Such a beautiful course and very well maintained by the Bucks Co. Disc Golf Alliance. They do a phenomenal job of keeping the course clean, well marked, and adding some cool obstacles to make it even more challenging. This is a must play course if you find yourself in the area.

None!

Seriously, play this course. Today was my first time, never even had to look at a map. The signage both for the teepads and leading you to the next teepad make this course extremely easy to navigate.

The guys seem to do a lot of work on the course and it's much appreciated. Pretty solid signage. Branches and fallen trees moved out of the way and some even made into bunkers (which can help or hurt you). Great idea on the signs at the tee to mark which pin is being played and what par it is. Garbage cans and water are more abundant than normal here compared to other courses. Challenging layout. Long for the real above average players.

in my opinion, i really don't like holes that have baskets that are artificially elevated. there were 3-4 of these holes when i played and i just really don't like that and think it's gimmicky. the average disc golfer will miss the putt and then miss the comeback since we're mostly not pros out here. the course was nice, but a lot of holes just blend together and seem the same. could use another set of tee pads closer since this course is really difficult for average to below average disc golfers, in my opinion.

Baskets are really dated

Overall, I don't thinks this course is close to the 4.94 rating it currently has. Brakewell Steel in Warwick, NY is a decent amount better than this course and has a lower score than Tyler East.

Update as of 7/20/2017: played it again today and still don't understand how it's rated as a top 10 course in the nation. It's certainly good but doesn't have enough of a mix in style of holes to make it a top course, imo.

Good course but the 4.94 score is a bit much.

-THE LOVE!!! Lots of work and it shows!
-Nice and functional carved and colorful tee signs.
-Mostly Concrete pads.
-Split fairways and other strategy upgrades.
-Enough challenge and variety to be a 'Destination'.
-Strong Club and league presence.
-Details...like bag hooks, benches, restrooms etc.

Just three I can think of (which is 'Phenomenal' BTW).
-Dated Mach 3 baskets. {See suggestion below.}
-West course being newer, it is still coming along.
-Lots of similar 'hyzer flips'. Master that shot and the East course especially can be less of a challenge.

NOTE: This review is for both courses. Since several long reviews have already been posted, including an excellent hole by hole review, I will keep this short.

First of all, THANK YOU to all the many people who made my 5 rounds in mid-april 2016 special. The amount of love and effort put into this course is truly 'Phenomenal'.

Strangely enough, I like the lower rated 'West' course a lot. It forced me to think, and had more outback terrain variety. The fact that it is still being finished didn't bother me at all. It clearly will just get better and better.

Although I did find myself throwing the same 'hyzer flips' on about 12 of the 36 holes, that's much better than some top courses where only the big arm hucking matters.

So let's get to the main limitation and I will try to make this 'Helpful' rather than 'Critical'. The dull grey Mach 3s are just not worthy of the rest of the course' infrastructure.
They are dated AND hard to see in the B and C positions.

I have a suggestion that I hope might help to make this complex the 5 star destination it will someday be. First up, put all the Mach 3s in the A position. This will produce 2 huge benefits. With just that one change, an entire 2nd course that is Rec Friendly and easy to play blind or fast will be created. THEN, put newer/brighter tournament quality baskets in the alternating B or C positions. This will make for a stronger Advanced and Pro tournament course that is still easy enough to follow, especially with orange flags above some of the baskets.

I realize that this would be expensive, but hey, in for a penny, in for a pound as they say. A course that is more Rec AND Pro friendly, that is easier to play fast OR for the first time, and that has worthy baskets where they count....that would be beyond 'Phenomenal'...that would be the 'Best of the Best'.

Some might argue that 2 layouts on the same course is confusing. But Stevie Brinster's 'Brakewell' has four! It works as long as you tell people what to expect.

Thanks again for all the hard work and congratulations on an amazing complex. I had a blast.

This course has it all - multiple pin/tee pad locations, variety of fairway set ups, open/technical holes, great course upkeep, nice baskets/tee pads, signage, easy to navigate, nice scenery, hot women walking around, wildlife, great disc golf club. I cannot stress enough how amazing this course is. If you are reading this and haven't play the course, get off of your ass!

It's not close enough to me.

