501 has a nice little check in "pro shop" with giant map board right before home number 1. There is two basket locations per hole green short and blue long. I played the longs and there's a great mix of distances, and shot variety in them. Most the holes if you throw to the short you're in a good spot for the long. Elevation change is huge here!!!!! Lot of uphill shots that make distances longer then the feet say. Really cool marked out island hole as well. This place is fantastic and has some great shots and holes for both pin placements

The fairways are very rocky, and can chew up disc, plus footing, and run ups can be a major issue. A lot of uphill shots, and most the longer holes do have a similar type feel to them. The rough can be a little thick is spots and might have to look for a disc.

The ob is marked out well, and this course is a true gem. Glad I stopped here and would recommend.

Beautiful property and great topography for disc golf. Good hole design variety, with a few open, grassy bomber holes and many wooded holes that have fair lines. I thought the flow of the course was good, with uphill and downhill holes mixed in at different times, rather than the course working all the way uphill and then back down. There are also left and right-turning holes and several good two-shot holes in the woods, where landing zones are very important.

From an aesthetic point of view, the stone is used very well, with stone walls, pins planted in and around stone features, etc. You know you are in the woods of New England and it is a nice place to be, especially in the fall.

Great accurate and descriptive signage throughout, with a broom on every tee pad. The pads are rubber and were invariably grippy and level.

Two baskets in the ground on every hole. The short baskets play above beginner level, in my opinion, but would be a good challenge for newer or younger players without being so discouraging that they would want to give up the sport.

Pro shop on site. It was not open when I played, but it looked well-stocked and well-located, with lawn chairs and picnic tables outside to watch people come in on hole 18. Bring cash to pay your fee, in case the shop is closed.

Hole 10 was my favorite hole. It is one where the play off the tee is different for each of the two baskets, with the fairway to the short pin splitting off to the left and the long pin deep to the right. It's a big downhill throw from the tee that requires shot-shaping, about 500' to the long pin and about 400' to the short. The drive flies over a large rock and the basket areas for both pins are defined by even larger ones.

Two baskets in the ground on each hole, but only one set of tees. This provides for some unusual challenges, as most of the holes play directly past the short basket to get to the long one, with a few notable exceptions. Quite often the best landing zone off the tee on a play to the long basket is right next to the short basket. There were a couple of times where my good drive put me in a position where I was forced to shape a shot around the short basket on my second throw. So those short baskets sometimes act like lone small bushes placed in the preferred second-shot flight path. This was more of a problem on this course than on other two-basket courses I have played.

I thought the fairways were very fair and often wider than what I usually see on very wooded courses. This resulted in several "tweener holes," in my opinion, where a clean drive on some par 4s will result in a short pitch-up for the birdie.

The rocky terrain may be considered a "con" by some, as pulling a cart and sometimes walking can be difficult and discs will inevitably sustain more damage than on most courses, even if you hit the fairway every time.

This was a beautiful and enjoyable course to play. I definitely recommend heading out to Warren if you are planning a trip to play New England disc golf. It would be a good course to play with people of different skill levels, as players could tee off from the same pad and choose the baskets that apply to their respective abilities or preferences. It would also be a good place to play two rounds, one to each set of baskets, and have two different experiences.

This course is amazing! Beautiful scenery and meticulously maintained. Great mix of shots, mostly wooded (my favorite).

I wish we lived closer so we could play here more frequently.

-2 color coded permanent baskets on every hole that offer a significant difference in play without one basket feeling like it is in the way of the other hole.
-While I hate the first version of Prodigy baskets, these second gen catch much more fairly than first, so I'm ok with these.
-Pro shop on site
-Even, well maintained grippy teepads
-Perfectly manicured fairways, with bountiful benches, trashcans, brooms for tees
-Holes are not far apart from each other, but also not bunched up together
-Truly great use of elevation and hole design Ex. Hole 2 has quintessential New England rock walls that force a tunnel, but pristine mowed fairways just get you in that "I'm somewhere special" mindset
-LOVE the tee signs. Any sign that has the change of elevation on the sign, just gets me you know?
-Fairways are plenty fair on every hole. Never did I feel like I was playing poke and hope.
-Great balance of open and wooded holes. For reference I prefer mostly wooded holes. But 1, 2, and 18 could all be considered open holes. And they all have very interesting designs that force you to shape your shots.
-Design doesn't favor any one style of play IMO
-Very nicely framed holes with interesting greens abound, but never anything too kitchy or unfair

-While they are better prodigy baskets... I still hate prodigy baskets.

