(Feb. 2023 Update in 'Other Thoughts')
-Bikinis on lake Beaverfork! (Now that I've your attention here's the real 'pros')
-Plenty of parking next to hole 1
-Tees are smooth concrete, most level with ground
-Baskets are in good shape
-Signs are in good shape
-Cart friendly
-Exceptionally well maintained
-Benches on several holes (4, 7, 8, 10, 14, 16, 18 if memory serves)
-Good spacing between baskets/tees (you shouldn't get dome'd from an unrelated hole)
-Fun elevation in front 9
-Restrooms by hole 1 and 9 (see cons)
-Great course for beginners
-Good pacing for warming up in round
-Beautiful area by the lake
-Hole 19 is pretty fun. By 18's pin around the baseball fields, across the road,
and to 7's basket.

-A bit easy for experienced players
-Only a few technical holes
-Back 9 is pretty flat
-Rain can wreak havoc on this course, flooding out several baskets/tees
-Not as many trash cans (In 2016 they were plentiful, not sure where they went)
-Can get fairly crowded
-Hammockers, picnickers, sportsball players, etc, absolutely adore occupying fairways
-Cross Country events may make play impossible during some weekends
-Crosswalk between 9 & 10 is fairly ignored by drivers
-Restrooms are closed far earlier/later than you would think for winter
-Course does not loop (18's pin is not by 1's tee, by a long shot)
-Grounds are pretty prone to flooding/mud.

-This is my OG home course. I learned to play here, ace here, fail here, hit cars here.
This course is home. In fact my reason for reviewing it is because I'm only just now,
after 5.6 years, replacing it as my "most played" course since beginning in 2016.
-Beaverfork has a great community. In all the places I've lived/played since then,
I've never found a place so open to playing together. Be it back in 2016 some locals inviting
me to play, or a few weeks back some new locals doing the same. There's always someone that
wants to play in Conway.
-I can't count this either way, given I don't know if he's still alive or not,
but there used to be a guy that always walked the course every evening with some cool dogs
that loved headpats (especially the dachsund)
-The exit to this course is dangerous. In the few years I lived there I was witness to
at least two dozen wrecks. Several with motorcycles. Involving one use of CPR from hole 7,
and another being a witness for a fatal t-bone. So please,
if you're making a left out of the park, it's a blind hill curve from the right. Use caution!

Fun Fact: Until someone proves otherwise, I claim to have the record for most cars hit in one
throw. On hole 11, in the old rightmost position the meta was to throw over the road and
fade back. Well I threw one that didn't fade back. Jacked up doober truck caught it in the wheel
while it was rolling in the road, that slungshot it up into a red car's door, that popped it up
into the air where it hit the roof of another car before it rolled around and let another car
bump it with a tire back in bounds, setting up for a par.

Feb. 2023 Update:
- I loved this course, so it pains me to do this, but it's being penalized -.5
- Changes that don't majorly affect 'feel' won't be listed
- Update to #2's tee is a good change. It's prettier, safer, and accentuates lefty advantage.
- #4's pin was moved back/right. From a fun accessible over-water shot to an "I hope the trees
don't slap me into the water" shot
- #6's tee/pin change, + mando, is useless. I like the new pin posistion, and I understand what
they were trying to do. However, making the hole longer and straighter still means rhbh throws
are skipping into #7's tee. Instead of alienating lefty BHs/RHFHs with a useless mando they
should've made the hole shorter in it's natural lane with no mando. All problems solved.
- #10's tee was moved way back into trees. I do actually like the change, it makes the hole
a true par 3. It does feel very unnatural on a rec level course though.
- #12's tee moved right. Moronic. All the change did was screw over leftys. I fully believe
the change was made because the local club guys couldn't throw a straight putter shot.
- #14's tee moved back. This hole is a train wreck. It was changed because the local club
guys couldn't throw a straight putter shot.
- #16's basket was moved way too deep off to the right. 290' out you have to land in a 20'
bubble to even have a shot down a 100', 6' wide tunnel shot. Anywhere else it's poke and pray
with abysmal rough. Awful change.
- #18's pin "change" isn't really new. It just never sat over there because it's just not a
good spot for a basket. Makes the hole feel confused.
- Overall the changes to the course just feel wrong. Not in a habitual resistance to change
kind of way, but as a "this feels poorly designed" kind of way. In fact the only reason I've
come to update this is because of how well known it is that this course was screwed up by
a club wanting to "increase it's difficulty." It's still an average course worth playing,
but just expect to do some head scratching on a few holes' layouts.

