Kansas City's original disc golf course. While it's obviously an older park-style course just remember that this course is less than a year younger than the Aviar itself. There have been improvements over time to keep the course from getting stuck in the '80s, and those help it stand up to some of the newer designs.

A concrete tee with a color tee sign at each. Every hole has a DD Veteran in a shorter position, and a MachIII in a longer position. I say "a" position because each hole has a minimum of three pin positions, and some have as many as seven (Hole 8). Four holes (4, 8, 10, and 18) have a third basket, Hole 8's rotates through the three spots on the island green, while the other three are set in the respective hole's longest positions.

The course keeps away from other park users well on most holes (the road on 13/14 and tennis courts on 18 being the exception).

Hidden challenge near some of the greens: Holes 1-7 all play near the drop-off to the Down Under course, and there are several pins (1D/E, 2C, 3C, 4E, 5D, 7B) that are right near the precipice (this also comes up in Cons). Add to this the hard dogleg greens on 11, and the green up the stairs on 14 (you read it right) and you have much more than a round of put-your-brain-in-neutral-and-get-birdies.

The tunnel of 3 remains on of my favorite holes in the area. To the shorter pins it's a fairly simple toss, to the longer two it's a well-controlled fairway driver shot that needs to stop short of the edge of the woods or you're in for a rough time. Precise tee shots are also necessary on 4, 8, 9, 12, 15, and 16 with their tree gaps from the tee,

While having multiple pin placements is nice, some don't change the course that much. Several holes are just a cluster of baskets and your drive will be much the same shape no matter where the basket sits

While the challenge of playing near the drop-off to Down Under adds value, it also adds danger to those playing down there. No, they're not mole people, they just like more technical golf.

Some of the older equipment is beat to tar. Some pads are missing corners (14). Several of the MachIIIs have popped welds and the ultra-long on 18 is destined for the scrap metal pile at some point soon.

There are several uninspired holes (1, 2, 10, 17) that feel stuck in place to make it 18 holes. There was limited space to work with, but these come up lacking when compared to some of the better holes (3, 14).

This course is always busy since it's near the Dynamic Discs store. This has the negative effect of clogging up the fairways, tee pads, and parking lot. Which leads into parking; parking here sucks. Not enough parking for the volume of park users on a weekend and the spaces that are there are extremely small.

Since the park is so close to the store it's frequented by newer players, which is a good thing, but you may end up stuck behind a really, really slow group for a few holes which is a bad thing. This course is also a common spot for larger groups and even some mob golf. Fortunately most groups will have an experienced player or two that will make sure you get played through.

Having a park with two courses is nice, but the skill gap between the two leaves Up Top extremely busy, which is the main detractor for an otherwise decent course. As I tell people coming to KC, play Up Top for a classic, easier round; play Down Under for a difficult, wooded round; and either way get some Joe's BBQ down the street when you're done.

Rosedale makes for a pretty casual round, featuring tons of pin placements that add a lot of variety and has holes that give opportunities to air it out, even on medium-length holes, most of which still finish in or near some trees.

This course provides a challenge for everyone. The fairways aren't too wooded, so beginners won't be frustrated like they would on Down Under, and there's a handful of extra baskets (on 4, 8, and 18) you can play to for par 4 longer hole that provide more challenge for advanced players.

There's a few low ceilings (3, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16) which add a nice addition to the bomber holes. Others have a straight low ceiling line and wider open lines that sometimes throw over the trees.

Work gets put into this course on a regular basis. In the last few years, there has been a handful of new tees, all new signs, mulch, and a minor redesign that adds the very good hole 16 and stays clear of bordering backyards. Because of all this, the flow is pretty good, apart from backtracking after holes 3 and 16.

Pretty flat, elevation wise. If you get off the fairways, you're going down a drop-off, but it only punishes the bad shots more while still providing only a small amount of challenge for everything else. They also create a lot of lost disc opportunities, even if you know exactly where it entered the woods. While every hole is different, there's not significant difference, like right-to-left and left-to-right holes. The woods are on the right most of the time, rewarding RHFH/LHBH shots.

No real standout holes, because of what's described above. But at the same time, only a few holes (10, 17) are completely boring.

There's lousy, old baskets, a tennis court that gets in the way of some of 18's pins, bleachers on 9, and a road on several holes on the back nine. It all adds to the feeling that this is an adequate, but mediocre course.

This is a really busy course most of the time. There are also a few other attractions in the park that the course avoids, so the parking lots are usually full. Down Under gets much less traffic.

As the title suggests, there's not a lot bad about the course, but also nothing to make me like this course above a lot of others I've played. It's never a bad option to stop at, but you won't walk away feeling like you experienced something epic.

There's some rocks on some holes, especially near the drop-offs at the woods. They mean you have to be careful how your disc is coming in, but be ready for odd skips.

