+ The course is lengthy and sprawling. It takes you through open wooded areas and breezey field regions. Many holes are 400+ feet, even for the short tees. Be ready for a walk!
+ All tees have an anchored sheet metal diagram that clearly instruct the player where to throw, how far, and the par.
+ The whole course nicely demonstrates how a 'park-style' course can look and play.
+ The fairways are immense and clearly distinguishable from the denser rough areas. Due to their expansiveness, even the worst throws feel salvageable.
+ The elevation challenges are manageable and not too intimidating with the exceptions of hole 2's long tee and perhaps hole 11's uphill finale.
+ Practice basket, lost disc box and nice info board, but...

- ...There are very few benches, almost no trash cans, and the bathrooms (nearest to holes 2, 8 and 16) are quite a ways off course.
- Two or three of the holes are intersected by the nearby high school's cross-country course. If you decide to play here during the autumn months on a weekend, you might have to skip a hole or two due to runners.
- The course's open nature does not demand precision. Distance players might feel unchallenged.
- It is time for those rubber tee pads to be replaced.
-Despite the bright color of the 'next tee' signs, there are no additional signs during the particularly longer walks to reassure new players that they are still headed in the right direction. The biggest offenders of this are the walks between 7 & 8 and 14 & 15.

My favorite hole is definitely 11 because of its grand valley, water OB and distance challenge. It is the first par five I've ever encountered. I use it as my metric for how much I am improving as a disc golfer. My least favorite might be hole 15 simply because it plays right alongside a commonly used park road by both cars and pedestrians. Double check your surroundings before teeing off on that one.

Full disc-losure, this course is located in the town where I grew up, and it is the course that introduced me to the sport of disc golf way back in June 2017. So, I feel a disproportionate amount of pride when it comes to Thompson Park. As a result, this will always be my personal favorite course of all time. I do not mean to say that this is the best course out there. Make no mistake: there are, objectively, much better courses out there, but Thompson will always be my personal number one.

Barring that, I do feel that the course is quite good by its own merits. Why? It is a very accessible course. New players will enjoy the straightforward nature of the holes. More experienced players will enjoy the open-ended approaches that exist for the holes. Many of them are wide enough to allow for all throwing styles.

Thompson Park is a quintessential 'park-style' course. Almost every hole has trees, but they are spaced out just enough to encourage powerful throws every time while taking just enough consideration to aim. This course does not require any one skill in excess in order to play successfully, which means that all players can use their own style successfully. The course does not rely on narrow tunnel shots. Nor does it rely on brute force flinging like any open-air course you may have played. Thompson Park is a 'choose your own approach' course. Regardless of where the lie is, the player will not feel too obstructed or limited because of the space between the trees, which allows the player to open up and experiment. It isn't a very demanding course except by distance, but I think that is the whole point. I think it can be quite refreshing to play at a course that doesn't demand its players to obey the one-and-only line set before them. You wanna try out that thumber or tomahawk you just learned? Go ahead. Thompson won't punish you too harshly.

That said, I need to emphasize how bad those rubber tee pads are. Once upon a time, they were flat, sturdy and provided enough friction. Now? Forgetaboutit. Just as two examples: Tee11 is lumpy spaghetti, and tee12 is an ice-skating rink. The park committee will soon have new board members, so we'll see if the tees <i>finally</i> get upgraded to pavers or poured concrete. And they are beginning to replace the many trees that were destroyed by the many wind storms over the past several years (Rest In Peace, Link7 evergreen guardian.), but it will be quite a long time before Thompson feels as dense as it once was. But Thompson isn't truly meant to be a trial. It's more of a social place.

