Pros:
Wow! I really do mean wow! The folks who are building this brand new course near Muncie, Indiana have done a TON of work clearing generous fairways already, and you can see where the plans are leading. For now, you're facing natural turf tees, and the last few holes seem to be still on the agenda for a little more thinning out, but this is a course that will see rising ratings as tee pads, signage and amenities go in, because the disc golf design is so good.
Starting on hole one, you'll see a multiple fairway warmup shot from the long tee to the nicely guarded green, and then step over to the short tee that requires an entirely different shot (this one a gentle left to right ace run). Walk up the obvious path to long 2 for its long, sweeping hyzer (rhbh) to a blind basket position, or choose the trickier S-shaped line that risks running the pines on the left of the fairway. Again, you could opt for the short tee that is nicely protected by the mid-fairway shrubs and trees. Every hole seems to have this much forethought: the short tees are clearly designed to be safely tucked off the main lines of flight needed from the longs, and they offer a fun, shorter course for newer players to enjoy the visit as much as the more advanced folks will from the longs.
Using the map, course flow is intuitive and well scaled, with no feel of repetitiveness. The distances on the map are spot on. The dual tees are staked clearly, and the baskets are bright and deep of cage (I like them!). You'll roll down the wide, grassy fairway on the big arm hole 4 for your first view of the pretty lake, and return for those views again after 6 and 8. The woods feel like they tighten up on you a little bit (forcing you to bring your technical game) on the last three holes.
With the possibility of three (!) tee options, added pin positions, and another set of nine holes coming someday in the future, this will be a highly valued (and rated) course. I look forward to visiting it periodically in the future and inching up my rating. Even though it's currently a 3.0 (so folks won't expect too much - it's brand new!) it won't be staying at 3.0!
Cons:
If you need concrete tees and clear signage before you visit, you'll need to wait a little longer to come out and play Prairie Creek. And if you do come play, keep extra sets of eyes on errant throws. Though the fairways are fair, it gets thick and thorny if you press your luck and get into the rough (having been in there on a couple of shots made me really appreciate the work they've put in so far!).
Most of the course seems to handle water surprisingly well, but the tee pad area for long hole 6 (might've been long 8? sorry) seemed like it might stay muddy quite a while longer than the rest. And as far as parking is concerned, I'll paraphrase the sheriff from Jaws: they're gonna need a bigger lot!
Other Thoughts:
Glad we got to play here the first weekend of spring. Very much looking forward to the evolution of this course! And Jerry humbly gave this a 2.5, but didn't need to be that modest...