One of the oldest courses in the area, Jefferson Barracks continues to shine with an amazing collection of park-style holes with an incredible amount of variety. All the amenities are in good shape, the hole design works, and there's challenge to be had on every corner. I've known about this course for a long time but only just got to come, so what have I been missing?

While the course is almost all par 3, there is a lot of variety and challenge. A lot of longer pins will play like par 4, but this course is one of the old school "just make it a par 3 because we say so" type of place, and it's real fun.

There are some awesome tunnel shots here. Several are real hard, have the tunnel slowly pinching towards the basket, or have some extra foliage towards the end. Hole 17 has you evaluating risk and reward on the tee shot, but the placement of your drive on the fairway matters if you're playing to one of the longer pins.

Several holes will have you shaping a crazy line around some trees, depending on the pin position in play. Holes 1, 5, and 12, are examples of this, and all bring their own uniqueness to the table. The grass is pretty lush, so skip shots won't be super common, but they will exist on hole 7.

Lastly, there are some low ceilings that will encourage controlled power. Hole 4 again, plus 6 and 18, make for some interesting decisions. Even hole 1, being downhill, brings trees into play in an interesting way, and is a great way to start off the course.

The age of this course is starting to show. You throw over a canopy of trees on holes 10, 16, and 17, but those trees have grown too tall for the tee shot to make much sense. As a result, hole 10 pretty much plays on top of hole 9. A few other pairs of holes play near each other (11/12/17, 13/16). Holes 3, 4, and 5 are getting close to being overgrown, and a few holes that finish around a clump of bushes are way too dense.

There are a few lackluster holes, where it feels like you just chuck the disc up there and hope for the best. Holes 9 and 18 are very underwhelming ways to get back to the parking lot. Hole 8 is okay, but it's just a long and slowly uphill hole, and the pin placements didn't feel very intentional given the scattered trees that the hole had to work with.

Navigation is okay, but it's hard to tell where the basket is from the tee on a few holes, and the pin placement can vastly influence your tee shot. You also backtrack after hole 6 to the next tee.

I'm really glad I got to play this course. Pins were mostly long when I came, but walking by the short pins made me realize how many possibilities there are here and how much replayability there is.

The course loops back by the parking lot after hole 9, which is nice, but I don't particularly like the holes that were generated as a result.

There can be some standing water on a few holes. It actually makes those holes more interesting by adding a water challenge, but I don't know if it's meant to be there at all.

Despite its flaws, I can't think of any ways to improve this course. It's a fun course all around and is only lacking the next level of excellence from bringing it to the next level.

Jefferson Barracks, affectionately known as JB by the local disc golf scene, is an 18-hole park style course located about 15-20 minutes south of downtown St. Louis. Jefferson Barracks park is next to a large national cemetery and Army/National Guard of the same name; the area overall has a lot of historical military significance. As for the disc golf course, it is easily one of the most popular spots in St. Louis, playing host to a healthy league scene and multiple tournaments each year.

Location of JB next to the Black Hawk Pavilion, and uses 25 acres of land that doesn't have much else on it other than a couple of roads and walkways. The course location is pretty accessible, being just off of one of the park entrances, and less than 10 minutes from both Interstates 55 and 255. JB is accessed via a one-way circle drive that includes parking along the start and end of the course. There are parking spaces to the right, though if those are full you can park in the grass along the drive. On the inside of the circle drive, you will find one of two sets of bathrooms you will have access to on the course (the second is between holes 5 and 6), a water fountain, and the Black Hawk Pavilion. Next to the first row of parking spaces, you will find, from right to left, the tee for hole 1, a bench and the course bulletin board, a practice basket, the pin of hole 9, and the tee for hole 10. There's just enough a space to make all of this fit, and anyone using the practice basket shouldn't find themselves in the way of folks playing holes 1 or 9. The practice basket is hot pink, so it's easy to discern from hole 9's basket, which will be a similar distance up the hill the parking lot is at the top of. The Bunker is a more recent addition that is located next to JB, making this a nice 36 hole complex if you want to make a day out of your time here.

