This is a solid course - one of the better courses in the Triangle area.
+ Challenging mix of open and heavily wooded shots.
+ Excellent practice putting area.
+ Nice park with plenty of parking, bathrooms, and a variety of activities.
+ Fairy well maintained.
+ Creatively designed holes make good use of the landscape.
+ There are currently 19 holes if you play 1A and 1B, but you may need a map to find them all.

- Course has major drainage issues. This has been an ongoing problem for years and has kept Jones Park from ever being the great course it could be. Holes have been closed and rerouted but it is still only playable after a period of dry weather.
- The various layout changes and hole additions have resulted in a very confusing hole numbering and navigation system, which needs to be fixed.
- Signage could be better. There are no tee signs for a couple of the holes, or only a sign on one of the tees for a hole, and the direction to the next hole is not always clear.
- For a few of the holes, there aren't separate tees for the blue and white levels. It looks like they may be in the process of building some shorter tees.

This course is not great for beginners. I played a round here early in my disc golf career and was a bit overwhelmed. For more advanced players, it is still challenging but far more enjoyable. With the exception of the drainage problem, most of the problems with this course seem easily fixable.

Layout - Overall the course is geared more towards advanced level shots. Mostly technical wooded shots with a good sprinkling of open holes.

Two tees on most holes. The whites are usually shorter and a simpler shot shape; More user friendly although still challenging for newer players or those who can't throw very far.

The blues can be very challenging, some holes are pro level shots and distance. The more difficult holes are wooded and mostly 300-400'.

It starts in the open for four holes. These holes do a good job of challenging you to shape a shot or throw far without losing control and going OB or in thick woods.

The wooded holes are mostly straighter tunnel shots that finish straight or up to the right.

The course incorporates tapering fairways, late single trees and tight gaps that make you work a disc slightly or throw dead straight. I think the ratio of hole length to fairway size is done well here.

Really nice elevation changes for the area the wooded holes sit in. The park slopes down in to a small creek and the layout uses the elevation well. You get one really nice valley hole and a shot off the dam of the larger pond.

Three water holes. The water really comes in to play on all three with Hole 9 being a water carry that finishes through a gap. The white tee on 9 is a more friendly shot beside the water not over it.

The course is mostly par 3's with two par 4's. The first is Hole 2 which is a bomber hole. The second being a more technical placement hole where the water comes in to play and an OB baseball field you have to mando around.

The greens can be tricky. There's late trees to avoid to get on the green on a lot of the holes and they can also be in your way on the putt. The greens use the elevation changes nicely and give you some variety in green shape. It forces you to really consider how to shape your shot and where you're finishing.

Getting off fairway here can be really punishing which can force you to decide how hard you want to attack holes that are higher in distance.


Atmosphere - Fairly nice smaller park with a mixture of woods and open areas. There's a playground and a baseball field along with a large pond and a smaller one. It's completely bordered by a school and neighborhoods so it has that suburbia feel.

Equipment - Nicest practice green I've ever seen. Astroturf Circle with a basket right at the start of the course.

Raised gravel pads with that hexagonal rubber matting. Solid pads and a better selection than concrete due to the course having some flood prone areas. The pads are large, sometimes runway long.

Cool new chartreuse Discatchers for baskets. Good signage with hole picture and distance. Really nice benches on some of the holes.

Layout - In a way this course is crammed in to this small park. It's done in a way that doesn't really create a problem but a result is many of the holes having to be mostly straight. To me this is the main limitation.

The fairways are constructed to create some creativity on your line but for the most part you're just trying to throw laser beams in the woods. It would be nice if more of these holes could finish left or just have more lateral movement either way throughout the fairway. The only real R to L holes here are open.

Due to that I do think the course leans a bit toward LHBH or RHFH dominant players. Overall it has good balance but it seems the more difficult holes with more danger favor them, including all three water holes.

If you can throw decently far Hole 2 is just at a weird distance from the blues to be a true par 4. Adv level players will mostly take an easier three and Pro level players with that distance will be pushing to get a long putt for an eagle.

As of now there's still only 17 permanent holes which is being remedied and honestly it doesn't really bother me but that will be a point of contention for some.

The flow can be a bit tricky if you're new; watch for the directional aids. Holes 12,13 and 14 are gone as of now so you go from 11 to 15. A hole is being added in there. Two holes 1A and 1B were added in between 1 and 2.

The course flirts with the baseball field, the school, the playground, the road/parking lot and the neighborhoods; plus other park patrons come in to play on paths sometimes. This can be a problem at certain times. I don't really feel comfortable playing Hole 10 if the baseball field is in use. Some might feel that way about 1A if kids are on the school playground.

Equipment - No real complaints here other than at some point I hope they redo the signs so it goes 1 to 18.

Atmosphere - If you're in to the more secluded thing this isn't the course for you. You'll encounter a lot of other people not playing disc golf. Somewhat of a crammed in feeling as I mentioned above.

This is now the closest course to my house and to me it's the big brother of Middle Creek which is right down the road by the same designer. A lot of the same design elements except Jones Park has a lot more teeth and challenge for experienced players. It's a good one two for the local area.

You'll need a solid round to score well and it's a great addition to the area.

I played a few rounds at this course the other day and was really impressed. I'm looking forward to coming back when all 18 are finished and it should be a solid 4 stars when complete.

The amenities here are really nice. The turf practice area looks very professional and I think it gives the course a positive image for the other park users. The signage was good and I had no trouble navigating on my first time out. Some of the tees are huge and a lot of work went into nice platforms for the tees where necessary.

There is a nice variety of holes here and for the most part they are fair but challenging.

Hole 1 - Nice open hole to start. Trees and pond on the right prevent the easy hyzer.

