Pros:
- beautiful park with plenty of amenities. port-a-potty, dog park, designated areas to hit golf balls, softball, etc. Yet the disc golf area is still remote enough that it's not dangerous. There are some walking paths that come into play, but they are always around a lot of visibility and didn't seem like they were used much.
- plenty of old growth trees and new ones being planted by the club.
- well done paver tee pads that are plenty large.
- variety of distances and shot selection. 180'-610'
- uses the little bit of elevation the park has effectively
- front kiosk had maps with hole names, distances, and score card.
- no huge walks between holes, but take a map until the new signage comes in (Facebook page does promise this)
- fun course with some unique qualities (some might find this to be a con... will explain in other thoughts)
- nothing comes to mind as overly frustrating roughs where beginners would get mad, yet the course adds challenges to make the intermediate player question how to play the hole. The course was very freshly mowed though.
- plenty of room on each hole to add multiple basket placements and/or tee pads. A longer/tougher "blue" tee set would go a long way here.
Cons:
- a number of holes are fairly open and straight.
- a certain gimmickyness is what adds to the difficulty. It's not my preference to have gimmicky pin positions, but with the land they had I understand. It's fun, but not the upper level golf I fiend for. For example there is a hanging basket, a raised basket on a downhill, baskets squished between trees inline with the tee making 90 degree turns the only ace run, and some tucked 90 degree turn greens with rough surrounding the green.
Other Thoughts:
Holes:
1) 330' flat with a decent uphill at the end and guardian trees. Rough on the right, couple really large trees to avoid and add scenery. My favorite hole I think. Really beautiful with fall leaves in effect.
2) 240' uphill. Rough on the left, far far right and deep. A handful of trees to avoid, but a clear line and should be an easy deuce for the intermediate player.
3) 220' back down the hill. There are two 15' tall trees straight ahead and the basket is inline with them and the tee. I didn't like this placement at all. The trees are all but touching the basket.
4) 200' the open anny/RHFH or a slightly guarded hyzer route.
5) 350' uphill. My second favorite hole. Really favors a roller with the guardian oak by the basket, but you could definitely sneak a flex around it. Just requires precision.
6) 245' downhill. Elevated platform keeps the basket an extra 1.5' above the ground and the downhill continues another 60ish' . Again, don't love gimmicky stuff, but this makes this otherwise short, straight, open downhill interesting. I was just fine with this.
7) 310' straight. Flat. But at the 200' mark is a wall of trees that almost entirely stretches the fairway and goes up 70'. Best routes are wide left and right and narrow, or over. I went over, but it used most of my power to do so and I think this would be where beginners might get frustrated. Personally I'd like to see the very middle open so that a great comet shot could sneak through.
8) 265' you. Play straight to the closest basket you see. It's very slightly uphill, but a pretty simple shot.
9) 290' the biggest downhill on the course. Just don't blast it past or noob hyzer here. Not that challenging for an intermediate player, but gives noobs perspective of how downhill throws should be done.
10) 290' straight in between some shorter fat pines. Basket is not visible from the tee and is behind the first most noticeable pine. Not a huge fan of the placement, but at least it isn't as tight of a squish as number 3.
11) 300' rough on the left is right up on the pad and fairway and the basket goes into a tunnel of rough. Plenty fair in my opinion, but a tight gentle anny is the way to go. Good hole, but the second hole I could see being frustrating to beginners with all the thorns. The next hole is the biggest walk from hole to hole, but it's really not bad and smartly reroutes around the trees so as not to have to walk back on the fairway. Though you could,
12) 340' straight bomb. Just don't go deep or break left early.
13) 180' downhill with a tucked hyzer peninsula green.
14) 200' another hyzer peninsula, but this time the hole is flat.
15) 180' uphill behind a large pine. This gimmicky placement style is getting a bit old by now.
16) 610' long open. Pin is in the trees way down there.
17) 225' downhill to the hanging basket attached to a giant pipe. I imagine this will see mixed reviews especially with the concrete green.
18) 370' flat. Drop off downhill through trees to large flat fairway. Fun hole to end on that brings you to the parking lot.
All in all a GREAT beginner course in a beautiful park that utilizes the land the best it can. The club seems active and is going to grow this to better heights I'm sure.