Disc Golf Course Review

If you're lucky enough to find all 9 holes, you'll noticed this course is a halfway decent place for beginners. The holes are kind of short and somewhat open. There are some big trees scattered throughout the park that come into play on most of the holes. There's a wooded area that comes into play somewhat on a couple holes. The last hole is trickier as it has a narrow fairway, a swampy field with thick tall weeds on the left, the parking lot on the right, and also a tree and the park's sign near the basket.

There are very few baskets on this course, and there are no signs or cement tee pads or anything whatsoever that lets you know where you're supposed to tee off. Some of the baskets are supposed to be used for multiple holes, each with a different tee pad location, but I would've never known that or known the location of 7 of the 9 tee pads had someone not told me. It's kind of awkward and inconvenient throwing your disc at the same basket as someone else who's playing on a different hole. The last hole is a little too close to the parking lot. Also, most of the holes are a little too short, a little too open, and a little too easy to play.

This barely feels like a disc golf course. The last hole is actually kind of fun to play, though, because of its unique and somewhat challenging layout, but that's about it. The first hole is pretty easy and the rest are all but impossible to find. You're better off not playing here unless you want to get some practice in and don't care where to tee off or which basket to aim for.

Nice, large, smooth concrete tee pads but no tee signs. The like-new DISCatchers can be seen very easily on this mostly wide-open course.
Not a lot of trees on the property, so the main obstacle is the rather thick rough during the warmer months. I played it in late October so had no problems finding my discs, even during my glow round.
They did make good use of the two large mounds on the course, putting #3 basket on the top of one, having hole #4 go over that same mound off the tee, then #8 that doglegs around the other mound.
There is also a hidden (especially in the dark) pond on the left side of #2, just before you cross the back entry road. Luckily that pond was dry, so I had no problem retrieving my throw. I think that 500' hole should be something besides the Par 3 listed, but, you know.
The holes are mostly straight and easy to from the tee, #4, #8 and #9 are the only blind drives. This is good for a church course that is probably trying to bring in new players.

No tee signs. Using UDisc, I was able to find the tee pads and the distance. But, for newer players, having some kind of sign would help them out.
Pretty long holes for a church course. It plays around the church property (always in sight) so I'm not sure they were trying to build a challenging course, but these are pretty long to try and attract new players.
All holes are listed as Par 3, including only 1 under 300' (289') and 4 over 400'. Yea, not too many people breaking par here.

I was in Wichita for less than 36 hours for a family wedding, but knew I was going to get at least one Kansas course on the trip. Tied up all day with wedding activities, so after returning to the hotel, I grabbed my headlamp, 1 glow disc (that I bought for this possibility) and a few others and headed out.
As I was getting close to the church, I saw a very brightly lit parking lot and I was hoping it was HOPE Church, and it was. It was nice to know I wasn't going to be out there in total darkness, the those lights did help me find my non-glow discs a couple of times.
As I mentioned above, there are some well designed holes here, not sure who the designer was, but I'm thinking it was someone who has some experience.
I'm glad the long rough this course is known for was down when I was there, it probably would have made my round a lot longer.

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Nine holes on a hillside in a VERY compact layout (three of the baskets are within 100' of each other). Six of the nine fairways overlap, so multiple groups will be throwing across (though not directly at) one another.


Framed gravel tees - not sure if pavers are planned. Excellent Chainstar Pro baskets. Unfortunately for me, I played the week before the signage was installed. Given how close some of the baskets are to one another, I can only say I wish I had played a week later!


The holes themselves are very good, featuring some elevation change, a variety of shapes and range from 150' to 300'. There's a 200' water carry from the one extra tee (Long on 9).

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Brand new course - the bushes and trees need some trimming to improve the lines. 8 is especially rough (with deep mulch covering much of the fairway), but other holes have bushes that force very low or tight lines - and a few hidden baskets.

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A decent short course. Great addition to campus activities. Will play better as it gets broken in. For now, not a bad bagging stop - and easy to play multiple rounds in little time.

24 holes with multiple tee pads (concrete, in excellent condition) and multiple pin locations (all baskets were in excellent condition as well, DD Veteran baskets). Course plays through a large city park offering a superb variety of left and right turning holes, tighter holes, wide open, and a creek came into play on a few holes, easy to avoid if you play smart. You name it, the course has it. Good elevation usage for being in Florida. Short par 3's, long par 4's, and I believe there is a par 5 as well. A couple of signature holes and a unique elevated basket on 24 to finish your round. Lots of amenities and a practice area with three baskets as well. Doesn't interfere with other park offerings.

The biggest knock I could give this was that there was some very high grass and loose footing on 8 near the creek when I played it.

