- Terrain: A disc golf course on a ball golf course has its given pros and cons, but a definite pro here at The Pasture is the terrain. The course has a good balance of flat, uphill, and downhill shots, with even the blind tee or blind approach once in a while. The course is fairly well manicured by way of the ball golf fairways and greens, and you will have to work around a good bit of trees and the occasional water hazard.

- Baskets: Big thanks to Will for getting top of the line baskets in place here at Tunnel Hill. Lime green Prodigy baskets are set, all of which still look and play brand new. Although I think a lot about color when picking out discs, I never really considered it for baskets, but the lime green band and cage really do catch the eye.

- Hole Length: Although The Pasture may be described as a "bomber" course, there really is a decent mix of hole length throughout. The first hole may require back-to-back distance drivers (especially for players like me), but just two holes later you're looking at a 250 ft. shot off the tee that's going to have to fly straight the entire time or else wind up in a tree.

- Aesthetic: As with many courses in the southern Tennessee to north Georgia area, The Pasture DGC is aesthetically very pleasing. It's on a decent piece of land surrounded trees on most all sides, so you feel a little closed off from the rest of the world once you get past the first few holes. Visually speaking, it's a beautiful course to play.

- Challenge/Difficulty: If you've read any of my other reviews, you'll know that the ability of a course to challenge its players is always a topic I discuss. Whether it's like The Pasture and asks for a sprinkle of technical play on top of your field work entree, or a wooded 18 where you're at risk of crushing low-grade plastic on the first tree available, I love courses that really ask you think and ultimately help you become a better golfer.

- Shot Selection: Although I did try to give the course some credit in the aforementioned "Hole Length" section, it doesn't take away that The Pasture really is a hyzer-fest. I got away with a par round, but if you've got the arm for it you can grab your fastest discs and run just about every long putt for birdie. For someone who may want to get in practice with slower speed discs or work on more technical play with both backhand and forehand, this course may not be right for you.

- Practice Basket & Warm-up Area: Simply put, the only way to get on the cons section with this item is if there is no practice basket or warm-up area like a practice hole or driving range. And that's exactly the case here, you exit the clubhouse and get straight onto hole 1.

- Tee Boxes: This might be the biggest area of opportunity for The Pasture DGC. As it stands currently, each hole's "tee box" is a small tee sign low to the ground and a block of wood with the Prodigy logo to designate the front corners of the tee. I understand that the course is right beside a ball golf course, so it limits the materials that can be used, but a turf tee box would be a major and immediate improvement to this course.

- Signage: As mentioned in the tee box section, there really isn't much signage as far as the holes themselves go. As you'll find in the "Media" tab on the courses page, the tee signs are low to the ground and offer the usual shot shape line and the distance. There are a couple "Next Tee" signs throughout the course, but not a sufficient amount to keep you from getting a little lost going from hole to hole.

- Crowd: Not as big a negative as the others on this list, the crowd will just come with the usual amount of ball golfers that come through and play. I went on a Saturday morning and to my surprise the courses were rather empty. Perhaps I just got lucky and caught it at the right time, but for the most part just be mindful of not only other disc golfers playing around you, but the ball golfers as well both playing and on carts nearby.

- Flow: This might be my second-biggest qualm with The Pasture. Although some baskets lead you rather nicely up to the next tee, at least half leave you scratching your head after putting wondering where to go next. Some signs that help guide you through the course and some maps to keep in your bag while you play would again be a pretty simple and immediate improvement to the course.

- One Tee & One Basket: This final item is just as it reads, there is one tee and one basket per hole. On one hand, that's really all that's required, but on the other it does keep this course from having two things, (1) more appeal to beginners and (2) more variety to keep disc golfer interested and coming back. Some beginner-level players may see the distances and be turned away, plus others who do come will be able to solve the course rather quickly because of the minimal technical play. The baskets are already top-tier, so I would recommend starting with improving the current tee boxes then using the same material to input a second tee on each hole.

If I could give The Pasture a rating for its potential, it would probably be somewhere around 4.0. Between a clubhouse, a golf course that should be well manicured, and plenty of opportunities for signage and tee pads, this course may need a new review in a couple years. Unfortunately, at least for the time being, there are just too many negatives that keep this course from being more than average. Being from the Chattanooga area, I will continue to play a little closer to home for now, but I do look forward to coming back to Tunnel Hill and trying The Pasture DGC again in a year or two.

As you could expect from a ball golf course, the Pasture has big distance in a wide open layout with short grass.

-Length: Average hole length is over 460', so big power players will love to unleash here. Do you like watching a disc take a max distance flight path? Here's the spot.

-Maintenance: The grass is kept very short, so easy to find your disc. Good times to practice your skip shot or a new roller.

-Forgiveness: The wide open layout means that you can try whatever you want and still be fine. Heck, you can throw any direction you want and be basically fine. The only unforgivable mistake is to throw less than a full send. This was the 7th course I played on the day and as a forehand dominant player I was grateful that there was enough room for error for me to switch to my inaccurate backhand and save my arm.

