Jokerst Memorial Park plays host to a park style 9 with mature oak trees and rolling hillsides. This course makes for a fun quick round and can be enjoyed by many different skill levels.

Location of Jokerst is extremely accessible from Interstate 55; take the Veterans Blvd. exit, go east, go left on Mill, immediately go left on Brothers Ave., and you'll see the park on your left. Parking seems limited along Clyde St., though it looks like what used to be basketball courts is now just additional parking. Hole one's tee is just to the left of the pavilion near the parking lot. Course baggers should enjoy how easily accessible this course and West City Park are off the highway, along with having some other short courses like Hillsboro and Grace Way nearby as well. Festus also has plenty gas and food options, most notably Krabby Daddy's Seafood Eatery on Truman/Hwy 61. This place has a 4.3 on Google; I don't know if this is a true 4.3 or a "Festus" 4.3, but please let me know if you decide to find out.

Course Equipment checks all the boxes and is great for a 9-hole course. The baskets are Gateway Titans, and while they look kind of old, they still catch great. Each hole has two concrete tee pads and three possible pin placements, by far the greatest variety I can think of for any 9-hole in the greater St. Louis region (not to mention most 18-hole courses as well). Tee signs are showing their age given the perceived temporary feel of them, so hopefully some metal signs can be added here. That being said, the current signage is good enough to give you all the info you need, and navigation isn't too hard to figure out with or without signage.

Course Design at Jokerst revolves around mature oak trees and rolling hills, with just enough obstacles to make you think about your intended line. The openness of the course means there's little chance of losing a disc, and the distances are both accessible for newer plays while still providing fun for more experienced players.

Elevation is definitely a highlight of the course, as most of the holes will force you to factor it into your plan of attack. Holes 1 and 3 are downhill with greens that can have risky putts, with holes 2 and 8 being uphill. Holes 6, 7, an 9 also have a valley area for you to throw over, leaving short drives with additional work on the second throw. Holes 4 and 5 even have greens with hilly parts that can make for a challenging putt. All in all, the elevation really makes this course.

Shot shaping on this course doesn't really force you into a specific shot for the most part, but some holes do have some specific lines. Hole 6 is a RHBH hyzer shot that will challenge forehanders or lefties. Hole 9 also has some lower branches that can favor a left turning shot over the valley. Hole 4 is also one that can favor a right-hand turnover. Other than that, the mature oak setting will allow most folks to choose their preferred drive type of choice.

Distances can vary pretty greatly throughout this course thanks to the multiple tee pads. Generally, most of the holes are in the 200 to 330-foot range. Hole 8 is shorter at around 170 feet. Holes 6 and 9 are both over 330 feet from the red tees, with holes 4, 5, and 9 being between 360 and 430 from the blues.

Difficulty is definitely fairly easy across the course, with newer players likely having a good time while learning the game on this course. Intermediate to advanced players will be able to challenge for birdie on just about every hole on their first round at Jokerst from the reds, while some blues might have you settling for a par due to distance depending on your max drive capabilities.

Course Highlights have to include hole 6; it's hard to beat a relative downhill backhand hyzer line for righties, and the line of brush in front of the pin makes for a fun challenge if you want to go for an ace run. Hole 9 is also a fun ending hole over a valley, with no straightforward way to park the pin.

Spacing/Safety can be a little tight in a few spots due to the relatively small space provided for the course. Holes 3 and 5 have pins that are pretty close to each other, as my friends and I had a moment where we second guessed which basket was right once we got a little way down the fairway. Some pavilions can potentially come into play as well if you have a bad drive or griplock/early release off the tee. Overall, this is a minor issue on this course but is still present.

Repetition can become a factor as well, as hilly and sparse big oaks are the name of the game for most of the round. If this is your cup of tea, then you're good to go, but if you want a bomber drive opportunity or some woods, you're not going to fin that here. There's also a general lack of technical requirements here; if you have a bd drive, you still have a very good chance to save par given how open the course is.

Course Equipment is good overall, but some smaller improvements would really elevate this course. The tee signs currently in place were clearly a quick update due to new pins but are not lasting long term. More permanent signs that can handle weather would be a great addition. There are also plenty of bridges on the course for a creek that runs along the valley, but there was clearly one for 8 (and 9?) that have at some point been taken out or collapsed. While the creek isn't wide at all, a new bridge would be a really nice touch and would make an already cart-friendly course an A+ example for cart users.

Jokerst Memorial Park is one of the higher rated 9-hole courses you're likely to run into; it even spent some time in the past in the top-25 list on this site for 9-holes. While it's not a perfect course, it really does do a lot of things very well. The elevation is great, and if you're like me, mature oak trees can make for an extremely fun round when the fairways are designed right.

