This course has the *potential* to be an amazing course. The park is simply massive and is well maintained.

Starting off on the easier wooded holes was nice. They were all manageable shots where you might not expect a birdie, but it's definitely possible to score low on these starting holes.

The shots in the field were all well trimmed. Short grass and plenty of room to work a variety of shots.

This is the premier course in the area if you want to practice your distance game. Great place for field work.

Hole #13 is one of those dream downhill shots, coming in at 670'. The first 400' is downhill with a road on the left and group of trees off to the bottom right. This is the perfect place to figure out new discs - room for turnover shots, rollers, hyzerflips etc.

The course still has that new-course feeling where there are probably a few too many trees and the rough is thick - but these are the type of things that will be naturally corrected over the next few years.

A few people mentioned filler holes between 8-11. I enjoyed those mostly. Hole 8 could have made use of a different teepad position (edge of the woods maybe).

The biggest issue for me was 14, 15, 16. After playin an epic shot (13) you have to play 2 of the shortest kind of dinky holes. Hole 16 seemed like the course designer was trying to make sure we would walk a quarter mile to get to the 2 finishing holes which are separated from the rest of the course. I'm not sure what the solution is, but I would most likely skip all 3 of these holes if I were to play this course again.

Because of the massive size of this park it has the potential to be something really special. I would say this course is a combination of Whitehouse and Mill Ridge in terms of the shots and terrain.

I'm a little bit confused as to what skill level the course designer was aiming for. About half of the shots are your typical short par 3s, and the other half of the shots are targeting more advanced level distance.

Over time I think a few planted trees in the fields and some alternate pin positions could really help this course. I will definitely play this course again.

1) Initial impressions are a very well maintained park course setting with the disc golf course utilizing its own part of the property. Excellent park itself with lots of newer fields and sports facilities, large parking, several covered shelter houses, and bathrooms adjacent to the parking lot.

2) This course has came a long way since the first time I played it as far as tee pads and course signage. When I played the grand opening most holes just had loose brick pavers for tee pads and printed out homemade signs. Now the course has large textured concrete tee pads, full color map style tee signs, mulched fairways and greens in the woods to go along with the Veteran baskets. The best way to describe it is despite being a free park, "this course feels expensive." It has that feel of a pay to play course, albeit not a top tier one.

3) Solid mix of open and wooded holes. Holes #1 (from the long tee pad), #3-#7, and #17 and #18 are moderately to densely wooded. The wooded holes are on the shorter side distance wise with fair gaps but demand accuracy and touch. The open holes trade tight lines for length as its protection of choice with most of the open Par 3's in the 375 ft average range, and even a massive open Par 5.

4) Very good use of elevation in both the open holes and wooded sections of the course. Hole #2 for instance is a relatively short distance wise Par 4 that is uphill the entire way with tight OB left and a thick set of woods tight right that forces you to play up a narrow landing strip to a tucked away pin protected by trees. Wonderful use of available space to make a fun and challenging hole. Transition to the hole directly beside it on the course, #14 I believe is a massive downhill Par 4 that probably drops 60 feet or more to a flat shelf before dropping another 30 feet. Roughly a 650 ft Par 4 that is reachable from the tee because of the elevation drop. The right side is protected by a large wall of trees and OB sink hole area and the left is protected by the tight OB road. You are also throwing from the top side of the property so the view is great. Not a difficult hole, but a wonderful design and hole to play.

5) Several Placement Par 4's that value control and landing zone over distance which I love in course designs. Holes #6 and #18 come to mind, both designed in a way that simply having tons of power doesn't help you break the hole.

6) While there are some wide open blander filler holes, they fit the course flow and theme well. You won't encounter a flat wide open hyzer hole that doesn't at least challenge you with increased distance, tight OB, massive elevation change, sloped green or all of the above combined.

7) The course is well designed and well maintained. It makes great use of an unused portion of the park and you won't encounter joggers, walkers, or other park goers. I also didn't notice any trash or areas that needed cleaned up or improved. Every where I looked, it appeared as though the course was well maintained.

