Pros:
- Caught this course during the fall leave change... yellow and reds everywhere! Incredibly beautiful.
- Plays near a small river with great views of surrounding mountain ranges.
- Due to location, seems like this wouldn't be crowded often. Had the course all to ourselves on a Saturday in September BUT the main parking area was closed. There is a very convenient pedestrian bridge at the other end of town where you can park and walk to hole #1.
- Almost no elevation change makes this course a welcome change from the more mountainous courses in the region. Played this in the same day as Steamboat Springs Thunderhead course and it was a nice 1-2 combo with very different types of courses.
- The hole distances are reasonable, not having to crush many huge open shots, but still enough to use a range of discs from your bag
- The tree coverage is perfectly balanced, not too much and not too little. Most of the fairways are pretty well defined. Difficult to lose a disc here unless you take a bad fade out of the park area (likely laying you past a barbed wire fence near a very brushy area near railroad tracks).
- Navigation very easy and great signage at all holes.
- pro quality baskets at every hole.
Cons:
Not much to complain about here, a great little course and perfectly balanced in terms of hole distance, tree guarding, and overall difficulty. Two cons to list from this visit would be the closed parking area mentioned above, and a bit of a stink around hole 6... couldn't tell if this was a poorly maintained port-a-potty or if it was just a "low tide" kind of smell coming from the river. Luckily it wasn't bad once you moved from the area, but if the whole course smelt like that it would be rough!
Another improvement I'd like to see is concrete tee pads, currently they are rubber but they play fairly well.
Other Thoughts:
Hot Sulphur Springs seemed like a bit of a quiet town, something about the vibe made us be on our best and quietest behavior when we were parking and preparing to play. Be mindful of this small community if you roll up with a big crew!