Course Equipment is in great shape, and has gotten some love over the past couple of years. The bulletin board for JB is very informative on weekly leagues and tournaments, both for JB as well as other local courses. There's even a QR code that will take you to the park's website. The tee signs on this course are large and have all of the information you could ask for. Each sign includes the location and distance of four pins, OB and other obstacles, next tee location, and a graphic of the hole layout. A bolt signifies which pin is being used currently. JB has long concrete tee pads that are in great shape and tend to keep their grip in wet conditions. Each hole also has one or two benches that come in handy to either get a break from walking the hilly course or while waiting for other players on busier days. The baskets are new MachXs, a welcome improvement over the previous aging Mach 3s.

Course Design at JB centers around tricky fairways that play around or through the mature trees found throughout the course. This course has more teeth than it lets on at first glance, as the combination of fairway shapes, elevation, and distances will have you grabbing just about every disc in your bag and bring every shot out of your arsenal. The layout also loops back to the parking lot, providing a potential break between 9 and 10, always a nice bonus. While most of the course is pretty open, holes 4, 15, and 16 are partially or completely wooded, requiring more touchy drives than most of the other holes.

Elevation plays a key role on many holes throughout the course. Hole 1 kicks off with a downhill fairway filled with mature trees. Hole 3 has a tricky valley between the tee and basket. Hole 4 has a gully off the tee and some pin placements that could catch left ending shots out. Hole 5 is downhill with some tricky brush. From there, holes 9 and 17 have some tough uphill drives that are hard birdies to get, while 10, 12, and 13 are downhill drives. Hole 11 has a large hill behind the most frequently used pin that can add dozens of feet to your comeback putt.

Shot-Shapes include just about everything you could ask for. Hole one is attacked both with backhands and forehands by righties, with both requiring you to avoid numerous trees. Hole two is most frequently a gentle right hand hyzer that also requires you tight gap. Other right turning holes include some hole 4 pins, hole 10, hole 12, hole 14, and hole 18. Left turning holes include some hole 7 pins, some hole 16 pins, and hole 17. A lot of the other holes, such as 3, 4, 6, 11, and 13, can be attacked with left or right ending shots, but neither option really has an advantage over the other. Some of the hardest holes, like 3, 4, 15, and 16, are straight tunnels that will absolutely punish your score if you aren't on your game.

Distances are mostly between 250 and 350 feet depending on pins in use, though elevation will make plenty of the holes feel shorter or longer. Holes 1, 6, 14, and 15 will feel the shortest, though they still require accuracy. The longer holes are 8, 9, and 17. Hole 8 has some ills and trees to navigate, similarly to 17, the two holes that will most often be your par 4s on site. Hole 9's pin is always up on the hill, requiring more power than the sign lets on.

Difficulty is pretty middle of the road at JB, being a course that will provide plenty of challenge for intermediate and advanced players. For reference, at the last tournament held here a couple of weeks ago, most intermediate and rec players were in the high 50s to mid-60s in scores on a par 56, while MPO was high 40s to mid-50s. This course is sneaky in its difficulty, as many newer players will likely take a while to put everything together that's required to score par here compared to many other courses in the area like Willmore or Unger.

Course Highlights probably need to start with hole 3. This hole is dead straight but has a valley and mature trees between the tee and in that catch many players out. Go too far left or right and you'll have rough to navigate. This hole was one that got a lot of honeysuckle removed, which has made the hole a lot more opening the valley area. That being said, the difficulty has not gone down, and will still lead to plenty of bogeys if you don't pure the gap. Hole 17 is likely the most challenging hole, requiring a gap through mature trees with brush below, followed by a left turning fairway between mature trees and brush. Hole 10 is a very fun start to your back 9 being a right hand hyzer downhill around a large bit of brush that will eat your disc if you go too tight with your line. One underrated hole may be 12, an S shot that looks completely closed off looking straight on from the back of the tee. And right-handed flex hyzer is probably the best route to go, getting you around the brush to a more open area near the pin. The most common pin is also behind a downed log, adding difficulty if you're putting uphill.

