Pros:
A new course in the area...
Seriously though...
A serious challenge on some holes.
Hole 1 drives over 200 feet of water.
Hole 7 is a true par 5 at 620 with water on 2 sides and woods for the first 300'.
This course has a solid flow and players around a busy area of the park. This is exactly the type of course this area needs to help spread the word of the sport to the masses.
There are two sets of restrooms throughout the course and a water fountain after hole 9.
The park office sells discs. Don't worry about the tresspassing signs, Disc Golfers HAVE BEEN GIVEN PERMISSION to drive back to the gift shop to check out their selection of discs and gear.
Cons:
The course plays a little close to the publlic on some of the later holes, and holes 4-6 play on a used walking path.
This course gets wet, and boy does it stay wet. Even with the mulch down, there was no stopping getting soaked out there. The natural tee pads make it hard to get the right stance, even for stand stills, without falling over or feeling like it. Hopefully this year we will see that added.
Tee pads aren't complete yet, but it is a con to only have spray paint on the ground with no signage.
Some things still need trimmed, but the course was just installed today...
Other Thoughts:
Hole 1. 230 ft (3) -- 280 ft (3)
The first hole from the long throws over 200ft of water with another 75 to the basket guarded by a huge (oak or willow) tree with plenty of shule to the right. From the short, you tee off 20 ft from a 15ft window with the water playing to your right and the tree/shule don't really come in to play unless you have a longer or harder left shot.
Hole 2. 265 ft (3) -- 265 ft (3)
The second hole is a forehand friendly or turnover friendly hole with a solid line about 30ft wide for aboutu 270 until you get to the green/upshot area which looks pretty much like the basket is in a jail of these giant mature oak trees.
From the basket, walk toward the dog park and follow the fence to your right. You will see the tee pad marked next to a smaller white tree.
Hole 3. 315 ft (4) -- 470 ft (4)
The third hole plays along the dog park from the long and from near the road from the short. From the long, the dog park is out of bounds, but there are routes through it, if you have the arm for it. You can also take a safer turnover or forehand shot from here and end up with a birdie run or a confident par. From the short you are battling a strategic placement of teepad to tree layout for a birdie shot.
From the basket at hole 3, you will walk the gravel path across the street to the wooded trail.
Hole 4. 245 ft (3) -- 300 ft (3)
The blue tee is about 20 feet from the road and the white is 50ft past it. Both shots require you to shoot down the path (200ft from blue, 150 from white), dog leg to the left and 50ft from the bend you will find the basket tucked into a nice grove of trees 20ft off the path.
From here keep walking down the path.
Hole 5. 335 ft (4) -- 490 ft (4)
HELL HOLE. I warn you now. If you aren't concentrating and having complete focus on each shot, you can end up with 7,8,9+ strokes on this beast from the long tee pad. From the long you are shooting 460 straight down a path wide enough to fit a midsize car through. There aren't many windows on either side and if you don't hit them perfect, you will pay for it. I recommend throwing a midrange twice, laying up when it gets somewhat more open near the basket and taking a par if you can manage. I rarely par this hole, but that's how I do it when I can.
The tee pad for hole 6 is on the "hill" in the path, you pretty much run into it.
Hole 6. 225 ft (3) -- 225 ft (3)
This hole plays following the path on a nice forehand or LHBH line. The basket is set about 30 ft from the path on the tightest green of the course, accuracy and finesse are key to a birdie on this hole.
Hole 7. 425 ft (5) -- 620 ft (5)
This hole is the first hole back out of the woods. The blue pin is on the right side of the bathrooms as you exit the woods. From here you want a turnover shot with a stable disc to make sure it fades back left. From the long, you have woods on your left for the first 300ft and for the last 320, you have the lake. Once you get to about the 325 mark, you encounter great big oak trees and a very fast green with a drop off into the lake less than 5 feet behind the basket.
Looking at the Tower on the lake from Basket 7, Turn exactly to your left and walk into the tree area, the tee pad for hole 8 will be about 100 ft from you.
Hole 8. 190 ft (3) -- 190 ft (3)
This is the shortest hole on the course, but you still need to be careful to procure your birdie. You can take a tight hyzer route, less than 20 feet high to the right, but make sure it sticks (this green is fast). Or you can take a straight shot at it with whatever you can do it with. Just make sure it sticks.
From the basket 8, look for the nearest picnic table, the long pad is less than 20ft away from it between you and the table.
Hole 9. 225 ft (3) -- 315 ft (3)
From here you can take a hyzer route to the right around and then through the trees or a solid forehand or turnover or straightest shot you can through the large oak trees everywhere. From the short pad you get to start at the end of the hyzer route from the blue pad and just shoot through the trees.
From the basket for 9, walk with the gravel path about 50ft up, the tee pad is marked under some low-hanging branches.
Hole 10. 200 ft (3) -- 200 ft (3)
This shot plays into a low canopy with forehand and backhand shots alike making for good birdie attempts, while bad shots off the tee can result in a 4 at the end.
From the basket, walk toward the parking lot, you will see the white pad marked on your right about 75ft away, while the long pad is marked down near the ditch and another small white tree.
Hole 11. 255 ft (3) -- 325 ft (3)
From the long pad, both RHBH and RHFH have worked out well for me. This hole plays up a hill into a low canopy which then opens back up at the top of the hill. The basket is then slightly back downhill, so be careful when laying up and putting, as they can definitely get away from you on this one.
From the basket, follow the path back toward the woods, but not all the way. The Long tee pad will be marked directly in front of you next to several trees. The short tee pad is about 120ft up along the woodline.
Hole 12. 240 ft (3) -- 360 ft (3)
From both tee pads, this is the perfect hole to unleash a nice flat, low-flying drive with moderate of fade on it. While the fairway does open up after about 250, the green is another one of the tightest on the course and can eat your discs turning easy pars into nightmarish 4's and 5's.
There is a dog park right next to the course.
There is a nice beach with boat and ski doo rentals.
Plenty of picnic areas.
Park Office sells discs (just tell em you're there for discs)