This is a great addition to the already superb Emporia-area disc golf scene. This may be the most challenging as the combination of length, water and well placed obstacles make every hole difficult.

The course itself is on a beautiful lake with plenty of holes that play along the lake on its many peninsulas, including the infamous Hole 18 island hole. Most of the holes that play on the lake have a lay up option if you do not want to risk losing a disc, which is a nice option.

There are several unique holes in play. Hole 1 is one and Hole 12 is another that are two holes that stick out in my mind as holes that are unique and would be hard to find anything quite like them.

There were very few holes that I left scratching my head at the design. I played during the GBO when the OB flags were out, and I felt that even then, all of the holes were fair even with the OB.

The course was simple to follow as it just played around the lake. The signs were colorful and descriptive and there are nice tee pads, which can be beneficial as this course seems like it can attract a lot of mud in rainy seasons.

I am not the type of player that likes long hole after long hole, but I do appreciate a course that has longer holes, and moves away from the conventional Par 54 course. Eagle DGC does this well. There are a lot of long holes, but they are mixed in well with the shorter holes.

There is a high risk of losing discs on holes that it may not even seem like there is a risk. I saw someone throw a little bit too high on Hole 4, and had it careen into the water over the bank. Losing discs is part of the game, but it always hurts to see an old friend be lost.

The course can be muddy when it rains, super muddy actually. Upon writing this review, I see that parts of the course is under water because of heavy rains. This makes sense as the course sits on a lake, and is prone to flooding and mud.

This is a super challenging course for even the most experienced golfer. I would say that I am decent, and it took me almost 15 holes to get my first "3" on a hole.

This probably is not the best place to take a beginner, but the 9 hole course in Olpe is pretty good for that.

I can see this be a "love it or hate it" course. Many people will love it and others will loathe it. I appreciated and respected what the course has to offer. This is definitely the hardest permanent course in the area, and it is a humbling experience being able to play here.

Very Challenging Course: It has distance, elevation changes, some gap shots, and many tricky placement shots.

Unique design with signature holes: I've never played any holes like hole 1 and 12. Very tricky and very unique. Quite a few Island shots with water in play.

Nice landscape: beautiful area surrounding a lake, decent amount of trees, cool terrain, overall a nice looking area.

- I played in late April and it was super muddy. During the GBO, someone lost a shoe on hole 7, it got swallowed in the mud and could not be found. The player had to finish without a shoe! Hopefully this will clear up by summer.
- Lots of water hazards and you can lose many discs if you are not careful.
- Hole 12 can be excessively difficult. Its pretty easily to lose multiple discs when trying to hit the green
- no benches

When in its tournament configuration there is a ton of OB, you have to play smart to stay in bounds making this a very difficult course.

While it has a lot of water hazards, I found that most of them seem very daunting, but end up not being too bad making it pretty exciting and fun.

Beautiful long course playing around the lake. Lots of open shots but also lots of OB so placement is key to leaving yourself something to throw off the tee.
•nice tee pads and drop zones
•well marked OB
•real par 4's and a 5
•fun island shots and big bomber holes
•signature holes sorta course it was nice and well kept and maintained
•wasn't hard to navigate tees are numbered and baskets are numbered but signage and distance is needed

•No signs/map/distance mark
•can lose plastic in water or in the OB muck
•water for bottles would be good but there are bathrooms
•still needs some work on some of the island and muddy holes (but I was told they are fixing, adding a lot of dirt, slight changes, ect. to improve)

I really enjoyed this course it played long but reachable and the short "filler" holes were good lines or elevation was in play always a lil danger but it played really nice. and it's always a plus when you can jump in and swim after the round also camping here is cheap like $5 a night on the course wherever you want. Would definitely be a 5 rating with some signs and distance and tweaking those mud holes because it's a great course!!