Miles from any other disc golf course, the Don Davidson DGC in Fayetteville has recently doubled in size but features mostly open and uninteresting designs.

The course starts out with a couple open holes just over 300 feet, which allows for warming up before the treeless fairways become a consistent configuration. Hole #2 borders a swampy pond that will punish shots that turn left. The next four holes include most of the trees you will encounter on your round.

Hole #18 is near the start of the course and is one of the nicer holes of the round. The back nine does feature a couple 300-plus-foot holes.

The new concrete teepads are a nice addition.

The course is probably low on traffic usually, though a bit of congestion could occur if multiple parties ventured off their fairways.

The baskets are some of the most inexpensive you will play on; the chains are flimsy, the center pole is small and the lightweight baskets seems like they would tip over if not secured.

The addition of nine more baskets would seem to be a plus, but the back nine is not very interesting. Most of the holes feature straight lines along a mostly open fairway hugging the park's perimeter. The goal of the back nine is to ensure a return to the starting point.

While some holes' only offense is being open and straight, a few holes on the back nine include greater transgressions. Hole #11 plays around (or over) the corner of two outfield fences and a scoreboard. Hole #12 is one of the few holes that starts in the woods, but the tight line into the field is not more than a few discs wide. And the teepad for Hole #17 is behind an outfield fence while the fairway is the partially mowed hill between the baseball field and Wilson Parkway. Stray discs will end up in the road.

A couple holes on the front nine are not well designed either. Holes #3 and #4 include trees in front of the teepad, forcing unordinary shots. And the basket for Hole #4 is hidden directly behind a bushy tree.

The teepads on Holes #3 and #6 are close to trees/shrubbery and need some trimming.

The tee signs look nice but are not very helpful for figuring out where the next hole is. Most of the tee signs for the back nine are not in yet. No numbers on the baskets, either, so good luck navigating the middle section.

The DGCR map is still correct for the first six holes. The new Hole #7 starts just inside the woods, as the old Hole #7 is now the new Hole #10. The new Hole #8 is the old Hole #9. And the new Hole #9 goes to where the old Hole #8 basket was but from a different location past the previous hole's basket; a new teepad was being built when I played there.

Don Davidson DGC fills a geographical void. Even with the unexceptional design of the back nine, it's nice that this small city now has 18 holes of disc golf available.