Good mixture of open/tunnel shots. Good signage/tee pads & baskets. Well maintained park with benches @ most holes.

No water handy. Bathrooms locked with only a Porta potty available. Fairly long walkaline between front and back 9, with a long walk back to the car after completing the last hole.

Park handy to the I-40 exit.

The course is in a beautiful park, with acres of mowed grass and tall, scattered pines. This park is well trimmed with no brush or scrub. Beaver Fork Lake is nearby, but only (barely) in play on Hole 4.

Holes lengths average 240' with 16 holes at less than 300' and only one hole over 400'. This is great course for those who don't throw big drives. Most holes are pretty open and quite flat.

There are enough trees to require some shaping of your drive, but most holes are open enough that missing the line isn't a huge problem.

Hole 4 has a carry over water, but the carry is reasonable (175') for most players.

Holes 14, 15 and 17 are short, tight tunnels in the woods. At 142', 147' and 118' they are the shortest on the course.

Good concrete tee pads with perfect texture. Innova Discatcher baskets catch well and are easy to see. The few tee signs that were present (see cons) had distance and par info, along with good hole diagrams. They also had local sponsors listed which is great to see.

Only one tee sign on the front nine, and three on the back nine the day I played. Don't know why most were missing.

A couple of tee pads on sloping ground were not level side-to-side.

Most of the holes are short throws over grass, with scattered trees. Nice holes, but not a ton of variety or challenge.

Hole 17 has a tight tunnel for the most of the hole, and then, nothing. A group of trees directly in front of the pin with a couple of random disc width gaps. I got a totally random kick toward the basket from an out-of-sight obstacle, but there doesn't seem to be a complete fairway to the pin.

As mentioned previously, there are two distinct nine-hole loops. If you park near Hole 1 you've got a .25 mile walk back from the basket of Hole 18.

- Great Variety of throws. Wide Open bomb, open with trees, over water, open to woods, tunnels, etc. It is a little short, but it's clear there is not any room for the course to be lengthened, so they clearly did the best with the area they had.

- The Park is beautiful. The parking lot is right next to the lake, and the sun sparkles off of it. The wooded areas typically don't have any underbrush, so walking through the holes is super easy.

- Navigation is super easy, there are signs to help guide in any spot that might be confusing. Tee Signs look great.

- Teepads and baskets are in good shape. I started my walkup off the back of the teepad a few times, but I wouldn't call them too short.

- Located reasonably close to town. Probably took me 5-7 mins to get there from the interstate.

- You will notice in the "Pros" when I was describing the different throws, I said wide open bomb, not bombs. There is only one hole that allows you to unload. Like I said, the designers did the best with what they could, but the lack of length is still a con. I threw a fairway driver on #1, Firebird flick on #2 & #16, and a Destroyer on #7. And everything else was a mid or putter.

- There were a lot of people in the park. I played on a Sunday afternoon, when everyone was out swimming. I didn't really have an issue with people in the way, but if it had been a holiday weekend (e.g. 4th of July), I'd imagine it would be impossible to park and it would be super cramped on the course. There wasn't an issue with getting backed up other players, but there were only a few other groups, if it was a busy weekend, I could see it being crazy.

- On #4, the water hole, there was quite a bit of plants growing out of the water. I thought they might let it grow to keep people from swimming in that area, but it didn't really look nice, so it just looks more neglected than anything. There are better ways of keeping people from swimming near the hole.

- Really high quality course. I would recommend it if you are in the area looking to play a good, quick round.

- If you can hit your lines and not make silly mistakes, you should be able to shot a hot round. There are a lot of good birdie chances.

Nice clean park. It's not my "home course" by any means but I have played it probably 4-6 times and I don't remember having major issues with landscaping. Great course for beginners to work on everything and for those at a higher skill level there are good holes to practice distance. Lot's of parking and pretty easy to navigate through the park.

Not a PDGA approved park from what I have heard. Meaning no real tournaments will happen there. Walk back from 18 is really long and uncalled for considering the size of the park. This course will not get intermediate-pro skill levels any better because it's simply way too easy.

