-- Beautiful setting in the middle of a small college campus. In some ways, it's almost a single-use area, but any green space (especially one in the middle of campus) will draw foot traffic as well as people just hanging out.
-- Tee signs have all of the basic information (distance, par, OB and map).
-- Elevation. It's not huge, but most of the holes have elevation in play.
-- Good use of obstacles (trees). This is not a wooded course, but it's not open, either.
-- Almost no chance of losing a disc.
-- Best hole is No. 8, 250 feet slightly uphill until the final 30 feet, when the grade steepens significantly. Anything short of the basket leaves you a seriously uphill putt. Well-placed trees to navigate make accuracy important.

-- Natural tee pads. Most are OK, but at least one has a tree root in it and another has a very large rock.
-- Single-chain baskets. They seem to be holding up fairly well and still catch OK. Baskets are not the same height. Most are really short (too far into the ground) while one is too high.
-- Sometime in the past 2-4 years, this course was changed from 6 to 9 holes. By itself, that should be a positive; however, the space is better suited for six holes. The added three holes lead to a lot of baskets too close to the following tees (1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9). You also have hole No. 5 across the street from the rest of the course to get to 9 holes. In addition, 5 and 6 are parallel to each other, meaning after you play 5, you walk uphill the length of the hole to tee off on No. 6.
-- Areas in the fairways (and the greens in some cases) on holes 5, 6 and 8 are muddy/boggy despite a lack of rain recently.
-- Some baskets (3, 4) are too close to building/parking lots or roads.

-- Only one hole is longer than 300 feet, but given its location on campus and its likely target audience, that works to introduce new players to the sport.
-- I played at 8 a.m. on a Saturday, so I don't know how crowded the area is at other times.

Louisiana College students are lucky to have this little gem of a course. There aren't many campus courses anywhere that are so perfectly suited for students. The course is set in a lovely, little park area that's not much bigger than a city block. This area has some elevation, large scattered trees and nice green grass. The designers realized that space was limited and wisely decided to go with a 6 hole design. By going that route they were able to make the holes longer, not just pitch and putt distances.

There are no tee pads so you just tee off to the little signs. These signs say LC (Louisiana College) and the hole #. The baskets are single chain models which are OK for this course.

# 1 is just a 180' open Ace Run.
# 2 plays 240' through a window in the trees.
# 3 is 275' slightly downhill through the trees.
# 4. I couldn't find any sign so just played from the # 3 basket to the # 4 basket which is near the street.
# 5 is a cool 210' throw to a basket sitting on a small hill. A player has two options here on which way to go around the trees
# 6 is a 240' throw through the trees.

Only six holes.

Single chain baskets.

Natural tee pads.

Just slightly more than a pitch and putt.

I like when designers of school courses, whether they are elementary school, middle school, high school, or college, design a course that their students can play and have success on. This is a perfect example of a college course that the average student can come out, throw a few discs around, maybe get a birdie or two and generally have a delightful time playing. They won't be searching for discs in tall grass, punishing rough or any water. This is not a course that some disc golfer designed to challenge him and his playing buddies. I believe it perfectly serves it purpose.

Good course for beginners and those who only play casually or infrequently and/or who only own a disc or two.

The couse is almostly completely shaded and can be played quickly. The holes follow in a way that makes navigation fairly easy and the 6th (and last) basket ends near the first tee.

This course lends itself very well to one or two disc rounds.

It is short. As a beginner course, this isn't a problem but better players aren't going to find this course very challenging. There are only 6 holes.

There are no concrete tee boxes and no amenities, but the course is really too short to require benches, bathrooms or water.

Baskets have only a single row of chains although I haven't had any discs kick out so far.

This course was laid out on a well-defined area of Louisiana College known as the Cottingham Forest and additional space was left for three future holes. The course was completely paid for and constructed by LC students.

The relatively short distances are great for beginners and kids. If you are looking for a more challenging round, head over to Ft. Buhlow nearby or even Kees Park if you are just looking for a 9-hole roud.