Pulling in to Arthur O. Fisher Park in Dayton , I wasn't sure what to expect . I remember when this course was first installed in I think 1998 ( 3rd permanent 18 hole course in Dayton ) to give people living on the west side of town a chance to play instead of hopping in their car and driving to Belmont or Indian Riffle . I used to stick around in Dayton all day and play all 3 . Pulling in the driveway to the park , the very first parking lot you see will have a very beat up kiosk in the corner next to the first tee . I heard that if you use UDisc you can find a map of the old 24 hole layout . This will help a lot , because you can actually play 16 of the holes instead of the 9 on the map . You can follow the first 11 from that 24 hole map . There are still cement tee pads on the first 10 holes except #7 which looks to have been dug up . There are the old original tee signs on many of these holes , but they are very faded and it looks as though someone may have doctored up a couple of the signs to at least make the distance legible . The baskets are the old Mach version and are dated but still catch . Some of these holes look as though someone put extra baskets on some of the holes , like #3 , #7 #8 and #15 . Other than that , it looks like most of the baskets haven't moved for years . Even though the park is open , the course designer made good use of the available trees and brush to make it worthwhile to come out here and play . After hole #6 , which is a clever pin placement on a small man made hill , you go to your immediate right and around the brush to a flat area that looks like it had been worked on not long ago . This is where the old pad used to be . You are going to throw your drive approximately 300' and towards the basket that sits close to a lake , going the opposite direct from holes 5 &6 . There is a further pin that hugs the lake , but the ground slopes down towards the lake . I wouldn't try it . #8 has 2 pins , 1 down to the right and guarded by some bushes and trees , and one that sits mostly in the open in a fairway . #9 brings you across a small sidewalk and throws the same direction slight hyzer style to a basket being guarded by a row of trees and brush . #10 basket is on your left and points your drive back towards the lake but not close enough to make your drive hit it . # 11 is to your right and throws over a lengthwise part of the lake . I would say that you better be able to throw your drives consistently and accurately 290' + or don't attempt it , since the wind can pick up and deliver your disc into the water . I have had to fish mine out before . The basket has been moved back a bit and sits with drainage rocks in front of it . #s 12 & 13 are completely gone , and I couldn't find the tee pad for #14 . You will walk down what looks to be a road with a row of trees that takes you toward the main road . You may have to tee off from the cement to the basket that sits across the field and protected by some foliage protecting the right side . You will then backtrack across the road . #15's tee pad looks gone . Someone had put a small white marker flag down to where it approximately was . It throws through a short tight row of trees with a low canopy and a small pond to your right that will only come into play if you ricochet hard off one of the small trees on your right . There are 2 baskets on this hole . #16 tee pad is directly behind #15's basket .It is a short hyzer drive across the pond to a basket hidden behind 2 giant fir trees . To follow after your initial drive , don't use the nasty little bridge to your left . If you walk towards it , you will see some ground to the immediate left of the bridge to walk across . #17 is behind the #16 basket and throw over an edge of the pond to a basket that sits beyond it and to the left , near a tree . Old #18 tee pad is down to the left of the basket about 50 yards or so . The basket is visible from the tee and is a wide open long drive where you don't come into contact with any trees for at least 250' .or more . The trees and brush start to narrow your approach shot from here and require a little accuracy . Not a bad 16 holes , and because of the new addition of an entertainment complex , the park seems to be well maintained..Good course for newbies and casuals since the holes aren't terrible long , some having shorter baskets , and it is hard to lose a disc , providing you don't throw it into the lake . The park will be empty most of the time , except near or across the lake from hole 11 . Other than that , you might have the whole course to yourself . The course has some fun factor holes . Signature Hole would be either #4 , a low flying drive under some canopy and over a small grade to an open green , or #11 , a water carry ,

#1 Missing tees , missing baskets . There are plenty of ways to make this back into an 18 hole course . The baskets from the 24 hole layout are present in the park and able to be used for this . You could pour maybe 4 cement tee pads total . Updating the signs would be nice , too . #2 Navigation . The old kiosk next to hole 1 has no information except a couple of items promoting the Dayton Disc Golf Club . Without a map , you will skip holes and not know where to stand to tee off on a couple of others . An updated disc golf map on the Arthur O. Fisher site would help . #3 Promoting the course. I think since the word got out 3 years ago that the course was pulled and the website said it was extinct , most people don't even know that there IS a course here . The course is worth the drive , especially if your live down 35 on the west side of town . I heard somewhere that the parks board was interested in keeping this course around to help promote it . Sprucing it up a little , trimming the branches , and putting a few thousand in it would go a long way .Maybe some would see your venue at the back of the park and buy some concert or show tickets later on . Careful , some of the course can hold rain for a while and be muddy , especially around #s 15-18 and 1-3 . . There are bathrooms up near hole #17 when open .

This is a course that time forgot . It was never as popular and Belmont or Indian Riffle , even in its heyday , but people still came to play . If this course was pulled , it will never be reinstalled . The equipment and the design are still there . If you drop a couple grand into the course , clean it up some put the course age on the website as 1998 and keep the holes as they were , adding back 12 & 13 , and promote it with maybe a Trilogy Challenge put on by the Dayton Club or add a fundraiser here , and this course could work . Since this course was constructed 21 years ago , many Dayton area course have sprung up , and a lot of those attract a large following of disc golfers . There is room though for this course . The game just keeps becoming bigger as more people like to get out and exercise or try to become a little better. If this course is still around at this time next year , I will update my review and see if any improvements were made . . My recommendation : at present , this is not a course for you to go out of your way for , especially since the online map shows you only 9 holes . UNLESS A RESIDENT AND EVEN THEN A NEWBIE OR CASUAL , DRIVE ON PAST .