Clayton Park DGC is a great little woods course. There's only three holes on the whole course that play out in the open. And two of those three at least have the pin tucked into the woodline. You could get away with just throwing putters here and still shoot well under par.

The baskets are brand new DGA Mach VII's. These are excellent baskets. They catch great and pop out pretty well in the shadows of the woods with the orange inner top band. All were mounted nice and level too. One pin position per hole.

The tee pads are framed up, crushed gravel. These were all in good shape when i visited. Mostly flat and nice traction. No complaints from me on these. One tee per hole.

The course features a pretty even mix of shot shapes. Pretty balanced between forehand and back hand type shots off the tee. Hitting gaps is paramount here. While the rough isn't as thick as it first appeared, being off the fairway is not ideal.

There's a few next tee arrows throughout as well as orange tape tied to tree branches guiding you from hole to hole where it isn't entirely obvious which direction to go. There's also tree branches lining the sides of many of the paths making for a very easy layout to follow. Nicely done in this regard.

Great design to get 18 holes in this space without fairways crossing over each other. Heck, none of the holes really seemed to play that close together even. Excellent par 3 design with tough but fair lines.

The course is permanent and free to play. Probably not too busy most of the time with O'hauser being only a few minutes away.

No tee sign maps or distances. Just little boards or something with the hole number stuck into the ground next to the front of the tee. A number of these have long since disappeared. Luckily the flow is pretty fluid so finding the next tee is pretty straightforward. I did get turned around going from hole 5 to 6. Luckily the sign was still there or I would've missed hole 6 which you head out of the woods to get to.

Very short distances here. So if you're into airing out long drives this isn't going to be the place for you. It would've be cool to see at least one or two longer holes in the woods. Unfortunately it looks like they didn't have a whole lot of space to work with.

Not a course con, just a general warning. The mosquitoes probably get pretty gnarly out here. They weren't a problem today, but it's been extremely dry around here for awhile now. Bringing bug spray is probably a good idea most of the time though.

The tee boxes were in great shape today, but these types of pads generally don't hold up too much without regular upkeep. Lots of the gravel is spilled off the sides of the tees. Luckily they're compacted really well.

This course was a pleasant surprise. I'd play this one all the time if I lived nearby. I'm for sure going to play it again the next time I'm in the area. Definately worth a visit if you find yourself in the area. Pairs very well with nearby O'hauser to make for a fun day of disc golf.

- Very fun, 90% wooded technical course. Having a big arm will not help you at all here but if you have a soft, delicate touch type shot, you will fare very well. I think only two holes were in the open.

- Lots of different and challenging lines so you will at least not be bored to death from throwing the same dead straight or 90 degree dogleg shot over and over again.

- In a secluded part of a public park so chances of beaning someone in the head from an errant tree kick is slim to none. But the chances are never zero.

- The equipment is decent and caught well which to some people matters I guess. A basket is basket but to each his/her own.

- Despite the course being almost all in the woods minus two holes, the rough is surprisingly not bad at all.

- Teepads. I first played this course in late 2021 when there wasn't any teepads yet.. there was just wooden frames so I had to either throw inside them which wasn't pleasant. Or I had to throw beside them which made some of the lines even harder than they already were. I came back recently in hopes that they put in cement ones but unfortunately, its just gravel and it's already very rutted on most of them.

- Tee signs are just little wooden posts with the # painted on them and they are mostly being propped up on stumps and trees. All it's gonna take is one a-hole to either steal them or chuck them into the woods. Permanent signs would definitely be nice even if they had basic info.

- Some navigation is a little wonky but if you use the uDisc layout as of current, it shouldn't be a problem.

- Distances are a bit on the small side. I don't think there was more than handful of holes that went over 300 feet. Again, this is a wooded, technical intermediate level course so I felt like the distances were appropriate.

Clayton Park in Neenah definitely has a lot of character and you can tell it's a course that gets local love. I would really like to meet the people who are volunteering to keep up the course I will be playing it quite often now that I live in the area. With a few minor semi-costly tweaks (cement or even just rubber teepads, basic signage), this could easily be a 3.5 or more.

When I first played it in '21, it was only a 9er and had no teepads aside from the wooden frames and even then I had a blast. I am absolutely loving the new 18 hole layout and I think this is a great addition the Fox River Valley disc golf scene.