Pros:
(2.477 Rating) The best and worst 14 hole course you'll ever play.
- SKILL LEVEL FRIENDLY - IMO, the perfect difficulty for a University setting. Neither a true Beginner's course or an Advanced beast. The hole distances, and somewhat open lines, appear to be Recreational level, but since many baskets are extremely well guarded, it will take an Intermediate level skill set to routinely finish 3 or 4 down. Those of us between an 800 to 930 player rating should be pleased by the many looks at a birdie and still having to work for it. I estimate that even par would net a 900 rated round for a non-local.
- UNIQUENESS - I enjoyed the mix of shots. A few small ups and a couple small downs. A couple moderate tunnels, yet also a few open plays. Holes bend both ways and there are some well defined pockets to hit. A very small creek comes into play on 3 or 4 holes of which hole (5) is a gutsy clear with the basket just on the other side. I do wish that the hole length variety was greater than low two hundred to low 400 hundreds. Also, there are no par 4s and the heavy woods could have been used more effectively.
- TEES - 4 by 12 concrete pads
- CHAINS - Hooray for DISCatchers.
- NAVIGATION - I had a guide for this one so I wasn't paying too close of attention. There is a course map near tee (1) and its accurate. The tee signs are simple, but effective enough. No next tee direction on the tee signs and I don't recall any navigational cues other than Cerealman telling me where to go after each inquiry.
- QUICK PLAY - Less than one hour for my threesome. I figure its 35 to 40 minutes for a quick course bagger.
- MAINTENANCE - Seems to be well maintained with all the fairways reasonably mowed on my appearance. Off fairway was brutal in spots, but that's typically at many courses.
Cons:
Who plays 14 holes?
- SAFETY HAZARDS - Several holes play around ball fields or walking paths. I could see some issues if the fields were in use for tournaments. If that's the case, players may need to wait or skip a couple holes. Also, fairways (1) and (2) cross. I've never been a fan of that.
- 14 HOLES - What an odd number. 392 courses in and this is my first course with 14 baskets. Seems like there's enough adjacent woods left over for an additional four holes.
- OVERGROWTH - Whoa. Yes this course is very open on several holes, but man, straying off into the sun bleached fairway edges can be a nightmare. Looks like there is some poison ivy in there.
- DISCONTINUITY - A big gap between (5) and (6) and also (10) to (11). Players will need a map first go around. Be sure and snap a picture of the map near tee (1)
- CHARACTER - The basics are fine, but there are hardly any extra disc golf related items. No multi-tees or alternate basket placements. I don't recall any seating and tee shading was less than 50 percent. There is a practice basket however.