Pros:
1. Solid mix of lightly wooded, mostly open, water (ponds and creeks), elevation, and some natural OB.
2. Intermediate/Recreational level challenging with the opportunity for big arms and more skilled players to score low.
3. Beautiful public park that is well maintained on a large amount of land. Rough in most places is cleared out and very small amounts of actual underbrush in places you'd expect a disc to land on poor shots.
4. Good hole signage and excellent tee pads.
5. Practice basket and Pavilion adjacent to the parking lot.
6. Two nine hole loops that return to the parking area.
7. Some very aesthetically pleasing holes (holes 3, 7, 13 come to mind) and some fun elevation tee shots (1, 10, and 16)
8. Mostly wide open course that really rewards big arms with very little punishment if you spray your shot off the tee.
9. Couple very tricky pin locations with slopes and water/OB nearby.

Cons:
1. There's a several long walks between holes (1 to 2, 4 to 5, and 13 to 14) and now as of 4/13/2024 holes 14 to 15 as a new spillway has been built near 15's green which widened the pond, removed the ideal landing zone on hole #15, took away the layup off the tee, and has caused the water level of the entire pond to rise several feet. This resulted in losing about 25-30 feet of space left of Hole #14's basket leaving the water line around 5 feet from the pin location, and the water level eliminated the walking area between the pond and the electric fenced in fruit tree orchard behind it. This forces players to walk several hundred yards around the orchard to get to the next tee. And there is no signage to help navigate you to the next tee.
2. Multiple fairways on the Hole 1 side of the course are very close to each other with nothing defining their separation. It can also be difficult to know which basket to throw to. (Holes 1, 10, 17, and 18 can all be seen from #1 tee and all could see errant shots impede on other hole's players. Hopefully trees could be planted to define fairways and hole direction in the future.
3. Some odd choice in par on a few holes. Some very easy Par 4's that could be considered challenging par 3's (Holes 1, 13, 18) All in that 400-435 FT range and some difficult angle/shape long Par 3's that could be considered Par 4's (Holes 8 and possibly 15) This is nit picking as par is relative, but it feels like some holes are meant to be easy for newer players while some holes are extremely difficult for them (par wise).
4. As alluded to above, needs more trees to separate fairways; some signage or arrows to point players to the next tee pad; and needs bathroom facilities.
5. The course is quite a bit open, and relies mostly on throwing from a semi wooded tee area to an open basket, or vice versa. It does make a few of the holes feel like longer/shorter copies of each other (Holes 5, 7, 17 and Holes 1, 4, 11 and 18) Not a major knock, just an observation. Again as mentioned earlier, If trees are ever planted on the outside of holes 1, 4, 10, 11, 17 and 18, it would be a huge improvement.
6) This course is quite long to play for its difficulty, not extremely cart friendly with multiple trips up and down stairs required to get over the old railroads tracks/walking trail, and the hole order requires several switchbacks that could be avoided.
7) Hole #4 tee area and early fairway are the low drainage spots for the course and hold water. No good way to get around this area except walk through it.
8) Holes #3, #7 and #8 all play and have pins along a deep creek that is prone to flash flooding. Erosion issues, lost discs, debris picked up and dropped by the rushing water are all cautions on these holes.

All in all a very fun and challenging course in my hometown. Most people point to hole 3 as their favorite when visiting, and if you play here you will either love it or hate it. My personal favorite is Hole 7B (which is always in position and able to be played) So I suggest throwing both 7A and 7B while here. Having played this course often for the better part of the past 4 years, it's easy to pick on the negative, because we remember our frustrations. That said, this course is what got me excited about disc golf. It could use a little love here and there, and a few minor improvements to upgrade itself, so I give it a solid/good rating of 3. It is a good course as is, but have so much property unused and so much potential to be GREAT.

1. Good mix of wooded, open, water, elevation, and some natural OB.
2. Challenging with the opportunity for big arms to score well (not me).
3. Beautiful public park that is well maintained.
4. Good signage and excellent tee pads.
5. Practice basket and standard HB Design course signage that makes it easy for a person to find hole 1.
6. Two nine hole loops that return to the parking area. There are multiple smaller loops that can be utilized to change the order of holes played if one wanted.

1. There's a few long walks between holes (1 > 2, 4 > 5, 13 > 14).
2. A few fairways are close to each other with nothing defining their separation. Holes 1, 10, and 18 could see errant shots impede on other hole's players.
3. Some of the par 4's could be considered soft par 4's.
4. Needs one more flight of steps near hole 2.
5. The course is a little more open than I like. If trees can be planted on the outside of holes 1, 4, and 11, I believe it would be a huge improvement. Maybe some fast growing pine trees to create a longer Keriakes feel. This would up my rating to a 4 easily.

All in all a fun challenging course. My favorite hole was hole 3. What a reward to play that clean and get my par. You'll see it when you play here! Hole 7 has a long basket I wish I would've played. It looked more fun than the short.

I recommend playing the course in this order: 1, 6 ~ 10, 2 ~ 4, 11 ~ 18. It'll save you wasted steps.

There is a beginner 9 hole course across the street at the Lions Club. Just leave a donation in the box. What a great set up the city of Marion, KY has for disc golf!