Pros:
+ This course is set on the manicured grounds playing around a church. The area is in very great shape and well taken care of. While there aren't many obstacles in the form of trees, there was more elevation change than I was expecting, especially on hole 8's fun little downhill ace run.
+ The baskets are new and catch fantastic.
+ All in all, the course flows pretty well from hole to hole, though hole 9's basket could be closer to hole 1's tee, which could be closer to the parking lot. But that's a little nitpicky.
+ A great place to bring beginners. It's free to play and very straight forward. There's no real risk of losing your disc to water or deep rough (at least when I played in December).
Cons:
- The only disc golf equipment currently out here are the baskets and markers that serve as the tee area. Without having the map pulled up on my phone, I would have been pretty hopeless navigating this place, especially since the markers were missing on a couple holes. An improved tee area, even just a rudimentary hole # indicator, would go a long way to improving playable for a first timer. While unlikely to be installed, cement tees would be fabulous as well.
- Not a tremendous amount of challenge for a more skilled player. I haven't measured, but some holes (7 and 9) felt like they were under 150 feet.
- I felt like a lot of the area by 3-5 wasn't taken advantage of and could have to create a longer hole for advanced players. Then again, the intent of this course was for beginners and church families.
- Hole 9 is short and sweet, but I feel as though beginners would throw a RHBH and it could hit the building, potentially breaking some windows.
Other Thoughts:
All in all, a fun, clean, and free place to introduce players to the game. It achieves it's goal of providing a cheap, family friendly activity to those in the area. I'm always happy to see more disc golf courses pop up!
Bear in mind that the overall rating of this course should definitely be closer to a 2.0 and is massively inflated by two 4.0 reviews early on.
Update: Pictures uploaded!!