-Water Features: The biggest factor adding interest. A couple of shallow creeks run over the property, a larger creek borders it in the (11)-(14) range, and (11) also features a water hazard in the fairway. These force you to think about whether to lay up or go for it, and also guide your shot from going too far left or right on some holes.

-Star Holes: I have to give a shoutout to (12), (15), and (16) for being decent holes--they featured lines of trees that forced a routine fading shot to access the green. (8) was also notable for being blocked by a large, old tree on the approach.

I officially disliked disc golf on ball golf courses after this experience. (It took until earlier this month for me to change my mind, thanks to a far better example.) Additionally, the Pasture has a lot of little cons that aren't serious but do warrant noting.

-Boring: Virtually no variety. "Throw 600 feet in the open. Throw 350 feet in the open and go up 15 feet in elevation. Throw 550 feet in the open but don't land in this two-foot wide creek." Designers made feeble attempts to use some trees, but they were mostly utter failures except for the holes I mentioned above. The fact that I called those basic shots the star holes should clue you in to the level of gameplay interest here.

-Drainage: Low-lying areas of the course like (7), (8), and (11) were very spongy when I played. This also meant that the golf cart rental option was not available, if that's meaningful to you.

-Disc Loss: You'd think the risk would be zero on an open, well-maintained layout, but it would be pretty easy to drop one in the fairway water on (11) or the creek in the (11)-(12) range.

-Overgrowth: Again, not something I thought I would be mentioning in a review of a course this open, but the rough from (12)-(15) is scary. If you floof a shot into the line of rough in the back, recovering it could be a painful process.

-Navigation: Some longer transitions would have me scratching my head if not for UDisc. Natural tees marked by tiny signs and wood blocks aren't always the easiest to spot.

-Rec Friendly: Unless you drive over 300', I doubt you'll have fun here. I kind of enjoyed chucking backhand after backhand and carding bogeys, but I wouldn't return to do it again.

-Pay-to-Play: $5 to get on the course in cash, $7 with card.

I actually didn't hate my experience at the Pasture, despite what it sounds like. After a day of mostly wooded courses it was nice to just release some easy drives. However, it's very boring for disc golf and the price doesn't justify it. As noted in my review title, if you want to throw some big shots you can come and play the wide and open Pasture, but otherwise save your car some mileage.

I am one of the bigger arms among those I play with and this course was a good test of how far I can throw over the course of a long day of throwing near max effort.

My buddy and I had been playing Westside and finding this course only 5 minutes away with a couple hours to kill we decided to try it, and I'm glad we did.

The course sits in the Tunnel Hill Golf Club grounds and plays along side and through the golf holes. You are routinely throwing on 400-450 par threes and par fours up to 750, some uphill.

There are some trees, little creeks and gullies in play and just enough elevation to offer a few different looks.

The signs are small but descriptive and if you use UDisc it helps greatly find the next hole and more precise navigation.

The baskets are the green Prodigy baskets are are nice enough, though a brighter color might have been nice since a few of the holes are hard to see through the trees.

There is some design involved, mainly using the land and golf elements to make a better hole, such as the trees and greens even if it's not high art among courses.

If Westside is a Matisse painting with depth and color and symbolism, this is more like good street art. It's loud, maybe mostly one note, but it's still beautiful in its way.

It lacks the finesse and mass appeal of some courses, and if you can't throw 300+ reliable accurately you won't have a great time.

The navigation without UDisc would be hard at times, but if you have the app it's not too difficult.

No benches or places to take a break, and not much shade for relief either.

Also the teepads, many of which are missing their markers are natural and many are uneven and slippery in spots.

I like the course a lot actually and my heart says it's a 3, but my head knows it's a 2.5 because of the lack of variety and relying so much on one aspect to create a course.

If you are close and ready to throw bombs, it's a pretty good time. I'd actually like to play it again and see if I can set some personal distance records there, but it's not a big time destination or anything.

Fun play though.

(2.253 Rating) A links style course requiring big drives off the tee, but unfortunately little thought on the flight line.
- CHAINS - This was the first time I've ever thrown at a Prodigy T3s. I'll admit that they look very dinking at first, but man do they catch extremely well. Or at least they did for me. Completely surprised.
- GOLF CARTS - Although I didn't ask, I'm pretty sure you can rent a golf cart. Having done this once before, I can say that it's a blast. Plus the round goes even quicker and there's always a place to sit in the shade and to legally drink a beer. If anyone reading this finds out that my assumption is wrong, please let me know so I can drop my review score. I add 0.05 points for the cart luxury option.
- CHALLENGING - For the Rec player who can't consistently hit 300 feet, this course is going to be a long grind. Not too many birdie opportunities for these players, I think they would rarely shoot under par. On the flipside, for those that can chuck 400, this course will be a cake walk. The challenge is mostly one-dimensional with distance off the tee being the ultimate key to shoot low.
- SIGNAGE AND NAVIGATION - Small tee signs but still adequate for this style of course. There are also next tee signs positioned around every basket. I had no problem navigating the course.
- MANICURED FAIRWAYS - I wish the grass looked like this at every course.

