Farmers (In my brain I read "framers", dang dsylexai) is a nine (9) hole course with two dual or duel tee pads if you wish. WHat I really like about some of the tee pads is that the shot to the basket for one tee pad is completely different from the one which I enjoy much more than just a "short" and "long" pad which is boring. Sadly a few holes out here are just that but the majority are different so it's actually worth playing from both sets. I"ve been here on a Friday morning and a Sunday afternoon and on both occasions I was able to throw from each tee pad without bumping in to anyone else which is nice because I hate walking the entire course twice if I don't have to. .

Navigation is slightly challenging at first but once you find one through three you're golden. Note or you: Hole one starts on the corner with the highway and the intersection across from the convenience store. You'll see a couple of baskets but yours is to the left. Hole two is a walk straight back from basket one throwing out to the field; the basket to the right while looking from tee pad one. From here you throw into the woods away from the car to a blind basket tucked in the trees so you may want to scout before you throw, it's not very far. From there you should be good, it flows and makes sense fairly well.

Holes five and seven are probably the best holes out here and both are carved out of the trees, stickers, and other underbrush making for tight landing areas around the basket with penalties for errant throws ranging from an uncomfortable putt to a toss it ten (10) feet from you into the ground because you have no shot. Learning to find the correct approaches in the air and on the ground is something that you will learn over time which is fantastic. There are also multiple pins on these holes which makes them even more challenging (especially hole five (5) ) sadly both pins were in short when I played them. If the powers in be for this course are reading I plead with you keep five (5) in the long at all times.

I have to respectfully disagree with the prestigious Valkyrie Kid on the baskets at this course as I find them to be some of the worst baskets I've ever played on. The problem with the adding all of these extra chains is that you're making the target zone wider without making the actual basket wider, consequently you hit chains and it kicks it out of the basket instead of in. It increases the possiblity of good putts being kicked to the side and falling out instead of down and inside the basket where we want them. If you don't believe me go out to this course and putt a few times; watch how much you hit all chains (not a glancing blow) and the disc falls to the side of the basket. If you want to improve upon the catching ability of a basket great but this isn't the way to do it in my opinion.

I am shocked that this course was approved and installed. Holes like six (6) and nine (9) play right next to the parking area and busy highway. I threw an approach on six (6) that caught a little wind, stayed straight and carried onto the highway which is right next to the course. Hole nine (9) as well is a RHBH hyzer where if you hyzer too much you are breaking windshields in the parking lot or again going in the busy highway. Again on this hole I threw what I thought was a good drive (and it was) ended up right close to the hole but five (5) feet from a parked car. I'm not a chucker or a n00b, I've been played for many years and can control my discs fairly well and I'm close to danger here, imagine the n00b hyzers at this course an how dangerous that could be. This could have been avoided by reversing the hole; throwing away from the road instead of at it.

Like I said I can't believe these holes were approved. This is a huge problem that simple things like safety aren't even taken into consideration when designing a course. We (disc golfers in general but more course designers) need to factor this stuff in before we think of anything else. Designers sometimes seem to get tunnel vision on a cool hole or shot or whatever. Sadly this course has symptons of that. With the growing amount of players in our sport now we can't keep doing this; courses get pulled because of stuff like this. You could get away with some crossing fairways and clashing of disc golf and other park users in the 80's and 90's but those times are over. I don't think you could get away with the throwing towards parking lots and freeways at any point in our game's history.

The Farmer's Park DGC is located just about 2 miles west of Enumclaw on 164th E or SE 436th (Or the Auburn-Enumclaw highway for us old timers). The course is directly across the street from the Enumclaw Cattle Sales Barn.

Farmer's Park is maybe, a 10 acre piece of property, completely flat with scattered Douglas Fir trees and some underbrush for obstacles. There are a couple of picnic tables and one garbage can, by the # 11 tee box.

The baskets are lovely, heavy duty Prodigy models. They're great! I finally noticed on about # 16 that there is a tiny taped (1 inch long and the same color blue as the baskets) next tee arrow on the bottom rung of the basket. They will help you with the navigation. Navigation is currently a little difficult the first time through as there are no signs, no tee pads and just these little ribbon flags to mark the tee areas. The tee areas are worn just enough to see that this is the tee pad area. There is also a small homemade wooden sign after # 5 pointing the way to both # 6 and # 8's tee areas. But in favor, I must say that I was able to find and play all 18 tee pads.

The course has decent length with several holes reaching maybe 350-425 feet. There is a nice mix between wooden holes and mostly open ones. There are some fairly tight lines/fairways to hit and you will need to throw anhysers on a few holes.

I don't think I found a favorite hole here but there are a couple of pretty looking natural fairways to play (3,4 and 7).

The course designers need to think heavy duty when signing this course. Currently, all the signage could be pulled out and destroyed by a first grader. I think the tiny next tee markers might survive, only because they could go unnoticed, even by the players. The one helpful homemade wooden sign showing the next tees will soon disappear. The same with the little flimsy tee markers. You have to think of teen aged vandals and what they are capable of destroying.

My other Con is the # 8-17 tee areas. Currently, the # 8 ribbons are 10 feet directly behind the # 17 ribbons, BORING. My suggestion is to move the # 8 ribbons back about 25 feet (Yes, onto the previous fairway. I doubt this course will ever get busy enough that will be factor) and maybe move the # 17 ribbons up 15-20 feet. That will help to make these two holes play different.

This rec course is perfect for me but will not offer much challenge for Enumclaw's resident pro player, Lou Tran, who live just up the street 1.5 miles. He'll have his way with this course shooting easy double digits below rounds.

I believe with better, more vandal proof signage, that this is a solid 2.5 rated course, very typical of many park courses around. I'm giving it a 2.0 and will tack on the extra .5 when better signs are installed. Does Enumclaw High School have a metal shop class? Designers could approach them and maybe get some metal signs constructed?

I enjoyed playing here and will hopefully get back on a warmer day when it's not 32 degrees with wind gusts, making the wind chill factor a frigid 23-25 degrees.