This course is built on church property, back in the neighborhoods of Penn Hills. Despite the course information on this site, it is now an 18 hole course. What I would say I liked so much about this course is the return to roots feeling. I have been playing disc golf for a long time. Things like concrete tees weren't always the norm. We were happy with any course and that's the way it should be. That love of disc golf is here. Despite what is an evident lack of major park resources and a very "homemade" feel to the course itself, it feels like someone's labor of love. It's also one of the things you need to keep in mind when coming here. This isn't a 20 year grown in course that has a park mowing the lawns. You are going on an adventure here. You'll crawl under a vine or two and you'll walk over some fallen trees. You are NOT bringing your cart.

The course plays in a lush forest valley that was really pretty. You're behind a church and ultimately playing in backyards, but it doesn't honestly feel that way. There were deer everywhere the morning we played. There were wildflowers popping. It was a nice walk in the woods absolutely.

They make great use of that woodland, also. You can see how much thought has gone into using the land for the best shots they could. There is a lot of variety here, both in left and right shots, as well as elevation up and down. You'll look at the distances on a scorecard and it's tempting to think that this course is going to be a layup. It's really anything but easy, though. This is a technical course that makes you throw your mids and putters with accuracy to even make par. The grass is a bit high and the brush is deep on the sides, so you really get punished for bad shots on this course.

We'll start with the obvious ones. Accept that you're coming to a pretty raw courses that seems still in development. There are no real tees. They have wood markers on dirt, some of them uneven. There aren't really tee signs. Instead, they have laminated distance listings with written instructions like "up the hill on the left". There are navigation signs that work mostly well. We did get lost once. There are also no amenities. There aren't benches anywhere. There's no restroom to use.

This theme of "raw golf" extends to the general upkeep of the course. It was in pretty good shape considering they couldn't probably mow much, but the grass fairly thick all around. They have cut fairways, but they are definitely tight. If you get off just a bit, it's punishing because there was not mass brushhogging down here. One thing that would frustrate some is wooded greens. Many of these baskets sit in fairly thick stands of trees and brush.

There are a few holes that I didn't like. The parking lot holes are probably an issue on some days, but there is now an alternate layout. The 11th Hole was one I didn't care for in design. A fun downhill drive past a Mando on the left is sort of ruined because the fairway jackknifes back up hill to the left. A good drive isn't rewarded at all because you throw back the way you came. There is also another hole that almost plays in a tunnel. The "ceiling" on the brush is so low that you can't really throw the shot you need to think about a bird.

Rating a course like this is hard. On one hand, I'm rating the enjoyment factor of a course and I did enjoy this one. It was a challenging course in pretty woods and that's all I really need. I'm also though ranking how this course compares to all others and you have to admit that it's still in a very raw phase.