Wayfinding aids, three good tees for every hole, course design, overall excellence of the individual holes, a number of really fun shots.

Barely a con, but the entire course is in the woods, so not much landscape variety.

Whatever your skill set, whatever your taste in disc golf courses, the course at Curtis Memorial Park just outside of Fredericksburg is sure to satisfy. First time visitor in no mood for casting about and looking for the proper basket and next tee? No worries, there's a map at #1, excellent signs detailing each hole, and easily visible arrows pointing to all three tees – yes three, per hole – red, white, and blue.

And speaking of those three tees, a beginner or young one just getting into the game? Proceed straight to the red tee, designed for standing flat and not having to fling too far. Average player? Throw from white and find the full array of shots are needed in good proportions: up, down, right, left, and sometimes all of the above. Big armed veteran that thrives on challenge? Get your many extra steps in playing from blue, where long but controlled shots will be needed to keep your scores reasonable.

Aging noodle arm that likes to pace out your game? Well there is a bench on every single hole. Where else is that true?

With all due respect to DGCR Wizard Olorin, I suppose one could have one con; every hole is in the woods. There's no fully open shots and barely any broad views out here (you do get a good view of the lake walking between holes in one spot). Yet even then the fairways are always fair and usually plenty wide. Pinball throws are possible but not likely on most holes.

Those holes are as varied and well designed as any in Virginia, if you don't expect too much from the landscape. There are no bad holes out here, and a fair number of truly interesting holes: downhill shape shots into a ravine/creekbed; uphill challenges that will knock down your best drive; at least one hole that is a little of both; and a great balance of left, right, and straight off the tee. Playing from white, it is pretty much so par 3 golf, and intermediate to advanced players probably won't stray too far from par. Again, these are not cons though, but rather minor points that keep Curtis Memorial from the very top level of Virginia courses.

Overall, the disc golf course at Curtis Memorial Park is Very Good, and well worth planning a road trip to play. It may be the finest all woods course in the state. And with the amenities and way finding aids, I can't imagine a better host for your visit.

Favorite hole - #7 - A downhill slope along a creekbed to a tough basket placement. Touch and subtlety required off the tee for a pretty spot and fun shot.

+NO CONS! This is the first and only time that I've ever left the Cons section blank! See below.

I played a mixed layout of Odd = White tees & Even = Blue tees so that I could get a feel for each of the layouts. My comments and ratings reflect this mixture.

<span class="italic">DESIGN</span>

MULTIPLE TEES: 3 sets of tees- Red, White, Blue. The white and blue tees offer very different fairway shapes, so there is a great deal of variety. Some of the Blue tees are way longer than the whites.

FAIRWAY SHAPE VARIETY: Well balanced. 4 Lt/ 6 R/ 7 St/ 1 S

HOLE LENGTH VARIETY: Well balanced, with 3 longer holes.

TERRAIN VARIETY: 18 Woods holes, so no open bomber shots

ELEVATION CHANGE: Mostly moderate but on almost every hole. 7 Up/ 10 Down/ 1 Flat

BEAUTY: Scenic woods throughout the whole course. Solidly enjoyable

<span class="italic">BASICS</span>

TEES: long raked concrete trapezoids

SIGNS: Excellent! Good maps. Very informative

BASKETS: Mach V (my favorite) with yellow sleeves on the pole.

NAVIGATION: Straightforward. Map available in the pro shop, Mon-Fri

<span class="italic">AMENITIES</span>

+BENCHES: on every hole!

+Pro shop with discs in the park (but is has limited hours)

*NO CONS! Of the hundreds of courses that I have played and reviewed this is extremely rare. I'm a perfectionist, so I can always find something, but not here. I've never played another course that had nothing important to be improved.

For the mixed white and blue tees that I played the Course Level = Blue (most suited for Advanced players rated 925-975)

<span class="underline">You be the judge-</span>

FAVORITE HOLE: 7. Downhill with a dry ravine winding throughout the fairway ending with a basket with risk that is on the edge of a drop off into a dry creek bed. The hole is aceable, and each of the 3 tees offers a different fairway layout.

Teensy weensy quibble- there is a long walk to tee 14, but that was due to a division of the park land, and it gave a small view of Lake Curtis.

One more really small quibble- I played on a Saturday and I wish that the Pro Shop was open then.