Parking - Perhaps the biggest con to this course is parking space, which is becoming an issue because of the positive change that is the new Bunker course on the other side of the circle drive. While this is a welcome addition and will make this a premier disc golf destination for the area, parking is going to start to require some creativity on busier days. When I played JB during a tournament being held on The Bunker course, some cars were parking on the grass along the path to the pavilion to fit. There is only so much that can be done about this, and your score is not impacted, but it's something to keep in mind when coming to either course on a nice day. The Sunday noon league is probably the busiest consistent time.

Course Design - The land this course is on is just large enough to make for some great disc golf, but some of the holes are a little close to each other. This is most apparent in the plot of land that holes 1, 8, 9, 10, 11, 17, and 18 are on. An errant throw can easily lead to your shot ending up in the fairway of another hole. Just be aware of your surroundings when either throwing or walking to your disc, and you should be okay. When multiple groups are going through this area, one will often have to wait for the other before moving on.

Navigation and Safety - I personally don't find the flow of the course hard to follow, but I have also played this course a lot as a long time local, and other reviewers have criticized the flow. The current tee signs are miles above the old tee signs that used to only have pin distances and no map, and the current signs should be enough for first time throwers to know both where they are throwing, and where the tee is. The one hole I have an issue with in terms of design is hole 7, which runs close to a street and parking spots, making for a nervy drive if any cars are around.

This was probably the most popular spot in St. Louis for disc golf BEFORE the new Bunker course was opened across the circle drive. JB is one of the top-rated disc golf courses in the greater St. Louis area, and that includes courses that are almost an hour from downtown. This rating is more than deserved, as the course makes the most out of the land available with few obvious improvement opportunities.

With the addition of the second 18-hole course on the property, combined with the quality of design that The Bunker has, this is becoming a real destination spot to hit for any one that's passing through town. JB is a St. Louis staple and one of the oldest courses in the area, and while many new courses have been added around town over the last decade, this is one classic that has earned it's sustained popularity among the St. Louis disc golf scene. If you're a disc golfer visiting St. Louis or you're a new local player, playing JB should be near the top of your to-do list.

(3.828 Rating)A mid-sized park style course that has no weak spots.
- HOLE VARIETY - This course has a ton of basket placements and I hope they rotate them. For my play, I got a 6,581 foot, par 56 layout with a mix a short, middle and long placements. There's lots of elevation movement on this course and with several pockets into some heavy woods. Hole (3) is an awesome valley shot with an elevated window using some low shrubs to shoot over at the valley base. Hole (7) is a neat RHFH skip shot into a right bending pocket with down sloping elevation. Hole (12) is a cool down-shot with a huge dead tree lined in front of the basket. Finally I'll mention (18), which is a snakey par 4 to the far placement that needs a good fairway shot to leave a run at the protected basket on the approach shot.
- BASICS AND EXTRAS - The core equipment is good. The baskets are Mach 3s and they are all in good shape. The tees are concrete and measure roughly 4 by 12. Every tee has one or two big benches, which is needed for a course with as much elevation movement as this one. There is a big community board by tee (1). It has league postings and a mailbox offering scorecards and maps. There's a practice basket and restroom facilities.
- SIGNAGE AND NAVIGATION - I found it super easy to get around this course. As noted above, there's a scorecard with map on it, and it's more than accurate to get around from hole to hole. The tee signs are superb, showing everything one would need, including hole placement indicators which were all pegged correctly on my round. Note, the tee sign on (14) has a distance error by what I assume is off by 100 feet for the white basket placement.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - Not phenomenal or mind blowing, but I thought the landscape was impressive enough to just make my top 60 in this category out of 446 courses played as of this review. There's like a half dozen noteworthy valley shots on this layout. I thought (15) was a very beautiful manicured heavily wooded tunnel shot. If I had to pick a favorite, I'd go with hole (3).
- CHALLENGING - I played very well as an Intermediate and only shot 1 down. I'm going to assume that the course is typically in a mix of rotating placements, like that on my play. Regardless on however they decide to divide it up, it should almost always provide both a mix of technical, power and gameplay challenges. A couple of the placements on my play were well past my skill level or could have been listed as rec par 4s. If configured with all back placements, the course becomes upper Advanced to Pro level.
- MAINTENANCE - The course was in spectacular shape for late July. Completely mowed and many of the off-fairway collection areas were well thinned out. Losing a disc is possible, but it would take a major error to do so.
- SKILL LEVEL FRIENDLY - IMO, the perfect balance between too easy and too hard. Ideal for players between an 800 to 950 rating.

