-A mix of a primarily heavy wooded course with some elevation and ditches, and an open portion of narrow rolling fairways with high heavy rough and well-placed cedar trees on the edge of fairways. Baskets are placed in confined open spaces giving you a peak from the tee or approach, and a few rollers. The course is scenic and offers variety.

-Very generous par and distances, but there's a reason for it with the challenge coming off some tees.

-#16 a short narrow tunnel hole, a mini-me of famed Loriella Park #3 2019 USWDGC which is located not too far away.

-Those who enjoy precision touch shots from tee or approach will enjoy the course, including the open narrow fairways with the guardian trees and heavy rough. You're going to be using your imagination in shot creation. From a 25-disc bag, I used more than half my bag and every type of disc from the tee putter thru driver.

-Tee signs are very new 11 of 18 have been installed at the time I played. Signs list hole number, distance, par, and hole map. Paver tees were in the process of being installed with 11 of 18 and a few being prepped.

-Navigation is clockwise with some next tee signs and mostly a short walk from basket to tee. On a positive note, there are signs warning BMX riders and horseback riders to stay clear of Disc Course on intersecting trails. That's a first, I've always seen signs warning Disc Golfers of other activities.

-Majority of the course memorable, just a few holes a little foggy.

-The Disc Course has its own parking away from the ball fields by about 1/3rd of a mile and can't be seen from the ballfield parking. Important, on a Saturday morning the ballfield parking was full while I was the only one in disc parking.

-If you like solitude this, is it, I was the only one on the course Saturday morning teeing off, and at least one other when I concluded. I could hear the sweet sound of tree hits.

-Beginners and Recreational can find frustration with the narrow fairways that could result in lost disc. But will get a good lesson in touch shots. Intermediate and Advance will find out how creative they can be out of the bag.

-This course is ranked #1 with the nastiest rough I've played yet. A lost disc is going to be extremely high with the deep rough in the open narrow fairways with some blind shots. Not much better in the woods. Thru out the course are sticker bushes just off the fairway and poison ivy. At times playing out of the rough came home with scratches. Lost my longest disc in service of almost 2 years on #5 when I clipped a tree and went left deep. The 4-foot-high sticker bushes kept me from giving it a good search, so I reluctantly moved on.

-Tee's 4 thru 10 are still dirt a little uneven and rocky, but it seems like that will be taken care of when the paver tees are filled in along with the rest of the course. On those same holes only hole number and distance very likely to have new tee signs as well.

-Had a snake cross right in from of me in the wooded portion of the course.

-Keep your eyes peeled crossing the BMX trails, had a biker cross in front of me by about 50 feet, don't think he saw me.

-It would help to be in good shape going up and down some hills a few steep short climbs and down as well. Foot bridges to help.

Pleasant Grove Park I very much enjoyed my round! It's a thinking course from the tee with narrow fairways whether in the woods or the open with the high thick, rough. Peek-a-boo baskets from the tee and some just completely hidden on a dogleg or over the hump. The variety of discs I pull out of the bag after thinking the shot over, the more I intend to enjoy a course and it will reflect in my overall rating. I plan on coming back hopefully this summer to check out the completed paver tees, more importantly I would like to see the course in full foliage and its possible I could give it a bump in the rating and favorite it. I did that with Indiantown on the Eastern Shore of Virginia when I came back in the summer.

My only grip on the course is the high lost disc potential, but I take it because IMO it's that nasty rough that helps make Pleasant Grove Park a challenge to stay on fairway. I really didn't like losing that Echo Mamba almost 2 years in the bag.

My overall rating is a 5.0 that's anchored on creativity of disc selection, a few elevated tees with gaps to hit, and a different kind of scenic walk mainly the open fairways with high rough. The time to play taking pictures, and a short look for a disc was 65 minutes.

Notable Holes:

No. 2 Par 3 at 222 feet is short and a sweet hole. The fairway starts off down hill sliding right to left thru a heavy tree line with a tree bulging out from the right, just a short way off the tee. The gap is about 12 feet all the way down and then the fairway breaks left straight down at 90 feet out. The baskets sit on the other side of a ditch about 6 feet up and on a ledge, a roller. Very difficult to reach basket! At the break a tree gap on the other side of fairway that if passed thru can give you a long birdie look or as a lefty a draw down the fairway instead, righty's an easy fade. TL3 for a soft draw and found myself clean on the ledge basket high right in C1. The flight was a beauty, and a memory to keep.

No. 6 Par 3 at 345 feet is a dogleg left that starts on a down slope thru a gap of about 30 feet and 60 feet out, an outcrop of boulder at the gap and very scenic. Pass the gap the fairway opens heavy trees both sides. The dogleg is about half the distance to the basket with bulging trees on the left. You're playing for the dogleg right center. At about 100 feet from the basket the fairway rises back up to the basket crossing footbridge over a ditch and a small rock outcrop around the basket area. Very scenic hole.

