All the elements of a top notch course are there; great baskets, great tee pads, and a perfectly manicured course complete with rolling hills and mowed fairways. The place is beautiful. The contrast between the lawn used for the fairways and the natural long grass for the rough is picturesque.

A smattering of trees have been meticulously spread throughout according to the course design. It's my understanding that the entire course was landscaped from scratch for the purposes of disc golf: hills, grass, trees and all according to a course design plan. When I was there, it appeared like even more trees were being added. This could help increase the challenge of the course if done with guidance.

There are two tee pads per hole, however, the catch is that the tee pads are barely 20 ft apart, if that. It slightly changes each hole for some replay-ability... sort of. It's better than 1 tee pad per hole.

I'll never not have fun playing a pretty course like this, even if my objective is to complete it in 18 strokes. If you've never gotten an ace, spend a couple hours here and bring a sharpie.

So here's the catch... it's tiny. Itty bitty. We really need to manage expectations here: it's not what I would call a regular disc golf course. It's a "par 2". I was carrying my full backpack of discs, and I felt silly doing so. I only needed a gator and a wizard, throwing anything else was for style points. The fact of the matter is that the space the course is in just isn't big enough... I commend the designers for what they accomplished with what they had. It's a very tiny park for disc golf.

The trees are still small and even when they're grown, I'm not sure they'll force any kind of shot shapes, I think they'll mostly just act as rough if you miss a fairway, from what I recall. Up and over everything will always be easy. Locals will have to make up lots of mandos to keep it interesting for themselves.

Mosquitoes! This entire neighbourhood is surrounded by swamps and undeveloped land, and then there's all the long grass that comprises the rough. After some rain this summer, the mosquitoes here were unbearable. We had to cut our round short and yes we had mosquito repellent, but there just wasn't enough. You couldn't breath without inhaling them. Hopefully it's not like that for you if you go, but to some degree they'll always be a part of summer in a place like this.

This course isn't for a seasoned player like me, but for my 7 year old son it's an amazing opportunity to play a course built to his scale. Unfortunately, the mosquitoes derailed that and we only played 9 holes rather than our intended 18, but we'll be back.

A player who shoots above par at Rundle Park is going to enjoy this place; it'll be the first place you shoot below par, and you can get some reps in to see just how low you can get your score.

I think courses like this are great for getting people into disc golf and growing the community. It's a good "development" course... but at the end of the day it's still not going to challenge the vast majority of disc golfers, and that's sort of the point, isn't it? So as pretty a course as it is, ultimately I just wasn't itching to come back and play it again. But if you're in Edmonton and itching for something other than Rundle, give it a try and see if it suits you.