Pros:
Challenging course with a good variety of shots required. The course mixes play between a few woods holes and many prarie holes with plenty of obstacles that force you to think about your shots off the tee. Poor tee shots resulting in bad lies can be easily made up for and won't necessarily ruin your round. This course will be a challenge to advanced players but open enough for newbies to enjoy.
Cons:
Prarie grass, prarie grass and prarie grass. There seem to be long stretches of time when the grass isn't mowed. This means that even a great shot landing on the fairway can be tough to find. Buckthorn is another big problem here and on several holes, most notably 8,9 and 12 will really punish errant drives. There have been noticeable efforts lately to clean it up, however much more work is needed. Tight fairways also lead to disappointing stoppage of play to find discs in waist high grass and thistle. Word to the wise - even on the hottest day, wear pants and don't even think about wearing sandals.
Other Thoughts:
This course is pretty young and will continue to suffer from some growing pains. It is one of the funnest courses I have played and sometimes the most frustrating as well. There are quite a few notable holes with many blind shots from the tee that will challenge even the most seasoned players shot shaping ability. The holes that stand out the most are 3, 5, 9, 13, and 18. Hole 3 is a short dowhill to uphill shot through a tight wooded window with a narrow fairway through the trees. You would be wise to throw a straight shot to the uphill and skip the disc up close to the hanging basket. Hole 5 plays over a thick sumac valley with highground and fairway to the right and while the pin is straight ahead, there is no way to get there without a left to right shot landing on the fairway, or risk the wrath of the sumac. Hole 9 is downhill, tightly wooded hole that will require well placed anhyzer shot to follow the treeline straight off the tee or a precise hyzer to folloe the treeline to the right to the blind pin. Hole 13 starts uphill, levels out, then plays slightly downhill to the pin. Directly ahead of the tee box stands a clump of trees just high enough to ruin a laser-like drive, however a shot placed up and over these trees reveals an open fairway with an easy follow-up to the pin for the courses best attempt at an eagle (yes its a par 5 and shouldn't be, but we'll get to that later). Hole 18, well that hole is the devil. No advice here, just throw and hope for the best. On another note, the pars here are very forgiving, almost to a fault. This does however appeal to newer players whose bad shots don't necessarily result in double bogeys (good confidence booster). As I have said there are attempts being made to widen fairways by mowing which has definitely improved playablity. Overall this course is just fun to play and offers enough of a challenge to keep you coming back.