The AO Fisher disc golf course, as presently listed, has 9 holes ranging from open field shots, lightly treed fairways, and a couple beside a pond, with distances to challenge the recreational to intermediate arm. Decently sized concrete tee pads and 24 chain DGA baskets await you in a well-maintained, sprawling park that has all the usual amenities for a family outing. Interestingly, it wasn't long ago that the course had 24 holes, crossed another pond, and included a few tight, technical wooded lane routes at the back of the park. Some of these are reportedly still playable, but the course was listed as extinct, sat a couple of years, then was re-listed this way. There was a new park entrance drive installed beside the second hole, so the park master plan may still be planning to 'reclaim' some of the course for other activities?

At any rate, there is more variety here than you might expect for a "nine" hole course, because some of the extra baskets are sitting in alternate pin positions on three or four of the holes, so you can play it different ways. There's plenty of parking and a course sign just a few steps from the first tee. And the front nine loops nicely back to the opposite side of the park drive.

Shots range from under 250' to over 450' (long positions), and incorporate some technical accuracy through generously spaced park trees and beside the lake. The long basket on 7 is the only serious chance you have of putting one in the pond. Otherwise, the likelihood of disc loss is very low (again, if you're playing only the front nine).

The terrain doesn't really allow for much in the way of elevation change, with the maximum being perhaps eight feet of rolling or sloping land. The tees and baskets are holding up, but beginning to appear a little dated. The signage is going 'downhill' faster.

The 'redesign' is moving at a glacial pace: the only major change in the first nine hole that I detected since my last visit (eight years ago?) is the missing tee for hole 7 (now marked by a surveyor's stake), which has apparently been at least two years in that condition. You will see quite a bit of trash by the dilapidated first two holes, and interminable goose poop land mines on the lakeside holes (7, 8 & 9). Might want to wash up after your round.

In all, the course is still pretty good, and doesn't interact or interfere with other park activities (except hole 7, which crosses the pedestrian path), so it's a course worth spending time playing if you're local or want to stretch your traveling legs if you are going up and down the I-75 corridor. Personally, if I were traveling through, I'd divert to nearby Englewood, or better yet (for my game) Westwood for a more fun round.

Pulling in to Arthur O. Fisher Park in Dayton , I wasn't sure what to expect . I remember when this course was first installed in I think 1998 ( 3rd permanent 18 hole course in Dayton ) to give people living on the west side of town a chance to play instead of hopping in their car and driving to Belmont or Indian Riffle . I used to stick around in Dayton all day and play all 3 . Pulling in the driveway to the park , the very first parking lot you see will have a very beat up kiosk in the corner next to the first tee . I heard that if you use UDisc you can find a map of the old 24 hole layout . This will help a lot , because you can actually play 16 of the holes instead of the 9 on the map . You can follow the first 11 from that 24 hole map . There are still cement tee pads on the first 10 holes except #7 which looks to have been dug up . There are the old original tee signs on many of these holes , but they are very faded and it looks as though someone may have doctored up a couple of the signs to at least make the distance legible . The baskets are the old Mach version and are dated but still catch . Some of these holes look as though someone put extra baskets on some of the holes , like #3 , #7 #8 and #15 . Other than that , it looks like most of the baskets haven't moved for years . Even though the park is open , the course designer made good use of the available trees and brush to make it worthwhile to come out here and play . After hole #6 , which is a clever pin placement on a small man made hill , you go to your immediate right and around the brush to a flat area that looks like it had been worked on not long ago . This is where the old pad used to be . You are going to throw your drive approximately 300' and towards the basket that sits close to a lake , going the opposite direct from holes 5 &6 . There is a further pin that hugs the lake , but the ground slopes down towards the lake . I wouldn't try it . #8 has 2 pins , 1 down to the right and guarded by some bushes and trees , and one that sits mostly in the open in a fairway . #9 brings you across a small sidewalk and throws the same direction slight hyzer style to a basket being guarded by a row of trees and brush . #10 basket is on your left and points your drive back towards the lake but not close enough to make your drive hit it . # 11 is to your right and throws over a lengthwise part of the lake . I would say that you better be able to throw your drives consistently and accurately 290' + or don't attempt it , since the wind can pick up and deliver your disc into the water . I have had to fish mine out before . The basket has been moved back a bit and sits with drainage rocks in front of it . #s 12 & 13 are completely gone , and I couldn't find the tee pad for #14 . You will walk down what looks to be a road with a row of trees that takes you toward the main road . You may have to tee off from the cement to the basket that sits across the field and protected by some foliage protecting the right side . You will then backtrack across the road . #15's tee pad looks gone . Someone had put a small white marker flag down to where it approximately was . It throws through a short tight row of trees with a low canopy and a small pond to your right that will only come into play if you ricochet hard off one of the small trees on your right . There are 2 baskets on this hole . #16 tee pad is directly behind #15's basket .It is a short hyzer drive across the pond to a basket hidden behind 2 giant fir trees . To follow after your initial drive , don't use the nasty little bridge to your left . If you walk towards it , you will see some ground to the immediate left of the bridge to walk across . #17 is behind the #16 basket and throw over an edge of the pond to a basket that sits beyond it and to the left , near a tree . Old #18 tee pad is down to the left of the basket about 50 yards or so . The basket is visible from the tee and is a wide open long drive where you don't come into contact with any trees for at least 250' .or more . The trees and brush start to narrow your approach shot from here and require a little accuracy . Not a bad 16 holes , and because of the new addition of an entertainment complex , the park seems to be well maintained..Good course for newbies and casuals since the holes aren't terrible long , some having shorter baskets , and it is hard to lose a disc , providing you don't throw it into the lake . The park will be empty most of the time , except near or across the lake from hole 11 . Other than that , you might have the whole course to yourself . The course has some fun factor holes . Signature Hole would be either #4 , a low flying drive under some canopy and over a small grade to an open green , or #11 , a water carry ,

