The huge positives about Willow Fork park lie in the incredible amount of sculpting done in the installation of this park. It resulted in a beautiful set of ponds and some rolling mounds to create pretty vistas all around. The disc golf course boasts enormous trapezoidal concrete tees (much more than needed), and some really good quality course signage, leading to readily visible, green banded high end DisCatcher baskets. They did not scrimp on the quality of materials here.

The course is clearly designed for beginners, as most of the holes are reachable for an ace-deuce opportunity for most Intermediate players and above. The lines of flight are occasionally forced off the tee by wanting to avoid going in the prairie grass rough or 'out of bounds; on the plethora of walkways that interact with the fairways. One or two holes do have trees planted to force a particular line.

The prettiest hole is also the one with the greatest level of gut-check: hole 9 plays about 200' to a peninsula basket with water on three sides. beginners may want to throw just left of the path side bench and play for a three

The biggest complaint here would be the fact that so many of the tees are angled oddly away from the target, as if to say the designer meant to force players to go a certain route, but there is nothing keeping you from going right at the baskets in almost every case. I worry about the mound on hole 12 not only making that a 'blind' pin position, but also obscuring any pedestrian (or child on a bike) coming around the bend unseen. The other safety issue is hole 3, where the rhbh hyzer line goes right over the playground. Doesn't matter if they declare a 'mando'. People will throw that line. In all, there is way too much likelihood here that, someday, an overzealous disc golfer will forget his responsibility to only throw when it is safe to do so.

A less important issue here would be the fact that there is no 'next tee' signage, and first timers will have to bring along a copy of the map to be sure they're walking to the correct tee and throwing at the right basket.

Overall, this is a pretty course in a beautiful park, that has as its intended audience families and beginning players. It might benefit more accomplished players for working on their 'short game', as well, but don't expect a challenge.

Reviewer Background as of this writing: played 296 courses and written 279 reviews, with skills hovering around a 900 rating, with folks ranging from age 7 to 87, so I try to write reviews helpful to all.

Beautiful new baskets. Beautiful 16' long concrete tee pads. Beautiful tee signs and course map. Restrooms available. Solid recreational-level course with holes averaging under 250'. Generally easy to navigate, trivial if you have a map. Reasonably fun course with a ton of birdie opportunities, but I can see Advanced players getting bored quickly here. One water hole with the basket on a peninsula is a nice inclusion. Finishing with a 400' hole allowing you to finally throw a full power drive is satisfying.

Sadly, many of the beautiful tee pads are pointed in the wrong direction. A couple of them are 90 degrees off or perpendicular to where you want to throw. There's really no good explanation other than design/installation by someone with no clue how the course will actually be played.

The distances on the tee signs are routinely off by 10, 20, or 30 feet.

Hole #3 is a disaster waiting to happen. The obvious line for a RHBH player is an easy hyzer over the playground. Very dangerous for the type of player this course will attract.

Too many baskets and fairways are close to, or cross, the walking path. That leads to long waits for cautious players or dangerous conditions for pedestrians with reckless players.

I was pleased to see the money put into the course for quality equipment but disappointed by the apparent lack of consulting with anyone with disc golf experience prior to installation.

I played the course on a Sunday morning and the park was reasonably busy with non-disc golfers and there were probably four or five groups of disc golfers on the course... the type with a couple discs each. It was a scary combination.

I'd really like to rate this course higher, but the tee pads and proximity to the walking path are big problems.