- concrete tees
- nice new Innova DISCatcher baskets with bright yellow bands
- tee signs with rudimentary color maps are passable
- multi-use park, but disc golf area is fairly well isolated
- port o potty available in winter, restrooms remainder of year
- some limited mature tree obstacles
- several holes have 2 pin positions (only 1 populated at a time) to add some variety
- holes 5-8 incorporate some elevation change on the lone hill
- generally well maintained park
- decent mix of hole lengths

- decent amount of walking path hazards to look out for
- mostly flat and without very much challenge
- no real forced shot shaping on majority of holes
- bizarre layout between holes 3 and 4 is terrible for navigation
- navigation in general can be somewhat confusing with no defined fairways
- most holes feel very repetitive
- wind is probably a factor on certain days

Kesling Park is a pretty new course with some decent equipment; concrete tees and baskets look new and play great. The tee signs have pretty rudimentary maps but they get the job done for this multiuse park nine hole.

I struggled to find many true cons here, but the best way to sum it up is that this is just another boring, wide open, flat nine hole course. There is no wow factor or real intrigue whatsoever. The lone hill on the course adds about the only spice. Most of the holes feel somewhat repetitive with few obstacles. With no defined fairways, navigation wasn't always obvious. This was particularly egregious in a few cases. Holes 3 and 4 play parallel to each other but throw the SAME direction. This means after hole 3, you have to walk the entire fairway back to the tee for hole 4 which is right next to tee 3. There is some similar backtracking between holes 8 and 9. To me, this is just an absolute no no in course design, especially when it has zero impact on play since holes like 3 and 4 are wide open anyway.

This is a nice enough park that seems to be in good shape, but you're going to get bored quickly here unless you are an absolute beginner. Stop by to bag it if you want, but this one is definitely not worth making any sort of trip for. There are a few trees scattered about which mostly come in to play on holes 1 and 2, and perhaps at the end of 9, but otherwise it's just open air with no technical challenge.

A few next tee indicators would probably improve this course, but I'm not sure how much else can be done. The land to work with is just pretty blah. While disc golf mostly has it's own area of the park, there are walking paths to watch out for that play too close for comfort on a few holes. Make sure you head to the north parking lot at Kesling Park; I originally went to the much larger main parking area and while I could see 1 or 2 baskets I was nowhere near the start of the course.

- Busy multi-use park next to a school featuring lots of amenities such as playground, fitness area, walking paths, whiffleball, baseball, football, and soccer fields, tennis courts, etc. now welcomes a beginner level nine-hole disc golf course.
- Concrete tees, descriptive signage, dual pin positions on hole #'s 3, 4, 6, & 8. Longer pins allow for bigger arms and intermediate players to stretch out a bit. Distances range from a nice mix of 210'-550'. Nice new baskets, next tee directions currently spray painted in orange on the grass. Look for the arrows after each basket. This should probably be replaced with tape or "next tee" signage directly on the basket but for now is sufficient for successful navigation.
- Great use of elevation for the park. Kesling Park has one shred of elevation, and the course utilizes it beautifully. Hole #'s 5 & 7 go up, and 6 & 9 play downhill. Nice bombers for an otherwise completely flat piece of land. So kudos here. I've actually been in this park, with kiddo, throwing condor shots from the exact same hill, prior to any hint of a course...so, they used the areas I'd want them to use.
- Good use of trees. A nice mix of deciduous and coniferous species without any real schule or undergrowth in which to lose a disc, while still affecting play from a scoring/shot selection standpoint.

- The course is in a busy multiuse park and is encircled by a walking path that sees a lot of action; however, the course for the most part stays away from the busiest parts. Only #1 is really in conflict.
- A few benches atop the hill should probably be removed, as they are now in blind killshot zones for #'s 5 & 7.
- A bit zig-zaggy in flow, but for sole purpose of maximizing elevation, so not really a big deal. May come into effect if course is busy at all.
-UPDATE: Course seems to have pins pulled during winter. Rating now reflects Kesling's part-time status.

- Lil' Juke cut his teeth running cross country in this park many moons ago, doing wind sprints up and down the hill at the center of this design. If this was the park La Porte's first disc golf course was going to be in, this is probably the best area of it to be used. Solid beginner style holes, with reasonably fun layout.
- I'd never imagine LP having a disc golf course, but now the whole "beginner niner at local school" thing seems ubiquitous: so why not Kesling Park? I guess the times they are a'changin'...