Only 5 minutes of of I-10, this well-balanced course has transformed from a ho-hum 10-holer to one of the most fun courses on the MS Gulf coast. 18 new red-banded Discatchers are there to greet your on-target putts. It's moderately wooded with defined lines you have to hit at the right speed to score well. Most holes are deuceable for the average golfer, and there's little chance of losing your beloved plastic.

The new holes on the west side of the park are still rugged but very playable. Holes 9, 11, 12 and 18 let you show off your arm if you have one. Hole 10 is a 280ft alley shot that can be birdied, but you have to throw a really crisp FH drive that fades at the very end. It's my favorite hole on the course. Hole 5 is 300ft with a hanging basket, There are several ace runs on the front 9.

Signage is minimal but good enough. The arrows hanging under the baskets are very helpful to get you to the next tee. There is a store with bathrooms, and there's camping on site with full hook-ups! There's also a killer playground for the kids that includes a water park and access to the Jordan River. This very well could end up being my new home while we're house-hunting in the area.

Dirt tees. If this course saw heavy use this could be a problem. There are a lot of short holes under 200 feet, but they aren't automatic birdies. The course may be a mud pit after a heavy rain, especially the area where the new holes are.

I really enjoy playing here and prefer this course over Hiller simply because I don't have to worry about losing my discs in the water. It's definitely worth a play if you're passing through the area.

Nice new baskets. Restrooms on site. Nice mix of terrain with elevation mixed in. Nice clean park. Good signage. Easy navigation. Good flow. Mix of short and longer holes. Not crowded at all when we were there.

Course is a work in progress and needs some seasoning and cleanup in places. Tee pads are not finished yet. Multi use so be careful.

This is a redesign and previous reviews do not reflect the quality of the course now. With some better tee pads and a little more work this could be a solid 4. My buddy who was with me was also very impressed with the course. The course starts just to the right as you enter the park. Previous reviews mentioned pay to play and there is a gated entry but it's after you get to the course. We parked right at number 1 and never drove through the gate. Some of the holes could be an issue with other park users but mostly the holes are away from multi use areas

Nice view of the river on hole 7

No improvements made since last review about a year ago. Since the tee signs are just a 4 x 4 stuck in the ground I can see how that would be complicated. The basket on 10... Well it's like half a basket. Don't waste your 2 dollar park fee for this. Diamond head is free and pretty much complete.

I'm sorry to say the worst 9 and a half holes I've ever played.

-Reasonably woodsy, so there's a lot of shade which is always welcome in the deep deep south
-Short, which is good for introducing people to the sport
-Camping on site

-Not a lot of variety. I found most of the holes were straight ahead, lacking challenges of forcing players to throw forehands or other creative shots
-Doesn't drain that well
-No distances on the signs/posts, one or two signs/posts missing or backwards
-Closest store is miles away

Other than as a beginner course for the campers here to discover the sport, there just isn't much that excites me about this course. None of the holes were very memorable.

McLeod Park DGC benefits from the wooded terrain it sits on, which provides windows or lines to hit and obstacles to avoid on every hole. Occasional rough and road OB further define the holes and help counteract the lessened challenge of the shorter hole lengths. You're mostly throwing midranges at McLeod, but you're made to shape a decent variety of lines with them. There are also some chances for rollers (6, 7) and a few holes where you'd benefit from a forehand game (RH).

The best holes at McLeod give you the opportunity to choose from a number of routes. 6 has a window to hit capped with low hanging branches, forcing you to hit a low skip, roller, or to try and circumnavigate the obstacles at your peril. 7 has a poke-and-pray-esque copse of trees further on down the fairway that doesn't have any clear solutions. A huge RHFH hyzer/RHBH anhyzer is probably your best bet, but it's an awkward angle with some obstacles in the way and road OB close by if you play it as such. I had my best shot with a roller that made it through the gap to the left of the thicket, but a low hyzer around the right side is also possible. I enjoyed having to negotiate these challenges.

As much as anything, McLeod is a welcome addition to a disc golf scene lacking a variety of options, almost regardless of the quality it offers. With many gulf area courses being mostly open, the wooded environment is a nice change of pace that has some promise, if the rough qualities mentioned below are smoothed out. Though there isn't room to stretch out here, there's the potential for some technical wooded gulf that can't be found at other southern Mississippi/New Orleans-area courses.

There are family-friendly park activities on site. Bathrooms are easily accessible, and parking is ample.

McLeod wasn't in play-ready shape when I visited: half the holes lacked tee signs, and with a lack of undefined tees throughout, this meant that there was some guessing at where to throw from. Once you get into the course's flow it seems reasonably easy to guess where you're supposed to be teeing off, but still, there's enough guesswork to make it a chore at times. This confusion wasn't helped by the fact that the basket numbers often face away from the teebox. With multiple baskets often in sight, I found myself investigating ahead to make sure I had the right target on numerous holes.

The play itself is limited by the shorter hole lengths and the tendency to avoid overly-technical fairways. With as many trees as there are here, the technical interest could be improved. Given the gulf area's lack of courses in wooded environments, I'd love to see the terrain at McLeod further maximized. As it stands, there's a sense of missed opportunity that is compounded by the lack of signage and navigation issues.

10's basket was mangled from a fallen tree; hole 1 throws across a new parking lot and seems primed to be redesigned.

McLeod is a park course that seems to be geared towards the casual player. As much as I hate to see the wooded environment go un-maximized, my sense is that McLeod will remain little more than a diversion for park goers or an occasional change of pace for locals.

The course costs $2 per car to get in, but that fee is not well-enforced. I drove in and parked right across from the entrance without anyone asking for the fee. I only realized it existed after seeing another car pay it while entering the park.

I'm not sure who put this course in [though I bet the park sign gives a good clue], but its laid out in a blandly interesting way, better than the tepid Diamondhead but only of interest to coursebaggers and regular park and holiday denizens. The 10 holes make a counter-clockwise circle starting from just east of the new visitors center, though the current map is still labeled in the old #s.
The terrain is almost completely flat, with ground cover a mix of grass and sand. The vegetation is mostly oaks of varying sizes and stand densities, with a bit of dense undergrowth lining the right side of #s 5-6. Four holes are tunnelish shots through trees, a few are left/right hyzers around large trees or dense stands, and a few more have at least 1/2 their fairway completely in the open. I don't think any hole is over 300' and the difficulty doesn't go much past beginner.
There's a decent campground, and Jordan Creek makes for a wonderfully cool dip on a hot day.
After you make the turn onto Texas Flat Road, you'll see a sign that says, "Rosa Parks Scenic Byway To Space". They forgot to leave room for "Center" at the end. It's Mississippi.

Tee signs currently paper on a stick, but should be upgraded with the park improvements. Ditto for the tees, which are natural and only obvious from the worn spots on the ground. These improvements will bump the rating up at least 1/2 point.
Looking at the layout, I can see the possibility of not being able to play many of the holes when the park is busy.
Hot, humid and buggy in summer and a month to either side.

The nearest store is just south of I-10, about 3-4 miles away, though drinks are available at the visitors' center.
Brett Favre's family restaurant, Favre's on the Bayou, is near here.

Well kept grass was nicely cut and clean,lots of trees.looking forward to playing again.

Although there were no long holes and only 10 baskets it was very fun. The map they have us didnt match the numbers on the baskets so I asume the map was wrong also the numbers on the baskets often pointed in the wrong direction it is a new course so some bugs will need to be ironed out.
Hope they will add 8 more holes.

look foward to improvements and additional baskets