-Optimist now has 27 holes, so there is plenty of disc golf to be played. It's not an incredibly challenging course, but there are some holes that play almost 500', and even the shorter holes in the woods tend to restrict your options in one way or another.

-When I played (in the winter), it seemed like the course was generally well maintained all year round. There are clearly mowed fairways, but even if you put a disc in the rough it's not such thick vegetation that you're likely to lose a disc. Of course in the summer these rough areas off the fairway will get greener and thicker, but given that the vegetation is evidently kept at knee height it's probably not going to punish bad shots too harshly even in the summer.

-It's difficult to find some of the teepads. I didn't really enjoy running around trying to find the correct place to throw from on a lot of the holes. This problem was compounded by the fact that the illustrated tee signs have evidently been vandalized, so now they are just blank looking posts in the ground next to the teepads with hole numbers and distances written on them in permanent marker. The problem of navigating the course was the worst on the first 7 holes, and then from hole #8 onward the course started to follow a more logical flow.

-There is a huge sugar factory in Fort Morgan that could ruin the course's first impression if you're bothered by the smell. It's not as bad as a farm smell, but it's definitely something you'll notice when you drive into town.

Based on the course design alone, it would be a 4.5/5. Half a point is taken off for the busted signs and half a point for the sugar factory.

Good cement tees, decent signage. Kept up fairly well, "fairways" are mowed fairly regularly, most holes have many trees in play. Wide range of distances from tee to basket. Some elevation change. Good course for beginners and pros.

Although some elevation change, the course is mostly flat. Signage could stand to be updated. More trash cans throughout the course would be nice, but if you can pack it in, you can pack it out.

The first 7 holes are well groomed grass (used to be 8 holes but #1 was taken out). A pond comes into play on holes 6 and 7, especially hole 7. There is a path on the left side (beware of pedestrians) of pond on hole 7, beyond the path is considered OB, at least during tournament. It can be challenging to land between the pond and the path. For a beginner this course will probably take between 90+ strokes for the 27 holes. For an experienced/advanced player, an 80-85 is doable. There are probably 5-6 holes, if thrown from the long tee pads that will take an accurate long drive to reasonably make in 3 shots. Some holes also have different pin placements that can greatly increase/decrease distance. This is a relatively long course and it can get hot in the summer ... make sure to take water. In most normal circumstances, holes 5 - 8 are the only holes that other park users may be a "hazard".

Before I go into this review, I want to preface that when I played here it was set up for the Colorado State Championships, but the layout was more or less the same. I had a great time competing (and losing!)

---The front 5 holes are well-groomed, fast greens with amazing teepads.
---The following 16 holes are good as well, incoporating a lot of the natural vegetation to increase the challenge
---Hole 5 (my favorite hole) is the signature hole, with a huge pond right off the teepad that required either a monster arm or a good hyzer lay-up
---Excellent flow between holes, with simple but effective, tee signs to guide you
---Good teepads, which couldn't have been easy to install out in the woods
---A good variety of shots
---Even at 21 holes, it's a pretty quick play

---Overly generous pars
---Hole 5 should probably be skipped by begginers, or you may be suffering some heartbreaking disc loss
---TONS of non-disc golf traffic, as this is really the only big public park in town (on the weekend we played the State Championships, there was also a cross-country meet going on)

This is a cool course, tucked way back away from Denver. I'm not sure how much use it gets because of this, but it's worth a drive out to if you're in the area.

This course starts off in a groomed grassy park for the first 8 holes and then weaves it's way through a Cottonwood forest for the remaining holes. Two of the holes border the pond in the park and are very easy to lose a disc in. The holes in the Cottonwood forest all seem to have at least two sets of trees to get by before the basket making this a very challenging course. The tee pads are some of the best I've seen yet with lots of texture and plenty of room.

The day I played it seems as if someone had been tweaking the layout of the course. Many of the holes didn't match the tee signs. Two of the holes seemed to be brand new adjustments with no tee boxes at all, but they were neat challenging holes. I've uploaded a photo of the course map I found at tee 1 with it's long list of complicated adjustments. Hopefully things will get sorted out before too long.

Well worth the hour drive from Denver. Make a road trip out of it and hit the fine course in Sterling as well for a weekend of disc golf.