Grace Christian University is a private Christian university in Wyoming, MI right outside of Grand Rapids. I've lived in GR in my whole life and if this school didn't have a disc golf course at it, I probably would have never known it was a thing. It's actually inside a residential area also, which is kind of odd, and kind of confusing for the lay out of the course.

Tee Signs- The Tee signs here are amazing, some of the best tee signs I've seen actually. The show a good line and are large so when navigating gets tough you can find the tee sign fairly easy. They are mostly connected to infrastructure already in place at the course.

Pads- For the most part these are all cement. I think hole 6 had some plywood, and hole 12 had a secondary plywood teepad. Some of these are walkways or roads to help save costs, but for the most part there is a decent tee pad for all the holes.

Play - the disc golf play here is kind of odd. It's a bit different and while I'll get to why there is a good amount of problematic stuff here they used the land very well to get some fun golf and a lot of different shots that require you to use your bag.

Baskets - Newer chain star baskets. Probably won't be missing good putts here.

Signature Holes - Hole 2, 5, 6, 10, and 14 really stand out to me, as some fun hole, however most of these do have something problematic about them besides probably 2.

Map - The course has a huge map, so you can take a picture as you made need some help here. If you don't have a phone or a camera, it also has some score cards with a map on the back.

9 Hole Layouts - Home 9 Finishes in the Parking lot around where you start. You can easily start at 10 and play 9 one way or play the normal front nine if you don't have time for the full course.

Multi Use Park - This cuts in and out of a Campus. Some houses' are in play, some fence lines are in play for multiple holes, the road is in play for multiple holes. A volleyball court is in play, a rugby field is in play. Pretty much everything here is in play. You sometimes weave between houses, and while they did use the land to the best of the ability, it leaves some stuff that may not be playable when you are there.

Last three holes - this is really nit picky, but this course is fairly short and the last 3 holes are all bombers that just kind of play down the same field. There are some slight different lines because of trees but I always hate when you get bomber to bomber to bomber.

Unplayable if Busy- I would assume if school is happening this place is busy and hardly any of these holes are playable with a few exceptions. I went in the summer and it was mostly dead, I think I saw two other golfers and some others walking around but not even in the line of play.

Who is this for? - this isn't a super technical course. It has some cool golf lines and some funny trick shots, that are perfect to take a beginner, but it also has so many problematic holes that could cause for an unfun time with a bad shot.

Navigation - Even using UDisc and having a map, the navigation and lay out of this course is kind of wonky. You do a lot of walking between holes sometimes as it kind of plays in about 4ish different areas on campus.

I have to say this may be one of the hardest courses for me to rate on this site. This course was fun and I actually liked it. There is a lot stupid stuff that could make your round unfun, especially if you put it in an unfriendly back yard. While the disc golf I think is worth playing here the issues with the area around the course could cause for someone to hate this course. If you are in the area Garfield may be the better park to play, but I haven't been there in years and every time I drive by it seems pretty packed.

There is a Tacos El Cunada off Burton that a lot of people like so if you need a lunch stop it may be a good place to go, and would be in-between this and Garfield park.

This is a rather unique course on the campus of Grace Christian University. It offers a fair variety of layouts with a few of the holes having narrow fairways, a couple of them having doglegs, a couple of them having giant electrical towers as obstacles, one having a giant wooden wall as an obstacle, one having both a giant rock, flag poles, and the school's welcome sign as an obstacle, one having its basket located on top of a tree stump, and a lot of them having elevation changes (some more so than others). About half the holes have cement tee pads, while most of the others use either a sidewalk or a driveway or a parking lot for their tee pad. Each hole has a sign that's real helpful and also shows where to go to get to the next hole. There's a giant map of the course near the first hole, and next to it is scorecards for anyone to take. The scorecards also include a map, which is a MUST HAVE if you want to play all 18 holes.

If you don't find the first hole, or if you find it but ignore the maps the school provides (they even have a map on their website) then it's going to be almost impossible to find all 18 holes. Even with the map, though, a few of the holes are kind of tricky to find. Some of the holes are really spread out and hard to find. In fact, you have to leave the campus and walk by a neighborhood to reach the 13th hole. Holes 14-18 are also over there, so when you're done playing you have a long walk back to your car. Another big issue is that quite a few holes are located close to other things in the area, like houses, campus buildings, parking lots, roads, and fenced in properties. A few of them are so close you might not even feel comfortable playing them out of fear of hitting a house, or a building, or a car, or of losing your disc on a roof or in someone's property. In fact, for the 10th hole you have to throw your disc over the entryway to the school's parking lot. Better make sure there aren't any cars driving through there before you throw. One hole goes over a volleyball court, one goes next to that volleyball court, one goes over a basketball court, and one goes over a baseball field. Those holes are basically unplayable if people are playing on those fields/courts (hole 1 has a bonfire pit surrounded by benches, and if students are hanging out there then that hole could also be unplayable). There are even a few holes that are pretty close to other holes. Also, there are some smaller issues with this course that are worth mentioning: Hole 2 doesn't seem to have a tee pad (if it does then it's hard to find), hole 6's tee pad has been broken apart (assuming that that really is it's tee pad), and holes 2 and 4 have a little too many trees between the tee pad and the basket.

Overall, most of these holes are actually pretty good (though most of them aren't too difficult), and some of them can be a lot of fun to play. However, this course has two really big enemies that can turn off a lot of people: It's navigational issues and its close proximity to the community in and around it. The navigational issue can be overcome somewhat by utilizing the maps the school offers, but you'll still have to do a lot of walking (you can cut down on that somewhat by parking your car between holes 1 and 12, then when you're done playing hole 12 you can drive over to the building that's next to holes 13-18.) The close proximity issue can't be overcome at all unless you bypass the holes that are real close to other things in that community (although a more experienced player that has good accuracy might enjoy playing them, because they likely won't be worried about hitting anything or losing their disc).