Every hole requires a different tactic because of the vegetation or pin & tee placement.
Great elevation changes without being overbearing.
Use of space is impeccable.
Flow of course is basically unmatched, though it can be confusing the first few times you play it.

All par 3.
Can be VERY muddy.
Could be easy to lose discs on a couple of the holes (especially hole 3 when there's vegetation).

My favorite course in St. Louis. Absolutely a must-play. Odds are good you'll see other disc golfers there as well.

Everything about this course is awesome. The course applies to forehand, backhand, and overhand. There are several pin placements which make the course a little different every time someone plays. Hole 3 is cool because the hill descends into some woods then the ground raises up in the woods. The basket is right in th middle of the woods. Hole 8 can be long if it is in the DUMB placement. Hole 12 can difficult if someone cannot throw forehand.

Can there be a con to this course, I think not.

The holes are somewhat long and all have some sort of obstacle. Pick up you strokes on the front 9 because the back 9 is slightly harder. Every hole of the 18 is a par 3. Keeping that in mind your drive, approach, and putt all have to be on the mark.

JB seems to the gem of St. Louis golfers, almost everyone I talked to highly recommended it, and I was not disappointed. There is a little bit of everything here.
- Great use of the rolling elevation
- Interesting and exciting pin placements
- Multiple elevated tee shots
- Good use of length; not just long to be long
- Fairly well maintained
- Great concrete tee pads

- As another reviewer mentioned, there seems to be a lack in interesting and varying shot choices. Most holes can be played with a simple hyzer.
- I found it a bit difficult to navigate from hole to hole, although most tee posts can be seen from the previous basket
- Descriptive tee signs would be a great addition here with the multitude of blind tee shots
- Not many 2 shot holes, but still a fair amount of length

Jefferson comes highly recommended by most locals, and by me as well. Players of all skills will find something challenging and exciting here.

I stopped by the Gateway shop and Justin hooked me up. Stop in and say hi.

Jefferson Barracks is one tough course, it offers a ton of different obstacles and distances. On almost every hole you must have a really good drive or else you will be looking for your discs in the woods. The variety of elevation changes and holes shapes makes each hole different. The first few holes are very simple, winding through some big trees, makes for a good warm up. Then most holes after that you are driving over or through the brush.

Not too many bad things to say about this course. I used a map that I got off of the St. Louis Disc Golf Forum and it was not a whole lot of help. The course can be a little hard to navigate especially since you cannot see most of the pins from the tees.

Make sure you throw brightly colored discs here, no green or yellow, if you throw them into the brush you will have trouble finding it again.

Jefferson Barracks is easily the most popular course in St. Louis; it's the local favorite. It's very easy for somebody like me to overrate this course because of that.

This course has a good combination of elements that make up good disc golf courses. The course design is solid and challenging. The park has the usual St. Louis "rolling hills" terrain, and this course uses it to provide some tough uphill shots and some fun elevated tee shots. There are also some cool pin placements with roll away danger you have to manage. There are a few wooded shots, but for the most part it's a park-style layout. There are some cool design elements like hole three which plays like an island green on an extreme slope There are four pin placements per hole and the baskets are rotated regularly. Set up in the all-long placements, it's still a pro-level course.

The course is very well maintained both by the parks department and the local club. The tees are concrete and the tee signs are good with indicators of which basket the placement is in. There are restrooms and a water fountain by the pavilions and a few benches scattered around the course. It's a very good example of a 1990's course boom design, and it holds up very well today.

When this course was installed and I had played five other disc golf courses, it was stunning. It was easily the best course I had played and stayed among the best I had played for a long time. The cons are hard for me to bring up, but they are there.

It's by and large a park-style course. There isn't just one gap you have to hit on most of the shots, there are a variety of routes the the hole. Other than a few shots, it doesn't really force you to pull out a bag of tricks. I can RHBH hyzer shots here all day and get away with it. I can miss gaps and sneak shots around the trees anyway. You can usually scramble to save par, It's not a cupcake by any means, but it doesn't play as hard as it did back in '94.

I remember getting lost here the first time I tried to play the course, and the flow is still pretty choppy on the front nine. Getting from hole 1 to hole 2, hole 5 to hole 6 and hole 7 to hole 8 could use better signage to help first time players not wander around.

The portion of the course that has holes 1 and 8-18 is a bit small for that number of holes. Holes 8 and 11 run parallel to each other and you can easily get in the other fairway, Hole 10 is set up in a way where you could easily throw into 9's fairway. It's not anywhere close to the worst course I've seen for this, but you do have to keep an eye out for other golfers here.

The course is not in a terrible neighborhood, but there seems to be an issue with crime in the park. I've had my car broken into in the parking lot.

This was a top-notch course when it was installed in the mid 90's. While the design is a bit dated, it has stood the test of time well and is still a very solid course. The area has several very good courses, but this is still the course that best represents disc golf in St. Louis.

Excellent course design and up keep. More of a technical course than an arm course. Nobody I know has played this course and walked away thinking anything but great thoughts about it.

Only minor negative would be is the apartment complex that sits next to the park. Can get some load obnoxious people over there at times. My only real gripe with this course is that it is too far from my house!!!

I don't get to play this course much but it provides the most fun I have playing the game, regardless if it's a good game or bad. If you could only play one course in the St Louis area this should be the one.

Great variety, lots of elevation and dangerous shots over small valleys. Good signage and teepads.

Course maintenance was not ideal upon last visit two years ago. Lots of loose sticks etc. on some holes. Minor detail, not enough to detract from overall experience.

Lots of amenities around - restrooms, water fountains and the Gateway store.