Trees on every hole, lots and lots of trees. Very few fairways are wider than 10-20 feet wide. They almost all have trees in the middle at some point. Shaping shots is a must.

Can be frustrating when having an off day and not beginner friendly.

- Concrete Tee boxes
- Tee signs are clear and easy to understand (Missing one on 4)
- Baskets are in great condition
- Tight fairways
- Lots of risk reward shots, including a major one on hole

- Tee boxes face the wrong direction (Not that big of a deal)
- Hole 8 is dumb... Long horseshoe par 5. I played twice and the first time I went all the way around for par, the next time I threw it over the trees and landed a few feet from the hole for a double eagle.
- Tough to find errant shots

Overall a fun course. I like the heavy tree courses myself. Im not a distance thrower, so the technical shots are my kind of game. This is a very technical course.

I loved this course when I lived in College Station. Each hole is unique, and forces you to use a variety of shots to make par.

The course is through a small clump of woods, but you don't feel crowded by the proximity of the other holes since the trees are pretty thick, and the layout is well done.

The forest is cleared out well in the fairways, so if you stay in the fairway you're good.

The holes may be technical, but are short enough, even new players who can throw straight could conceivably make, or get close to par. Almost every hole is aceable for experienced players, birdies definitely possible.

Concrete tee pads are always my favorite.

You will definitely not get lost trying to follow the flow of this course.

There aren't any big long-bomb throws where you can just let one fly. Even the par 4s, you have to be precise.

A lot of the concrete tee-pads aren't oriented in the right direction. It's such a short course though, you don't really need the whole tee-pad.

There's not a lot of elevation. That, the short distances, and the tightness of the fairways are keeping this from a 4, maybe even a 4.5 rating.

Southern Oaks Park is a nice little neighborhood park in this newer development. The park has a nice covered play area, BB courts and a picnic shelter. There is a big colored course map at the beginning. Then each hole has a colored tee sign showing the route. And of course, there is a rules of disc golf sign. The baskets are DGA models with the red number on top and the concrete pads are nice sized.

The course starts out with two short technical holes in the 225' range. Neither of these pads actually faces the basket or it's fairway but it's obvious where the route is. But still, I found it slightly discombobulating. (Cool word, huh?). After these two holes, the holes start getting a little longer but are still tight. The rough is filled with these nasty thorny bushes. If I played this course on a regular basis, I would covertly be make no it my mission to trim these thorny little bastards. It wouldn't change the difficulty any but would certainly make landing in the rough more pleasant.

# 8 is the infamous fishhook hole. It takes two well placed shots to have a look at a birdie. It's gimmicky but somehow works here.

I have serious safety concerns with hole 7 playing blind over the walking path. It would never be a problem with me throwing because I couldn't reach the path but a player with a strong forehand could possibly smoke someone on the path. What if it was a mother pushing a stroller or a small child on a bike?

The prickly plants in the rough are a pain to move about. Hunting for lost discs is the norm here.

A couple of tree pads aren't facing the basket.

I was really liking this course on the first few holes but it lost some glam for me on holes 7 and 8. I'm not a big safety nazzi but this could lead to a serious accident. And the infamous fishhook hole will continue to cause players grief beyond words. The course is certainly interesting but not as good as it's lofty rating.

Tee signs on all but one hole
Baskets were in good shape
Most of the holes were tight tunnel shots
Cement tee boxes
Course map near hole 1

The rough is rough
don't care for 2 shot 300 foot holes. The bends on a few of the holes were too tight to make it to the hole in one shot forcing a two shot hole on a short hole.

STAY IN THE FAIRWAYS is key to playing this course. I spent more time looking for my bad shots than it actually took to play this course.

This is a simple 9 hole course carved out of a stand of trees.

2 of the holes have hard left shots that were made in such a way that it is almost impossible to park the hole.

1 hole is hard right and is another under 300 ft 2 shot hole.

1 hole is U shaped and even with good shots, a 3 would be hard. (I took a 5)

I did not like the U hole, #1 even though I could not see it at the time, eventually someone is going to clear a path straight to the hole. This hole is listed as 400, and plays all of it because you have to lay up a perfect 1st shot to get a chance at the upshot for a 3.

I did not enjoy the course, a 500 foot shot takes two shots to reach the basket, a 300 foot shot should have a chance for the 2 at least.

I still rated the course a 3 because it was not a wide open short course, it is challenging.

- Fun to carve shots around trees
- Lots of shade!
- Baskets, tee signs, and pads all in great shape
- High risk/reward holes
- Great replay value!

- Hole 8 (giant horseshoe) feels forced.
- There is confusion around holes 6 and 8 whether there are mandos or not, so posted scores for this course can't be compared accurately.