In closing, come to Thompson Park if you are seeking a pleasant environment to enjoy some stress-free disc golf. Take in the landscape, listen to the birds, throw your disc, out-throw your friends and do it again. As long as you understand that it doesn't demand too much of you, you won't be disappointed with Thompson Park.

quality park style golf with tall trees spread throughout a lot of the fairways. the grounds are well maintained since it's a park. there's barely any rough to worry about and low potential to lose discs

a few holes could be a little more interesting or difficult, such as 12 and 16, which are just straight, short shots.

bumped it up 1/2 a disc because teepads are being installed where there used to be just dirt and a sign

I was thrilled when I heard that a course was going in a mere 15 minutes from my parent's house. What a great treat to have a beautifully manicured course so close for the visits home. The scenery is beautiful. The course is fun to play. The rolling hills make for some great elevation changes to help mix up the course. A few ace run opportunities scattered within the longer/more challenging holes make for a very enjoyable round.

I would like to see some more variety between the two layouts. I noticed a lot of instances where the Blue tee has almost the exact same look, but 30-60 feet farther. I would rather a 2nd layout provide its own distinct feel. The "Hard," course doesn't always even have to be longer. Place the tee off to one side to force a player to link shots together in order to hit par. The long course was still nice. I just would have liked to see a bit more variety

I also think that some of the holes could have a bit more difficulty thrown in. Hold 12, for instance, is just a simple downhill run at a basket with no obstacles. There is a very large dirt/asphalt area maybe 30-40 feet in front of the basket. Making that area OB would add a bit more placement challenge to an otherwise straightforward hole.

Only other thought has to do with the pars. I think a lot of the pars are very generous. Hole 13, for example, is a long downhill approach with a few trees. 1 drive and 1 upshot should put any average golfer in position for a putt. Hole 11 is another one that sticks out. A par 5 that I think should be a par 4. 1 shot to the bottom of the hill. 1 shot out into the field. An upshot to the basket. Putt.

In the long run, as long as you have a fun round, the par for a course isn't terribly important. But when I play, especially solo rounds, I take the pars as a personal challenge. I know that I want to meet or beat the par on a hole, and having challenging pars helps make it feel that much better.

I still very much enjoyed this course, and look forward to my next trip home so that I can play again. Excellent job to everyone who worked on the design, basket installation, fund raising, etc.

Beautiful park, well manicured grass, very little rough (unless you get way off the fairways), bathrooms, running water, ample parking, and a pavilion by the practice basket all add to an out standing course.
On the course, its 7,500ft or so of rolling hills, large mature trees, with a good mix of par 4s and one very fun par 5 (Hole 11).
The shot variety is there for a relatively open course, and several holes have multiple lanes to choose from on the tee, creating different looks at the basket from the landing zones, as well as allowing the player a hyzer/anhyzer choice several times. Ther are shots that have low celings, and others that have tighter lanes with higher ceilings, some wide open hopes with very little trees, others are downhill with lanes to allow a nicely shaped shot a chance at an eagle, others are uphill that play much longer than the measured distances. The overall variety is one of the reasons this course will be enjoyed by many that play the game.
Overall its a wonderful park, with a very good course.

Since the baskets only went in this January, the course is still a work in progress.
Temp tee signs are on stakes, and the next tee signs are laminated an attached to each basket. These items will be taken care of, but need some time.
Tees as of now are mostly natural grass surface, and are not level as construction has yet to happen on these.

Being a designer of the course, I've tried to give an honest appraisal.
The course will be an easy 4-4.5 when construction is completed (tee pads, tee signs, next tee signs, course map/kiosk, etc.).

Two options of tee materials are installed, White Hole 2 has a very nice rubber tee that was rather expensive, and was moved on for a less costly material. White Hole 18 has a very nice turf tee that has been installed, leveled and waiting final approval from the Township before we may proceed with installing these at every tee.

I co-designed the course, with the Boy Scout who got the project approved and funded. This is not your typical Eagle Scout course, as this young man has done a great job, and consulted seasoned disc golfers on the layout.

The "plan" was to have a White Level (900 rated) course with par in the mid-60s, and Blue Level Tees (950 rated) as a longer layout. With the Grand Opening Tournament this weekend, we will find out how close we came to the goals, and discover if/what holes might need some slight adjustments.
Congrats David, your efforts will be cherished for years to come.