Poynor Park seems to have a St. Charles address, but the park is out by Lily Lake. Eventually I'm sure it will be swallowed up by urban sprawl, but currently it's in the middle of nowhere (I drove Silver Glen Road to it and from that side it is surrounded by farms). It's owned by Campton Township and seems to have some nice ball fields, a picnic shelter and a playground along with a "prairie grass/wetland area" which is what all the cool kids call a swamp these days. It a very nice little park. Between the ball fields and the swamp there is an open field, and on this flat piece of land with three or four trees that is probably about 2 acres there is a nine-hole disc golf course.

Each hole has a tee sign with distances by the blue tee marker and a shorter red tee marker closer to the pin. The tees are natural. I forget what type of baskets they were, but they were good baskets. The course has a tall grass design, but the fairways cut in the grass were wide enough for the shots you are taking. Since you follow the fairways/path around the course, it's really easy to follow the flow.

The shots you are taking are short drive/approach shots. There really isn't enough land for shots of any distance, and they end up being 150'-220' shots from the blue tees. There were a couple of holes that had small trees out there in the fairway, but they really didn't come into play.

The design would be nice for kids/families except for two factors. The tall grass for kids/beginners is a hard deal; it makes finding an errant shot difficult (and they are going to have errant shots). You have to be careful not to let the tall grass get out of hand. The other factor is wind. On a windy day you are just out there in an open field chuckin' discs.

I really like the idea of having beginner-friendly courses, but every time I go to one I end up wondering if anyone would actually use it. This course left me wondering that again. I just can't see the target audience of kids/beginners and a tall grass design working. People will just spend all day digging through tall grass trying to find their discs. Add in some wind and what really is a super-duper easy course could become super-duper frustrating.

This is Northern Illinois and there is a wetland right by the course. That means geese, and what geese leave behind.

As for a rating, it's just not a course for serious disc golf and we rate on a scale designed to rate serious disc golf courses. It's not going to rate highly. If you are on this website looking for places to play, this isn't your course.

Really on a calm day when the long grass has been topped off to a decent level (and you are slathered in sunscreen 'cause no shade) this could make a fun, quick putter round. It's a pretty park, it's kinda out there away from urban life (or in my case my in-laws house) and you get to toss putters around. It was a pretty relaxing 20 minutes. I might actually do it again someday.