This place is out in the boondocks on a really pretty piece of private land with substantial elevation changes. The variety of shots here is great. Some lightly wooded with big older trees, some heavily wooded tunnels with dense undergrowth, both uphill and downhill, par 3s and par 4s.

I played three sets of tees and some of them require different shots, some are just longer. The longest tees are definitely a legitimate challenge, and plenty of technical challenge for any level of golfer. Well maintained...and with this kind of terrain it's gotta be a big job. Nice work!

Tees are mostly natural, some built up with railroad ties blocked together as the tee surface. I'm not a fan of those, they are a little uneven and can throw your timing off if you don't pick up your feet in your run-up.

I almost trashed my ankle in a little narrow gully that's hiding in the grass on the flat near the shorter tees of hole 3. Would be a good idea to have some flags or paint to mark that, or maybe lay some boards across it (bridge not necessary, but it would visually indicate the hazard).

Some of the tees/fairways could use a few branches taken out to make the line a little less "poke and hope", such as hole 2 right tee and hole 8 short tee.

Only one hole is a pure distance challenge, so if you rely on a big arm, this course could keep you back in the pack or trying to catchup with the technical precision golfers. This course is a good one to escape crowding at the busier courses; you'll have the place mostly to yourself. There is also a league that plays here occasionally.

Sometimes I'll be driving past an open area in the country and say, "If I lived there, I'd put a basket here, and a basket there, and..." This is exactly what I've been picturing! We pulled up to the house and asked if we could play. The lady who came to the door said there was no one to show us the course, but we'd be more than welcome to try to figure it out. As it turns out, that was not a problem at all.

* Course path was very intuitive without signs

* Very interesting creek valley, and great use of resources (elevation, trees, etc)

* Tee pads: very clever for grass! Two painted bricks with a spray-painted line between to indicate the front of the tee pad, as well as flags to catch your eye. There were red, white, and blue tee pads at increased distance/challenge

* Well-mowed and brush cleared, so low risk of losing a disc

* In a few places, they had mowed a lower level of grass to indicate which direction to go next.

* Multiple distance tees on several holes

* #8 really tested my backhand for length, whereas #9 gave me a chance to open up with my forehand

* Very friendly people

* trash cans at the tee pads

* homemade practice basket at the entrance

* No concrete tee pads

* No signs

* Out of the way drive for nine holes

If I had a piece of land like this, I hope I would be able to make and maintain a disc golf course this interesting! I wondered if this would be just some long-forgotten dream that someone had of having a disc golf course in their back yard.
Not the case at all! This course has been very well thought through and kept up. This was evident by the fact that not only was the grass well-mowed, but it was mowed at second level in places where you need to find the next tee (mostly from #5 to #6, but also a trail from #7 to #8)

Kudos on a really fun course. We'll keep coming back as many times as you'll let us. It was totally worth the drive out from the Quad Cities!

Good use of elevation, trees and slopes.
Fun little holes that are pretty tricky.
Nice baskets
The guys that own the course are awesome and are always looking for ways to improve the course.
Constantly improving.
Easy to find discs
Clean
The course plays quick and straight forward.
A fun course to play if you are working on your wooded precision shots. Several of tunnels to come out of and hit off the tee.

Not a lot of distance. Only one par 4
It is on private land (both a pro and con)
The occasional horse crap (they do the mowing though so you can't be too mad)
There are No Signs or Teepads yet
No Trashcans yet. (Pack it in pack it out)
Limited parking.
Can be confusing to get to

Definitely play through once real quick before you challenge you challenge your friends to a friendly 18.

For a course that just got scratched in over the past year it is really coming along nicely.

I have heard they may be elongating holes/moving teepads and improving the course in general in the future so I can't wait to get down there and play again.

Make sure to bring a cooler and snacks for between rounds. With all of the elevation change you will work up a thirst.

Definitely a fun course to check out and the only course around if you live in west central Illinois.