Every hole has a concrete tee pad (I do have a comment to make on them but that'll be a little further down). There's a good mix of short technical holes, ace run opportunities and longer bomber holes, and there's a great variety of shot shapes to consider. Most, if not all, holes have multiple basket placements. The course is challenging, but not overly intimidating for a newer player. The course is rarely busy, but it's typical to see another group or two if you play on a weekend.

The tee pads are concrete, but very short, and some of them are washed out behind the concrete or have slight grades that don't allow for a good run-up. Only one tee pad per hole (4 has what looks like a second tee pad, but I've been told it was for the old course before it got redesigned). Signage isn't bad but could use an update. Some holes play very close to each other (1-3 play very close to each other, 6 can put you close to 7's tee pad if you go LHBH or forehand hyzer to the left, and 7 has a placement that plays across 18's fairway). There is a lot of tall grass and foliage on the course that hides discs very well if you throw into it.

You'll need a state park sticker or day pass to get in. There's a lot to do at Mahoney if you want to camp out, or just make a full day out of your visit.

Quite a few fun holes with a mix of links style bombers and low ceiling shots. All 18 holes have functioning concrete tee pads. Has the potential to be a nice course with some TLC. Located in a really nice state park with plenty of other things to do, plus restrooms, a restaurant, camping, etc. Course was well mowed.

Missing basket on Hole 2. Trees on many holes were overgrown directly over/behind/in front of the tee pads to impede your driving stance, especially if you're tall.
Course weaves in and out of some highly populated areas, including having basket #9 located in the middle of picnic tables (which were in use at the time). A couple fairways cross each other roughly 75' in front of their baskets, making a pretty dangerous intersection.
Also, this is an extremely confusing course to navigate. Tee pads are etched with a hole number which seems like a good idea, but the etched number doesn't match the tee sign for many holes. Speaking of tee signs, they add to the confusion as many of them are waaaay off distance wise. The confusion is compounded by some blind and illogical basket locations. We actually saw multiple groups playing to the wrong basket, most likely due to confusion over what hole to throw to.

Putting a course in a state park halfway between Lincoln and Omaha seems like a great idea. If the course was great, it would draw players from both cities and increase state park revenue. But unfortunately the course appears to be a little neglected and, combined with some major design shortcomings, just isn't as good as most of the other courses within a 30 mile radius. The land has potential, but disc golf appears to be a low priority at this state park.

UPDATE: I played the course a couple more times this past winter, and all of the problem location baskets had been moved since my initial review. Also, there are now a full 18 functioning baskets. With most of the layout problems taken care of, I now consider this a solid 3* course, a full point increase over my initial review in Spring of 2019.

Beautiful state park course that combines rolling hills and scattered trees in to a very nice course. Signs indicate that this is the first DGC in a Nebraska State Park, and I think that is outstanding.

The course has been changed since the "Hole Info" was recorded, but generally the hole lengths vary from 225' out to about 450'. The front nine holes were shorter while the back nine stretched things out a bit.

There are no holes that are heavily treed, but like many park courses there are a lot of mature, pruned up trees to work through. I played in mid-April and there was no rough to speak of, but I could see the unmown areas and imagine that the "tall grass" shown on the maps becomes a more significant obstacle in the summer.

Most holes are open enough to give you a choice of lines. So the course is pretty friendly with regard to RH/LH and BH/FH.

Some of the nicest teepads that I've seen. Flat with the perfect amount of texture. The hole numbers are engraved into some of the pads, but unfortunately the course revision (see Other Thoughts) has made some of them incorrect.

Good baskets with prominent numbers which is helpful as on some holes you can see more than one basket.

All holes had multiple pin positions (typically 3) which could give the holes significantly different looks.

Tee signs gave the basic info of hole number, par and distances to the three pins, but did not include a hole diagram or indicator of the current pin placement.

