Hole 1 throws through a tight mando between 2 American Flags. Nice touch considering I played Memorial Day Weekend

SERIOUSLY Great benches, many thanks to whoever built them seemingly custom and using many designs. Side tables and extra seating adjacent, if they reclined and had cup holders I would consider moving to Thompson immediately!

Enough trash cans, a must in a place like this

Hole variety was great, some long and open, some short and extremely technical. I had never seen holes like a couple out here, the backwards angle on #7 was really fun, and the double negative mando on 16 was really intriguing as it made you want to thread the forbidden needle!

Distinct front and back 9, with 18 standing by itself as a good end to the day.

Signage was there when necessary, navigation was reasonable considering how the course weaved. I have seen much worse even if I have seen a few that were better.

Course maintenance was actually superb even though weather conditions made the place a swamp.... Clearly a lot of local love goes into keeping the fairways clear, even the sand seemed swept of pine straw on the back nine, clearly denoting the fairways and walking paths. I took a step back a few times to admire how well the flow seemed to work even though at first glance it was random and all over the place!

Hole 1 is distinctly out of place for the course. It seemed like a hole straight from the Hippodrome in N Augusta. I loved playing it from short, and long seemed like a fun challenge as well but it was too muddy. I just feel like had I designed the course I would have made 1 and 18 somewhere else to keep the integrity of the 18 more tight. All things considered though, I understand what they were doing and 1 was certainly memorable.

The flow... others have commented here, and it was one of the more awkward designs I have played. It wasn't terrible by any means, we made it just fine with one or two missteps, perhaps the TEE> signs we saw posted just when we needed them are a recent addition. Honestly we needed my buddies smart phone a couple times, and without that I might have been really lost once or twice.

My first time playing on MVP Black Hole baskets....
First impression: they are larger and seem very stable and modern in design.
From experience: the angles of the basket wire, and the way in which the 3 layers of chains all bunch up on the one floating ring at the bottom combine to make a normally easy putt fall right out. This happened many times, and we were often throwing recently discontinued Vibram rubber. Normally rubber sticks to the chains and drops right in, but something about the basket design here made us flub and phail putt after putt, and even easy ones from 10 feet lost their drop in affect. If you don't hit center pole dead on, its not sticking if you are coming in hot. I almost never had a disc stay suspended by just chains. This isn't really a critique of this course, more of the design of this model of basket. But it comes into play on more than one hole when it is a short but tight putt in the swamp with lots of obstacles. Just sayin....

Perhaps add a course map near hole 1 just to clarify the layout. Maybe add netting on hole 5 to keep discs out of that seriously disgusting swamp to the left, we saw a few in there that weren't even worth collecting. A small amount of net in the right places could save a lot of time searching in snake spider leech tick and fire ant infested waters.

All in all, 5 was still a great hole, a perfect bowl hole (as stated on the bench! 420) and every single hole out here had a purpose. If it was 153 ft, it was a serious challenge to ace. If it was 714 ft par 4, it was straightforward and you felt like you could get in the basket in 4.

Front nine is decent. First couple holes are nice and long, the big field lets you open up on your driver and there are a few technical placement shots you have to execute or you will face some harsh rough.

Back nine is terrible! The holes are poorly designed and offer no line to place a shot. Navigation is an adventure to say the least,lacks necessary signage. I spent a good deal of time attempting to find the next hole.

I grew up a few miles from where this course was installed and was pumped to find out there was a course in Thomson. But upon playing it I became frustrated and annoyed by the lack of effort that was put into designing PLAYABLE holes.
There is a lot of potential to be had on this property but the design on the wooded holes needs to be revamped in order for this to be an enjoyable course to play.

Veteran's Park offers a little bit of everything with its patchwork quilt design. Trying to combine an existing layout with a new, different-feeling set of holes gives players an interesting round of golf.
- This course's layout is...weird. You start with three wide open holes in two fields, to a couple of holes that offer (inadvertently perhaps?) clear short cut routes, to a stretch of 10 holes that are either short, clumped together, or both.
- If this course were represented by a map of the U.S., the first three holes would be Alaska (sparsely populated); #4 - 7 would be the Carolinas/Georgia (typical suburban population distribution); holes #8 - 17 would be the Northeast (major urban sprawl); and #18 is Maine (it's just there).
- With that said, because of the course's layout and flow, all parts of your game are tested. #2 & 3 are both wide-open 500 footers, so you can area it out. #5 & 10 are solid shoot-the-gap holes. And there are some tight, sharp curved layouts sprinkled throughout the back 9.
- There are some truly fun layouts here. I liked the sharp, dogleg right layout on #4. Also, #17 has a great classic, layout that goes from wooded to open to wooded to open again.
- Somehow, someway the flow of holes #8 - 17 is manageable. Think of a figure 8 if it were turned in on itself again, and that what you have here. Transitions cross paths; non-sequential holes run alongside each other and there's often not much signage. And with that, there's fun to be had.

