Pros:
- Although not large, all teepads are concrete and have hole numbers with distances set into them and everything is legible and tee pads are in excellent condition. No standup signage next to holes, but you don't really need it.
- UDisc is accurate.
- Hole numbers on each basket on rim is helpful, though we did accidently throw to the wrong basket on one of the longer holes once.
- Baskets still in good shape.
- Directions under the basket to the next hole are helpful, making the course playable without an app or course map.
- Okay mix of short (200ish - 250ish) holes, with a couple of slightly longer holes mixed in (e.g. 280-330 foot holes).
- Parking, garbages, and washrooms nearby.
- No real elevation changes on the course, but there is one interesting signature hole where you climb up a set of stairs to throw down somewhere around 230 feet from up high. It won't be the highlight of your disc golfing career, but it does add a little bit of variety and shows the course designers tried to use everything available to them (they're hemmed in by the steep slopes, however).
- Set alongside a sandy / rocky / duney hill, so not your typical treed city park, neat setting for anyone used to the more typical green, treed BC courses.
Cons:
- Course designers didn't have much room to work with, so it's not being critical of the designers, just the available space, but it's definitely on my Top 10 list of courses you need to be careful on, both in terms of throwing off the tee and being aware of what people are doing around you.
- There are members of the public walking through the course walking dogs or passing through that aren't aware of disc golfers, you really need to pay attention teeing off.
- It wasn't busy when we were there, but I imagine it's an absolute gong-show if the course is packed and you've got multiple large groups throwing at the same basket for different tee pads. Not to mention there's not much separation between fairways and it's easy to fly into other fairways.
Other Thoughts:
- Definitely a "keep your head on a swivel and keep an eye out for members of the public" type course.
- There are 9 baskets, but 18 holes. The Back 9 has its own set of tee pads but they throw to shared baskets with the Front 9.
- I've never played a course with such a consistently low canopy that needs to be thrown under. Probably 75% of the holes require you to throw fairly low to the ground, it's surprisingly technical for how short the course is due to the number of trees.
- Some very treed holes (with completely open understory), though there's always at least one line even if it's a bit of a meat-hook line.
- 2.5 Rating is about as high as I can give for such a small area that has a decent bit of public interface, though for what it is it's a great little course to stop in and throw at. Really like how they integrated the hole number and distances into the nice concrete pads to not add the clutter of 18 standup signs in a tight area.
-Definitely not one of those boring open field parks with a few baskets sprinkled in, I wouldn't drive out of my way to stop in Kelowna to play this course, but if you're in town, it's worth stopping for a throw. I found it actually taught me a thing or two about the height of my throws because the canopy forces you to keep your lines low.