#1 Missing tees , missing baskets . There are plenty of ways to make this back into an 18 hole course . The baskets from the 24 hole layout are present in the park and able to be used for this . You could pour maybe 4 cement tee pads total . Updating the signs would be nice , too . #2 Navigation . The old kiosk next to hole 1 has no information except a couple of items promoting the Dayton Disc Golf Club . Without a map , you will skip holes and not know where to stand to tee off on a couple of others . An updated disc golf map on the Arthur O. Fisher site would help . #3 Promoting the course. I think since the word got out 3 years ago that the course was pulled and the website said it was extinct , most people don't even know that there IS a course here . The course is worth the drive , especially if your live down 35 on the west side of town . I heard somewhere that the parks board was interested in keeping this course around to help promote it . Sprucing it up a little , trimming the branches , and putting a few thousand in it would go a long way .Maybe some would see your venue at the back of the park and buy some concert or show tickets later on . Careful , some of the course can hold rain for a while and be muddy , especially around #s 15-18 and 1-3 . . There are bathrooms up near hole #17 when open .

This is a course that time forgot . It was never as popular and Belmont or Indian Riffle , even in its heyday , but people still came to play . If this course was pulled , it will never be reinstalled . The equipment and the design are still there . If you drop a couple grand into the course , clean it up some put the course age on the website as 1998 and keep the holes as they were , adding back 12 & 13 , and promote it with maybe a Trilogy Challenge put on by the Dayton Club or add a fundraiser here , and this course could work . Since this course was constructed 21 years ago , many Dayton area course have sprung up , and a lot of those attract a large following of disc golfers . There is room though for this course . The game just keeps becoming bigger as more people like to get out and exercise or try to become a little better. If this course is still around at this time next year , I will update my review and see if any improvements were made . . My recommendation : at present , this is not a course for you to go out of your way for , especially since the online map shows you only 9 holes . UNLESS A RESIDENT AND EVEN THEN A NEWBIE OR CASUAL , DRIVE ON PAST .

Nice variety of holes. Good use of two lakes and what elevation there is on the grounds. There are some very pretty holes with great basket placements - in particular, I enjoyed #10 and #16. The parking lot is right next to the first tee and 18 ends very nearby.

There are only 16 holes in play. The current map on the UDisk app (which shows 24 holes) got me through the first 11, but then holes 12-13 don't exist and there's a basket for 14, but I saw no tee pad. There was also no tee pad for #7 or 15. Parts of the course were very swampy after it rained, particularly #5, and the holes with baskets right near the main lake (#7, 10, 11). I had real difficulties finding clean lines on a few holes as well - #2, #9, #11, and approach on #18. Too many trees/low hanging limbs.

Overall a fun course to play, but wish that it was kept in better condition. The baskets are old, but caught just fine. With some TLC, this course could join the collection of really good courses in the Dayton area!