T.R. Hughes DGC is a 9 hole course in O'Fallon MO. It's called Homefield on the other review site if for some reason you want to play here and can't find it. The course is permanent and free to play. Nine baskets were in the ground when I played it.

The baskets are DD Veterans with white bands. Zero complaints with these. All were mounted level or damn close. One basket per hole and single pin positions.

The grounds were well kept when I played here. In fact they were just starting to mow as we were finishing our round. Clearly a nicely maintained area to throw discs on.

The flow of the course is pretty easy to follow being in such a narrow strip of land. Using a map is a must due too the lack of tee signs or pads. If you have Udisc, the map will get you to where you need to be and navigation will be seamless.

The course plays on some undulating terrain, so there's some landing angle situations to deal with. Winds will be the main factor out here. It's wide open. If it's windy the challenge could be decent. There's some power lines in play at least. It serves as what other courses use trees for.

Lots of things to not like here. The lack of tees and signs is the main one. For a course like this tee pads of any kind aren't needed. That's just a bonus with how well kept the grounds are. Tee signs would've been nice though. The baskets are all right in front of you. The problem is that in numerous spots there's a couple visible from the "tee" pad. Signs would be nice here.

The safety issues are real here. The tee for hole 5 has you throwing across a walking path, slightly uphill and blind. Terrible hole. Terrible design. On top of that there's just too many opportunities to land in nearby yards or hit a car on the road. It's a thin sliver of property.

Speaking of the property, You have a semi-lengthy walk to get to hole 4 and then back to hole 6.

Apparently hole 9's basket was pulled for a bit before we played. Apparently due to landing in backyards. All nine baskets were in the ground when we played.

It's a quick play. It's not much fun though. There are countless much better options nearby.

I'm going to give it a 1 rating which is poor. The baskets are good and the "course" seems to be well tended to. Tee pads aren't really essential.

I've played "Bad" courses. This one isn't that quite yet. It's poor and probably likely to get pulled if people keep throwing in the yards off the fairways.

Play it if you must. Stacks up like a lower end Chicago 9er to me. That means it's not good. Better traffic though.

T. R. Hughes, also known as Homefield on UDisc, is a "disc golf course" located on the north side of O'Fallon, not too far from other disc golf courses that you could play instead. This 9-hole course plays around the picturesque setting of power lines, a drainage ditch, and neighborhood streets with kids riding their bikes that will remind you of The Sandlot.

Course Equipment that does exist here is great, namely the veteran baskets. They're white and really easy to spot, and are still in great shape as they are only 4 or 5 years old.

Variety: This course, according to UDisc, is 2,305 ft., and has holes ranging from 172ft. to 333ft., providing a mix of distances that are accessible for many skill levels. There's some mild elevation as well depending on what hole you're on.

Parking - There is no dedicated parking for this course. You either have to park on the main street which seems very far from optimal, on the nearby neighborhood street, or in the lot behind the houses to the right, which doesn't say reserve but feels like it.

Course Equipment here is non-existent except for the baskets. There are no tee pads. There are no tee signs to show you where the tees would be. There is no map of the course to tell you the layout or to give you an idea of where to throw from. There are no garbage cans, bathrooms, or other park amenities, mainly because this is not a park.

Location of this course is entirely under powerlines that run between the houses, including an area that is clearly meant for water runoff that four of the baskets play around. Nothing about this location screams "ideal" for a course. A couple of pins are either behind or under power line posts, and while these structures are strong, I wouldn't willingly design anything around them that will result in people throwing objects at them.

Navigation and course design can be hard to follow here too, despite how open it is. The only clue to course flow is that the baskets are numbered. They go down the left side of the field, and then come back up the right side. You guess is as good as mine as to where the tees are supposed to be. There are no clues on site to signify tees; no temped down areas, no markers, no stakes. Nothing. Udisc and the pictures on DGCR tell two different stories as to where to throw from. Both options have some safety concerns. Hole 2, according to DGCR, plays with the parking lot area not far from the fairway. On either option, hole 5 manages to have a blind shot that plays over a pathway that goes between two hills tall enough so that you can't see if someone is coming, an issue I didn't imagine having at this course when I drove up to it. Also, holes 4 and 5 are on the other side of the street, but aren't visible from hole 3, so you could easily miss them entirely.

Upkeep is probably close to non-existent since this isn't really a park. This seems like a place where the grass gets mowed when they get to it. I'd imagine the water runoff area gets wet or muddy after rain, since the purpose of that area is to collect water.

Whose idea was it to put these baskets here? A parks department? An HOA? Who?

This is barely a disc golf course. Don't let the numbers on the baskets or the 3.2 rating on Udisc fool you. This course is just 9 baskets that happen to have numbers on them that someone placed in a field because they wanted something to look at other than powerlines. With nothing on site telling you the layout of this course or where to throw from, it can be hard to navigate, which is funny given how open this course is.

Is there no nearby park that they baskets could be moved to? I have played courses that take less space than this, including one in Iowa that goes around a park that is 1 city block big, and has holes almost solely under 100 feet long. That course was still miles above this one, because at least is had signs to show you where the tees were.

