-I found the Seth Burton course to be as appealing as Orange Crush. I really loved how diversified the fairways and shot shaping requirements were especially considering how it's an open course. You have a whole lot more room to work with. There aren't any lines that are too technical, even though there are some pretty wooded holes. The rough is a lot more obvious with Seth Burton being an open course. The rough is much more visible, so risk is easier to analyze.

-Two sets of pads and two sets of pins. The short pads to A pins are the shortest layout. Around 4900' with one par four. I'd say this layout is slightly easier than the short to A pins at Orange Crush, despite being slightly longer. Having less trees and less rough and plenty of straight holes makes this layout a real birdie fest. The short to B pins (yellows) were a real blast for me to play in a casual round after the tournament. This is a much tougher layout. Several par threes near 400' (#4 being 438' and steep uphill) with only a few being under 300' and one being a steep downhill drop shot (#9) under 200'. The long to short (red) pins are a little easier than the layout from the short to long pins, showing more of a difference in challenge from the pin positions rather than the tee pads.

-The long to B pins, boy you are going to be tested. I think this layout should be called 7-Up because seven over par isn't a bad score on this layout. Do better than that, and you played pretty well generally speaking. If your distance is off, you still have chances to make up for it on the approach. A lot of these par threes from the long to longs feel like short and easier par fours. In fact, two of them were upgraded to par fours (#6 and #17) making par a 59 instead of 57. #4 to me is a legitimate par four being 455' and having a 63' elevation rise. Nobody got a two on this hole from the long pad to long pin or the short pad to long pin. I really love the hole itself though! Only really short one from the longest possible layout is #9 at 209'. A blind hyzer instantly downhill to a drop off. You are really hoping to get a birdie here. The green drops off at a steep angle to a ditch separating the base of the hill and road. The road is much harder to avoid than it seems. I threw a putter with more glide and sailed past the road and onto #9's fairway at Orange Crush. #10 is another one that's more reachable being just under 300'. This one is probably the most wooded and plays along a downward slope by the road, making it a tough accuracy control shot.

-The longest hole is my favorite. I absolutely LOVE #12. Nicknamed the "Green Monster" since it's the longest hole at Seth Burton and between the two courses. 775' par four from long to B pin. Just a gorgeous bomber down a gently sloping hill to the right with the road on the left. The approach to the B pin is hard to spot due to being back down a second rolling hill. Even from the long to B pin, I was able to get a birdie on this hole in my practice round. The downhill elevation makes this one play a little less longer than its length. From the short pads to short pins, this hole is the only par four.

#8 from the short pad is truly a fantastic hole too. I actually think the short pad is even tougher than the long since the long pad is further back but higher on a hill. Here on the short, you are teeing off on a roundabout up a large hill edged by a stonewall.

-Being a long course, I appreciate the concrete tees and how they weren't raised more than a couple of inches. They aren't raised high to the point where you have to start your run up on the pad. The tee signs are nice too with hole info. Distances are a bit understated; I could tell since I used my rangefinder to check the distances and elevation changes. The diagrams, however, are accurate.

-Good mix of greens. Some of them are flat where you can look to go for a long putt without any concern. I was able to capitalize on those greens and make some good putts with more ease just knowing that they were safe to go for. Others are on slopes, some gentle and a few steep. #9 and #10 in the red pins are on drop-offs with the OB road in sight. #10 is probably the scariest being on a rock on the edge of a 10' drop off. I really appreciate the use of the ridge green on #16. You are over 40' above the road on the left here on a crest and you are looking to lean more toward the right hand side. #4's long pin is perched on a steep rollaway green with a tree in the middle and some shrubbery on the edges.

-You are really looking to capitalize on the par fours here. #14 from the long pad to short pin was reachable for some players. 448' and primarily downhill. The long pin is back up a gentle valley. From the long pad, you have a lot of room to rip a driver, but there's a little bit of risk since the woodline on the left breaks off right further ahead. If you fade left like I did, you'll have a difficult stand still approach from the woods. Even if you do land in the woods, you could still throw a good approach to the short pin and have a look for birdie. This was the easiest hole for the MA1 division.

#2 long to long was the easiest hole for the MPO division. 552', slightly uphill with the OB road on the left side. I threw a stable fairway driver about 320-330' and was left with an easy enough approach back down the hill. The long basket is blind down the hill, similar to #12's long pin. #12 is longer than #2 and has a much wider fairway. It's almost a "mega version" of #2. Especially if you play the short pad to long pin. The long pad has you teeing off higher up a hill. While #2 and #12 may appear to be similar, these two par fours really show the difference in the need for accuracy and for distance.

-Seth Burton and Orange Crush are next to each other. Both starting holes are pretty close. You have the option of playing two mixed layouts on both courses. You have the option to play "Mellow Yellow" which is Seth Burton 1-9 and Orange Crush 10-18. Or you can play "Angry Orange" which is 1-9 Orange Crush and 10-18 Seth Burton. #10 at Orange Crush is down the road on the right side from #9 at Seth Burton. #10 at Seth Burton is just up the hill over the road to the right after #9 at Orange Crush.

-There isn't really much of a parking lot. Most people just park on the side of the road, which is fine I guess. If there's higher occupancy, you could potential drive around looking for a spot on the side of the road to park on. I had to go ALL the way up to the top of the property above the green for #4's long pin and walk a long way down to where this course and where Orange Crush start.

-Lots of yielding to pedestrians. In some ways, it reminded me of John LeMaster (Civitan) in Alabama. Most on the front nine until you get to #8. #6 and #7 are long par threes and have the road in play the entire way, making you potentially having to wait longer to throw. Pedestrians may be in the way on #18 as well.

