-- Fun. I've said it on a couple of other courses, and it's difficult to quantify, but this course is FUN for me. It's a little more than an hour from my house, but I play at least half a dozen times a year.
-- Does not favor one throwing style. Sixteen of 18 holes can be reasonably attacked with either forehand or backhand from a right hander or a left hander. The other two favor/require the RHBH anny or LRBH hyzer.
-- Risk/reward. Water is in play to some degree on 9 holes. It starts with No. 1 with the creek left of the fairway on a RHBH anny shot. No. 4 has water right of the fairway, 5 has water past the basket, and 6 had water right of the fairway and a small ditch 30 feet short of the basket. The fun continues with water past the 13 basket, left of the 16 basket and a small ditch 30 feet short of the 17 basket.
-- Elevation. It's not extreme, but the seven-hole stretch of 8-14 has three holes that play uphill and three that play downhill.
-- Tee signs are excellent with par, distance and a map.
-- Excellent baskets.
-- Nice size concrete tee pads at short tees. Long tees are natural and marked by a gold brick in the ground. They are difficult to find.
-- Restroom in the park (at the end of the parking lot closer to the soccer fields.
-- Practice basket.
-- Maintenance. The city keeps the grass mowed, and mulch and wood chips have been placed around most baskets and in some fairways. What were once muddy fairways are now dry most of the time.

-- Shorts holes. The average length is 246 from concrete tee pads. Eleven of the 18 holes are shorter than 250 feet and only one is longer than 350. If you've got 350 foot power, you might not throw a driver.
-- Many holes are too close to other holes. From the No. 2 tee, you could easily hit someone standing on the No. 7 tee. From the 5 tee, you could hit someone putting on No. 4. Nine and 10 play parallel and really close to each other. A mando is intended to separate them, but discs frequently end up in the other fairway. No. 15 tee is too close to the 14 basket, and 16 basket is around the corner out of sight from the tee. Once you finish, you have to backtrack. Then from the 17 tee, you could hit someone standing on the No. 8 tee.

-- While the holes are short, the ever-present water and the risk it brings makes this not a beginner friendly course.
-- This course is very popular, so it is frequently crowded.
-- The long tees add 64 feet on average, but that varies wildly. The best differentiation on short/long tees is No. 2. From the shorts, it's 165 feet with a few trees to negotiate but no real danger. From the longs, it's 327 feet with a creek to cross. The carry is pretty short, but numerous trees and limbs mean there is a good chance an errant throw will find the water.
-- While the course is moderately wooded, every hole has some shade, much appreciated in the heat of a Texas summer.

Tight technical shots
Shady, nice in Texas
Very little wind

Nothing very long
Some overlap between holes

This is my go to course when too super hot or windy. It is really fun, but not overly difficult.

-Nice short 18 hole course with concrete tees.

-Plenty of ace runs and a bucket of birdies.

-Great beginner course or wonderful for warm ups.

-Pretty hard to lose one out here.

-There is a bathroom!

-After a while the shots feel repetitive.

-Some signs missing.

-Well groomed course.

This place makes a nice warmup for Towne Lake.

Really fun course. Lightly wooded. Two of my friends have aced holes here. We play here as much as we can.

It gets pretty muddy. And if you throw a disc in the creek when the water is high, kiss it goodbye.

Short holes.
Great for beginners.
Shaded.
Good acer holes.
Concrete tee pads.

Creeks that might be up when the water is abundant.

I thought this was a great warm up course for Towne Lake. Being a beginner (6 months playing) it gave me great confidience playing it, but at the same time it doesn't challenge you enough I do not believe. Again, fun warm up course with plenty shade.

Had a blast playing this course....and it might be the quickest 18 in the metroplex. Every hole is birdiable......most holes have a clean enough line of site for an ace chance. Course is friendly for beginners and fun enough for advanced players...just enough trees to make it interesting. Nice big tee boxes and the park seems to be well kept

Keep your eyes open for other players on the course. Multiple tee boxes are in close proximity to baskets

Not a bad idea to print out the course map this wonderful site provides - some of the hole transitions are a bit awkward. If you have the time, play another 18 across the highway at Towne Lake....one of the best courses in the metroplex!

Great small course. Lots of tree to avoid. The course flows really well and you end up almost exactly where you started. If you lose a disc in the creek, most of the creek is shallow so you should be able to see your disc.

Quiet a few people play here sometimes so it kind of rushes you. There are other pedestrian that you have to watch out for when you tee off.

I believe they have some minis there every weekend. Those would be fun to play in on this course.

Short highly technical course. This is a great course to work on your short game and your accuracy when throwing.

Walking distance with roadway right next to you. Floods out a little much

Overall I'm going to be returning when I visit family as much as I can. Really good course.

