- A decent variety for a park course.
- Good use of elevation.
- Layout seemed to flow pretty well.

- Busy multi-use park. Might have some busy pedestrian days.
- Not much navigational aids to speak of. Will need a map or UDisc.
- No true "signature holes". Fun but nothing too memorable.

Me and some buddies played this course to kill some time during Ledgestone and test our player pack discs. It was surprisingly fun and I wish we could have gotten a full 18 in. We only played the front 9 but from what I saw on the back 9 it seems like a decent 18 hole course overall.

Bradley Park is a well kept course and clean. We enjoyed the layout and the challenge on some of the holes.

The only con I can say is the difficulty in either finding the first hole, getting directions from hole to hole, and no score cards or map of the course.

We will definitely play here again when we visit. My boys had never played a real course and I had not played since I was a kid. They liked the simple and fun game. And we played with old time frisbees!

I started playing this course back many years ago, when it was a different layout. I like the new layout, but I miss a few holes on the back nine that played with the elevation a little more (the one shooting down the hill towards basket #14). Overall this is a very enjoyable and family friendly course. It is an average length course and is friendly and fun for beginners and pro's a like. It has a wide variety of shots and requires finesse on a lot of shots. There are a few holes you can launch a drive on, but you will use mostly fairway drivers and midranges. This is an older course but it has some characteristics that are missing from many new courses. The mature trees are excellent obstacles and most shots have some elevation change. Holes 4, 5, 6 & 9 make good use of the hills and most of the front nine has OB road and steep hills if you end up off the fairway too much. Most of the baskets are placed near OB or near a drop off which can make putting at the basket a big risk and reward. There are multiple basket locations which they change up occasionally The nice cement tees are a must due to the amount of dirt and thin shaded grass. This is a fun course to play all year round. For beginners getting par on the course can be a challenge since accuracy through the trees is needed on a lot of holes. For us advanced players, a fun place to shoot really well and feel good about your game by hitting that perfect drive and making some nice putts. There are lots of birdie opportunities but if you get too aggressive that OB road or drop off will turn your birdies into unwanted bogies. It has pretty good risk and reward shots, but make sure you watch your discs if you get close to the woods. Those cliffs, especially the one to the left on hole #9 will eat up a disc and make you spend some time looking.

The only thing I can think of is finding holes #1, #2 and #10. UPDATE (With the new apps, like U-disc, for phones, this is not really an issue. live GPS shows you that hole #1 is up the hill from the parking lot) If you are playing for the first time it can be hard to know to park by holes 10 & 18 then hike up the hill to get to #1. If you have played this course once you will never forget hiking up all those steps to teepad #1 and then up another little hill to #2. Then you are happy hole #3 is flat. Signs helping you find these holes might be helpful, but in the dirrection to this course they do say the first 9 holes are in the upper part of the park. This year the creek has not been much of an issue but on the holes 10 to 18 the creek can eat a disc if the water level is up, especially on hole #14. Most of the year it is shallow enough you can see and get your disc without a problem.

Overall this is a classic and a favorite course of mine to recommend to all types of players. I always advise people to print the map and score card for the disc golf courses they play and this is a great example of how planning ahead can alleviate a little headache. I also wish this was a 27 or 36 hole course. There is room for a difficult 9 or 18 hole course in those woods and with a little revamp to the current holes this could make for a killer course. However, you will see this course very busy from the college, casual players and families. I'm glad this is not a difficult course for advanced players. It is a great way to introduce lot of people to the sport. The other people at this busy park, joggers, walkers, and kids at the playground, get to see people playing disc golf and perhaps peak their curiosity. There are tougher courses in the area (like Northwoods, McNaughton & Eureka) but there are also a lot easier and less enjoyable ones to play. If you are in the area, stop by and play a round or two. Also, grab some Avantis gondolas. They are awesome and just up the road.

This course is very well kept up by the park district it seems. Don't usually see much if any litter. Lots of trees with a nice "park like" atmosphere. I'm a dad and I have a year and a half year old and it's very easy to push a stroller through this course. It's not very hilly, but there is a couple steep hills.