8) The views are pretty solid and the course is surprisingly long to walk with all of the elevation changes. I would say the course is mostly cart friendly and the inclines of the elevation are never too steep to cause concern. This would be a great course to get some exercise in.

9) A stones throw from Oggwood in Cedar Hill, TN and pretty close to Seven Oaks, Cedar Hill and other must play Northern Nashville courses. This course provides a great mix of all the things great about other Nashville area courses without being too overtly difficult. I'd say Intermediate/Advanced level while still not being too overbearing on the Recreational player.

1) As others have stated below, this course had to make use of some filler holes (#8-#11) could easily fall into this trap but looking back I can still remember each one for its uniqueness. They are not bad holes, they are just not super challenging or great to look at.

2) There was no practice basket that I could locate, I just used Hole #18's basket which is near the parking lot to warm up.

3) Once you leave the parking lot there are no bathrooms or facilities.

4) Bring lots of water, especially if you plan on playing in the warmer months. Tennessee heat and humidity is nothing to scoff at and with all the elevation changes here and several open holes, you will feel it. As stated above, there is no place to refill after you leave the parking lot.

5) Lack of water features. Definitely not the courses fault but a large pond or a couple nice creeks running through this property would have given it that pleasing aesthetic look that would have increased its rating even higher.

This course could be a destination course in and of itself, however, why just visit this course when you have so many other wonderful courses just minutes away. Springfield would be a great location to base your trip to Nashville out of, outside of the big city, less traffic, full of hotels and eateries if you like a quieter place to stay. But if you travel to Nashville, don't miss out on The Highlands or Oggwood while you are in the area. Each provide their own unique experience.

Holes 3-7, 17 and 18 are wooded but very fair, presenting reasonable gaps and elevation changes. My favorite of the course are 6 and 18, two sub 600' par 4's that are about placement and not distance.

The rest of the holes are mostly wide open and longer, balancing a park style course with the more typical wooded Nashville course experience.

The design is quite thoughtful, making decent use of the space. While the wooded holes have gaps to hit, the open holes for the most part include elevation changes, OB paths and fences, and sometimes sloped greens.

The course distance and elevation changes make for a pretty active round so you can get some great exercise too (may be a con for some people).

While this is a multi use park, the course is in a section with nothing else. I've never seen a non disc golfing park goer on the course. That also means that there is almost no litter on the course which is another pretty rare thing for a course.

The maintenance and care for the course is top notch. The tee pads, tee signs, regularly mowed fairways, wood chipped greens and new baskets are all a pleasure to experience.

A course using this big of a wide open space is bound to have some filler holes. The stretch of hole 8-11 is pretty forgettable. Other than an OB path between holes 9 and 10 there isn't really any danger or intrigue.

13 and 15 are a couple more fine but fairly unmemorable holes.

Lack of a bathroom or practice basket is an area for improvement.

Regardless of whether or not you're looking for a wide open park style course, The Highlands is a completely different experience than Cedar Hill / Oggwood / White House/Seven Oaks.

It brings some of the openness of a Naval Hill or a Two Rivers but with a variety of pars and a great mix of wooded holes. Not every hole is great but it's still a lot of fun. It also has the only par 5 that I know of in the Nashville area and way more par 4's than any other course around. Definitely worth checking out.

The Highlands has come a long way in a short time. A fantastic mix of tight woods and rolling hill bombers. About a 35 minute drive from the north side of Nashville, but it's 100% worth it. A beautifully manicured and very well maintained course.

A. Challenge - The challenge of this course lies in your ability to play many different styles. 6 of the front 9 holes will push your woods game (as well as the last two holes of the back 9), the middle asks you to pull out your bazooka. For holes like 13, it's launch codes activate. A nice mix of par 3s to par 5s. Elevation change from beginning to end asks you to bring your best footwork. The majority of the holes have very few teeth once you're out of the woods so bogeys should be fewer and further between, but this course is challenging and fun from beginning to end.