Honestly, this course goes in my top 5 played out of not quite 450 played. It is challenging and it is fun. SO fun. I normally put courses into top 5 championship quality courses and top 5 purely fun courses (flip city is a good example of this). This one manages to blend these. I would absolutely love to see the MVP open add this course to their tournament and see how pros attack this course.

To quote Admiral Adama: " Earth is a dream...one we've been chasing for a long time. We've earned it. This is Earth."

Truly a dream come true this course is. 100% destination worthy. 100% will play again. Don't wait. Just drop everything and go. Because as with all private courses, who knows how long this will last and you don't want to miss this.

So Say We All.

Clean
Fair fairways
Pro shop
Well manicured
Various shot shapes

Really rocky terrain
Greens has a weird hole where you are basically putting at the basket

Great course with great staff. I played it during a tournament so cannot say if it always looks so amazing but while i was their it was pristine.

I drove over 4 hours to play here and loved every minute of it. This course is so worth the $10 daily fee. The grass was cut very low on the two open holes, 1 and 18. Two baskets on every hole, green short baskets and blue long ones. 16 heavily wooded holes but very fair lines to hit, nothing too tight. Tons of elevation with rocks and boulders, this course is not a 'walk in the park', rather a hike. Excellent tee signs and rubber tee pads along with next signs hanging from the bottom of each basket, #10 at the top point even had a thermometer. 10 was my favorite hole. Benches and tables at most if not all holes.

501 is simply a gorgeous spot to play DG!

Nitpicking here... Bugs were a nuisance but I didn't need bug spray in late July in a rather unusual wet year. Only 1 set of tees.

I'd rate this course a 5 if it had two sets of tee pads. Hate that my 4.5 rating might bring down the overall rating, wish I could give it a 4.75.

501 is only 30 min from Maple Hill, my favorite course but I'm looking forward to playing here again, hopefully annually since I'm 250+ miles away.

Tree House brewery is fairly close by too, have a cooler ready.

Where to begin? 501 has just about everything you could want in a private course. It's big, bold, and beautiful! Phenomenal course design utilizing every unique feature of the terrain from open space, to heavy woods, big elevation, boulders and rock walls providing high technicality and fun factor.

Nice rubber tees and large detailed tee signs. Dual color coded Prodigy baskets providing two playing options. Might be one of the easiest courses to navigate.

Immaculately maintained fairways with little underbrush off the fairways. Benches and brooms on every hole. Friendly course owner and nice pro shop.

Nitpicking... only one tee per hole, only one loop of 18 holes back to parking lot, although you can play a 9 hole loop(holes 1-7, 17 and 18) back to parking lot. Rocky terrain made footing issue sometimes. No par 5s? Thirsty mosquitoes.

Most people might think this is blasphemy, but 501 is my favorite course in MA. I love being able to rip drivers through the woods with big elevation and not having to worry about losing discs in Christmas trees and blind water. Also really enjoyed the 3 open holes to start and end the course. I highly recommend this course to anyone!

If you read any or all of the reviews, you will notice a strong consensus of respect for this course. That is a real testament to any course, much less a new one set far from any steady player base. So rather than repeat well over a dozen perks and propers that you likely have already read, let's change it up for fun and list some ABCs instead:

-Augusta: this is the closest yet to The Masters Course.
-Balance: Open Grass, Open Woods, Tight Woods.
-Class: You just feel like this will be a special day here.
-Dedication: Bill and all involved just stay ON it.
-Effort: (OK, this is redundant...but it's a TON of work.)
-Fun: When I birdied 17 Blue I Howled for Happy.
-Gorgeous: Not just 'nice' but lovely.
-Huge: Boulders, Old Growth, Stone Walls.
-Imagination: 501 did not just happen, it took vision.
-Jagged: The course has teeth. It bites...you bite back.
-Killer: Tight lines with Turn or Fade...what it's all about.
-LMNOPQ: Let Me Never Opt to Play Quickly. Patience.
-RSTUVW: Really Something To Use yer Very Wooded Xtreme Yard Zealously. (OK, I'm done).

