Girard DGC is a nice lil 9 holer in Girard Park, Lafayette. It's a very well used, and well loved community park with tons of activity going on, very close to University of Lafayette.

I thought it was a pretty cute course, and starts off really well. Hole one is a nice slightly downhill left-to-right shot. Pretty short, but so is pretty much every hole.

I disagree with some of the other reviewers about the repetitiveness. Maybe some trees have grown in, or some tees moved. A few were fairly short, with a little RHBH turn-overs, but there was some slight elevation change, some holes with right or left finishes, a little more hook at the end.

Tee pads were very worn mulch. They didn't look great, but I kind of liked them for the short step-throws. There were only a couple holes where I really had to rip one. Or at least decided to anyway.

But as much as I liked this course, there were some obvious problems: the rest of the park. It plays VERY close to the other park amenities, including a very popular walking/jogging path, parking by the street, a playground, and a petanque court. I felt a little claustrophobic at times.

The tees were not marked, and the mulch has been very worn down. There's enough of a good flow to the course to find the next mulch bed, but some hole maps would certainly help.

Kind of a small issue, but if you use the scoring app on this phone, they have some pretty beginner-friendly pars uploaded. It's easy to edit your round to change it so you don't have a par 4 or 5 350'er that you "eagled."

Even if you update the tee pads, baskets, add signs, this course would still only be a maybe 2-2.5. It's still a short 9 hole park course. There's not a lot to be extracted out of the property.

But I am very grateful that there's a beginner friendly place in Lafayette to get players introduced to the sport, because there are so many other good parks that you just need a big arm to play. Given the proximity of these holes to other park patrons, though, they might not be too friendly to beginners.

I liked playing this course. I really enjoyed it, despite not being able to throw a midrange after the second hole for some reason. I would love to play the course with some non-competitive friends and beginners.

Nice open fields for a beginning player to get accustomed too, Baskets are pretty okay. Right in the heart of the city and a step away from downtown, the park itself is pretty sweet.

People, people, people. No course signs (sans 1 at the first target). Teepads are a nightmare. Dangerous course.

This course isn't the best in the south, Located intertwining the park, GP's course is just a testament to how much potential the course has. However it's biggest flaw is everything else. First off, the course is again, snaking through the park. Which means people. Loads of them lounge about, and i honestly feel like kind've a jerk when every hole I either have to ask them to move, or try to attempt to stop their child from picking up my disc and throwing it around. I had a hard time trying to get one back from a dog as well.

Second thing that really irked me were the teepads, They are supposed to be woodchip but after constant abuse and wear, the ground was warped and you can easily snap your ankle here if youre not careful. It seems that after the hurricane it's just been ignored, and that, with the horrible design and repetitiveness gives the course a bad rep and look to it.

I agree with most disc golfers here that the course be uprooted and moved, or renovated. This course is much too dangerous and children can get hurt.

Its a park to throw in. Baskets are nice.

Very repetitive..........No real use of the little terrain that is there. People in the way.

I agree with pull and re-do The park could be done way better and keep the same amount of land.

Located in the heart of Lafayette. Bathrooms readily available. Concrete Tees.

Very very repetitive. Long straight holes. Few trees. Course clearly not planned well, terrain ignored. Simple, long, flat and clear. Very busy during the day that I was there which was a saturday. Saw other golfers who yelled for people to move away from the baskets or out of the way of discs.

This course needs to be pulled and redone. A good course to work simple accuracy, will not test or try the slightly-above-average disc-golfer. Will leave you wanting more in a bad way. There are better courses in Lafayette if you only have time for one.