Pros:
Coleman Memorial Park is another in a string of Michael Dunkle & Charlie Greco designed courses. I enjoyed many of their previous area courses and this forested course is no exception.
I would compare it more to Boyertown Park's DG and Lenape in Skippack, than directly to South Hills, though. Definitely lengthier but the same type of vibe and seemingly endless amount of trees. In this time of year, brush was no problem -- although there are hints of it being a much bigger deal in summer.
It has significant elevation throughout but that also isn't a super major focus other than #5's big downhill bomber. Nearly all elevation is directly up or down head on, rather than any playing on left-right slanted hillsides.
Every hole has a single tee with yellow shorter baskets and red longer baskets. I played the shorter ones and there are two consistencies that made this course stick out. There are tight gaps everywhere and nearly every tee-off seemed to have some gap in the intermediate distance to navigate around.
Second, even on the shorter holes, which were plenty lengthy enough for me, there was a variety of viable ways to attack the basket, especially when inevitably scrambling. It's not just a backhand machete march through the jungle, well unless you want it to be, but often wasn't the best option. My rarely used overhands, forehand flicks, a few scoober rollers and evern a tomahawk got a lot more practice here.
#15 is definitely a signature scenic hole, baskets sitting atop the ruins of the remains of the Lebanon North Furnace. The park itself has a lot of other activities, like a pool or a Mini Golf course that sadly closed this year, and historical buildings combined and was one of the more historical places I saw in my DG runarounds.
Overall, this is one of those courses, in a string of recent excellent courses, that make me go back and reevaluate a lotta old scores and lower them. The bar for what a typical course entails has definitely been raised here in SE PA, since I started reviewing around 2017. Back then, just having a few baskets that sat upright and looking like it was mowed at least once the last decade meant an automatic 2 stars. Have times changed!
Cons:
I couldn't see any inherent flaws in the course itself. Outside of #5 and #15, there were really few distinctive holes, one seems to flow to the next -- which can be a plus or minus. I think it added to the vibe but others might want more variety.
Biggest letdown wasn't the course, per se, but the masses of leaves. It's just the most leaves I've seen on a course. There's a good chance to throw a disc and lose it as it slides underneath. Or worse, in the piles on the side of the fairways. Idk if this is just a shortlived fall problem or something that will hang around the entirety of winter. But I partially submerged my disc a lot and lost it completely a few times, that required intensive search and rescue.
Tees in, tee numbers in, no course or hole signs yet. People were working that weekend on a central course sign so expect it to come. Some big jumps between holes, use uDisc or d/l a map.
Other Thoughts:
I played only the short yellows. YMMV on the longer reds.