Plenty of hills. Creeks (water hazards). Trees. Quiet. Catch-and-release trout fishing: single, barbless hook w/ approval from Pro Shop.

Some holes are on the road. Sometimes, families and cars can be an interference especially during a holiday weekend because camping is allowed.

Don't get me wrong: this is my all-time favorite disc gold course. Pro shop + beautiful courses + (3) courses...I MEAN...COME ON!

The experience of playing here is really quite unique. Ed Headrick helped with the design but someone connected with these courses has a really creative side. Among the things you won't see anywhere else are a raised basket which is welded onto an old steam engine of some kind; another raised basket which is welded onto a big, old safe; the # 18 basket on the front course is hung in this small round, silo like, metal building which is about six feet across and on the new little 18 hole pitch and putt, the bed of an old pick up now serves as the # 2 tee box.

This facility is marketed as a wedding venue and the disc golf courses. However, the wedding business takes priority and therefore the disc golf is only offered randomly, possibly as seldom as once a month. They are hoping to find more times in the future. The entire facility reminds you of the most beautiful, the cleanest, best manicured, landscaped city park you can imagine. Everything has been done first class. Every path, bench, bridge, set of stairs has been constructed the way one would if money and manpower were no concern.


Nowhere, anywhere, has so much money, manpower and thought gone into a disc golf course that is so seldom available to the public. You want to get on their email list and be notified of open dates. I don't know how I was so lucky today. I showed up uninvited and was told, rather gruffly that they were closed. OK? So I was sitting in my car trying to figure out where I was going next, when the same guy came by and said, "OK, you can play."

There are two courses here that kind of co-exist or sometimes intersect. The front course is shorter and easier. The back course is longer and more challenging. They sometimes share the same tee or the same basket. The tee signs are almost identical but the Front Course has gold sign numbers and the Back Course has bronze numbers.

The equipment is top notch. The concrete tee pads are all surrounded by gravel. The tee signs are lovely colored with the two or three basket positions shown. The PGA baskets were once orange but I think they're faded to kind of a soft pink color. Each raised basket has a clever way to retrieve your disc.

My favorite holes were in the back of the property where there is a little creek and lots of large boulders. Starting with # 12 Gold which was a simple throw over the corner of a pond but the basket is slightly elevated and sits right on the edge. # 8 Bronze crosses over creeks and bridges and is lovely. I think it was # 15 back here that threw over two creeks and the basket was set among the large boulders.

That both courses intertwined with each other was fairly confusing. They both use some of the same baskets. The signs are so similar and often both courses will share the same tee pad. I mostly tried to follow the front course but ended playing them both simultaneously. I'm sure I played all of the Front Course but I might have missed a few holes of the Back Course.

It would really help if each course had it's own color baskets and if the signs were more contrasting.

Mostly closed for weddings.

I think there sometimes multiple pads for the same hole.

In spite of a few navigational issues, this place is amazing. Playing here is a wonderful experience that every disc golfer should have. I know the infrequent openings probably are keeping some locals from playing and I understand that. Playing here will test your patience and will require a little more effort on the golfers part but believe me, if you do get the chance, by all means, come and experience Splat Hill DGC. Most likely, you have not played a course as unique, clean and interesting as Splat Hill!

And now they offer a third course, the recently completed, pitch and putt course. As with everything here, it's clean and fun with lots of Ace opportunities although the smaller Dynamic Discs baskets are a bit tougher to putt on. The course is not yet listed on any site but I'm betting that's coming.

Concrete tees on every hole. Great variety of hole layouts requiring shot shaping and many different shot types while not favoring any one throwing style. Some very technical holes. Creeks come into play on several holes. Good elevation change and use of it throughout the course. Nice DiscCatcher baskets which are easy to spot with their thick yellow top rings. Hole numbers on almost every basket (one was unmarked - 16 I believe). Nice benches next to almost every tee. The better and more challenging of two 18 hole courses on the property. Camping on site available. The owners are very friendly and provide a map.

Tee pads are only 6' long. No signs. Only one tee and pin position per hole. $15 per person charge to play. The course is only open to the public 20-30 days per year. The layout is a little tricky in some spots, but easier to navigate than the front course. Several blind shots that require you to walk the hole to find the basket the first time playing and also make having a spotter extremely helpful. No real long holes. No garbage cans or porta-potties on this back course.

