Pros:
- Well signed and easy to navigate.
- In a clean and nice multi-use park. Wasn't here on a particularly busy day but it did seem that most of the disc golf was kept away from the other park activities.
- The Dynamic Discs baskets are awesome. The white bands and cages stand out really well and they catch great.
- I really enjoyed #3. There is a small patch of trees planted in rows and the basket is on the other side of this patch. The tee shot has to be placed perfectly to hit one of these rows that line up with the basket. If not, then its a really tough upshot to the basket. A nicely thought out design.
- For a 9 hole course, this course has some teeth to it. There's some length and toughness that will challenge a lot of disc golfers of many skill levels.
- The variety here is refreshing. Going from wide open holes like on 1, 2, 8, 9 to more wooded holes of 4, 5, 6 and 7.
Cons:
- The tees are really strange. They are about 4' x 5' but are oriented the wrong way. They should be turned 90 degrees to line up with the hole. These were clearly not installed by someone who had any clue about disc golf.
- The tee signs are also rather strange. They are right on the back left of each tee pad. Way too close to the tee pad. Basically this makes the left half of the tee pad unusable.
- 7 needs to be trimmed desperately. I did not care for this hole one bit. The fairway is a 15' walking path that zig zags multiple times for 300'. There is no realistic line a disc can fly any significant distance down this fairway. Just take a putter and toss it 80' per throw I guess…?
- 4 is a stupidly short hole at 100'. Seems to me like this could have been lengthened - at least 50' or more. Its now a fairly hard to hit line but as this course beats in this hole is going to become way too easy.
Other Thoughts:
Clay Township park is a little wonky. Its not your typical course and is certainly a lot different than most courses you'd find in the area. It needs some work though and in particular the tee pads. These are just really really weird. Also, 7 needs a ton of work to shape some more realistic disc golf lines. It also appears that Clay Township has some land to work with so putting in another nine looks like a possibility. Any DG'er in the neighborhood ought to stop by and play a quick 9 here. It'll challenge most anyone.