-While I appreciate the authenticity of #17's fairway being on a ridge between a fenced plant area and a 50' drop off on the left, there is a mando pointing you left of the fence and I don't like that. You have to go left of the fence and can't try and go over it. When the drop off is as steep as it is on the left side, I wouldn't want to play on that if I landed left without rolling all the way down. It's nearly 450' from long to long and the basket is curled a ways away to the right side. I do like how they changed this to a par four, but I'd like it better if they change it back to a par three and lose the mando. It would be potentially more rewarding for big arms. Either that, or keep it a par four and make the left side OB too.

-#4 is 455' and over 60' up in elevation and it's still listed as a par three? I think it's a par four even from the short pad to long pin! I really love this hole and it's one of my favorites, most definitely but it plays over 600'. This really strange since they made #16 from the short pad to long pin a par four and it's only 360' and flat. I feel like they got those two mixed up in the event and I think the par still needs adjusting on a couple holes.

-You don't have to worry as much about accuracy or about improvising since there's more room for redemption here. There is more OB to avoid, and it could be much harder when there is wind or rain due to less predictability of the flight of a disc in unfavorable conditions. Open doesn't mean you don't have lines to hit. You'll have some long holes with some technicality with several big trees on most holes. The first hole is pretty wooded with multiple gaps to hit to the long pin. The rest of the front nine is a little more open while the back nine has more trees to avoid. You'll see a difference for sure when you play #10 and #11. You'll be excited to throw some bombs on #12 once you are done with the previous two holes.

#13 is a lot more difficult than it appears. It's a gentle right to left from the long pad. Looks like it isn't too hard to get inside the circle with a driver at least in the short pin. This is a blind downhill carry with several trees lined up on the right side just before the OB road. You are really looking to go left just for the assurance of staying in bounds. The red pin isn't as difficult since it's a little straighter ahead and shorter, but the long is tucked behind a massive tree in the middle while passing two or three more to the right past the red pin. If you can get a driver to stand up with 400+ feet of power without hyzering out or fading right, kudos to you.

-#5 is another difficult pull. The incline up the hill is pretty slow, but it's continuous the whole way and over 30' in elevation from the long pad. This is pretty much an "open split fairway" and simply a fun hole! The left side probably covers a little less distance since the hole is straighter in that direction. The right side has you throwing a big power shot along the right side next to the road over the ditch. The baskets are both up over the ditch. Easy to throw a big right to left power shot on, and the left side where the woodline is wouldn't be an obstacle, but the line is not as straight on the right line. I prefer the left route. Everyone else on my card preferred the right route.

-I believe there is some "wow factor" here. I enjoyed it as much as Orange Crush. It's on the upper part of the property out in the open. You'll really see how high up you are when you play #12. I love the consistent challenge of trying to meet the distance requirements from the long to longs and I loved playing the long pins from the short pads. They are a little less challenging with still some tough separator par threes. I love the fair mix of elevation. Some holes are level, some have gentle slopes that influence how high you want to go and a few that are steep with big elevation differences. The back nine has a lot less elevation than the front nine, even though there is still a moderate amount on a few holes and some scary rough or OB on the edges of fairways.

The variety of greens really stood out to me and the flatter ones gave me the motivation to really capitalize on the long putts and try to take advantage of the low risk of rollaways. The available elevation on hole #4 is extreme and the green was outstanding. The big elevation changes on #8 short and #9 were both over 40'. Throwing up that hill on #8 is not easy. You have to get up high really fast to clear the hill and not roll down it. #9 is the opposite being so short and downhill. The long pad is especially tough since it has you throwing through a berm and out of a gap where the fairway immediately turns. So the tee shot is technical. You want to throw an overstable putter softly without going left too quick. You really see just how short 210' is when it's so steeply downhill.

This is an exceptional disc golf complex in memory of Seth Burton. A unique and well-loved kid that left so soon after a tragic event. A star athlete that was loved by his peers at school and his friends at his church. He had a huge heart. He had been on mission trips with his church, he was a team captain with a spirit of encouragement.

The day I came here on August 15th, I lost a family friend to pneumonia. Dr. Ron Kirkpatrick. He was 62 and was a beloved husband, father, and doctor that had a passion for drawing his patients to Christ. He had three sons, one my age, one my brother's age, and youngest being two years older than my sister. Seth was a vegetarian. While Ron wasn't a vegetarian, he had a passion for gardening. Every time I came over to his house, he would have some vegetables growing that I had never even heard of. I feel that Ron was like Seth in many ways. Both of them were very unique and were remembered for their atypical personalities. Last Christmas party, Ron was playing Relient K's Christmas album! Not something you'd expect a 61-year-old man to be playing. I bet the two of them are planting a massive garden full of fruits and vegetables in Heaven that most people never heard of or fruit and vegetables that simply don't exist on planet Earth.

REVIEW IS BASED ON SHORT TO SHORT, THATS ALL I PLAYED SO FAR.

- Easy to get to
- Concrete Long and Short Tees
- Discatchers
- Great tee signs. Now I know the photos show the tee signs being poured into the concrete on the teepad but they cut those off and planted them next to the tee's so thats awesome.
- Good mix of straight, left and right holes.
- Most holes would be intermediate range for distance. For me I was throwing a putter or mid on almost every hole with a firebird mixed in there every once and a while and 1 distance driver. Hole 12 would be the only true distance hole with it being over 500.
- The elevation that is on this course is used very well. Hole 8 is straight up the side of the hill with the basket 100ish over the crest. Hole 9 was the opposite. A very short very downhill hole with an OB road right behind it. This was perfectly done. A jump putt on hole 9 has a good chance of going OB deep and is just a mind fudge. Fun hole. Hole 10 is perched on a mound on a very sloped hill, roll away city.

