"The lack of ammenities" at Flyboy.....well, since you brought it up: You're right, there's no bench at the tee pad (#16) in the picture you selected to start this thread. There's not one at #18 either......or brooms. The other 25 holes on the course, however, do have beautiful handmade Willow branch benches (made for my wedding, repurposed to disc golf) and brooms, along with a few trash cans here and there. #16 tees off a grass aircraft taxiway, and #18 (the longest known hole in disc golf) tees off the grass runway.......airplanes win over disc golf benches out here.
Flyboy is ALL ABOUT the ammenities, actually. Pro-shop, cafe (ok, my Mom takes orders and will fix you lunch), clubhouse with Bed & Breakfast (go to airbnb.com, search Whitesburg, GA to see the rooms) with three bathrooms and fireplace available to the golfers, giant main room (the aircraft hangar) with 24' movie screen for player's briefings via powerpoint and laser pointer, comfy couches to relax in, ping pong, billards table, camping on site with two bathroom/shower facilities, small cabin with triple bunk, and 1961 model Airstream Bambi camper available to campers, 9-hole novice/speed/glow/superclass golf course, golf cart (for driving back out to #13 after the round to shag that 2nd Destroyer you threw and forgot about), disc grabbers around the lakes, popcorn popper........ok, I made my point. There are lots of excellent, beautifully designed disc golf courses around the country, with a parking lot and maybe a restroom for ammenities, if you're lucky . I was determined that would not be the case at Flyboy...........it's got ammenities.
All those 5-disc reviews: Flyboy Aviation Disc Golf is not perfect. Never will be. It WILL continue to improve, as long as I'm running it. DGCR reviewers come in all shapes and sizes, from the puristists, to the more emotional, subjective, objective, to the the completely uninformed, but I've received some valuable constructive critisism through the reviews, authored by novices and touring pros alike, which have greatly helped me improve the disc golf experience here. The review process isn't perfect, and we can discuss the ins and outs of it till the cows come home (and you have). Right or wrong, in the end, if the EXPERIENCE a golfer has at a particular course pegs his Fun Meter like no other course does, for WHATEVER reasons, he'll probably rate it a 5. Cool rock formations at Flip, goofy dogs at Flyboy, it's all about the fun and the experience in the end that will influence these ratings. Go ahead and create a different rating system if you want to find the course with the most perfect layout, tee pads, sineage, etc., but it is the fun experience that brings the golfers back again and again, and brings new golfers into the fold.
Finally, speculating in these forums about a course you've never experienced, is like looking at the world through a soda straw. I invite you folks to come visit Flyboy Aviation, "get the Tee shirt" (Flyboy hat, golf towel, visor, CFR disc would be nice too, I gotta buy deisel fuel). Then, jump on the forums and have at it.
Happy discing,
Kelly Leggette