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B. Cordell DGC Fayetteville, NC

Pros:

This was generally a fun, mid-range layout. The course gets significantly better as the round progresses, mainly due to the incorporation of some hills into the layout.
- A fun, scenic stroll through a pleasant park. There's a lot going on at the park; yet the course seems generally removed from most park activities. The park feels much bigger than it is.
- Holes #1 – 6 play on the inside of the park road. Remaining 12 holes are on the outside. Several of these first holes, mainly #3, play close to the road that you must watch for cars. However, you can also use the road to your advantage with skip shots.
- The course is based almost exclusively on accuracy. There are some tight fairways. Lots of throws that felt good leaving your hand can find branches/trees. The hidden trees/branches are the most frustrating because you thought you've cleared the challenge only to get your disc knocked down seemingly out of nowhere.
- That said, for the most part, you're going to have good chances to salvage pars throughout your round. Prepare for a lot of 75 – 125-foot up-and-down throws needed to salvage your 3s.
- Several fun basket locations close to drop-offs. I liked #5's basket close to the cut-out creek bed. #10 had a great layout with its basket close to a deeper, natural creek bed. And, finally, #16's basket is in the bottom of a small ravine.
- Signage and navigation are good. They need to be as you're crossing over/close to tees on multiple occasions. Trying to play this layout blind/not paying attention to signage, and you may as well be reading a choose-your-own-adventure book.
- Excellent park. A great, small-town park that had lots of different activities, was extremely well maintained and clean. One of the highlights of my day of Fayetteville area disc golf bagging.
- A good course for casuals. Yes, they'll hit trees. But they won't need to be throwing 300+ feet. If you can throw 200 feet semi-accurately, you'll do ok here. Most likely, you'll also get a crazy, good bounce off a tree giving you a birdie putt you don't deserve.

Cons:

Based on hole #2 alone, I was ready to give up on this course. The fairway is a walking trail. If you try to avoid the walking trail, you're throwing to the right, which brings you straight towards an outfield fence on one of the baseball fields. This is the worst hole on the course due to its atrocious layout, and it's not even close. Thankfully, fairways slowly started getting wider, especially beginning with hole #7.
- I never could figure out the holes that had long tees or where those were located. Tee signs offered no help.
- #3 & 7 do bring the park road into play. Can be an issue. Also, I can imagine walkers using fairways as trails. And, be careful of cars parked at picnic shelters. Some of these are close to some baskets.
- This is a monotonous course. All holes are between 186 and 384 feet. 11 holes are between 201 – 294 feet with an average hole length of 276 feet. I threw the same mid-range disc for my tee shot on most holes.
- This is a 100% wooded layout. There isn't a single open hole on the course. Not once are you throwing on, or over grass. Even the courses in Charlotte have a hole or two with grass on them.
- Once the leaves are on the trees, these fairways are going to play even tighter.
- The repeated tap-in pars without having birdies are going to test some people's mentality. Surprise, surprise. I had some possible birdie putts that weren't birdie putts because trees were in the way.
- As such, for a short course, there is a higher-than-normal amount of luck factored into this course. Missing your line by 15 feet might end up being a far better shot than missing your line by 1-2 feet. One means you missed the trees altogether. The other means you grazed a tree.

Other Thoughts:

Generally, I think I liked Cordell. It's a fun, yet generally simple layout. I'm still not sure.
- On a lot of holes, one or two trees cut down would be very beneficial. As it is, it seems this course was installed without much disturbance to the environment.
- This was a very calming round. Being course six of eight for the day, it was nice to soak in a peaceful layout.
- This course reminded me of a scaled down version of Bradley Park in Gastonia, 25 minutes west of Charlotte. There are so many similarities between the two courses.
- The one thing this course misses is a signature hole. #15, being the longest hole on the course, and being a dogleg, requires an accurate tee shot, if you're looking to get an easy 3. The other option would be #17 as a short, downhill layout. Or I could play this course again and decide two other holes stood out to me more than the others.
- In terms of most fun tee shot, that's #10 with the tight island-esque green with the ravine to the right.
- This is a solid disc golf course. If you're not wanting to play the long layout at Smith Lake, this is a good alternative for those who have time to only play one round in the area.
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Peterson Park Algoma, WI

Pros:

Peterson Park is a twelve hole course that is split down the middle between open park style and tighter wooded holes. The first six holes are the more open park style type and the last six get you into the wooded section. The park features a pretty good amount of elevation actually, which was used nicely to add some additional challenge.