- pretty
- easy to find
- challenging in some parts, easy in others

- difficult to navigate in parts, if you're not playing with someone that's been there before.

first time out i threw a par @ 54 (all par 3, from the concrete pad tees). i lost a disc because i hit a tree and it careemed off into the creek... i can see this happening frequently, and easily.

+Easy to find the course, excellent parking, and restrooms
+Hole 1 was easy to find
+Tee Boxes are what I would consider near perfect in design. Plenty long and very wide towards the back
+Course was easy to navigate.
+Lot's of well placed trees. Short shots become challenging when you stray off the fairway
+Water hazards to make risk/reward shots
+Very clean, park setting
+Plays near some nice looking houses. I don't know why I like that, but I do.
+Great technical course

-Very treacherous cliffs that over look the water. If you lose a disc in this water it's going to be a very long task getting it back, even with a retriever. Water was deep when I played.
-Plays near traffic
-Some holes are way too short. However, if pro pads were concrete I think it would solve that problem. It was just too muddy to play them when we threw.
-Finishes fast. However, being so short makes it easier to get in 36 w/T.L.

I really enjoyed my time out here. This is a great course to work on the short game. If concrete tee boxes were laid where the pro pads were marked I'd definitely give this course a half point more.

Chance for Aces, well kept, uncluttered and nice locals. Great for beginners. low risk disc loss except for 1 or 2 holes.

Stays muddy days after rain, Signs missing, too short overall. No tomahawks or thumbers due to low ceiling tree canopy that covers the course. Rare chance for rollers as most tees are lined up with baskets and ground is uneven for curved shots.

I know a pro that said you could virtually birdie every hole. I tried that today, and as easy as it looks and as short as the course is, its misleading how difficult it can be if you can't consistenly throw 10 yds wide and 220 ft long. the trees will get you and prevent birdies at times.

This is a great course to play if you like to run at aces and play multiple rounds. Awesome for beginners as well as for the polished golfer.

Some tee signs are missing but course is easy to navigate around. Lots of traffic on the weekend so come early.

Alex Clark is a great place to play golf. The minis are well run and everyone is friendly. I have played hundreds of rounds here and hope to play hundreds more.

Very fun short course if you want a super fast round. In some trees which makes you have to be accurate. Lots of shade in the summer and lots of ace runs. Creek comes into play but really only aggressive shots. Long tees change the course up alot and make it more challenging.

Too many people on the weekend, makes for a long day!! Many tee signs are missing but not to hard to navigate. If the creek is up you can lose a disc pretty easily but only if its up.

Good times! Bring some water as you dont come back to the parking lot.

This is a very fun course to play on a very well kept piece of land. Very pretty with lots of trees and lots of shade and a fairly large creek that runs through the middle of it and comes into play on a few of the holes. There are LOTS of ace run and birdie opportunities here from the regular short pins. It is a good idea to take the time to locate the long tees as they will make the course more challenging for you...if that is what you are looking for. The long tees are marked by bricks in the ground with the number of the hole marked on them. The long tees provide more difficult lines to get to the basket and add quite a bit more distance on several of the holes. I definitely recommend playing this course if you are anywhere near it or are traveling through. It is pretty easy to recover from a bad shot here so long as you don't end up in the creek. It is wooded, but not so densely that you can't find a path to the basket in most all locations. There are a variety of ways to get to the basket from most of the tee boxes as well, which really allows you to work on your shot variety. There are concrete tee pads and nice baskets. Good signage with accurate information. Aside from the few holes with the creek by it, this is a good course for beginners to learn the game. It is difficult to lose a disc anywhere other than the creek. Also, this course is located directly across the highway from Towne Lake, so you have two great courses very close to one another, making a longer trip very worth while!

The water hazard definitely lives up to the word "hazard" as it comes into play considerably on hole number one and a couple of other holes. It is difficult to get a disc back once it disappears into the water. Flat course with little elevation change.

There is something really special about this course. Maybe it is the shade, or the fun of getting to make ace runs on so many holes in one round...but it is truly one of the more enjoyable courses in the DFW area. If you can't enjoy yourself playing a round here, then you need to just quit. This course is a MUST play for locals or anyone that it is convenient to stop to play while passing through. If I lived within 30 minutes of this course, I'd be there once a week at least. I am almost an hour away, though, so I don't get to make it out as often as I'd like.

Beautiful park filled with old-groth trees that provide tons of shade (pretty much the entire course). There's a pretty large creek that comes into play on several holes to keep you on your toes. Like others said below, there's a great soccer field right across from the ample parking lot...perfect for warming up.

The layout is pretty straight-forward with plenty of trees to keep the shots from being too easy, and the underbrush mainly comes into play only around the creek...no head-scratchers or holes that make you so frustrated you want to leave. Although it's mostly short and full of ace-runs, the course is just challenging enough to draw people from all skill-levels (go play one of their minis and you'll see this first hand). A great course for first-times, and good short-game practice for Adv-Pro players.