VERY few. However,
-The lack of a 2nd shorter tee pad is the 1/2 point waiting to make this a 5 star course. In truth, I would make that a .75 deduction but I lean up because of the awesome FAITH that this isolated and refined course displays. (While there have been complaints about the 'PAR' being too hard here, that misses the point. Playing from a shorter tee not only would make for 4 courses instead of 2, it would also allow nearly everyone to bag a few pars or even birdies.)
-This is not so much a 'Con' as a 'Tip'. I played on a typically warm and muggy summer day. You REALLY want serious bug spray. Not cuz the million gnats and a few skeeters were unusual but cuz they were a distraction on an otherwise focused round.

Pretty obvious that I LOVE this course. I played all day and would be a member if I lived closer than say...New Mexico!?! LOL. We have great courses way up in our mountains, but nothing remotely of this kind.

As a 60 year old pro with a weak backhand, I was sorely tested and only adrenaline could explain my finishing both courses with dozens of extra shots. While I lost focus on my score while teaching a local player on the back nine of my morning green round, my blue round was a lock down battle and I'm proud enough of the score: 4 up, no mulligans, one replay for going up the wrong fairway.

I don't agree that the O.B. was a big deal. Most of the walls were well off the fairway, and where they weren't they just scream "You can NOT Fade or Yank it Here Fool'. And most of the tight lines were tight but fair. What really gets you here is the relentless need to throw uphill on a big line... with power!. And then throw downhill on a big line... with control! If you get tired and sloppy you are in the jaws brother.

I was only able to play on a weekday and it was pretty quiet. I hope to get back some day for a tournament or league day and meet Bill and anyone else involved. THANK YOU ALL for one of my top 10 Disc Golf Days so far.

+Big time terrain
+Lots of benches (you'll need them)
+Excellent tee pads
+Excellent signage
+Excellent (yet simple) navigational aids
+Nice scenery
+Challenging yet fair hole designs
+Good balance of left/right/straight up/down holes
+Underbrush kept in check (scrambling possible)
+Punishes bad shots/rewards good shots
+Visually intimidating at times

-Short holes a bit too challenging for beginners
-Long holes a bit too long for the majority of players (i.e. <950 rated)
-Could use a few risk/reward temptations
-Not close enough for me to play every week

Bag used/needed: carried 18 discs, used 17 (didn't need a roller disc, needed everything else)

On a scale of 0 (horrible) to 5 (heavenly):
Scenery: 5
Ease of navigation: 5
Tee pads: 5
Baskets (catchability): 4
Baskets (location): 5
Variety: 4 1/2
Bomb factor: 5
Risk/reward opportunities: 3
Fairness: 5
Use of terrain: 5
Amenities: 5
Beginner friendliness: 3
Non-disc golfer opportunities for fun: NA

Impression: This wonderful course is all about patience.

The owner had the patience (and intelligence) to wait until his course was really ready for business before he opened it to the public. Most of the rough edges have already been polished off, and so this just feels like a mature course. There are very few navigational issues even without the simple but effective next tee markers. The tees are wonderful, stable, and spacious. The rough is not all that rough next to the fairway, except in places where it is used as a bunker/hazard. The basket locations are interesting, challenging, and fair.

Right from the start you know you are playing at a disc golf COURSE. I have played at ball golf courses that didn't have as good a feel at the start as this place has.

Playing this course rewards patience. If you hit a tree that is higher quality than the first available ones near the tee (and really, even the pro level players will hit some trees here) there is good chance that you will be able to manufacture a recovery shot if you keep you head clear and look for it.

As noted by other reviewers, the long baskets and the short baskets are both actually pretty long here. I had one of my best upshot and putting games of the year on the blue course, if it had been during a tournament I would have expected that to be a 970+ round, and yet I barely eked out an even par by throwing in a 200 footer on hole 18. Most of us are NOT 950+ rated players who can throw 400+ feet. so most avid disc golfers who challenge the blue course will spend a lot of time looking way up at the basket after their drives even if they throw well. The blue baskets are gold level, which is a fine thing, we need courses that challenge the best players and longer arms.

I found the green course to be fun, a good number of birdie holes, some longer holes, one way too short hole, but if I were not able to throw 350 ft drives and power 300 ft midranges I would have had a frustrating time with the 250 ft massively uphill grunt holes. The green course is really a blue course, a good test for intermediates and advanced players, but not so great for beginners IMHO. Having said that, I think everyone I saw out there including the beginners was having a great time, which is a function of the finished nature of the course. (bad throws do not equal lost discs all the time).

