***This is a temporary course in a high traffic multi use park and is only put up and playable in the fall, winter, and early spring for a few weeks proceeding planned events. Please check with the course designer to see if the course is available for play.

**This review will be different than my others as I, along with my friend Josh, designed and installed this course. Any course that I have a hand in designing I simply rate as Good to be fair and let others do the actual reviewing. I will simply provide hole breakdowns and speak to the amenities of the course.

*Disclaimer, this course is MASSIVE. The Championship layout is exactly 12'000 and contains quite a bit of elevation change, dense woods, water carries, creek lined fairways, and a few long walks between holes. Be prepared to be tested in every way possible. This course was designed to utilize every drop of the large county park and highlight the best areas it provides for disc golf holes, it was never intended to be this long, but the shape and feel of each hole organically created this monstrocity.

Hole #1) Par 4 775 FT - Plays from the edge of the lower parking lot down a tunnel with a line of trees and an OB creek to your left and a softball field fence to your right. This tunnel lasts for 575 feet before reaching a walking track. This circular walking track plays as OB and everything inside of it is OB as well. You must choose to go over this (roughly 200 feet to carry) to a very small green protected by a large Maple tree, or you can play safe and go around the track to the left. Very fair, but challenging Par 4 to start, especially if you don't get into an ideal landing zone off the tee.

Hole #2) Par 3 375 FT plays from the track into the edge of the woodline. There is a Mando forcing you to go left of a Telephone pole about 90 feet off the tee, which shapes the hole left to right. There is a levy on the left side of the hole with a walking trail on top that is OB and pinches closer and closer to the basket as you progress closer to the basket. The basket is tucked roughly 15 feet into the woodline and anything short and right of the basket off the tee leaves you blocked off. Shot shapes left to right but requires pin point touch to get inside the circle with a look.

Hole #3) Par 4 655 FT plays dead straight down the levy on the walking to Fence Line at the end of the property. The first of many signature holes on the course, this hole asks you how straight you can throw a disc. A true 600 foot tunnel to start, the "fairway" is only 40 feet wide the entire way, with thick woods and underbrush down both sides. The last 50 or so feet of the hole open up to a basket perched on the levy with downslopes on both sides. Heavily talked about and loved by those who have played it.

Hole #4) Par 3 415 FT A very difficult uphill blind shot from the walking track into a sloping away woodline. This hole boasts three gaps to try and hit off the tee to get close, with the initial closest gap being the sucker gap leaving you in deep circle 2 with very little in the way of a clean look. Power and precision required to get the 2, fairly easy 3 unless you leak right off the tee.

Hole #5 Par 3 395 FT You tee from the edge of the woodline blind out over the track which is roughly 2-3 stories below you and must land top of a raised small rocky plateau the size of circle one. You must carry OB over the track right, or over the soccer field fence left the entire way to get close. You can also play directly up the middle short and safe but you leave yourself a daunting knee knocker approach shot with roll away potential. Going long of the basket leaves you a death putt with the dropoff down the plateau awaiting.

Hole #6) Par 3 395 FT tees from the edge of the parking lot to a grassy triangle corner next to an access road and a parking lot. You have the choice to fly the entire way over a baseball field (foul pole to foul pole) or play the safe route left to right around the outside of the fence making the hole play much longer.

Hole #7) Par 5 1175 FT Another signature hole candidate plays from the edge of the parking lot by HS baseball field to a nice wooded scenic Park Bench area. Tee shots must clear roughly 250 feet of parking lot to reach safety, soccer fields provide left side OB up to the 700 foot mark. The entire fairway slopes hard right to left down towards OB. The higher on the hill you play, the safe you are, but the longer you make the hole. Big arms will try and cut the corner of the soccer fields on their second shot to cut the hole down. This downhill section of the rest of the hole is attackable with a roller, but multiple fences from ball fields await to stop your roller cold if not thrown well. You final approach heads down into a valley guarded by multiple mature Oaks near a park bench. For a hole with only 5 trees on it, Par is an amazing score here.

Hole #8) Par 3 415 FT plays from the walking track to sharp corner with OB left the entire way and tight OB behind. This hole plays gently uphill the entire way and is an optical illusion to try and gauge distance with tons of trees in the back drop, but none close the green. The right side is wide open and safe to land your tee shot, but you will be putting directly at OB.

Hole #9) Par 4 935 FT and my personal vote for signature hole on the course plays from the walking track to the corner of the HS Baseball Field behind the foul pole. The entire left side of the hole is protected by an OB walking path that eventually turns right and bisects the hole just past the landing zone. The right side is protected by a massive tee ball fence that forces you to play a very difficult left to right tee shot uphill to a blind downhill landing zone. This landing zone is roughly 90 feet shy of the OB path and protected by a couple large mature Oaks. You approach shot must carry down 2 stories of elevation, over OB, and land in a very small, well tree guarded green on a downslope, with OB on all sides but long. An extremely skill intensive hole that even people who made 6's and 7's on couldn't stop talking about how much fun it was to play.

*Insert long walk to hole 10 here to play a modified version of Marion disc Golf Course

Hole #10) Par 4 740 FT plays Main #9 tee to Main #7A basket. You are presented with a choice here, take the risky right gap lined with an OB creek on the right to get around a pyramid shaped group of trees to access the basket or play the longer more open left gap. The basket is perched in a small corner with OB creeks right, behind and left of the basket.

Hole #11) Par 4 890 FT play from Main #6 tee to Main #1 Basket. This hole swings hard from left to right off the tee providing a safe more open gap to left of a large initial tree off the tee, but leaves you a much longer approach shot. Or a thin tight risky inside line with an OB creek and a wall of trees to the right to beat before opening up to a much shorter and open approach shot. A few trees behind the basket hang out waiting to knock down approach shots that come in with too much height.

