I am sure in it's heyday , this course was always worth the trip north for St Louis disc golfers and travelers . Set in a large park, Sioux Passage made room for 2 courses . The Original course here has nice long cement tee pads ,Bathroom near hole #3 basket . the baskets are in pretty good shape , tee signage is good and informative . The front 9 on this course has rolling hills and plenty of elevation . The back 9 , 400 meters up the road is more just up hill or down hill . Plenty of length on this course . Over 8500 feet . Looks like there are 2 pin position on most of the holes . The 485 foot #10 , uphill , will seem like 600'+ . The biggest plus besides having 2 courses on site is the course design . I saw that McCormack was one of the designers and he always seems to do a good job .The course opens you up to a 414' slight downhill drive , then doesn't let up on the gas much until the end . Plenty of open drives mixed in with tunnel shots ( #7 & #9 off the top of my head ) . The course makes you think when the basket tucks away into some cove of trees , like on 8 or 14 . 14 is a nice 325' hyzer that tucks into the woods at the end in front of a large creek . #3 is also a great hole where the basket was placed to the right , hidden over a hill and under a canopy of medium sized trees 625' . My signature hole for this course was probably #9 . Strating down into a ravine where you either have to walk down the road to your right and take the path into the tee pad , or brave the walk down the dirt ( or muddy on my day ) fairway and hope you don't fall . It is a straight up tunnel shot that will force you to clear brush and trees on either side into the open fairway . Then you will have about a 280' slight downhill approach to the basket , next to the lot you parked in . I have to mention #18 . A long downhill 800' throw that will fade right , then , after a spray of fairway trees , will open to a glen where the basket sits . Great finishing hole .

Understanding that it had dumped a lot of rain in the St Louis area in the past few days , there is still no accounting to how bad a shape the course was in . First , on the fairways for 2 & 6 , gully throws , what look like tire tracks encourage standing water for you to walk through in order to go to the other side of the hill . Also , more importantly , the grass was more than out of control here . The front 9 had grass up to the bottom of my shin in spots , but the grass on the back 9 fluctuated from calf high all the way up to over 3 feet , even in the fairways , especially #s 14 , 15 and some of 16 . I don't mind a little rough on either side of a fairway , even if the fairway is narrow , but in a lot of cases , there are NO fairways . The reason I know how high the grass actually was ? I have a 36" inseam . I never did find the baskets for 11 & 12 . I don't know if they were pulled or what . I think I threw 11's tee pad ( unmarked ) to 13's basket ( marked ) . Have a map or you will never complete this course . . Bugs , bring spray or be on the course menu for Sioux Passage insects . They were so bad that they chased a family away after hole 4 . This park has a treasure in this course , now almost 25 years old . If the park wants to feature disc golf , then some efforts have to be made .

Having played some in the St Louis area off and on for the last 20 years , I was glad to finally see Sioux Passage, which was on my list of plays for a while now . Where I was happy with the course configurations , I was disappointed with the course care . Step up your game , Florissant and Sioux Passage Park personnel , and clean up this course . See about the missing baskets/tees for 11 & 12 . Players from the St Louis area and travelers will go out of their way to come to your park and city to play , eat , and maybe stay . My recommendation : If on I-70 and wanting to play 36 holes in one park , Play it !

- Massive fairways for grip it/rip it drives
- Gorgeous park
- Length of grass creates realistic fairway
- Decent selection of different shots, especially on back 9.
- No nearby parks, so no people or kids in the way, with the exception of hole 16 [basketball court]

- Tee signs are in front and in back of tee, first time playing, it was hard to determine which direction I was throwing. [threw to wrong basket on 11, threw to 16]
- Tee signs also don't have a map
- It doesn't have the greatest flow. You have to drive about a 1/4 mile to reach back 9.
- Tall grass on back 9, hard to find discs
- There are prickly weeds behind hole 14, my friends legs got mauled, and the thing is, pin C is back in the thicket.
- Lack of utilities [bathrooms, water fountains]
- The course is a bit out of the way from I-270.

I loved this course because of the open fairways. Holes 1, 2, 6, 13, 15 and 16 were very fun to drive on. I had my furthest throws on 6 and 13. I may have more cons than pros because it was my first time playing and I live an hour away. I wasn't pleased with the flow of the course, the non-informative tee signs, the tall grass and high incline uphill shots. I enjoyed the front 9 much more than the back 9 simply because the back 9 is hard to navigate. My friend and I drove off of 11 and shot on 16 [it was a fun hole, haha] and we couldn't find tee 12 until we decided to skip it and then found it once we stood on 13's tee. We threw a few times in the tall grass and spent an average of 10 minutes looking for a disc. With it all said and done, we played a 3 hour round of 18, which is way too long for 2 players. The park recreational department can do much more to make this course a pleasing experience. I can see this course being a great course if they would simply make better tee signs with maps, signs pointing to next tee, cut fields of tall grass [but long enough to be seen as "rough"] and better baskets [wasn't really an issue] I would love to replay the course with a more updated tee sign/map system, but until then, the hour drive is not worth it.