- As a first timer I did go to the wrong tee quite a few times but I feel like when I play it again that it wont be an issue.

- First timer problem as well. Seth Burton and Orange Crush pretty much play in a circle around the park in different directions and are right next to each other. Seeing all the baskets around made it confusing at times to figure out where to go to next. Having a map up constantly to tell me where to go was a huge help.

- Finding hole 15 took me a bit. There are next hole signs pointing you the right way but it still took m a bit to figure out which hole 15 was.

I really, really loved this course. It was a little less hilly when compared to Orange Crush so I kinda liked that more since Im from WI and we dont really have to many mountain courses there so this was a course in my comfort zone.

Overall this course is very nicely laid out. its a lot more open then Orange Crush so if you want wooded then play orange crush but this still has enough trees to not be considered anywhere near open.

Hole 17, the tennis court hole, was a very unique simple little hole. Its just a straight up tunnel but the run down tennis courts next to the hole are just unexpected and something I thought was pretty cool. Reminded me of my college tennis days and how cool this place would have been to play at. The court is like something out of Mario Tennis.

Be careful when leaving the park. The entrance and exit is kind of on a curved road and you cant see other vehicles coming too clearly.

Seth Burton is the first of 2 course put in at the 112 acre Morris Park in 2003 and designed by Johnny Sias, a former world champion from West Virginia. Orange Crush waa added 5 years later to complete the disc golf complex. Plan on a half day if you come here since there's a lot of serious disc golf between these two courses.

The illustrative tee signs are great. The concrete tee pads are excellent. And the Discatcher baskets are more than adequate. Each hole has two permanent baskets and three tees.

The tees and baskets are thoughtfully placed so that you could repeatedly play Seth Burton from different tees to different baskets and it's a significantly different course.

Morris Park provides a beautiful setting for disc golf, which reminds you that you're in West Virginia, where the college mascot is the "mountaineers." Just walking through this park is breathtaking.

Seth Burton is more open than Orange Crush but you still need to find your line and deal with elevation. My favorite hole is number 9, which is "Over the Top." From the long tee you are throwing blind to either basket over a cliff and the baskets are only about 200 feet away. I emptied my bag from the short tee, hoping for an Ace, but wasn't successful even though I was close. Most of my discs either ended up in the brumble or in the road, which is just past the baskets. Straight down shots like this are fun.

Finding the second hole was a little challenging for me. It's no problem if you remember two things: Seth Burton's second hole is on the other side of the road from Orange Crush and goes counterclockwise. Orange Crush winds around the lower side of the park clockwise and begins below the big sign which includes the layout of both courses.

Since Seth Burton is the upper course in the complex you are likely to encounter people walking on the sidewalks that wind around the park. Although I saw many people enjoying the park during my round it was not a problem, I just had to wait a few minutes once or twice.

In addition to the sidewalk with people there is also a road with cars that comes into play. The road plays OB and I had several discs end up there, but never had to deal with a car, other than a friendly couple who stopped and wanted to talk and talk, and talk.

The biggest CON is that most of you will never get here because it's so far away from everywhere and not really on the way to anywhere. If you can get here, however, you'll be glad you came.

Since this is the Seth Burton Memorial Complex and there's a quality PDGA event here each year, I included an article below from Sports illustrated that tells some of Seth's story. His mom kindly sent it to me after my review of Orange Crush in August. I wasn't there for the memorial tournament a few weeks ago, but I heard they played the song I wrote in my Orange Crush review.

Seth Burton (1980-1998)
A YOUNG ATHLETE REMEMBERED

On Oct. 14 two vehicles carrying members of the Fairmont (W.Va.) High boys' cross-country team to a meet collided head-on, killing one teenager and seriously injuring three others. The accident made the national wires, another tragedy boiled down to a dateline and a few grim sentences. But there's always more to the story.

Seventeen-year-old Seth Burton, with his spiked blond hair and his personal Web site, was different. He was a vegetarian. He was student body vice president. He'd been to Russia to help build orphanages. He performed plays for elementary school kids. He wasn't Fairmont's No. 1 runner, but he had still been chosen captain of the Polar Bears' undefeated team, the defending state champs. Skaters liked him. Jocks liked him. Even parents liked him.

Seth was in a Ford Fiesta with four teammates. They were two tenths of a mile from the site of the meet at Apple Valley Golf Course. Some witnesses say the 16-year-old driver of the Fiesta was going too fast down a hill when he smashed into a Ford Windstar driven by a teammate's mother. Seth was thrown halfway out, and the Fiesta rolled on top of him. As emergency workers cut the roof off the car, people arriving for a race that was never going to be run encountered a scene that they will never forget.

There's an old toast: May your house be too small to hold all your friends. Seth couldn't even fit all of his in a church.

Hundreds of people lined up for three hours to view his body last Saturday at Fourth Street Methodist Church in Fairmont.

Seth even figured out a way to lead after he was gone. On his Web site, friends posted hundreds of messages of sorrow and memories. But the best item was already there.