A bomber's match made in heaven. A noodle arm's nemesis.
- BALL GOLF - I was very fortunate to play here when there was only one ball golf group on the course. We never met. This stated, I have been on similar set up courses and personally know the displeasure of having to share the space with another sport. It is, what it is. Be prepared to wait on busy days.
- LOST DISCS - I lost two drivers on hole (13). One on a bad throw and the other not realizing the water hazard's reach from an obstructed vantage point. The fairways are plenty wide and there's ample bailout. However, a bad throw into a pond is an unforgivable error. I could not see down more than 6 inches into the water on (13). It appears that the owner is returning discs, as when I came in to pay the greens fee, he asked if any of the 20 discs on the counter were mine.
- PAY TO PLAY - I paid a $5 greens fee and lost $30 worth of plastic. Not worth it for this course to me.
- TEES - Natural, but mostly level.
- BEGINNER FRIENDLY - I personally would not take a beginner here. Way too long.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - This is the 7th ball golf course or conversion I've played on. As a conglomerate, I have them rated a touch below the average course. The best aspect of these courses has generally been the maintenance of the grounds and the manicured fairways. The part I personally don't like is how wide open everything is. The Pasture hits these two points squarely.
- TIME PLAY - A quickie if you are able to rent a cart, but it will take a bit longer than the average course without one. I figure two and a half hours for a foursome, and perhaps longer with lots of waiting if the course is packed with ball golfers.

An excellent course to work on distance. I truly liked pacing off my drives having just come from the nearby short technical course Heritage Point. Unfortunately, that's about all I enjoyed. For those that can't throw 350, the course will be a bore fest that occasionally eats plastic. If I lived in Dalton, I'm not sure if I'd play here often. I find that nearby courses Westside and Heritage are far more enjoyable, and those courses are free. For veteran players passing through this area, I would recommend Westside by a wide margin.
- VARIETY - Great if you like long links style courses with multi play fairways. Several holes have water to avoid and there is some modest rolling elevation. For those that like wooded courses, every hole will feel the same.

The definition of pasture: "Land covered with grass and other low plants suitable for grazing animals, especially cattle or sheep."

Fear not, there are no cattle or sheep on this course.

There are, however, 18 spring-green Prodigy baskets sprinkled about the acreage that serves both golfers and disc golfers.

The disc golf course utilizes the fairways and in-between spaces well. The signature hole might be Hole #6, a downhill open bomber (par-4, 605 feet) that levels out with the basket placed near an OB green and the right-side tree line.

There's a bit more variety near the end of the course, as Holes #15-16 incorporate some evergreen-laden areas as obstacles near the basket. The teepad for Hole #17 lies in a wooded area before quickly emerging into the open field.

This course is the type that will make disc golfers with big arms salivate. Many of the holes offer the opportunity to air out the disc as eight of the holes hit the 500-foot mark. Seven of those holes are par-4s; the eighth is Hole #11, an 830-foot, slightly downhill adventure that includes the most significant water obstacle on the course.

The teepad signage is small but useful.

When the weather is good and the course is dry, golf carts are available to rent.

The obstacles at The Pasture are few. The course is mostly flat, though a few holes offer some minor elevation changes. It is possible to play the entire round without hitting a tree.

Consequently, there is not much variety at The Pasture. Obviously, the course is on a golf course. While I believe the creators squeezed as much diversity as possible into their design, most of the holes fit the "flat and wide open" descriptor.

As expected on a golf course, all of the teepads are natural except for Hole #1 near the clubhouse. Most of the teepad areas are in decent condition, though a couple were not level. Apparently, some of the holes have "short" tees marked by little flags, but there was no signage indicating distance.

While I am not dinging the rating for its conditions, The Pasture is in a low-lying area that is susceptible to poor drainage, which results in ample sogginess, standing water and mud. One friend described a round as "playing on top of a sponge."

While the charge to play ($5 cash or $7 card) is understandable, that might dissuade repeat customers, especially with a fantastic and free course (Westside DGC) just a few miles down the road.

This par-63, 8,300-foot-plus course will likely appeal to a select audience: experienced disc golfers who throw 300-plus feet with ease. For others, they could use this course as an opportunity to practice their drives. Or they might write off this North Georgia course as too flat, too redundant, too expensive and too muddy.

To be fair, The Pasture does a decent job of making the best use of the land available. However, that does not make it a top-notch course. Like a quarantined baker with only four ingredients; sure, it is possible to make a cake, but that doesn't mean it is a blue-ribbon winner.