Grippy and adequately sized teepads, course map, informative tee signs.
Very good variety spanning 3 unique terrains. 3 true par 4's. Elevated basket, ravine and pond carries are included.
Multiple tees on approximately half the holes offer different looks.
High fun factor.

Repetition in hole length and shape. 10 of 19 tee shots are L-R and 280-330 feet long.
Wooded holes unplayable after heavy rains. Opening hole is one of the most difficult of the entire course (locals commonly start on 13 or 7 to ease into the course with a less punishing hole).

Northside Christian DGC offers a great variety of holes and landscape across the church property, which is maintained well and regularly tweaked and cleaned to keep the course in good order. Holes 1-5 play in an orchard-like area, 7-12 are in moderately thick woods, and 13-18 are in a park setting lined with mature trees at the boundary and throughout the fairways. 4 baskets are also spread out across the retention pond near 17's tee for added holes.
The par 4's (especially 1 and 18) are challenging and require accuracy and distance to score well. The narrow strips of grass between the parking lots and drainage ditch are used well to create fairways where precision is key.
Course hole 1 is one of the two hardest of the course and is a very challenging first throw to start a round. Saving a hole like that for later in the round after a player has warmed up makes for better hole design progression. Starting on hole 13 or 7 achieves this with minimal impact to course flow.
There are many holes of similar length and shape, but this offers a great opportunity to dial the the midrange and fairway shots.
Overall the course has a very high fun factor and one I enjoy returning to. With Spring Valley 10 min north, they make an excellent pair of courses to enjoy in the same day.

I am super impressed with the quality of work this church put into this course. Each hole has full, grippy concrete tees, nice tee signs visibly mounted, and intentional hole designs with a -*obligatory review cliche warning*- great variety of shots. I know that phrase gets thrown around, but for a private course built and maintained by a church, it is so well done. Short technical holes, 400'+ bomber holes, water carries, interesting use of drainage ditch and a drainage creek.

There's some areas on the wooded holes (10-12 I think) that doesn't drain very well and can stay pretty muddy.

Hole 6 seems thrown in to make use of the pond. It's a nice hole, short water carry over the small pond by the front driveway, but getting there and then back from 7 is a hike.

There's no elevation. You shouldn't expect any, being in Houston though.

The real thing that made me decide 3.5 instead of 4 was I didn't get the sense of "wow" factor that I am used to having in courses which get a 4 and up rating. In some courses you guys feel like you're playing something special. This felt like a very good course, but didn't have that transcendent feel of something "excellent," (the DGCR 4.0 description) just "very good," (the 3.5 description). It was a tough call for me, but that's why I did what I did.

I am incredibly grateful for the church for building this course, building it well and maintaining it well. When I was there a few people came out to make some adjustments and improvements for Texas State Championships in a week. They were incredibly friendly and nice. It means a lot to me that they put so much effort into this course and leave it freely open to the public, and welcome any golfers to come out. If you go play this course, and I recommend you do, please acknowledge all of the work that goes into the course, and that this church could be doing anything else with the land. But they decided to make it a disc golf course, and to do it well. That should be respected.