I was torn between 4 stars and 4.5 stars. I gave it 4.5 after waiting a few days to see how I felt about going back to play again... definitely gotta go gotta throw again, so add the extra 0.5.

My last suggestion: this could be a perfect course if there was another set of tee boxes shorter that the current ones, except for at that really short hole, that could use an alternate tee that throws across and down at that short basket and turns a hyzer on the long basket. Adding a shorter tee would give you a beginner friendly course short-green, expert friendly long-blue, and two intermediate challenges short-blue and long-green. Minekill and Warwick are set up like this, and this place screams for such a treatment.

About the reviewer: I've been playing for over 20 years, and playing seriously since 2007. I throw RHBH predominantly, with a wide arsenal of other shots that I use when I need them; my drives average about 330 feet +/- 30 feet on flat ground. My PDGA rating hovers a little above 900, which means on good days I shoot a few below par, on bad days a few above.

About my preferences: In my opinion the perfect disc golf course is an interesting walk in a natural space, with a wide variety of challenging but fair opportunities that test ALL of your shot making skills regardless of which hand you favor for throwing discs. I am happiest when I have to think my way from tee to basket hole after hole after hole weighing risks versus rewards. In my opinion the worst disc golf courses have nothing to offer but holes that a) only test how far you can throw b) only favor one particular type of throw on the majority of holes c) feature "plinko" lines choked with obstacles where luck is more important than skill d) are so short that a putter is all you need e) are so wide open that the only challenge is one of judging distance f) force you to lose a few discs if you dare to play g) feature lines that discs were never meant to travel, such as those $@#!$ <300 ft holes in the woods that have two 90 degree doglegs bending in opposite directions like a badly drawn letter N. I am saddest when I feel bored or cheated by holes and/or by an entire course.

These tee boxes are perfect. Stone dust with a large rubber tee pad secured to the ground. These are surrounded by large 6x6 timbers.
Every tee area has a nice tee sign with broom, baskets, cigarette cans and either picnic tables or several logs to rest.
I have a hard time picking the signature hole; I am torn between the beautiful downhill #10 with either a dogleg left to a green basket placed on top of a very large rock or the rolling hills of #18 where you can't throw just one.
No matter which hole is your favorite there is something for everyone's play style from the backhand to thumbers and flicks.
Just be careful of the OB on many of the holes on the perimeter of the property, these could chew up your score real quick.

There seems to be a lot of uphill shots but there are an equal amount of downhill shots. Maybe just because I hate uphill shots it seems like more.

The parking lot has been upgraded with crushed stone for the wet spring season.
Brush piles are continuing to be burnt or removed.
There is also a rotating supply of wood chips on the soggiest foot paths.
Watch for little things; like the bird house hole, The town line sign and don't forget to ring the bell when completing hole #16.

Usually young basketball players take several years to develop their skills and figure out what makes them great. But sometimes you get the rare guy who grows 6 inches over a summer and is suddenty on everyone's radar. 501 is that prodigy. I don't know where this course came from, but it's not waiting to mature. It's here, and it's a force.

The property is a developer's dream. The area nearest the parking lot is rolling open terrain that looks more like Augusta National than any disc golf course you've played. It's immaculate. But it quickly transitions to wooded fairways with big elevation. I can think of maybe two holes that I would call flat. Get ready to hike. The designer is not afraid to take advantage of the terrain, even if it means you climb the hill twice. It's worth it.

The fairways are inexplicably pristine. How do you build a course this quickly and not have the errant branches and the prickly rough that define young courses for years? It's all gone. You're not threading unrealistic needles here so much as picking lines and executing them. The fairways aren't huge, but they allow for realistic lines in a way that many wooded courses really don't. This is how you build a wooded course.

Oh, and there are two baskets on each hole. Other than Pyramids (designed by the same guy), Maple Hill, and Borderland, I can't think of any course within a few hundred miles that has that. Good company. The baskets are Prodigy contraptions I haven't seen elsewhere, and they catch beautifully. The greens are the shorter baskets and the blues are the longer ones.

Among my favorite holes:

Hole 10 is a thrilling bomb down the huge hill. The green basket is a big hyzer shot, but the blue is a fantastic line, requiring a RHBH S-shot to maximize distance. Plenty of trees to keep you from all out bombing, but it's an empty-the-bag hole.

