A well-maintained set of six short holes that even has a few trees.

-Amenities: The tee posts look nice. The baskets are also good quality. With the level of traffic this course gets, tee pads and signage aren't really necessary.

-Variety: Holes (1) and (6) go through the trees, with some marginal tree challenge near the basket also on (3) and (5). A little bit of elevation on (1), (5), and (6) as well. It puts this course a notch above "baskets in an open field".

-"Friendly": My label for the combination of easy-to-play, navigable without a map, well kept up, and hard-to-lose-discs.

Limits of scope.

-Shot Shaping: Longest hole is 250'. (2)-(5) are dead straight, flat, and open, with only a little more freedom of choice for (1) and (6). Not much interest at all unless you're desperate for a putter ace.

-Length: Only 6 holes. It barely feels substantive enough to be called a course.

-Lost Disc: There's a fence right behind basket (4) that a poor shot could fly over and become lost.

For a six-hole putter course, Calhoun is nice. It's got two holes with trees, clear flow, and great maintenance. However, in the overall scope of disc golf courses, it's a pretty Poor course. Probably only an asset for students and staff at the university who have a break in their day.

(1.154 Rating) (REVISED - replayed January 2023) A beginner friendly course on a well maintained campus lawn and with movable tee markers.
- BEGINNER FRIENDLY - All the deliverables on this course scream "I'm for newer players". Short holes in the 150 to 250-foot range. Four holes are mostly wide open and two holes have a moderately wooded theme to them. No hazards or overgrowth to contend with. The odds of losing a disc due to an errant shot is near impossible. Players would have to forget to pick up to lose one here.
- ACEABILITY - 6 ace runs to higher skilled players. They could probably ace them all in a year's time with enough rounds. I figure an MA3 level player could ring up the chains once every 50 to 100 rounds. I sadly have only two chain hits and no aces, over 27 rounds.
- MAINTENANCE - The grounds appear to be constantly mowed, trimmed and manicured. I don't recall seeing much if any trash on any of my visits.
- QUICK PLAY - I can run three loops of 6 holes in thirty minutes. All the tee markers are within 100 feet of the prior basket.
- NAVIGATION - I had no issues here even without a map on my first visit. Everything is just so open that players will figure it out really quick.
- IDEAL BAGGER COURSE - Right off the highway exit, quick to play and care-free navigation equals a 5.0 Bagger course. So good, a bagger won't even notice the co-eds in the backdrop as their minds will already be headed to the next course.

Calhoun's appeal will be limited to campus players, beginners and baggers.
- 6 BASKETS - Having this few of baskets definitely hurts the rating for this course. A few may argue that it's only a practice area, although I'd disagree due to the numbering of the baskets and the fact that there are numbered tee markers.
- HOLE VARIETY - The holes themselves in terms of variety are far below average. To MA2 level players, they are all straight putter ace runs... maybe one mid. The most unique aspect on this course is the fact that the tee markers are moveable. See other thoughts.
- LACK OF CHALLENGE - The layout presented has been geared to MA4 level players. As noted above, the tee markers can be moved around to perhaps tweak the difficulty a touch higher or lower. Regardless, there is really no way to produce an MA2 level challenge without putting in design desecrations and fake challenge modifiers such as unnecessary mandos and improv islands.
- AMENITIES - The course has great baskets. There are well-built tee markers too. That's it. No on site course map, no practice basket, no alt tees or basket locations, no benches, no shelter, no restrooms, etc. etc.
- RAW BEAUTY - Not awful by any stretch of the imagination, but none of the holes will have players scrambling for their phone's camera either. I'd score the two wooded holes a 2.5 and the other four holes less than a 1 for beauty. The lack of trees, no water, little elevation and unattractive views on (2) and (4), lead to my below average score. The co-eds in the backdrop have no effect on my course beauty rankings

I like this shorty for what it is. Lavone designed this to be a beginner friendly course to introduce college students to the game and his effective design achieved this goal. A rookie designer would have screwed this small project up by putting in horrible gimmicks like triple mandos and rope OB areas. Regardless, this course is likely just one stop appeal for everyone but campus students and those in the neighborhood. I've played it numerous times as it's a quick way to run six ace shots between my job site visits. It's the best beginner course in town imo, trumping Dublin, Greenbrier, Stavemill and Kent Robertson.
- BAGGERLAND - One of 15 courses I've played in the city limits of Huntsville, which is the most I've bagged for any city. There are now 18 listed DGCR courses within 15 miles of downtown Huntsville. In addition, there is one additional unlisted course, Knox Creek and two courses under construction, Sharon Johnston and John Hunt Park.
- MOVEABLE TEE MARKERS - Not sure if this is a good thing or bad thing, but the tee posts are moveable. The tee posts have precast concrete bases with a flat bottom and are laid on top of the ground. They also weigh more than 50 lbs each. They are very-well constructed. Apparently the campus wanted to be able to move tees around in case the grass became worn. Making a map for this course is fruitless do to this aspect.

1. My girlfriend absolutely loved this course.
2. Good design for beginners that still has challenging holes through tall pines.
3. Great scenery when class is in session.
4. Nice baskets.
5.Safe place for women to play solo with campus security present. Worst thing that could happen is a college guy may hit on a female discer. Most women may appreciate that.
5. Very adequate signage.

1. It's only 6 holes. Looks like there is room for additional holes around the campus.
2. I played this course with my girlfriend and had to pretend I didn't notice the college girls. Wear sunglasses!

Well kept. Very well designed. Good variety of shots. Mixture of wooded and open holes.

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I think alternate teepad locations would add to replayability. However, this is easily accomplished on your own.