This course has been around forever. Back in the dark days of 90s disc golf, we had two 18 holes and two 9-hole courses in town. This was one of the very few we had. As such, I had played it quite a bit, but now living in city limits, I play this course frequently.

So, let's start there as far as "pros" of this course. There really are very few within city limits. There are hardly any you could take a bus to go play (if you needed) but this is one of them. It is situated on the slope of an embankment between a school and a neighborhood in the middle of Carrick. Now, I'm sure that there are a few surbananites who think this is a sketchy neighborhood, but it really is not. I have been here dozens of times and not yet had any experience that ever made me feel unsafe.

The course does a great job of setting up challenge given the limited landscaping that it had to work with here. Every hole has a grade of some sort, but rather than playing a lot of up and downhill, you mostly play along the sides of the slope. That can be a bit more taxing to walk, but really does open up a lot of shots that you need to learn and this is a great place to learn them. It plays so the slope is on both your right and your left, depending on what hole you are playing, so you get to see the challenges of discs fading downhill and uphill and how to react to each of them, which includes the putting greens, though most of those have done a great job of going as level as they could. Still, on a few of these holes you will always be putting up or down hill.

The distances on these holes make this a unique challenge, as well. Bigger arms will find it easier to go out and birdie a number of these, but for the average player, this is the kind of course that may play Par easily, but getting under par is harder than it would seem. That's one of the things that continually draws me back to this course. When everything is in that 250ish range, then landing your drives in the circle is a fun little exercise.

You do get to throw downhill once on the 2nd Hole. It's a dinky hole, but the slope makes it harder. Getting your disc down to the green, without oversailing it into OB land, is not something I can do easily on that hole. The 7th Hole is another that I like about this course. You have a choice of an easier BH hyzer path, but risk it skipping miles downhill, or take the uphill anhyzer shot.

There are concrete White tees here and they recently put in Red tees, though those are still dirt. The baskets are a bit older style but I don't get hung up on those things. They aren't as bad as Schenley's and one of them even has a fun graffiti pattern!

Starting with the disc golf itself, I meant my words when I said that this course is a great place to come practice. I really do enjoy playing this course. That said, 2/3 of this course is the same hole. It's a straight shot, 250 foot run, with a couple of trees to navigate and some sloping. Beyond that, they all run together pretty much. That isn't helped by the fact that the park itself is generic. It's your standard "piece of land stuck between property" parks that pop up in cities. It wasn't usual for much else and it's great to have a course here, but not the most scenic ever.

There is very limited parking here. I would imagine less than 10 spots. That's usually never a problem, but I have shown up on a weeknight and the lot is full of students there for practice and afterschool activities. There are no amenities of any sort. Don't take an hour drive and need to relieve yourself when you get here. Not only is there not a restroom, you won't even find a private place to duck behind some bushes.

The course doesn't get all that much traffic, though that is starting to change. I'm noticing more people here than I ever have before. That doesn't mean that there aren't people though. This is probably one of the courses where I experience the most "non disc golfer" interaction. I have had teenagers making out on a fairway that I had to give a heads up to before. I have seen children playing on the fairways. There is a path that runs the entire way along holes 3-6. This presents a number of issues. First off, an errant throw is likely to end up in a private yard. Mostly, though, this path is frequented by dog walkers and early morning by packs of them. That's all well and good, but they have very little disc golf awareness. I often have to wait and let groups walk past before I can throw or they'll stop to converse not noticing that they are in my drive zone. Many of them seem to care less if their dogs bark at you the entire time as well. None of those things are huge negatives. People will use parks and that's great, but they are things to be aware of before going.

The technical nature of the course has helped me shape my playing style and learn how to get out of a jam. The new baskets and added pin placements give even myself (who has played the course thousands off times) a refreshing look and lots more playability

Rollers are frequent and very frustrating, a common round killer. The course is also very short and so most tee shots are the same with slight changes.

While I admit to being sentimental here, this course really makes the most out of the space that is there. Not really worth going out of your way for but a fun way to get a workout while reading your accuracy!