These baskets deserve better than this. Can they go to another course that needs them? How about another park - scratch that, how about to an actual park? There are schools down the road that have room for some baskets. How about Fort Zumwalt North? Or Forest Park Elementary? A quick look at google maps shows numerous better options.

The only reason this course is getting a 0.5/5 is because the baskets are pristine. That, and I managed to find another curse that redefined 0/5 for me.

Come here for a quick round if you're a course bagger. Otherwise, checkout the better options St. Charles or St. Louis has to offer. In other words, just about any other course.

There are some baskets that you can throw discs at.

This is a tremendous waste of decent baskets. Who's idea was this? Could these baskets not have been used somewhere desperately needs better baskets like Quail or JB? why use resources to put a bunch of baskets in what is basically a drainage ditch.
-There is no parking. You have to park in the street or behind buildings in the building's parking lot.

But wait, maybe this is a great spot for first timers in a neighborhood setting for families...NO. It's beneath power lines that crackle and again, it's in a ditch. This isn't a course, its a practice area. There are no pads, not even grass removed for dirt pads..

To get to this course, I drove on a road named "Salt Lick Road". There has to be a story there. Imagining what it might be was the highlight of the experience.

The course isn't in a park. It's on the right of way for high voltage power lines running through a neighborhood. The land looks like it is also a runoff detention area for the neighborhood, so it's bowl-shaped. I mean it would be a really long bowl, but you get the gist. There is a little bit of elevation change and you get a couple of elevated tee shots. Holes 1-3 and 6-9 run around the perimeter of this bowl while holes 4-5 are in a field across Homefield Blvd. The baskets are new Veterans and are in good shape.

Because there is no park, there is no park upkeep. The grass may or may not be mowed.

Because it's a runoff detention area, it can be muddy.

There is no parking lot, you just find a place to park on the side of the road.

There are no tees. There are not even worn out dirt spots to help you guess where the tee should be. You just safari it, or guess the approximate area of the tee from the pictures on this site. There are no distances, so I have no idea how far the throws are. There was room to air out a few drives, though.

There really isn't anything creative going on here. The holes go out down the south side of the property and come back on the north side of the property. Other than the odd placement of hole four, it's basically a loop.

The shown tee for hole 4 is almost a quarter mile away from the basket for hole 3. The rest of the course at least has some logical flow, but it all breaks down there.

The basket for hole 5 is mounted on a slope and leans like a drunken sailor

Based on the pictures of where the tees should be on this site, The basket for seven is in the middle of hole 2's fairway. The basket for hole 8 is in 9's fairway.

There are zero, zilch, zip, nada, none, no trees on the entire course. Not a one. The only obstacles are the power pole the basket for hole 6 is behind and the base of the tower that the basket for hole 8 is inside of. The rest of the course is wiiidddeee open.

The basket for hole 9 is by the road, so if you pull over and park as soon as you see a basket you end up parked behind that basket. When you play hole 9 you will be throwing right at your car if you overthrow your drive like an idiot. Not that I did that, that mark on the door must have been from a door ding in the parking lot at work. That's the story my wife is getting and I'm sticking to it.

The house next to the basket for 9 was for sale when I was there, and it made me think. If I lived in that house, I'd probably use 9's basket to putt at and maybe do some field work out there once a month or so. I'd probably never play it like an actual course and keep score. Even if I lived next door to it, it would be a waste of my time to treat it like anything more than a practice area.

The bottom line for me is that this really isn't a disc golf course. It's a practice area with some really nice baskets. When the grass is mowed it would be a good time to slap on some sunscreen and get some field work in if you lived in the area. Periodically you could approach and putt at a nearby basket to switch stuff up. That's it, that's all that is here. To me it just doesn't qualify as an actual disc golf course.

I'll give it a 1/2 for having really nice baskets, though.

9 Brand new white Dynamic Discs baskets grace a valley that runs under a subdivision's overhead electric lines. The baskets run down one side of the valley, cross the street for #4-5, and then #6-9 are on the other side of the valley coming back.

There is elevation as the course has several baskets on the sides of the valley's hills.

There is currently no signage or tee pads, so you have to make up the course as you go along. That said, depending on where you choose to throw from,
there are several opportunities to let the discs fly.

Depending on your spots, holes seem to range from 220- 350 ft.

Not a single tree on the course.

As stated above, no signage or tee pads of any type. One of the locals showed me where he thought they were throwing from, but nothing else would indicate the spot.

For over the fifth time, I am the first reviewer of a course!!
I have waited to review this course since I found it and put it on the site in August. I keep thinking the creators will add some type of tee markers or signage, but it just hasn't happened yet.

I hate to say it but there is no "wow" here at all. The only obstacle is the large utility pole that basket #6 is tucked behind. Every other basket, except #8 is wide open. #8 is under a four legged overhead wire stantion. The thrill there is you can hear the electric lines buzzing overhead. That might be the most exciting part of this course.