-Good Baskets
-Decent Signage
-Concrete tees
-Mix of open / technical
-Work over a creek
-Elevation changes

-Strange transitions
-Couple of filler holes
-Quite a hike up #10, Up to #14, Down and up #18
-Can get busy

Hobby Hill contains a good DGC in the NW part of Gladstone, MO. Mechanics are good here - baskets, signage, tees. There is a good mix of open and more technical shots. The tee shot for #18 is a beautiful over the gorge shot to finish your round. There are some strange transitions, though. From #5 to #6 is to go around the #10 basket and down the hill and over the stream. #6 - #9 are in this stream bottom area. Honestly #8 and #9 feel like filler holes. A way to fit in enough and get back to #10. #10 to #11 is a little strange. #13 to #14 is to get back over the stream and way up on the bluff. A bit of a slog with a cart. The finish is strong with #18 other than the long walk down and back up the other side. Another good course in the KC area. Will work your elevation and touch shots. We enjoyed the round. Would play again, if in the area.

Incredibly nice tees and baskets. The signs are excellent and the blue DisCatchers stand out really well. Each basket also has the hole number printed on it quite largely. A few holes (4, 7, 16) have extra pins in play at all times. Only the ones on 4 and 7 are on the sign, but they all add a great challenge if you want it.

The park keeps everyone else out of the way of the course really well. You'll never throw near or over a walking path.

Elevation is the big draw here. 4 starts it off with an uphill tee shot, followed by a dogleg right and downhill to the pin. 5 and 10 are both sharp uphill climbs with some awkward shapes, 14 also shoots strongly uphill, while 9, 12, and 17 provide some downhill relief. 18 is the standout in this area as it crosses a large valley, but ends on about the same elevation as it started. The margin for error on 18 is small.

The wooded holes are some of the best around. 11 and 13 stand out above the rest as some of the longest holes on the course, they have multiple lines, and if you hit your line you've got a legitimate chance at birdie. 11-18 hold most of the tight woods shots, but some more forgiving lines can be found on 2-4 and 7.

Guarded greens all over the place: 2 in a gaggle of trees, 3 and 4 tucked to the right, 16 down the line, and 18 up on its shelf.

Layout. Navigation is mostly good except 5 to 6 where the sign points you in the complete wrong direction, but the layout is one of the worst out there. The walk from 5 to 6 has you crossing the fairway of 10. The walk from 17 to 18 has you crossing 14's tee. 14 to 17 could have been laid out much better than it was, and finding 11 from 10 is confusing. Usually, navigation problems go away after one or two playthroughs, but layout issues will never go away.

There are some holes that don't seem to play to anyone's strengths. Hole 5 is a short uphill that just doesn't fit any shot shape well. There's a couple that will make it, but it's above the level of the rest of the course.

The potential of having a creek running through the course was wasted besides 7's new long pin. It sits behind hole 6, but the OB is roped much shorter than the creekside.

Some very basic holes. 1 is a chip hyzer, 6 is a wide open 125ft hole that has to be the most aced hole in the area, and once you're out of the woods on 8 it and 9 are very simple air shots.

This course is absolutely worth playing. It has a great mix of holes that are accessible for beginners, while holding a few tough ones that will keep even the pros on their toes. There are glaring issues, but the golf is good enough to keep coming back.

If you Google "Hobby Hill Disc Golf" it will direct you to the parking lot on the west side. Change out west for east in what Google pulls up and you'll be in the disc golf lot.