Anderson Community Park just north of Lawrenceberg, KY has an entryway that will definitely 'grow the sport' of disc golf. You enter off of route 127 and see a forest of beautiful yellow and powder blue disc catcher baskets on either side. The rest of the usual park amenities are deeper into the park, just past the first parking area. Therefore, there is little possibility of conflict with other park users, after the path on the left of hole 1, yet they have to have noticed the course!

The folks doing an excellent job of maintaining and enhancing this nine hole course have gone to the expense of adding a complete second set of nine baskets, using the limited space they had available, to completely upgrade the already nice concrete tees to have two distinct 'holes' per tee. An unusual arrangement, but it looks beautiful here.

The blue course plays shorter, with holes ranging from 190 to 400 feet, while the yellow plays from 255 to 615 feet. You start off next to your car, by a nice course sign and a practice basket, and the flow works very well. The few times the next tee isn't obvious, there's usually a nice placard in the ground pointing the way. The first three holes are short enough to deceive you into thinking breaking par will be easy, but you'll get to lengthen your arm more and more as you get to the return shot on 6, and then the three holes on the north side of the driveway will challenge the big guns out there with the long yellow 8 back to the far corner, then the 500' yellow 9 which finishes at a really neat elevated basket.

In all, there is distance and variety enough (despite not really having a lot of obstacles to contend with) to satisfy the intermediate to advanced player, while the recreational player can appreciate the opening holes being slightly downhill (good use of the elevation), and the 'greens' not being too punishing. You're not likely to lose a disc here, unless you go long on 3 (weeds rough), long and left on 5 (there is a creek down there), or grip lock one to the right into the tree line rough on 8.

There are new, simple benches at the 6th & 9th tees, and I noted the 9th tee has been excavated back a little and more gravel added for more run up to the level concrete tee pad (needed for 500'). They have nice temporary signage up for the redesign. Maintenance here has been excellent the two times I've visited, and the upgrades from 2012 to 2013 are impressive.

Not a whole lot to complain about, so I'll just mention the sink holes (well-flagged out, usually) in the low area on #6 long: watch your step in there! As mentioned, most of the shots here are relatively open, so there weren't too many opportunities to force tough, technical work into the design (they did very well with the 'greens' usually winding up with the trees guarding one approach or the other, so that you do need to plan ahead somewhat). Open means potential for wind and sun, depending on season.

I've only given one other nine hole course four stars, and this one, now a double nine, deserves the same.

[edit 10/18/13: I just looked at the Lawrenceberg Club website in the links section. It's outstanding! My compliments to the club for such a course and an awesomely useful website. Everybody, please check in there for the new pictures of this course!]

- 1 of 2 of my home courses
- really scenic in the spring/ summer time (especially hole 5, 6, and 7)
- elevated basket on 9 is a really fun hole to putt at
- advanced level 9 hole course
- allows distance throwers to have a challenge unlike the City park course across town

- Only 9 holes
- Really hot and barren during hot summer days
- Groundhog is terrorizing the ground and there are some nasty ankle breaking holes on holes 4-6.

Other than the blazing heat this course produces during hot sunny days in the summer, this course is a nice refreshing open course that provides clearly defined fairways and scenic holes. My favorite hole being 5. Could really use benches by hole 6 and 9's teepad to rest the weary legs. I personally would like to see some landscape bushes and flowers to liven the course up a bit more (i.e. around the message board and beside hole 1, 4, and 6's teepads). Will be a very, very, VERY great course once it's evolved into an 18 hole course.

Many different elevations and drives make this a challenging course covering uphill and downhill shots with various trees, shrubbery and obstacles. While course does not have water hazards, there are multiple areas where water is running through giving additional challenges. Final hole has been raised on a pedestal to present a final finishing challenge for the course. Course is easily navigable without map since each hole has an arrow pointing to next hole location placed on the ground and a par marker stick for each hole.

Course is only nine holes due to layout of park and setup in the front of the park restricting layout; however, in a good location off of main highway.