Once you find your way to the first tee (as noted, outside the outfield of the ballpark at the southwest corner of the park), the flow of this course works pretty logically (especially from the short tees), and you'll find excellent signage and two large, level, flush, concrete tees for each hole. The DisCatcher baskets are visible and in good shape. There are exposed holes which will be affected by wind, holes playing near the creek and easily deflected off the trees there, and holes in park woods with branches to force low ceilings and line shaping. There's a mando into a piney lane on 8, and paths and paved areas that could be used as OB to make for some serious challenge from the long tees.

Working its way mostly counterclockwise around the perimeter of a multi-use community park, the disc golf course in Prospect, OH presented a surprisingly fun challenge to this mid-level arm, and impressed with its installation and amenities. It has enough variety between the long tees and the short ones to satisfy players from Rec to Advanced.

There's a map kiosk in the middle of the park, at the smaller lot just inside the entrance, but more signage leading to the disc golf course proper would be great. Though hole 9 finishes fairly close to this lot, if you want to play around more than once, remember you've got that hike to hole 1 each time.

The lack of elevation is very noticeable, and something the course designers had to live with. I was concerned about some of the hazardous lines that play right down or over the walking paths, toward the baseball bleachers on long 5, and even straight over a picnic table and at a shelter on long 9.

Though the flow was pretty good, there is a little odd loop after hole five: walk forward, don't cross the path to the tee you'll see first: that's long 9. If you're playing only the short tees, you'll walk across the 6th fairway after 8. The map didn't give a good indication of how far out to the right you'll walk after 1 to get to long 2, so I drew up an aerial map. You also will feel like you're doubling back quite a bit to play long 3 and 4.

You may want to bring a disc retriever if you play the creekside holes (2, 3 & 4) aggressively, especially if you're throwing discs you want to keep!

Reviewer Background as of this writing: 4.5 yrs experience at age 54, not a big gun, and not an impressive rating (Rec to Int skills), but enjoy having played over 250 courses and hopefully shared helpful info about those experiences.

1) concrete tees
2) 2 sets of tees
3) good use of land available
4) highlight hole: 2
5) nice course map at kiosk

1) lack of elevation changes
2) some holes come close to pedestrian paths
3) long walk to hole 1 from the parking lot

This course is a gem. Although it lacks any elevation changes, it makes up for this by excellent tee and target placement. The course winds around the edges of a park for the first 4 or 5 holes and then criss-crosses through the rest of it.

The tees and targets are expertly placed to allow for challenge and fun at the same time. Hole 2 is a good example of this concept. It's a tight wooded hole right next to an open field on the left and a creek on the right. You can shoot out into the field with a flick or try your luck right up the middle. If you choose a flick and hit a tree early, you're probably looking at bogey. If you go up the middle, it could be the same, or even worse, you could go into the muddy creek and lose your disc.

The majority of the holes have trees in play as obstacles. Most of the holes are lightly wooded, but hole 2 is a tight and heavily wooded hole.

My biggest complaint about the course is the walk from the parking lot to hole 1. Not only is it a long walk, but I had to ask a park employee to show me where it is, even though it's marked on the map at the kiosk. They could easily fix this by putting a sign or signs in the ground to direct you to the right spot. It's by the score board for the ball field.

All in all, this is one of the best 9 hole courses I've ever played. This one, Walsh Park in Fremont, and Mt. Gilead are at the top of my list for 9 hole courses in Ohio so far.