-- Flying Armadillo Gold is an all-par-2 course that is some of the most fun you can have with a disc in your hand. The basics here are excellent (except natural tee pads). Tee signs are colorful and informative, and the baskets are DISCatchers. Navigation is easy with trails and signs. There are even a markers in the ground near the basket indicating the direction to the next tee.
-- This course goes for kitsch, and it delivers. Every hole is named. A few holes are basically tough angles on short approach shots, but you've got plenty of memorable holes. The Lighthouse hole offers a basket in the top of a 20-foot tall lighthouse. Obviously, you are shooting for the ace, but missing likely leaves you a long putt. When you make your putt, your disc drops through the bottomless basket, and you reach through slots in the lighthouse to retrieve your disc. The Ultimate Gimmick hole has a roller ramp, car hoods and a grate. The Sign holes has, well signs. Dozens of them in the "fairway" and around the basket. Some holes have baskets in structures; you've got a basket in the ground, a hanging basket and a basket guarded by large hanging bells.
-- A port-o-potty is available.
-- The pro shop is well-stocked, offering a wide selection of discs and a small selection of snacks and non-adult beverages. If you want the adult variety, bring your own.
-- This is basically a disc golf country club. You've got a big covered seating area out behind the pro shop along with a 3-story tower that offers additional seating and a beautiful view. You've got bocce ball. A full-sized course on the same property tops it off.
-- Camping on site.
-- Practice baskets. Not that you really need them for this course, but they are available.

-- Tee pads are mostly natural. Given the length on the holes, that isn't a big deal.
-- Four holes (3, 6, 7, 9) tee near a road. Seven and 9 have trees to block the sight and noise, but 3 and 6 don't, so you can lose that ambience of being out in nature.

-- If you finish a round here without both cursing and laughing, check your funny bone; you might need a transplant.
-- This is a pay-for-play course. Current prices are $5 on weekdays and $10 Saturday and Sunday, but those prices are going up as of July 1, 2023. The price get you all-day access to both courses.
-- This might be the best course to introduce new players to the game. You are throwing real discs at real baskets, but the length is so short as to be inviting to even the youngest players. And with everyone on the card having fun, the newbie is likely to want to try the sport again.
-- Like other reviewers, I struggle with the rating. The course is a blast, but when the course has no holes longer than 150 feet, and luck is a factor on many holes, how do you rate it? The fact that this has a higher rating than the quality full-sized course on the same property gives you an indication.

First of all- this is a putt-putt course, and since i've never rated/reviewed one before, I'm doing it on that merit.

This is the most unique course you'll probably ever play! It's very short, but there are no pitch and putt holes, except maybe hole 1 (which was still one of my favorites). There aren't really any skill-based ace-runs, it's literally all fun and games.

I'll hold off on describing all the memorable holes, but I will sum them up: lighthouse, ramp, plinko, Alamo, dinosaur, skyland (sky tee + island), sign-o-rama.

The cons are the holes that don't have a gimmick- just some crazy sharp angle or something at a very short distance. Or just short distance plinko. I would rather see a lot more of the unique holes with admittedly some luck, but have that carnival game aspect of you really think you can be good enough to get it in yourself!

The tees, but really just because it was so wet when I played. They're natural, and it's such a dry part of Texas I bet there's usually no issue. But being unimproved can also just make it hard to see exactly where the tee is sometimes.

I like playing this solo so I didn't have to keep score, and i could throw a few shots at the baskets on the fun holes, like an arcade game where you just go for a high score or something.

This is a fun round. If I visit Flying Armadillo again, and could only play one course, I would probably do this one. If I could only play two rounds, I'd probably play this one twice. And that's really on the strength of about half the course, but it's the half I like more than the holes I like on the big course, and more than I don't like the other holes on the small course