It is surprising that a town as small as Hico has a good size 18 basket disc golf course. The course was well mowed.

I have never been in a field with more sandburs. I took my dog. She started limping. I had her lay down and picked the sandburs off of her feet. When she stood up, she had sandburs stuck on her hair. I brushed them off. She walked a few feet and started limping again. I finally ended up picking her up, walking out of the field, laying her down, and picking all of the sandburs off of her and off of my clothes. Field sandburs can grow up to three feet high. I cannot imagine trying to play in this field if it were not freshly mowed. I would never take my dog back there. There is also a horrible industrial odor around the pin on eighteen. It reeks like a combination of diesel fuel and solvents. https://aces.nmsu.edu/ces/pla...ndbur-w-7.pdf

I like the idea of this course. Honoring the local military fallen is noble, and it looks like they plan to spend some money here. The signs are nice, the Mach III baskets are deep, and the park itself is very pleasant. Very creative use of "leftover" space around the park. We came out on a Saturday morning and had the whole place to ourselves.

The basic layout is unfortunate. The first 11 holes play around the outskirts of the baseball fields (fenced and locked) with the creek on the other side of the fairway (inaccessible and unforgiving.) This makes the fairways super narrow, and your shots have to be very precise. I lost a disc over a barbed wire fence, and climbed a couple of chainlink fences to retrieve two others. There are no tee pads as yet, and the very flat course doesn't drain well. We slogged through some interesting mud for holes 13, 14, 18.

Multi-use park, so be aware if there are other people. Holes 1-3 are throwing at picnic pavilions along the walking path. Holes 12-18 are located across the street. The creek is in play for quite a few holes, and it's not one that you're going to find a disc in. Hole 15 plays across a creek, under a low bridge, with more creek on your left. I had to skip that one.
The signs only tell you the distance and par, would be great if there were maps as well, so you knew where you were going.

Overall, I think in a few years, if it hasn't been raining, and you happen to find yourself in Hico, it's worth the time. Definitely NOT recommended for beginners.