Hole 2- 600+ foot par 4. It is open and slightly downhill so it plays shorter. It is nice to be able to air your drive out, but it could use some tighter O.B. It is an easy 3.

Hole 3- Uphill and finishes to the right. A tight tree on the left in front of the teepad adds difficulty to the anny backhand.

Hole 4- Big downhill for the first 250 feet then slightly back up for the last 100. The fairway starts out wide for a wooded hole but gets tighter at the end. Good chance for a 2 but you will be in trouble if you miss the generous fairway.

Hole 5- Slightly downhill with a little pinch about 40 feet out from the tee pad. Trees in front and right of the basket force you to come in from dead straight or work a nice s curve.

Hole 6- Nice smooth curve 330 feet left to right. A pretty generous fairway that tapers as you get closer to the basket. Trees tight on the tee provide the extra mental challenge.

Hole 7- A bit of a throwaway hole just being a 250 foot hyzer. The big pine branches do hang well out into the fairway for a little difficulty and the "green" area is fairly tight and rewards the park job.

Hole 8 - Short but really tight uphill tunnel shot. You are really scrambling if you miss the tunnel. There is some interesting undulating terrain around the green.

Hole 9 - Great hole. You throw over a small pond with trees lining both sides. It's a little less than 300 feet to clear the pond with a finish to the right back out into the field. Right now the fairway is plenty wide to make it fair, but if it grows in tighter it could get nasty.

Hole 10 - Nice par 4 curving left to right around the baseball field. The O.B. field on the right and water on the left forces you to find the fairway. I didn't notice a mando so I guess you can hyzer over the field to cut the corner.

Hole 11- Very cool tunnel shot with water on the left and dense woods on the right. Thick brush lining the pond will keep most disc out of the water though. A mound in the front right of the basket stops low shots from getting too close.

Hole 12,13,14 - unfinished

Hole 15- Pretty tight, slightly downhill with a straight or hyzer option.

Hole 16- Pretty long uphill par 3. I think it plays around 400. The fairway is pretty generous but a large tree on the left about a 1/3 of the way provides a big obstacle.

Hole 17- You throw from the dam of the pond with the fairway a good 25-30 feet below. Mostly straight but fairly tight with a slightly right hand finish.

Hole 18- A challenging finishing hole. Slightly uphill and plays around 350 feet. Like a lot of the holes there are trees tight on the tee but then it opens up a bit. You need to work a nice s curve to get it close.

Right now the biggest con is that there are 3 holes still to be put in, but it seems like they will be finished soon.

I really don't have anything negative to say about the quality of the holes, they are great. The only real con would be the traffic from other park users.

There is a walking path that meanders through some of the wooded holes and it does cross directly in front of hole 5s tee. It also comes into play on 15 and probably will affect some of the holes still to come.

There was a kids baseball game going on when I was there so I had to play really safe on #10. On #1 there are some trees providing cover but a bad shot could fade into a parking area. #2's fairway also seems like it is used by people in the adjoining neighborhood to access the rest of the park.

Bottom line is that even unfinished it is a fun course that is worth the drive from Raleigh. I'm excited to see it fully finished.

Expected a niner and found fifteen very playable holes with a ton of variety and incredible care shown to course design and construction. At a ton of new courses, I often find myself saying, "I hope they do x," but not so here. The layout incorporates classic wooded holes with cleanly carved fairways of perfect width and length typically around 300 feet. They are connected by a network of swept and bordered trails with signs at every intersection. The difficulty of most holes is consistent across the board for intermediate to advanced players. When the holes are open, and there a handful of non-wooded holes which allow a player to flex out a driver, the distance is increased to an adequate range, and stand amongst the longest holes in the area. 9 is the toughest hole out there, a three-hundred foot carry that requires a right fade at the very end to get close to the basket. A left fade leaves a tough approach and a straight finish will leave you in marsh. Try to bailout early and overhanging branches will knock you into the water. (There is an alt tee here)
Unfinished, it is arguably the best course in the Raleigh area. It's really got everything. Challenge, variety, water, elevation. When complete, it should be at least a 4-star course, imagining the care that went into the first 9 is replicated while finishing the back half.

Not suitable for beginners but there are enough area courses that are. A set of short tees could make all of these holes fun and playable for new players, though.
Only a temporary issue, but transitioning from 9 to 10 is not obvious. (Cross the parking lot from where you started) The transition from 11 to 15 is more so. (Don't know, I walked backwards from 17.)
There really isn't much in the way of flaws here, or they aren't obvious because it isn't totally finished and the difference between a permanent flaw and a problem that hasn't been gotten to yet isn't obvious. I don't think there is a signature hole here, and if there is anything lacking, it is that lack of wow that would bump it up. It's a solid course I could play a ton if I was local but it's not so much a destination course I will remember always.

This is a very nice 9 holer. The practice green is really nice turf, it had me practice longer than usual. Most of the course is long and wooded so only 9 holes isn't really a quick round. Hole 9 is a very intimidating. You will need to be able to throw 300+ feet from a deck straight over a pond with trees lining both sides and then fade to the right at the end. (Or just use the alternate tee.)

Other Pros:

- excellent signage
- easy navigation
- variety and challenge
- really bright basket color
- elevation used

The tees are large and look nice but rubber makes me nervous. My knees give out easily so any wetness really keeps me timid. The course does have some soggy areas so I was extra caution from the tees.

My GPS could not find School Days Lane but that might be because it's old and outdated. I just searched out the elementary school next door.

The course is fun and it is a 9 holer worth playing. I see there is talk of expanding to 18. I don't know where they will fit it. If they do expand I hope they don't just cram it in just to have 18. They've done a great job on the 9 so I assume they will do a great job on additions.