UPDATE:

Played the course after 2+ years away and noticed some improvements (including a new course map at the parking lot). The area has boomed with commercial and residential development. The course is still great, but the surrounding area is almost unrecognizable.


Main teepads are now almost all pavers (the exception is #14 which still uses the concrete slab, but I saw some construction materials, so that might be replaced with less-slick pavers too). The shorts are mostly rubber and mats, but you really don't need the shorts unless you're a beginner. Although the Main layout is 1300' longer, it adds 5 to par, to compensate.


New Main teepad positions on a few of the opening holes (look for #3 up on the hill behind the bench and the old location); new holes on the back nine (#16 is now 825'. It's a par 5, but it's a brute). New wall in front of the green on the short and straight #15 to make it play as an island hole


+ Mostly wooded layout with lots of challenging shapes. A few somewhat open holes interspersed, makes for a good variety (and a false sense of relief during the round)


+ The challenge changes over the course: it starts short with an emphasis on shaping your way through tight doglegs with blind shots, but the layout steadily straightens and lengthens, leading up to a testing run of closing holes that require more power (with accuracy) to score


+ For extra challenge, play #18 to the island basket in the parking lot as a Par 4. That makes for a really satisfyingly tough finishing hole.

- Nothing significant. A few holes hold water for a day or more after a rain. Others have noted a lot of trash around the course, but I didn't see much at all. This is an old dumping area, so glass and other fragments tend to surface from time. The local club has done a great job.

~ Doc's layout and environment are almost unique among NJ courses, and places like Doc, South Vineland, and Ockie Wisting are way different than anything much further north. One of the best things Doc Cramer has to offer is this "sense of place" - you really are playing disc golf in an environment that's particular to this part of New Jersey. The sandy soil, low scrubby pines, trails through the woods feel more like Delaware courses like Cape Henlopen or Trap Pond.

Great course to work on your short technical game. With tight wooded shots you have to hit your lines if you want to score well here. The fairways in the woods are very tight and on some holes you are happy with a par. This course is great utilization of land that would have never been used otherwise. You will have to utilize every disc in your bag and almost every type of shot. This course will not only improve your game but is a great course for the short time it has been in the ground.

Holes 17 and 18 are closed during the fall and spring time due to football and lacrosse games and practices. If you want to get a full 18 holes in here do not come during the times these teams are practicing or playing.

The guys that have built this course have done a great job to make it what it is. Starting from only 9 holes a year ago this course has quickly grown and has become a fantastic 18 hole course. This course has also provided a place for youth to go and learn the game. The amount of young kids I see out on the course is great, knowing that the sport is truly growing