Pulling into Malone College , I drove to the back end of the lot and immediately saw the first basket way up on the top of a short steep hill . The course has different color brick toe boards for each hole . The printable map on DGC is one of the better ones I have seen , showing the long and short tees on all 9 holes . There is some length to several of these holes , and plenty of elevation . The course has a flow to it , kind of out and back in an L . Baskets in good shape , creative basket placement with what the school had to work with . A good signature hole in #8 , a tunnel shot through the trees .

#1 Once you get into the back part of the course , navigation becomes screwy with #s 5 & 6 , and the basket is missing on #7. A missing basket on a 9 hole course is sad . #2 . Brick toe boards . I praise the fact that Malone has a college course and 2 tee pads per hole , but these might be a little TOO basic . #3 . Wind . Not only is it windy , but there are a couple of spots where an errant throw could result in your disc going over a barbed wire fence or in a fenced in small building in between holes 5 , 6 and 7 . #4 . Dangerously close to parking lots , practice fields and a building . These + wind = thud . #5 . with the exception of hole 8 , the rest of these are just rip and grip . Nothing to really hit be sides maybe a bush or 2 on #5 , too . No benches really needed because this course is likely not played much . No trash cans , so carry in and out .

I never put courses down that encourage the game of disc golf and are taken care of . Although disappointed that there were only 8 baskets , some care went into developing the course design and putting 2 tees in per basket . There are plenty of 9 hole courses and Arboretum-Spiker park to add with this one to make a full day of disc golf . Keep your drives low , but play this course and see what you think , and if you are a Malone College student , then what are you waiting for ? Pick up a disc and throw a few .

+ Malone University is a wide open 9 hole course that fully utilizes the steep, grassy hills that surround the campus.

+ Three sets of tees for beginners, intermediate, and professional. Pin positions can be very tricky with many sitting on slopes.

+ Playing from the blues can be especially difficult, it seems like most days will be very windy. Gusts from the highest elevations were around 30 MPH, so putting on the baskets perched on hills was very tough. In other words, it's still a challenge despite its open appearance.

+ Pretty easy to navigate around. There's a nice course map right at the start of the course, so take a picture to avoid any problems.

- Absolutely no seclusion. You hear noise from the highway almost the entire round. If you're looking for a peaceful place to toss, this isn't the way to go.

- A few holes were way to close to parking lots, so they had to be skipped because cars were in the fairway.

- While the elevation changes add a little bit of flare, the course falls flat on the fun factor. #8 was a tunnel shot, but it felt pretty forced and wasn't as exciting as I had hoped.

- The stones marking the tee boxes are mostly covered with grass and faded, so it's tough to spot where you have to tee off.

- No benches of restrooms on the course or near the parking lot.

- The construction near # 4-7 plus the wind led to a few "dust storms" in the area where I had to pause several times to avoid getting dust in my eyes

Definetly not a course I'd re-visit, but it gets used often with a league every week all year. There must be a few people around that enjoy it, but it's too open and boring for me to want to play it again.