-Many different styles of holes (wooded, open, up/down hill)
-2 sets of tee pads (a couple holes radically changes the shot)
-Well maintained
-Pretty empty (was crazy hot)

-Missing basket on hole #1 (I just pick a tree down near where the basket would be)
-Missing teepads on #2 (I just tee off near the post which is still present)
-Not super easy to navigate, but the map is clear
-Really buggy near the creek (holes 5&6)

Saw a couple baby raccoons on walk from 5 to 6

Community Park offers a more casual round with a good variety of hole types given the small amount of land used. The park was in great shape with grass mowed short and very little trash. For being a shorter course, it has some nice amenities with a practice basket, two sets of tees per hole, and multiple pin positions. There is also plenty of parking.

A good variety of shots and hole types are present here. The first two holes are a nice warm up, with a few trees in the fairway that force line shaping. Hole 3 tightens up with a putter shot straight down a very steep fairway through woods. 4 is a nice open drive with a tight approach within another wooded area, and 5 and 6 offer very tight shots within the same woods. 7 is an open shot, while 8 takes you back up the steep hill to 9 which plays in the first part of the park. These holes offer a nice mix of open and tight putter/mid shots.

A surprising aspect of the course given its location in Central Ohio is the elevation on a few holes. Holes 3 and 8 offer extreme elevation, with 3 being a downhill bomb and 8 being a steep uphill shot. There is also a hill in play on 4, which forces a blind approach to the basket.

There are some issues with the design, as it is forced to be a little crammed and not able to be spread out:

The course flow is a little awkward and without 'next tee' signs. Not too much walking between holes, but navigation isn't always intuitive as you play in different sections of this park and have to back track.

The biggest navigational issue is after hole 6, which takes you out of the woods and right on 4's fairway. There is a big hill, so players teeing off on 4 will have trouble seeing anyone come out of the woods. Definitely could be dangerous.

The fairways for 5 and 6 run right next to each other and discs can easily land in the opposite fairway.

Holes 4 and 7 play right next to softball fields, which could interfere with fans if the fields are in use.

The longest hole is 375 feet, so the course doesn't offer much for big arms.

A lot of poison ivy in the woods on 5 and 6.

It was a little difficult traversing up and down the steep hill, being slippery after a recent rain.

Community Park is a nice quick 9 among a day of playing some of the longer courses in the Columbus area. It offers a more casual round, with a few technical holes thrown in. It doesn't take too long to play, so I recommend playing here in between rounds at the more popular courses. The holes in themselves are right around a 2.5 (average) for me, but I knocked the score down with some of the design issues. Still worth a stopping here if you are bagging courses in the area. A local said that this isn't the best neighborhood, though I didn't notice anything to show it. Still, something to keep in mind.

Hole 3 is a fun steep downhill shot. I'm coming to recognize this as a Paul Jay signature, as he incorporated a similar, but longer hole on his fantastic Simsbury course.

No one else on the course with me, although I was there a little earlier than I usually play.

Second set of tees provides a little more challenge

Very limited in terms of land.

No tee signs, so you'd better have a smartphone to long onto this site, or print out a scorecard in advance.

Rubber tees are already getting lumpy.

Navigation was OK, once I found hole 1, but a sign letting me know where the first tees were, and a direction to the first basket would have saved me ten minutes.

Hole 4 plays over a path and beside a baseball diamond. Not crazy about the proximity.

Kind of a tweener course. It's a little to technical on holes 4-6 to be a good place to bring beginners, but it's not likely to interest a better player.

Hole 8 from the long tee is pretty brutal. If you don't have an overhand shot, you're hurting.

Holes 5 and 6 need serious cleanup. There is no great route to take to the pin from the long tees. Some strategic grooming of trees would solve this pretty easily though.

The neighborhood around here is a bit rough. I was a little uncomfortable leaving my car due to a couple of loiterers. No harm was done though.

First, there is potential here. Add concrete teepads and some signage and this course would get another half point bump. Move the long tee on 8 back a ways so the hill isn't so gimmicky and it would get another half point from me.

Please don't let my laundry list of Cons scare you off. Many of them are nit-picky and YMMV. Also, don't take those Cons as an indictment of the course designer. He did really well with a small piece of land, and incorporated 3 fairly unique holes (3, 4, and 8 from the long tee). However, having to work around the obstacles I mentioned, and probably on a shoestring budget is inherently limiting. Paul is a very good course designer who put together one of my favorite layouts (Simsbury). He just wasn't provided the tools to create a great course here.

I would play this course again if one of my friends wanted to (and was driving). However, I probably won't be back on my own. More because I've got Blendon in my back yard, and Hoover 10 minutes away, than because of anything inherently wrong with this course. It's just a simple case of their being better courses closer, and my favorite Columbus course just being a few minutes further East for me if I'm going to drive.