All of the original tees have large concrete tees that are nice and wide at the back, providing plenty of room for a run-up. There are also longer/alternate tees on every hole (marked by a rope in the ground), and a few even have a "gold" level alternate tee. Playing from these tees definitely adds several strokes to your round, but you'll probably need a local to help you find them.

The park can get VERY crowded on the weekends...mainly casual players and large groups. In my experience, many of the casual players didn't understand the concept of "playing through", but were all nice enough to allow me to if I stopped and asked.

Some of the signs are missing, but it's very easy to navigate from hole to hole without them.

Parts of the creek are very deep, so be careful if you dive in after your disc.

Despite the generally short length of most of the holes, the ace pot at the weekly mini has been known to get over $500 at times...which always brings out a lot of people (around 40 players last time I attended a mini).

All in all, this is a very fun course to play. When I lived in Dallas my home was at least an hour away from Alex Clark Memorial DGC, but I still found myself travelling there about once a month to try and rack up a few more aces

Alex Clark is one of the most pleasant places I know of to play a casual round. Large trees shade ~85% of the playing area and also serve to block a lot of the wind that usually affects you on Texas courses. The holes are short, but fun, and will work on the different throws in your game. The long tees are very poorly marked and usually only played by locals, but if you stretch the tees to the longs, the course becomes a much better challenge and less of a deuce-or-die course for higher-rated players.

The course also gets props for having some wide open soccer/football fields at the same complex, immediately across from the start of the course. These are a great place to get in some practice drives before or after a round. One of the better driving ranges for discs I know of adjacent to a DFW disc golf course.

Related to practicing/honing your game, if you are out here on a day the course isn't too busy, this course allows you to experiment with a lot of different lines on almost every hole. There a big trees that allow for high-ceiling (but not unlimited) shots and the lack of underbrush means that there are minimal penalties when you are throwing 3-4 discs off every teebox. If you're there alone, I suggest playing this course with 3 - 6 discs, throwing all of them on every hole and use this time to work on putter-drives, midrange hyzer and anhyzer shots, tomahawks, forehands, etc... There are just enough trees to force you to hit lanes for the birdies, but most holes here can be parked via several different routes.

Almost zero elevation change, so very little chance to work on those shots. Course can be very busy on weekends or nice summer evenings, or sometimes the parking area and the first fairway will be overrun by people their for soccer tournaments.

Signage isn't great and the first time through some of the hole-to-hole flow can be a little counterintuitive (though its all so close together it isn't that hard to find your way, a little better signage would still be nice).

Very little "rough" so a lot of mediocre/bad shots aren't really penalized, unless they go into the stream that plays in on 7-8 holes. Stream can be deep and the bottom is stick-filled making it hard to retrieve lost discs. I like the strategic element of the stream, but it is annoying to lose plastic and this is likely to happen at Alex Clarke.

Course doesn't offer extreme challenge for AM1/Pro players. People at this level should be shooting double-digits under from the regular tees and several down from the longs.

The longs mostly add distance or change a line slightly, making holes into harder deuces and easy-3s for better players. The longs would be a nice challenge for less-experienced players however looking to stretch their game. However, a downside of trying to play the longs is that since they aren't well known, other groups are unlikely to be watching for you if you are throwing the unmarked teeboxes. This can lead into additional difficulty on crowded days.

My numeric rating for this course should really be broken out into a "rating for pros" and a "rating for ams" score.

Alex Clark is on my mental short list of "best courses in the country for novice players." -- I'd probably give this place a 4 or a 4.5 for novice players, families, kids, etc... - the short, flat course is challenging for that level, very pretty and will improve your game and your shot selection.

However, for Adv/Pro players, this is probably a 2.5 or a 3-rated course, tops. It's fun and a nice diversion, a decent place to practice putter drives and putts, but lacks much real challenge, even from the longs (if you can find them).

The locals here are a mix -- some die-hard disc golfers (mostly Masters and AM2/3 players) who are always welcoming and good company, interspersed with lots of young kids who may or may not know disc golf etiquette.

The prevalence of young kids and other inexperienced players should make anyone feel less intimidated by the sport. Again, a great reason for this course to be played by folks who are new to the sport, or for experienced players to take friends who have never played -- Alex Clark will be a place to get them hooked.

Random note: I haven't played here very often, but of the 18 aces I've hit, I have more aces here (four) than at any other course. A hammered 8X KC Banshee on hole 2, a backhand CE Eagle up a headwind on hole 4, a backhand original San Marino Roc on hole 12 and a forehand DX Firebird on hole 17. Also, more chains than I can count on various other holes. This is a great place to work on your ace count or to get a first-ace if that's one of your goals.