A great course with just minor issues or preference things.
- SPACING - Like many park style courses in bigger cities, there's a lot going on in this park. Low use park roads can come into play on bad shots. Other park users, like dogwalkers, could wonder onto the layout. The transition between holes requires crossing a park road 3 times. Some holes boarder each other without buffer. For example, (17) tees somewhat blindly up to the beginning of (11s) fairway. Honestly, I've seen much worse in my travels.
- BEGINNER FRIENDLY - Although I'm sure they've been brought here many times before, IMO this is too complex for newer players. I don't take off any points for this.
- TERRAIN - Lots of up and down terrain that could have those with knee and joint pain hurting. I don't take off points for this either.
- TIME PLAY - This looks like a very busy course and I had to fight my way through a couple groups. It took me 88 minutes as a solo, although I did have my wife and daughter tagging along with me for the front nine. I figure foursomes will take at least two and a half hours.
- PARKING - Limited parking by tee (1). I got the last spot available when I arrived.

For a park style course, this one is up there among my favorites. Interesting lines, superb maintenance, intriguing challenges and a bodacious vibe. It reminds me of courses like Oregon Park in Atlanta, Dretzka in Milwaukee, Turkey Creek in Orlando, Taylor Park in Tampa Bay and George Ward in Birmingham, but with a slightly better landscape to throw along. This is why I've scored it a touch above all of the noted courses. I haven't played many courses in this region, but I'd surmise that it's got to be one of the better ones. I played three Missouri courses on this trip and this was by far my favorite. I highly recommend checking it out if in the area.

Well kept, hilly, challenging course for beginners. Well marked, maps available with scorecards.

Could easily lose a disc on a couple holes, could be frustrating for a beginner because of tight fairways on a few holes

Love this course. Great workout with the hills.

I really like the elevation changes, as there are some nice rolling hills that increased the challenge. There are a lot of shrubs that come into play, but the cool thing is that it's pretty well-trampled beneath, which made it easier to find some of my bad drives.

The signage was fantastic, showing each of the possible pin locations (most holes have at least 4) and their distances. Great tee pads, with benches and hooks to hang bags.

There were two locals who were extremely nice and helpful that made the experience into a nice round.

Poison ivy. There is a decent amount of poison ivy on the course, which sucks considering how much greenage (trees/shrubs) there is.

There has been a ton of rain recently, and I was expecting the course to be a lot wetter tan it was, so there's some pretty good drainage.

I really like hole #3, where you have to drive over a huge shrub patch. I do wish, however, that more holes had protected pins, as many if the puns are in a wide open or semi-open area. Most approach shots were too easy. Being VERY picky, I think less distance and more pin protection would make things more interesting. With that bring said, this is a great course that I would love to play again.

I love the signs on each hole. They give a pin location with the distance. Multiple pin locations. It seems like they change the hole locations all the time which keeps it interesting.

Hole #3 is a disaster! I lost my Valkrie disc there yesterday. Seems like they could keep the shade in the front but all the brush in the middle causes for chaos & lost discs. We searched for about 20 minutes for the lost disc & didn't find it. I really hope they clean this hole up soon.

Other than hole #3 the course is one of my favorites.

Good layout - Front and back both loop back to the parking lot - Tons of pin placements - Concrete tee pads - Easy to navigate - Restrooms throughout the course - Convenient store right off 10's tee pad for water, snacks - they even sell discs - Good variety of shots, Always someone there for a round

JB is a great course that offers a good challenge and always looks different when I'm there. Each holes has at least 3 different pin placements and the baskets are moved all the time. During the winter, the course is usually short, around 5,000 ft. But, during the summer it can stretch out to nearly 8,500 ft. You'll also use just about every disc in your bag as there is rarely duplicated shots. Lots of foliage for good shade, but not too hard to locate errant throws.

