Pros:
1) Beginner friendly course because it is mostly open and the hole distances are within the tolerable range for beginner golfers. Sure, they might not birdie many holes, but pars should be more regular than bogeys.
2) Signs have the necessary information . . . Par, Hole #, an distance . . . including a simple vinyl # on the backside of the tee to assist in navigation of this course. While there is no hole diagram or map . . . it is hardly needed on this course because the baskets are in plain view (except #5) from the tee.
3) Yellow ring is also numbered so you know you are throwing at the correct basket. I also can appreciate the yellow rim for visibility.
4) Decent elevation change on this course. There are some uphills, some downhills, and quite a few across the slope . . . where the slope definitely affects how you throw an approach shot to any of these baskets. if you do not park the hole, you better plan your upshot well!
5) There are a decent amount of trees in play on this course . . .suprisingly. For being in a mostly open field the designers incorporate quite a few trees into the design. #2 has trees protecting a high hyzer into the basket. #3 is protected from the same. #4 has a tree on each side of the fairway which frames your shot. #5 you can pick any of three gaps in the trees to try and get near the basket but there is a tree about 40-50' short and to the right of the basket. #7 has a couple more options for gaps. #8 is protected short and right of the basket, but stray too far left and you will have another tree in your way. #9 also has a couple of trees surrounding the basket which will affect your potential lines. SO for being in a mostly open field . . . you do have obstacles other than elevation to worry about.
6) Hole distances range from 182' up o 386' with everything in between. This is atypical of shorter courses, normally holes stay within a smaller range with just a couple outliers to increase the diversity. Here a broader range is used with 2 holes that fall outside the normal range.
7) This course does not see any other park users that get in the way unless someone has no idea they are walking though a disc golf course. The only spot that might not be completely safe would be #9 to the right of the fairway, but it is totaly visible from the tee so I am not as concerned with this issue.
8) Portopotty was a welcome site at 6:30 AM after a 90 minute drive on icy roads . . .and again after the round! I KNOW TMI, but deal with it!
Cons:
1) Walk to #1 is something I have not seen before . . .a 300 yard walk just to get to the fist tee. I guess because of the land they used there was no way to run a long hole from near #8 tee down to #1 tee because it would have shortened half of the holes by 50-75' width would be fairly unacceptable on this already shorter course.
2) Grass tees always leave something to be desired in my opinion. I would prefer a consistent tee like concrete anyday to grass tees. Half of the tees were frozen when I played so they were really uneven and dangerous to the knees and ankles, the other half were either thawed do to sun exposure and slick (I know it is a seasonal concern only, in season these would probably do just fine (except the ones that aren't level)). There also was quite a bit 0of unevenness on these tees in general.
3) This course is a little bit repetative in that you just throw back and forth across this same portion of the park . .. you can see 3 or 4 other holes from any hole on the course and from Holes #4 and 5 you can see every hole. It doesn't use enough variety of the land available.
4) Discatcher Sport baskets are not intended to be installed outside and will most definitely see rust and wear due to weather over a much shorter period of time. They are also a single chain basket which I do not recommend for outdoor use (good enough for practice, but not for a course in my opinion).
5) There are two areas where fairways or baskets are too close to another hole. The two baskets in #2 and #3 are way to close . . . maybe 35-45' in between them and completely in play from the other tee areas. #7 fairway also crosses a little to close to #8 fairway in my opinion. #5
Other Thoughts:
All in all this course is decent . . . there are enough design elements to make this course fun, but there are enough issues that it isn't a course I would return to over and over. Perhaps is some more of the prairie was included and holes were extended i would feel differently. I had fun including an ace run on #2 that hit off the top yellow ring. It seemed to be more solid than the outer band on the regular Discatchers as I ended up bouncing a good 15' straight back.