The re-design is a great example of how to turn an extremely dangerous lawsuit in-the-making course into a very fun, friendly course that shares the park space well with other users.

The course gets the most out of the available space, is great for beginners, and is still fun as a putter-only course for advanced players. The course is very busy, but the new design accomodates the flow of players significantly better, thereby greatly reducing the previous wait times.

Aside from the safety improvements, the park itself is much prettier than the last time I played there.

I've played ten courses on my current road-trip and the Johnny R re-design has exceeded expectations more than any other course.

Obviously, this is not a challenging, tourmament-style course.

The 2.5 may seem low in light of my praise, but that number is strongly influenced by challenge level in my methodology. If it were purely for the optimization of a given space, I'd probably give this one a 4.5.

Kuddos to the re-design team for a job well done.

Nice multi use park

Concrete tee pads

Porta potties

only one set of tees/pins

Crowded with both discers and non discers

The new redesign is better in that everyone is safer (not safe, but SAFER) but has lost the fun nostalgic feeling of the old course which I was told was designed by Steady Ed himself.

I loved this course when I moved to the Denver area, but over time I realized that it didn't require different shots than I'd thown on similar courses in the flatlands, my discs just flew differently in the mountain air. Once I figured that out it was on to greener pastures and tougher courses.

By no means am I trying to bag on Johnny Roberts, it is a nice local course, but it's not worth a road trip. I hope out-of-towners find some of the better courses CO has to offer.

-River winds through the middle of the park, providing a nice obstacle as well as soothing sounds

-Plenty of trees provide shade and added obstacles

-Even though it's short, there are a good variety of left and right finishing holes, and multiple lines to the pin

-Some nice risk/reward shots on the pins closest to the river

-Lots of ace runs!

-SUPER short, great for families and all, but even mildly experienced players won't find a ton of challenge

-Can get super crowded when the weather is nice; good for the game of disc golf, bad for safety

-Some safety issues with criss-crossing fariways and pins close to teepads....nothing really dangerous, but keep your head on a swivel

I loved the old Johnny Roberts course. It wasn't the hardest course out there, either, but much longer and much more challenging than this current pitch and putt. Unfortunately, the city greatly reduced the area that could be used for a disc golf course. Luckily, they allowed a course to stay.

This is a good course for families and younger players. The fun spirit of Johnny Roberts himself still permeates the course, so with the right attitude anyone can still have a lot of fun here. Plus, every hole is an ace run!

There is a guap of other, longer courses very nearby to Johnny Roberts, so it can make for a great warm-up and/or cool down. There is also a weekly tag match as well as weekly doubles, that have great turnouts.

See other reviews for short putter course-type reviews....(it is pretty short, nice teepads, multiple pin positions, you'll need to be able to shape the short approach shots to play with finesse)

MUCH safer for other park users, and the park redesign is top notch.

Johnny Roberts (the man) from what I have heard about him would have liked this course!

none if you come to play a short putter course, no big hucking here.

Played the new course for the first time to gear up Johnny, a perfect mental round. Was surprised at how many players were on the course before 8 on a Friday morning

-Nice brand new Mach V baskets that catch very well.
-Every hole has nice concrete tee-pads, and they are plenty long enough for a run-up (though a run-up is not very necessary on this course).
-Very nice tee-signs. They give you a good layout of each hole,and the distance on each hole.
-The river comes into play on a couple holes and adds a little risk and reward to a few shots.
-Lots of ace runs and a good course for putter only rounds.
-This course requires several different shots, as a LHBH player, I had to throw some anhyzers, some hyzers and a few straight. They used the trees they had on this course pretty well to make some interesting holes.
-Good course to beginners. All of the holes are very reachable but have some obstacles, which makes it more interesting than some beginner courses.
-Very well groomed park setting. The only way you will lose a disc on this course is if throw it into the river.
-Multiple pin positions on each hole.

-Very short holes. Almost all of the holes are under two hundred feet. There are different pin placements that could add some distance to some holes, but none of the holes even in the longest pin positions are over 300 feet.
-Not very challenging. On every hole, I had a chance at the birdie. More advanced players will not find this course very challenging.
-While there are some well designed fun holes, there are also some straight ahead wide open shots under 200 feet, which can get boring at times.
-A few of the holes play really close to each other. Be careful when throwing off the tee-because you could potentially hit another player.
-I wish the river was used a little more in this course, the 3 or 4 holes that use it were a lot of fun, but if it was used more it would add some more risk/reward to the course.
-Course can get crowded, with some slow players who don't let you play through even when you are playing a lot faster than them.
-A few holes play a little close to sidewalks, but not too bad and most can be easily avoided.

Overall, I do miss the old Johnny Roberts, but this one is much better designed in terms of safety than the old course. Other park users rarely come into play on this new design, which is a major plus from the old course. While it is not a as challenging as the old course, it is still a lot of fun as a putter only casual round.