Dear Dad Upstairs,
Please hear our prayers
If you want it to be
You can count on me
Thanks,
Seth

https://www.si.com/vault/1998...919/scorecard

- concrete tees (two per hole), good Discatcher baskets (two permanent baskets per hole), good tee signs, good navigation
- great park course, very challenging both due to distance and technicality
- beautiful park! (Fall here is amazing)

- some interaction with park road (alleviated by lack of busy traffic)
- several tee signs are beat up or broken

A QUICK NOTE ABOUT THE SETH BURTON MEMORIAL DISC GOLF COMPLEX: The funding behind the courses is provided in memory of Seth Burton, a young local who passed tragically but whose memory is alive and well. The courses have been around for years, but they are still loved and benefit from locals' (including Seth's dad, Phil Burton) tender loving care. These are courses that the local community takes pride in, and this shows at every visit. Course condition is always good, whether in the peak of summer growth or immediately before the annual A-tier. I've recently moved to the Morgantown area, and I've adopted these as my home courses. Each course has its particular character, and I've enjoyed the distinction of one manicured and more open (SBM DGC) and one wild and super tight (OC).

Orange Crush seems to have earned recognition even outside the region, explained by its inimitable and enviable combination of extreme woods and extreme elevation changes. Seth Burton Memorial DGC, the original and central course, is less well known but is no less formidable and respectable. I think the only real knock on the course is that it feels less special because it plays largely along the park road. It is, nonetheless, a great design; and this Johnny Sias masterpiece was here well before its famous neighbor. It's far from open, but seems incredibly so simply because of the unavoidable comparison to Orange Crush. Actually, the need for decision making on this course is probably better than that on Orange Crush, since there are often more lines to the basket. On Orange Crush, you usually have a line you need to hit, so it's all about execution. Here, I find there's more choice between two or more options (often with plenty of risk) before executing said shots.

As I mentioned, the park road is always close to the course. Whereas your curses of frustration and celebratory shouts will be heard only by trees and animals on Orange Crush, they will be on full display for park users here. (I still feel bad for a walker who was startled by my loud exclamation after I threw a shot straight OB on #6 a few weeks ago!) Even though the park road is ever present, the park is far from busy. You will still enjoy a relaxed and refreshing round, and you will rarely need to wait for vehicles or pedestrians to pass.

Road OB really only comes into play on half of the holes (especially on holes #2, #5-#7, #9-#11, #13-#14, and #18). That OB makes you think and pay a price for missing shots, but the real challenge is provided by trees and elevation (though milder than Orange Crush). When playing the "championship layout" of long tees to long baskets, there are very few opportunities for two. I still haven't figured out what par is on most holes, but there are really only two holes I have a chance at two (#9 and #10, maybe #14 and #18). I enjoy that challenge, but ask me again after the 8th annual Seth Burton Memorial tournament this weekend. That championship layout definitely adds difficulty to the course, whether it's the longer gold basket (6 holes are 100-200' longer, often farther up or down a hill) or the tee placement (especially #4's steep uphill). Even the short to short layout provides precious few easy shots, so anyone will have to work to score here no matter what layout.

One interesting course feature is the particularly challenging tee "situation" on several holes. Many of these holes present challenges that are good for the golf, but simply aren't comfortable to throw. On #3, an initial tree corridor isn't lined up toward the basket and makes for difficult shot selection. On #6, the road embankment to the left of the tee makes the tempting but risky line over OB even more challenging. On #17, the straight and narrow fairway runs along a fence (tennis courts) with a sloping cliff on the other side of the fairway. All in all, I appreciate the decisions this course forces me to make, but it's just a tad less aesthetically pleasing than Orange Crush.

The course is very beautiful, and a few of these holes are just as unique and memorable as Orange Crush. E.g. hole 4's steep uphill and basket placement (probably the signature), hole 9's blind downhill, the beautiful and long hole 11. But overall this course is challenging and long, without the plethora of signature holes present on Orange Crush. My hunch is that Seth Burton is as good or better at separating the best players than is Orange Crush, but I haven't gathered evidence to back that up. It's fun and challenging, as I've said, but following the park road means it's simply not as beautiful or rugged as OC.

Rating: Excellent (4.0). It gets less recognition than Orange Crush, but it's a well-designed, challenging, and fun course. Let's be honest: you came for Orange Crush. Play this one, too, and you won't be disappointed!

Really cool layout. Great variety of options with two tee pads and two baskets on each hole. Plenty of challenge, and plenty of variety. I would imagine that folks who REALLY like woods courses would downgrade this course a little, but it was a really nice layout and use of land for me. Signage was unbelievably good.

It was a little hilly. I played mid morning and the ground was still wet, and I had a very difficult time getting around the course at times. Most of the holes are set up on the side of this hill or that hill, and that can get annoying at times.

I don't live anywhere near this course, but I would love to check out Orange Crush sometime to see how it compares.

This course is the more open, OB filled older brother of Orange Crush, a course that can, and should, be played in tandem with Seth Burton.

The Seth Burton Memorial Course weaves its way through a very well kept park in the city of Fairmont West Virginia. Every time I have played, the course has been mowed, trimmed and pruned, providing a very relaxing round when it comes to disc finding.

Each hole has TWO concrete tee pads, something many courses cannot say, TWO baskets on most every hole, clearly marked by distinctive color. This provides a layout that can be playable by the lowest of Ams to the highest of pros, as evident by the coveted Seth Burton Memorial Tournament each year.

The tee signs are helpful and informative, providing a map and distance, and navigation of the course is fairly easy.

For an open, park style course, there is a good range of shots. Uphill, downhill, forced left, forced right, short, long. This is very beneficial for players who want to test the different shots of their game without playing in the dense forest.

OB road on a lot of holes provide a very ominous challenge. These roads kicked my butt a few times during my rated round, so I could put this in cons, but it was executed nicely.

If you have read my review before, you know my love and appreciation for wooded golf, as well as park golf. This course pretty much nails park golf, but lacks in woods golf.

No matter how well executed an open course may be, you get repetitiveness. Open courses can be great, and there were very nice holes designed here, but when you throw the same drive half the time, it gets boring. To solve this, play Orange Crush.

