Playing around a few historical buildings, a baseball field, and even an old fort, Lecompton's 9-hole puts other small-town 9'ers to shame. They have par 4s!

Turf tee boxes and bright white DD Patriot baskets show that the course is well cared-for by the city and disc golf club. Tee signs with distances, and the pins are different enough and mostly visible from the tee (bar hole 2).

Multiple pin spots! Each hole has at least two, and several have three. They always add value to the hole whether it be right vs left on the green or adding length it ups the replay value of the course by orders of magnitude and certainly wasn't something I was expecting.

Elevation around the grounds is played to perfection. 1 and 9 play as long downhills, 2 is a blind uphill that plays onto the flat, and once you duck into the woods it gets wild. Hole 5 is nothing crazy, but 6, 7, and 8 are all uphills ranging from slight to "oh my." 6 and 7 are wooded tunnels that require a near-perfect line to be hit. While 8 needs power out of a small gap since the long pin was near or over 400ft.

A few fun features, Hole 1's right pin is tucked right behind a dense clump of trees and brush, Hole 3 has a basket hanging from a tree, and Hole 4's long pin is in an interesting pocket to the right.

Maintenance makes transitions easier. Hole 7 to 8 has a mulched path, and the fairway of 8 until you come out of the woods has the same. Grass was cut on the open holes, too.

Playing close to the road on 1 and 9. The left pins on 1 are pretty close to the road, while the left line on 9 is over the road. It's not a busy road, but maybe give it a second look before throwing. Mandos may be a fix as well.

The walk from 6 to 7 is a little treacherous, steeply downhill with small rocks and stumps all along it, hopefully a more defined path is in the works.

No defined parking area. I parked by the shed past the basket of 3, but it looks like grass parking is the norm for baseball and disc golf… which isn't good since it's on the fairway of 9. If there's a game going on you'll probably need to skip Hole 9.

Make sure you check which pin hole 2 is in as you walk down the fairway of 1.

The course here is well-cared for by the Kaw Valley club, and the creativity of the design makes this a must-play if you have a chance, there are no "bad" holes – which is very impressive with so little land. It's a quick round but well worth it.

Great use of the property. Several shot types are needed here, especially with play in the woods for a few holes. Hanging basket on 3 was a nice touch.

I would agree with the review that mentioned 9 playing over the entrance to the property. I like the hole but I can see it being problematic with cars there. There were no tee signs when we played but the course wasn't difficult to navigate.

I think I'll play this more as it isn't far from us in Lawrence.

This is a new course in Lecompton with a good layout. Over half of the holes have some elevation and different shot shapes are required. The variety also extends to the vegetation as there are a couple wide open holes and 3 heavily wooded holes. The baskets are brand new, white Dynamic Patriot baskets. Hole 3 has a neat hanging basket. The tees (though natural) are marked. It's pretty easy to follow the flow of the layout (especially if you use the map). Hole 9 finishes near the start of 1.

Hole 7's tee has some pretty iffy footing on the left side. The heavily wooded holes 5-7 are on a hillside which also has some questionable footing in spots. There are no tee signs, but it was pretty easy to figure out anyway. The heavily wooded holes (as well as the first 50 feet or so on hole 8) didn't really have defined gaps - the best strategy for those holes seemed to be hope and pray you get through. There is quite a walk from 8's basket to 9's tee-one which I probably only would have figured out because of the map.

I would say every hole is a par 3. Hole 1 is downhill left to right, 2 is uphill right to left, 3 & 4 are flat and straight, 5-7 are down in the woods, hole 8 is slightly uphill and comes out of the woods, and 9 is flat and open. The heavily wooded holes were probably around 200 ft (maybe a little more) while a couple of the open holes stretched to 300 and beyond (hole 4 was probably 350-400). I think as this course gets more established it will be a really solid 9 hole course; I enjoyed it quite a bit (as an intermediate player).