The baskets are older Mach V's apparently. They looked like Mach III's or something I could've swore, but it was a long day of disc golf at that point. Either way, they were all in decent shape and caught okay. One basket and pin placement per hole.

The tee pads are unique. Very large wooden platform tees. I kind of liked these actually. All were in good condition and worked great on a warm, dry spring afternoon. One tee pad per hole.

The wooded holes were really fun. Short but technical and a great contrast to the basically wide open front half. A small creek comes into play on hole 10, though it'd require a pretty bad shot or kick to actually find it. It does look cool though. The first hole is a pretty big downhill shot with the pin tucked pretty close to the rough on the left. Hole 2 plays straight back up that hill to the basket protected by a small grouping of trees. Hole 4 is wide open to start before coming to a wall of trees. You need to throw an accurate shot that hits a window late in the flight to get the birdie look. So even some of the front half holes do force you hit a line.

The park itself was in great shape and very clean. Free to play and in the ground year round.

Cons:

The tee signs are pretty terrible. They're the cheap old school DGA signs with the little do it yourself stickers. Most of the tree and basket stickers that make up the map are long gone leaving the hole #, par and distance without an actual map.

The flow of the course isn't the easiest to follow. There's a few longer walks between holes so a map is recommended if possible.

The tee pads were nice on the day I played here. I just wonder how these things would work if they were wet. I don't know but I don't think they'd be great. It was also kind of weird how the boards didn't all run in the same direction. They work nice if dry at least.

Other Thoughts:

This course was better than I was expecting it to be. Definitely worth a spin if you're near here. It is kind of in the middle of nowhere though, so it won't be too often that you'll be near here. Not worth a trip out of the way for but it's better than most of the other courses I played in Door county.
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Bulldog Meadows Attica, KS

Pros:

Tee signs and Kiosk Map
TEE PADS on a school course
Decent use of the small area

Cons:

Can't play when schools in session or when sporting events are using track or football field.

Other Thoughts:

This review is based on the fact this course is on school property.

Going to start of in that this course is kind of weird to find. it's behind the school. You have to get though a fence, walk down to the north end of the track to find hole one. At least you might spot basket 9 near where you enter/exit.

Hole 1 is tight, I mean super tight but it is very short. Then you have 5 more holes throwing in a small meadow behind the track. This are good holes for kids, not too long and a little challenging for those that are learning.

A couple of the holes do have 2 pin placements, but they really don't change the holes much, just a longer positing that might change how you throw your drive.

The last 3 holes throw around the football field and Track. Hole 7 throws over the north end, then you walk past the stands to hole 8 that throws down with OB fence on the right and OB Track on the left. The basket is attached to a fence of some sort making it raised higher than usual.

Hole 9 throws across the south end of the track to the basket near the fence and between the largest tree's on the course.

Would I play here again? No, for a school yard course, it's actually not too bad. it's a quick play as long as no one is using the field/track.
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Sprinkle Valley DGC Austin, TX

Pros:

Turf Tee Pads
Tee signs
New baskets
Fairways were clean

Cons:

Rough is rough
Tee pads may not last, they are good now.
Baskets are MVP
Tee signs in place are temporary as of this writing
Too many hard left, hard right (an opinion)

Other Thoughts:

Ok, first off, this is a tough course that you had better be able to throw straight or you in a world of hurt. There are very few fairways that you can grip it and rip it with any movement from left to right.

