The Barracks was my home course for two years. Setting is great. Big trees, lots of deer and other wildlife. The course itself is older and reflects its age in many ways. There are some really great holes with elevation.

Hole # 1 tees off the ridge by the parking lot and depending on recent rains and position, can make for a challenging or easy hole depending on conditions.

Hole #2 is arguably the signature hole on the course. It's the most scenic hole on the course. Park walkers are in play to the right on the OB, big elevation change around the basket positions. This hole has aged well.

Hole # 5 offers a big drive opportunity with some downhill elevation and basket out and two the right.

Hole #6 - I personally like this hole cause it's the only traditional 2 par with a nice background setting. The rest of the two pars on the course...

The rest of the course. Jefferson Barracks is an older course which isn't aging well. Holes are pretty generic. Most are in the 250-350 range and open and shouldn't present any challenges to a practiced thrower. Trees are rarely in play and elevation is minor on much of the course. I must say, from hole 8-18, I can't remember a single hole as a standout and I played the course almost everyday for 2 years.

Fairways are closely laid out and compact to fit within the space and traffic is high no matter when you visit it because it's the only course in South St. Louis County. The next closest course is
20-30 minutes away at Wilmore in South St. Louis City. The barracks is also just off the J.B. bridge and as such sees a lot of travel traffic as well.

J.B. can be a fun stop but I won't go out of my way to visit it. There are much nicer courses in northwest St. Louis County and in St. Charles County that offer more challenge and usually less traffic and feature more modern layouts that are much much safer.

Concrete pads, good distances on the each hole. Many obstacles on each hole also known as trees and there are lots of them on every hole. Challenges your throw and and accuracy as well as throwing strength. Can't really unleash a drive on any hole but have to throw drive for distance and place it well. Locals seem nice.

Tee boxes were very narrow and when teeing off some tees were restricted due to the bushes on either side were either in front of the tee where they were not supposed to be or on the sides making it difficult to achieve the throw i wanted (felt crowded). VERY hard to navigate if you have never played it before, got to hole 6 finished it and couldn't find hole 7. No maps or signs that tell where thew hole is located just a sign that has hole number, a pin placement letter and distance (ex. A 325 ft) thats it, nothing else. I thought hole number 9 was the practice hole until i figured out fast when a disc landed close to me that it was actually 9. From tee 11 we threw at hole 12 because we did not know where hole 11 was until i looked found it by mistake looking for my drive.

I would play it again if it wasn't wet and if i was in the area, i only rated it a 2 because of the navigation troubles. If u can find a map of the course to carry with u by all means do it. there is one at the beginning of the course but its difficult to remember where everything is.