Red Arrow Golf Course is a city-owned property in Kalamazoo, MI that offers 9 holes of disc golf to go along with the 9 holes of ball golf. The disc golf more or less follows the ball golf layout.

The usual DG-on-BG features apply here. That is to say, the course is mostly open but will still challenge most players due to the long hole distances. The opening hole is the shortest one here at 295', acting as a nice warm up for the longer throws on the rest of the course. All other holes are at least 350', and holes 7 and 9 both eclipse 700'.

There is a small pro shop on site with a restroom, and discs available for rent. Nice, if aged, wooden benches are located at each disc golf tee area.

The baskets are yellow banded DISCatchers in fine shape. There aren't any navigational aids, but it's honestly pretty easy to find the next hole since the disc golf follows the ball golf 1:1, the course is so open, and all tees are marked by the large wooden benches.

Poor throws on hole 1 or 9 could potentially fly over the boundary fence and out into a busy street.

There isn't really much in the way of memorable disc golf here. The course is flat other than small berms near a couple of the baskets. There is a river on the edge of the property, but it isn't ever close enough to really be in play. There are a few trees between the ball golf fairways, but none of them are really "obstacles" between the tee and the basket unless your aim is way off.

The tee pads are just natural (located near the ball golf tee pads for the same hole). The tee signs are just posts attached to each bench with the hole number.

No practice basket or kiosk/map. I'm not sure if the pro shop had scorecards, but I know that the volunteer working there did not offer me one. There also weren't trash cans when I visited, but this might have been because I visited on their last open day of the year.

This course is open from 9 AM to sunset seasonally (April through October). As mentioned, I actually visited on their last open day of the year which for 2023 was Sunday, October 29. Before starting, you'll have to pay a $5 fee in the pro shop. I believe that fee was to play all day but I'm not 100% sure.

I enjoyed having no one else on the course and seeing the fall colors peaking on the scattered trees around the property. I definitely would have enjoyed it less if the place were busy. This is a pretty boring course by most standards, but if you want to practice your distance drives right in Kalamazoo you could definitely do worse. I had a couple of new drivers to try out and this course provided a nice way to do that. If you have similar motives, Red Arrow could be worth the $5.

It was really a joy to play on such a well groomed course. I had just played Rotary North which is an extremely well kept but this course was groomed, to the max. $5 to play and us seniors get a $1 off the price. I'm not sure if this price is for one round or all day? The openness allows you work on your driving skills, maybe experimenting with new discs or different throws. It's also a sweet course to practice your rollers on.

The amenities were ball golf perfect. Great tee signs, Discatchers with the # on the yellow band, and ball washers (Although i usually wait until I get home and shower). You tee off from the regular tees here, unlike other ball courses I've played. The course is already long enough so I played from the Reds (shorts).

Just like all the disc courses on ball courses, there aren't many obstacles in the way, other then the occasional tree

Little chance of losing any plastic here although players could throw into the river on # 7 (right BuzzArmStrong).

Course is mostly flat and open. Not much line shaping needed. Just grip it and rip it.

$5 to play.

Wind today made every putt an adventure. Funny, it didn't affect my drives much at all.

No really creative places for basket placement.

This was my third course (Earl Brewer and Rotary North) played today and all three are mostly wide open, grip it and rip it courses. I was ready to go out and find the most technical course around. Need to get back to some real disc golf.

I did enjoy this course even though it's pretty much flat and wide open. I'm not sure why I enjoyed it so much. Maybe, because of the wonderful grooming. Maybe because it's a pleasant low pressure round with very little rough and no water to deal with. If you haven't had the pleasure of playing Red Arrow, I suggest giving it a chance. You might just really enjoy yourself.

Unique place where ball golf, meets frisbee golf, meets foot golf. Very interesting. I normally shun those silly ball golfers but I think it's kind of cool that we get the chance to turn them on to a better game at this venue

Pretty much all open fairways which allow you to really air out drives and practice rollers without any real punishment sans hole 7 where a wayward shot may find the river (R.I.P. Star Roadrunner roller - In my defense this is the first time I've actually practiced backhand rollers so I don't know what I'm doing).

