1524 Miles
56 Hours
10 courses
179 holes
1 new Buc-ee's
2 lost disc
1 Strike
Up to 2034 courses played
5 of those in Georgia
21 in Alabama
52 in Mississippi
Played
Ag Heritage Park (9) – Auburn AL
Tumble Tree (21) – Opelika AL
The Graveyard (18) – Opelika AL
The Rock (18) – Opelika AL
Smith Station Sports Complex (18) – Smiths Station AL
Flat Rock Park (18) – Columbus GA
Auburn University of Montgomery (21) – Montgomery AL
Faulkner University (18) – Montgomery AL
Lagoon Park (18) – Montgomery AL
Highland Park (20) – Meridian MS
Left work at 4pm and drove 700 miles to Buc-ee's in Auburn AL. Add another Buc-ee's to my list. After filling up and using the world's cleanest rest rooms I took a 3 hour nap in the parking lot.
Ag Heritage park was first up on my agenda, a 9 hole course with no tee's marked. Just played the UDisc layout. 2nd drive of the day was a Tree Love hot stamped Stryke that landed in the lake…… Oh well, the course is mostly open and kind of boring.
Drove over to Opelika to play Tumble Tree next. This 21 hole course was actually pretty good other than some dumb designed holes. The rest of the course was pretty good and I enjoyed my round. I did play the OG Red tee's instead of the longer Blue tee's because they were better tee boxes. The Blue tee's looked more like afterthoughts. This course has a few open holes but is mostly wooded. That is what made the course good. Even some elevation thrown in. But the hole along the road and 2 teeing off from the sidewalks is what I had a problem with.
Next up was 2 more courses in the same park. The Graveyard and The Rock. There is some contruction going on and hole 1 of the Graveyard is using a temp hole. The Graveyard has some bite to it. Lots of elevation and some pretty tough holes. Thankfully this time of year the rough wasn't too bad. This is a newer course but the locals have done a good job and you can see they are still working on it.
Next was The Rock. This course wasn't quite as long or hilly as The Graveyard. But it did have some fantastic holes including a couple of good par 4's. This one isn't quite laid out as good and you have some long walks expecially going from hole 12 to 13. But I will say this, both courses have hole 9 looping back around near the parking lot.
Next up was Smiths Station, this course is almost totally wide open and all over the place. Not a lot of trees on this course. There are actually signs that say "Mando" with an arrow just to force shots. Otherwise it a hyzer hyzer course, which I threw on just about every hole. It's a quick play, but not worth going out of the way to play.
Ok, one more course listed in Alabama in this area says the course is in bad shape, so I elected to jump across the river into Georgia. I stopped at a 9 hole ball golf course that has disc golf too, but it was padlocked, no playing there. I then remembered someone I talked to earlier recommended Flat Rock so I headed over there.
Flat rock is an old park with some interesting topography. A few of the holes throw over a flat rocky area. Only issue is how many people were in the park just wondering around and taking pictures. This course only has one tee box, but EVERY hole has 3 baskets. This made it very confusing, I mean very confusing. I threw to wrong baskets more than once. I did play the longest basket on every hole for fun and torcher. Other than being confusing with all the basket, this course is fantastic with plenty of different shots. I can see why it is a popular course.
It was dark by the time I finished (it gets dark earlier in the Eastern time zone

) I headed back towards Montgomery and stopped at a little place that sponsored the two courses just down the road. Good burger, good fries and a fantastic grasshopper shake you have to eat with a spoon. All for under $20. After dinner I drove on into Montgomery, stopped by a church to see if baskets were in yet (they were not) and went over to Walmart and slept for the night.
I actually fell asleep before 10pm and woke up at 6am. Headed over to AUM and played their 21 hole course. Most of this course is wide open with a couple of holes in a wooded area. The tee's were a mix of cement, rubber and a few just dirt. Apparently this was a 22 hole course but basket 11 was missing and they just put it as playing from hole 11 to 12 basket for the long. There is some elevation on this one and the sidewalks and across are usually OB.
Drove just a couple of miles over to Faulkner University. This is a small 9 basket course where you play one direction and then play those 9 baskets backwards. The tee signs were located next to the basket on almost every hole. Basket 7/12 was missing and I just played the tee sign. 4 of the holes were only 130ft and I had to throw all my upshot discs trying to get that Alabama ace. (didn't even come close) As can be expected on most college campus courses, there is spots where others come into play. In this case there was an RV Park with a fairway going right though it. There was one RV and yes, I managed to hit it. (thankfully no one was in it at the time and no damage done) it was a quick play but not work going out of the way to play.
Last course in the Montgomery area was Lagoon Park. This newer course apparently just got tee pads recently. Short and long tee pads along with 2 sets of basket gives you anything from a pitch and putt to a more tournament level course. Because tee signs on the long pads I played longs to longs. Still has some short birdie holes, but some of the longs holes do require good shots to get your 3. Unfortunately I left my upshot putter at the course. Got a phone call about 30 min after I left. (The guy is supposed to mail it back to me)
I had enough daylight to get to Meridian MS to play another course. Highland Park was dedicated in 1907 and is an old city park. The type of park I really enjoy visiting. Yes, I have a habit of reading all the monuments and love looking at old buildings. Turns out this park also has a carousel that was built over 125 years ago. To bad the building was closed. The course itself is what you would expect. 2 sets of tees throwing to 10 baskets. Because both sets of tees were numbered 1 to 20, I played all 20 holes. I probably enjoyed the park more than the course itself. But on the last hole, .395ft I managed to throw a used Stryke I picked up this last week from DD Carrollton and was only 20ft short. One of the longest drives I have had in a while. Sweet way to end the day.
500 mile drive home from there. Got home about 12:15.
Favorite course of the trip – tough one, I think I will go with The Graveyard. Flat Rock would be a close 2nd as I did enjoy that park. I think I was playing pretty well as I played the Graveyard. My Star Valk was holding the line and I was staying on the fairways.
Best course of the trip – Flat Rock to the long baskets has to be it. Fantastic Park and the longs were tough for me. I was just trying to stay under par that whole round.
Worst course of the trip – No question here, Faulkner University was just a horrible design. Putting the tee signs so close to the baskets, throwing over the RV Park and the missing basket. It's a quick play, but not one I would recommend anyone to play.