Pros:
Mary Rutan is a 20 hole course with short/long tees on most holes. All have short, about half or so as memory serves had long tees as well.
AMENITIES:
Parking-plenty, but there is sign banning the small lot near hole one from May to Oct for frolfers on weekends.
Bathrooms--yes
Water/food nearby--yes, plenty in town
Clubhouse/disc shop-not on site
Benches-no
Trash cans-spread throughout the park, not so much by teepads
Bag holders-no
Tee signs-yes, decent enough
Next tee direction/signs--yes, mostly correct
Wheelchair/cart friendly--no, yes
PROS:
Teepads--concrete, fairly long, and a few had rubber extenders as well.
Park setting--my personal favorite, plenty of trees (including many mandos) to force different shot shapes, but not enough to warrant any scrambling. Pretty easy on newer players.
Decent elevation for this part of state--course uses it well.
Shot variety--you won't empty your bag, but there are some clear R to L, L to R, and fairly straight holes, a couple nice touch shots, and some low ceiling shots. Again, for a shorter park course, not bad at all.
Layout was pretty clear overall, Udisc will help, but there is a nice map on hole one as well. No long walks between holes, just one 300' or so walk. Rest were mostly under 100'. Course is one large loop, and you are never far from where you start.
Very low disc loss risk unless you land in one of the concrete creek diverters.
Pretty low scrape/scratch risk, few thorns around except around creek edges there are a few.
Cons:
Baskets--Discatchers, showing signs of age, had a few spit outs in my group, seemed more than typical.
There were 3 holes with the concrete barriers where a stream feeds through large drainage tunnels. Do NOT throw near these, as they are quite deep, much more so than the streams that run through them.
Hole distance--didn't seem like too much variety here, most holes from the main pads were in the 240'--300' range. We played the main (short) tees, so cannot speak to the long tees.
Park was quite busy, and there is some hole layout overlap, so make sure adjoining fairways are clear of frolfers and park goers in general.
Other Thoughts:
Course is free, in a public city park and very easy to get to.
General difficulty--the short tees are definitely geared toward rec players, I think the long tees would interest int. players and advanced players who like park settings.
Course seems well drained overall, but there were a few wet spots as this part of OH has a lot of clay soils.
Water--3 holes with clear disc loss potential on the concrete creek diverters--can be pretty deep, like well over waist high. 3-4 other holes that play near this creek, but disc loss seems low on those.
A few holes have O/B to contend with--mostly on the right side with a fence.
Would I play again? Yes, had a nice time, pleasant setting with some challenge but nothing to beat you up too much.
Worth a drive? maybe 2 hours or so.
Several holes stick in my mind as fairly interesting, especially hole 17.
Would be a half star higher with…benches, trash cans, some length of hole variety, and less crowded (hard to ding a nice park for being busy though).
I am in my 50s, 55 or so courses played, 875ish.