When you open a new jar of jam, it makes that fun little vacuum packed swishing noise. I can hear that swishing noise here at Allegan Jaycee Disc Golf Course. I'm always a little amazed when someone actually spends the funds to build a course this tiny, but still I am pleased to have another course in operation.

This little park has a skate board park, a dog park, an awesome children's play fort and a open space in the middle. The disc golf course basically plays around the park in a clockwise direction. There is a disc golf rules sign and a practice basket sits on a hillside beside the skate park. The tee signs are simple 4" x 4" poles with a house number on them. Someone had written the distance on the side with a Sharpie. Thank you for doing that. The tee pads are small (about 8') and filled with packed dirt. Right now they're nice and level but I wonder how they'll be in time. The baskets are Discatcher 28 models with a number on the yellow band.

The course is short to minisculy short but those two tiny holes, # 5 at 79' and #6 at 76', really made the course for me. # 5 is a mostly a little putt through a wooded fairway. You will need to put a little anhyser on your shot. It's not quite straight on but should collect lots of Aces. # 6 is only 76' but it's trickier. You need to throw over the creek (about a 22' water carry), under a hanging branch and throw an annie between two trees. It will see some Aces but not as many as 5. Holes 1, 3, 4 and 9 are also easy Aces. The remaining holes are reachable, as well.

I thought # 4 was fun, as well. It's a 167' hyser but you need to keep throw low under the branches. And the basket is set under an old frame of a ladder, monkey bar thing.

A couple of pads don't quite face their basket.

I have questions about the pads. I hope they pack down very hard.

Navigation was easy except after # 3. A nest tee sign would be great here. Actually, just today I saw these excellent next tee stickers on the baskets at Garfield Park in Grand Rapids. Every course should have them. They're great navigational help.

I had to wait on # 9 for cars and walkers. Not a big deal. Just be courteous.

After the top of world shot on # 8, the descent is very steep. Will be treacherous in wet weather. At the bottom, it crosses a small wetland area, maybe 20' wide. I think some steps are needed getting down and some kind of a walkway across the wet area.

I think the course designer did a commendable job squeezing this course into this park. Hopefully, it will see a large number of younger players and families frequenting it. I understand there aren't a lot of discing options around these parts. If I lived here, I'd chase those Aces all the time.

Aesthetic--plays through a large multi-use park. crosses walking paths and park roads but steers clear of the playground for the most part. Just watch your throws. "Disc golf zone" signs dot the landscape.

Baskets-- brand new disCatchers pro 28s. The yellow band is useful on the two short throws as the woods are a bit thick here

Teepads/signs-- not bad for what this park is. Wooden frames filled with gravel packed nice and tight. I will say that the teesigns do NOT point to the next tee though the locals have added arrows to the top of the 4x4's to indicate basket
position.

Routing and nav--some good and some bad here. The flow is somewhat intuitive but after 3 you have to cross a bridge/boardwalk where a "next tee" sign could be useful. I shall make a map and it'll help

Uniqueness-- the basket in the arbor and the two short short baskets add a different dimension to this course. 4, 5, and 6 make this course and without them this is a boring course.

Short-- where it isn't short, it's wide open. the short holes save this course.

It's odd to me that the local club didn't want this course "out there" for four months after it opened. I just found this on disc golf scene and checked it out. Plan for a full course here? not sure where they will put it but it could be interesting.