-- Land is really good for disc golf, and it's well used. Water is in play on several holes, and trees are well used. There isn't a lot of elevation, but there is some.
-- Two concrete tee pads per hole.
-- Map at parking lot.
-- Trash cans and benches. The benches aren't specifically for disc golf; they are along the walking path.
-- The course doesn't waste any time bringing water into play. No. 1 has water probably 30 feet left and right of the basket. That is nothing compared to No. 2 (277/196) with the basket sitting on a skinny peninsula of land. Miss by 8 feet left or right, and your disc is wet. And you've got a tree on the right edge with a limb handing down in the direct path to the basket. After you finish, you have to walk back up the fairway to reach No. 3. No. 8 is a cool shot, RHBH hyzer with water left. The direct line to the basket goes over the edge of the water, but the right side is open. Nine is a water carry. Fourteen and 15 also have water in play, but none of it within 30 feet of the fairway or basket. Then you get to 18: 250/169 feet slightly downhill. The lake is 20 feet right of the basket, and you've got trees 12 feet left of the basket.
-- Sixteen (300/230) gives you the only real elevation. You tee from the top of a hill RHBH to a basket you can't see.

-- Navigation/flow isn't great. Let's start with the end. You've got a 1/3 of a mile walk from 18 to the parking lot. That's not hyperbole; it's really that long. From 6 to 7 is a long walk. Follow the paved path around the trees to the right. You've got another long walk 16-17. It starts by backtracking up the 16 fairway blind from the long tee (the second time you have to walk up a fairway you just played). Then follow the walking path between the water. When you think you must have missed a turn, keep walking; you'll eventually get there.
-- Maintenance. Grass was crazy high in some spots. Some areas had been cut recently, but some adjoining areas had grass/weeds waist-high. The worst areas were the ones farthest away from the walking path, so it seems those don't get much attention. From 5 basket to 6 tee was the worst area, but probably half of the course had stuff so tall I was worried about losing a disc in the middle of a fairway. Another area where maintenance was an issue was overgrowth at the tees. Nine (both short and long) is a water carry, but the surrounding bushes have come close to eliminating the path. And the 13 short tee is almost completely covered by bushes that at one point were behind the tee.
-- The walking path comes into play a lot; expect to spend time waiting to be able to throw safely.

-- There are supposed to be restrooms. If they are there, they are in another part of the park, well away from the disc golf course.
-- On 10, the basket you are most likely to see (slightly left) is NOT your basket. The basket for 10 is hidden behind a big tree. There are two other guardian trees.
-- This is a difficult course to rate. The good holes, especially the ones that utilize the water, are really good. But the overall poor maintenance combined with some ridiculously long walks bring the rating way down.

-dual tees on every hole
-great concrete tees
-discatchers in great condition
-several challenging holes with water in play
-signs at each tee with par, distance, and local sponsor info
-a couple very fun signature holes
-adequate parking, kiosk with map, very nice park overall

-navigation can be difficult if you don't look at the map or bring it with you. The signs help but you may walk a long way to the wrong tee box before you see the number on the sign.
-many long walks between holes. Some holes like 10 and 11 are parallel but throwing in the same direction so you have to walk all the way back they way you came, only to throw right back the same direction again.
-there are several filler holes and some of them make really poor use of the land they occupy, especially 10-12
-i thought there was no reason hole 7 should play to the back end of the field it is in, only to have to back track all the way to tee 8 afterward. The basket is just next to a tree across an open field, why not play to the tree off to the left that is much closer to the next tee?
-hole 18 ends on the opposite end of the park on the other side of the reservoir, it is a 15 min walk back to the parking lot
-the short tees don't offer any significantly different looks, they are mostly just shorter or a little more friendly around the water
-a heavily-used pedestrian path winds throughout the course, you will definitely have to wait at some point

-i don't consider these cons but i'm sure others would: the wind is prevalent and the amount of water here will make lost discs commonplace

Coleman Park wraps around three sides of Lake Coleman and the water comes into play significantly. It is a very nice park that is free of trash and has nice park amenities. The wind really picks up across the water so I imagine it is always a factor. The holes are mostly wide open but a few make use of some trees, notably 5, 10-12, and 16.

I am torn about how I feel about this course because there are some fun holes and challenging shots around the water but it also has some issues that really detract from the experience. The flow is poor and the end of the course is a significant distance from the parking lot.

The course does have great equipment. The discatchers are in great condition (and also have bible quotes on each chastity belt), the concrete pads are grippy and plenty long, and the pillars that the signs are on are easily visible from a distance.

Obviously, some areas next to the water can be pretty soggy. The left edge of the fairway on hole 1 is right next the water and has tall vegetation. The water floods much of that area so there is less space on that side than it appears. Hole 2 is a real sphincter clencher: a long, thin peninsula with water on both sides and the basket is 277' out from the long. Hole 9 plays over a small inlet on the corner of the lake, 300' to the pin, 150' to the water, from the long tee. Hole 14 is a really fun hyzer bomb on the edge of the water playing to a pin on a wide peninsula. Hole 18 is a slightly downhill ace run with water just off to the right behind the basket. Another highlight is the downhill tee shot on hole 16.

While there are some really fun and challenging holes from the longs, the issues with the flow and some of the filler holes make it hard to be excited about coming back to this course. The long walks between holes, backtracking, poor design choices, ubiquitous pedestrians, and huge distance from 18 to the parking lot put a real damper on the round for me.

Being in the relative middle of nowhere, it's really not worth driving to play this course unless you happen to be nearby or in Sulfur Springs. If you are a local, this is a course you could learn to love despite its blemishes. If it were my home course then I would really push for a redesign or at least skip a few holes and maybe play a few safari holes instead. Personally, I'd like to see 17 and 18 cut and then change the order of the remaining holes to find a way to play back the way you came. (For example: skip 3, skip 7, go to 14 after 9, 13 backwards after 16, back to 10-12 but redesign those holes cuz they suck. After those, a new pad to the west of 9's fairway playing to basket 7, another tee in that area playing to where tee 7 is currently, and finally hole 3 backwards as the finishing hole.)


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