B. Baskets, signs, and tee pads - DD veteran baskets on every hole with arrows pointing to the next tee pad. One basket per hole. A few different pin placements that rotate on a quarterly basis or so. Signage is bright and clearly shows the shot you are about to take. Concrete poured tee pads on every hole. Very grippy even in wet conditions.

C. Course design - Course flows very well. Real tough to get lost. Starts and stops in the same place. Definitely lots of ground to cover so you do have to walk some, but nothing exorbitant from basket to tee pad. Good use of the land, great variety, and some fun lines to hit.

D. Maintenance - The maintenance and mowing in the public part is unreal. With so much space you'd think there would be some areas that go neglected, but not so. Every wooded fairway has lovely wood chips, every grassy fairway is perfectly mowed. Even the edges of the rough are weed whacked precisely. I'm a big fan.

E. Serenity/Solitude - It's a huge park and it's usually not busy. I enjoy the ability to get solo rounds and not have too many people to run into. That said you can bring a group of friends and have a grand ol time.

F. Parking - Parking is ample all over the park. No worries there.

A. Lack of true warm up area and practice basket - There's a ton of open space all over the park to practice shots, but there's no designated warm up/driving area and there is no practice basket. Hole 1 does have an old tee pad from an old layout of the course that you could possibly drive from to an open field if it's not busy (it's usually not).

B. Lack of mid-course amenities - use the rest room prior to your round as there are no facilities outside of the parking lot and baseball fields adjacent to the course. Fill your water at what water fountains there are around the park because there are none on the course (or bring your own).

C. Lack of danger - There's very little danger for bogeys on this course. Some think of this as a positive. I personally enjoy some risk reward.

I'm a big fan of this course. It may be a bit extreme to rate this a 5, however given that DGCR is oft unused these days and the only rating for The Highlands is a 3 from days long gone I felt it necessary to boost this course's rating in order to give it the 4 I believe it deserves. Get out there and see for yourself!

18 hole course set in large park. Course has its own generously spacious area so no interference with other park activities. It contains a balanced mix of moderate park style- grassy with some large trees, to denser technical woods, and to the other extreme of wide open field bomber holes. I liked how it moved across the 3 different styles multiple times throughout the round (1-2 park, 3-7 woods, 8-10 open, 11-12 park, 13 open, 14-15 park, 16 open, 17-18 woods.)

There is a very wide range of length here (215'-850') and everything in between. Add to that a bit of elevation and there is lots of diversity and challenge. There are many fun shots here with a couple ace runs, and a couple chances to really air it out. There were many holes were I felt like a 3 or 4 would be a well-earned good score. I also noticed a 2nd pin location in the works on most holes.

Most tees were either concrete or brick, with 1 natural tee, but it would not surprise me to see all 18 with concrete very soon. Baskets were nice 2-tone red/blue DD Veterans. Also they had the best Next Tee arrows (from DD) as they snapped perfectly in the bottom.

The grass was short and mowed (and there is lots of it to mow, so props to the park mowing crew!) Though new, the woods fairways look seasoned already and were covered in wood chips- a nice touch.

This course has quickly grown to 18 holes (from 9, and even 6 I believe), and seems to get played a lot already, which is great. Looks like there is great local support here to go along with a pretty nice course.

The stretch of 8-10 is really open and flat, lacking any real obstacles (other than length and easy to avoid O.B.) Especially when you factor in that 13 and 16, which are better because of the elevation, are pretty wide open also.

*I played without a course map or tee signs, but the only major navigation issue for me was playing hole 12. I played my 2nd shot to #15 basket on accident as it is straight ahead in your view once you come out of the tree tunnel. Other trickier tees to find without a map were 3, 11, 13, 17 (but there is map on DGCR now). I am sure a kiosk is probably coming soon also.

This course is off to a great start. I will definitely play here again. Probably best suited for intermediate players, but there is enough to challenge advanced players, while at the same time being accessible and not too punishing to newer players.

The Highlands Course is located in the very back of J. Travis Price Park along the one-way road. It is a nice large park which also has all the usual features of a town park (walking trail, playground, fishing lake, ball fields, etc.)