Hole #12) Par 3 350 FT Plays from a temp tee in the woods below Main #2 original tee to Main #2 basket. This original Par 4 that normally avoids the tight woods available and simply plays around them is shortened to force a tight wooded S shape through the trees. With an OB creek tight down the entire length of the right side, and a deep OB creek long of the basket you must expertly shape a disc through this corridor of trees and land softly to avoid sliding into either OB creek.

Hole #13) Par 4 585 FT another signature hole utilizes one of Marion Disc Golf Courses signature holes and expands ont he difficulty and beauty. It plays from Main #3 tee to a long #3 temp basket location on a VERY tight and tricky plateau between two deep creeks on either side and long. You must navigate a very narrow left to right turning fairway off the tee and attempt to land in one of two landing zones left or right of a cluster of trees. With an OB line at the edge of the tree line and an OB creek to your right, this tight fairway demands you avoid tree kicks. Your second shot can either be laid up short of the original basket for this hole to pick an angle through the trees, or you can crash through them and get aggressive to give yourself a circle two look. The green taunts you as it's simplicity is also it's trickery. At no more than 15 feet wide at it's widest point and stretching roughly 45 feet deep and narrowing as you close in on the basket, will you run it or will you lay up. Ironically this hole can be played simply chipping putters and eliminating all the risk, but something about a short Par 5 makes people go for it and take snowmen.

Hole #14) Par 5 1075 FT plays from Main #4 to temp basket by OG #13 teepad. This monster is wide open to the left the entire length of the hole as it gradually and gently turns to the right. The inside right is protected by a wall of trees and a deep creep a few feet into the tree line. You can cut off a lot of distance by challenging the tree line, but is it worth the risk?

Hole #15 Par 4 615 FT another one of Marion Disc Golf Courses signature holes added on to plays from a long teepad pushed back down a gravel road to Main #13 Basket. This long tee pad forces you to throw down a 200 foot wooded tunnel barely larger than the width of the road and have the disc finish right from the tee. With an OB gravel road the entire length of the hole on the left and a wall of trees with an OB fence the entire length on the right, you must pick your landing zone carefully. Your approach shot is once again greeted by an uphill decision, left or right? You must get around another triangle shaped cluster of trees, avoid the low hanging branches on either side route, and land it close to this sloped green.

Hole #16) Par 4 830 FT plays from Main #16 tee to a basket set inbetween a row of grape Orchards. This hole is uphill for the first 600 feet and initially must carry 300 feet over a pond and split two large Elm trees. Your second shot is up and over a hill and finishes downhill into a beautiful line of grape vines. Distance and fading out early are the only real dangers here but the hole is extremely intimidating, especially in the wind.

Hole #17 Par 5 945 FT plays from the long #15 tee to Main #16 Basket. This hole plays downhill the entire way. Your tee shot makes you choose left or right around a massive Elm tree. Left takes you over a pond which is 595 feet to fully carry, but you can shape left to right around the tree and land safely on a large open patch of ground. If you choose right you must hang your disc out over an OB fence line and risk crashing left and into the pond. Your second shot plays downhill roughly 60 feet start to finish to a heavily guarded green. The approach is wide open but there are probably 50 trees waiting for you in circle 1 and 2. The question on this hole is how aggressive do you want to be.

Hole #18) Par 3 435 FT a true separator to finish plays from the Main #18 tee to Main #18 basket (normally a par 4) The hole gently shapes left to right as you progress. The entire right side is protected by an OB walking trail and the right side of the green is protected by some large evergreens that are in OB. If you hit one of these you'll probably land OB. There is a wide and deep creek starting at 365 feet off the tee up the edge of circle two that cuts straight across the fairway gobbling up anything left short. The green slopes upward slightly as you enter circle one. Despite there being miles of wide open field to the left to land in, and no trees on the inbounds portion of this hole, she can be a doozy to 2 if you need to birdie to finish your round.

There are also REC tee pad baskets and locations for those without 12'000 feet course skill (it measures in at 9'350 ft). My friends 70 year old father in law played 45 holes on loop of that layout in one day and only got stopped by darkness. lol

1) Despite my best efforts, the park board will not let me install this permanently.

2) Not every hole has a permanent tee pad but does utilize paved walking trails for the tees that are not permanent.

3) There are a couple long walks between holes but we decided to emphasize hole quality instead of putting in bland filler holes to get from one point to another.

4) 12'000 feet is no joke, but it honestly never feels like it. There is so much elevation change, wooded tunnels, shot shapes and forced two shot par 4's that are not full power required that you never really feel like all you are doing is throwing as hard as you can like most massive distance courses. But again, this is a championship layout meant to test the absolute best in our sport.

5) You will not score well. Our intention was to design a course that on average rated Even par at 1000 rated. +2 earned a 998 at our last event.

6) This course does not have all the bathrooms, a pro shop, water stations, etc that one would expect of a championship course. (It does have multiple benches though).

This would be an incredible layout to be utilized for a large tournament or if a person wanted to come down specifically for one our events. Shameless TD plug. lol The community here is all for disc golf and continues to encourage us to build new courses and design new challenges as disc golf grows in our area. This course is proof that we have the infrastructure to provide a top tier (layout) with the equipment and property at our disposal. And we are hoping that if we can get this course played more and talked about more, the city will let us install it permanently. Feel free to reach out to me personally if you are ever in the area and want a tour. I may just set the course up and play a round with you.