A wide open, nearly pancake-flat practice course.

This is one of those courses that you can take one look at and know the entire extent of it. In this case, one look is all it takes to see the whole property.

In the large fenced field of Moore Middle School lie nine baskets. No tees or signs of any sort; but, playing basket to basket creates a fairly sensible nine-hole chain.

In terms of true pros, there aren't too many. There are only a small number of obstacles, so presumably this would be beginner-friendly. It's flat, so no rollaways. It's fenced in, and you're likely to have the place to yourself since you'll be playing after hours or on a weekend.

In a slightly confusing twist that contradicts the beginner-friendly openness, one of the strongest traits of this course is a good variety of distance, up to about 400' on some holes. You can do some actual driving if you aren't an upper 25% distance thrower.

On the much more lengthy side of the review, this course is one of the least compelling plays I've ever encountered.

No tees and no tee signs are always a bit of a weak start for a course. Basket to basket is fine, but feels rough around the edges. Is it even a course or just practice baskets?

The flatness and openness are detractors. For someone like me who throws in the 300'-350' range on a good drive, it was basically fieldwork followed by a lengthy putt. Minimal shaping requirements came into play a few times (one hole had a single tree and another had a baseball backstop to contend with), but mainly because of the steep slope marking the boundary of the fenced field. Worst case, you crash into it at the end of the disc's flight and roll back down level with the basket.

The course isn't available all the time since it's on school property. On a philosophical note, it seems like a misplaced course. Middle schoolers aren't going to be throwing 350', right?

The school building is at risk on the first hole. If multiple groups somehow chose to play simultaneously, some fairway crisscross would ensue.

Also annoying is that the course finishes on the far side of the large field from the access point. Nothing like a quarter-mile walk to finish off the round!

To recreate Moore's course, find a flat field and place 9 baskets 280'-400' apart from each other in roughly a straight line. Add one tree and some ugly fences and you've done it! It's a practice course through and through, but perhaps not ideal for its clientele? I don't know. But I know that compared to other disc golf courses it is a Poor example.

This middle school has the room that most high schools only dream about. Behind the school are three full sized soccer fields and a full sized baseball field plus a little extra space over there. On the blacktop area are eight (8) full sized basketball courts and eight (8) tennis/volleyball courts.

So natural, the course designer decided to take advantage of all this space by creating a nine (9) hole disc course of massive proportions. Well, maybe not massive but with six (6) holes over 350', this is huge by middle school standards. I know, I taught middle school Phys Ed for four (4) years and we only had one boy who could throw a frisbee more than about fifty (50) feet.

The course plays completely around these one square mile athletic fields in a counterclockwise direction. Because there are no signs or noticeable tee pads, it's hard to be super accurate with the holes. The baskets are Discatchers with the yellow rims and a small number. With that number and a brilliant analytical mind, I was able to figure out exactly how the course plays.

There are some holes that few middle schoolers could successfully play. # 2 is a 375' annie around the portables. # 5 is 399' back to a basket by the soccer field. 6 & 7 both play along eroding hillside on the street side. It would a pretty horrible drive to clear the fence up on the street level but I have the utmost confidence that some moron middle school could do it.

Course is too long for middle school students.

Disc golf would interfere with ball games, soccer, the fitness area and anything else that's going on at the time.

No signs.

No pads?

Not real creative although there isn't much to work with here.

This is just another example of the designer completely missing his target audience. I gotta believe that this course was placed here as a possible P.E. activity and maybe for after school club or intramural program. But why design a course so overwhelming difficult that few students could ever have any success? Or is this one of those projects where some teacher saw the chance to build a course to his specifications and basically snowballed the administration on the project?

No one was around and with the size of the field you could create your own safari holes of various distances. The baskets were new and the grass was cut nice. Lots of trash cans around

No specific layout for the holes. I did not see restrooms available for public use. Drinking fountains were by the classrooms

If I lived closer I would use this course as a practice location. I love that it's on a middle school campus and I'd love to see a junior tournament or clinic at this location