Hole 12 is a patience hole. The entire left side is OB rock wall. The right side has varying degrees of trees. I had to weigh a lot of different shots to figure out how I could maximize distance but still ensure I didn't go too far right but definitely didn't go OB. It's a long hole with a slight uphill grade, so you're planning several shots this way. Probably the hardest hole on the course.

Hole 18 is a return to the open area of the course, and it's the most picturesque hole here. It's the one chance to really bomb your drive through a pretty generous gap about 250-300 feet down the fairway.

Tee pads are rubber on well built tee boxes. The signs were very good. Navigation was easy with "next tee" arrows hanging from the baskets. Every hole was good.

There is not a filler hole here. I could have written glowingly about a dozen of them.

Man, not much. One of the downhill holes (I think it was 8) has a ~130-foot shot to the green basket that is basically a downhill jump putt. But other than that, the design is superb.

Be warned that you'll have cell reception on the hill but the parking lot (and miles around) have none, so get your directions ready in advance. I left and took a wrong turn, adding 10 minutes to my trip.

I want to add two other cool features. One pet peeve of mine with New England disc golf courses is that so many designers see the picturesque rock walls and automatically think they need to be OB. I was happy to see hole 11 here where both baskets are beyond the rock walls. You could have made an okay hole and kept the walls as OB. But the hole is way better with them being simple low-level obstructions. I really appreciate this.

Second, near the top of the course, there is very old sign (50+ years?) pointing the way to the town of Paxton one way and some other town the other way. There is no road up there. Not even a trail. No intersection to speak of. I have no idea why that sign is there, but both times I played the course I can't stop looking at it. It's like a hidden joke for people who happen to hike those woods. It doesn't hurt that it's next to a nice vantage point overlooking the hills nearby. I like a little character in my courses.

I sat on a quiet, windless day in early November and caught my breath on one of the many benches here with my dog at my feet. The hilltop foliage had given way to winter but the air knew it was still fall. I've played over 1000 rounds of disc golf, and this was one of my top 20 days. What a course.

Extremely well groomed course.
Excellent tee pads with trash cans, brooms, ash trays, tables and seating at each.
Nice baskets, 2 on each hole.
Fair greens that can speed up at times.
Carefully designed, routes are fair, wide variety of shots.
Next tee markers on each basket. easy navigation.
Groomed paths between holes.
Incredible use of space.
Scorecards available
Practice basket
Good Parking
Port o Pot
Pro shop
Friendly Staff
Beautiful setting for a course

Hills, lots of hills that don't take away from your game really, but damm, this course kicks your ass.
A swampy area to deal with, not really too too bad tho.
I'm thinking.....that last one was a stretch...man...did I mention it's a hike...

Pulling up to 501 you already know your are in for a great round of golf. The place is polished from the parking lot to the pin.
It feels like you are pulling into a nice little ball golf course. The grass is mowed, the trees are trimmed, the boxes are mint, the baskets are great. The course will test your arm, no doubt, Going to need some distance if you plan to play the blue pins. But at the same time placement is going to be just as important through the round. The course has some tight lines, but are fair routes that open up giving you a chance to score. Greens give you good looks at the baskets, a few protected one, a few fast greens, a bunch of elevated, nice mixed bunch.
The thing that stood out to me about 501 is that for a course that is pretty much brand spanking new, it feels like it's been in play for years. The course feels broken in due to the time, and effort put into the design, building and upkeep.
This one is well worth a few hours drive.
Well worth making a day out of it.
501 is setting standards!
New England courses just got put on notice.

The pro's with this course begin with the incredible amount of love, dedication and understanding of the sport that emanates off of every hole.
To begin, each tee box is well manicured and lined with rubber mats. You have the options of shooting at two different length baskets.
The fairways are well groomed and have been meticulously laid out to provide an awesome new experience for each next hole you step up to.
There are trash cans, benches, and log seats at almost every hole.
Each hole has a perfectly mapped description explaining what you're about to get yourself into.
This course has too many pro's to go on about, but those are the ones I can think of now.

The only cons I find with this course are the out of bounds... and that is just because of how much of a magnet my discs were for finding those boundaries!

$10 fee for all day play, but don't let that stop you from experiencing it!
We opened the season with our friends bag tag tournament here and played 2 rounds with rarely bumping into anyone else on the course!
It was well worth the 2 hour drive and I hope to make it back out there soon!