This is definitely a much better course than the front 18 and the breadwinner of the property. I wish there were some longer holes in the mix, but the course offers a great variety. A few holes are pretty short but had some intense obstacles to shoot around which was cool. The cost to play is still quite steep in my book, especially considering that both courses lack some basic amenities. Once the new mach 5's are in on the front course and they put up some signs, as well as a few more trash cans here and there, I will feel much better about paying $15 to play these courses. Despite the cost to play, I had a great time playing both courses on the property and I will be back.

The "Back" course is more hilly and rugged in nature with little landscaping other than a few bridges. Plays as a tighter and more technical brother to the front course. Does a great job using the available land in regards to the elevation and natural features. It plays through and around trails, a couple very picturesque streams, and even paintball fields all of which help to create a good variety of very interesting shots. Having played just over 70 courses now, this is still the only course where I've been forced to thrown a tee shot from one knee. Interesting to say the least.

Aging single chain discatchers seem to catch adequately but are started to show their years. The back course plays around space that is also used as a small campground which if crowded could be a safety issue. While it is longer than the front course, big arm plays will likely leave yearning to really air it out. There were no maps available the day I played and I had I not been able to join up with some locals I would have been more than lost.

Fee is $15 per day and I feel is a little on the steep side considering places like Horning's Hideout (3 courses, better quality) is only $5.

These two private courses are only playable on select "Open" weekends and during a few tournaments, so join the mailing list to find out a week or two in advance when they will be. I arrived at about 10:30 AM and was able to get three rounds of 18 in at a very leisurely pace before the 5 PM closing time. When I paid the owner, she said there was something around 30 players on the two courses combined which made for mostly traffic free rounds.

There are a couple Port-O-Lets on site at various locations across the grounds. There are also very few garbage cans, so pack it in, pack it out. I don't hold this against the course since it is on private property and is used for other activities when not open for disc golf.

Overall the two distinct courses, despite their flaws, made for a beautiful and very enjoyable day of disc golf. I will definitely be playing the open weekends here whenever my schedule allows.

Full disclosure. This review was separated from a previous review that included both courses when they were listed as one entity here on DGCR.

- Much more elevation change on the back course, a nice mixture of up hills and down hills
- A lot more technique is required to shoot well on the back than the front as it's much tighter and much more technical
- Excellent combinations of turns and hills to make a lot of unique shots
- Many holes ace-able
- Lots of wildlife around on the back course, I saw deer, rabbits, and some cool large birds
- Camping onsite
- Map available
- Concrete tee pads
- Beautiful creeks come into play on a few holes with nice bridges to cross them
- Innova baskets are much easier to see, and they help separate it from the front course
- No one on the course but me

- Only open on certain weekends
- 15$ per person pay to play
- No tee signs
- Lots of blind holes. If you haven't played this course before you will probably need to walk up some of these holes to check where the pin is.
- Spotters would probably be a good thing on a few holes
- Though slightly bigger than the front course but there is still nothing huge here.
- No bathrooms around

Splat Hill's (aka Browns & Bows) 2nd course on the property is a step up from the front course. It adds not only distance, but rougher terrain and more trees to the mix from the front course. While the front course feels more like a park, this course feels more natural, like it belongs there. There are still park like touches like the front (bridges, concrete tee pads and such) but there aren't all the planted trees and flowers and such it's much more of just what would be there already. There was a lot of wildlife around the course that was cool to see, I saw a family of deer, a jack rabbit running across the field, a hawk swoop super low to the ground (probably grabbing up a mouse or something), even frogs and little fish around the creek. The holes are a lot more technical and will require you to pull more shots out of your bag to shoot a good game. The first hole on the back is a prime shot for a low hyzer skip ace (I almost hit one my first time throwing it, I just hit the chastity belt). There was a nice mixture of holes that play to the left, to the right, straight ahead, uphill and downhill. This course is much more fun than the front course and definitely helps make up for the 15$ per head cost to play. Though some nice tee signs would defiantly help me feel a little better about paying so much.