Pros:
WHAT TO EXPECT: Multi-use park course designed by HB Clark that caters to beginners, casuals, families, with just enough distance and bite to challenge recreational players. Well manicured, clean, and up to date park in an otherwise bland landscape.
AMENITIES: Multi-use park with massive parking lots, soccer fields, pavilions, walking trails, both modern bathrooms and port o johns, pretty much everything you would expect out of a modern park (only knock is there are zero water features). Practice basket near parking lot and hole #1 with paving stones indicating each 5 foot increment from the basket. Water fountain, picnic tables, and occassional trash cans on the course.
TEES/SIGNAGE/BASKETS: In typical HB Clark fashion he gets these right with large textured concrete tee pads, large course kiosk with map and all relevant information, full color tee signs with hole maps and all relevant information, and new Red Prodigy baskets. (I believe this course used to have Discatchers, but I can't remember 100%).
DESIGN: With mostly only sparse tall mature hardwoods scattered throughout the property, and small amounts of elevation to work with, this course does probably as good of a job as it could with what is available. There are very few 100% flat holes, but nothing that changes giant elevation either up or down. Trees are used more as a problematic nuisance if you miss your line than a clear "carve this tunnel" application due to their scarcity and how spread out they are. Two Par 3's will really jump out at you (for newer players anyways) due to their distance. Hole #1 415 feet Par 3 that plays slightly downhill and is otherwise wide open minus a tree halfway down the fairway to the left and the parking lot to the right. Hole #13 is a steady uphill the entire way 400 feet Par 3 that has two trees on the left to catch errant shots, the highway on the right, and decent sized gravel drainage area halfway up the fairway on the right that can considered OB. These holes ask a lot of new players but aren't terribly hard to Par. The rest of the course sits in that comfortable 280-325 range (all Par 3's) and are all pretty straight forward birdieable holes. There is a mix of left to right, right to left, uphill and downhill shots that break up the moneteny.
EXTRAS: Definitely a birdie or die course with just enough teeth to allow you to get yourself into trouble. Extremely well maintained, heavily used, and loved by locals. Navigation is pretty easy, but like most HB park courses, there are always tons of baskets in view from the tee at any given point. Good idea to verify the basket you are throwing to is the correct one. Very difficult to lose a disc here and a round can be played relatively quickly. Two distinct 9 hole loops that start and end at the Pavilion near the edge of the parking lot. Extremely cart (or even stroller) friendly. No overgrowth or underbrush to deal with.
Cons:
Very minor cons here:
FORCED MANDOS: There are quite a few mandos on this course that just feel like they are being used to force a shot shape and not for safety reasons. Hole #2 and Hole #9 are perfect examples of this where just barely off the tee there is a Mando left of a tree and the hole proceeds to swing hard to the right. While I'm all for offering multiple shot shapes throughout a course, forcing them in an otherwise wide open park is kinda bad feels.
REPETITIVE: There are very few deviations from the same thing over and over here. The same shot shapes are utilized (especially on the more open back 6 holes across the road), over and over. It can get extremely boring.
DIFFICULTY: Well below average for most 18 hole courses. We play this course as all Par 3's but I think there was a layout making a couple of the 375-415 footers into Par 4's. And even as an iron man course, almost every hole is a must get. Even casual players should be able to get themselves a putt on each hole (outside of two longer holes).
SAFETY: Alot of the holes are not spaced well and discs from one fairway interfere with another. There is a walking trail around the entire course and walkers can come into play often. The park is extremely busy most days and cars will park in fairways (even during tournaments...) there will be picnicers, dogs, people flying RC planes, or a combination of all sorts of things possibly going on depending on the day. The course is loved, and so is the park, so expect it to be crowded.
Other Thoughts:
Well designed and well loved basic park disc golf course. Nothing breathtaking, nothing glaringly abhorrent. It does the disc golf thing and it does it at an acceptable level. More advanced players won't be drawn here for the beauty or the challenge, but it is a convienent stop just off the interstate and quick play through. I always find myself stopping to play here with friends when traveling through Bowling Green despite it not being an overwhelmingly good course. It's probably because it is such a risk free, let em fly, be social, casual type round course. You can't get into much danger, and you can make a lot of birdies. Not quite a nature hike, but relaxing like one in a different way.