Flanacher Park is a long, beautiful 21 holes. Once I finally found the course I was impressed by the manicured open fields, and nice old trees. There are some good woods that some of the holes play through, some open field holes. But also just some wackiness (stay tuned)

Some of the holes were great. The fairways were nice, the pin placement creative, and the general forestry serene. I want to say I enjoyed that there were 21 holes, but then I remembered I skipped a few, which again I'll get to later.

One of the nice pros of this park is its secludedness. It's in a big park with baseball fields, soccer fields, a rec center, but there's not even so much as a walking path through the course. You're pretty much guaranteed to only run into other golfers, if anyone.

This course has some weird holes. Hole 2 is the worst, but don't worry- the worst is out of the way after the mando-less 360 degree hole where the fairway is only 6' wide. This does start a theme of fairways that don't make a whole ton of sense to me.

One of the more frustrating aspects of this course is that it seems every third hole is a dog leg. Eventually I just started skipping them because I was just tired of 300 - 600 ft doglegs.

The grass off the fairway is SUUPER thick. It's actually so thick that if you throw into it you'll likely just land on top of it, and have no problem seeing your disc. It's the getting to it that's the hard part. Simile with the rough off the fairway.

Flat, but what you going to do?

The tee signs aren't the best. It was hard, even in open ground, to look ahead and figure out where the baskets are based on the tee sign (most baskets are blind, see above about dog legs and spinny holes).

Tee pads are small stone pavers that are kind of slick and uneven.

The expectations going into this course were a little high, but they weren't really met for me. It doesn't get off to a great start, but it does pick up. For me, it was mainly just either a long open hole, or a long dog leg. If you walk up each fairway to where you can see the basket, you're walking every hole 3 times (once down to the basket, then all the way back, then playing the hole).

Hole 10 is my favorite hole because it's just a straight shot into a tight fairway. Holes 11 and 16 aren't bad either. But overall, it's hard to decide between a Good, or a Very Good rating for this course. I went with the 3 because there's obviously a lot of effort going into mowing the parts of it that get mowed, and the design isn't bad, but it's hard to rate an entire 21 hole course on the strength of a few good holes, when the rest are just what you would expect from a public disc golf park.

This course is extremely challenging from the pro tees.

Good signage and good concrete tee boxes.

There are no cross play issues and the course is sitting on ample land with mature trees which make for some very nice holes.

This course is as flat as that beer you opened last week and left in your boat. There is simply no elevation change to speak of. After rains, this course is a sloppy, muddy mess. If you are travelling, make sure to skip this course if it has rained during the week before your intended round.

Selectively mowed so that you can spend extra time searching for your disc out in the open where the lack of mowing won't affect your next shot at all but hides your disc well. Yes, it appears that the lack of mowing has the sole purpose of wasting your time as well as that of anyone who is behind you.

You need a spotter on many holes because you are throwing blind. Many shorter holes "feature" blind shots as well.

You really need to wear pants if you are playing this course. Briars and plenty of other things await you in the woods where you will often find your disc.

The difference between the two sets of tees on most holes is the difference between the novice and pro tees in a tourney. On one hole you may have a blind, anhyzer into an impossibly tight approach off the pro tees and an ace run off the am tees with nothing in between. In many cases there is no tee pad for the "Am" tees. Some were marked with a marker that you will only notice when you walk directly over it.

The design speaks more to someone trying to make a course as hard as possible than of trying to create a fun overall experience. Some of the shorter holes are designated par 4 for a reason. If throwing two short shots around a mando (that you may not realize is there because it can't be seen from the teee) for an opportunity to see the basket sounds like fun to you, this is your course.

The parking lot is a long way from the course and you will need to bring all the water you want with you. No restrooms either on this 21 hole course.

Not beginner friendly at all. This is a course that isn't going to grow the sport any. Hopefully, beginners will go to Greenwood Park, a few miles away.

This course is definitely worth playing if you are an experienced player and in the area, but you should take the pars indicated on the official map to heart. There are some birdie opportunities, but there are also some stupidly difficult holes where no driver is welcome. You should also expect a lot of slow play due to the lack of mowing of large open areas and the need to go forward to locate the basket on even short holes.

If you are a beginner, don't bother. This course wasn't designed for you and isn't maintained with you in mind.

Very scenic with real nice paver style tee boxes. Extra holes if 18 just aren't enough. Light traffic on a Saturday afternoon. Extremely well maintained by BREC.

Some very difficult holes for newbies or singles. Lot's of spider webs and ants! No water or facilities. Layouts not to scale on tee signage.

If it's really hot and humid consider early am or bring lots of water. Toss some gloves in your bag and wear at least ankle socks because the thorny brush is brutally painful and you WILL visit some of it before your day is over.

Real secluded piece of land. Some huge oaks make for a scenic round of golf. Navigates fairly well. Each hole has DGA tee signs and tiled concrete tees.

Lots of walking to and from car. To many blind baskets

This course will improve with age for sure. Would like to have seen some baskets (11?) tucked back into the oak limbs to make for some interesting putts

Could have been laid out better