- 9 Blue-banded DISCatchers Pros that were well mounted. Each hole has a short and a long pin location which are swapped out through the courses open season. Some pin changes are drastic and maximize the terrain while others are less so.
- 9 appropriately sized concrete tees. Good texture, telescope front to back. Pretty well level.
- Elevation change in play on most every hole. Nothing crazy drastic but certainly a couple-few holes with fairly substantial change from tee to pin.
- The creek comes into play on 3 holes, more so for certain pin locations than the others. When the water is running high there is a decent chance to lose a disc, particularly on Hole 8.
- The course plays through a well manicured park with a good number of old growth trees that will force shot shaping but generally allows multiple lines to each basket. Not a heavily wooded course but not wide open like many MT courses.
- Depending on pin locations, the course offers somewhere between intermediate to advanced level challenge. Pretty spot on for the main course in Billings that gets about as much use as the other 5 courses combined.
- Free to play.

- Lacking in infrastructure outside of tee pads and baskets. No course kiosk/map, tee signs, directional aids, or practice basket have been installed.
- Navigation and layout are a touch wonky. The above mentioned lack of navigational aids exacerbates this issue. Hole 1 to Hole 2 has you walk down a hill and cross a creek. Hole 5's basket is in plain view from Hole 4's tee. After holing out on 4 you walk most of the length of Hole 5 to get to the tee.
- Two pin locations per hole is neat except without signs you'll have to look for which spot they're in and have no distance measurement available.
- Some safety issues with other park goes as well as golfers. Some walking paths and city sidewalks border a couple holes(6 & 9). A few holes play awfully close to each other(4 & 5, 5 & 6, 6 & 7, 1&9). The severity of some of these issues will depend on the pin location of each hole.
- Hole 7's green/approach for the long pin can get soggy/marshy. Really too bad as this is an excellent hole design.
- No true multi-throw holes. At this level of golf challenge, a couple-few per 9 holes would be nice. Hole 4 in the long pin would play as a two-throw hole for intermediate golfers and lower.
- Can be very busy on nice weekends/evenings and after school hours. One local high school is right on the other side of the block and it's just a really popular local course/park.
- Only public restroom is on the opposite side of the park. Closest you play is Hole 2's tee which is about 300 yards away.

This is a really fun and pretty diverse park style 9-holer that just lacks the proper infrastructure it deserves. The BIllings Parks and Rec Department is pretty much hands off outside of regular park mowing. The layout/safety issues are obvious to well traveled golfers but really aren't terrible, just noticeable. The local club usually keeps the pins in a nice mix of long and short which I enjoy. For first time users the course can certainly be frustrating without any signage. If you can get past that, the actual golf is quite enjoyable from atmosphere to moderate challenge as the terrain is rather varied through the course with the smattering of old trees, good use of elevation, and the water coming into play. Bit of a tweener on the numerical rating for me, I'll call it a strong 2 that would easily be a 2.5 with complete infrastructure because the actual golf is solid. Of the various 9 holers in Yellowstone County, Pioneer Park Summer 9 is far and away the best.

+ Nice "City Park" Atmosphere: Green Grass, Rolling Hills, Large/Older Trees, and a Small Creek that can come into play on a number of holes.
+ Two Pin Locations for each hole
+ Mix of mostly-open to heavily-wooded fairways.
+ Pretty fair from a Backhand vs. Forehand perspective. Good balance between Right-to-Left, straight, and Left-to-Right shots. (Often multiple options per hole.)

- Can get crowded, especially on days with nice weather. Mix of casual players can lead to long waits and some dangerous situations (i.e. getting thrown in on)
- Typical "Par 3" Course: all holes are reachable from the tee pad by an advanced player. Not many "golf shots" unless you've already messed the hole up.
- Lack of Signage

If it's your first time playing, you can show up at 5:30 pm on a sunny day and just follow the flow of other players to figure out the course.

If you want a faster pace of play, try to make it out earlier. (Ideally when school is in session!) Also, a little bit of precipitation and/or wind really keeps the casual folks out of the way. Montana weather is not always a bad thing!

Pioneer Park is a course built in a nice city park with small rolling hills, perfectly green grass and a two foot wide stream running through. The course plays up, down and around the hills with lots of low ceiling throws. There are a number of holes out here that are fairly challenging par three holes for intermediate players and a couple of shorter ones as well. This is a good place to practice rollers and skip shots depending on the condition of the grass but when I was there it was green and not too long. Lots of little hills both up and down to add some flavor to an otherwise vanilla set up. The course is easy to find and navigate, just look for the cement tee pads and all but one of the baskets are visible from the pads, even with out tee signs or a map it is easy to find your way

The course was a little bland with little obstacles and the same kind of shot on most of the holes. Since everything is low ceiling the easiest/best way to get to the hole is a roller and after throwing five or six in a row it gets a little boring. Also since so many holes are so similar once you master one of these holes you have mastered the course. A RHBH thrower on this course really has nothing to worry about and will never be forced into throwing a FH.

We used this as a warm up to the big boy that is Diamond X. We left pretty early in the morning from Bozeman so it was nice to get the body warmed up in the morning before we went out and started climbing. Overall nothing special here but it is beginner and family friendly. You're playing Diamond X so you might as well stop in here and bag a quick nine hole course while you're at it.

Nicely manicured city park. Good cement tees. This course plays pretty quick with a round lasting about 30 - 40 minutes. Beginner friendly.

No tee signs. Most of the holes feel as though not a lot of thought went into the design/layout. It's almost impossible to have a bad round as every hole is easily attainable in 2 or 3 strokes. No multiple pin placements or alternate tees.

A decent course if you're looking for a quick round with not a lot of challenge. The winter 9 hole is a bit more fun and definitely better than the summer 9.