WHAT TO EXPECT: Church grounds style disc golf on a pretty open, barely what I would call "lightly wooded" piece of ground just outside of downtown Princeton on HWY 62. Expect the absolute bare necessities to play disc golf and not much else. Obviously targeted at youth, beginners, and funded and installed by someone who truly loves disc golf and wanted to provide it for the locals in the area without much to work with.

TEES/SIGNAGE/BASKETS: Tees are indicated by large landscaping timbers (roughly 4 feet wide) and bare earth. There are no teepad signs. The baskets were Chainstars and the best part of the course.

DESIGN: Very rudenamentary but effective for the intended purpose of the course. Some length to holes for being beginner targeted (Hole #1 was 320 feet), and some ace runs sprinkled in. Good use of the rolling hills and the smattering of trees on the property to force some shot shaping. The property is very
limiting in what could have been done to create interesting holes, but I will give the designer credit for making the most of it. This course gives off Hopkinsville's North Drive vibes as the designs and play style are very similar.

EXTRAS: Disc golf in underserved areas has to start somewhere, and I applaud this Church for providing it for the area. Princeton sits in a unique area between Hopkinsville to the south and Marion to the north that both have and are putting in wonderful courses for all skill levels. I know the city of Princeton has shown interest in installing a full 18 hole course but until that manifests, this small church course is a wonderful kick start for children
and beginners to try disc golf in the local area. Then they have some pretty solid courses within a half hour in multiple directions to branch out to.

TEES: Tee pads are expensive, so I get why the church has not invested money in concrete tee pads. The wood pad indicator is better than nothing, but I can see this being problematic after rains.

TEE SIGNS: Signage is non-existent making this course impossible to navigate without U-Disc for first timers. I'd like to see them get creative here and maybe make their own signs arts and crafts style, or a simple post driven in the ground with the tee number and distance written on it.

MAINTAINANCE: I've been here twice (once after it was completed to check it out, and once for a league round that switches all area courses on loop) and neither time had the course been mowed recently. While not terribly high, the grass was extremely thick. There were no trashcans on the course either and I picked up quite a few discarded water bottles, and empty small bottles of Fireball. (This is super common at all the area courses recently as someone seems to like to leave these everywhere, trash cans or not).

NAVIGATION: As stated above in the section about the lack of tee signs, navigation is a nightmare without a map. Even still, there are several baskets within view from each tee and it can make knowing where to throw a real problem.

BLAND: The course suffers greatly from the land it was allowed to be built on. It just doesn't provide enough variety or exciting shots to warrant play from those who are past a certain skill level or have access to better courses.

Definitely a children, beginner, early novice player course (and there is nothing wrong with that). Average distance is around 300 feet per hole and could be played as all Par 3's or maybe make the two over 400 foot holes Par 4's for the beginners if aboslutely needed. But most will play this as all Par 3's. While well intentioned, just like Cerealman said below and many others who have had the chance to play here, this course is plain, boring, and lacks any amenities that would help it's score. Unless you are a local just starting out, this course doesn't warrant a trip, even if you are traveling between Marion and Hopkinsville bagging.

The North Side Church offers adequate baskets and a strip of landscape timber to mark the natural teepads but not much else.

In a bit of a disc golf desert between Marion and Hopkinsville, this nine-holer in Princeton provides some decent hole design but is limited by the mostly flat ground and not enough trees to shake the "lightly wooded" description.

The first few holes are fairly open, allowing a decent warm-up. Hole #1 is 320 feet but slightly downhill and seems like a good hole to throw multiple drives for fun. Holes #4 through #7 require a bit of shot-shaping around a few trees scattered about. The last two holes are wide open, though Hole #8 does require navigating a couple rolling hills.

The Chainstar baskets were fine. There's a parking lot right next to the first hole and the course loops back around to that spot.

No teepads or tee signs. Instead, there's about a four-foot long plank of wood to indicate the tee area. These aren't easy to spot immediately and I needed to use the course map on "the other app" to get an idea of where to progress to next.

Navigation is confusing without a map as there are several baskets visible from most places on the course. The first tee area is easier to spot since it's near the parking lot.

The field needed some mowing; the grass was at a normal level but buckhorn plantain weeds populated most of the fairways.

The course is open enough for beginners, but the distance will challenge the novices. Two of the holes are over 400 feet, which results in an average hole length of about 310 feet.

This course merits a 1.0 rating because it's boring, plain and lacks any amenities.