Logan University is home to a disc golf course that provides a good amount of variety, including some challenges you won't see at many other courses in the area. This course will definitely test your endurance, and a low score will leave you feeling accomplished.

Looking at other reviews for Logan, it's clear that this course opened with a confusing layout. The map on site as well as on DGCR is updated, and for the most part, the current flow of the course is easy to follow. While there can be a hike between holes at times, the tee signs have the direction of the next hole on them. Certain parts of the course also have additional directional signs to help. This is especially helpful between holes 9 and 10, and navigating between holes 12, 13, and 14. The bulletin board and tee signs also includes information about out of bounds and course rules, providing more information overall than most tee signs you will find anywhere else. Overall, the signage on this course is superb.

The course is sporting turf tees, which are nice to throw off of. I do not have much experience throwing on turf tees during wet conditions, but they were nice to throw off of while dry, and left me feeling confident that I wouldn't have any slips. These tees are in pretty good shape, and had limited lumps. There were a couple in the more wooded areas of the course where the tees are starting to surrender to the dirt around them, but there weren't any tees that were rough to throw off of.

The baskets, like with many courses in the area, are Gateway Titans. They are in great shape, and look more updated than the pictures on here show. There's also a bright orange practice basket with plenty of open space at the start of the course, which is a nice touch. You could go pretty far out from the practice basket before running into the fairway of hole 3, and the hilly terrain means you can get some elevation practice in before starting your round.

The holes on this course provide a lot of variety, more so than many other St. Louis area courses. You will find just about every combination of wooded, field, tunnel, uphill, downhill, flat, and water hazard shots throughout your round. You will find that this course comes with varying risk/reward opportunities, and will also provide the chance to utilize your whole bag of discs.

Hole 6 has to be the signature hole of this course, and is probably the most intimidating hole here. Your opening drive carries over water to start, and has a fairway that follows a very steep hill that goes between the woods and a pond. There's a clear landing zone opportunity not far across the pond, along with a lower landing spot between the field and woods before the fairway closes, but pushing your drive up the fairway has significant risk. This lake has surely claimed hundreds of dollars in plastic. Hole 16 also carries over water, but with more land along the right of the fairway you can follow if you choose to play it safe.

As stated above, the rest of the holes provide plenty of variety. Holes 1 and 17 are tunnel shots with a right finish, Holes 2 and 13 start open with a wooded pin location, and Holes 8 and 18 provide opportunities to bomb a shot as far as you can throw. There's truly something for everyone here.

This course is brutal to play, and is physically demanding not only on your arm, but your legs as well. While I don't count this against the course as a whole, my main gripe with the layout is that hole 18 ends a decent walk from the parking lot, requiring you to then hike back up the hill past holes 9, 3, and 1 to get back to your car. Unlike a few of the other courses in the area like JB and Unger, you do not go near the parking lot again after the tee for hole 4, so plan to go the full 18 before seeing your car again.

Holes 12 and 14 also closely follow a tall chain link fence that separates the course from private property - you will see houses and backyards right next to you as you tee off at both of these holes. By itself, hole 14 would make for a very fun downhill drive that would be a highlight of a round at most other courses. However, the fence will likely leave you hesitant to air one out as much as you usually would. It is clear from some of the signage in this part of the course that some neighbors may have/continue to be annoyed by louder groups of disc golfers or ones that hop the fence to get a lost disc. I don't feel as though the fun design aspects of hole 14 is worth the frustration of either disc golfers or neighbors, as the fence really hugs the fairway all of the way to the pin. It looks like there's work being in the woods around holes 11 to 14, so this may be an area that is undergoing redesign; I don't know for sure.

The brush on this course, combined with the number of holes that have blind shots to the pin or landing zones, means that this course sees a large number of lost discs. Playing a round solo means that one errant throw or kick could leave you looking for a disc for a significant portion of time. Even holes like hole 3, which has an open A pin placement, can leave you looking for a disc that went into some woods that you didn't realize came as close to the fairway as they do. This is one course where having others in your group that can play spotter can make for a significantly more enjoyable round.

The roadway along the fairways of holes 9 and 18, along with hole 8's pin, is very active. There are signs that warn about this, but be careful with your drives.

Since there are significantly wooded areas, be careful of poison ivy.

I did not notice any significant drainage issues, but even with the lack of recent rain before my round, the area between holes 10 and 16 had some mud and standing water. Be careful in some of the lower lying areas of the course like at holes 7 and 8, but overall this course doesn't look like it would have as many issues as other courses in the area.

Overall, this course provides a lot of variety but can make for a brutal round. It is a physically demanding course to play, so make sure you have good shoes and stretch before your round. It is on the property of a private university, so make sure you are respectful and pick up after yourself.

Updated on 1/14/21 to fix grammar and improve details.

**--Currently in very good shape. Grass was just cut, fairways on #11, #12, and #15 are actually dry (mostly). Play now for a great experience.

**--New placement for #3 is fantastic. Makes drives less intimidating while still incorporating the water trap.

--One of the best looking courses (if not the best) in St. Louis county. Scenic lakes and water fountains, surrounding affluent communities, beautiful use of elevation and rolling hills.