Since this course is so popular it is usually crowded, especially on the weekends. But, as long as you don't mind playing through, or letting other do the same, its not bad.

JB has always been one of my favorite courses. It offers a little bit of everything and, if you don't know your way, there is always someone there to show you around. Nice people, great course!

- great layout with good use of terrain
- front 9 and back 9 both loop if short on time
- good use of woods and open shots
- tee signage has very clear information
- multiple pin locations
- concrete pads
- beautiful park

- very busy course with other players

hole #3 is a lot of fun, and so many people have cleared out the brush that finding your disc isn't hard. holes #5 and #9 are nice downhill bombs. holes #4, #6, #7, #13 are good birdie opportunities. tricky shots through the woods make #15, #16, and #17 challenging and fun as well.

i really enjoy this course, and it's obviously popular for a reason. it was always been fairly crowded when i've played, but the players have always been respectful.

1) Incredible stand of mature Oak trees and other hardwoods. These trees help make this course so great. You can throw around or under the sprawling branches of these mature trees.
2) Excellent elevation change on this course. There are rolling hills but also a handful of fairly dramatic drops or rises in elevation. This feature coupled with the sprawling trees really helps to make this course so much fun.
3) You will need to have all of your shots available, but you have choices on many of the holes for which shot you want to throw. Rarely are you mandated into a specific shot.
4) Nice signs with all information, Hole #, Par, Distance, and alternate baskets visible.
5) There are plenty of benches all over this course for you to sit down if you get tired or behind a slow group.
6) The tees are very long concrete . . . they seem smooth but I didn't ever notice slippage. I always appreciate larger than smaller.
7) This course felt a little bit like an IL favorite Anna Page. There are pockets of shrubs and brush all over that you throw around or sometimes even into. There are a couple holes where you actually want to end up in the middle of one of these pockets.
8) There is a very unique shot on Hole #3 where you throw straight out but the ground drop off into a hollow area which is filled with a really punishing sprawling shrub. Ideally you will clear about 75-100' of these shrubs and land in the opening around the basket. I have never really had to throw over shrubs between the tee and the basket like this. My description does not do this hole justice, but it is one of the more unique holes I have seen in my 450 courses played.
9) There was a hole (#13) where a tree (3' diameter) had fallen leaving only the stump to the right of the basket but the trunk of the tree protects virtually the entire basket. I had a putt at the basket and I tried to skip the putt off the top of the fallen tree and into the basket. It was also a very unique hole, while some may have cleaned up the fallen tree, they left this tree as it was as a new obstacle.
10) Multiple pins available on many if not all of the holes. I love when courses can be altered, both from a maintenance standpoint (to avoid compaction and erosion) but also from a players perspective. I get bored when I play the same course over and over and just altering the layout a few times a year is enough to change my desire to play the same course.
11) Pin location markers on the tee signs.
12) Next tee arrows are located on small concrete pieces near the baskets.

1) There are a lot of leaves left in the middle of the park. I would think a beautiful park like this would get rid of as many leaves as possible. It was the end of November when I played so the park was likely in the condition it would be in all winter. The leaves can eat up some discs for sure.
2) The remodeling that is happening on 14, 15, 16 area has made some slightly awkward holes. I am not sure if things will be remaining where they are or not, but these holes just felt weird.
3) Lots of compaction and erosion happening around tees and some baskets. This is the worst thing about disc golf courses and we need to come up with some options or alternative to avoid this type of issue. Eventually there will be courses that close because of the compaction and erosion.
4) #10 throws right along and potentially over #9 which is always a nightmare.

There just are not many cons with this course. The course is awesome and it has a bit of everything and presents a whole lot of variety and challenge. This course feels so much like Anna Page in NC Illinois but with additional challenge and additional elevation. AP is one of my favorites and gets a high rating so this one will get an ever higher rating.
I am so happy I decided to drive to St. Louis at 9PM and was playing this course by 9:30AM. It was a 6 hour drive and I got about 5 hours of sleep before the drive. We came for the Crystal City Cave courses but found a whole lot of great disc golf too. I also played Endicott and both of the courses at Foundation Park along with both of the cave courses. This is one of my favorites from the trip across the board and certainly ends up in my top 75 or so courses played. It is getting harder and harder to compare the best of the best. I might only be able to rank courses above 4.5 discs instead of 4.0. If Martin Dewgarita can handle a top 100 list, I think I better try to do the same.

