At this point, I have played darn near every course within an hour drive of downtown Pittsburgh and was looking for somewhere to branch out and take a drive. I was honestly and pleasantly surprised by this course. First off, we're really talking about more than one course. Yes, I'm reviewing the Forest course here, but it's awesome that Canfield has a disc golf complex like this one. To have 27 holes, including a nice "learn to play" isn't to be overlooked.

I start almost all of my reviews with comments on the natural elements of a course and this one didn't disappoint me, even on a grey Autumn day. You walk into the course (more on that later) through some picturesque fields that look out over farm land horizon. The course plays through a nice, wooded forest. I saw plenty of black squirrels, which seem to be an Eastern Ohio specialty. I saw a buck and there is very clear evidence of beavers here, though I didn't see one. The whole course felt very remote, even though at times to the noise reminded me I was generally in the middle of a town.

The course has some fun shots to it. The 3rd Hole is a very cool "turtleback green" meaning a basket sitting up on a raised hump. It takes some guts because any miss requires likely the same shot back. There is a pond shot that is pretty much a putter flick, but is a cool shot that needs some touch. There are also a few memorable tunnel shots, on top of a couple of nice wooded holes that demand proper shaping of shot. The course has just about every amenity you can ask for as well. There is a set of concrete tees that play Blue. The have basic signs on the Blue tees that show White and Red distances but I found that the navigational signs were really well done. Not once did I need an app to find my way because the signs did plenty well. There are ample benches and garbage cans, as well, which helped keep this course pretty clean compared to many.

Okay ... let's just get it out of the way since it's required when you review this course... the walk is a little long. If you play the Field Course on the way you cut into it, but still, when you finish your round it's a long haul back to your car. I have played a lot courses and this is one of the worst "car to tee" walks I can recall.

The course itself often lacks variety in shots. Much of the middle section of this course just sort of tacks back and forth in the same section of forest. None of them are very long or that interesting. They are fun wood shots, but dime a dozen. It seemed to heavily skew to forehand as well. Eventually I was actually joking as we walked up to tees and I looked for baskets that we should just look right. I think 6 or 7 holes on this course are pretty much right-side arcing fairways, meaning forehand flexes or big backhand Annys. I kept using the same drive over and over.

I'm happy any course has concrete, but would be nice to have them on White as well. In some places, either the Red or White markers aren't there, but I'm talking literally one or two and I'm splitting hairs here.

It's a great disc golf site that has a lot to offer. It's a course that is obviously well tended and well loved and that shows in the things that matter. I like courses like this and I'll be back to this one. It's fun woods golf that doesn't require bombing discs all day. I just wish they had put more thought into variety in the shots.