The disc golf course at Tamanend Park was designed and installed as an Eagle Scout project.

Quick trivia question? Who was the only US president to achieve the rank of Eagle Scout? Answer at bottom.

Scout projects run the gauntlet from awful to fairly decent. This one falls into the fairly decent category. It starts just past the picnic pavilion, plays into the woods and around and finishes over near the second picnic pavilion. It's a true pitch and putt with most of the nine holes around or below the 200' mark. There are no signs, distances are estimated. The tee pads are rubber mats which are fine for this course. The baskets are Mach II's with an orange/black number plate. Each basket has BCDGA.org on the plate. Must be the local club. There are some next tee signs as well as yellow tape on the basket which points you to the next tee pad.

Hole # 1 plays 290' across the lawn to a basket in the woods. I liked the middle-end stretch of holes from # 3 to 9. # 3 is just an little 130' annie. # 4 is probably 180' but a bush gets in your way. # 5 is about 180' throwing across a downed tree. # 6 is probably the easiest little hole on the course. It's a simple little, slightly downhill toss of 175' just needing a little hyser to grab that Ace. Then # 7 is kinda different for this course being about 200' slightly uphill to a basket buried in the trees.

# 8 is the prettiest and IMO, the signature hole here. It's a lovely tunnel shot of about 225' throwing under a canopy of trees of some type. And then the course finishes with # 9, a 200' hyser.

Total recreational/pitch and putt distances.

No signs.

Soggy in places.

Once more, for an Eagle Scout project, this course is pretty good. Like a few other Pennsylvania courses I've played lately, this one is overrated at 3.14. Come on, it's a fun, totally recreational pitch and putt. Yes, there are plenty of opportunities to chase those Aces but every short 9 hole course doesn't get a 3.00 rating. I think it fits very well into the average category and will gladly award it a 2.5.

Kudos to the Eagle Scout and a job well done here.

ANSWER to tonight's trivia question: Our 38th president: Gerald Ford.

Short holes to practice your mid/approach shots. Playable in under an hour with a second person and probably 30 minutes by yourself.

It was a little difficult to find. Though the park itself isn't huge, it would've been nice to have a sign on the main road. It can easily get muddy and is somewhat overgrown.

Honestly, I wasn't expecting much and this was spot on. It was perfect to ride my bike to after work (4-5 miles), play 9, and still get home before dark. Great for honing your game with not a lot of monstrous shots needed and/or people around. The baskets are marked with yellow tape that points to the next tee, but there are also now signs throughout as well. Though many of the holes are tight for a practice course, I personally like the challenge. It would've been nice to have some kind of hole info at each tee, but it's not really that kind of course. Wear pants; if you're like me, you'll be spending some time in the brush and thorn bushes aren't very forgiving.

It is a rustic course that runs through a quite wooded area in a nice park. the tee pads and baskets are in good condition and there are some nice opportunities for tight technical throws.

The fairways are very tight and there is thick underbrush throughout. Every time I went to pick up my disc, I could see poison ivy in the rough and creeping onto the fairway. I imagine that there are a lot of ticks in the rough as well.

Also the course is not marked. I was lucky to find a disc golfer leaving and he pointed me to the first tee pad.

I was driving through and I used Udisc to find the course. The directions on Udisc were a little off. You would be better off putting Tamanend Park on your GPS and finding it that way.

Very beginner friendly 9 hole course located in a nice township park in Southampton. Multiple pavilions and adequate parking available. Good working baskets. Decent sized rubber fly pads at each hole. Navigation easy with small "next tee" signs and/or a visible path leading to the next pad. Good balance of open and more technical holes. Elevation and a small stream incorporated into the layout. Some neat little holes- 7 and 8 in particular stand out. Players of all ability levels can be successful here.

Probably won't sustain the interest of the advanced player for very long, as only 1 hole is over 300 feet. No tee signs yet. Areas around several of the baskets are an ice rink in the winter and undoubtedly hold rain during warmer months. Some thick rough in spots.

Tamanend successfully reaches its target audience: the beginning or intermediate player- and is very family friendly. It provides the opportunity for a quick round and a nice warm up before or cool down after playing the supercourse at Tyler State Park 15 minutes away. There is room here for expansion to 18 holes and for inclusion of long tees- both critical elements if one wishes to draw the advanced or pro player here with any frequency. An enjoyable playing experience.