Mountain Creek Park has enough open space for about 48 holes but I somehow think, even if it had 48 baskets, the course would still be empty. It's not that it's not a pretty park, it's actually quite lovely with acres of lush green grass, a smattering of elevation, the lake on one side and a few scattered trees to keep things slightly interesting. So why was I so disappointed? First, the navigation was a pain in my behind. With no signage and no course map, finding the tee pads was a problem. Luckily, some kind golfer had sprayed painted the hole number on the pads. It was somewhat reassuring that when you located a pad, to at least know what number pad it was. The tee pads were Texas sized hexagons with the small painted on numbers. The baskets were very plain DGA models.

Secondly, the wind blew strong my entire round. I'm no fan of gale force wind conditions. I'm also not a fan of birds, snakes and prickly thorn bushes either. Luckily, Mountain Creek Park had none of these.

Cons: Wind, wind and more wind.

No signage.

No course map or kiosk or any hint of where to start.

Too wide open for me and probably most disc golfers.

Park is a popular spot for large gatherings. I had to skip one hole in order to avoid one such group.

These cons just be be the reason that I was the only disc golfer there on a lovely Sunday in May.

This course is not that far removed from being an above average disc golf course. Just make the wind go away, add signage, get a dozer and push enough dirt around to create some hills and then plant another 200 trees and watch them grow.

-- Tees are decent size and in good shape. Tee number is stenciled onto each tee pad.
-- Baskets are solid. A blue arrow is stenciled onto the cement under each basket pointing you to the next tee.
-- Nice park facilities (pavilion with picnic tables) that include restrooms (listed as closed December through March) and water fountain in the middle of the course. Also nice lake views.
-- Variation in distances: three less than 300 feet; three 301-450; three 451 or longer.

-- Course is mostly open with a few trees in play. There is some minor elevation in play, the wind is likely the biggest obstacle.
-- No tee signs of any kind. The numbers on the tee pads help a lot, but standing on the No. 6 tee, you might see two baskets in the same direction. If you only see one basket, it might be No. 7.
-- Distances on map are frequently WAY off. Only No. 1, at 290, is listed at less than 300 feet. Nos. 5 and 7 are both shorter (in the 260-275 range) but are listed at 335-345. Other holes also appear to be off. The scorecard on this site lists red and white for each hole, but there is no indication of a second tee pad or pin position for any holes. The map on this site lists the distances that are listed as the white tees.
-- Trash. While it would be an overstatement to say it is everywhere, there were piles of trash in a lot of places, including dozens of beer bottles (some broken) on No. 3 looking out over the lake. There is a trash can 50 feet away. The parking lot by No. 1 also had piles of trash in spite of three trash cans, and most tee pads had one or more empty water bottles lying on the ground.

-- Talk/rumors of an additional 9 holes (or at least tee pads) have been around for years, but I saw no evidence of that.
-- The area north of the parking lot (where hole 1 is located) looks under utilized by the park in general and could hold 5-6 disc golf holes.

Teepads are long and in great shape and the baskets are in good condition as well. This is a nice park right by the lake. The wind becomes a factor and they make use of the fee trees in the park.

There is no signage at all. 2 or 3 of the teepads have the hole numbers scratched into the teepad. Once you find the teepad you can tell where you are supposed to throw. There was a lot of beer cans on the fairways. If you pack it in please pack it out.

If you park by the playground you can start on hole 6 and work your way around. If you play this route you will have a decent walk from hole 9 to hole one where the other parking lot is on the far side of the park. Hole 1 is the only hole on that area of land. Hole 2's teepad is 30 feet past the basket of hole 1. After hole 4 walk up the hill and you will see hole 5's teepad. The basket is under the trees near the houses.

The navigation has much improved since I last stepped on this course 4 or 5 years ago. It is suppose to go to 18 teepads with 9 baskets but I did not see the orange paint on the grass for the newer holes. After you played it once navigation would be easy but for people new to the park they could have some difficulty.

Very nice concrete teeboxes.
Very nice baskets.
Fairly easy to follow without signs at the teebox.
No real traffic to deal with. (walkers,dogs, or joggers)
Park on location which is nice if you have kids with you.

No signage at the teeboxes.
A little bit of trash out on the course, didn't see any trash cans.
Every hole was pretty much the same, not much of a shot shaping course.
Pretty much grip and rip off the tee.
Some trees but not enough to make it difficult.
No trash cans.

It's located at a nice park that seems to be taken care of (some trash around). This would be a great 9 hole course if had a few more amenities. (i.e. signs, trash cans, more trees to bring up the difficulty).

All in all it wasn't a bad little 9 hole course to practice you big driver shots or practice your long to mid range game.

-new concrete teepads
-new baskets
-nice, clean park
-the park has elevation, a fair amount of trees around 7-9, and a great view of the lake
-potential to play some cool safari layouts

-not much in the way of obstacles, the course is mostly just long and open
-pedestrian paths throughout, well-used by walkers and joggers
-very little shade on this mostly open course
-the wind is nearly always blasting off the lake

After existing in a miserable state for years, this course finally has designated tee pads and they are concrete. A most welcome update for a course that really isn't as bad as it looks.

Use the parking lot of the north side of the park and you will drive past hole 1 on your left. The layout flows clockwise around the park. The rolling hills come into play on hole 3 and to a lesser degree on holes 4, 6, & 7. Holes 7-9 have a number of trees in play and will require a small amount of line shaping but they're still pretty open.

There used to be a small pond in the middle of the park, close to where tee 6 is located now if I remember correctly. Not sure if that area still gets flooded. The pedestrian trails are well used but I have never seen as many in the park as Hector Chain indicates above. I've only played in the morning or middle of the afternoon though.

This course is not worth going out of your way to play but it is not as bad as the rating would imply. Definitely a worthy place to practice if you live nearby or somewhere an adventurous group can go to play safari golf, especially if the other courses around town are crowded. Very close to Turner Park.


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Wind Practice. Empty of golfers. Endless amount of possibilities. Lake Views. Military helicopters flying over.

No tees man. Not even worn path in the grass. Some woman laid a blanket down when I was trying to throw from #4 to #6 so I just turned and started throwing from some basket to some other basket. No problem ladies I don't have any tees anyway I don't know what I am doing.

We each are an architect of our own reality. A group or disc golf gang could easily turn this park into an awesome 9holes. They are numbered so you can figure something out for sure. I will go here again cause I liked to throw next to the lake without fear of losing discs.