As I stated in the con's, there are several holes that are at right angles that you need to lay up, then throw the other direction. In my opinion, these are not good holes although they can burn you and can be a separator. it's just my opinion.

There are short tee pads, I played from the longs. The course was set up for COTO so the baskets were all in the longs. This put the course in at over 8000ft. That is LONG when a majority of the holes are cut out of the woods.

Speaking of which, the fairways were mostly clean in that the holes were not throw a pray. There were actually spots you want to land in to score well. If you throw too far left or right, if you don't get a good kick, you are in deep trouble.

There were good marking for "Next Hole" However there was almost only one trail away from the basket so it was pretty easy to follow the course. There was some long walks between holes and between hole 9 and 10.

Speaking of which, the course is set up as two 9 hole loops which is nice.

oh, did I mention you can bring a beer with you in your round? Most of the holes even had "can crushers" located next to the trash cans to save space.

This is a course you really have to plan your shots, you can't just throw as hard as you can. You have to land in the landing zone to get a decent 2nd or even 3rd shot in some cases.

Oh, and for the last hole, hole 18 will eat your lunch if you let it.

The first 750ft is mostly open, HOWEVER the fairway is narrow with lots of OB marked. You got to play smart, I threw my drive OB, threw from the Drop Zone, and threw it OB. The last 250ft or so is up into the trees with a narrow fairway with OB marked on both side. On top of that, there is a hidden OB pond just past the tree line. The basket is up on a nice leveled out green. I took a 7 and was happy about it after 2 OB's.

Would I play here again? Oh heck yea. Next time I am in Austin I will be playing this course again as I had to skip 5 holes to make it to the Texas Disc Golf Hall of Fame ceremony.

Speaking of which, Not only is this Austin Beerworks, but the home of Mint Discs with a Pro Shop on side. When in the pro shop, look up to see my name in the Texas Disc Golf Hall of Fame display.
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Walnut Ridge Johnston, IA

Pros:

- nice yellow banded DISCatchers visible from a distance
- practice basket
- ample parking
- pristinely maintained course with great natural beauty
- notable elevation change
- nice views of lake on several holes
- two pin positions per hole (only one populated at a time)
- dual concrete tees on every hole
- good mix of open and wooded holes
- good mix of hole lengths
- incorporates some decent elevation change in places
- space for disc golf is mostly isolated in multi-use park
- restrooms (locked in winter)
- rough and undergrowth are fairly forgiving
- holes call for a decent variety of shot types

Cons:

- tee signs are just ok with two-tone maps
- some tee signs face the wrong direction
- at times, too open to have good level of challenge
- some huge elevation change adjacent to course is wasted
- favors RHFH shots too strongly
- fairways could be more technical
- need for navigation aids; long walks and unclear navigation
- no water hazards

Other Thoughts:

Walnut Ridge is highly rated and is a very respectable course. It is fun and very well maintained but fell a bit short of my expectations. Objectively, it is probably near a 4 but just didn't hit any X factors for me. I acknowledge my issues with it are largely subjective; in part, it just didn't wow me.

The course has a lot of variety; while there are no water hazards, there are wooded and open holes, flat holes and others with some elevation change, mostly top notch equipment, and a pristine setting away from most roads. I wish the course was a bit more technical; even on the wooded holes the fairways were pretty open.

The variety of hole lengths is good and between the dual tees and pin positions there are a lot of options here. While it's in a multi-use park, I didn't note any major safety hazards. I was here around first light so it's possible more parkgoers later in the day could come into play.

There were some major hills adjacent to the course that I wish had been included. They appear to be part of the park but just not developed for disc golf which is a shame. Similarly, a lakeshore hole or two would be cool; the views of the lake are nice but it never comes into play.

I think players of many skill levels would enjoy this course. It is not punishing and has a bit of everything. If you are looking for significant technical challenge or extra tight woods golf, you will probably be disappointed. The park is very well maintained but some of the holes felt a bit repetitive for awhile and were frequently sporting lines for shots fading to the right.

