-- Nice small city park with ample parking, permanent restrooms and a big covered pavilion. There are plenty of trash cans. Water is available from a spigot near the 9 basket across from the parking lot and a fountain near the 11 tee.
-- A reasonable number of mature trees and rolling hills (along with a small creek/ditch) that are well used.
-- Best holes: No. 2 (235 feet) is slightly downhill through moderate trees with the creek 25 feet behind the basket. No. 3 (325 feet) plays uphill through trees. No. 9 (300 feet) could play as an island, but it is not marked as such.

-- No map on site.
-- Tee pads are concrete but somewhat small (4x9?).
-- Tee signs (the ones present) are basic with par and distance but no map.
-- Some navigation issues, especially for a small city park. No. 5 tee is right of 4 basket, but it is hidden from view by a stage; the tee you see is No. 7. The 6 tee is right of the 5 basket by a wooden fence. On 6, two baskets are in view (not numbered); you are playing the basket on the right. The final three holes (10-12) are a hot mess and bring the course rating down. No. 10 tees from existing concrete beside the concession stand for the ball fields; it plays around giant fir trees and over bleacher seating for the ball fields. The tee is not marked in any way. The basket is surrounded by a circle of a dozen tall pine trees (almost a putting circle). No. 11 (tee pad with no sign) is about 45 degrees left from the 10 basket and has you throwing directly across a practice ball field from about 40-50 feet from the field. Once you clear the practice field, your path hugs the outfield fence (RHBH/LHFH) for a field, so there is danger of throwing over or getting hit by a ball. To get to 12, follow the walking path toward the concession stand. The pad is there (right beside the walking path), but it is getting overgrown, and there is no sign. The hole plays RHFH/LHBH tight around a ball field.

-- No. 1 tee is behind the pavilion, east of the restroom.
-- Par (44) is ridiculously generous; it should be 37 or 38 for the 12 holes. Only two holes are longer than 335 feet, and both are flat and either lightly wooded or open.
-- There are some small red markers in the ground pointing to the next tee to help with navigation, but most are covered by dirt/grass.
-- Baskets 10-12 are wasted; the holes are so bad and so dangerous that locals told me they don't play them and consider the course 9 holes. The ball fields were put in after the disc golf course, but that was a decade ago. There probably isn't room for 12 holes anymore, but a 9-hole course with three practice baskets would be nice.
-- DISCatcher baskets are showing some signs of age but still catch well.

Here are my pros:

1) Nice concrete pads that just have a clean feel. In fact, the entire park has a clean feel. It is kept up very well.

2) Its a great course for beginners. It reminds me of PJ Irvin Park in Bloomington a lot. Its not too challenging so its a good course to start playing disc golf.

3) Its very easy to navigate and very quick to play. If you come here its easy to play the course at least twice through because its only 12 holes.

4) There's not really any blind holes and the bright yellow Innova discatchers really stand out!

5) Most of the holes allow some variety in shot shaping. If you stand on the hole you are not forced to throw a specific shot. I love options!

6) For an easy course it was designed in a way that the greens are actually somewhat challenging. The greens are protected enough by some very large and mature trees that you need to miss in the correct spots to have an unobstructed view of the basket.

I don't have a lot of cons for this course but here they are:

1) The signs don't have a lot of detail but the course is pretty straight forward and easy so not a lot of detail is needed.

2) The course is pretty easy and pretty short. Its a typical par 3 course. Hole 11 has some distance but its pretty wide open. The rest of the course actually has some nice obstacles that get in the way.

3) Going along with point number 2, the course doesn't really punish bad shots. There is a neat tournament here every summer where some significant manmade OB comes into play but without that bad shots won't get punished out here.

There is nothing wrong with this course at all - its designed well with the land that was given. Its a nice, small hometown park that isn't ever going to be super busy. Its not too challenging and there is little elevation. Its a quick play but don't expect to come here to be blown away.

This is a nice course in a nice park. I recommend playing it because its an easy play. I normally don't play courses less than 18 holes but when I have been traveling back from Springfield, Illinois a few times I found myself deciding to get off the interstate to make a quick stop. That's the good thing about this course: its a quick stop. It's tough for me to rate a course that's not 18 holes above a 3.0. If a 9 or 12 hole course was really awesome I could probably give it a 3.0 and maybe a 3.5 if it was the best of the best. In this case, Hopedale is a fun little park and if it was 18 holes would probably be a nice 3.0. In any case, I think giving this course a Reasonable Rating is fair.

-nice concrete pads, bathrooms and drinking fountains
-course plays over slightly rolling terrain with many large mature trees that give you a variety of lines, there are some downhill shots, and some slightly uphill shots, but most holes roll slightly
-good variety of hole length, from 200' to 380', matched with the trees and terrain, some of the holes are genuinely challenging.
-decent variety of shots required, a few rhbh slight annies, some slight hyzers, but it lacks any hard hyzer or hard anhyzer shots.
-Nice use of OB especially on the last hole. The pin for hole nine is in the back of a peninsula surrounded by road, if you over power the shot, you'll be OB.
-A couple holes like 6 have smaller fairway trees that will only increase the technical nature of the hole as time passes

-tee signs are not informative, just hole number and length, no indication of where the next tee is, therefore I found myself wandering a bit, especially after 3, 7, 8.
-The walk on hole 8 (I was a bit off the fairway) was super muddy, I think it borders a dirt lot or road but I wasn't sure as leaves were covering the ground.

This is surprisingly a nice course for a small rural city park course, I was pleasantly surprised. Whoever the designer is did a great job utilizing the topographical features of the course. I just wish there were another nine holes like the ones put in. I'll definitely play here again.