Pros:
After finishing my 20 hole round up the park road on The Jungle , I was ready to play the 20 hole TURKEY HOLLOW . If you choose to drive to the course , it is only maybe 400 yards away , just a little further back from where you parked at the main building ( to your left if facing downhill from the shack where you paid at the entrance and uphill a little , park on your left after a couple of camp grounds . There is a kiosk and bathrooms right there . You can also leave your car at the Center , and walk down the road , if you know where the first tee is located . Turkey Hollow is where you graduate to after mastering The Jungle up the road . Turkey Hollow is longer and you can't rebound as easy from a misplaced drive as you could on The Jungle . This course has a little longer cement tee pads , but more flush with the ground, signage is good , like The Jungle's , hole # , White , shaped like Mississippi , and has flight path and distance The baskets are mostly basic chained which still catch well , and strangely have red rags ( that look like a gas station attendant or mechanic would have hanging out of his pocket ) on top of the baskets so you can identify them in the woods . ( ? ) , but they also boast multiple pin placements for a different look . I don't know how often they change it , but the option is there . .Hole 1 can be hard to find . I just started on 15 and worked my way around . This is a longer more competitive control course than The Jungle . A ricochet off a tree in the fairway line could make a sure 3 into a 5 fast . This course is well taken care of , lots of elevation . The best attribute to this course is that it will make you think , and also be creative . You will use a lot of the discs in your bag . You will get a lot of the fun factor in this course as The Jungle , but you will be more satisfied with your birdies and pars . 2 20 hole courses in one park ? Yahtzee in my book . Signature Hole : Either 14 , a canopied dogleg left to an open fairway with little access to the basket , or #18 , a short tight downhill run that if you overshoot , , you will be long past the basket with trees lining the right and left ad left front of the basket .
Cons:
#1I liked the signage , and the tee pads were okay , but any time you have to top your baskets with red rags in order to see them , then you need better baskets . #2 Navigation . Again , where to start ? where can I go off course ? An online map would help lots . Course flow here is better , but ,,,,,,, #3 $4 to play . I consider this to be a bargain since you can play both courses all day , but it is obvious that the park is not reinvesting into these courses .It also needs maps accessible to the public .Put one on the internet . Find out how a 36 hole course like Silver Creek Park in Manitowoc Wisconsin ( free , by the way ) reinvested in it's course , and stacks of people play there all the time . #4 Even though it is longer than The Jungle , it is still short . No bomber holes after #1 . #5 This course will be a mess with its elevation changes and woods holes after a good rain . Also , if you are playing after a rain , or it is hot , you are going to be devoured by the local insects . Bring Spray .
Other Thoughts:
If you can keep your head on this course ( and The Jungle ) , you can have a great time playing this course . finesse and control is the name of the game here . The park seems to value its disc golf , but they still need to maintain and promote , maybe with a tournament . I still like the fact that you can pay $4 and play 40 different holes all day long . The course itself isn't ever going to knock your socks off , but I don't ever think that was the intention . A fun time is this course's intention . I am adding a new category called Disc Risk . The possibilities of losing a valued disc on the course . Disc Risk is low , since most of it is in the woods , just a few blind holes , and the foliage is not too thick , your disc risk is low and you will only lose it if not paying attention . My Recommendation : If local , or on 22 or I-40 , or staying in Nashville , pair this up with Central park in Southhaven , lattimore Lakes in Horn lake , to the north , or T E Avent and Ole Miss n the south and PLAY IT !!! 3 hours of play in this park is just too worth it .