DESCRIPTION:

An interesting combination of long and short holes in a very well maintained city park setting with ample parking. About half open field shots, half wooded shots, but with clear fairways.

PROS:
Both long and short holes, to challenge both driver distance and accuracy in the woods.
The woods are not too thick. The fairways are fair with easy to see lines. Rough is not too rough (in April anyway).
Nice teepads and baskets. Signs are adequate too.
Ample parking, disc loss risk is low overall.

A dearth of holes (only 4) between 200' and 350'. Strange.
No benches and few trashcans.
Bike path gets a LOT of use, and some riders are > 20MPH.
No standout holes, most are straight in front of you. Course the PRO to that is nearly all baskets can be seen from the teepad, except for two tucked behind a spruce tree.

BASICS:
Teepads--Concrete, brand new, great shape.
Baskets--Innova Discathers, good shape.
# holes--18.
Setting--Large multi-use park. Several holes adjoin a bike path, so use caution there. Aquatic park, ballfields, and large city park are next to course as well.
Elevation--Flat.
Distance of holes--This was strange. There are only 4 holes between about 200' and 350' on this course. One of those is a 240' throwaway wide open field shot. 6 holes are 350'+ field shots with few trees, though O/B and/or treelines are present which do prevent a bunch of wide hyzers. The rest are 200' or less woods shots, mostly straight with small fades needed right or left at the end.
Free/pay to play, type of course--Free, public park.
Ease of getting to--Very easy.
AMENITIES

Parking--Abundant, but don't park too close to basket one--I might be playing that day…
Bathrooms--None at the course itself, but some nearby.
Water/food nearby--Anything you want in town, minutes away.
Clubhouse/disc shop--No.
Benches--No.
Trash cans--couple here and there thru the park.
Bag holders--No.
Tee signs--Adequate, though some of the distances seemed a bit off.
Next tee direction/signs--On the tee signs, not the baskets, course map recommended.
Wheelchair/cart friendly--No (except the field holes), Yes.

COURSE PLAY

Shot variety--Several long bomber shots, some lined with trees or O/B (parking areas) on the right or left, which do force some shot shaping. The others are just straight field shots, few trees. The woods holes are mostly short and fairly straight shots. One could play the all the woods holes with a Roc. Couple turnover or forehand shots, but even just plain straight shots gets you to within 20' on most every green.
Layout, long walks (inc back to car), loops--One large loop that crosses itself like a figure 8. A couple 200' or so walks, nothing major. Hole 4 tee sign still shows old layout. It's a very short tunnel shot now.
Ease of finding next tee--Directions are on tee sign, not basket, so don't forget to look. An online map is suggested.
General difficulty--Woods holes are quite straightforward, especially if you can throw straight 175' or so. The field holes will be tough birdies for those with less than 325' arms. But easy pars anyway. No real hard pars unless you go O/B.
Mud/water issues--Not this day, but I can see where it could be in the woods some if it has rained a lot.
Water or O/B to contend with--Several holes have parking area/road O/B. Three of the woods have water so be careful there, especially hole 14--a short straight shot, but 30' past the basket is a 8' high cliff and pond beyond. Without swimming, that would be a tough retrieval.
Difficult rough/lost disc risk--Very low except for the 3 water holes just mentioned.
Scrape/scratch risk--Pretty low, but the woods holes probably get some brambles in the summer.
How busy was course/park--The park had folks, including the infamous ball golfer who pitches around the first few holes, but he quietly moved aside whenever he was in the way. No issues with him. The course had a couple others playing on a beautiful weekday afternoon--so not crowded given the weather.

OVERALL

Fun/enjoyment factor, would I play again? Yes, though the dichotomy of long/short holes is a little strange. The course is very well maintained and pleasant overall.
Who will this course challenge? Long holes--most of us non-Simon arms. Woods holes--fun to try to hit a couple of the smaller gaps.
Is it worth a drive? Yes, 60-90 minutes perhaps.
Anything unique? Not really, though the stream on 18 is very scenic.
Would be a half star higher with--a few benches, trashcans, signage at baskets, a few more holes in the 200'--350' range.

I am in my 50s, 70 or so courses played, 875ish.

