Pros:
(2.016 Rating) A lightly wooded park style nine with some good length.
- BACK DROP - The towering La Madre mountains rise up more than 5000 feet in elevation gain not far from the base of here. They take up the entire northwest backdrop despite being some 13 miles aways. Yes, there are some red tipped peaks along this ridge. I thought the best view was from basket (1) looking towards basket (9), but the feature is basically present the whole time when facing West and North.
- CHAINS AND TEES - 24 chain DISCatchers that somehow haven't rusted yet. Perhaps that's a southwest thing with low humidity. All the baskets were in great shape. The tees are all level, concrete and measure 6 by 12.
- SKILL LEVEL FRIENDLY - Due to the nice length and forgiving gameplay, I could see some local MA1s, 2s, 3s and 4s all playing here from time to time. Even beginners won't be overwhelmed. Players that like woods play probably won't like this one so much though.
- QUICK PLAY - I logically started on (2) as its nearest the parking lot and I logged 28 minutes. Basket (1) is the closest basket to the parking lot.
- NAVIGATION - The hole to hole transitions seemed logical and easy. It seemed very doable without a map despite me not seeing the course map or any other navigational cues. Apparently, the course map is posted on the restroom building.
Cons:
Treesus stopped visiting Vegas years ago.
- HOLE VARIETY - I found the gameplay here to be rather blah. I'm not saying it ever was, but it sort-of looks like a ball golf conversion course, and I have yet to ever favorite one of them. As others have noted, and I agree, making the rocks OB would likely spice up a round. Anyways, there is decent hole distance variation here, from the high 200s to the high 500s. There are some no doubt par 4s, which is nice as well. After that, it's just bland flat disc golf. No thank you.
- TEE SIGNAGE - All but one tee sign was bleached beyond readability. They need to be completely redone. It was crazy to read that they were still good from a couple years ago. Perhaps the UV lining all failed at the same time.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - Although the backdrop is rather incredible, the course itself is dull. Wide and near featureless fairways through-out. Sure there are nice landscaped rock beds with small trees lining 8 of the 9 fairways. They just rarely impact the play to inject intrigue. I scored this aspect roughly 40 percentile. The park was very well maintained and it still seemed to be a decent atmosphere.
- TERRAIN - The adjacent rock beds suck on the ankles. Stay on the fairway where it's a breeze to walk.
- TIME WAITING - A well-used sidewalk comes into play 4 times and I waited on all 4 of these holes. A minor issue overall to me, but not ideal.