- This is a VERY short course, with 4 holes under 150 ft in length, and almost half the course under 200 ft. The first hole is a little 130-foot straight shot with a mud puddle directly behind the basket. This hole was the hole I ever birdied as a disc golfer, and the full 18 that day took me all of 40 minutes to play. That's not a typo.

- Most of the holes are wide open enough that lost discs and tree strikes aren't an issue. Only around 4 holes (especially 16 and 17) require precision through the woods, 8 more only require rudimentary shot shaping in mostly open areas (especially 7-8, 15, 18) to set yourself up for putts, and 5 more are either grip and rip (especially 9, 11-12) or ace runs (especially 1-2, 6, 10).

- Hole number 8 is the iconic one PREVIOUSLY between a barn and farmhouse. The farmhouse has since been demolished, but the barn is still there. It doesn't have quite the same feel as the previous setup, and the barn doesn't come into play like the one at Horizons in Winston-Salem, but it's still a nice hole. My new favorite is 16, one of the few wooded holes with 3 large trees in the middle of the fairway forcing you to shape your shot--not something you're required to do on most of this course.

- For some reason in all the times I have played this course, I have never seen more than 1-2 other people playing at a time. If you're looking for a quiet course to go at your own pace and maybe play more than one disc, this is the place.

- DISCatcher baskets are good and visible. Very few blind shots.

- The tee pads are SHORT and mostly made of stone dust. This means the tees are elevated, small, and full of divots, bumps, and uneven levels. With the short nature of the course you will rarely need a big run-up, but these tee pads are DANGEROUS. I cannot emphasize this enough. At best you they WILL mess up some of your tee shots, and at worst you'll hurt an ankle. I've had to bail out of quite a few drives after starting a run-up and turning an ankle funny.

- There are no "Next tee" signs, and while most of the course is reasonably easy to figure out, you WILL miss 16 and 17 in the summertime when the leaves are up (as me and some buddies did), as there is a short, wide trail leading from the basket at 15 to the tee at 18 for some reason. Look for the small trail away from the pond into the woods to get to 16.

- Like most courses around here, it does get very muddy. We hadn't had any rain here in 3 days, and there was still mud in most fairways (except for the open field holes)

- The homeowner to the right of hole 12 does not care for disc golfers scaling the fence or otherwise entering their property to retrieve discs. There are some signs up, but not many. Use care on this one and be respectful.

Like I said in the title: If you're a beginner or someone in need of a confidence boost, you NEED to play this course. It's short and mostly open with VERY little foot traffic.

This is a great course for beginners, but I would imagine most above average players would scoff at the idea of playing here. Don't worry about that. It's a quiet, not-too-busy course where you get great reps in without much risk of losing discs. Just be careful with the tiny, divot-filled tee boxes.

This course has been expanded to 18 holes and they stayed consistent with good DISCatchers.
Gravel tees on each hole, but ...
Tee signs on most holes, but ...
Most of the new holes are long, open holes, but ...
One of the new wooded holes is pretty good, but ...

The gravel tees are bordered by 4X4s, above ground level, and really short, about 4X6 feet, so you have to step up on them, especially on the long holes.
The good tee signs are on the original 9, the new holes just have sheets of paper in plastic protectors. Something that should be easy to fix.
Three of the new open holes are in the same field, that is only 125' across at the narrowest point. Three holes near 300', or above, would mean a lot of high speed discs flying in different directions.
I'm thinking 16 and 17 are the two new wooded holes, 17 is a pretty good downhiller but 16 is very tight, poke and pray, even after some trees were taken down.
The grass was pretty long on the open holes the day I was there, but since it was February, I imagine the mowers were off for the season.

This course is now named Hughes Park DGC on this site after they moved the original 9 hole course, Welborn Woods, to extinction, but on UDisc its just the opposite. And it does look like the signature thorn bushes are still here, but they weren't too bad when I was there.

I hope you are seeing my theme for this course, for everything that's a Pro, its not quite done right and becomes a Con. I would imagine that most players are happy this now 18 holes, I think most of us would prefer to play an 18 hole course, plus there's a pretty good new little Niner in town, but this one needs some more work to make it worth another visit.

If they don't have the funds or desire to lengthen the tee pads, then take the back frame off and taper the gravel down in the back, that way you don't have to step up on your runup.

Since they did such a good job on the original tee signs, hopefully the same vendor can knock out the new nine for them.

#2 and 3 looked like pretty good holes, but #9, #11 and #12 just felt too packed in, and I was the only one on the course! It would probably be enough room for 2 holes, but three seemed a little dangerous. (I actually liked the way you play #9, then have a short, Annie, wooded #10, before #11 goes back down the open field.)

There is a nice looking little pond in the middle of the course, it looks like the original Nine didn't get very close to it (only on two holes, if you are way left), and this redesign didn't get any closer, for some people this is a Pro, for some a Con, so I thought I would mention it here.

Playing #8 made me feel like I was on The Walking Dead. It plays across the backyard (between the house and shed) of probably the former owners of the property and open field, it looks like its been deserted for a while, so approaching it, you're not sure what might come walking out from either building!

#18 was a pretty good finishing hole, except if you catch it in the wet season, like I did. Just 229' and downhill, its a wide enough tunnel down, beside the pond, hemmed in on both sides by trees, you just have to throw it straight to finish to the left.