-beautiful, well-manicured park; excellent park amenities
-excellent practice area, 3 practice baskets
-3 sets of concrete tees on (i think) each hole
-various pin positions on (i think) each hole
-detailed signs at one tee (usually the blue) with current pin location indicators
-color coded flags at each tee
-some interesting holes that make good use of the trees available
-plenty of parking, restrooms, numerous other activities available in this huge park

-signs to next tee hanging from the baskets are not always correct
-the first 7 holes are almost entirely wide open, except hole 4; it starts to feel repetitive
-very thick grass really slows down rollers, too bad on these long, open holes
-at least 12 holes have a pedestrian path in play, potentially 5-6 holes (depending on tee & pin location) play across a path
-many holes seem long for the sake of being long, i think it tries too hard to cater to 3 tee levels
-i guess 3 tees is better than 1 but think this particular park needs a really fun recreational level track, not a par 65 slog
-course map is outdated; holes 10 & 11 are redesigned, 17 is gone and 16 is now 17, a redesigned 15 & 16 are between 14 and the baseball field.

Buhl Park is a huge complex with sports fields, walking paths, a fitness trail, pool, dog park, and more. The park is well-maintained and gorgeous, free of trash and apparently mowed and trimmed frequently. The course has an excellent practice area with 3 practice baskets, 3 sets of concrete tees, a color-coded flag at each tee, nice Mach V baskets, various pin positions on each hole, and a detailed sign at one of the tees that includes a current pin location indicator. I do wish the signs were consistently at the blue tees. They were often at the white tees and it meant going out of the way to see where the current basket is and then walking back to the blue tee. There are also signs pointing to the next tee attached to the bottoms of the baskets, but they are not always accurate depending on the current pin location.

The first seven holes are almost entirely wide open, save hole 4 which is a good hole: a tight tunnel with an uphill finish. The others begin to feel repetitive, especially after 1125' of it on hole 6. The tee shot is cool from the blue but the rest of the hole is just there to get you closer to hole 7. You finally get into a more wooded area on holes 8 & 9, a left turning and right turning pair of reachable deuce holes. Holes 10 & 11 have lots of moderately spaced trees with low ceilings. I can't recall if these redesigned holes had tee signs. From there it is a walk across the playground and parking lot to get to hole 12. The stretch from 12 to 18 takes advantage of the picturesque meadows dotted with trees and constitutes the better holes of the course. The lakeside green on the par 4 hole 18 is a nice end to the course.

The pedestrian paths come into play heavily on the course. They are in play on at least 12 holes and 5 or 6 holes potentially play across a path depending on the tee and basket position. Basic sense should prevent any issues but you know how that goes.

It feels weird to say that fewer options would be better but I can't help but feel like the 3 tees and par 65 layout aren't the right character for a park that would probably be better served with a shorter, recreational level course with more birdie opportunities for the less skilled player. For such a family-oriented park it is not a very family friendly layout. Given that the same designer also designed the other local course (a wooded beast) the same year, it seems like a missed opportunity to address a specific and important audience.

All of that said, the course at Buhl Park does offer a nice experience with high replay value for the locals with all the various tees and pin locations. It is worth playing if you are in the area and along with The Pines in Sharpsville makes for a nice regional destination spot.


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The course plays right through the middle of a large, very well taken care of park. Because this is such a big park, it was helpful having numerous signs directing you to the start of the course. Buhl Park is a beautiful spot and offers a classic park-style course with its moderately wooded holes and ever so slightly rolling hills. I'd consider this to offer more of a casual round, one that would make for a fun play with friends or in a league. It offers a real nice balance of providing some challenges, while at the same time being pretty forgiving. The three different tees do a good job of changing up the hole and the distance. Because of this, beginners are able to comfortably learn the game here while advanced players are still challenged.

