First, the "thank you." Thank you course designers and NYS Parks for putting this in. This will be a great way for a lot of people to learn more about disc golf. If layouts like this can be put in more and more places, this sport will grow.

I live ten minutes north of the State Park and, for me, options have been either to throw in a field (which can harm technique if done too frequently, as I've discovered) or drive 40 minutes to Hyzer Creek (which I love). But, the drive to Hyzer, and course time, takes up close to three hours. Now, instead of killing either my day or my form, I can bop over the the State Park (on the Empire Pass, which I'll have to purchase in order to avoid spending $8/day), and practice with some obstacles. Most of the holes have just enough going on for me to be able to try out different types of throws. I'm a backhander. Several require anhyzer drives with overstable discs, which is great. It's fun to see the throw arc left just at the right time to land for a birdie throw. Understable backhands might be too much for some of these slight right-ward bends, particularly with a pathway abutting the fairway.

This will be a great replacement for my random throwing in a nearby field. But, only if I get up REALLY early come summertime.

Each of the holes plays like a par 3.

Obstacles. This is one place this design falls flat, particularly come summertime. I understand the grills and picnic tables are to be moved. This is very good. But, there will be conflicts with people walking the paths into which the fairways are either integrated or too closely aligned. Moms with strollers are going to write angry letters. Other obstacles will most certainly include the dozens (hundreds?) of kids who will clog the pads and baskets on warm summer days either trying to learn the game, or just being worn out by moms or dads hoping/praying they'll nap at home. I predict that getting to this place after 11 a.m. on any day during the summer is going to suck, badly.

People will be hit by flying discs; people who attempt to play will be frustrated by park-goers who don't get that there's something else going on here; people in the pavilion at hole 8 will get ticked off as errant drives hit the roof or, worse yet, the people trying to eat cole slaw.

There's one word missing from my entire review. It's the word "course." Having played this morning (a Tuesday morning) at 8 a.m., it felt a little like a course. Maybe not a great or even a good course, but still a course. I was alone. When summer hits, and other players and kids jam this layout, I don't think there will be anything "course-like" at all about it. The experience will be anything but seamless. Heck, friendly dog-walkers are going to retrieve your discs for you! Maybe a "course" is, in part, the feeling you get while playing where the game is the intent of the place. I think this will be an awesome place for me to practice my throws and an even better place for the next generation of players to learn this sport. But, it's not "a course," in my humble opinion. If, in the summer, you get there early and see me throwing, I won't be "playing a course." I will be "working on technique," and for me, that's what I really need. For this reason, I am so glad this is close by. It's just what I needed. Thank you to those who worked so hard to make it happen. It's going to be very good for the game, overall, and for mine, in particular (I hope). For personal reasons, combined with a recognition of the value to the sport of visibility, I'd give this a "5." But, this is a "course review" and, frankly, this doesn't feel like one.