then go for it.

Everything you would want for a course is there, except length and difficulty. For that, the course gets 1.5.

3/15/21 Update:
Out of the 66 courses I have reviewed, this is where this course ranks along with similarly rated courses:
Rank-Course, Location
51-Pauls Valley Flightline DGC, Pauls Valley, OK
52-Michelin DGC, Spartanburg, SC
53-Holmes Park, Greenville, SC
54-Seven Oaks DGC, Columbia, SC
55-Margaret Hunter Park-Newberry, SC
56-Black Mountain YMCA, Black Mountain, NC
57-Furman DGC, Greenville, SC
58-Easley High School, Easley, SC
59-Noble E. Young DGC, Tyler, TX
60-Simpsonville City Park DGC, Simpsonville, SC

*Basket are in great shape
*Navigation is very easy with great signage
*Ace Race for most players and great for beginners
*Up-Keep has been nicely done
*Great use of small amount of land with good exposure for our sport.

*Very short holes can be too easy for better players
*Not much variety of distances or wooded holes

I really enjoyed this course, overall if your in the area, I would highly recommend this course. Even if it's just to boost your ace and birdie scores. Fast, Fun and family friendly.

Quick easy round in a multi-use park, PERFECT for the kids or beginners.
Nice baskets, concrete tee pads (barely needed), tee signs with hole layout, even though they all could have just said, "the basket in front of you".
Located between other uses in this park.

A couple of spots on the later holes where shots could end up in the weeds or stream.
Not much challenge for more experienced players.

Don't get me wrong, this course is GREAT for what it is designed, a short, beginner-friendly course. Situated on the back side of the park, behind the ballfield, next to the soccer fields and the walking path.
Perfect to take the younger kids to while the siblings are playing their sport, or Dad to get in a practice round during the kid's practice, or some family physical activity after the family picnic. I am fine with this type of course existing, it opens our sport to new players.
Not really a challenge for even intermediate players, as it was a birdie fest for me! As I was leaving, I passed a guy pushing his son in the stroller, I mentioned that the park should be called Squirrel Oaks, since I saw so many tree rats there. He reached down in the bottom part of the stroller, pulled out some plastic and wanted to know if I wanted to see the long, challenging course. Seems he's laid out a longer course, for these days he has baby duty.

Layout - Seven Oaks is primarily a park style course designed for beginners, youth and families.

Most of the holes are on the shorter side of 200' and feels more like shooting upshots than teeing off. There is one longer hole sitting at 275'. Plenty of Ace runs.

Primarily most of the obstacles (if they hole has them) come right off the tee or by the basket. It forces you to choose a hyzer/anny approach without having many fairway defining trees.

I played with my 7yo son and I think this is a really good course for youth to play on. I could tell he was having to make that decision on how to come in to the green. The holes are just the right length for him to get a deuce if he plays it right.

Equipment - Concrete pads and the baskets are in good shape. Tee signs list the distance.

Atmosphere - The course is in a nice area of the park, a good bit of it is shaded by larger sparse trees. If the holes weren't so short it would seem crammed in but it works well for what they were going for. The area is clean and well maintained so it's a solid place to bring the kids and teach them the game.

My son loved Hole 8 because you cross a short bridge over a creek to play it. It felt like a secret area to him.

Layout - If you have any bit of experience playing disc golf and and you're not under 10 years old this is probably not the course for you. The holes are all short and you are pretty much guaranteed a putt on every hole.

Half of the holes are fairly wide open with no obstacles.

Equipment - Maybe something near the parking area pointing towards the course. It's not far but we did have to stop and think about it for a second.

Atmosphere - This is a multi use park and I can see people possibly being ignorant to the course and hanging out under the shady trees. It was going on when we were there.

This is where we watched the great eclipse of 2017. I actually didn't know there was a course there until we got there. There was a gathering of folk who set up shop on Hole 9 so we had to improvise that one from a temp tee. Sweet little course and I'll honestly never forget that round due to the eclipse.

I'm not giving it a 1.5 because I think it's bad. I just think that's the ceiling for a course such as this. It's actually one of the better courses I've seen which targets youth/families.

*Great signage with 9 concrete tee pads.
*9 Innova Discatcher baskets in good shape.
*Great beginner course for new or younger players.
*Easy to navigate signing at every hole, with well cut greens.
*Playground and other attractions nearby for smaller kids.
*Small distance holes allow a great course for ACE races for more experience players.

*Very short holes for more advanced players
*Very little buffer zones between holes.
*Holes can become repetitive quickly with similar distances and basket placement.

The pros outweigh the cons at the course for me personally. I enjoy challenging courses, however found this course great for my younger kids and for weaker players. The entire recreation complex is in great shape with good amenties and easy to navigate holes. A must play if in the area!

clean family oriented very easy to navigate clear view of basket not crowded well lit in pm playground on site for the kiddies as well as restrooms

not challenging for advanced players

amatures delight

This course was a lot of fun. I really enjoyed the short holes.

Baskets were awesome.

The grounds of the park were clean.

This is an excellent course for those looking to teach new players, especially kids.

I was there with an adult friend who has just started. It was great to be able to give him some pointers without the fear of a hard hole on the horizon.

Concrete tees were great.

I see so much potential in this course. Dual tees would add some length and technicality here. I know this is not necessarily what the course was designed for, but there is plenty of angles and length to make this a real gem.

Alan Kane is a super great ambassador to this sport. Columbia is fortunate to have him.

I saw some great second tee looks here. Especially hole 8 potentially over the creek and hole 9 back over the creek. With minimal clearing here and just some angle adjustments on other holes, 18 tees could be a real possibility.

