Colonial Estates very much has a typical city park course feel to it. The course is not too difficult, but does have a decent amount of length and strategically placed obstacles to add a little bit of challenge.

The course had a decent amount of elevation and the holes utilized it well. Hole 2 had the most amount of elevation and also was the first introduction to the creek. Holes 6-10 all played up and down the gently rolling hills. I did enjoy hole 10 the most as the basket was placed very close to the creek edge but the distance was very manageable to get your disc up and over the ledge.

Each tee had concrete tees. Navigation was not too difficult, although using the map on DGCR proved to be handy just in case.

There are walking trails a plenty throughout the course creating a huge safety risk for the non-golfers. The creek also comes in play virtually every hole. If you have any amount of accuracy, you can probably avoid it on most holes, but a newer player may be frustrated having to continually fish their disc out of the creek.

Because of the creek, the course had a very boggy and muggy feel. Wet shoes are almost guaranteed if you play a week or less after it rains or play early in the morning when the dew is still on the ground. When I played the mosquitoes were awful. It was the first time I had seen mosquitoes all summer, which is telling being from Houston and all.

There are no tee signs and most of the concrete tee pads have a number that is one greater than the tee you are on. This is due to the redesign of the course over the years.

Overall, I felt the golf was really uninspiring. There were few obstacles to contend with and nothing here was unique in any way.

I was in town for a football game and played here early in the morning. After I finished with 18, I went back to the deeper pond on hole 2 and fished out a disc I had thrown in earlier. My feet were soaked through; my legs itched from mosquito bites, and to make matters worse, my electric scooter ran out of charge on the way back to my AirBnb. It summed up my whole experience while playing.

It's not terrible by any means, just don't expect anything amazing.

Decent concrete tees on all holes but one
Decent baskets
Nice use of rolling elevation changes
Good use of all the available land/space
Used "shopping cart creek" as much as possible
Plenty of parking
Bridges or crossings everywhere you should need one
Plenty of benches and trashcans
Well kept
Used the trees that were there very well
Some risk/reward
Decent use of mandos
#18 basket next to parking=practice basket
Great for work on mids with some drivers thrown in
Good for beginners to intermediate/take newbies
Quick round
Starts and ends next to parking
Should be simple to par, chance to score low
A couple of ace chances
Some good chances to stretch out your drivers

Favorite Hole(s): #10, #17

Need concrete on #1 tee
Some tees need work
Some baskets could use help
Almost no signage
Tees need signs with layout, on several tees its not obvious which basket you should throw at
Holes 5-8 seem repetetive, just throwing accross the wide open with limited obstacles
Holes 6-7 share a "fairway" after seven you cross directly in front of 6's tee to get to 8's tee
12&14 feel like the same hole
#13 tees off of the walking path, marked with a board in the ground next to concrete (hard to find)
Several holes play near the walking path or a parking lot. No big deal to me, but if you are bothered by that this course is not for you
Not overly challenging
Wasn't crowded when I was there (lunch break), but, that would be a concern of mine because of the hole layout/flow
Very little risk/reward besides the creek
"Shoppingcart Creek" can get stanknasty during warm months
Navigation is not super dificult but not easy/logical, find a local or a map
Doesn't seem like I would take my family there much
Misnumbered baskets can cause confusion

This course isn't as bad as I expected after talking to some friends and locals. It just doesn't have the challenge of Griffin and Noble, or the fun factor of NE Lions. This course is on the low end of the Norman area disc golf scene. And as such it gets a pretty bad rap. I will swing by again if in the area with just a little time for a round. Wouldn't be a bad place to take some friends for a relaxed round. On fun factor this course would be an easy 3 disc course but design and upkeep problems drop it a notch IMO.

If you are looking for a contrast to the more wooded courses in the Norman area swing by. You might also travel a little ways to Norman and hit this course along with Noble, Griffin, NE Lions, and Little Axe for a great long day of Disc Golf.

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Good beginner course through open slightly hilly park often near a steep but not too deep creek. Highly visible setting exposes many people to the game. Well mowed. A few tight shots and a few risk and reward opportunity, fairly balanced. Most holes allow you to pick a route.

Tough to navigate, most signs gone so finding the next tee and throwing at the right basket is hard several times. Not very challenging. Can get very muddy/wet.

The easier, more open course of the 3 in town.

Colonial is a decent course that I've played quite a few times owing to its convenient location and moderate-short length. Once familiar with its layout, the hole progression is logical and varied. Forces a wide variety off the tee for a course in our elevation-challenged state. Water comes into play on many holes, but always by the same small irrigation creek. Discs are almost always recovered, preserving the challenge but not emptying bags. Grounds are well-maintained year-round. College-town friendly atmosphere coupled with usually moderate traffic.

Very poor signage on a course that really needs quality direction: no course map, inconsistent stats/directions on tees. Several fairways run parallel without any separation causing cross-traffic and confusion for newcomers. Tees are a mixed bag (ranging from world-class to muddy sinkholes), chains are of mixed variety (some of inferior quality). Bridges spanning the creek are often damaged or washed away. Sometimes run into inconsiderate groups of 10 or more clogging the course.

I've grown to like this course more over time, but a first-timer is best equipped with a vet or a great deal of patience. Tees aren't too far from the preceding cage (excepting 17/18, head back to the 17 tee... 18 is just up the hill), but the lack of signage and blind tee shots make it difficult to navigate. There is a jogging path that runs through the heart of the course, but they're not so frequent as to really impact an average round. Watch out for mandos! They're painted in red on trees on holes 7, 11, 13 and 17 (I think). The course is enjoyable, but definitely constrained by the available room... it's shoehorned between a series of apartment complexes.