No. 9 Par 3 at 235 feet I thought was the most scenic hole on the course, the most elevated tee shot at about 15 feet, and another touch shot. From the tee the fairway drops straight down over a ditch with a nice bridge crossing it. To cross the ditch only about 110 feet, there are 4 trees offering three gaps just past the ditch, the best gap is in the middle and only about 10 feet wide. At that point the fairway has a gentle dogleg right, fairway slopes left to right into the ditch that has some water in it and rises hill. At the time I played it about 140 feet was a clump of bushes on the right next to the ditch blocking view of the fairway and basket. The basket sits slightly open. I managed to hit the middle gap but faded right over the clump of bushes found my disc in high grass just short of the water.

No. 16 Par 3 at 130 feet is a very difficult Ace run! Straight down the middle tee to basket, fairway slopes right to left. Gaps are from 5-10 feet with canopy overhead. Instantly reminded me of #3 at Loriella Park except longer at 377 feet. I gave no thought of an ace run but managed to hit a tree about halfway down.

Signature Hole:

No. 15 Par 4 at 370 feet an elevated tee to a dogleg right about halfway down fairway. Fairway slopes right to left towards a thick of trees, sticker bushes, and a creek. Gaps about 20-30 feet wide all the way down. From the tee I would imagine scenic with foliage. On the right mostly trees and a mound going up and over past the dogleg and upslope to the basket and a cluster of skinnies protecting the basket. Basket sits on a mound and can be a roller if careless. This was my favorite hole on the course scenic with difficulty, represents the wood portion of the course which is the majority and plays well for LHBH or RHFH. Don't want to miss the dogleg going straight could find yourself in the creek.

Trouble Hole:

No. 13 Par 4 at 373 feet is a straight away from the woods to an open straight uphill fairway for the first 140 feet and to a blind open fairway from the tee. By this time, you know the course is peppered with high grass, sticker bushes, some heavy trees with a high loss disc potential. Going uphill to a blind fairway with high grass on both sides was concerning after all ready losing one disc. Coming out of the trees there's a gap to hit about 60 feet out and 20 feet wide. When you clear the hump, the fairway has a lazy dogleg left with a right to left slope, and slopes down and back up towards the basket. At the 250-foot mark the gap narrows to about 25 feet there are cedar trees lining both sides with extended branches. If you have the arm to fly over those trees you need at least 30 feet in height to clear all trees, the fairway opens back up around the basket at about C2. This would be a fun hole for the big arms, for everybody else hug the right-hand side of fairway for the best approach to basket. My not big arm clipped branches at the gap off tee, my turnover approach from the left side went straight for a cedar on the right and dropped on the fairway. I felt relieved.

Relatively new course so not much traffic. Many narrow lanes that require accurate throws. Nearly all holes are wooded. No significant water hazards so much less chance of losing a disc.

Signage is lacking. Lots of thick rough including brambles and cedar trees eager to eat a disc. Can be very muddy along paths.

Come and play this course!
This course has great potential. The narrow lanes demand accuracy and the more open holes pit the player against the wind. Not too many gimmes here. Shot shaping is key to many of the wooded holes with limited alternate throw lanes.
This is a really nice park and the trails are shared by hikers, horses and bikes though the course is pretty much relegated for golf. The county parks and rec has done a great job clearing the course and maintaining it. I am certain that in the near future there will be top notch signage.

Course is a lot of fun, majority of holes are heavily wooded making this short course still fairly challenging. I say short course because most of the holes are 220-250 ft long, but there is a lot of walking in between, I consider this a pro because it provides some exercise. Unlike some other courses there doesn't seem to be a lot of dog-walkers, so dog droppings don't seem to be a problem. There are walking, riding and biking trails connected though, so be aware during warmer months.

Course is very poorly marked. It took us a long time to find the course itself as it is part of a larger park. Throughout the course some of the holes had a plaque on the tee to indicate the hole number and length, but the majority did not, and arrows to next hole did not exist at all.

This can be a pro for newer or more casual players, but there is no water hazards to speak of.

This course needs to add plaques to each hole (preferably with some detail on the layout of each hole) and signs to the next hole and you have yourself a great course. Its new and they just added the back nine, so I'm sure these improvements won't be far off.

If you struggled to find the course like we did, go to the main park (not the dog park), proceed toward the main brick building, but turn right before you get there, go down past the "end of state maintenance" sign, past the playground and you'll see the first tee down below what I believe is a ball field. First hole is fairly long compared to the rest, and doglegs to the right at the top of the hill, after that good luck!