I don't have many bad things to say about this course, and if a few things were a little different, I could see a 3.5 from myself; I get why some folks have given a higher score for this course. My friends and I played this course the day after very strong storms, including some tornados just north and east of town. The park had a couple of big branches and a tree down, but the ground was still solid with few exceptions. I can only imagine what this course looks like in dry conditions on a sunnier day with few days after the most recent rain. I'd be hesitant to play a lot of St. Louis curses after the storms we had the day before my round here, but Jokerst is one that clearly can provide fun golf in almost any weather situation.

If you're a course bagger or driving up or down 55, Jokerst is too accessible to pass up. It's out of the way from most of St. Louis, but it's one I certainly want to get back to sooner rather than later. When combined with West City or other nearby courses, this area can make for a fun day of course. Despite being only 9 holes, you'll likely leave this area with Jokerst being your highlight of the day. Hopefully this course continues to get the love it clearly has gotten over the years; it more than deserves it.

Concrete pads are an adequate size and there are 2 per hole.

2 pin placements on each hole (I can't attest to how often the are moved)

Lots of elevation change you throw both up and down the hills

Signage is in good shape.

Logical flow once you figure it out, but there are a few spots where you see multiple pads, and a few holes where you could debate which pin to throw at.

Very solid beginner course, or an opportunity to work on your short game. I threw mostly putters and mids

No way to indicate which pin is in use

Few spots where a first timer might be confused as to where to go, but I found my way pretty easily

The drainage creek that runs through the course seem to get swampy and stay swampy, although there are some stakes that make it appear as though some work is going to be done maybe.

course plays pretty close to some of the picnic areas so on a crowded day there might be some conflict

Some will find the distances too short.

The mature trees are nice, but don't force any real shot shaping.

Overall a decent little 9 holer set in a nice park with tennis courts, playground, picnic areas, etc. Seems to be well maintained other than the wet drainage area.

No real risk of losing any discs.

This course is worth the play, but not really worth a trip out of your way. If you live close or are passing through its worth the stop though.

-nice little compact course with pavilions, grills, bathrooms and water
-course makes good use of topography: every hole either plays uphill or downhill. 1 is slightly downhill, 2 uphill, 3 down, 4 plays over a valley and slightly uphill, 5 plays slightly uphill, 6 down, 7 is fairly flat from shorts, downhill from longs, 8 uphill, 9 uphill
-good shot variety hyzer anhyzer and straight shots
-two concrete pads for each hole except 6 and 8 and 2 pin locations for all holes
-good flow and easy to navigate

-concrete pads a bit short, 2 extra ft would be nice (but very minor con)
-signs located at short pads
-only 1 pad for 6 and 8
-no really multishot (true par 4) shots even from the longs, there is enough area here for at least one of this type of hole.

Overall, this course is just a solid course, it is fun to play, the cons are very minor, it is fairly easy from both pads, but some holes still present challenge for experienced players. This is definitely in the top 3 of nine hole courses for me

The Disc Golf Course at Jokerst Memorial Park is a great little 9-hole course set in a small, 12 acre park with mature trees and subtle elevation changes. The Gateway Titan baskets looked brand new and have multiple placements on all holes. The concrete tee pads were just a little small, but they are level and in great shape. Multiple tees on all holes except for No6 & No8. There are tee signs on all holes that are mostly accurate with hole layout.

The course flows well from hole to hole and loops back near the parking area after Hole9. The fairways were well defined, and the course in general was in great shape and appears to be well taken care of. There was no excessive foliage or underbrush of any kind to speak of.

There were subtle elevation changes throughout the course that was utilized very effectively to offer a good mix of uphill, downhill, and sidehill lies. The course is well laid out through many large, mature trees, but there are not any tight, technical holes. Some holes create more obvious lines to the basket, but there is certainly enough room to be creative with shot making. The course is pretty short, only averaging 280ft from the long tees. Not a real challenging course, but a lot fun to play.

There were multiple tee pads on 7 of the 9 holes, but several of the long pads were located directly behind the short pads and only 40ft or less away from the short pads. The longer pads on these holes don't really make much difference on the hole layout or overall challenge. It looked like there was plenty of room to move the pads further back with more strategic placement to create some different lines and make the holes play completely different. They did utilize this strategy on some of the holes, making the longer tees play completely different from the short tees, but I would have like to seen this done for all the holes.

The tee signs weren't completely accurate, but with that being said, the course wasn't hard to follow. All the tee signs were at the short tee pad. Not being familiar with the layout, I had to walk to the short tees to see the layout, and then backtrack to the long tees. Signs in both locations would be nice, but with several tee pads being so close, this wasn't a big issue.

For such a small park, Jokerst Memorial has a lot to offer this community. The disc golf course is really nice, and the park also has a couple of covered pavilions, basketball courts, a skatepark, and playground equipment. A great recreational course for the novice player.