Incredible course. I would play this course several times a week if it was closer to me. The club that maintains and holds tournaments is 2nd to none. They always do a great job and are very enthusiastic. If you haven't played yet, play east and west.

Multiple tees
Multiple pin positions
Perfect fairways
Bathrooms and water fountains everywhere
Amazing park
Another 18 holes waiting for you when you're done!!

This can be the most crowded course I've ever seen
Sometimes there are large groups of local kids out there disrespecting the game and the course.

This is my favorite course, I wish I lived closer so I could play it more. The recent change from 27 to 36 holes made it even better. This 18 kept most of the original holes, only two new ones here. The new first hole is a fun ace run in the short, new hole 8 brings the Neshaminy Creek into play bigtime and the basket positions for it are killer.
What I like most is the variety of throws you have to make here. I don't throw long so I can't hit some of the big bombs, but I feel like the design here accounts for people like me too with good landing zones to set up the next throw. My straight throw and then a hyzer approach is what you guys do with a long throw and a hard fade. Even with my short throws there are days I can score pretty good here, the course is very fair. I can also blow up the scorecard on days that I'm off the fairways a lot. The fairways here are huge for ones in the woods, most even have grass growing on them. There are a couple of wide open field throws, ob grass gets real tall. I don't think the course favors righties more than lefties, I feel like I throw a lot of anhyzers here.
Shout out to the local club for what a good job they do keeping this place looking so perfect all the time. And for how often they move the pins around, keeps the course fresh.

* Easy to follow layout
* Concrete tee pads
* Tree signs
* Long and Short Tee pads
* multiple baskets on each hole
* beautiful manicured course
* elevation change
* challenging course
* Clearly define Mandos and OB

* Very popular course. Can get very busy during holidays and weekends.

Wow, I can't believe it took me this long to drive the 45 minutes to play here. Absolutely a great course.

Tyler East quickly became one of my top 3 courses in PA (Nocki and South Hills being the others).

Elevations changes, clearly marked OB. The orange cable on some holes to help figure out OB and missed mandos is a great touch.

I didn't feel the pars where to hard or easy. They felt just right.

Great use of using downed trees for bunkers adds to enjoyment of the cause, taking away lanes and protecting walk ways.

This is a course you have to play to fully enjoy. Words can't describe it.

Go play it.....but go early. It gets packed pretty quick.

36 holes in two 18 hole loops from the parking lot
Best tee markers I've ever seen with awesome hand crafted maps and pin position indicators
Course is extremely well manicured
Long concrete tee pads
Multiple tees on almost every hole
3 pin positions on 17 holes
The huge scorecard/layout board/lost disc kiosk
Benches at (almost) every tee box
Water fountains and bathrooms abound
Bag trees at the tees
Tons of easy to find Next Tee signs
Two practice baskets, 1 open and 1 surrounded by large trees

The wait times on busier days can be excruciating
Several holes play too close to walking paths

Tyler Park is about as good as Disc Golf gets. The East course is a strong 4.75 on it's own merits, but with the West course right there it bumps this destination course up to a 5. They are constantly switching around the pin positions, so the sheer variety of holes you get to play keeps it from ever getting boring. Playing from all tees to all pins it's like 6 courses in one! Whether the basket is in the ace run A's or the behemoth C's, every tee shot is going to make you work. It's one of my favorite courses to play alone on a weekday when there aren't a lot of people around and there's a possibility of being almost alone on the course, super extra peaceful and the way the course flows through the park makes it a delightful nature walk. By the same token, one of my favorite places to play with a group of friends. It's just a great course year round.


Some course highlights:

Right off the bat, Hole 1 can be a straight ace run playing slightly downhill to an elevated basket, or a long downhill dogleg that leaves the woods after the A position and turns 90 degrees right across a grass field.

Hole 2 is the only hole of the 36 that has only one pin position. It makes up for this by having 3 tee positions for A, B, and C affectionately known as, "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly".

Bunkerville (Hole 3) introduces you to one of Tylers signature hazards, huge piles of logs stacked strategically along the sides of several fairways. Big storms keep them well supplied and the local club does an amazing job of cutting and stacking as soon as they fall. A hard fade on your drive can easily have you landing on or over the walking path so best to make sure it's clear before you throw.

