Lincoln Christian University DGC is a 9-hole course in an open field around the school's baseball field. This course is limited in equipment and design, but has open fairways that accessible to lower skill levels.

Location of this course is on extra space the college has, amongst the cornfields of rural Illinois. It doesn't look like there are many options on campus if you need a water fountain or bathroom, but Lincoln has plenty of gas and fast food options if you need them. While this course is on a college campus, it's my understanding they keep it available to the public, which is nice of them to do.

Course Equipment is limited to the 9 baskets. There are 9 of them, and they are mostly upright - that counts for something, I guess. Not every course can always brag about that.

Course Design here really makes the most of what's around. There are some interesting shots from an obstacle perspective around the baseball field, and a few shots that try to bring the baseball field fence or the sparse trees on the course in play. The distances to each hole when played in the intended order have a lot of variance, ranging from under 300 feet to over 500. That being said, if you don't have that arm strength, you can really make up your own order here. I can't imagine you're going to have many other players to get in the way of during your round.

Course Equipment is limited to the 9 baskets on-site. There are no tee signs or tee pads, or really anything to give a hint of where to tee from. I assume that you just throw from the previous basket. Apparently, the wood post in the field by the parking lot signaled hole 1's tee, but the sign is completely worn out. The baskets are Disc Nation baskets that have 1 ring of chains each. The numbers on the baskets are worn out, and they honestly probably newer than they look given their state and how old the course is. I referred to them as "old testament" baskets to my self during my round here. Some are also learning over a good amount if they're not on level ground.

Course Design is severely limited, mostly due to what the school has to work with in the first place. Central Illinois isn't really known for its trees, and there aren't many obstacles to work with on this course. The baseball field is an interesting option to use to shape fairways, but given how close many of the baskets are to the field, this course is basically unplayable during games. Other than one or two holes on the course, the fairways are wide open with nothing to throw around, making for a fairly dull round of golf. Since the numbers on the holes have faded away completely, the direction each number plate is facing is really the only clue on site as to the order of the baskets. If you want to play the intended order, UDisc is basically your only hope.

Ameninites as I said previously, are pretty non-existent here. If school is in session then a bathroom may be available to you, but other than that, bring what you need to the course and go to the bathroom beforehand. There's also essentially zero shade, so hit that SPF before you play and bring a hat if your relationship with the sun is a dicey one.

There's not really too much else to say about this course. It's a small private University that I'm sure has a limited budget, and there's not really much else that can be done to improve the course design. What would be nice is a way to show hole numbers and a course layout, whether that's a course map at the parking lot, redoing the numbers on the baskets, or stakes in the ground with a number on them. Honestly, any of those options would elevate the quality of this course. Hole distances, graphics of the hole layout, and next tee information is nice, but for this course, I would happily take the bare minimum.

If you live in Lincoln or are a course bagger, stop by Lincoln Christian University to either add to your course count or work on your technique. If you're not worried about bagging new courses, feel free to skip Lincoln as you travel along I-55.

The disc golf course at Lincoln Christian University is a series of shots that throw around the campus baseball field and another abandoned ball field. There are some trees on holes 6-7 and a few trees by the pins on holes 2 and 4, otherwise the course is open with the ball fields creating some O.B. areas.

There are no tees or tee signs, you just tee from one basket to the next. There are no marked distances but holes 5 and 7 seemed pretty long. Hole 8 also would have been long, but I'll explain that later.

The course was open to the public, which is nice of the campus to do. The baskets are those Disc Nation Liberty baskets they sold for a few years; they seemed OK.

There are no marked tees, so where you should throw from is kinda subjective.

The holes are mostly open, so you are just airing out some drives here. Course management only really comes in for holes 6/7.

Hole 7 is easily the best hole on the course and the most insane idea for a disc golf hole I've ever seen, There is a clump of shade trees around the backstop of the baseball field and the basket is set in them. You tee from the right field corner of the field and play down the outside of the ball field on the first base side, throwing right at the seating behind home plate. It's a cool shot when there is no one using the ball field, but it makes the course unplayable when someone is.

Hole 8 shows up on the map, but there is no basket there anymore. You either throw a spike hyzer over the left field corner of the baseball field or shoot around the corner through a little opening in the fence back to the basket for hole 3 to make up a hole there.

Hole 3 plays oddly over/through a broken-up backstop fence, which is more janky than challenging.

The basket for hole 2 was leaning badly.

For a small private college campus amenity, this course is OKish I guess. It's not going to get much play, so the conflict it has with the ball field are manageable. It give the students someplace to goof off and throw some plastic.

For a rating I have to go low because while it might be a decent small college amenity, it's a terrible disc golf course.

As I finished up my round at Lincoln Christian University, I kept thinking to myself "If life gives you lemons, make lemonade!".

The design of the course takes advantage of the land to make the best disc golf course possible. That said, the land is absolutely not ideal for disc golf. The obstacles, for the most part, are few and far between and makes for a pretty easy and relaxed round of disc golf. It's pretty obvious that this course was installed as an afterthought and simply a bonus.

My favorite hole was #7, which would be an absolute nightmare to play if there was a baseball game or practice. With the baseball field hugging the right side of the fairway and tall pines on the left side of the fairway, it makes a really, really fun hole. I was well under par going into this hole and it single-handedly crushed me.

I think 1.5 is the perfect rating for this course because it's passable, but not memorable, challenging, or unique.

The only course equipment is baskets (no tees, tee signs, the course map was ripped off the post), but even so the course flow was rather intuitive. It essentially just plays around a baseball diamond.

Would I come here again? No.
Do I regret coming here? No.
Do I recommend it? No.

Simple course to play. What you would expect from a small campus course.

Small short course. If you have a bad shot from tee (which is previous hole's basket) on some holes you may have to walk a ways to get into the baseball field to then walk back out to finish the hole.

- Very nice campus, well maintained.
- Course is relatively long, and plenty of room to air it out.
- Plenty of parking, although you won't be competing with other disc golfers for spots at this course.
- Generally easy-to-follow layout.
- Did what they could to create different shot shapes for the land they were given. I commend the designers for working well with what they had.
- #7 was a cool, long and narrow hole between a corn field and the ball diamond/dugout. Probably plays more openly when the field is not planted or harvested, and could be a pain if you lose a shot over into the ball field.

- No tee pads or posts, just tee off from last basket.
- Course plays beside, around, and almost in 2 baseball fields. Also right next to what appears to be a soccer field. Course is not open during baseball or soccer games (per the course sign) for good reason. The outfields of both fields, as well as the entire fan section of the main ball field are very in-play on this course. Designing around these fields, however, is how they created effective shot shapes for the holes.
- No readily accessible bathrooms or water on the course. I'm sure you could get into a campus building if playing during the week, but it was pretty dead on the Sunday afternoon I was there. Didn't try though. Also no trash cans on course.

- Course sign says discs, maps, and scorecards are available at "the Warehouse," which I didn't bother to figure out what it was, or go find it. I assume it was closed on Sunday anyways. Would be nice for someone to grab those and upload them here though.

- In the end, this is good for campus recreation, as well as for locals. Not much to write home about, but glad that a town of ~15,000 with two small colleges has at least some place to play.