For being less than a month removed from a major hurricane hit nearby, you could hardly tell a storm had gone by. The fairways were pristine and even the rough had been trimmed and cleaned up. This is a must play if you're in the state capital or driving nearby on I-10. The local club takes great care and pride in this course and it shows, so show it some love if you're in the panhandle!

This is a seasonal/temp course that plays around the school in a counterclockwise motion. The first couple of holes are ace runs with some skinny trees guarding the basket, maybe 120 feet or so. Then you get into wide open, longer holes in the 350+ range. Obstacles here are few and far between besides dodging the baseball backstop and other sports area of play. The par for these holes is par 5 likely for the middle schoolers who this is built for.

The usual suspects as far as cons go - we're looking at open holes, short holes, overall pretty boring for experienced disc golfers. Being a temp course and on top of that not being able to play during school hours makes it quite tough to find the right moment to play this bad course.

I was going through my list of courses played to see if I was over 500 yet and found this that I forgot to upload to DGCR so I'm doing that now. This is a bad course that really only serious baggers should play. There just isn't anything special about the course or the area for me to recommend it to others sadly. If you're traveling from Twin Falls to Boise or the other way around and need a leg stretch it is that.

A few miles southeast of Calhoun, the new nine-holer in the unincorporated community of Sonoraville features some attractive designs amid the rolling hills and small pond at the local recreational complex.

The course is set near the back of the complex. The teepad signs are adequate with hole length and good descriptions of any OB. There's also a nice graphic of the hole and suggested line.

Navigation is reasonable and the large map at the beginning of the course is useful. However, some users probably finish Hole #3 and progress to Hole #9 before realizing they need to hike across the large parking lot to find the next hole.

Hole #1 is the easiest hole on the course; it's about 200 feet and slightly downhill, and it's a nice potential ace run to start your round. Hole #2 is one of the most interesting holes as it's open and slightly uphill, but the basket is parked on the elevated bank surrounding the pond, so positioning will be important to minimize the risk of getting your driver and/or putter wet. Hole #7 is another fun throw as it's about 270 feet and you're throwing downhill and possibly over trees in the valley.

The course plays on grassy lawns and with the pond in play and guarded by tall evergreens on a few holes, the Sonoraville layout scores above average for beauty.

The course is divided by a large parking lot. There's a couple-minute hike across the parking lot between Holes #3 and #4, and then you have to cross again after Hole #8 to find the last hole, which finishes near the course's beginning. The transition is understandable, as there isn't enough land to put nine holes on either parcel of land. In fact, the course feels a little shoehorned on the back half, as the design of Hole #6 risks errant throws near a playground area, and Holes #7 and #8 run kind of parallel to each other.

The teepad areas are natural but with wooden railroad ties in the ground. However, the grass is fairly well worn and so it's mostly dirt. The teepads seemed decently level, though a bit of rain could turn this area into a muddy mess.

Several of the holes feature baskets that can't be seen from the teepad, including Holes #5 and #6.

Labeling Hole #3 as a par 3 is a bit ridiculous; it's nearly 400 feet and there's no direct line to the basket. Unless you have a monster forehand in your toolbox, you're not making a 2 here.

The Sonoraville Recreation Complex features two distinct playground areas. I was able to bargain with my six-year-old twin daughters to visit the first playground, throw their putters and walk four holes of the course, visit the second playground, and then walk the final five holes with me.

In addition, the facility includes six lighted tennis courses, lighted baseball fields, two soccer fields, a lighted football field, a skate park and several picnic areas with restrooms.

In the tiny town of Smithville, the Green Brook Park now offers a taste of disc golf in the form of six fairly wide-open holes.

The basics are here: Level concrete teepads, nice signage for each hole and good Dynamic Veteran baskets.

The distances are ideal for beginners as four of the six holes are in the 200- to 250-foot range. All the holes are flat and the obstacles off the tee are almost nonexistent.

The course is on a nice grassy lawn area and if it's dry, it will be an easy course to walk.

There's a pond to toss over on Hole #6 and several of the baskets are near tall chain-link fences, so the possibility of losing a disc, at least temporarily, is present.

There's some low-lying ground, especially near the pond, so the course can be susceptible to standing water and muddiness at times.

The course ends at the farthest point from the parking lot, but it's only a couple-minute walk back to the start. The course also doesn't minimize the walk between holes, as there's also a backtrack after Hole #5 to get to the final teepad.

Since it's a public park, there will be other users present that might cause a delay in throwing.

The course might merit a Passable descriptor, but with only six unremarkable holes, its rating is understandably on the low side.

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+ Originally built in 1977, with many holes redesigned over the years to accommodate modern play. A few left-to-right playing holes, which probably weren't part of the course put down in the 1970's. Lots of elevation changes and heavily wooded, but all holes have fair lines.