You can usually tell a lot about the local disc golf scene by;

1. The overall general condition of the course, ie. litter, benches, trash cans, navigational aids, brooms, bag holders, etc.
2. The beginning staging area.

The Top course at Rosedale Park starts beside the tennis courts. Here you will find:
picnic tables, a course donation box, a disc return box, a kiosk with posters and league information for each Kansas City area disc golf course. Yes, I can safely proclaim that this an active club here.

The course starts right beside the tennis courts and finishes just on the other side of those courts. Holes have anywhere from three to six basket placements and I saw no way of knowing position the basket is in. The pads are nice sized concrete. Signs are your basic fiberglass type. I could do without all the stickers plastered on everything. The baskets are older Mach II's. This course has this professional park benches. They are vandal proof. Oh, Oh! Some super strong, aggressive teen somehow trashed on of these benches on one hole.

The course features lots of places to throw some big air and generally seems to play fairly long. It has a nice combination of open and wooded, more technical holes. Also a nice variety of straight, hyser and routes needing an anhyser throw. I can't recall any one hole that stood out as a signature type hole. Just a lot of solid fun throws.

There is not a long list of Cons for the Top course.

Visiting players all mention the lack of next tees signs. After playing Harmony Bends with it's excellent next tee signs, every other course falls short in that regard.

The route after hole 3 tends to lead to confusion amongst us road trippers. There were not many locals playing today so I didn't always have local groups to follow.

Top needs a washer system like Albert Oakland has. It's cheap, easy to implement and so very helpful to not only visiting players, but locals too.

When you combine both courses here, you have 36 holes of varied, competitive disc golf. I'd say that Kansas City players have a fairly nice contingent of courses to choose and the active club seems to be on top of things. I'm suitably impressed. Now can the club do anything about the electrical storms that are raising hell with my October road trip!

His is my first play through of this course and it wasn't too bad. All of the tee pads were concrete and there was hole signage at each tee pad to show the hole shape and each basket placement. Most holes had at least 3-4 basket placements which is great but sometime hard to see where the basket is. This may be because I'm playing in December and everything is dead.

I like that on most of the holes even if your tee shot is a little far left or right, typically your second shot will still be an ok setup shot to get you close for a par. Something I haven't seen at any other disc golf course is large colored flags on top of the basket with the hole number to help find the baskets. Another good thing is that you can almost see all of the baskets from the tee pads which makes it clear where you're supposed to shoot.

Lots of mature trees that make for fun technical shots throughout the course. Good baskets and having multiple placements makes for a fun course to play more than once.

I found that there is quite a lot of rocks throughout the fairways and greens which can really eat up some discs if you were to play this course regularly. I wish there were more hazards other than mature trees to help with more difficult tee shots. I haven't played Rosedale under but I've heard that it is a little more difficult with window shots. I was hoping to get a little of that on Rosedale top other than hole 16 which is very cool and has you tee off having to split a medium ceiling/medium window tree gap to get to the basket.

I wish that there was signage at the end of each hole to help guide you to the next as it was hard for me to navigate sometimes. Luckily the locals are nice and had one play through with me to help guide me through.

I was told that this is a good course during the day but it is a sketchy place during the evening and night and would not really want to go over there after 5pm probably.

Overall this course seems to be an all around well set course that is mostly open with lots of big trees and multiple basket locations. Also, this park has a good amount of parking, porta-pottys (which is better than no bathrooms), tennis courts, baseball fields and other attractions beyond a decent disc golf course. I will be coming back to play this course again in 2018 when it gets warmer for sure.

Not as hard of a course to navigate as the down low but it was just as fun, concrete pads are awesome and each hole is a challenge, plus multiple placements, flat course with some tree obstacles not very technical like the bottom, if u miss slightly with your drive could still be a good shot.

some holes seemed like the same shot, not all, it had a good mixture, but when i came to these it was kinda a downer when i was like ok didnt we play a hole just like this but it was still ok.

had a great time at this park and anyone going to play make sure u have time to play both courses

-Risk/Reward everywhere
-Golfer will use every shot, every disc and every decision making scenario in their arsenal
-Great course layout. It was busy, but play was uninterrupted for the most part.
-Concrete tee pads

-Dirtiest course I've ever played. Garbage and obvious bathroom sights in the woods.
-Grass needs to be cut last week
-No trash cans to speak of
-Difficult for a first timer to navigate from basket to next tee in some places
-Noticed drug use by other golfers on the course

I was in KC for the weekend and just had to play. This course was within 10 minutes of the Westin and just what the doctor ordered after a 5 hr car ride. I was challenged and satisfied with this course. This course isn't in the best area, so be careful. Probably won't play here again, but I enjoyed myself for the most part.

A nice variation. Some short holes, some long, it's a very good course for the beginner to intermediate to try get out and throw some long holes and still practice on the technical ones.

really flat until about the last half of the back nine. alot of holes are just the long, straight boring shots.

Good Location, easily accessible.