The Thayer Ridge park disc golf course teases you with a nice practice basket by the parking area, and a wooded lane walk out to hole 1. Then you'll find that six or so of the nine holes are in a breezy, open field with 12' wide mown fairways and field grass rough to keep you focused on throwing accurate shots. Decent signage shows general layout, hole number and distances (which differ slightly from the 'GPS'd' distances here on DGCR), and baskets are decent quality DGA's. Distances range from one tight 200 footer to a couple in the 400 foot range.

Hole two finishes up a small slope at the woodline, 3 plays right to left back to the woodline, 5 plays left to right into a small grove of pines, and 6 is a dastardly tight lane shot layup out of that grove, if thrown as intended (but I'm sure locals throw overhands over the top for the blind ace run!). The rest are pretty much open and may make for some interesting practice on windy days.

Overall, the course plays in the Recreational range of difficulty, and it should be recommended for beginners to watch discs all the way to the ground when the field grasses are up.

Tees are natural turf with a single brick embedded to indicate a foul line. The tees for 3 & 6 are easily in range for shots from the previous holes. The field consists of a lot of sandy, gravelly washout soil, so the greenery doesn't get too lush, but you're near a landfill, and there are a lot of bugs in the summer, so horsefly and tick repellent might be wise. The hole distances and obstacles likely won't bee too much of a challenge for players from Intermediate and up, but it seems to be a reasonable layout for beginners.

There is a map at the course kiosk, which I adapted for here on DGCR. The address to navigate to is technically 7077 Thayer Road, so I updated that (it was '1000'). Finally, as of June, 2016, the bridge on Thayer Rd at 36 was out, so you have to angle out along the detour from town temporarily.

Reviewer Background as of this writing: played 270 courses and written 254 reviews, with skills hovering around a 900 rating, I started playing at 50 and am now 55. I don't throw far (300 footers feel like success), but am addicted to DG, and have played with folks ranging from age 7 to 87, so I try to write reviews helpful to all.