Fun park, lots of space, and good disc golf course.

Good tee boxes
VERY well maintained
Great baskets
Well marked out and easy to follow
The back 9 has decent amount of tree obstacles

Bathrooms are horrid
Sometimes you have to fight the crowds doing other activities on the fairways (birthday parties and such)
There is a long walk back from hole 18 to main parking lot
Some holes can get pretty muddy

This is a great beginners course. I have been playing a little over a year and this is my home course. This is a Conway city park so it is always very well maintained. You never have to deal with fairways that need to be mowed. It is a fairy short course and will fail to challenge more seasoned players. But this course will spoil you for how well it is maintained. You need to play this course.

Very scenic.
Good mix of backhand and flick shots if you want the practice.
Very nice people at the course, never met a rude person.
Easy to play a round with friends or randos on the course.

A few more alternate pins would help bring the course up to the next level.
The pins that do have alternates have not moved since they were created.
Really needs a practice hole.

The course is great overall but still needs a little love to become a fantastic course. Just small things like a practice hole, moving the alternate pins, having a few more tournaments, could make the course very, very nice. Going to school in Conway, this course has been a home away from home and I hope it continues to grow in the future.

Nice concrete tee pads. Beautiful scenery ( in the morning the fog looks amazing over the lake) nice variety of shots. Good for beginners And more advanced players. Front 9 is open and the back 9 has a few wooded holes.

The walk from 9 to 10 is a little much but I understand the baseball field was there before the course. The walk from 18 back to the parking lot is long. But if you walk through the baseball field it isn't as long.

Love this course! If you are ever in Conway come to beaver fork! Get a round in!

Very beautiful course on Lake Beaverfork. Benches are in almost every hole. Well taken care of. Great mando's and a nice water hazard on Hole 4 across part of the lake. Only about 250' but under throw and you're in the water. Hole 6 and 16 are blind. On 6 you can see the top of the flag on the hole and there is a big anhyzer run on 16. First 9 is mostly open while the back 9 is more wooded.

Some tee pads are not level such as Hole 8. The amount of trees on Hole 17 is rediculous. But fun.

Overall a very nice course. If you're ever in the area definitely stop by. A good time is always guaranteed here.

Nice concrete tee pads and signs on all holes, along with nice benches for most holes. The course is consistently extremely well maintained.

In terms of variety, this is a fantastic course. There are lots of open holes, but also plenty of technical wooded shots. There is plenty of variety at this course, and it is really fun to play.

The length of the course isn't very challenging. The 18th hole ends pretty far from the parking lot at the first tee, but I usually park in the central area to split the walk in half.

There are very few cons, but the course is not going to challenge an experienced player. Although it's easy, it is definitely a really fun course for all players.

Very clean course. Nice scenery and has great baskets. There has been a lot of volunteer work done by its members and it really shows with clean fairways and awesome benches installed. It is a very fun course to play glow rounds. With recently added alternate baskets on 4 holes make it a bit more challenging for right handers. Great course to throw backhand and sidearm.

Bathrooms are not very clean and is locked most of the time. Have problems every now and then with other people playing other games on the course and hoping not to throw into them.

Great course to begin with if your a beginner.

This course is absolutely amazing. Gorgeous elevation, not too many trees, and well mowed fairways with some challenging greens. The course has one long hole 421' but all the others are under 300'. Great beginner course and is a lot of fun for the advanced players. Caldron creek is the local club and they take great care of the course and are great guys to hang out with!

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The course is very well maintained. Teepads are clean, the course looks nice, and there is the bonus of the playing alongside the lake. There are 4 alternate pin positions which add to this course. This definitely isn't a challenging course at all. It works perfect for what it is though. A course where families can go and have some fun. You definitely don't need a big arm for this course. And the local disc golf clubs are always doing what they can to improve this course.

Like others said, one con is the bathrooms. They could definitely be better maintained. The teepads seem to be a little short, but I have long legs. One tee pad curves with the hill, and few don't face the hole, which really isn't that big of a deal.

This is a great course for anybody who is new to the sport, or is just wanting to have some fun playing disc golf. It isn't challenging at all. It has its few tough spots. Hole 7 is a 400 footer. There is a few other holes that require straight shots, but otherwise, this is just a fun course you can go casually play at.