A nice course map and scorecard are provided at Hole #1. Tees are well marked with detailed signs. Liked the more technical wooded holes on the back 9.

Not a fan of grass tees but wasn't a huge issue on the day I played because it was dry. Front 9 is shared with the majority of the park with some tees on the parking lot. Wasn't an issue on the day I played but if the park is busy you would more than likely have to skip a couple holes.

Overall I though this was a good course. It's always fun to play a new course that is local. The park was not busy the day I played so a lot of the cons were minimal. Really liked the short holes on the back 9 that played along the water. Will play again, thanks...

Actually located in the (easy access from I-75) Tipp City park with a sign saying "Tippecanoe Family Aquatic Center", this brand new disc golf course has 18 of the top of the line, brand new, three tier, Innova DisCatcher baskets, and a variety of hole lengths and challenges. Presently, there are simple, numbered tee posts for each hole, but the course Facebook page indicates signage has been ordered for installation in the spring, and tee pads are planned as well.

The course itself has eight wide open holes, six or seven that must be considered extremely tightly wooded, a couple in between, and one hole that probably will need to be redesigned (see cons). There is plenty of opportunity for bigger arms to gain strokes on the technical guys (four holes 397' to 530'), but there are an equal number of chances for the precision guys to get strokes back from them, as well (six wooded shorties ranging from 141' to 206'). There is a good variety of challenges here for the Recreational to Intermediate disc golfer. And one can easily imagine one of the great levelers for tourney scores might come if/when you have to play here on a windy day!

There are next tee notes on the baskets right now wherever needed, so you will not get lost (especially if you've brought the map). You're not really likely to lose a disc on this course, as the pond adjacent to holes 14 and 15 really doesn't come into play, and the wooded lanes are relatively well defined.

The park has tons of amenities, from the aquatic park, the sports fields, the great bike trail, hiking paths, restrooms, ample parking, etc. Being a new course, there aren't yet benches or trash cans, but the park is well-kept nonetheless. They've actually done a really decent job of putting in a scenic and decently fun course with the lack of elevation available in this park (I'm sure they would give anything to have a hill or two to work with).

The biggest challenge on the course is clearly hole 4. It plays over 400 feet right down the gap between the baseball fields, with a couple of shade trees between all the chain link fencing. There is no chance this will be safe if other park users are here. You even cross the 10th fairway to get there. I hope they look at other options before pouring a tee pad (see other thoughts). Hole 10 has the possibility of throwing around the bend blind to where non-players might be walking to the restroom. Not necessarily a con, but the short fairway on hole 12 ends with trees before you actually reach the 'green', keeping a birdie possible, but the ace run really, really, really unlikely.

Hole by hole, #1 is a medium length shot that fades right at the end of the drive around a drainage ditch and a line of trees. #2 plays long at the back of the park to an open basket, and #3 angles to the middle of the space in a cluster of three mature trees. #4 is long and troublesome, while #5 and 6 play fairly straight and short down a couple of treed lines, with a drainage run if you go long on 6. #7 fades to the left in the pines, with the same ditch if you fade too far and #8 plays very long to just behind the pine tree on the right. # 9 tucks into a trio of younger trees with OB driveway to the right, and #10 fades hard left, round the last pine, and 40-50 left, between the parking area and the restrooms. #11 is a relatively short and completely open hole, followed by the very short, but dastardly treed #12. You walk up the path and to the left for #13, which has a couple of clearly defined anny (rhbh) lanes to the basket, and then back across the dip, and up the path to the red barn for the ace run hole #14. #15 plays fairly up a wooded lane, then the best line on #16 is the hyzer (rhbh) around that pine. #17 is tight with a slight fade left ending, but has the stream if you hook (or kick) too far. Finally, hole #18 is an extreme shortie where, if you hit the line within a handful of feet, you can run it...OR if you hit a tree, you'll really have to scramble for par. Fun stuff, and I'm sure unexpected, if you came thinking "Aha! All open bombs!).

In terms of 'fixing' #4 (and this is just a notion, of course), I'd look at the possibility of pulling the throwaway hole 11, renumbering 12 & 13, adding another wooded shot to transition from those to the beautiful hole 14 by the red barn, then simply adding a wooded hole 4 west of the bike path to replace the one between the ball fields.