The designers did a great job of maximizing what the park had to offer. The course mostly emphasizes hitting long lines between scattered trees, so distance and accuracy are pretty equally tested here, with slightly more emphasis placed on length from the long tees. Lots of different shots are forced from the tee, be it turnover, hyzer, anny, or roller. Perhaps the best part of the course is that there are often multiple routes to choose from tee to basket. This greatly adds to the replay-ability of the course.

Some of the highlights here include hole 6's long, downhill shot that forces you to hit a gap between trees. Also, 18 is a lot of fun and is the hole with the most risk/reward play involved with the basket placed only a couple of feet away from a pond. The use of O.B. on a few holes makes things more interesting as well.

I saw multiple mowers throughout the park and it seems like it is kept in top shape. Hardly any rough at all, so there is very little chance of losing discs.

Good amount of next tee signs pointing you in the right direction.

There are walking paths/roads near most of the holes. Nothing overtly dangerous, but definitely a constant thing to look out for throughout your round.

The tees are natural and there are no hole maps on the tees signs; they are just small signs with numbers and hole lengths on them that are low to the ground. Not sure what the future plans are regarding this.

Holes 2 and 3 are completely open/flat and don't offer any sort of obstacle.

There's one uphill and one downhill hole, but this land is dead flat otherwise.

A couple of long walks in between holes (6-7 and 11-12) and from the parking lot to the course.

I agree that this course has potential and should only improve over time if more amenities are added. Nothing will blow you away at Buhl Park, but it offers you a consistently solid park-style round. This is worth hitting up if in the area and is conveniently located a couple of minutes from the constantly improving The Pines DGC. I'm glad to see this area growing its disc golf scene.

- Beautiful park
- some longer holes to air out drives on
-multiple tee spots on each hole

- play felt repetitive , several long wide open holes & several 350 -400' hyzer shots
- not much for elevation changes
- Couple long walks between holes (take a picture of the map. We needed it)
- plays along roads and walking paths
- currently no teepads - this did not effect rating as it's a new course.

Played the long tees. The park is great, but the disc course is average. Has a lot of potential.

Absolutely beautiful park that was just begging for a disc golf course. Hole 18 is a great finishing hole, absolutely gorgeous. Much needed course in what has been a dead-zone area for so many years. Easy walk and very well maintained. Very little rough to deal with.

The biggest issues I noticed were that there were quite a few long walks between holes, that seem as they could have been avoided, quite a bit of repetition where you will throw the same shots over and over. And quite a few tweener holes (par 3's that are too long and 4's that are too short) which makes it hard to get a wide scoring range on holes. Some holes also have you throwing over and near busy roads and walking paths.

And most of the pins are facing the wrong way, so you can't always see the number plate from the tee.

Buhl has amazing potential. I hope that they take the time to tweak the layout and distances before concrete tees get poured. With a few adjustments, this could be an amazing course. Right now it is a fairly average course that will be loved by the locals. Hole 18 is the one hole you will remember after playing. It's by far the nicest hole on the course. Overall, I enjoyed playing here, but it needs some tweaking to bump it up to that "great" level.

Buhl is one of the best maintained courses ive ever been too. It also is located in one of the most beautiful parks in Pennsylvania. Maps and scorecards for the course seem to be available. Pavilions and bench seating are plentiful throughout the course making for relaxing enjoyable play. The course is pretty new and the baskets are great. Every hole allows you to throw BIG BOMBS without much threat of trouble. Great place for those just getting started or for those players working on their distance shots.

a few of the par 3s were a little to long and the par 4s were not long enough. No tee pads, very few obstructions to challenge a players accruacy (other then occasional parked cars or pedestrians). Signs were present but at the moment not as good as some of the older courses but I think this con is due to the infancy of the course and will be remedied in time.

All in all I really enjoyed playing Buhl and will attend any event scheduled. It is worth the 1 1/2 hour drive for tournament play. And I'm also hopeful that as the course matures it will become better and better every year as new ideas for improvement roll in. Ive met the course caretaker and he really works hard to make the place better day by day.