First Baptist Church owns a large swath of land that sits at approximately 64 acres. This course just barely taps into this beautiful, hilly property with an assortment of 10 exciting holes that test both your arm and your accuracy.

+ There are changes in elevation on every hole, fitting the mold of disc golf in the Dover/New Philly area. #10 is a par 4 "top-of-the-world" shot that sits at nearly 800'. There's a great build-up to this with multiple downhill and uphill treks before the "grand finale".

+ Hole #6 through hole #9 are all on the shorter side, but still packed with fun. The heavy woods are cleared nicely with multiple paths to each basket. Steep elevation also comes in to play here.

+ Pin positions are masterfully placed to make many putts a scare.

+ The baskets are nice new Dynamic Patriot's. There's a map at the beginning of the course, and tee signs on every hole. There's even directional arrows to guide you between each hole!

- The tee pads are mostly natural, with the exception of a few holes in the woods. Those holes feature carpet and stone pads. The tee for #1 is slanted downward and plays from the parking lot.

- There could be a few issues if you play when more than one group is out. #1 and #4 share the same basket. #10 crosses the fairways of holes #2 and #4.

First Baptist Church is a great compliment to Deis Hill right down the road, which is one of the highest rated courses in Ohio.

Personally, I think it's worth coming here just to throw multiple top-of-the-world drives from #10.

This 10-hole track is a HIKE, so come prepared for the terrain! It'll be a worthwhile hike though, because the grand finale finish is epic!

First Baptist makes good use of the open hillside for long drives and accurate shorter shots in the woods. Holes offer a good variety of shots. Grass was recently mowed and the wooded fairways were clear. Baskets are in great condition and there are several direction signs on trees and baskets. A couple wooded holes have carpeted tee boxes.

The first 4 holes feels like they are on top of each other. Hole 2's basket can be in 3's fairway and hole 1 and 4 share the same basket. Hole signage is minimal and it's difficult to find the tees for 2 and 3. Hole 10 cuts through two fairways.

It's nice to have a course in New Phila and First Baptist is taking great care of it. Hole 10 is a lot like Arboretum-Spiker Park - White's hole 11; long bomb with wooded start to a wide-open downhill. The grass tees were okay when we were out but the wooded section was very muddy. Better (and more) tee signs and concrete tees will improve this course in the short term. Modifying hole 2 or 3 and getting 4 its own basket will help the flow of the course.

New course with new baskets. The course is well maintained. I was shocked to find wood chips covering some of the fairways in the woods.

Most of the course is nicely marked. See my comments in the cons below. There is a big map on the wall of one building and smaller map signs posted throughout the course.

Initially, as I looked at the course I thought it was going to be very straight forward. But the first five holes have some length to them and, especially on hole #3, three very nice big pines are in front of you and the basket way behind it. Hole #5 was also a tough up hill throw.

I think the best is left for last. The wooded part was great! There were three blind basket shots and they were put in tricky spots! I especially enjoyed the short 166' hole #8 that is not only down hill, but has a serious drop off behind it. Who doesn't like a good death putt hole?

I always enjoy a top of the world throw. That basket on hole #10 is a LONG way down there!

After studying the map, I easily found hole #1. After finishing, I was a bit lost. I saw signs for other tees, but none for #2 or #3. Some staff came out and pointed me to a surveyor flag up above hole one. Once I got there, I discovered a tee board with small sign sunk down in the ground. I get that this makes it easy to mow, but was really confusing just starting out. Hole #3 was the same way. Then the rest of the holes had really nice sign markers and it was really easy to find my way the rest of the way. Just two stand up signs on #2 & #3 will really help finish out this course!

The tee pads are all natural. If in grass, then grass. If in the woods, then dirt, stone and roots. This made a few throws tricking with the footing. It will become a much bigger issue once this course gets warn in. However, the church seems to be maintaining their property well so I bet they will address the issue.

No bathrooms are available. However, just down the street is a gas station.

I was really surprised by this course. The terrain was challenging and I liked the way they used it, especially in the woods. I enjoyed talking with some of the staff. They mentioned that the course was built for their youth program, but were glad to open it up to disc golfers. For that, I give them a big "thank you". This course is obviously a labor of love. They have invested some hard earned money in it and I applaud their efforts. I look forward to bringing a few friends back to play again!