Pros:
Tee sign on almost every hole
short and long cement tee pads on almost every hole
Several 2 shot holes
great use of natural fairways
Cons:
The rough is rough, you don't want to be off the fairways
LOTS of rocks to chew up your discs
Alternate holes were rough
Other Thoughts:
Wow, Austin has some good courses, this is one of them for sure.
I do not recommend playing this course by yourself, there are several holes you need a spotter for.
This is a Church that has some land they made available for a disc golf course, and what a piece of land. John Houck is a good job (as always) laying out this course. Parking is literally on the dam, There is a kiosk map at the entrance to the course, a short walk down the path (that could use some markings, I walked down the wrong path the first time) to hole 1.
After these first 3 holes, I was super excited about playing this course. I played from the blue (long) because there is where the tee signs were.
Hole one starts off with a reachable shot, don't throw too far off the left or you are down the hill.
Hole two is a true 2 shot hole throwing across a ravine up and to the right.
Hole 3, another two shot hole throwing mostly open with a dogleg to the left and down the hill and across the small creek.
Hole 4 takes advantage of the natural fairways with a little work. A 2 shot fairway running to the right.
Then you get some fun little holes looking for 2's. 5, 6 and 7
Then back to some 2 shot holes, 8, 9, 10, all taking advantage of natural fairways.
11 has you throwing up the hill with a tight fairway.
Then you have two alternate holes.
Hole 11A plays around 300 ft up the hill, this is an awkward angle to throw your drive with almost no fairway. We had to walk up 1/2 way to the basket before we could even see it.
The fairway consist of short shrubbery that is nasty to get into.
Hole 11B is almost the same shot going back down the hill. REMEMBER, your disc is going to float, throw a mid-range and HAVE A SPOTTER. The guys I was playing with threw drivers, both landing way to the left of the basket, I threw a classic rock and landed 20 ft from the basket (but behind a cedar tree) This hole also does not have much of a fairway.
Then to hole 12, a similar shot to hole 11B in that is is downhill and the shot is over the tree's. There is a clear area at 300ft between holes 9 and 10's tee. The basket is past this after another tree line. There is a nice gape between clear areas.
then to the swamp hole #13, watch your step, water table is high here and most of the fairway is muddy.
Hole 14 is another classic John Houck two shot fairway down and too the left.
Hole 15 looks easy enough, till you overthrow the basket with that fall off behind it.
16 is a nice longer tunnel shot with a hill on the left hand side.
17 is a good opportunity for a 2, just don't throw to the right or your in the pond.
18 has some distance but is another open hole, over a walking bridge and to a nice grassy green, but a shot landing to the left of this hole is looking at the pond.
In all, this is a well rounded course that makes you use every shot in your bag. Lots of risk reward shots.
Now for the question, would I play here again?
Yes, This is a course I WANT to play again now that I have played it once. I feel I left a lot of good shots out there. I want redemption. I didn't keep track of my score, but it was not good.