Hole 4's design brilliance is the huge, fairly steep drop off the entire right side of the fairway. As with all of the holes here, there's a clean fairway but the penalty for straying from it can be pretty severe. In the longer pin positions the risk/reward factor goes up quite a bit the farther you try to get with your drive. There's a makeable annie that will go a long way but two straight throws are a much smarter play.

I've only ever come across one other death putt anywhere close to Hole 7 and that was at Whistlers Bend. In C, the elevated basket sits precariously close to the edge of a cliff. If you end up in the water here I don't think you'll be seeing your disc again. Even laying up to the long pin is scary, there's a lot in the way and the sliver of ground is pretty uneven. The designers did what they could to help with 4x4's and wood chips, but if you sail off the cliff it's gone baby gone.

Hole 8 is the other new hole and the only hole other than 7's long pin to utilize the Neshaminy Creek. This OB river flows along the right side of a skinny fairway with a steep drop off. The short pin position is perched inches from a decent little vertical drop off. The B pin has a stone wall backstop that can make for some really interesting putts.

Hole 9's tree lined tunnel drive to an uphill (and then over and down for the longer pin positions) is a brilliant use of the terrain. The C pin position here is a beauty.

The green area they built for the 3 Hole 10 positions is just awesome.

Hole 13 when it is in C is a long long long hole through the woods (uphill then straight forever with a dogleg right to the green) that rewards you with one of the coolest basket placements ever! If it's in A you'll have a long walk to 14 and right before you get there you'll see what you missed out on but you'll understand why they can't leave a basket in there more often.

Hole 14 "The Three Amandos"... Again, I just love the names here. A par or bird here when it's in C and all 3 mandos are in play is quite an accomplishment.

After all the tightly wooded fairways you get to 16 and think, "Wow! I finally get to open it up!" Yup, there's a lot of open grassy field in front of you... But the tall grass OB chokes the fairway down just in time to give you a skinny landing zone for your drive, longer throwers have more room to land left if you can get past the trees. Beware of the sink hole/waterfall on the left side of the fairway down there. Here again the C position is long and plays back into the woods with a hard left dogleg.

17 is another chance to grip it and rip it, this time it's the longer throwers that are having to deal with the tall grass OB choke point in the fairway. The long basket here sits in tree jail but the most recent storm felled one of the large guardian trees opening up a clear line at the basket on the upshot.

18 finishes straight or with a sharp uphill dogleg left. This drive/fairway is the plinko machine of the course.


Final Thoughts: Play Tyler! Make sure you download the map or find a local to play with your first time or three, the Next Tee signs are great, but it's a huge park with a lot of holes. Be sure to play 3 for this course and not 21 (side by side tee boxes with 18's behind them) Bring your A game and Tyler will test you. If you don't have an A game, Tyler is still a great place to come play anyway! It is truly one of the best courses (or technically two) in the country.

This is the best course that I have played in Eastern PA. They just recently added 9 more holes to make it 36, so it just got even better. Great variety of open bombers, wooded technical shots, and elevation. The park is always very well maintained and clean. Each hole has 3 different pin positions that are always rotating. Most of the "C" positions will challenge the best players. Unlike many of the other top rated courses in the country, Tyler is FREE!!

There aren't more courses like this one

If you are around Newtown at all looking to play, do yourself a favor and play Tyler. Or if you live a couple hours away and are looking for a top notch course, make the trip. Pack a lunch, make a day of it.

Everything!
You can come here one week and come a couple weeks later and the course plays different due to the three pin locations on all holes. Concrete tee pads are in good shape and the course is always in great condition. The local club and volunteers do an amazing job keeping the fairways beautifully manicured. This course will make you a better player because it forces you to have a wide range of shots.

Not sure if it's a con but this course will show you where you need to improve your game.

just play it!

So much effort constantly goes into this course by the people that run it. It is constantly improving and growing and is always immaculately maintained. The pin position is changed frequently enough to keep things from getting stale. It is a difficult course but not too difficult to be discouraging. Great mix of short and long holes, wooded and open, and has the perfect amount of elevation changes.

If there ever is anything needed, the BCDGA is on it and always improving the course so any cons are quickly remedied. The only con that cannot be remedied is the walking paths along some holes can make it seem crowded and you have to be aware of those people on the occasional errant shot.

There is something in the air here that makes me feel at home and even on a poorly played round it is just a pleasure to be here.