No wow factor. I really wanted there to be one, with so many open shots, but it wasn't there. The course is very solid, very good. Nothing to write home about, but nothing to be mad at.

Course plays around a park. The park does not get too busy, but roads and trails are in play. Be careful when throwing, Don't hit anybody, lawsuits are not fun.

I really enjoy playing disc golf in this park. It is really easy to spend a whole day here. Some nice lunch spots nearby, two courses on site, and a great park atmosphere.

I highly recommend playing Seth Burton and Orange Crush. These two courses are easily a favorite of disc golf destinations, as you can walk from hole 18 of one, to hole one of the next!

-Seth Burton Memorial DGC is located in Morris Park just south of Fairmont. This park is always in top shape and is very well manicured. While there isn't a whole lot to do in the park, there are various playground areas, pavilions, and walking/running paths which are often used. The best part of this park is that it plays near Orange Crush, both starting at the same spot in the park. Both play around the mountain in opposite directions - Seth Burton winds counter-clockwise around the park, while Orange Crush winds clockwise.
-Only about a half-mile off I-79 for easy access
-Signs are in top shape and they tell you everything you need to know (except for pars, for some reason) - holes lengths from both tees and to both pins. There are L's and S's posted on each tee sign's pole, as well as on every tee, to guide you to your tee of choice. Two tees per hole, as well as two pin positions per hole, give a good variety to the course. Each tee and pin position offers a significantly different challenge.
-Baskets are DISCatcher and in top shape
-Tee pads are in great shape, concrete, and are a perfect length
-A good variety of hole lengths: 5 200-300', 10 300-400', and 3 400'+, including a 665' long hole from the white tees, and 1 < 200', 1 200-300', 7 300-400', 7 400-500', and 2 600'+ from the blue tees.
-While this is only a moderately wooded course, it it surprisingly challenging with the tree positions in the fairway and elevation. Elevation is present on almost every hole, which definitely affects your upshot selection. Most of the holes slant hard down to the right, while 8 goes hard uphill and 9 goes hard downhill
-There is some shot selection on most of the holes
-The road is O.B. and plays a factor into many holes
-A lot of chances to bomb a disc and a lot of chances for fairly tight navigation through some trees. Maybe the most fun aspect of this course is the emphasis it puts on drives. On a lot of drives, you have to make it past some close trees to the tee and in between a few in the fairway. If you hit the line you are in a good spot for an upshot but hitting an early tree can and will hurt you score big time. I can specifically think of 1, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 13, and 18 that offer this type of look.
-Navigation is a breeze and your chance of losing discs is very minimal, almost 0%. Rough is hardly present except on a few holes.
-The course circles around the park and right back to your car.
-Every hole is solid but*

-There is no parking lot here, but there are a few spots for parking alongside the park's road when you first drive in. On crowded days (usually just weekend afternoons), it can be hard to find a spot.
-There are no bathrooms when you first enter. The only one I've come across are after hole 7
-Because the course plays in the same direction around the mountain, the fairways are usually slanted in the same direction. It depends how you look at this, as it can be seen as a challenge or it can be annoying. I've thrown near-perfect upshots that rolled 20-30 feet down to the road. Again, it can be viewed as upping the challenge but also comes across to me as a limitation to the course.
-Course can seem repetitive at times, not a whole lot of hole variety.
-Most holes play close to the road, where people walk and run. Not an overly crowded park, just pay attention to non-discgolfers.
-*None of the holes really stand out as amazing.

This is a very solid course and always serves an enjoyable round. This course in itself doesn't offer anything spectacular, but it is a great course to play a league with it's awesome upkeep, cleanliness, and lack of a chance to lose discs. The best part about Seth Burton is that it is right next to Orange Crush. Playing or combining both courses in a day is a lot of fun, and since they go around the mountain in opposite directions, you can break the courses up playing the front 9 of one and the back 9 of the other. This gives tremendous variety for a day of disc golf. Be prepared to see wildlife, as I've seen big snakes and deer a few times here.

This easily accessible course is situated in a picturesque, well-tended park. Parking is obvious and plentiful, and bathrooms are well positioned throughout the 18 holes.

Seth Burton features a good variety of possible play-throughs, with two tees and two pin positions on every hole. The white tees are beginner friendly while offering an engaging round for intermediate players, and the blues are a good step up in challenge that will give even the most accomplished DGCR stud a run for their money. The course overall strikes a nice balance on difficulty.

The course is well designed given the limitations of its placement around the park's perimeter. Thoughtful pin positions help break up the generally counterclockwise motion of the hole progression, and there's a good variety of distances and elevation changes, even though a few elevation changes (such as hole 8) seem more gimmicky than anything else. OBs further shape many holes and color their challenges without seeming unfair or too plentiful. I got a kick out of the old tennis court OB off of 17, which prevents the easy-way-out overhand throw (or at least makes it a much more challenging shot).

Navigation from one tee to the next is a breeze; very thoughtful layout in this regard.

Good-sized concrete tees are in great shape.

The biggest con for me on this course is how much its location and terrain dominates certain characteristics. All of the holes feel narrow or constricted to me, caused by a combination of the ever-present drop offs and the woods that border them. Yes, this adds a challenging aspect that spices up otherwise conventional holes. But it gets redundant after a while. Variety is one of the most desirable aspects of a course for me, and having to be wary of the slope on pretty much every hole detracted from my experience.

Relatedly, there is the potential for some massive drop offs that surpass the challenging and enter into the absurd, particularly on the back nine as the holes rise up the mountain.

I would agree with the sentiment that a few holes in the woods would have done wonders to add variety to this course. I like that Seth Burton is so different from OC, but even two wooded holes could contribute a welcome change of pace.

