Pros:
-Great variety of holes, which require a variety of shots to play this course well; backhands, sidearms, and thumbers all come into play here.
-Decent flow of holes that takes you throughout the beautiful park. Even if someone wanted to just walk with you while you played, they'd be rewarded with a great walk.
-a couple of ace run opportunities on 6, 10, and 18, but high risk/reward factor on 10 and 18, which makes things interesting.
-Great signage for each hole with distance, elevation change, and hazards/OB/DZ clearly marked.
- Great use of space. The course does a good job of steering clear of most of the hiking trails. There was really only one time that I had to wait for a pedestrian to clear my line on 6.
-Fantastic practice basket with 5 ft intervals marked out to 35ft. It's located behind the swimming pool (the slide side), near the teebox for 10.
Cons:
-Slippery when wet!!! Be very careful with your footing if it's rained anytime recently. It's worth it to take the longer way round on the main road or trails to avoid slipping on the cut-through paths when it's wet.
-While the pads are nice, concrete teepads, some of them have shifted or warped, and are no longer level. Mind your footing.
-2 of the teepads are really short, forcing you to shoot from a standstill (6 and 15), but they're shorter holes, so you're not missing out on too much.
-The transition from 4 to 5 can be very confusing. Be sure to get a picture of the map (available near teebox 1 or online). A sign pointing to the trail and distance to tee 5 would really help.
-This is a very hilly course, so many of the greens have very high rollaway potential. It makes this a very punishing, but interesting course that requires you to keep good angle control on your throws. Still, prepare to be frustrated and to see your Birdie or Par putts very quickly turn into Bogeys and Double Bogeys.
Other Thoughts:
Pay close attention to the tape on the spokes of the baskets, as they point (generally) to the next tee box. We missed hole 8 because we didn't pay attention to this, so had to walk back to it.
This course is not very cart friendly, given the elevation changes and some of the paths. I would carry.
The creator of the course did a great description for each hole below, so I won't recap. Holes 2, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 12 are my favorites, and are the holes that make me want to go back again. Will definitely play this course again next time I visit Princeton!