-Moneta is a cheval glass, at least for competitive PDGA players. It's mostly open and the concept is simple. If you hit the fairway, you'll probably breeze through with a par at worst. If not, then you probably won't save par. The glass can tilt from a clean and pleasant image in the living room to a messy part showing dirty clothes, shoes, and the part of the rug that needs to be vacuumed. That being said, Moneta is very challenging but very fair and within reach for players over 900 rated to score under par on as long as they don't get too comfortable with the open. Pros with a 970 average in a tournament will probably average three or four under. Assuming par is 56.

-It's open. There's more freedom to show off distance. Especially on the par fours since both of them are long and quite open. Even a few of the par threes require a real mash off the tee. Some of the holes are wooded, more so on the back nine but they still offer more space then most challenging wooded holes. Doesn't mean that they aren't challenging. They still have lines you need to hit and spots you need to land in to get out with a par. Birdies did not come as easy to me as they seemed, even though they were definitely within reach. The easiest hole doesn't play more than half a stroke under par and there are a few holes that play nearly a stroke over par for the average player maybe 900 rated.

-The setting is really cool at Moneta. It almost seems that there's history we don't know about on this land. To me, the atmosphere felt like an old fashioned downtown in the west in the 1920s. Especially on the first five holes. Loved that feel to it. That feeling continued for me some on the back nine. If Farmville on facebook had a disc golf course, Moneta would be a possible nominee.

-A huge fan of trilogy. Loved the tee signs and the red dynamic veteran baskets. Some pin placements were very cool too. #1's pin was under a wide pine. A few were tucked into wooded greens while the hole was primarily open. #10 and #12 were in my opinion the neatest. #10's basket is hanging from a tree on the bottom of a large hill. #12 was really sweet too being next to a boulder and over a small creek. I'll get to these holes more below.

-It seems that they went the extra mile to make the downhill holes even funner because those holes are the ones with the unique greens. Course starts with a very high note. #1 is a long 490' downhill bomb. May be long but the elevation decline makes it effectively shorter. The basket being under the tree makes this hole one of the hardest ones on the course. There's a lot of rough as well as a lot of open. #10 is probably the signature hole being wide open and down a very big hill. The hanging basket is the icing on the cake.

-The correlation between challenge and hole length with the par threes is very strong, almost 90 percent. Going back to greens, #12 is one of the shorter holes being under the average par three length of 310'. The huge is very steep downhill too so it's very reachable with a putter. However, the line is very tough. You throw through two gaps essentially. One is right off the pad and wider, the second one is at the green next to the creek. If you don't pure both gaps, you'll be in trouble. This hole was quite difficult for its length, and is one of the main reasons for the correlation between hole length and challenge not being that perfect 100 percent.

-After mentioning #12, I must say that hole is the only one where you have more than a remote chance of going OB. The next one (#13) has a creek in play too. The other sixteen holes do not have any OB. If stroke penalties are your least favorite part of the game, you will more than likely love Moneta. The rough is the main antagonist here. It can be unforgiving, but it is more avoidable.

-I really loved the longest hole on the course. That is #5. It's 745' long and slightly downhill. It's a great opportunity to bomb a drive but there is some danger on both sides of the fairway. Even if you land in the fairway, you could be behind some trees like I was. The fairway gets a little less wide in some parts, meaning if you go far on the right or left side, you could be right behind some trees on the edge. This has my guess as the hardest hole. A pro division with an average rating of 970 would probably average nearly a quarter of a stroke over par. #13 was another favorite. It's one of the easier holes and is only 262' long. I threw a stable putter and it hit the green perfectly. I got a tap in birdie on this hole. The hole is wooded, and is next to a creek the whole way, so it has some danger.

-Concrete tees. So run ups are not hazardous.

-My least favorite thing about this course was the change on #16. I never played the original but I saw it in the pictures and I instantly saw its old fairway and the steps to get to where the basket used to be. Looked like a very fun little ace run up a steep hill. It's now a 240' anhyzer on top of the hill around a cluster of trees. Not that the new #16 is bad, it has some interesting features, but doesn't have any "wow" to it unless you kick right and roll down that hill.

-The appeal may be limited. I'm a big fan of Moneta but there aren't really any big birdie opportunities for newer players. That can be frustrating. Any birdie here will leave you feeling good. #14 is probably the easiest hole on the course and is a great hole don't get me wrong. It's only 225' and slightly uphill teeing off on a wooded edge entering a wooded pocket. This is still a good birdie that takes a lot of accuracy. If you are a starter, your options will be more limited because distance is a need here.

-Risk of discs getting stuck in pine trees. I love pine trees and they make a course look better and all, but I don't like to climb them. After all, you have to drive home. Don't want any pine sap on the steering wheel. ALL JOKES ASIDE, it probably won't resort to a difficult time driving home. I'm just exaggerating a little bit.

-The rough at Moneta is no joke. It can be unforgiving at times. On the more wooded holes, it's actually a little less difficult to escape from since the trees are more spaced out. The open holes demand more accuracy than they appear to. Don't let them fool you. The rough is harder to get out of on the open holes. This is a course where it doesn't hurt to over analyze a little and contemplate whether it's worth it or not to throw a full distance shot. You'll see that from the get go on hole 1.

-Every hole is fair, nothing is real bizarre here. A few shots, notably #8, #16 and #17 were different and a little bit funky, but not in a negative way. Just required more time for thinking.

-Course is hilly. Has more elevation than normal and is almost used to its fullest. I really liked that about Moneta. I drove four hours to play here, Venhorst, and Mayflower Hills and enjoyed my day in the area.