To Quote Thomas Jefferson "I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it."

This course is in a large county park, that has biking and walking trails and some other park type features, but for the most part the disc golf course is the only thing in the area, so the walkers, joggers, etc aren't ever really in the way.

Nice large concrete tees, with benches and trashcans at each. Most also have a small brush or broom on the tee sign post, or under one of the benches for cleaning them off. The new tee signs are 10000 times better than the old ones. They show the 4 or 5 different positions on each hole, and have distances, and have a screw next to the distance of the current position.

This course requires a variety of shots, and depending on the pin position each individual hole could require something completely different.

Several holes (3,4,5,10,16, and 17) require you to throw over or around some pretty nasty woody brush, which comes into play on most holes. The other holes play up and down the rolling hills, and under/ through large oak trees.

holes 1 and 10 start right by the parking lot, where there is a shelter, restroom, and drinking fountains. holes 9 and 18 baskets are right by the same parking lot.
There is a small concrete pad next to each pin position with an arrow pointing to the next tee, but some of them need to be repainted.

Not many to speak of, but.....

The path from 4's tee to the pins is really rough, you can walk around instead of through the woods, but that takes time and part of the time you will be down in that mess.

Trash can be an issue on the last 4 or 5 holes due to the apartments that run along there. They are a little sketchy but I have never had a problem.

Hole 5's tee can get some shots from 4's tee at it, there is a net in place that should help, but you never know

Several blind shots, so if its your first time you may need to walk some fairways to be sure of where the basket is.

along with that make sure its clear before you throw.

This course can be busy. Seems to be one of the more popular courses in the area. Most of the guys seem to be nice and know what they are doing and talking about.

THERE IS APPARENTLY A WATER PARK GOING IN BACK BY HOLE 15, SO THERE IS MOST LIKELY A REDESIGN HAPPENING.

A very scenic and relaxing city course named for the military complex surrounding it. The course plays mostly open with big hardwoods framing most of the holes. There are a couple of lightly wooded spots on both the front and back 9, which mixes up the flow nicely....also some nice use of elevation throughout. Holes are not too long for beginner/intermediate players to shoot pars...but long enough to still give a challenge for more advanced players to shoot lots of birdies. Overall...the holes are well designed with good flow...and the lines were fun and interesting to throw...I was tempted to empty my bag often.

The back 9 plays near some pretty sketchy looking apartments...had me watching over my shoulder.....I don't think I would play here alone again unless there are lots of other golfers around.

Ran into a very confused looking skunk behind Hole 18's basket...he seemed to have no fear of humans whatsoever. He was just chillin' I guess.

I nice course with different types of shots needed. Some left and right hand curves. Along with some short and some longer holes.

Holes 3 & 4 are very wooded and kind of ridiculous. My buddy playing for the first time lost a disc on hole 5. Shouldn't have happened, but what can you do. If you find a white Tee Bird with a bunch of marker drawing on the front enjoy

Course has good maps at the first tee and the course follows nicely.

JB is one of the best courses in the STL metro area. It plays through big old oak trees and over nice elevation change. Every hole on this course is remarkable, but I'll just give you a taste. Hole 1 is a downhill reachable 400+ feet. Hole 3 is my favorite. You have to split two sets of trees and clear the bushes at about 300' in order to hit the island of up hill putts. On hole 5 you have to hit a window to reach the fairway. Hole 12 plays left to right over a valley with bushes at the bottom. Hole 15 is a hallway. Watch out for hole 17. Go DISCover the rest of the great holes, you won't be disappointed.

Each hole has one concrete tee pad with 3-4 pins positions. The amenities are nice; bathrooms, drinking fountain, and shelter with bbq at the 1/10 loop (parking lot), benches at every hole, etc. There are some very knowledgeable players here that you can learn from.