Nice bakets, sparkly and nearly brand new.

Nicely manicured lawns and friendly folks in the club house.

The only real challenge is distance for our noodle arms...No real line shaping to speak of, barely any trees come in to play at all unless you are just wearing a blindfold and throwing pin the tail on the donkey style.

Natural tee pads.

Only a 9 hole course...and a pretty repetitive 9 hole course at that.

5$ cover charge...for a 9 hole course...less is charged at much superior disc golf courses...

The distance keeps it interesting and it kind of acts as field work for your driving form and rollers. Not enough here to be worth paying 5 bucks for - There are much better pay-to-play courses that are cheaper. I know that is cheap for ball golf but it is extremely expensive for disc golf where the norm is free-to-play.

I had fun playing it and ran in to TheValkyrieKid and had a nice chat about surrounding courses and disc golf in general. That was probably the highlight of my round in all reality #1000CourseLifeGoals.

I can't see myself paying 5 bucks to do field work that I could just bring a basket to a big field and do...

Facility offers golf, disc golf and foot golf, all on the same course.

• Variety: Lacking. Pretty much long and straight off all 9 tees, with a decent range of distances, but absolutely no variation in fairway type. Makes good use of a several trees to influence routes you can take on approaches.
• Elevation: Minimal. I recall 1-2 holes where an approach rolled.
• Challenge: Good for beginning to intermediate players. Players with 400+ ft distance might find it more fun than challenging.
• Equipment: Tees, baskets, signs in wonderful condition. Yellow Innovas are easy to spot in the distance.
• Fun Factor: Surprisingly fun. One of those things that's better than it first appears to be.
• Navigation: Easy - just look for the next golf tee.
• It's a pleasure to play on such a well-groomed course.
• GREAT place to throw rollers. Also great if you like to bomb.
• Clean rest room available where you pay.

• $5 fee for only 9 holes. Seemed like you could easily play a 2nd round without paying again, but I honestly don't know what their official policy is.

• Golfers take more putts than we do, and sharing tees / fairway with them means you have to wait for them to putt out before teeing off on reachable holes, or throwing approach shots.

• If you really get a hold of one on #7, a RHBH shot that gets flippy could cross the bike/walk path and end up in the river... almost happened to me if not for some tree love.

It doesn't make sense from my bullet points, and I can't completely explain it, but I had a blast here, and was genuinely disappointed when my round came to an end.

Most players will find the distances more than adequate, but those who can consistently hit 400 - 450 on open ground will likely find this course too easy.

The only difference between the DG course and the golf course is the pin placements. We thought we'd have to wait for golfers, but a couple of them offered to let us play through... didn't even have to ask.
Conveniently located at the edge of downtown Kalamazoo, right next to the Kalamazoo River.

Aesthetic-- plays on a public "par 3" ball golf course. This course is owned by Kalamazoo and is (I'm guessing) more of a local thing. Be wary of wayward balls.

Baskets-- brand new DisCatchers. Bright yellow bands help aid visibility

Routing and nav-- never an issue. Just follow the golf greens and you're good to go.

Tee areas-- shared with ball golfers so they may be a bit rutty but are adequte.

Playin' golf!!-- the ball golf and disc golf (and footgolf) fairways are one in the same. The disc golf targets are offset from the ball golf greens (of course) but make brilliant use of the ball golf fairways.

Teesigns-- well, they are ball golf tee signs with distances in yards. that said, they are brilliant.

Wide open for the most part-- while there are a lot of trees here, the fairways are very well defined and don't offer a lot of obstacles. Most holes are very straight with the target set slightly off the fairway.

Skeevy area-- kind of a skeevy area. Plays along the river at certain points. People were kayaking, which is reassuring.

As I have said numerous times, this is the future of disc golf. I hope this little course does well, it seems to be right on track.