This course is not too far off of the interstate overall so is a good stopping point for a round if you are crossing Iowa. It's a very nice course but nothing I'd go out of my way for.
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Countryside Baptist Church Dover, FL

Pros:

(1.451 Rating) A respectable church niner with tremendous growth potential.
- GAMEPLAY FOR A NINER - The Countryside course felt like disc golf and the play dynamics here are a full step above the typical 9-hole church course. The play isn't cupcake open 150 footers, but rather lines need to be hit and big distance is even required a couple times. The tees aren't marked the greatest, but with a little scouting and a nav app will get players through it.
- TIME PLAY - Like most niners, rounds won't drag on forever. The course generally plays in a clockwise loop. I spent 10 minutes trying to retrieve a disc and still logged only a 30-minute round.

Cons:

Just the bare minimum on the amenities package.
- AMENITIES, SIGNAGE & NAVIGATION - I think Countryside was very new when I threw it. Basically no amenities beyond the pure basics. The baskets are Dynamic Recruits. Not a premium basket obviously, but they work. The tees I'm calling natural. There are 4 pavers at each pad and they were surprisingly somewhat flush many times. However, anyone doing a run-up will be starting from the grass several feet back and probably won't even use the pavers. I saw two short pad grass scars as well. Perhaps there are more short tees. Only two holes had their vinyl sign remaining, thus a navigational app will be needed to figure the layout out.
- PRIVATE - I would recommend calling ahead. I must have misread what I saw online. I thought I had read online that it was open and free to play, but I think that is only after a player calls or emails. When I arrived, I flagged down a couple church folks and asked where the course started and they pointed in the direction to park by. While on hole (9) I saw a no trespassing sign. The gate between (1) and (2) was open where another no trespassing sign is, but I didn't see it until I was on my way back to the car. I left a $20 disc donation in case I errored.
- DISC LOSS POTENTIAL - I lost my primary driver in the water on hole (2). My first lost disc in over 100 rounds. Water lurks on many of the holes. Cautious play can avoid the abyss, but a lack of focus or a massive misfire could definitely result in a lost disc. The water makes the biggest impact on holes (6) thru (8). As previously noted, I think there are some short tees to offset some of this for newer players. Some of the off-fairway areas had some super thick overgrowth as well.
- HOLE VARIETY - Above average variety for a niner. It's got the water aspect checked off and this will create intrigue and build player discipline. So, there's that. A few shots play down moderately tight fairways or have a couple trees to gameplan around. (7) was a bit of a pucker-up play being moderately wooded and with water left, right and long left. Hole (9) is a par 4 over 500 feet long. Minus the slopes to the ponds, the course is super flat. I liked the gameplay here, but it's not to the same level as nearby Limona or Medard. The play is superior to nearby Buckhorn however.

Other Thoughts:

Countryside still has a significant canvas to work with and huge amenity growth potential. All courses gotta start somewhere and Countryside is still very much new. So even though I've got this at the 1.5 level now (20ish percentile), that doesn't mean it couldn't grow to reach Limona level. It will take a lot of money and time to get there though. However, the most critical element to get there, is here. And that's the land. I think countryside has room for 18 if they ever wanted to go that route. It'll take some creativity, but I think it's possible. If someone knows of big positive updates here, let me know. I will gladly update my review score. It didn't closely remind me of too many places. Perhaps a bit like an unkempt Lakeview in Sarasota, but without the gazillion volunteer landscaping hours and its mature sweeping live oaks. Thus, not really like Lakeview either.
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Sugar Creek County Park Gardner, WI

Pros:

Sugar Creek County Park DGC is an entirely wooded 18 hole course that plays on the shorter side but makes it for it with a full gamut of technical holes. You'll need to be on your A game as far as accuracy goes to score well out here. Not a single open hole in the bunch, which is right up my alley. There's very moderate elevation here. Nothing crazy but not totally flat either which was nice.