+ Great teepads and good - but aging and beat up - signage. Brooms have survived at some tees. Old, difficult to spot DGA/Chainstar baskets. Still catch great, but you really have to search for some of them


+ Practice basket at 1st tee. Look for the stone distance markers set in the ground by the practice basket, marking out 5 ft increments from the basket - nice touch!


+ A handful of long baskets to provide some variety, adding 1300' and 5 to par


+ After a couple of pretty tame holes, #3 introduces the elevation - pretty dramatically - it's a short hole with the basket perched at the top of a steep hill. Hole #4 is also uphill, but it's longer and a much more gradual change. Be on notice - the "tame" holes are behind you


+ Hole #8 can be devious, because of the way the landscape affects your eye. The basket is off to the right and hidden way down in a valley. All you can see is the dramatically sloped fairway, from high-right to low-left. Plus, there are a couple of big trees off the left side of the tee that can get in your head. This shot will test your ability to concentrate on your line, and not be distracted by everything around it. A good RHFH will be amply rewarded though.


+ Holes 10, 13 and 14 are cross-the-valley shots to protected greens. Differing lengths (and valley depths!). Notice the two sentinel trees guarding the line into the 13th green. Can you make a 200' field goal?

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- Tee signs are very good, but next hole navigation is spotty at best. There are a few "Next Tee" signs with arrows, but given how deep the woods are, a bunch more would help make the round more pleasant to play


- The short basket on Hole #9 was missing five years ago, and still missing in 2024. Play the par 4 to the dramatically perched long basket, and change your scorecard if you were planning to play the short (par 3). And would somebody please just tape over the short option on the tee sign???

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~ Leonard is a physically demanding course; it's a rocky hike, and after hole #2, virtually nothing is flat. Some very steep climbs up and clambers down. Easy to turn an ankle or slide on leaves.


~ This was my second time at Leonard Park, with two plays five years apart. I liked the holes, but didn't particularly enjoy the round. Most of my complaints are due to not being familiar with the course. A lot of time searching for baskets, wandering around trying to find the next tee, slipping and sliding on deep fallen leaves everywhere. I'm glad the course survived the cell tower scare (which would have removed a few holes), and I expect to play it again some day, though not in the Fall.


~ Reading back through some of the reviews, I have no idea how this course "used to be", but it's been revised and recreated, improved with paver tees, and generally kept up with the evolution of the game. The volunteers at WEDGE deserve a ton of credit and thanks

This course is only available for a few days a year for the Tautphaus Park open. The park itself is well suited for some kind of course on its property but this tournament layout is not designed safe enough for a year round course. This layout makes use of the natural obstacles like lined trees, small elevation changes, waterfalls, streams, doglegs, etc.

It's very dangerous, playing across roads, parking lots, crossing over other users of the parks areas, etc. Lots of land but this layout has mostly 250 foot hyzers, prioritizing beauty over tough course design.

You can play this course the day before the tournament for free if you don't want to play in the tournament or didn't sign up in time as this tournament fills rather quickly every year.

Nice looking park, scattered large trees throughout with a wooded dry valley running down the middle. No other activities in the park, except for playground equipment and tennis courts at the edge of the park.
The DISCatchers are in good shape.
Tee signs on every hole, except #11, they aren't needed on most because you can see the basket from the tee, except #11.
There are paving stone tee pads, but they are pretty small.
This is a really good beginner/family course. Distances range from 108' to 281', so nothing too long and really no rough to speak off, unless you overshoot a couple of holes into the valley.

The tee pads are really small, maybe 4' X 4', so if you need a runup, you have to plan if your plant is going to be on the pads, or just short on the level grass.
I believe all holes are straight shots, except #12 that turns left to right. Most of the holes require some shot-shaping, but nothing too drastic, so not a lot of challenge for intermediates and above.

I used this course to bag my first Ontario course on a trip to the UP of Michigan. You have about a 15 drive through the Soo from the International Bridge, where its $4.50 to cross, each way, and you do need a passport.
Kind of an interesting layout, the first 9 holes are all basically the same, straight ahead throw, flat ground, just some shot shaping required. Then the last 3 are all different and interesting:
#10 -- After #9, head around the trees at the end of the valley, shortest hole on the course, you are throwing 108' to the basket on a narrow ridgeline.
#11 -- then drop down behind that basket and the next tee is in a depression (possibly drainage area), the longest hole on the course plays longer as its uphill and between two large trees you have to split.
Finally #12 -- really the only dogleg on the course, left to right around a tree and bush, just 138' but don't overcook it, like I did, because the wooded valley is just behind the basket.
Overall, not a bad course, located right in the city, so easy to get to and plenty of parking, not much chance of losing a disc and a pretty quick play. Oh and perhaps best, located right down the street from a Tim Hortons. I definitely surprised my wife after a stop for TimBits.