Sycamore Creek Church offers a unique opportunity, playing through different types of land behind a church. It offers more than you might expect from a church course, with an active club/tournament scene, practice basket, concrete tees, and nice new tee signs. There is also plenty of parking and while it may get crowded during church events, it looks like there is a corner tucked away for disc golfers.

I started out not being too impressed through the first few holes, but I ended up feeling that the course does have good variety in its totality. There are the moderately wooded, technical holes 1-5, 9-10, and 16-18, the open holes 6-8 and 11-13, and the tightly wooded holes 14-15. I particularly enjoyed the transition into the woods for holes 14-15, which came as a pleasant surprise compared to the rest of the course's setting. These were easily the most technical on the course and added some precision shots to make the course feel more complete.

Holes 5 and 17 were also fun, unique holes. 5 is an anny with a blind shot over a shallow stream with a basket on a tightly-cornered green. 17 is a pretty extreme anny with a basket on a peninsula. These holes were unique, especially with the rest of the course. Water comes into play on 2 other holes, adding to the course's challenge.

The baskets were in good shape and the fairways were well taken care of. Grass was cut short when I played.

Navigation is great for the most part and the course conveniently circles back to the parking lot.

This course is definitely well designed with the property given, but there are some detractors to the land here. While there are some minor elevation changes, the course is pretty much dead flat.

Also, much of the course is on the open side, with a few too many completely open holes in the middle stretch. There really are only a few truly technical holes here, with many that do little to punish errant throws.

Only three holes are over 300 feet, with six holes under 200 feet. This course is short!

I can imagine a lot of problems when the rough is in full bloom. When I played in Oct, the rough was still pretty bad on some holes. It was disc swallowing on holes 3 and 4 and I think would be a big issue on the open holes in the spring/summer.

Hole 3 was hard to find and not an obvious path from 2, but it was the only confusing part of navigating the course.

It was cool to play a church course that is well cared for and has an active club scene. I always appreciate when a church allows a course on their property, since it is a great way to introduce new players to the sport. I was however disappointed in all the trash that people left lying around the course. Beer cans everywhere is never an attractive thing, let alone on church property where they may be more likely to pull a course. Either way, Sycamore Creek is well worth checking out for a casual round.

Concrete pads.
Good challenge, even on short holes.
Clear signs (with a couple of exceptions).

Trash. Need more trashcans, but also need more respectful people.
Ticks.
What I call "Columbus Par" (short par 4s and 5s).

Not a lot that I would consider cons, but not perfect either. Could be a challenge to anyone that doesn't have a forehand game (thankfully, I've finally developed one, and it helped). Hole three could be a problem (the basket you see is hole 7's), but others have covered that detail here, so it wasn't a problem for me.

There are some BRUTAL doglegs on this course (#6, I'm looking at YOU) that add to the challenge. I have trouble understanding why 13 is a par 5 (noodle arm me birdied it twice easily with only a midrange and putter), but it helped me out in the Birdie Bash, so I won't complain. I agree with other reviewers that the trash on the course is pathetic -- the church is letting you play in their backyard, people -- show some respect!

ace runner
tech anhyzer RHBH shots
lots of small window shots
elevation variation
wonderful short-to-long hole variations
manicured nicely

lots of trash on course
no tee pads
redundant walking on some holes
signage distance incorrect on several holes

today was my first round out here. i enjoyed the layout of the course, got to throw lots of magics, rhynos, rocs, coyotes and king cobras, like the tight lines and smooth turnover opportunities. i would love to see teepads and better signage. i did hit a mulligan ace on 8 and threw relatively well. i give it a strong 2.5 and would love to give it higher......and with a little more work it could easy

-Kept most of the good holes from the 9 hole layout and built on it.

-A couple nice ace runs make your round more exciting.

-Large variety of hole distances, from 155'-510'.

-Water comes into play

-Some wooded holes as well as open bombs.

-As stated before, mud becomes a very large issue on the lower elevated holes.

-A few holes that seem like they do not need to be there, like hole 8

-After playing the first wood hole, I got very excited because I saw a lot of potential in the woods. But there was only one other wooded hole. I thought that certain holes could get pulled and there could be a few more wooded holes.

-No bathrooms or water fountains/vending machines

I thought that the design was a little bit off on the new 9 holes. I think I enjoyed the old layout better.

A few challenging holes.
Good beginner course
New Baskets
Well built bridges over creeks

Semi-confusing first time out
Couldn't find 16's basket (hope it wasn't stolen), and by extension missed throwing on 17.
Sign for hole 5 from what I assume was the original 9 layout added to confusion.
Ambiguous tee areas

It is always appreciated when anyone installs a course and opens it to the public. If I had any suggestions for this course it would be to set up some tee pads even with a couple of 2x4's in the ground. I would also color code some of the holes where baskets are very close together to avoid some of the confusion. It has been said before that if you have some time to kill it is a decent play, which it is, but if it has been raining the mud gets pretty crazy.

New Holes
Family Friendly
Not Difficult
Good mix of wooded to open
Decent elevation changes
Taken care of
Nice signs

Can get muddy
Can be a little problem navigating some of the newer holes but it's well posted so eventually you figure out where your going
Not for advanced players

I love the new holes and I love the new layout. I thought it was cool how they set up the new stuff to weave in and out of the old stuff. It's great to have another 18 hole course around.

The new course starts out with the same original first 4 holes as the old course. Then you break off with a few new wooded one then out again into a big open field. Some times I got a little confused at this point of the course your in a pretty big open field with several baskets in site. Everything is well marked though so you figure it out quick enough. Then you finish up with the final 3 holes from the old course. I really like the changes

Even though the threw in a few 400-500 footers this course is still very much a family course and a beginner course. I would say it is still less challenging then Blendon. If I were to compare it with another local course I would say it's very similar to Sunbury in both distance and skill level. If your an experienced player looking for a challenge I would skip this one.

Even though I said it wasn't challenging, that doesn't mean it's not fun. So hit it up. It's a good time. Good job guys