There seem to be numerous opportunities for conflicts with other park users. From the blind Hole 1 which require turning your drive around the glass conservatory to a blind basket, to the final hole which drives up a hill just over the concrete walk to the conservatory, there are many places where you could "interact" with unsuspecting park visitors. Even the water features on the course are primarily intended as garden ponds with plenty of surrounding walkways and benches. So look before you drive!

Tee signs showing the locations of the various pins and which pin is in play would be nice. The course map currently gives only a vague direction to the pin, and was often inaccurate. For instance, the Hole 1 basket was way right, hidden behind the conservatory. The map shows it straight out and near the Hole 2 tee pad.

The previous very short Holes 4 & 5 have been combined into a longer Hole 5. So all subsequent holes have changed number until you reach the new Hole 11, after which things are back on track.

I've scanned and uploaded the new course map.

Pro course with all amenities: pads, baskets, signs, and restaurant. Great for a Sunday morning breakfast and round of disc golf. Fun elevation challenges, designed well with throwing in mind. The first 9 you could just about do from a wheelchair, so you could take Granny out with you. Open fields add a bit of wind challenge along with the elevation. I will keep playing this course. Some water hazards as well. You might need to bring your retriever.

If you are after the challenge of your life, like I said the first 9 could be done from a wheelchair. People frequent the park for other purposes than Disc golf so sometimes it's a waiting game for passers by.

Fun course, just don't forget to bring 5 dollars cash for entrance into the park.
There is also a water park and campground, so it would really be a fun way to spend the weekend with the family while still getting that golf fix.

This might be the most manicured course I have ever played. The front 9 winds around shallow man-made ponds, waterfalls, wood bridges, walking paths, a variety of trimmed trees, and sweeping areas of wild grass. It's pretty scenic.

The back 9 (added in the spring of 2012) is longer - between 275 and 400 feet on most holes - and plays through fairways mowed out of wild grass. A few of the holes are wide open, but most have some trees to force different lines.

There are three configurations to the course: red, blue, and green. From what I could tell, none of the configurations was all easy or hard positions, which I like. The bases of the baskets are colored accordingly.

The tee signs are okay, listing the distances to the various positions, although there is no indication of where the basket is (this was only an issue on #1). Every hole has a pretty good concrete tee pad. They aren't terribly long, but you won't need a full run-up on these holes.

I love that water is brought into play on multiple holes on the front 9, but you could wade in and get your disk if you had a bad throw (it's no more than 1-2 feet deep).

Navigation is pretty simple after you get past the first hole, and you won't need a map. Just know that the tee pad for 9 starts near the parking lot.

There is some elevation. Most of the holes play flat or slightly downhill, but #9 is all uphill.

From the first tee pad I could not see the hole and had to walk around the greenhouse to see where I was throwing. The first hole required a long turnover shot for RHBH players (that's a good thing), but it was a blind throw that could be unsafe if there are people on the other side of the greenhouse.

The front 9 is very friendly to children and rec players, and most of the holes aren't too technical, so advanced players may be a little underwhelmed. But none of the holes is wide open, either. The back 9 will offer more of the challenge advanced players are used to.

There is some risk of lost discs on a couple of the holes on the back 9 due to the high grass off the fairways, so spot well.
There is a $5 park entrance fee. You can see how the money goes into the course, though.

Mahoney is a state park that gets visitors coming for a very wide range of activities. I saw a family playing disc golf while I played, and it appeared they had never played before. This is a good thing. Get people who are at the park for other reasons to try out something new, and maybe they get into it and start looking for courses in their hometown. The course is clearly aimed at recreational players, but it is not a cakewalk by any means. I did have several bogeys. I also aced #2 on a thumber that somehow stuck in the chains!

I hope this course succeeds, because this park has a TON of land that could make for some a whole disc golf complex. And it exemplifies the kind of Nebraska beauty that most people are unaware of: rolling hills with a variety of wildgrass, any tree you can think of, and creeks and rivers carving out new valleys. It makes for some nice disc golf.