The course is very well maintained and always being improved by the local disc golf club and players. New alternate tee positions make the course harder, but still keep it fun to play casually or competitively. The park itself is beautiful and right along a beautiful lake which is lake Beaverfork. There is still room for improvement and steps toward improving the course are being made every day.

Bathroom facilities are not good. Traffic along main highway can be slightly distracting at times.

The course is extremely well maintained! It has a variety of hole placements that allows you try many different shots! You have the ability to throw nearly every type of disc in your bag on this course. There are few places that I have played that can offer the same type of setting.

The bathrooms could use some maintenance.

I love this course! The front side is different from the back side so it's a nice change. Beautiful lake area and park setting, early mornings the fog lifts from the lake as the sun is rising.

I like the course...no cons.

I was very happy when they built Beaverfork and I finally had a course in town to go to.

It's definitely not a difficult course...there are a number of folks I've been on tag evens with locally who can birdie nearly every hole, but especially for an amateur, this park is a great experience.

There's a wide variety of holes here, and certainly holes which beg for an expertly thrown anhyzer midrange, or a great drive, or a roller. Aside from hole four, which is a water hole that a lot of people have lost discs on (including myself) it's a treat course to experiment on, and there's not a lot of terrain to lose a disc in.

It's definitely a walk, and if you're going to do this in the summer, you will definitely want to bring drinks, but if you're looking for a course to try a new technique out on, this is definitely a good one.

It's a very easy course, overall. Hole 4 has a drop you can use instead of the water, hole 6 is a blind hole but doesn't go to far, and hole 17 has a lot of trees to go through, but those are just small details. Especially if you've played the course before, it becomes easy to work toward those birdies. Though that may be exactly what you need.

It's certainly to be hoped that by having a course in Conway, that will finally touch off the pro-DG population in Conway that we've really needed.

good baskets, great benches, good use of park, course is great for beginners, mix of open, water and wood holes.

a couple of tee pads are not level, there are a couple holes that the basket locations are in wet areas.

The local disc golf organizations and players have improved the course a lot in the last year, so please be respectful when writing a review.

Tee pads and signs on all the holes

Very very good variety of holes.

Very pretty park.

Rest Rooms on the course (however they were closed for winter when I played)

The biggest con for this course it the crazy walk from hole 18 back to hole 1/parking area.

This is basically two 9 hole courses on different sides of the park.

The tee on the side of the hill was not flat making it very hard to throw.

Although I did not like the very long walk, this course is not all that bad and has some fun holes to play.

Very nice hole shooting over the edge of the lake.

The course also takes advantage of some natural fairways on most of the holes.

The few holes in the woods were throw and pray. I think I took a 4 on the shortest hole on the course because I kept hitting tree's 25 feet in front of me.

I recommend playing holes 1 to 9, then moving your car over to the baseball field and parking there to play 10 to 18, I know I will be doing that when/if I ever play here again. Or park between holes 9 and 10 and play each side so you don't have that super long walk after your round is over.

This a great, much needed addition to the central Arkansas disc golf selection. It was designed by a local, long-time disc golfer and it really shows. There is a shot for everyone here and it makes you use your whole bag. There are field shots, a shot over water, a blind shot uphill, a couple tight, wooded holes and even a shot in the woods with no fairway what-so-ever, lol. The mix of distances, obstacles and OB's was refreshing, and alleviated boredom. We played this gem four times in a day and it was still fun the fourth time, and that says a lot for the fun factor that can be had here.

This course is also close to Russellville which houses two courses, and close to Burns Park, also with two courses.

This park is beautifully maintained and crews could be seen working on it the whole time we were there. There is swimming in the park for a nice break between rounds replete with a little beach if you want to build a sand basket, lol.

Some of the tees are not level which can make teeing difficult. Signage is in the works so this a temporary con. Hole one's pad is framed, but not poured. (also, temporary) I could see longer arms wanting more distance as there is only one throw over 400. Lots of bugs, it is Arkansas after all.

Bring lots of Off, your whole bag of tricks and have a good time at this great course!

*update - Four holes now have alternate pins: 6, 11, 15 and 16. This upped the fun factor quite a bit and added a few teeth to this course.