Wear long pants for the many shots you'll take inside bushes.

It seems obvious to me what the course designer intended on holes 6 and 8, and I don't think people should post their scores anywhere if they played without any mandos.

Decent course. Tee signs and pads present. Well mapped. And for the most part easy to play. I like the challenge of learning the right routes to get maximum experience of the course. This course does require you to think outside the box on some holes.

The elements. Poison ivy. Some snakes. Some blind corners where you have to hunt for your disc if your shot didn't go according to plan lol. I found a curious squirrel my first time here. Went to look for my disc after throwing first shot on hole 4. I found it in the hands of a squirrel who was half way up a tree with it. Wish I had snapped a pic of it. Hole 4 has no tee sign so if it's your first time. Take a few steps to the right so you can spot the basket before throwing. Folks keep saying the tee pads are lacing the wrong way but they directly face the baskets except for hole 8 which is a big "U" shaped hole.

If your looking for a straight line course with big open drives this is not the course for you. If you enjoy obstacles and testing your ability to find new interesting routes then give this a shot. Easy to lose track of your disc though. Pay attention to where you land. Overall great course. I enjoy playing this course. Have fun. Play safe. Peace

This is a surprisingly great neighborhood course carved out of a wooded area with tight but fair lines off each tee.

The concrete tees are fair and the tee signs are big and colorful with a big course map at the beginning of the course.

Most College Station/Bryan courses are fairly wide open so this course is a good change in scenery and has a higher fun factor than most courses in the area.

Hole 9 is my favorite hole as it is a 300' straight shot through the woods with the basket outside of the trees. It is a good finishing hole that really showcases in one hole what this course is all about.

As mentioned before, all of the concrete tees are pointed in the wrong direction. It detracts from a proper run up on some holes, even though a big run up is not needed with the length of holes on the course.
Hole #4 is one of the shorter holes on the course and even a little bit of a long drive can hit the tee box on hole #5. Even if I said Hole 9 is the best hole, too long of a drive on that hole can land on a basketball court that is 30' behind the basket. Be careful of your surroundings.
Sort of a theme for CS/B courses is the lack of parking at most courses. Street parking is the only way to play this course and it probably means you will be parking in front of someone's house.

I played Southern Oaks twice and I played Hole 8 the first time all the way around the horseshoe and even if it felt a little gimmicky, I felt cheated the second time I played where I tomahawked it over the trees for an easy two. There seems to be much argument over how the hole should be played and I would say that the player should just play all the way around and get the full experience out of the hole and the course.
All in all this is a great course and not even just for a neighborhood. The course is very well designed and is not too tough but tough enough to keep experienced players engaged.

Tight lines. Emphasis on shot selection and placement. Quiet neighborhood without a lot of traffic.

Short course, tee pads face wrong direction, litter doesn't go away no matter how many times you pick it up, snakes are very present in the warmer months, poison ivy too.

This course was clean and laid out well. We played just after a heavy rain and it wasn't real muddy. Easy to navigate.

Lots of trees and narrow fairways. Good course to work on your thumbers. Some tight corners that are hard to get around and stay close to par.

Great signage on this course and I liked the baskets. Quiet location with only street parking.

Nice technical course. Small 9 hole, but layed out well for the space. Tomahawk comes in handy on hole 8 and making a double eagle or an ace is possible even though it's a par 5. There are several holes that can be aced. Really fun risk reward style of course. relatively low traffic on the course also adds to the pleasure of the game. Enjoy.

Someone created a mando on #8 that isn't true. Too see a true mando look at MetCenter course hole #10. Would love to have a larger scale technical course in town that's 18 hole. Need a practice basket.

- Great Signage
- Concrete Teepads
- Most of course is separate from the rest of the park.
- Had the course to myself the three hours I was there.
- Lots of diversity/variety for such a compact course.
- Great replay value.

- Hole 7 plays through a blind intersection with a walking path, would be a good idea to have a spotter.
- Hole 9 finishes into the park near a basketball court and playground.
- Its a little out of the way for most in College Station.
- There is a creek running through the course that is in play on about half the holes. It is narrow and shallow, but the water is NASTY and stagnant. Bring a retrieval tool of sorts.
- Hole 8, the horseshoe hole, feels a little forced.
- Apparently there are some Mandos on the course, it would be nice if they were permanently marked.

I set out to play this course once today. After my 4th round I only left so I could make it home for dinner! This course toes the line between fun and frustration like I haven't seen before. Each time I finished the course I felt like I could have shot better, and wanted to go back and try again. The course is compact and sparsely populated so rounds are quick.

This course is very good for what it is. That said, its still a compact 9 hole course with a few holes that feel gimmicky and forced at times (6, 7, and 8 come to mind.) Its a little ways out of town, and there aren't any amenities to speak of.

