In a section of Western Kentucky better known for the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area, the Cadiz DGC in the West End City Park is a recent addition that provides some challenging and enjoyable disc golf in Trigg County.

This course in Cadiz - pronounced KAY-diz, by the way - boasts an excellent design with a nice balance between open and wooded holes.

The landscape is solid, with some mild elevation on a couple holes and grassy, well-mowed carpeting throughout most of the course.

For a nine-hole design, the course offers several noteworthy features, including an elevated basket, a hanging basket, a gauntlet-like hole and a couple of tricky, wooded par 4s.

The course does circle the park's lake, so a really bad tree-hit on a couple of the holes could result in a plastic splashdown, but the design's proximity to the water plus a couple walls of trees do a good job in minimizing that likelihood. Also, Hole #5 ends near the Little River, so water could be in play there if you're not careful.

There are mandos on three of the holes. The mandos for Holes #3 and #9 could be excusable due to safety concerns. But the mando on Hole #2 is not only unclear upon first play, it's forces a line that is nonsensical unless discs can suddenly make a 90-degree turn.

This course is considered "temporary" for 2021. The land is owned and maintained by the US Army Corps of Engineers. However, the COE would do a fantastic service to the disc golf community by converting it into a permanent fixture.

The hole maps are hand-drawn and the teepads are rubber.

This course felt like a 2.5 while playing it. Afterward, while reflecting on how much good stuff is packed into just nine holes, I kept thinking it justified a higher score, especially since the intricate and picturesque design makes up for the shortcomings. So while a 3.0 might reflect a bit on the course's permanent potential, I can honestly say it's one of the best nine-holers I've played and worth a detour off of Interstate 24.