Finished the trip on Saturday, here's the brief rundown:
1. Lindsey Park - Dogwood
2. Lindsey Park - Cedar
3. South Spring DGC - this course was really well-kept and tight, tight challenging woods (recommended)
4. Clyde Fant DGC - We played this in the late evening in Shreveport, was an excellent vibe and great finish to a long day!
5. Highland Park (Shreveport) - played this right at dusk (do not recommend
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6. Lake Claiborne SP - Dogwood
7. Lake Claiborne SP - Whitetail (both Claiborne courses are great and camping here was easy and relatively empty, recommended)
8. Fort Buhlow Purple
9. Fort Buhlow Green (These courses have some interesting holes but not a "must play" at all)
10. St. Julien Park - got a nice ace here over one of the water holes - the course is interesting/unique, but doesn't reach my level for recommended
11. Acadiana Park Ace Run
12. Acadiana Park Duzee - both are fun woodsy courses and enjoyable, but nothing particularly special
13. Highland Road Park (Baton Rouge) - this course is very well-designed, fun, and pretty (recommended)
14. Parc des Famillles - highly, highly recommend not only because the course is challenging and well-designed, but it is unique - I've never played a course like it. Unfortunately this was also the course I threw my absolute worst! I wanted a revenge round but we had to move on
15. Hiller Park Biloxi - very average but not very well-maintained (not recommended)
16. Admiral (Mobile, AL) - it's a Houck so it has everything that I love about disc golf (especially true multi-fairway holes). Not as challenging as most Houck designs probably because it is on a very small plot of land. (Highly recommend both for course-baggers and especially for course designers)
17. Lake Sehoy - Very challenging with a nice balance of tight woods and relatively open. I think the design still needs work but I would still recommend even as it currently plays
18. Chautauqua - This course feels old school and unfortunately suffers from lack of maintenance. I enjoyed playing here but at the same time didn't feel particularly inspired by it. It strongly reminds me of Pratt Park in Virginia. Only moderately recommend
19. Chennault Chain Course - this was a course we played just as dusk was falling. It is very straightforward/standard but also reasonably good. There are actually 3 courses here but we only got to play the one. It doesn't reach recommended status but it is right off the highway so easy to swing through
20. Ingram Park (Longview) -
21. Preserve (Mineola) -
22. Cherry Creek (Canton)
23. Hideaway Scorpion (return play)
24. Hideaway Roadrunner (return play) - both Hideaway courses are fantastic, highly recommend!