With multiple short/long tee and basket options, there are 36 holes that can be played on this property for multiple skill levels to enjoy (red tee to red basket, red tee to black basket, black tee to red basket, and black tee to black basket). Some of them having distinctly different fairways (hole 3 red to black / black to red for example). If you lived in Pulaski, this course shouldn't ever get mundane.

This property is beautiful and sits on a former private college campus (now state ran). Elevation changes, water hazards, tight wooded gaps, open bombers, and potential roll-aways are scattered throughout this course. There is no repetitive feeling out here!
Signage is available at every tee pad. The course loops back to a large parking lot that's an easy walk to and from. Hole 1 features water, but there is plenty of room to bail out safely to the left.

I love the esthetics here on hole 5 with the large boulders, and the spring / large rocks on hole 9. Hole 9 has a water backdrop behind the baskets that is very difficult to judge from the teepad. Epic finishing hole (black to black) for a 9er.

There is a lack of maintenance on the course that causes the wooded gap on hole 3 red tee to close up. I'm not a fan of a water shot on the first hole since it could lead to a bad attitude the rest of the round if the thrower gets wet, but it's not a show stopper to me. If you do throw in the water, it's not likely to see that disc again as the sides of the pond are steep. That disc will slide to the deep.

I'm not sure how many locals play this course regularly, but they probably don't realize how lucky they are to have this in their backyard. Hopefully the switch from a private college to a state ran university doesn't affect the disc golf course negatively.

Two tees, two baskets (not just sleeves) per hole, concrete tees, and nice tee signs. The course has a wee bit of everything, it seems: moderate elevation, enough vegetation to add challenge and direct certain lines, though not fully wooded, water holes of a few different sorts (though all around the same pond), a mixture of shorter and longer holes (some par 4s, though none quite 500 feet, and some which I felt I could potentially have eagled on a better day), and an overall naturally beautiful setting.

Little things in life, I know, but some kind soul had left a nice long wooden board by the pond for disc fishing. Kudos to you, stranger.

The alternate layouts - red to black/black to red - impressed me a whole lot less than the shorts and tips did - several lines felt easy, holes less interesting, etc. Overall I got the vibe that red to red and black to black were the ones designed in detail and the others were the byproduct of their placement.

All the benches had been blown over when I visited, and the ones I thought to check had suffered some structural damage in recent storms.

I have a strong suspicion 7 was laid out with a thumber in mind as the "intended/most encouraged" play, which is odd, though not in a bad way at all.

I'm not really sure where the best parking is. When I arrived, the gate to the athletic fields was shut and the business next to hole 2 had signs posted asking me to park elsewhere. I wound up parking at the (different) school across the road, but that probably isn't a great plan for weekdays.

(3.302 Rating) Don't be fooled by the 9 hole moniker, this course is executed very well.
- DUEL TEES AND BASKETS - What sets up Red Hawk to be a very good course is the two tees and two permanent baskets at every hole. Red tees and baskets for front locations and Black tees and baskets for back locations. This set-up allows players between recreational to perhaps lower end advanced, to have a fair challenge. In addition, the tee basket combo allows players the opportunity to never throw the same layout twice, as a player could randomize the tee and basket choices at each hole.
- UNIQUENESS - For a 9 hole course, outstanding variety. Water clears, parallel water plays, and keep it short of water shots. Really nice approachable elevation plays in the 20 to 25 foot range. Some go up, some go down, some are across valleys, while others have baskets placed on the edge of a bluff. In addition, there are fairways that twist both right and left and there are a few shorter par 4s with the longest in the 500 foot range.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - Just a lovely setting. The course encompasses an undulating landscape that's well maintained. A few beautiful water features in play and view. Several holes play over rock features and the red basket on hole (5) is framed by two quarry boulders. Holes (3) and (7) play along and threw a wooded evergreen patch and there are also a couple of larger deciduous trees sprinkled along the layout. In addition, the backdrop views include fully wooded 200 to 300 foot high ridges to the North, East and South. The only sort-of eyesores are the baseball diamonds and associated buildings, which are in view along holes (5) and (6).
- NAVIGATION - Super easy to navigate. There's a great course map posting just before tee (1). I guess they really wanted to be sure it was seen as the map is on both side of the billboard. The hole signage is professionally done and has next tee direction arrows.
- CHARACTER - Great amenities and extras. As stated, great course map, hole signage and duel baskets. The course map area also has a posting of the rules of the game and it has all the hole distance combinations. There's a practice basket before arrival to the first tee. The tee pads were constructed really well. 5 to 6 feet wide and 10 to 12 feet long. There were also benches on every hole but they were damaged on my visit (see cons)
- QUICK PLAY - Playing nine holes or even eighteen will not be an all day adventure here. I played the black to black configuration in forty minutes solo and I was conducting a full course photography. Figure a group of four playing 18 holes will take around an hour and forty-five minutes.

It's hard to knock Red Hawk for anything of substance. It's a rock solid course.
- WATER HAZARDS - A few of the baskets are perilously close to the water. (1) red, (8) black and (9) red and Black, all have water within the 10 meter circle. Considering I didn't want to leave any souvenirs an hour's drive away, I really babied my approach to the basket on these holes. I still however very much enjoyed the risk reward thrill on these holes.
- NO ADVANCED CHALLENGE - I played the black to black (longest) configuration and thought it most closely aligned to the intermediate skill level. Due to the par switching between the configurations, I'm not even sure if the black to black set-up is the most challenging to course par. Regardless however, advanced players should be averaging at least a couple under on all of the tee and basket combinations.
- BENCH VANDALISM? - Every bench upon my arrival was tipped over. There was a severe storm that came thru the night before, but man, every bench? The benches were also busted along the backrest in many cases which I noticed when I tried to turn them back up right. Regardless whether a natural occurrence or self-inflicted, what a loss, they were really nice benches.
- NO TUNNEL SHOTS - Players that crave fully wooded courses and not going to score this course as high as I initially have. That aspect is important to me as well, but it only makes up for a faction my score and I have rated courses that are both open and fully wooded at the 4.5 level.

I drove out to Red Hawk expecting a course in the 1 to 2 rating range, and left totally surprised. Red Hawk is the 3rd course I've played that has the two basket and two tee set up (Heritage Park and Gardens, Airport Lakes), and this one is no doubt the best of the three I've played. As of this review, Red Hawk also the highest nine hole course I've of scored in my spreadsheet, and by a wide margin. It's almost as if HB saw my playbook and designed a course to match it. I wouldn't quite call Red Hawk a destination course, but if you live within a 90 minute drive, you need to check this course out. This course is a great combination of Fun, Beauty, Moderate Challenge and Uniqueness, a rarity among 9 hole courses. I will be back to this one.