The flow from basket to tee is confusing the first time, but you can usually get a map at the kiosk near the first tee. Also, the signs are not helpful unless you already know the course. This is a popular park and can be crowded.

The tee for hole 10 has a view of the arch in the distance. There is a league on Tuesday. They will let you play, but it's slow going.

Nice layout, holes don't cramp each other.
Good variety of shorter holes and longer ones.
Elevation changes are great.
Some tricky greens.
Benches on most holes.

For a newbie the trees may be a bit much at times.
A little more trash than I like to see in some of the woods between holes.
Where the next launch pad is is not always clear.

Classic course in St. Louis. A must play.

This is a great course for players of all ratings, it is full of hazards and it is challenging. There are scorecards at the first hole and there is a nice course layout. Fequently the pin placement is moved and it keeps it interesting.

It gets crowded alot. Best to go in the mornings or weekday afternoons. There is some very thick brush on some holes.

Nice and cool course to play. I have lost discs there before and have had people call me so I can get them back. Great disc golf community around there.

Jefferson Barracks is a great course designed over rolling hills through large, mature trees offering ample challenge to all skill levels. There is one tee position and multiple pin positions for each hole. The DGA MachIII baskets were in great shape and the concrete tee pads were level, in good shape, and appropriately sized for the course. There were tee signs at every hole, but the signs only listed the distance for each of the pin positions with no indication to where the baskets were located and did not give any indication as to the layout of the hole.

The course had a nice flow to it and was comprised of two 9-hole loops that returned to the parking area. There were no crossing fairways, but there were a couple of fairways (No8/No11) that parallel each other in opposite directions. The course was very clean and appeared to be maintained very well. I didn't notice much underbrush or excess foliage, but it is still very early in the spring season. There were a few benches and trash receptacles throughout the course.

The course design takes advantage of the rolling hills in the park offering a great variety of uphill, downhill, and side hill lies. The slightly elevated tees on Hole 1, 5, 10, & 17 were a great opportunity to get some extra distance off of the tee, and provided a great view of the course. The holes have a lot of variation in length from one position to the next. Some of the other reviews mention that the baskets are moved frequently, so with the variation in length between the alternate pin placements, I can definitely see how this course would constantly provide a new challenge each time.

All of the holes are designed through the large trees in the park, but I would really call any of them technical holes. There are plenty of lines off of the box for varying types of tee shots, but there are also plenty of trees to knock down shots that miss their line. This course with its rolling hills and large, mature trees offered great visual appeal and a challenging layout throughout.

This was truly a great course, but there were a few challenges for someone playing this course for the first time. The tee signs only list the distances for the alternate pin positions. The signs did not offer any indication as to the layout of the hole, or even where the pin was located in relation to the tee box. The basket could be seen from many of the tee pads, but there were several holes where I had to walk and locate the basket before throwing my tee shot. The other issue is that several of the tee pads are located a pretty good distance from the previous basket, but again, there is nothing to point a player in the right direction. Updated tee signs would be very helpful. The only other issue was the tee shot for hole 4. There was not much of a line that I saw off of the box, more of a throw it and hope for the best type shot. This was my first time at JB, so maybe there was an alternate route that I missed, or maybe there were obstacles in the way that normally aren't there, but I just thought I would mention it.

All in all a great course that is both challenging and picturesque. I was in the area visiting some friends and only got to play 2 courses, but I was very pleased with my decision to play at Jefferson Barracks. In an earlier review of this course by Three Putt, he said that "The area has several very good courses, but this is still the course that best represents disc golf in St. Louis." The old saying is that you never get a second chance to make a first impression, so if this course best represents St.Louis disc golf, then I was left with a very good impression of disc golf in this area, and am looking forward to playing this course again, as well as other courses in and around St. Louis.

This course never gets old. Even in the winter they still make an effort to move the pin placements around. Challenging, but gives many chances to redeem yourself. Mulitiple pin placements make it fun and different

When wet, it gets sloppy and doesn't drain well after rain. Hole 8 on D pin placement is a rediculous Par 3.

All and all this is one of my favorite courses even though I have played it more often than I can count.

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.