To someone that has never played it can be rather difficult to find hole 1 and 2. They really need to put up signs telling fellow golfers where to go for these holes.

Over all it's a really nice course. It's not overly complicated and can be enjoyed by beginners and pro's.

Cement Tees - Lots of elevation change throughout the park - Good variety of holes that call for different types of shots - Fairways range from fair to relatively open - Couple of well designed holes that are memorable (16 passing over the creek, 4 hooking hard down hill).

Feels as though the elevation change could be used a little better considering how much there is to work with - Course design doesn't seem logical in some parts, requires a descent amount of walking between tees which extends the length of your round - signs are lacking.

This park has the type of land that could field a really great course, with some work this could definitely be a 4 or better. If you are going to play this course make sure you have a good chunk of time because it will take some time to fit in a full round.

Another course in the Peoria area that can be paired with other courses in the area

Plays a little more open then Morton and Mcnaughton which will make it a different feel if paired with these two courses

Good drop offs on the putts that make you think twice about going for a long 2

Lots of different lines and elevation

Hole 16 is a beautiful anhyzer throw that goes across and straddles the creek the whole way. Beautiful hole!

With a major elevation change between the back 9 and front 9, a hole SHOULD connect the two with a major elevation throw, but they did not take advantage of this oppurtunity

Took FOREVER to find hole 1, which was frustrating

Without playing with a regular at this course, it may have been hard finding a few holes.

A lot of problems could be fixed with a map or repainting the next tee concrete pads near the basket

Another great course in the Peoria area! It has a different feel then some of the other courses in the area which makes it fun! Also love to see courses on college campuses.

Bradley Park is very cool. There is an upper section where the front 9 is located and a lower section where the back 9 is located. There are some very large trees and nice elevation changes. Many holes play on the edge of the river/creek. It has very steep banks and many discs find their way down it.

Nice cement tee pads and tee signs.

Wide variety of shots and distances. Uphill/Downhill, flat, wooded,open. 2 pin placements for every hole. This course has a great mix. You will learn how to throw a disc here.

Roads are played out of bounds and add challenge. Many pins are placed near roads and have greens that slope to them.

You walk past the parking lot on the way to #10.

This is a good beginner course but is also fun for skilled players.

This is very fun par 54 golf.

Print a course map. Finding Hole #1 and navigating the course can be difficult.

This is an under par 54 course. SSA played at 50 -4 and 48 -6 a few years ago.
http://www.pdga.com/course-ra...?TournID=7941

Bradley University students are lucky to have this park. If you get a chance to eat at Avanti's do so.

Peoria is the best spot in Illinois to play disc golf. This course has been kind of lost with the addition of several good area courses. Do not skip this course. It's very fun!

Check out my Illinois Top 10.
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-Some of the holes were magnificent! There's a fantastic mix of shots whether it's uphill/downhill and left/right or wooded/wide open.
-Fairly easy to follow.
-The park is well taken care of and is very clean. It's a little tricky to find the disc golf course once you get inside the park, but it's worth it when you do find it.

-The only thing by the tees are the distance and the hole #. It would have been really nice to include a map of the hole for beginners.
- For the first 10 or so holes, there was this strange black man following/stalking us around the course who seemed like he had no idea what was going on. Then a cop car pulled around the corner and he started to run. There were a lot of cops out...I don't know if this is a regular thing or if it was only like this today though.
-Very easy to lose your disc. I lost my favorite disc, my Lat64 Core, on hole #16 in the river/creek and while we were looking, another guy came up to us and said that his daughter lost her Eagle at the exact same spot. Be warned!

The students of Bradley are very lucky to have a disc golf course of this calibur basically directly on campus. The only thing that really made me mad about this course is the creek that comes into play on the back nine. It was pretty littered there and, as said, it's definitely a possibility that you lose a disc here. Aside from that, I'd say it's definitely worth going to.

NOTE! I edited the Map Locator so it's accurate now.

Good balance of shots, not overall difficult course, location is in a great place

Easy to loose disc on a couple holes.

This is a great course if you are just starting to play, wanting to learn, or just practice with.