-um, errr

-3 and 4 are both putter drives
-5,6,8,9 prolly not playable during littleleague season

This is a course for children.

6 of the nine holes have potential to be blocked by park goers.

Unless you live close or are a 12 year old with a 3 pack starter set i wouldn't waste your time.

There isnt much to list on this one.... really.

Baskets - Brand spankin' NEW Innova DISCatcher Pro baskets. Probably the main "pro" about this course. They even had arrows pointing to where the next tee is on the "chastity belt" (top yellow rung).

Tee signs - The tee signs are pretty well constructed and tell you the hole number, the par, as well as the distance to the basket on them.

The dollar bill! - (see "Other Thoughts" below)

Almost EVERYTHING -Basically this course couldnt be designed any worse than it already is. It's terrible. The first hole (which could be hard to locate for a first-timer) is next to this about 18 foot high fence topped with razor-wire that makes you feel as though you are doing hard time in the state pen.... I felt as though I was starting off my round in some sort of concentration camp or Gulag for that matter: shank your errant drive over that fence and the chances of getting your disc back are probably around 1/10 to the 27th power. The course has natural teepads that are marked with what look like Jiffy peanut butter top yellow lids that are sometimes not even lined up perpendicular to the line you are supposed to be taking. Hole #4 is played right over the horseshoe pits and that looks to me like an obvious safety hazard. As if it wasnt bad enough having one of the fairways going over the horseshoe pits, when I got to hole #8 it was the same safety hazard! ANOTHER "throw over the horseshoe pits" hole. Hole #6 is a shot over some type of weird "garden box"(?) game that I couldnt figure out what it was for the life of me. These "boxes" had benches next to them that was obviously put there for the viewers of said "game", whatever the heck it was. The very few wooded holes that were there were basically like a "throw and pray" concept with no real defined fairway or line to the basket.

Even though it seemed like a beautiful little family park when we rolled up to it, this course just drips with bad design. It's like the design was left up to someone who had no real concept of the game of DG.

I gotta admit that at least it is SOMETHING for that small town country folk that are just being introduced to the sport but I feel as though baskets that nice would be better off placed in some other park. You could pretty much skip this park and you wouldnt be missing anything.

Oh, and I would have probably gave this course a zero disc rating except for the fact I found a dollar on the last hole! That right there raised it to a half a disc in my book! [Thumbs-up]

The baskets are new and nice. It is a full 9 hole course in a public park. Parking is free. Bathrooms were clean. Park worker was helpful and friendly directing me to first hole.

Almost everything. Course design was terrible, starting at the first hole. The fence and barb wire were truly enough to make me play it safe.

The holes in the woods were very short. Flat footed, throw your putter short. All 2 of them. Hole 3 has virtually no line to hit. Maybe a forehand line if you get real creative.

The last 6 holes are a disastrous mix of shots that require you to go over horseshoe pits, volleyball courts, near fences and parking lots, and even in and along baseball fields.

Natural tee pads too. Maybe not a big con considering the length and other issues facing this course.

Like I said in the title, a terrible waste of nice baskets. This a small park that has no business having a course. Maybe there is some upside if you live close by and can make sure you play when no one else is around, but for most people this course isn't worth thinking about. Just move along folks. I apologize that you had to spend the time to read this because frankly, Ellis Park just isn't worth it.