This course requires a wide variety of different shots and angles to shoot well. The hollows does a great job providing many different challenging lines for every hole without requiring to much distance. The course is very well maintained and has many different course configurations ranging from pitch and putt, to 1000 rated difficulty. The difficulty of this course comes from avoiding trees rather than distance, but it does so in a fair way.

Very few opportunities to open up a big drive if any. One doesn't have to throw very far to be good at the hollows therefore I don't think it is the best over all test for all skills.

- Challenging deep-woods lines
- Multiple pads and basket locations on every hole
- Exceptionally well-kept tee pads and green areas
- Marked putting circles
- Clearly marked layout/OB lines where relevant
- Great warm-up area (Putting basket and throwing net at 1st tee, and a softball field adjacent is ideal for throwing a few if available)

Most issues are seasonal:
Summer - Mosquitoes. Bring decent bug spray and you're good.
Fall/Winter - DEEP leaves on the ground. Easy to lose discs mid-fairway.
Spring - Good bit of mud and some standing water that exceeds where the normal water lines are. Wear the right shoes.

Other issues:
- TONS of people. Peak times (after 4 on weekdays, any time weekends) can see a group+ on every single hole. This is more of a problem with lack of courses around. Hollows 2, Birch Park in Amherst, and the rumored McIntyre Ski Area courses will create some relief.
- The course leans pretty heavily towards Lefty backhand/Righty forehand players. The lines are pretty locked in on most holes, so if you're a RHBH primary like me, you either need to learn forehand/lefty, or try to force the "local routes" which involve challenging the rough in most cases.

This has been my home course since returning to play regularly in the summer of 2017. Given my frequency there (3-4 rounds/week during the summer), the throwing lines are great. I've found that by playing regularly at The Hollows, my tight tunnel drives, flexes, and forehands have improved tenfold. I can see how this would be a frustrating course for players stopping in for one or two rounds a season. Learning the turn/fade points to stay out of jail took me a solid 10-15 rounds, and I still end up in deep rough a couple times a round. But the point of McCabe's design is to be a challenging championship level course, so having to pay for minor mistakes should be expected when playing at The Hollows.

Wow! I was not expecting to enjoy this course as much as I did. They did a great job on this course and it's FREE. 18 hole course with mostly two concrete tees (long and short) at each hole. Brooms to sweep the pads are a nice touch. The signs show the possible 2 baskets at each hole but I only saw one basket mostly. Course is laid out well. Tee signs were accurate, depicting the flight path and the 2 basket locations. Well marked next tee signs help first timers around the course. There are now benches at every tee box.
The course allowed for a great mix of shots. My wife played a lot of rollers, which did surprisingly well, on some holes! You can score well, if you have a good tee shot or sadly in my case, make a great recovery shot. A good course for beginners and experienced players. Some flight paths are tight but not bad. This course will teach you that you need a variety of shots making skills. Not quite as rough physically as Fort Devens' courses (Ayers, MA), but there are plenty of obstacles and elevation changes to make you work for a good score.
The course builders did a great job with sturdy bridges over the several creeks along the way and in some spots, nice staircases to help with the elevation changes. Although they clearly cut many trees to make the course, they left plenty behind for your discs to find. Plus you'll hear many birds and see plenty of squirrels.
IF you throw well and avoid the trees, Pars and Bogies are the norm here. If your tee shot hits a tree, you'll need to recover. If your recovery hits yet another tree, well, a double bogey or worse can mar an otherwise good scorecard. Birdies are possible, but will take some skill (or a LOT of luck) and a good arm. Basket locations are mostly challenging but not impossible with the right approach and flight path. Made for "fun" rounds.

In the spring there is some water running through the course but probably not high enough to lose a disc. Bugs in the summer. Bring bug spray. As this course is totally in the woods, bring an appropriate colored disc in the fall. Red-Orange-Brown discs are probably not the best choices in the fall.
The parking lot is not paved and you need to go slow with low clearance cars. It's not bad, just be careful.
Stumps, branches, trees, rocks and sticks are everywhere - your rollers will "help" point them out. Watch your footing and wear appropriate shoes.

1 port-a-potty at the start, which is a nice although it didn't seem to be quite level (or perhaps I was getting dizzy after the round).
Met several other groups on the course. All very friendly.
Definitely a course that I will play at many times.
With the long and short tees, you can have different looks at most holes. The short tees provided sufficient challenge for most players. Some of the long tees require a nice long throw to catch up.
I saw no trash on the course, but sadly no trash containers either.
The bugs were not bad today. Not enough of a breeze inside the woods to affect them, however it's been a fairly dry spring which has probably helped.