Pros:
Red Arrow Golf Course is a city-owned property in Kalamazoo, MI that offers 9 holes of disc golf to go along with the 9 holes of ball golf. The disc golf more or less follows the ball golf layout.
The usual DG-on-BG features apply here. That is to say, the course is mostly open but will still challenge most players due to the long hole distances. The opening hole is the shortest one here at 295', acting as a nice warm up for the longer throws on the rest of the course. All other holes are at least 350', and holes 7 and 9 both eclipse 700'.
There is a small pro shop on site with a restroom, and discs available for rent. Nice, if aged, wooden benches are located at each disc golf tee area.
The baskets are yellow banded DISCatchers in fine shape. There aren't any navigational aids, but it's honestly pretty easy to find the next hole since the disc golf follows the ball golf 1:1, the course is so open, and all tees are marked by the large wooden benches.
Cons:
Poor throws on hole 1 or 9 could potentially fly over the boundary fence and out into a busy street.
There isn't really much in the way of memorable disc golf here. The course is flat other than small berms near a couple of the baskets. There is a river on the edge of the property, but it isn't ever close enough to really be in play. There are a few trees between the ball golf fairways, but none of them are really "obstacles" between the tee and the basket unless your aim is way off.
The tee pads are just natural (located near the ball golf tee pads for the same hole). The tee signs are just posts attached to each bench with the hole number.
No practice basket or kiosk/map. I'm not sure if the pro shop had scorecards, but I know that the volunteer working there did not offer me one. There also weren't trash cans when I visited, but this might have been because I visited on their last open day of the year.
Other Thoughts:
This course is open from 9 AM to sunset seasonally (April through October). As mentioned, I actually visited on their last open day of the year which for 2023 was Sunday, October 29. Before starting, you'll have to pay a $5 fee in the pro shop. I believe that fee was to play all day but I'm not 100% sure.
I enjoyed having no one else on the course and seeing the fall colors peaking on the scattered trees around the property. I definitely would have enjoyed it less if the place were busy. This is a pretty boring course by most standards, but if you want to practice your distance drives right in Kalamazoo you could definitely do worse. I had a couple of new drivers to try out and this course provided a nice way to do that. If you have similar motives, Red Arrow could be worth the $5.