The flow of the course was pretty straightforward. It plays clockwise for the most part and there's not much for longer walks between holes. The transitions between holes are lined by logs/branches that frame up the path and make it pretty apparent where you need to head next even without a map.

The design is fantastic. The course starts out with some shorter holes which lets you get dialed in before stretching out a little more on the latter section of the course. That said, all the holes are under 300' until you get to the last two which are both only about 340'. The thing I liked best here was that there wasn't really any holes that felt like poke and hope holes. Sure some of the lines are tight, but there was always a pure line. Hitting said line is a whole different story though.

The baskets are Mach III's with the number plates on the top. Not the top of the line targets anymore but they're more than adequate. These are all still in great shape and caught fine. All are mounted level and the number plates make them easier to spot in the darkness of the woods. One basket and placement per hole.

Rubber tee pads. About your "standard" size. Plenty long and wide enough for the shots required out here. They had good grip to them too, though I don't do any kind of exaggerated run up either. One tee per hole.

The rough was surprisingly timid for being so heavily wooded. Not a lot in the way of underbrush where losing a disc would be much of a concern. Is it possible? Sure. But much better than it would seem for being so heavily wooded.

There's tee signs by every hole. Basic as can be. Brown metal signs attached to a 4x4 post with the hole #, distance and par. Basic but they get the job done.

Free to play and probably never too busy. Very peaceful and just unique from the other courses up this way.

Cons:

The rubber mats aren't for everyone. I don't have a problem with them but lots of people do. That said, if it's rained recently these things don't really see any sunlight and will stay wet longer. Combine that with the muddy ground that also takes much longer to dry and these may be a nightmare for some folks.

I normally don't mention this as a con. Maybe warn about in the cons I guess, but the bugs here ARE actually a con. These were the most ferocious mosquitoes I've ever encountered on a course. I've played well over 300 courses in WI. This course may be the mosquito capital of the state. I basically had to run through the course and swallowed at least three of them cursing at how much they were pissing me off. BRING BUG SPRAY.

Very muddy after any kind of rain. Treacherous walking and lot's of slipping and sliding.

Other Thoughts:

This course was my favorite out of all the Door county area courses I played on my most recent trip. And by a pretty wide margin. If you're into wooded courses this place will be right up your alley. I'd consider this a must play if you're ever up this way. My only complaint is that I didn't put bug spray on beforehand. If this wasn't the sixth course I'd played that day there's not a doubt in my mind that I wouldn't ran this one back again. I'll be back here though for sure. Armed with deep woods Off and a couple more hyzer flip fairways. Highly recommend. Loved this one.
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Lakeview Campground Chilton, WI

Pros:

Lakeview campground is home to a pretty basic nine hole course that plays along and open but slightly hilly area along the south side of the entrance road. The course plays clockwise for the most part and starts and ends near the main office building.

The course is pretty much completely wide open but they do tuck a few of the baskets into the tree line to add a little more challenge at least. Holes 3 and 7 are the two that are tucked into the edge of the trees while 9's pin is actually placed in a small grove of trees and is the best hole on the course imo due to this fact.

Blue portable type baskets on each hole. These look to modified models and are actually installed in the ground. Not sure what type but they look a lot like Axiom lites. One basket and pin placement per hole. The baskets in the open area had solar lights on top and below the baskets. This would actually be a pretty fun course to play a glow round on so this would a great idea by the staff.

4x4 posts mark the tee areas and they each have a sign on top with the hole #, sun and cartoon woodpecker. These at least get you to your intended tee area. The tees themselves are just grass.

The course itself was well taken care of and mowed. Definitely looks like some thought was put into this course unlike a number of other campground type ones I've played.

Cons:

The baskets, while being mounted into the ground, weren't all level and the single chain assembly and short tray were not great. Or even good. They also were a bit taller than "standard" baskets.

The baskets down the bottom of the hill along the tree line are basically in a water collection point and these spots had standing water near the pin. Which makes sense since that's were all the water from the hill will drain too.