Concrete pads on each hole and great layout for beginner to learn and for experienced players to practice as well as a beautiful setting. Perfect place to learn and practice upshots and the tees and pads are not on top of each other like I have seen at other beginner courses. Signage is very nice as well. By far the best beginner course I have ever played!

Nothing major other than the 275' hole is a little long for beginners.

Alan Kane is becoming one of my favorite designers after playing this and Carolina Adventure! I look forward to his next course!

Very family friendly and if you have a small child still in a stroller, then this is one for you. Very nice practice for upshots for more experienced players. some baskets are very well guarded and it is a great place to learn the game!!! Brand new with brand new baskets!

Very Short, no long drives at all. 275' was the longest. No concrete tess yet but I heard they are coming.

Start a kids league here!!!

Seven Oaks is the essence of a beginner friendly course. Plenty of chances for birdies and aces.
- Nice variety between long and short tees. Long tees present some tight layouts (#7 - 9), longer holes (#5) and different looks from the shorts. At least you'll have to somewhat work to get your birdies from the longer layout.
- Easy course to play in short amount of time. Could easily play short layout in 15 minutes with one or two discs. It'd be even quicker if tees were better marked - see comment in cons.
- Great overall park - large rec center, great ball fields, walking path, playground. You can easily distract the rest of the family long enough to squeeze in 9 or 18 holes.
- Nice, detailed map. Without the map, it'd be a struggling find some tees.

Course offers very little challenge. Too many holes are too straight, too short or offer little to no obstacle. Eight on the 9 short holes are under 200 feet. Whereas one may see a great beginner course, others will see a course that's not going to be fun/challenging for advanced players.
- Many holes/layouts play over walking paths. The only real risk is playing from #8 long, where you're throwing a partially blind tee shot.
- Too many holes are poorly marked. I couldn't find a tee area for #1 on shorts - other short holes are marked by a temporary tee sign. Long tees are marked by spray painted markers. I could only find 6 of the 9 long layouts (couldn't find #1, 2 & 5), and even of those, I wasn't sure if 3 of those were actually the tee (#2, 8 &9). Some markers/tees could be better marked than just being spray painted dirt/grass, which (obviously) quickly fades away.
- Holes are very close together. If this course gets crowded, it could present real issues.

Seven Oaks is clearly aimed at beginners. Whereas that's a good thing for beginners, a good, high-rated course it does not make.
- The biggest thing going against Seven Oaks is its absolute lack of space. They should be given credit for somehow squeezing 9 holes (with dual layouts nonetheless) into this small piece of land.
- There were two fun hole layouts - #8 & 9 in the longs. That's assuming the spray paint I saw was indeed the tees, and not something else. On #8, you have to shoot through a gap in the trees, over the small creek to the basket. If you throw straight, it's not a difficult hole. #9 tees off in the woods, right behind the same creek. Once you get out of the woods, the fairway is wide open. Part of the challenge was just getting to the tee.
- Needless to say, this course is nowhere near the ratings others have given it. Courses need to be rated against each other, not in a vacuum. And my ranking reflects that.
- I'm giving this course a 2.0, based on the long layout. The short/beginner-friendly layout would get a lower mark, but I'm not going to include that in the overall rating.
- Unless, you're a local, this course probably isn't worth a trip out of the way to play. With a lack of space, I don't know how much better this course can get.

The biggest Kudo for this course - it's for the kids! 8 out 9 holes are short enough that most kids should be able to get a 3 on it, with a few birdies on really well thrown shots. Hole 5 is long that had me dropping my putter (that's all adults need) and grabbing a well-worn Roc.

And more Kudo's to guys who came up with the course (and you know who you are!). I thought the basket placement was superb - some tricky enough to make you think about your shot, but not so hard to discourage the kids.

This is very nit-picky since this is a brand spanking new course, but the paint for the tee-boxes as gone, and the tee signs (temporary as they are) were missing on some holes. When these are addressed I will find no 'cons' when reviewed as a kids course.

Kids, and novice players of all types will LOVE to play this course as they learn this ADDICTIVE game!

My wife and I went there today, and this is an excellent course for kids to beginner level disc golfers. Several of the holes encourage new players to try different routes to encourage different shots. Hole 5, the "bomber hole" on the course, is well placed to allow a longer hyzer shot or a gentle turnover anhyzer shot for a RHBH player. My wife, who is new to disc golf, really like the course. The course is currently marked with spray paint, but the designer told me that concrete tee pads have already been donated. He also said that he intends to place a second set of concrete post marked pads for a second set of nine holes on the original layout to create 18 holes. The course is tucked away behind the ball fields, and it is almost completely shaded, while still allowing a gentle breeze because there is so little "trash foliage" like vines and bushes. Each basket is visible from the proposed tee box. We especially like hole 8, which is across the bridge, because of the elevation change and the rough being so near the back edge of the basket to make drive placement a little more challenging.

These cons are only present because the course is still a work in progress as mentioned above:
-the tee pads are only marked via spray paint
-there is no directional signage as of yet, but I'm sure it's coming too

The course is on the short side (holes max out at about 230 ft), but this is NOT a con because the course does an excellent job of being what the designer planned it to be--a beginner friendly course to help new players learn to throw different shots accurately. I think experienced players might also enjoy taking just a putter out and trying to go nine down, which might be more difficult than you'd think. Either way, the course made excellent use of a moderately used portion of the park. If you played quick golf, you could play 9 holes in about 20 minutes. And who knows, maybe we see a Cola native break the number of holes played in a 24 hour period!?!?