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.

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.