There are a few instances where a blind throw is disconcerting at the least and potentially dangerous in relation to park foot traffic. I'm especially thinking of hole 9 here.

A few of the tee positions make it hard to safely/comfortably drive due to elevation changes. These are the exception rather than the rule, however.

This is an enjoyable course that gains strength when considered in tandem with Orange Crush (which I didn't factor into my rating). It provides a nice warm up or reprieve from the demands of OC. While my instinct was to use it as a warm up for OC, depending on what time of day you arrive you may want to do the opposite, since the overhead foliage in OC means that it will get darker earlier than on Seth Burton.

Give yourself time to play this and its sister course - my rounds with a partner here have lasted six hours, including a short break for lunch. We weren't hurrying ourselves, but we weren't lackadaisical, either.

I haven't had any problems with non-disc golf foot traffic here, even when playing on a Sunday afternoon.

Let's start off by saying that this isn't Orange Crush, but that's a good thing. That course is fine as it is, and this serves as nice open-air complement to its tight-fairway/technical sibling course.

I say "open-air" with reservation because it's not like you'll be ripping drives way open in fields every hole. There are a few like that (#4,7,12,14), but the vast majority of holes traverse up and down hillsides with many trees in play. These holes have precarious tree placement, and many provide two different lines to the basket.

The road comes into play on a few holes, and the tennis course comes into play on the last few holes. I think this characteristic forces the thrower to thread the fairways with lazer accuracy. I used my fairway drivers a lot during this round and found myself getting a lot of practice of controlling my drives.

My favorite hole was probably #9, a very short and blind RHBH anhyzer drive downhill to a basket placed right on the hill. Even though the hole isn't long, the blindness and possibility of discs rolling onto the road made this one stick out in my mind.

Nice use of red and blue tees to welcome people of all skill levels. Overall, I would suggest bringing a new player to this course without him/her getting too frustrated.

Bathrooms available, as well as many benches. Parking is plentiful.

I know it was a Saturday, but there were a TON of non-disc golfers walking around the holes. Because of the elevation on many holes (especially the blind ones), it's important to look before you throw here.

A few of the ponds in the park are dried up. It'd be great to see them come into play as water hazards.

I'd like to see a couple of the insanely-wooded holes like Orange Crush in this course. Not a whole lot, but 2-3 would be nice.

I wish there was a way to realistically throw off the hill to the first hole for #18. I realize this is a safety hazard, but it would make a memorable last hole. I thought 18, a short anyhzer drive to the basket, was a big let down compared to many of the other holes--notably the last few back nine ones.

Between Orange Crush and Seth Burton, this park has the complete disc golf package. While it took me a long time to play both rounds, I can't think of too many better places to get a complete and diverse golfing experience. The elevation, OB challenges, and mix of open-air and moderately-wooded fairways make for a nice course.

This is an unreal disc golf course and I feel lucky to be able to live so close to it! I mean really it doesn't get much better than this. Mowed fairways, tee signs on every hole, Pro & Am pads available for every hole, challenging layouts, multiple pin placements on every hole, water available on a couple holes, old growth, & plenty of shade. WVDGA is really to thank for course with on going maintenance and upkeep. This course is in my top ten for sure and you would be crazy not to play it if you have the chance!

The only thing I would have to say is watch for joggers, walkers & pets. They are around and the course is built on a walking loop so please be aware of other people discs hurt!

I wish there was a 2 day tourney here once a year.

18 holes with dual concrete tees, nice tee signs and dual color coded Discatcher baskets on each hole. Good use of elevation, available trees, and ob for a mostly open course. Navigation is fairly easy and course map in parking lot/ pavilion. Water fountains. Bathrooms .25 mile left down park from pavilion. Course is well maintained. Course is easy to get to off the highway and the town has food and amenities within few minute drive.

There is some car and hiker traffic along the ob road that plays across much of the course. There was a copperhead eating a squirrel between hole 16's basket and hole 17 tee. I got attacked by some bees around hole 11.

The Seth Burton Memorial course offers a nice balancing out to the Orange Crush. It plays around the top side of the mountain and plays counter clockwise to the Orange Crush, so it slightly favors RHBH although there are some holes that favor RHFH. It's refreshing to be able to air out some drives on this course, but still provides an excellent challenge along with some fun ace and birdie runs. This is a great course for any skill level with the dual tees and baskets which provide quite a variety of playing options. Check out the course vid in the media tab for a good idea of what to expect. There is some good disc golf to be had at Morris Park, WV!

Well kept 18 hole course that wraps around a park and the hill it sits on. Great signs and maps to show you the layout. 2 tee pads at most holes with work being done to add alternate pads to the remaining holes.

This course has a nice balance of holes and shows no favoritism towards RHFH or RHBH type shots. Most holes offer multiple lines and routes to the basket.

Good use of elevation. There are holes that play along the hill, up the hill, and down the hill. And even a hole that uses the steep hillside as a great risk/reward feature.

Mostly a nice walk in the park without and brutal climbs or hikes. This would make it a good place if you had a less comitted friend or spouse playing with you.

No big draw backs. One could nitpick something, but there was nothing that stood out to me as a negative. Probably the largest negative is that the is nothing that stands out as exceptional either. I didn't have one hole that really stood out to me.