Very tree'd course
Great for right handed flick shots
A couple good ace holes
I have never seen another group of golfers there when i play so the game goes fast
Its on the way to Houston from Round Rock so i play it alot

With no mando trees its a little to easy
Hole 6 and 8 need mandos
Hole 1's tee and 9's basket are next to the park so the kids running around are very distracting

I went -11 on it this morning!!!! Pretty awesome

A tight and technical wooded course in College Station, need I say more? I love this place because, as I love most wooded courses, because it uses it's environment as the great equalizer. There are concrete pads, great looking signage, and the course is very well maintained. The paths are clear with quality bridges, and the recently stolen chains on baskets have already been replaced, so you know this place is being loved.

The park is family friendly, complete with playground for the kids while you hit a round, but no bathrooms. The place can be pretty muddy after a rain but drains wells. I was there a day after they have an inch of rain, and most of the standing water was already gone. And although people who like to grip ti and rip it may not be impressed, there is a decent amount of variety in shot layout and forces you to think placement over power.

BEST HOLE/S: #6; #7

To echo previous comments, this place is another perfect example of why you always pour your concrete tees last. The pads on many holes angle one direction and you'll be throwing in another. It's an annoyance, that should never happen with decent planning. A few holes border on pinball holes, and even though #8's boomerang design is unique, I though it was a bit silly. A good tomahawk should bypass the fairway straight to the pin in winter, but the thick foliage in summer will force to putt around the fairway.

The other big complaint is #4 to #5 interchange. It's easier to hit #5 tee from #4 than it is to hit the pin itself. Due to limited space, I don't know how you make a decent fix to this part. Finally, as usual, some people may not like the tight and technical, but that not a con as much as something to note before you choose to play here.

WORST HOLE/S: #8

I loved this course. My bias towards this style immediately placed it on top of my personal College Station/Bryan enjoyment factor, and besides Oaks Park, is the only course I really want to play again when making my way out to this area. Research Park and Wolf Pen Creek may be more diverse for the competitive player, but this place is pure fun, or purely frustrating depending on what you like. It really reminded me of a little baby version of my favorite wooded course, Dalaiwood, up on the Washington peninsula, and was a welcome change to the typical open course in this area.

Having finally played all of the current courses the Bryan/College Station area has to offer, I have made two separate lists for you to consider when making your next visit to Aggieland. I have ranked them first by overall course quality and then my personal enjoyment rating which varies a bit from the first list. Please note however, I enjoyed all of these courses, and none of them stood out as the clear favorite.

Course Rating and Quality:
1. Research Park 3.5 discs;
2. Southern Oaks Park 3;
3. Wolf Pen Creek 3;
4. Austin's Colony 2.5;
5. Oaks Park 2;
6. Bonham Park 1.5;
7. First Baptist Bryan DGC 1;
8. Tiffany Park 1.

Personal Enjoyment: (1 is best & 5 is worst)
1. Southern Oaks Park
2. Wolf Pen Creek;
3. Research Park;
4. Oaks Park;
5. Bonham Park;
6. Austin's Colony
7. First Baptist Bryan DGC
8. Tiffany Park

Southern Oaks DGC is a fun nine hole course with many more trees than other B/CS courses. The wooded fairways emphasize accuracy over power. Errant tee shots can leave you in thick rough, making approaches very difficult. Control is the name of the game if you want reasonable lies. The mix of left and right is balanced well. Hole 8 is almost a horseshoe shape, turning 180 degrees between the tee and the basket. In terms of equipment, everything I like to see is there. There is a complete course map next to the first tee, and signs at each tee pad with hole layouts and distances. All tees are concrete, and the baskets are Disccatchers. A fun and challenging course overall, making the most of a compact space. Pace of play is fast, with short walks between holes.

Not much to complain about here. A couple of the targets had bent rims on the baskets, and one was missing two chains, but with very little effect on putting. I thought the posted scores were generous. IMO, only number 8 would warrant higher than par 3; it was labeled par 5, but I would have a hard time giving it credit for more than a par 4. Water might come into play after rains, but that was not an issue this summer. Even if it was, there were a number of nice bridges to cross wet spots.

This is certainly my favorite 9 hole course out of many in the Bryan/College Station area. I found myself relying on midrange and sidearm throws more than I am used to, which was a nice change of pace. A nice course where scoring under the posted par value isn't too hard if you place your shots well. I would play it regularly if I lived there, and if you spend any time there, it is worth checking out.

