First thing first ... I love courses with hole names. This should be normalized because it adds a fun element.

I honestly have a hard time deciding what I think of this course. My rating went up, then down again and each time I play it my mind comes around to another aspect and I change my mind again.

The positives here start with being in Brooke Hills Park. This is a really nice park way out in the middle of nowhere WV panhandle. There is a golf course and a mini golf course along with the disc course. There is a nice pond that offers paddleboat rentals. You can even rent discs at that booth. There are picnic shelters all over the place that seem rarely used, so we squat and hang out for a bit all the time.

There are two water shots on this hole, which I'm always a big fan of at a course. Many have mentioned that 7th Hole which is a hyzer dogleg out over a pond to land on a green that borders it. Depending on pin position you're either taking a steep hyzer to a shoreline or need to land it in a pinpoint zone between pond and woods. The other water shot comes down along aforementioned boat pond to another peninsula basket.

In general, the course is well-maintained. I have been there when grass is shin high though and finding your disc can be a challenge even those days. You have two sets of tees, though they aren't defined per PDGA rating. They call them short and long. I would absolutely say that the shorts are Red tees and the long are probably rated White. Because of the picnic shelters you have plenty of places to stop and rest. There is a portapotty there (I believe) all year long, though no other running water.

This course is bipolar and I have no better way to say this except that it's simultaneously ridiculously easy and stupid frustrating all at the same time. I shot one of my best rounds ever here, well under par on the shorts and I'm not all that good. The longs are more challenging but really by that much. This course is for people to go out and birdie fest. You can putter drive a good number of these holes. Nothing wrong with that necessarily. Fun to play that now and then, but doesn't set it up there with the elite, right? In addition to the shortness, many of these holes are just a tee and a basket in a field. There may be one obstacle, but mostly just land your drive and go.

On the flip side, there are some holes that are just not fun to play here. 5 is a drive over a fairway to a "links" green, meaning that there is a patch of DEEP rough to carry over. Okay, cool design maybe but it's deep deep, like let me go get into Tick country and spend 5 minutes looking for my disc. No thanks. 6 is a cool hole except that there's just too much in the way to consistently carry to birdie. It's more luck than skill. The stretch from 9 to 12 is mostly forgettable. Don't get me started on the Asylum hole. Every local thinks our quaint little gimmick hole is awesome. I'm sure the guy who plays this a dozen times has a local route, but there isn't one for most of us. Throw 10 of the same drive and see which one lands close, because most will hit an early tree. Then the same thing on 15 which is probably a thumber or tomahawk for many way up a slope. It's another luck shot.

There are a LOT of courses to play. If this was my local, I think I'd be happy, but for those coming potentially from other areas, there are thousands of courses just like this one.

There are always ducks around. Watch your discs on those ponds because they are most likely in your blind spot sitting or even nesting.

There's an odd old campfire site, or something, on the 8th Hole that is full of algae-fied water. It looks like a Portal to Hell

+ The whole course takes place within an expansive and breezy park.
+ Two tee pads per every hole are uniformly made from a singular slab of level and sturdy concrete. Each pad has its own sign, too.
+ All baskets have bright yellow numbered arrows suspended from the bottom to tell players which way to go next!
+ Quite a few elevation changes: both uphill and downhill.
+ It is a mostly open course to encourage big power throws with some devious wooded holes interspersed.

- Despite how clean and well-built the tee pads are, they are too narrow and not long enough. Perhaps I am just too tall with freakishly long legs, but I had to start completely off the pad each time I wanted to do a wind up.
- No lost disc box. I could be wrong about this. I did not look everywhere.
- Quite a few tee signs ought to be replaced or updated. Some are still displaying some kind of older layout when there were two baskets on each hole like holes 1, 7 and 9. Other tee signs do not have the OB or water features marked on them when it would be really handy to know about ahead of time like holes 4 through 6.
- A few of the yellow arrows pointing to the next hole are pointing in the absolute wrong direction. Holes 9 and 12 come to mind.

