The fun, campground casual course here in Delaware State Park (a mile and a half up the driveway off state route 23, and past the much more 'serious' Gordon Holton Memorial course) has a surprising amount of shot shaping variety for a short course. It boasts reasonably informative tee signs, DisCatcher baskets, and even a concrete tee on hole 1.

The first hole is shaped right to left and beyond a couple of scenic park trees. Hole 2 is a tight lane, and the longest hole at 285' (from then on, you're throwing 140' to 200ish at most). Holes 3 (runs gradually downhill) and 4 both fade gently left. Hole 5 is a safe left to right line but watch out for the creek to the right. 6 is straightaway, while 7 boasts a 'split' fairway (options!). Both 8 (slightly uphill) and 9 play beautifully into a pine needle green, and complete the loop nicely back by where you began.

In all, an 'accomplished' disc golfer (rated anything higher than recreational level) might enjoy throwing every hole here with a putter for a two, and sharpening up their short game, but it's not designed to challenge them. Step on over to the 'big course for that!

Stopping by in mid to late May, I was surprised to find nearly zero maintenance had been done for the spring. I was 'teased' into playing by having a swath cut to hole 1's green, but that was abandoned thereafter. I later heard folks talk about it being rainy and too wet to mow (…but we have volunteers who are able to hand trim most of a 24 hole course locally…) That meant that, although the wildflowers, weeds and grasses were beautiful, growing up basket high for six of the fairways resulted in more time searching for a bright red disc within 20' of the basket, and spending more time looking for good shots than throwing the course. Clearly, the course plays in a low flood plain near a creek, so there's very little elevation, and it will always be subject to muddiness. Of course it's nice to have a (very small, raised) concrete tee on hole 1, but the consistency of finishing the other eight would be nicer.

Scaled appropriately for the family or for novice players, this might be a wonderful course to play when conditions are good.