The tee signs for holes 7 and 8 were nowhere to be found. This is the one confusing section of the course too. The rest could be played basket to basket and be just fine. Luckily I had a map or it would've made no sense.

The tee signs themselves were basically useless only having the hole #. Better than nothing for sure but kind of a waste of money when you could've just painted the hole # on them.

Other Thoughts:

Honestly, this course was better than I was expecting. That said, I wasn't expecting much. It's a quick play if you happen to find yourself over this way. I'm not sure if this is a pay to play or not. The latest update on Udisc said they were charging a $7 fee for a day pass to play it. That's $7 more than it'd be worth in my mind. I tried to check in at the office and pay it just to say I played it but it was locked. This was on a monday afternoon. I just decided to play it it quick and left so that worked out well for me. May be best to call the office beforehand if you intend to play here. I'd assume that it's free if you camp here but if travelling through you'll want verify first before stopping. Will I play it again? No way, even for free. It is a full nine hole course though and could certainly be worse.
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Austin Ridge Bible Church Austin, TX

Pros:

+ The course takes players through pleasant views of nature, generous hills, woods of varying density and a few water challenges.
+ Flat, long and wide concrete tees.
+ Tee signs are colorful and informative, but...

Cons:

- ...They are only at the blue tees, I think?
-/+ The guiding signage is intermittent at best.
- Very dense roughage and undergrowth.
- Safety hazards present throughout the course but especially on the front9.

Other Thoughts:

I'm not a very good tourist.

Whenever I visit a new city, my first thoughts are not about lively bars, unique museums, historical sites or famous landmarks/monuments but of disc golf courses. During my trip to the Austin area in early November 2023, I kept hearing the slogan 'Weird Austin,' but I can neither confirm nor deny its veracity because the closest I got to the city proper was Austin Ridge Bible Church. (Sidebar: Does a Bible Church differ from a regular church somehow? Maybe it's where Bibles go to learn how to be Bibles?)

The disc golf course? Yeah, it's pretty good.
The first six or seven links are a lovely string. Those fairways bend, dip and rise with tree cover that is close but not constricted. A few of them have a pretty creek along the way that is nice to take in and, thankfully, not deep. Watch your step on those first seven fairways. There are rocks, roots and slants galore waiting to catch you off guard.

Speaking of being caught off guard, I was not prepared for links A and B!
In between 11 and 12 are two links with the type of steep fairways that we rarely see in disc golf. LinkA is a monstrous uphill climb not for the accident-prone or weak-kneed. That is not a taunt but a warning. The climb is rugged with dry dirt, loose rocks, hidden roots, plenty of bushes and short trees. While you're looking for your disc, you need to be aware of your footing. LinkB is the same exact thing except treacherously steep downhill. I found them enjoyable and challenging, but I can't blame you if you take one look at the incline and say, "Nah, screw that," and skip ahead to link12.

The view at the top of that hill is pretty nice, though. You can see the church, the nearby highways and all of the bounding hills receding into the horizon. I prefer those disc golfy kinds of quiet moments rather than bar-hopping on Main Street or taking some sort of guided bus tour. (Maybe I'd go bar-hopping after the sun sets, though?)

On the downside, I started feeling bored with all the dusty fairways. In particular I wasn't too crazy about link9. That fairway is straight, flat and had just a peppering of trees on the fairway. Link8 was the same way, except a lot longer. Link12 is a major lost disc risk. It's a blind downhill throw with a bunch of grabby shrubs and tangled vegetation on the way down. Keep both eyes open. I wasn't too thrilled with the sporadic guiding signage. Sometimes it's right where it needs to be. Other times I had no choice but to rely heavily on the Udisc map. In fairness, links13 and 14 have been removed due to construction. So that likely contributed to my confusion. But that's as bad as it gets at Austin Ridge, aside from the rugged walking.