This course is the type that plays through mostly open fields with just enough mature trees to force some shot making. This can be fun as it leaves you with several ways to tackle a hole. You are never really forced to make one certain shot. This is good in a fun-factor kind of way, but it also make the course a little easier than some others. Most of the holes are from 300-400 feet, but there ae a couple longer holes for those that really can rip a disc. The few shorter holes offer a little more heavily treed fairways to keep things fun also. There's even a nice short downhill ace run mixed in with an OB road directly behind it.
The other aspect of this course is that there are really no super memorable holes. There is just a bunch of decent holes on a well-cared for course. There is also new pads and signs being installed to help make this course even better. combine that effort with the Oragne Crush course on site, and you have a must play experience. It makes for a tough day, but this is simply half of a great two-course location. If you are travelling on I-79 make sure you get here.. It is wellworth a stop.

This course keeps getting better over time. With help from the local club, the course now has 36 tee pads (Long and Short) and 2 pin placements per hole. This increases the total course distance to 7,684 ft in its most difficult layout.

The constant OB road surrounding the entire course really challenges the best players. All the new tee pads and B Pin placements have helped the course mature immensely. No wonder this once Par 54 course now has an SSA of 57.

This course was designed by the '86 PDGA World Champion from Lavalette, WV #1700 Johnny Sias!

If you have time to stay and play for the weekend, the 2 blended layouts give you the best of the Seth Burton Memorial and Orange crush in 18 holes.

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The Tee pads are in excellent condition. Johnny Sias' pinnacle of course design. Located in a more than 100 year old beautiful Morris Park.

Seth Burton Memorial DGC offers a fun variety of obstacles and terrain. It is a fun and more forgiving course to play after Orange Crush, but it still offers a good challenge.

Moderate elevation change - throughout the entire course there is a left to right slope as the course wraps around a hill. Although it can be subtle at times this slope can cause a good shot to roll OB if you aren't careful.

Great Mix of Holes - Each hole has 2 tee pads and 2 pin placments. Change of pin or tee pad can give each hole a very different feel. The course rewards players that can use a variety of FH, BH and overhand shots. There is a good sense of balance between tight shots and open long bombs.

Good Use of Obstacles - Mature trees throughout, however fairways remain clear. The OB road meanders through the course giving you something else to think about.

The course is overall in great shape. The park is wel maintained, no trash and the grass mowed regularly.

Navigation is relatively easy. Tee signs are accurate and the course follows a logical flow counterclockwise, with only a couple that backtrack.

There isn't too much to hate about this course. It definitely feels like the entire course slopes left to right and that can get repetitive after a while.

This course is a fun change of pace to Orange Crush. It's almost unfair to have 2 courses of this caliber at the same location. This park is definitely worth going out of your way for, but plan for a full day to play both courses.

Seth Burton is located in a very nice quiet park with very easy access to I-79.

The course plays mostly clockwise around a large hill in the center of the park but the designer has done a very nice job of including a nice balance of BH and FH holes. The holes are mostly open with great mature hardwoods to work around and OB in the form of a very low traffic road. The road is a factor on all but 1 or 2 holes. This road does not feel gimicky at all and in fact fits in with the course very naturally.

There are two tees and pin positions on each hole that provide very different looks and levels of difficulty. This is not a course where the long tees just add distance. They provide you with different angles and obstacles.

There is a great mix of distances to the holes. Depending on the pins you can have holes that range from under 200' to almost 700'.

Elevation is used to great advantage on Seth Burton. Most holes have some elevation present and add a little extra exictement.

The maintanence in this park is fantastic. I have never played this course when the grass was overly long or debris was present.

There are two very nice bathroom facilities and water fountains located in this park but they are open only Spring through Fall.

Located in the same park as another 18 hole course, Orange Crush.

There are not alot of Cons for this course. It is a very solid course without being exceptional.

I love the old tennis courts along 17 but I know that this is a sore point for many people since they are decrepid and a bit of eysore.

Not the most difficult course if you can control a 300 ft drive and a 225 'midrange. There is not a ton of scoring variance for similarly skilled players.

There is an ever present slope to the course from left to right due to playing around the large hill. (not every hole but enough to make it feel like it)

There can be some navigation issues for first time players since the tees can be across the road from the previous hole with little or no indication of where to go.

Seth Burton always provides a fun and relaxing round. It allows you to air out some drives on a couple of holes but also makes you be wary of OB tree kicks. The OB road seems to be a con to most people but I think the course designer really took advantage of it to make the course play more difficult and force players to second guess what otherwise would be some very straight forward shots.

I always enjoy coming to Fairmont to take on Seth Burton and Orange Crush. This is in part becuase the West Virginia Disc Golf Association hosts some very nice tournaments here and do a great job maintaining and improving the courses.

Seth Burton is a good course to get a round in on but paired with Orange Crush, Fairmont becomes a disc golf destination.

The course's best attribute is its flight lines: grand shots along the hillside of a grassy park with towering shade trees. An OB park road that runs to the left of some holes and to the right of others places a premium on disc/shot selection. A round at Seth Burton will leave you with fond memories of stable drivers thrown out over the curving park road and fading back inbounds at the end of the flight to attack the pin.

Hole length, OB, sloping hillsides, difficult greens, giant trees, and two tees/pins per hole all provide challenge and interest. The course plays basically in a counter-clockwise direction around the crown of a big round hill that makes up a nice municipal park.

Seth Burton Memorial DGC suffers a little from ill-defined pars with a bunch of tweener holes. Short and long tees seem to vary widely in their difficulty by hole. I can't really figure out if they're designed for advanced ams or top pros.

Nit-picking a couple issues, the concrete tees are nice but are sometimes elevated a couple inches above the ground to risk a twisted ankle. Also, I find the tennis court on Hole 17 to be a little gimmicky, and wish the trees on the right side could be cut back so it would be clearer whether a disc landing in the tennis court was always OB or whether its flight path was inbounds before landing OB.

