A Smidgen South Of Average!


William DuPont Jr.'s former estate is now Bellevue State Park, a very large, very sprawling park. There is a $4 charge for cars with Delaware plates and an $8 tariff for cars having out-of-state plates. The course starts right near the restrooms and the barns and plays around the lake in a counter clockwise direction. There is a practice basket here. The amenities here are old, worn or vandalized. The signs are way old, faded and many are either missing or broke off. The tee pads are mostly brick with a few concrete ones thrown in and they have a border of 2" x 4" s. The baskets are Discraft that catch just fine.

The holes are mostly recreational in both challenge and length. Most are kinda vanilla often hiding the basket behind the only trees close. The pars listed on the signs are also recreationally easy if you so choose to abide by them, such as # 4's 335' par 5 or # 13 being a 380' par 4. Oh well, they helped me break par.

I vote for # 16 as signature hole here. It's a 271' par 3 with the basket set behind three large boulders tucked in behind a clump of trees. You have the option of throwing either left or right around the trees. It's my fav one here but it's surrounded by a plethora of mundane holes.

Ticks, ticks, ticks! Because much of the course plays across a mowed field or meadow which is currently taller than a normal lawn, it makes for a great ha tat for ticks. Check your socks and legs carefully after playing here.

The course was generally quite wet for the end of April. It wouldn't be much fun during the winter months.

The signage is pretty bad in general. Some faded, some missing.

$4-8 to play.

One tee pad was broken, one was puddled and quite slippery.

Average rec challenge. Less than interesting layout although in the designer's behalf, the course's layout is probably as creative as possible for the l@nd 5hey were given to work with.

Ticks and all, this course is the poster child for average. It's just an average piece of land, flat without many redeeming features. Reminds of a girl I was knew.

Playing on a mowed pasture isn't like playing on a lovely green lawn. Worrying about ticks only compounds the problem. The basic design is average. When you factor in everything else such as ticks, poor signage and the unexciting design, you're left with a course that probably doesn't get a lot of play.

Avoids other park users pretty well and it wasn't crowded even on a nice Sunday. There are a few good holes in there!

Not very challenging, lines are pretty open and require little navigation. Definitely be careful of thorns etc on a few holes.

A typically solid Delaware disc golf course. Course makes excellent use of limited terrain available. Use of trees, treelines, shrubs, pond on 18, etc. is exemplary and maximizes sites topographic potential. Doubtful that pond could be used more due to many people fishing and generally crowds are closer to those areas. Course has a mildly technical opening eight followed by a more wide open middle nine before the final semi-technical approach to 18 in front of the pond. The brick tee pads were a first for me and once I got used to them were sufficient. I found them unique not bad. Hole 1 is a fun little drive down between two banks of a ravine to a basket in front of a small stream...Probably the signature hole on the course. Holes 2 and 3 mimick one another using trees and bushes as obstacles to test your shot placement and landing skill as well as your approach. Then you cross the wide path to holes 4-8. These are all similiar holes in that they all utilize a tree line to break up two fields. So you get to test your drive accuracy by negotiating windows/doorways through trees midway trouble on the fairway. These are excellent holes. Hole 8 is particularly tight and technical with trouble early, middle and a protected basket. Then you cross the path to the ultra wide open portion of the course. Holes 9-17 are all similiar in that they utilize booming drives to protected baskets that hide between,amongst, or behind trees/shrubs. Lot's of open air followed by clever approaches make for some interesting holes. You don't just throw into a field to a basket you have to often land your disc in a strategic manner that sets up your second shot to make par. Course is isolated from the most parkgoers. Basically the course is set inside an infield of what appears to have been a horse racing track at one time and runs counter clockwise around the infield.

Rusted old single chained baskets. I had fun throwing at these antiques but some might not enjoy these relics. There is no elevation and no true woods. For this reason any serious player will probably rather play the ultra hilly Brandywine across town for a wide open but HILLY challenge and other experts will prefer the uber challenge of Iron Hill with it's massive forrest holes this is a few miles to the south. That leaves beginners and novices. Problem is it's not beginner/novice friendly due to the amount of wind and the infestation of thorns all along every fairway from tee to basket and even in some cases as an actual obstacle such as protected by thorns green of hole 14. This makes any errant throw miserable. With no shade available most will want to wear shorts which is an awful choice due to the absolutely inescapable thorns that line the fairways. If you can place 300 foot drives on a 30 foot wide mowed fairway this is for you but if not be prepared to bleed in the weeds. The wide open nature also makes your throws prone to drift far off course due to no knock down trees and all that wind. The 6 bucks to play ensures an ouch to your wallet as well as your legs.

If it wasn't for the thorns this course would be a pleasant play with a little big arm fun and some technical baby holes. Good for a relaxed round. But due to the thorns you really spend too much time prancing about in pain here and the fun factor is ruined. That big wide open track is pretty cool I would love to know if this was a race track at one time.

Mostly short course, good for beginners or those looking to finesse their approach game. Though their are a few long holes. Flat, fairly open but plenty of brush, tree and rock obstacles keep you accurate. Some holes require driving through small openings in a tree line. pond comes into play a couple times. The course is fun for a relaxing round.

The rough during the summer months is vicious and deep. You may find a lot of park goers and dog walkers on the course. The brick tee pads aren't that great, sometimes uneven. One of my friends will sometimes find himself on his butt after driving on them.

Bellevue is also a bird sanctuary so keep your eyes open for hawks and such!

Short and fairly simple course. Though it's in a public park, the disc golf course doesn't rerally interfere with the other patrons.

The rough can get out of hand and it's very easy to lose discs with the narrow fairways. Came home with 2 ticks on me once, so use OFF before playing.