My favorite one, link10, was a nice lengthy puzzle of shady tunnels and tree dodging until finally reaching an uphill putting area. By the time I reached link11, I said to myself, "I'm enjoying this course a lot." I appreciated 11's choice of tunnel through a gently rising slope. And that was before the suckerpunch sight of linksA and B! Special mention of link18. That sneaky pond on the left hand side of the fairway is a nasty kiss goodbye.

In conclusion, the power throwers out there won't really enjoy this course because there are no open fairways to let loose and unleash. I would advise newbies to the sport to play the short layout and take their time because there are plenty of trees to deflect and discourage the player with lost discs and crappy lies. But for those tacticians who don't mind a little danger in their day, then consider Austin Ridge Bible Church strongly recommended. Just wear sturdy footwear, watch your step, and pay extra attention to your throws.

Join me as a fellow bad tourist.
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Hummel Park Omaha, NE

Pros:

- absolutely insane bluffs and elevation change
- some of the best risk/reward rollaway type shots I've seen
- good use of next tee indicators in a few places
- concrete tees on most holes
- great variety of uphill, downhill, water hazard, flat shots
- DISCatcher baskets in good shape
- beautiful natural scenery with huge natural variety
- tee signs have satisfactory maps where not damaged
- huge technical challenge requiring good shot variety
- really cool terrain playing over creek hazard on several holes
- bridges over creek where needed
- insect activity tolerable, at least in April
- long with some length variety

Cons:

- some signage in desperate need of repair
- need for many more next tee indicators
- navigation in middle of course becomes extremely confusing
- overgrowth in places makes it hard to follow course
- a few holes play near roads/pedestrian areas

Other Thoughts:

Hummel Park is one of the top 5 courses I've ever played with over 250 played. I was looking for wooded, technical challenge and elevation change. I never expected to find it in Nebraska. I think this is tied with Justin Trails - Big Brother (WI) for most insane elevation change I've played, in the middle of the midwest - I'm floored.

Hummel Park will beat you senseless. It is an absolutely insane workout with more uphill and downhill trekking than almost any other course you will ever play. It is not for the faint of heart or anyone really out of shape. You get quite a ways from your car and won't be back until you finish, so be prepared. You will want at least 32 oz. of water, in my opinion, and probably a few snacks too. The first few holes start off strong with insane elevation change - including the iconic 91 ft. drop on hole 1 - and some major rough. After this, things flatten out for a few holes and the rough becomes far more forgiving. There are ample opportunities early to lose your disc badly off a major dropoff.

The middle of the course starts feeling more like you're in the Rocky Mountain foothills with rockier terrain and no grass. In this section, navigation gets very, very confusing with no concrete tees or next tee indicators, and some tee signs missing. This course is incredible and the main limitations for getting a 5 are the nagivation, the upkeep, and the signage. Honestly, it doesn't deserve above a 4 in its current condition, but with a few improvements this is easily a 4.5 quality course, and this is how I remember it, as a 4.5 caliber course. The tee signs need to be repaired/replaced and some places need to be trimmed back a bit.

You will need every shot in your bag here - being able to throw both forehand and backhand is a plus to fade shots both ways, or at least being able to throw anny. You will have to throw uphill and downhill effectively.

The water hazard here is a small creek that comes into play in the first third of the course - nothing crazy but a cool feature to add intrigue to the flattest parts of the course playing through a more spaced out wooded area. There are plenty of tree hazards here but most of the course plays dense and tight outside of these holes.

I played this course at the end of the day out of necessity but I don't really recommend that. Best to do this one with fresh legs. Par felt fair here but expect the course to be difficult. The course is long overall; there is some length variety, but not much under 300 ft. You will need to bring some arm power as well as lots of accuracy.

This is absolutely a destination course and the highlight of my brief stop in Omaha. While Kansas City has a larger quantity of quality courses, Hummel Park blew away everything I played in KC. Go to KC for numerous excellent courses, but stop off in Omaha for one of the best disc golf experiences you will ever have - if you enjoy elevation, anyway.
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