Pros:
Sometimes I'll be driving past an open area in the country and say, "If I lived there, I'd put a basket here, and a basket there, and..." This is exactly what I've been picturing! We pulled up to the house and asked if we could play. The lady who came to the door said there was no one to show us the course, but we'd be more than welcome to try to figure it out. As it turns out, that was not a problem at all.
* Course path was very intuitive without signs
* Very interesting creek valley, and great use of resources (elevation, trees, etc)
* Tee pads: very clever for grass! Two painted bricks with a spray-painted line between to indicate the front of the tee pad, as well as flags to catch your eye. There were red, white, and blue tee pads at increased distance/challenge
* Well-mowed and brush cleared, so low risk of losing a disc
* In a few places, they had mowed a lower level of grass to indicate which direction to go next.
* Multiple distance tees on several holes
* #8 really tested my backhand for length, whereas #9 gave me a chance to open up with my forehand
* Very friendly people
* trash cans at the tee pads
* homemade practice basket at the entrance
Cons:
* No concrete tee pads
* No signs
* Out of the way drive for nine holes
Other Thoughts:
If I had a piece of land like this, I hope I would be able to make and maintain a disc golf course this interesting! I wondered if this would be just some long-forgotten dream that someone had of having a disc golf course in their back yard.
Not the case at all! This course has been very well thought through and kept up. This was evident by the fact that not only was the grass well-mowed, but it was mowed at second level in places where you need to find the next tee (mostly from #5 to #6, but also a trail from #7 to #8)
Kudos on a really fun course. We'll keep coming back as many times as you'll let us. It was totally worth the drive out from the Quad Cities!