My favorite hole to play here was hole 6 because not only is it a glorious downhill glide, but the landscape changes from wide open to tree-dodging partway through with a stream to avoid as a bonus. To my mind, it was the liveliest hole.
My favorite hole to look at was hole 10. Atop a hill with the parking lot at your back, the player is treated to a grand view of the mountains in the distance.
My least favorite hole here is hole 4 because I didn't realize until much later that I played it incorrectly. Plus, I saw it as being the ugliest part of the course.

But as for the course as a whole, Bud and Carol Billiard DGC is a nice place to play our sport. (I feel as though it is important to say the course's full name: Bud and Carol Billiard-- not just Bud Billiard) I would say that the hills are the most noticeable feature. Whether out in the open or in the woods, there are hills and valleys to contend with. The steepest of which is probably hole 15's uphill battle.
The woods themselves don't offer too much of an obstacle, if I can be honest. They are a welcomed contrast to the wide open holes, though. Hole 13 is as dense as the trees get here, and the rest are wide tunnels or tree-dodging hybrid holes. So even though all golfers can enjoy playing here with the elevation challenges, it feels designed for the power players with all these open fields. Yes, it may feel that way, but the two tees at every hole make sure that newer players also have a chance to enjoy Billiard's terrain- even if that terrain gets samey after awhile.

The tee signs are a real drawback, though. At hole 4, I had no idea that there was any OB, so I threw wide to the right because that seemed the easiest way to get to the pin. One throw later, I found myself stepping over one of those vertical white stakes in the ground which usually signify OB. The sign didn't say it. Neither did hole 5's. And there wasn't anything particularly treacherous or foreboding about those areas to cause my to think that they might be OB areas. Update the signage, please.

All in all, Billiard is a competently structured course with lots of satisfying hills in a wide-open area. The golf isn't so tough except for distance and the occasional tree tunnel, but it is still a nice time in a quiet place. It won't do much to dazzle, but you should still check it out if you're in the mood for a relaxed session with breezy vistas and a cleanly manicured course.

This course is in the middle of a nice park with tons to do. Camping, swimming, fishing, golf, mini-golf, playgrounds and I'm sure I'm missing much more. The disc golf course is a nice size, not too small, and not too large. There are some really nice holes 2, 3, 5, and 6 are my favorites. There are many hole which are played in open fields which brings my rating down a bit. Hole 7 I don't get... most of the fairway is a nasty pond, and the basket is on a narrow ledge on the ponds shore. Yes my disc splashed 3 foot short of the basket, gone for good. I enjoyed playing this course there are many wide open vanilla holes, which would make this a great course to learn the game. The two times I was here there was no foot traffic on the course, and it is well maintained and cared for. A huge plus for this course is that Drovers Inn is right down the road, and nothing is better after a round of disc golf than a cold beer and great wings.

Hole 7 is the biggest deterant, it's fun to splash an old disc, but I won't play this hole each time I play this course. Many of the holes are wide open, and there's only a few wooded holes.

I like the elevation change on pretty much every hole. There are also a good variety of open and wooded holes too. OB, mandos, and water hazards also keep you on your toes for a fun round. Not to far over the border for the other Pittsburgh golfers who like a little drive.

I played the course for the first time at a tournament. Just so happens the wind was steady with gusts up to 30mph. Being that some of the holes on the course are wide-open, this played for some windy golf. Any course can be tough to play in the wind but we managed. Tee pads seemed a little shorter than I'm used to but they were workable. The course is fairly new and will get better over time but some spots are a little rough. And, if it's rained lately the course can be pretty wet/muddy in spots. Some of the rough is very unforgiving.

I rather enjoyed this course. Not the longest course but definitely let's you use about equal parts of driver/mid's. I feel that the basket placement from tee pads have fair lanes with only a few wooded holes that seem overly tight. With that being said, you HAVE TO make sure you are hitting your lines! Might have a little trouble getting out of trouble even being a little right or left. If your in the area or feel like a trip it's worth it and the locals are good people.