Make a day out of playing Seth Burton and Orange Crush DGCs. I liked Orange Crush a lot more than Seth Burton, but Seth Burton is certainly a much more relaxing round. Courses are located minutes from I-79. The West Virginia Disc Golf Club puts on fun events here, and I recommend playing one of their PDGA tourneys.

Have fun putting on this course, and see if you can best my 150' rollaway on Hole 1 during a PDGA tourney

This course is very well maintained and has a unique mix of holes. I wasn't expecting this course to be anything more than a warmup for Orange Crush. What I found was that it was a very unique mix of situations requiring just about everything in my arsenal, many of which I rarely use and aren't polished as a result. My favorite hole was the short downhill par 3.

There are no real cons to this course. The one thing that I wasn't sure I was going to like before playing itw as the close proximity to the road for just about the entire course. I only recall a dozen or so cars passing us for our entire 2.5 hour round, so it wasn't an issue at all.

This is a great counterpart for it's sister course, Orange Crush.

The tee pads are nicely labeled with maps as well as long and short.

The course tests your big arm while also bringing plenty of trees as obstacles into play.

The holes have flags on top to help gauge the placement and distance.

The holes are not marked to show where the next tee pad is located (although there are maps provided at tee pad 1).

Accuracy does not play a major role on this course. I like courses that require distance and accuracy.

This park has a great mix of courses between the Orange Crush and Seth Burton Memorial. One requires a big arm while the other requires accuracy.

I like to call this course the Lemon Squeeze to complement the Orange Crush.

A unique course that plays along the top of a pretty mountain park with mature hardwoods, maintained lawns and an ever sloping hillside from left to right for 13 of the 18 holes. There are 3 holes that slope to the left and the other 2 go straight up and down. There are no true downhill drives here, but the elevation is constantly present providing for tricky footing, fast roll aways (hint:watch your disc in flight and continue to watch it after it hits the earth as often mine would roll to another zip code altogether..a few times I bent down to pick up my bag and was mystified at how my disc ended up 100 feet from where I thought it landed) A road that doubles as a walking route is also a factor in shot placement on 15 of the holes. So there is challenge deriving from sloping geography, roads, hardwoods, and some moderate distance considering all the oob danger and trees. There are 2 longer holes 12 & 14 and 2 very fun hill holes 8 going straight up to a hilltop green and 9 straight back down short floater with danger oob (road) behind the basket.Very scenic old park with interesting stonework throughout. Bathrooms and water available. I threw a good mix of discs. I found the stretch of holes from 8-14 to be the most enjoyable and unique on the course. 10 had a tricky basket perched on a bank next to the road,11 was a delightful downhill drive through the hardwoods, 12 was a grassy more open hole away from the road finally, 13 was a perfect hyzer line followed by 14 which was a perfect long anyzer line. Plenty to think about and execute while you are huffing and puffing trying to keep your balance. Orange Crush is nearby which adds to the overall site. 16 offered a great risk/reward as you could dare yourself to go for it by driving right up the gut and risk hyzering/tree plinking off the hillside to oob hard left or play a safer wider line and hyzer within approach range. Tunnel Shot of 17 is quite challenging as well.

I got sick of the ever present slope and the never ending road. It just seemed that too often I was hitting my drive only to hit a tree and hit street or worse land perfectly but then roll 100+ feet into the road. Cruel and not really fair.(not whining it's just too random for my tastes..I don't mind such holes sprinkled occasionaly on a course but when every hole plays the same way it gets tiresome) Effort was made in most cases to put the basket on flatter ground..but there really is no truly flat ground in West Virginia. Much of the course plays in a drive approach and putt manner in which birdies and bogeys would be rare for seasoned players. 17 is a bitch of a hole..probably best played by intentionally playing the fence or throwing short controlled putts rather than risk the steep and incredibly thick woods to the right. (what is it about West Virginia...it has the thickest spindly tree masses I have ever seen...difficult to walk through these woods let alone find an errant toss) 18 is a bummer of a final hole...I kept waiting for something special to materialize but I got letdown here. The steep incline walk from 14 to 15 would have been a great spike hyzer shot or steep anny IMO....would have been a chance to do something different rather than the same type of hole over and over.

This is a course that will challenge you and provide some thrills. A regular player here will refine his game as many types of skills are needed here. It's well maintained and only a handful of times will the thick forest come into play. I would avoid this one if it was wet or icy. I slipped and fell a handful of times.....I really don't understand the obesity rate in West Virginia...seems everyone should be in remarkable shape with all these crazy hills everywhere!

Multiple concrete tee locations for most holes. Same site as the 18-hole, more densely-wooded Orange Crush course.

Steep walk from #15 to #16 - treacherous when wet. Broad walking path used by many non-players comes near flightpaths on some holes.

Plays in a counter-clockwise direction, mostly around, sometimes on top, of the large hill that forms this public park just a couple minutes off of I79. The hardwood trees scattered across the hill are very tall, so their trunks, vice their branches, are what will typically come into play. Primarily plays flat/across gentle portions of the slope, with some downhill shots, only one significantly so.

No long tee for #3 and #5. No short tee for #12. The long tee for #14 is not concrete, but was simple enough to locate. Tee signs, for the most part, are near the short tee locations, and indicate where the long tee is located.

Favourite hole: #13. Slightly down-slope, subtle left-turner - put it through the Y-shaped gap of the large tree about half between the tee and basket (field goal!), and you might park it.
Least favourite hole: #17. Steep, tree-filled slope to your left, long-n-high tennis court (defunct) fence to your right, requiring one very long, very straight drive - with a tree at the end of it, and the basket farther along and to the right,

Good course with decent length, mixture of mostly-to-moderately open/flat-to-downslope, slightly left-turning biased.