-Short with some tight and technical shots with lots of aces to be had.

-Great family course

-I can play the course in under 60 minutes normally as its a easy walk.

-Tons of kids are great for the sport but can be a nightmare in dealing with their lack of course etiquette. I've had kids pick up discs that were not theirs and try to walk off with them as I am walking up for my next shot.

-Litter everywhere in the bushes and rough as kids sneak out with dads beverages and toss the cans on the ground instead of the trash cans. There could be more trash cans available, but I doubt it would help. People just do not treat the course like they should.

- When the course went from 9 holes to 18 and the tees pads were built the church just dug them out, poured the concrete, and left the piles of dirt where they lay. They did zero leveling or dispersing of the dirt so there are mounds of dirt next to the tees and it can be a total muddy mess.

- No bathrooms available

- tons of poison ivy on hole 14 makes it almost no fun to play. A little herbicide would go a long way in making this hole better.

While I enjoy playing this course, the upkeep could be a lot better. There are times when the fairways go uncut for weeks and the tee sign on 3 has been missing since this past summer.

The Sycamore Creek Church DGC has been upgraded to 18 holes, with excellent, new signage (about half of the holes are just a hair longer than previously listed), large, level, concrete tee pads (including a monster sized tee on 11!) which have been grooved for excellent traction, and quality DGA Mach V baskets. It's a very fun play for the Recreational to Intermediate player to go for a score in the 40's, compared to somewhat tougher courses. Folks at this skill level should be able to get 2's and 3's all day long out here, because even the two holes over 400 feet are open, with generous fairways, and the holes demanding a line through the woods are fair, shorter, and the greens are approachable. You have a decent mix of left to right, straight, and right to left options. A couple of holes toward the end are actually quite scenic, with 16's slope down to the creek-crossing bridge and the lightly guarded green, and 17's pond-side tee, where you can chose the tougher left side line or the right side, with an easily reachable water carry.

Maintenance toward the church (park in the rear, and see the new map added here on DGCR) is really quite good, while the woods and field beyond seem to rely a little more on the conscientiousness of the disc golfers themselves to properly dispose of their empties. There are trash cans out there (please use them, folks!), and some nice benches.

In all, this makes for a nice second-tier course right in Pickerington (along with Simsbury), and playing both in a day is easy, enjoyable, and rewarding for the mid-level player.

The first obvious issue shows up on hole three, as you look downhill towards what turns out to be the 16th basket. With the third tee sign currently lying down, it just points out the fact that the course needed a map for first timers, so I went ahead and drew one up.

Big arms will only have a few opportunities to air it out, and precision experts won't find this course overly taxing. Once you've reached Advanced skill levels, it might not be your cup of tea. That's not to say that the edges in the field and wooded rough won't be a little hard on casual level players, either. It's really a mid-skill level course, so know what to expect.

I've played here once when it was damp, and once extremely dry. It's better dry. The low areas can get marshy and muddy, and attract bugs.

As mentioned above, folks who carry in here need to do a better job of carrying it out, or cleaning it up, please. And they might want to consider respecting this course because it is on church property, after all!

Concrete tee pads now
Well trimmed fairways
Good course to practice shorter technical shots
A few holes where you can air it out
Good course for first timers and beginners

Sometimes layout is confusing
Course has the tendency to be muddy
Rough tends to be long (watch your disc) (bug spray would be a suggestion)

This course looks and plays much better now that they have done some renovations. I would suggest checking it out again if you have not played it for a while as it was a fun experience.

-Is right by the Disc Golf Mart
-Has nice trees and is a decent park area
-Good course to introduce n00bs to the game
-Concrete tees and new signage
-Good practice for the short game and has a few long bombs as well. This course offers a nice variety of shots.
-Good use of course flow and design

-Often littered everywhere, which is unfortunate.
-The tee pads can get a bit short so if you need a long run-up it will be tough
-Not many other cons I can think of since the course has improved greatly in the past few seasons. Mostly the problems are with people throwing on you when they can't wait 30 seconds for your group to finish.

The course has seen much improvement lately and also seems to be getting better care. It has come a long way from its humble beginnings and is now a decent little disc golf course. It's a good beginner course and also has challenges for more experienced players. I used to avoid this course but now I am happy to play it and work on my shots. Hole 1 is a total ace run and I swear I'll get it one of these days! Also they host a lot of local events at this course so keep on the lookout for cool things over there!

* Beginner friendly

* Nice, high quality baskets

* Second course in Pickerington provides a good warm-up before you go play Simsbury.

* Concrete tee pads are in

* NO trash cans means tons of trash all over course

* concrete tees seem a couple feet shorter than I'm used too

* Poorly marked layout leads to lots of hunting for the next tee.

* May be closed soon. I'm hearing the church may sell the land to a developer. Hopefully they'll donate the baskets to another course if this comes to pass.

I want to like this course, I really do. And it has tons of potential. However, the people who play this course are clearly a problem. The first thing we noticed about this course was a ridiculously high number of broken beer bottles around some of the baskets. In addition, several signs had been ripped down, and replaced by laminated paper signs. One of these had been torn in half and left lying on the ground. To me this shows that the church is TRYING to keep the course up, but the idiots playing the course are a problem. In fairness, having a trash can every few holes would alleviate some of the issues with trash. However, I fail to understand why people cant haul their trash out with them, and REALLY can't understand why someone would buy a 12 pack of Bud Light Platinum and proceed to smash every bottle over a basket, leaving tons of blue glass lying around. Due to the amount of trash, and overall poor repair, I wonder if the church will keep the course open.

update: Concrete tees are in, and there was little glass to be found during the Ace Race. I'll play this course again in a few weeks, and if it's still clean I'll give it another 1/2 point bump.

2015 Update: Signage and navigation is much improved, although a few more "next tee" signs are needed. Despite having played here within the last year I found myself playing only 13 holes, due to skipping 9-13. There are still a few missing signs, and there is some trash laying around, but overall, it's improved over my last time here.

New baskets. Good use of the land. Good variety of holes and shots. No crowds.

Muddy. A few holes hard to figure out the flow pattern to connect the next hole. The signs are not all exact on their maps.

After the new holes have a chance to regrow next year, my review score will go up.