Excellent course and well worth the hour and a half drive and 10 dollar course fee to play. Every tee box was professionally done and even cleared of snow before we got there. Each hole was clearly marked with pretty accurate mapping of each hole. Each hole has two baskets that both play from the same tee. We played one round from each and found the course to play completely differently based on which basket you were shooting for. The larger blue cage course was challenging and really tested long reaching abilities. Most holes seemed to play uphill which added to the challenge at times. The green cage course was still challenging at times and there were a couple par 3's that definitely played more like 4's. Lots of aceable holes on this course though so it balanced out to an acceptable par 55. The last 4 holes on both courses are flat and downhill shots with a wide open 18th playing through a field back to the kiosk. These 4 holes display true new england disc golf and really left you wanting to head back out and play another round. The most impressive thing about this course was how well maintained and clear it was for mid December. The family that built it did an outstanding job at clearing brush and cutting down just enough trees then neatly stacking them throughout the course adding some unique features to play off of. Despite the course being brand new this year it feels like a course that has been around forever and has been well walked. Fairways are clearly defined and lack any shrubbery that might try and steal a disc on a clean throw. Navigation from hole to hole was incredibly easy and i can't stress enough how impressive the tee boxes are even deep on the course where getting machinery could not have been easy. Holes 1, 2 and 18 play as a perfect warm up taking you out through the open fields and then bringing you back to the kiosk to start an actual round. These guys really invested in this course and care about it living up to players expectations making the $10 price of admission worth every penny. True tournament course. Can't wait to get back up there for another full day.

Parking lot is a little tight which could be an issue on busier days but no problems on a Tuesday in December. The DGCR app, official score card and hole signs did not match at all on certain holes making it tough to score.

Big thanks to Jay for opening up the pro shop for us. My buddy forgot a few of his discs and called ahead to see if the shop would be open. They were not planning to open (no surprise considering it was 10 am on a Tuesday in mid December) but offered to be there when we arrived and he was. Jay seemed to know everything there was to know about the course and came across as a true fan of the sport.

• Classic New England Wooded course set in a beautiful rolling Western/Central Massachusetts forest. Towering oaks and pines, poplars, birch, rock walls, and some giant "glacial erratic" boulders throughout.
• Large, level, grippy tee boxes on every hole, rubber pad on stone dust, always with smooth run-up and follow-through area framed by heavy timbers. These are well build and will hold up.
• Two wonderful Prodigy baskets per hole. They catch very well, and are color coded and easily visible: Green for the "short", blue for the "long" position. All were well mounted, a few creatively mounted on boulders. On one hole where the baskets were "blind" downhill, tall extension flags were easily visible.
• All of the greens were free of gimmicks, usually the 10 meter circle was clear. A few greens were strategically placed on slopes to force the risk / reward decision: Go for the birdie and risk a tough par save, or play safe and lay-up.
• Trash cans, benches and/or picnic tables, brushes, and good signage on every tee.
• Navigation is easy... baskets have a little hanging sign pointing to the "next tee". First time I've seen these type signs cable tied to the bottom of the basket, very effective.
• Lots of interesting elevation changes. Several uphill holes that play much longer that the posted distance, downhill holes where you disc seems to fly forever (if you can avoid the ever-present trees), and a few "up and down" or "down and up" holes.
• Good variety of holes... long open bombers (#18), short ace runs (#8), doglegs left and right, up and down... I don't think it favors any particular style and is a good test of golf skills.
• The short baskets provide a tough but fair challenge to a rec level player. Every fairway has a well-defined line that a rec play should be able to hit with a well-placed drive, but loose concentration or grip-lock one and it will catch an early tree.
• Off fairways are cleared of underbrush. If you do shank one well off the fairway you almost always have some kind of line to though a recovery shot.
• At the time I played the course (early December, one week after the grand opening) the biggest risk to lost discs was the oak leave ground cover. Once or twice our group had a disc partially bury under the leaves. We had to be almost on top of the disc to find it. That said, since the course doesn't have a thick undergrowth, so this course should be reasonably good for novice players.
• A solid blue-level course but can still be enjoyed by rec players and even beginners
• The wetlands and swampy areas have bridges, some well-engineered and a few just some logs dropped in strategic spots.
• Out of bounds are always marked by classical hundred year old stone walls.
• Owner and family wonderful, dedicated to providing a first class disc golf experience.
• Course clean, free of litter, and I'm guessing the local cadre of dedicated players and the owner will make sure it stays that way.
• A sign-in shed with a good selection of Dynamic Discs available for sale, along with water. I'd love to see some light snacks and other drinks available for sale, I suspect that is coming. The day I played it was a "cash only" operation, they will have the ability to take credit cards soon.
• Porto-potty, picnic table, and "bulls-eye" style practice basket available near the parking lot.
• Parking lot holds 30 cars, adequate for all but the busiest days.
• Feels like you are in a very rural area, but good cell coverage and restaurants, gas, and convenience stores not too far away.