Reasonable par 5,4, and 3's
Very Pretty course carved out of the woods
Nice course map at the first hole
After playing many courses it teaches you to understand the need for a course like this in B/CS

Very Narrow
No Room for Error
Tree stumps sticking up everywhere that you can trip on
No Parking Lot... You have to park on the street
Nine hole course

The most technical course in the B/CS definitally not for beginners at all. Not really a course that you would play on a every day or even week basis. But a good addition to the disc golf courses in the B/CS

Excellent technical course! From hole 1 to 9 its a struggle between you and the trees. Great hole design with risks and rewards. A good combination with tight fairways and few shots that start open and end narrow. A few ace opportunities if you are interested. Only technical course in College Station. Much needed diversity.

Some tee pads are a little off directionally. Distances (according to the tee-signs) are off. Difficult course. Probably not the best course for beginners but will be loved buy the average patron.

My favorite 9 hole in College Station. Definitely worth playing if you are exploring the local courses. I highly recommend this course!

Sufficient sized concrete tee pads, top notch Houck tee signs, a course overview map, and newish multi-chain DGA baskets on a nine hole course indicate that the park put some decent money into this course.

Without excessive length, the holes are certainly challenging with tight wooded fairways on most of the holes. This is easily the most technical course in the Bryan/College Station (BCS) area. Locals have decided that a couple of the holes should have mandos and have Sharpied them onto the tee signs. However, there are no indicators on the course itself which objects are the actual mandos. The holes here are not long, but they are varied. Both righties and lefties will be challenged. A couple holes invite you to place your lay-up shot to make a run at the basket with your second shot.

The course is located in a multi-use park with a basketball court, children's playground, and picnic areas. There are bridges on the course for creek crossings and they are really nice; I mean noticeably top quality foot bridges.

The biggest detractor from this course is the fact that almost all the tee pads are angled in the wrong directions. It almost seems like the concrete tee pads were poured before anything else on the course was designed and then someone cleared the fairways going elsewhere. This doesn't make the course unplayable by any means, but it does complicate your run-up and being on almost every hole is really depressing for what would otherwise be a really nice course.

Overthrowing hole #4 by 20-30' can easily hit players on #5's tee box.

Posted distances are too long on almost all tee signs. DGCR Hole Info has been updated with laser accurate distances.

Could use physical mando markers on the mando objects.

The course lacks a couple grip-it-&-rip-it holes to balance it out for the big arms, but that's not really what this course is about.

Known by locals as "SoAP". This is a great technical addition to the BCS resume of courses. Newbies will be frustrated by the abundance of trees knocking their discs down, but those that tough it out and return for more will develop shot making skills that will benefit them on virtually any other course.

Not really a destination course on its own, but if you're traveling through BCS area it's one of the courses you should hit on a "9-hole crawl".

-tight, wooded design. great layout!
-the fairways are challenging but fair
-brand new DGA baskets
-concrete tee pads
-nice course map at the first tee
-variety of shots: tunnels, hyzers and huge right turns

-course is still very new so the paths are not well worn, rough is rough, tree stumps, etc.
-tee shot on 4 could hit 5's tee
-no big distance shots
-no parking lot, park on the street on Southern Plantation Dr. by the first tee

This is a great new wooded course that fills a gap in course design in College Station. This is a challenging course but the holes are fair and an accurate thrower can score well.

The course winds through a small neighborhood park and is full of very tall, fairly dense trees. The fairways are carved out of the woods and a small creeks runs through coming into play on a couple of holes (6,8, maybe more).

Most holes are straight tunnel shots with slight turns and elbows in the fairways (1,2,3,5,9). Each of these are birdie-able with a well-placed drive except probably hole 3. Holes 4 & 6 offer dogleg lefts after making an initial gap and 7 & 8 are crazy dogleg rights. 7 & 8 require short placement shots to set up your second and/or third shots. All these holes would be tough to birdie except 4.

I had so much fun playing this course I didn't even notice whether or not there were any tee signs. I thought this was the most fun of any of the CS courses I played while I was in town. This is the kind of course you could easily be drawn back to again and again, trying to hit those lines!

I'll join the chorus of other reviewers and say that I sure hope they don't do much more trimming to the fairways; the lanes are perfect as they are. Once the course is well worn it will be much easier to play.


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Tight Course, Tightest Course in area. City of College Station did a good job on not opening the course up too much. Concrete Tee Pads and newly installed tee signs.

City of College Station will continuously be monitoring this course. There are some things that need improvement, but those items are being dealt with. As one disc golfer told me, this course will get better with time and more disc golfers playing it. Everyone needs to keeps eyes open to prevent and report vandalism to College Station Parks and Rec. Course already has several baskets damaged. City of College Station Parks and Rec are aware and plan to repair or replace baskets.

This course was meant to be very tight. I believe it needs to stay this way with extremely conservative clearing on very few of the holes. The course has a variety of go for it holes and conserviative, keep you in check holes. Just needs to be played more.