The layout is the biggest con. Honestly, if you removed a couple holes from the #8 - 17 stretch, and added a couple on the other side of the park access road, the course would flow much better.
- I don't understand the 'design' of #2 & 3. #2 is a 500-footer across a field to a basket. From there, walk 50 feet to the left of the basket to #3's tee, turn around and throw back 500 feet to the basket. The best part? #3's basket is only 25 feet from #2's tee. So, you can play more than 1,000 feet of disc golf and end up in the exact spot you started.
- From there, you've got a stretch of holes on the back 9 where none is more than 200 feet. And most have odd/sharp curves, doglegs and atypical disc golf hole layouts to them.
- #15 is the first hole I've ever seen where a disc golfer gets penalized for shooting a 4-foot gap between trees 200 feet from the tee. If you do go through the eye of the needle, there's a drop zone for you.
- Lots of untapped land here. Again, why cramp in 10 holes into a small space when you've got acres of unused land at the park?
- Lack of important info that one often finds on tee signs: hole lengths, hole layouts, or even hole numbers. It got to a point where I just threw putter straight ahead, figuring a straight, 200-foot throw was a solid option.
- Lack of benches, trash cans, rest rooms and other basic amenities. Coming from the interstate, I also didn't pass any gas stations or convenience stores my direction. So, players will need to come prepared.

As I'm making the long walk from #17 to 18, and passing lots of unused wooded space, I wonder why the course is two separate designs. Even if no more cutting took place, there's lots of land around the ball fields that could be used.
- Veteran's Park was mostly a fun course. There was more to like than not like. But man, you're doing a lot of walking for a course that features so many sub-200 foot holes.
- Course probably doesn't get much out-of-town traffic, except for people like me. With Augusta, the IDGC, and Hippodrome all 30 minutes away, this course is on the outskirts.
- I used nearly every disc in my bag during my round. Many were only used once or twice - my big, sweeping throw disc, for example. It did require lots of different shot making.
- My impression of the course would be a little better if a few basic issues were addressed, say signage & listed distances. That said, it's never going to compare to the other Augusta area courses. It serves its purpose while also offering enjoyment.

A large array of different hole types varying from wide open to VERY tightly wooded.

Challenges players of all skill levels with different shot lines on each hole.

Gaining character with each passing month as the course ages and creators add little kinks.

Birdie opportunities but also a few challenging holes as well.

Natural tee pads.

Layout Can be a little bit confusing for the first time players.

Lack of accurate tee signs but with the recent changes, I'm sure they are coming.

I've been playing this course since its creation earlier this year. The creators have worked extremely hard to bring disc golf to Thomson and they have succeeded! It has continually improved as they added new baskets, tee signs, moved hole locations, added benches, and created the back 9. Fun place to play for golfers of all skill levels.

18 New Baskets.
New Tee Pad installed Feb 2018
This course offers a little bit of everything long and short lanes... Wide open and tight lanes.

This course uses the natural layout of the park for the first 8 holes. That back 10 holes are the great equalizer for those folks with less arms for throwing 150-300 feet.
Only Course in McDuffie County
Local Parks Dept is taking good care of the new course.

Very enjoy in the spring and summer month... Very pretty back 10 holes.

Nice benches made by the local high school

Snakes... Watch out for snakes.

This course was not design to be like the IDGC. But something the average Disc Golfer or someone that cannot handle lot of hills will enjoy.

* Is the only disc golf course in Thompson, GA. Nearby local courses are 20-30 miles away.

* Has two wide open holes where you can really rip it.

*New baskets, tee-pads, and hole maps have been added

* Good use of OB on three of the shorter more technical holes.

* Course is in a park and generally well maintained.

* Free to play.

* Hole maps on UDisc.

* Some wooded holes need to be cut in more to create realistic lanes to basket.

* Better signs needed for navigation between holes.

* Long walk between some holes (7 to 8, 17 to 18)

Course is much improved and definitely worth a play if you are in the area. Some holes are very tight and frustrating, but still fair. Kudos to the local veterans who obtained the resources to put this course into existence.