It's got a good mix of left and right holes. It plays very well and allows for fine tuning on a variety of shots to improve your game. The long tees provide an additional challenge.

Signage and tees. The course is harder to navigate when playing the long tees, it's not the easiest course to find, and some of the holes are not particularly well thought out. I don't like dirt tees. That's a no brainer.

I enjoyed the course and will gladly play it again when I'm back at Fort Lee. However, this course could easily jump to a 3.5 with concrete tees.

pretty park and a neat little layout in the woods. many chances for aces and, unless you make huge mistakes, golden opportunities abound for birdies.

tee pads are gravel or dirt and not level. one could easily twist an ankle or trip on the tee. signs would help navigation quite a bit. fortunately, i played this course with some guys who knew it well, or i would have spent more time than i had to spend that day looking for tees.

a fun short course, but not very challenging. experienced players should leave their drivers at home, for the most part. not sure i would play this one again unless i had to be in the area, and given it's location, i can't think of why that might be.

Quiet setting, varied elevation.

Dorey Park is typical of several of the older disc golf courses in Virginia; it's a relatively short course in a big, nice park but is set away from the main park in a set of woods that otherwise probably wouldn't see much use. But that said, Dorey Park is another of my hometown courses that perhaps doesn't stand out at first, but really grew on me.

Except for three holes set out along a pipeline easement, this course plays entirely in the woods, with a decent amount of up and down on most holes. A lot of players, I think, can get easily frustrated with a woods setting, but I always recommend this course for several reasons: 1) the hills make it actually a bit of exercise; 2) I find the quiet setting most appealing; 3) it's never crowded; 4) this course makes you get good at throwing accurately, which has helped me immeasurably on more open courses; and 5) throwing a good drive here, especially on the downhill holes, that skims high among the trees but doesn't hit any of them, is a great feeling.

The tees at Dorey Park are marked but not even graded, and the slope or rocks or roots can make teeing off a challenge sometimes, especially if you're not used to courses with "natural" tee pads. Dorey does feature both am and pro tees, however, and many of the holes are made considerably more challenging by the pro tees. Tee pads and basket placements never change.

While woods courses like Dorey Park can be an acquired taste, I always relish a round there. The game is all about distance AND accuracy, and Dorey makes you use both, but is not unreasonable in its demands. Learning the skills necessary to throw a good round at Dorey Park has improved my game more than any number of rounds at a more scenic but open course would. And the serene playing environment is always a good thing.

Favorite Hole - #16 - Steep downhill shot with stream just before basket.