- wind is a crazy factor here
- excellent full color tee signs with maps
- multiple concrete tees per hole
- blue Prodigy baskets in good shape
- gold layout adds pro-level challenge
- several pin placements
- huge variety of hole length options for various skill levels
- some wooded/more technical challenge
- some decent elevation change incorporated
- mix of hole types but course leans toward longer layout
- great incorporation of a few pond hazards
- area mostly devoted to disc golf in multi-use park
- well maintained park

- wind is a crazy factor here
- course is pretty open for some people's liking
- could use more tight, technical challenge
- some repetitive feeling holes
- uniqueness seems below average

Bad Rock Creek is an interesting course in the Kansas City metro. While this is objectively a very good course, I struggled to rate it even as high as a 4 because I honestly did not enjoy it that much. I have to acknowledge this is at least in part due to conditions the day I played - it was 40 degrees and insanely windy the morning I played here. This course is very open and the wind is absolutely brutal when it is going - this really determines what kind of day you're going to have. With that said, I've played in rain and adverse conditions at world-class courses and still loved it. Bad Rock just didn't have the x-factor for me and I think I was looking for a bit more technical variety.

The pond hazards are cool features here, and there is a mix of open and wooded holes, but the course leans much more open. There are rolling hills and the setting is pretty nice overall. Most holes have 2 concrete tees (red and blue) and the gold baskets make for many different ways to play the course for various skill levels. This aspect of the course is incredibly well executed. When I played, several baskets were missing which was unfortunate, but assuming that gets remedied, the variety in hole style here is great for attracting all talents.

After awhile, this course just felt repetitive to me. There were some wooded areas adjacent to some of the final holes I wish could be incorporated for some more technical golf with tighter fairways. Note that while you can play shorter holes from the red tees, the hole is long regardless of which part you play - so prepare to walk a lot at this course.

The course has ample parking and garbage cans at the start, but is light on amenities throughout the course. There may be bathrooms in this park but I did not notice any. It is a multi-use park but disc golf is mostly in its own space. I didn't note major safety hazards, but some mountain biking trails are in the wooded areas. The walk back from hole 18 to the parking lot is a bit longer than desirable.

If I were coming back to Kansas City, I'd try some of the other excellent courses I didn't get to long before coming back to this course. I'd recommend Rosedale Park - Down Under on the Kansas side if you want a really unique, technical course that is different from everything else around - though admittedly this is a MUCH shorter course. If you want longer holes and more wide open bombs, or just a mix of a bit of everything, Bad Rock Creek will be more your style. I think Water Works is also more fun, but Bad Rock Creek may be objectively a better course.

I don't think I'll come back to this one but I recognize it is very well regarded. If you are in the KC metro and have a couple of days, this is still a very solid course. If you're short on time I'd hit some of the other top destinations first.

- Concrete tee pads and some have benches and trash cans
- Good signage for the holes themselves
- Takes advantage of the terrain
- Well maintained with quality baskets
- Many holes have multiple tee pads and basket placements
- Map of course at parking area
- Lost disc return
- Nice park overall

- Plays through areas of the park that are utilized for other things
- Navigation can get a little confusing if you don't have a map or it's your first time playing
- Depending on which hole, losing a disc can be an easy proposition.

While I enjoyed my time playing the course and well worth playing, I didn't think it was anything greater or lesser than what many consider to be the "top tier" courses in the KC metro. I found the course to be a mixed bag and had a little bit of everything requiring one to use all their repertoire of shots and tricks.

Multiple combinations of pads/pins for each hole
Aesthetically pleasing
Multiple water shots
High quality baskets and tee pads

Small amount of trash cans (which I am sure will increase as time goes by)
The course has potential to interfere with bike riders, as there is a trail that collides with the DGC a few times.
Brush needs managed on a few holes.

This course is so young and already has so many thing going for it. The cons I listed are surely going to disappear in the years to come. I believe every hole is sponsored. leading me to believe that the community plans to be fairly involved with this course, just as they have with Stocksdale Park over the years. Overall a great course to play, whether you're a local or traveling through. Liberty offers plenty of places to eat after a round and is generally a nice place to be.

-Pretty location
-Good mix of long and short, even on the same hole with many multiple tees/baskets
-Not too flat, Good mix of open and wooded holes

-As of now, (10/18/14) there are NO signs, markers or indication for next tee
-If you go in the woods, it's pretty thick in some places, quite a few thorns, burrs, stickers and some poison ivy
-Can get very windy up there in Liberty, even if it seems calmer closer to the city

I think this will be a favorite course once all the signage is up. The water on #2 , #15 and 16 keep it interesting.