• One glaring safety issue: The course was fairly crowded, but we were staying a full hole ahead of the group behind us most of the way. On hole #16 we had to wait a few minutes for the group in front of us to clear the hole. We teed off, all caught trees of some sort, and had to do some searching for one of the errant shots buried under the oak leaves. As one of my partners was setting up for his approach shot, a disc came whizzing over our heads. From where we were standing we couldn't be seen from the tee box. I gave a yell, but two more discs whizzed by our group before a slightly embarrassed and apologetic group of good young players walked down the hill. I don't blame that group, I'm sure that had no idea they had caught up to us. I talked to the owner and he took this seriously and I'm sure will address this. A "gong" might help, or even a "periscope" or some big well placed concave mirrors might resolve this.
• It's southern New England, so tics and poison ivy always something to watch out for. I didn't see much PI, but I'm sure it's there.
• This is an area of glacial till, so there is an endless supply of rocks. My Zuca cart was bouncing around the whole way. With the exception of the few open holes (#1 and #18), you have to walk with caution. Solid hiking boots or a good set of Keens recommended. Bad sneakers won't cut it here. Some of the rocky "landing areas" make it tough to do a run-up shot difficult, probably a bigger problem for a rec player still facing a long approach that the big arms who have a shorter "stand still" approach.
• Lots of good and interesting holes, but I'm not sure a "signature" hole jumped out at me. I'll reserve judgement on this until I play the course again on a fine spring day.
• A very minor quibble, but something I see at many courses: This course is really designed for advanced players (900 - 1000 PDGA rated). A rec player should always play the short baskets... but on several of the holes the short baskets are par 3 while the long basket is a par 4 (#2, 5, 9, &18). Most of these "shorts" fall into a "par 4" range according the PDGA guidelines. I "get" that these should be par 3's for a blue level course, but I'd like to see the holes marked as a par four for a Red Level course. So to have a rec friendly layout wouldn't even take a re-design of the course or placement of addition tees, just an updated scorecard with a new line. I've had this discussion with several designers (who are invariably 950+ rated players) who look at me blankly and say "it's just par, what difference does it make?" To me it's a big difference. Take the 9th hole. To the short basket its 290' or so with a big elevation gain, nearly 50', plus the basket is a dogleg right, tucked away behind some trees on top of the ridge. My drive was OK, caught the hill at about 180' down the fairway. That meant I had to try to turn one hard right, maybe going 120' up the hill then somehow getting 60 or 70' to the right to the basket. I threw an OK mid with a good line, made the turn and left me with 50' "par" putt. This is a pretty low percentage shot for any rec player, but I gave it a run and came up just short. I dropped in for my four, a bogie on the card. But was it really a bogie? Not to my skill level. It was an OK drive, I hit a fairly narrow gap, I just didn't get a lot of distance. I made a good approach shot but just didn't have the arm to make the turn and get it all the way to the basket. Then I gave a long putt a good run but it wasn't realistic to get it to drop. Sound like a par, doesn't it?

• Went back and forth between a rating of 4 and 4 1/2. This place is special and is a joy to play. When I looked back at how I rated courses like Borderlands and Crane Hill, I decided on going with a 4 ½, based on the onsite presence of dedicated owners who made the experience a little more special. On the chilly December day I played, they were tending a roaring fire pit, a welcome warmup for everyone coming off the 18th green.
• For a course opened for only a week it is remarkably "finished": tee boxes, signage, cleared fairways, all the tree stumps cut level to the fairways, and all the dropped trees cut up in neat stacks well of the fairways.
• $10 may scare off some, but really a good value for the experience. $100 season passes for the locals.