Cougar Crossing Disc Golf Course (Established 2021) is a small 9 hole Rec course which plays around Ocean Shores Elementary School. I'm happy to report that the courses is getting some play as there were three other players enjoying the course this morning.

The course starts behind the school just outside the school's cafeteria. There are no tees so you just tee off next to the signs. The tee signs are small, metal ones about 4" x 8" with the hole #, par and distance. There is a second UDisc sign at # 1 explaining a UDisc mobile scoring Ap. The baskets are DGA Mach 5.

After # 1 you walk part way around the building to play 2-6. # 7 plays to a basket on a small hill near the ballfield. Then 8 & 9 play right in front of the school.

I skipped the 150' # 6 because I didn't want to disturb the two deer who were resting 10 feet from the basket. So the guy playing me fires his disc up there and then walks to about 10 ' from the deer who isn't fazed a bit. Talk about some tame deer.

The course is easy Rec level with only one hole (#2 at an open 220') playing over 200'. Being a school course, the course is not available during regular school hours.

Definitely, the flow of the course is a little discombobulated. From parking, you have to walk around the school to reach # 1. Then you retrace your steps to reach # 2. You have to walk around and past the # 7 basket to get to the # 7 tee. The later you walk past the # 9 only to then throw back to it's basket. And Yes, I realize that space here is limited and the course designer was working with a difficult area to install a course.

# 8 and 9 especially play too close to the parking lot. Cars will get hit.

Lots of 100' to 150' straight open holes. Great for chasing Aces-Not do great for any average skilled golfer.

I have to award big kudos to both the designer and the admin here. This course is very appropriately challenging for the elementary age children here. Nice to see the locals playing as well. With Tidewater DGC just down the street two miles, Ocean Shores now has two enjoyable little 9 hole Recreational courses. Not much for challenge but both are nice little courses, perfect for the not so serious disc golfers.

Nice secondary course in a vacation town. Seven of the nine baskets are easily accessible in the front of the school.

Limited hours - of course, it's a school. Course plays around and through a parking area with many obstacles.

I've played dozens of school/church type courses and this one satisfies the one qualification that is important for a course to be considered good: Would I want to play it again in the future? The answer is yes. What sets this one apart from many others is that only the first two holes play within the proper "school grounds", the other seven being placed in the large entry and parking areas in front of the school. I'm one that sometimes feels uncomfortable playing in a fenced off area, despite knowing that it is open for play, always questioning if you may be confronted by someone thinking otherwise. Hole 1 is safe enough, just along a berm, next to the playground - as long as nobody's there playing. Hole 2 is behind the school and is an open straight shot, but with the danger of the school building on the right side. Holes 3 thru 7 play out in front, on the road side of the property mostly, with some trees and a few signs coming into play on 4, 6, and 7. Hole 8 plays from the left rear corner of the parking lot, across a section of pavement to a basket in a very small section of grass inside a collection of sidewalks, bike racks, signs, and a tree - toughest shot on the course. Hole 9 takes you back near the hole 3 basket, shooting at a basket at the center of the entrance to the school - another small patch of land, but huge compared to hole 8. I think hole 9 was designed to play to the most visible basket, the one central to the entrance of the school intentionally, but for course flow it works better as the 4th hole IMO. The best place to park, by the way, is on the leftmost side of the lot, as it is avoids coming into play the best. There is also an above average amount of metal signs scattered about the parking area, which obviously need to be avoided. Those signs will limit, or at least put more danger in safari opportunities, but there is plenty of options to do just that if want some more variety. Overall, the layout is good and if I'm out there for an extended stay, this will be the one to go to for playing variety, as it is very flexible outside the established holes. It deserves the 2.5 for sure, just for being an above average school course, but it isn't a "must-play" course that would warrant a higher rating.