--Fantastic variety for hole placements. All types of shots will be used.

--Truly challenging; formulaic setup for obstacles on each hole.

--Some holes are among the most fun you'll play in St. Louis.

--Brutally difficult course.

--Woods can claim your disc on many holes upon a bad toss or roll.

--Water obstacles prevalent on about four of the holes that are usually deep and cruddy ponds/lakes. You will not be getting your discs back unless they manage to float near the edges.

--Constant fear of losing a disc will hinder your abilities.

--Absurd drainage issue across the course that creates pure swamps on hole #11, #12, and #15.

--Horrendous navigation scheme.

-- I get the feeling that there was 0 effort put into #17 and it was a rushed production. This hole is also very dangerous and needs to be re-designed straight up.

**--So many of the signs need a reprint. The back half has a bunch that either have two different numbers or just the wrong number. Navigating this course is already hard enough but with incorrect hole numbers? (Thank you to those who tried to verify with sharpie on the signs which holes these actually are.)

Awesome course. Good mix of long and short distances with a nice mix of open field and wooded areas.

It's a bit confusing to navigate, but there's a map available (I'll put a link to it on here) lots of walking back and forth, wear comfortable shoes

Cool course, definitely the one of the best in the area!
http://www.logan.edu/mm/files...ourseMap2.pdf

Here's a map of the course

Logan University is a private chiropractic college in West St. Louis County. West County has so far avoided the disc golf trend (other than the 9-holers in Manchester and Ellisville) so the location is prime for a top-quality course. Fortunately, this course delivers. This isn't a terribly long course, but a lot of the distance shoots uphill and it feels longer than it is. The elevation changes here combined with the wooded nature of the course creates a lot of variety in the shots; I had to throw some rollers and try a few trick shots to try to get by here. A few of the holes (#1,#3, #17) are long and open enough to let you air it out. #9 and #18 do as well, but there is a stand of trees that you have to negotiate that take away the bomb's away effect. On #17 you have to put on your big boy pants because it is a long water carry (I took the safe route) and #3 has some tricky water as well (there is a blind pond up on the right by the pin.) Most of the rest of the course is wooded. There are some really short touch shot/Ace runs (#2, #8, #10) and mostly technical holes. Hole #16 is a great hole; it's a downhill tunnel shot with an OB fence to the right leading to a blind pin with a creek in front and a pond to the left. There is some water on the course, but all of the holes gave you a safe route to avoid the water other than #8, and #8 is an Ace run. There are good tee signs and multiple tees/pins. The course was very challenging to me, but enough of the shots are technical wooded holes that it was not boring like a lot of the courses that primarily get their challenge from length. It's does a good job of balancing challenge with a high "fun factor" and should be attractive to a wide variety of players.

The flow here is atrocious. The holes are set up to bring you back to the parking lot between #9-#10, but to do that you create a ghastly combination of long golfless walks, walking past tees for other holes to get to your hole, crossing the same street four times for no good reason, a dicey creek crossing to get from #12-#13 and a cluster of #17's basket and people walking from #8-#9. Because of the wandering back in forth, there are several places where you can get lost. However, there is a solution to the horrendous flow. Start on hole #10 and play #10/#11; walk across the street and play #12; cut over and play #4/#5/#6/#7/#8, walk around the green for #17 to get to #13 (which eliminates the dicey creek crossing) and play #13/#14/#15/#16/#17; cross the street and play #9; then play #1/#2/#3/#18 to end the round. If you use the 10/11/12/4/5/6/7/8/13/14/15/16/17/9/1/2/3/18 rotation the flow isn't half bad; #8 to #13 isn't a great transition but the rest of it plays OK. This does not get you back to the parking lot between holes #9-#10, but it eliminates a lot of the staggering around the course like a sailor on shore leave.

The routes on some of the holes (#4, #9 & #18 come to mind) are not really defined for somebody that can't bomb.

Hole #16 is a fabulous hole, but the White tee runs against a property line fence. Considering how many disc golfers would jump a fence and trespass in a heartbeat to get a disc back, it doesn't seem like a great idea to be throwing over there. The Blue fairway is a bit better.

As mentioned before, the creek crossing from #12 to #13 is dicey. You either make a muddy slog through a creek or cross over a downed tree that was too narrow and up too high for my old legs to feel steady on.

Hole #9 and the safe route for hole #18 use the same fairway. The shots go the same direction so the design should be safe if people will wait, but it can create a backup.

When you finish #18 and start walking up the hill, you are in #1's fairway blind from the tee. If it's going to be that way there should be a warning sign directing you to stay out of #1's fairway (or there should be a big bell for you to ring so the guys on #1 know you are there )

Hole #3 was closed due to a nesting goose. That was a new one for me.

The tees are natural. I don't list this as a con, but concrete would be better. The course is very pretty and the grounds are very well maintained otherwise.

Edit: This review is very old and refers to a course layout that has been significantly altered, but the rating would be the same as it's still a good course. Until I get a chance to re-write this review I will mention that I do not recommend Logan for solo rounds; I lose a lot of discs here playing solo and waste a lot of time looking for discs. Extra eyes to spot on several of these holes is the difference between a fun time and a frustrating round for me.