+ When I had called the course on Thursday evening to ask if Friday morning would be busy or if I needed a tee time, the employee I was speaking to laughed quietly and was like "Oh no, not at all. Just come on down." The next day, my brother and I were the only people on the course the entire morning, which was ideal. When I talked to the staff there in person, they said that the 9 Springs course has recently been drawing more disc golfers than ball golfers, which I thought was interesting. He said that the plan is to get rubber mats in soon and to expand the course. The reason I list this as the first pro is that this course has tremendous potential. If ownership decides to move towards developing a championship level 18 holes, the land is definitely there for it.

+ Very clean and taken care of. Then again, this is exactly what you'd expect from a ball golf course.

+ A little bit of elevation. #1 and #2 play from an elevated tee pad. The rest of the course is very flat. Water hazards do come into play on holes 1-7, though the chance of losing a disc is pretty slim unless you have a horrendous shank. The fairways are very, very generous and forgiving. This is appropriate because the holes, for the most part, are much longer than a typical disc golf course. It allows you to really air out drives, which is one of the big pros of this course. It's a course where distance will definitely help your score. It's something you should know going into this round.

+ Staff here is awesome. We were approached by multiple people (makes sense since we were the only ones) to make sure we were having a good time.

+ Being able to rent a cart for $15 provides an opportunity for something you usually won't have at a DG course.

+ Three tees (red, white, blue) with two basket locations (only one basket at a time). While the shorts are still relatively long, it does add a little bit of variability for the different skill levels.

- Not as many trees as you'd hope for. I'd say that this course, for the majority of holes, reward distance over accuracy. This is pretty unusual for disc golf, but does provide a nice change of pace.

- It should be noted that this course holds water very easily. After a rain, it's going to be wet. The fairways will be flooded.

- While the baskets were great, this course could really use tee signs for the holes as well as the rubber mats. The natural isn't as ideal for disc golf.

At the time of writing, this course costs $5 for an all day pass per person. This is cheaper than $5 for 9 holes which it appears it started out as. It makes it much more reasonable and justifiable. I'm okay with Pay2Play on private land, but ardently against it for public parks, which is what Madison's done with their other 18 holes courses.

All in all, if you want a manicured course where you can air it out, this is for you. Distance is the main obstacle here. Definitely bring your drivers!

This course is set up on a public golf course in Fitchburg, which is a suburb of Madison. The baskets are DISCatchers that are all new and are in great shape. The flow of the course is very easy to follow. They also provide an awesome course map in the clubhouse with a scorecard and all OB on it. Probably the best I've ever seen. Since this is on an actual ball golf course the course itself is in unbelievable shape. The course is mostly wide open but has quite a few trees and water hazards to contend with. There are dual tee and pin positions on every hole I believe. Dual tee pads, reds are the shorts and blues are the longs which adds quite a different variety in shot variation. You can even rent golf carts which I've only ever seen elsewhere at highbridge.

You have to share the course with actual ball golfers, which is what the course is for, but that is a much slower game so it may take longer than usual to play a round. $5 for 9 holes or $8 for 18 is steep as can be. To be fair though the $5 for 9 holes is totally worth it. I've never played on an actual ball golf course before but this is a fun round.

I was very surprised with how much fun I had here. This is the first time I've ever actually played on a ball golf course. This really is a fun course...seriously. It's mostly open grip it and rip it but for my weak arm even I had fun. Pricey but totally worth it. If you've never played anything in Madison this shouldn't be your first choice but is fun nonetheless.