I really enjoyed this course! I would be very happy for Curtis Memorial to be my home course! There is enough variety that I could see myself playing this course often. Another rare indication of how much I liked it is that I would be willing to make the time to travel there and play it again, and I very rarely do that on my quest to play new courses. This course should appeal to a very wide range of players since the Red tees suit new and rec players while the Blue tees will challenge Advanced players. Pros that are 1000 and above might not find enough length to challenge them, though. If you look at my hole ratings you will see that my enjoyment ratings for the holes go from a few at 5-6.9 but the vast majority are solidly in the 7-8 range. I find my enjoyment of this course to be greater as a whole than the sum of each part individually. Every hole is solidly enjoyable, but other than hole 7, none are epic or even signature holes. They are just all good designs and fun. It was like reading a book in which I enjoyed each chapter and the whole process, even though it would not be considered a classic or a masterpiece. Or like an enjoyable movie with really good actors, no flaws, that you just enjoy, even though it will never win an Academy Award.

My Enjoyment Rating: 8.4 (out of 10) and that equals 4.2 on DGCR, so I was torn between rating the course 4.0 or 4.5. Since the course falls just the smallest tad short of the epicness for a 4.5 I went with the lower rating, but I was still torn

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<span class="underline">A note about my rating:</span> My rating is a subjective measure of my <span class="italic">enjoyment</span> of the course, on the day I played it, and it is NOT intended to be a measure of the <span class="italic">quality</span> of the course. My Enjoyment Ratings are given "on the curve" in relation to all other courses I've played.

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3 concrete tees per hole
Different tees change the shape on a lot of holes and not just add distance
Well defined and cleared fairways
Pro shop with free maps and nice people

Still some work to do from the hole 2-5 rearrange, not much but can be confusing
A couple of the walks from green to tee weren't well defined but the map helped, and honestly as with any course the first time you play it there may be some confusion on where to go but you figure it out and are fine after that

I was surprised at the condition of the course, looks like it's had a much longer beat in time than just a little over a year and a half (opened 10/2016). The fairways have been kept down with traffic and the rough isn't bad for finding errant shots. Course it clean and the park along with Spotty DG club does a nice job of keeping it in great shape.

I talked to the people in the pro shop and got the word form them that 17 holes were originally professionally designed, then due to time constraints the park designed the last one. Turned out that the setup for 2-5 wasn't really conducive to tournament play and had to be redone which is why some people initially find it to be somewhat of a jumble, heck I found myself teeing off an abandoned tee pad then realized. The holes they laid out seem to work just fine.

All and all a really nice course. When visiting stop in the pro shop, grab a map and buy a disc, to me this place is worth doing a little business with to support their efforts.

Nice, wooded, lots of elevation changes.

A good bit of variety between holes.

Good mix of long, short and medium holes.

3 tees choices for each hole.

Good amount of signage*

*Some sign MAPS are not aligned with player perspective in mind, and can be confusing for the new player.

No color on the baskets, which again can be confusing to a new guest.

Hole 2-5 cluster is a bit strange.

Tees not finished yet.

I liked this course a lot. I was stuck in 95 traffic and decided to just head east a bit, stretch my legs, and I found this beauty. As others have stated, it's a newer course, so some of the CONS can be forgiven because they're most likely being fixed/upgraded as we speak. For me the first 4 holes were a bit "meh" but then from 5-18 there really wasn't a bad hole. In fact they were all pretty special in their own way. Really good use of terrain, a good mix of length, and (this is important) there was obviously a lot of thought put into the 3 TEE setup. I only had time to play once through (WHITE) but I could easily see how the red and blue were really well designed for a shorter red round, and a much longer (and slightly more technical) blue round. It's a good level of difficulty, too. When the holes get difficult, they get difficult for a natural reason. Not because they forced the difficulty by "cheating" it (you know what I mean). They used the natural layout very nicely. It's pretty tough, but very fair. I was there when it was still a bit cold outside, so I didn't see a lot of hikers, but thinking back there was a fair amount of wooden bridges, stairs, etc, which I now realize are probably for the hikers, and not made especially for us, lol. Although I may be wrong! There is also a huuuuge lake on the back 9 that the designers didn't really bring into play. Which is probably for the best (my discs love water). There's a nice green patch of grass on the edge of that lake, too, just begging for a basket...but I would image that it's teeming with kids during the warmer months. Fore!

Multiple tees, my Dad, Husband, and I all played I am still amature while my dad has never played, my husband is a bit more experienced. He played the intermediate tees, while we played amature. It even out nicely.

Beautiful walk through the woods, along the the lake, complete with old cemetery from the 1900s.

Ground can be very uneven, more so than it looks it the leaves. Lots of sliding, and slipping.

We are from Texas staying with my parents for Christmas. Having played lots of Houston courses. This was by far my favorite. Just a great location, and set up. Lots of fun to play.