Tyler is a well-rounded, dynamic, and continually evolving 36 hole course, split into two courses: East and West. The east course incorporated two newer holes (1 and 8) to go along with a 16 hole batch of the original 27 (just different number configurations). Each hole offers multiple pin positions (one basket, it is rotated frequently) and some offer short and long tees (the beautiful tee signs are at the long tee) that are concrete. You can find yourself playing a truly different course practically every week or two, from the shorter "A" pins to the long, challenging "C" pins and in between. Water comes into play should you veer right on 8, and the long grass is OB (1, 16, and 17). Next tee signs make maneuvering the course easy. Bathrooms by the first hole as well as down between 3 and 4, and there are water fountains by a few of the tees. Very clean. Great use of elevation and even elevated pins.

Not all the water fountains work (not a con, I'm just saying). The walking path does get close to a few of the holes so if you lose your disc, that can be concerning (I got close on 3 off my drive). The area off the fairways is pretty brutal (but we should be hitting the fairways with our drives, not a true con or anything to knock this course).

The local club continues to do a great job improving and maintaining this course. Their hard effort has resulted in an absolute gem of a course (and that's just the half of it).

tyler east keeps getting better. Just played it in the long pins and it was really fun and demanding. the holes meander through the woods as if the trees were planted with the course in mind. the new #8c is one of the most extreme holes you'll ever see. a cliff all down the right side, with water down below, you gotta throw through trees into a gully, through more trees to a pin placed thirty feet up an embankment and oh yeah, there's a cliff on the other side of the basket. probably the new signature hole for this side of the park.
Update- Just played East on a Thursday at 4:30PM, at the same time that 60 people were playing in a league on West and I couldn't tell they were there! Pretty awesome to have two stellar courses on one property.

not much to complain about except how busy it can get on the weekends. some people may find the elevated baskets, bunkers and close pin placement to hazards gimmicky, but it all just makes you a better player.

tyler is awesome in c and when the pins are all mixed distances, but if all are in A, then i wouldn't rate it as high. still a great place, but it wouldn't get 4.5
Update #2 - I finally played East since trees were removed due to the emerald ash borer. East wasn't hit too bad except for hole one, in which case the hole is more fair and fun now that it's opened up. I can't recall any other holes at East seriously changed by that damn bug haha

BCDGA has put in amazing work for GEAC and the 36 are in their best condition yet! Bunkers are growing too with all the cleanup!

Tyler is one of those special natural places that grows with time and has really matured into something beautiful. The East layout is the first half of what is now a 36 hole beast. Front nine plays down to and along a ridge with swamp below, after to the river. Back nine snakes back up to parking area. Strap on your boots and get ready for the woods with only 2 somewhat "open" holes. East is the less strenuous and more"broken in" half of the 36 containing 2 of the new holes.

To begin the new layout walk up the parking lot away from the new Par&info board/Lost & Found box. Hole 1 is on your right

Starting in on 1, C is a tough dogleg right par 4. OB can come into play if your first drive is too long, and again behind basket on approach. The rough that runs along the right side is thick spotters on the blind DL recommended. From there head down to old 17 which is now hole 2,  after continue to hole 3 where the previous layout picks up. Next new addition is hole 8, which is an amazing addition. After 7 walk across bridge and tee is to your right along river. A pin is dead straight down a tight fairway, about 300ft  perched on the cliff before sloping down into small fairway with L&R options further up to C, B is on left tucked next to cliff face (personal favorite).  Track back down fairway to old 8 and layout continues on. New even longer tee is framed and ready for concrete on new 17. After 16&17 the "field holes", walk across paved path and finish up with 18. 

Pro tip: if playing all 36 cut to 20 after playing 18, then after 36 finish off the round on 19. Saves walking time/energy for the harder hikes on west.

Water fountains - After hole 4 on walking path. After hole 13 on walking path.

Full bathrooms - Between  hole 1 and 18. After 3 on bike path. After 13 to right of B pin

Fresh new baskets too!!

Hard to think of something worthwhile for this section, the first thing that comes to mind is, if your off your game, Tyler can be rough day in the woods. Especially in a competitive round, this course is not very forgiving... Dont give up! Second thing that comes to mind is car and walking paths sometimes come into play on bad shots or ricochet off trees, also sometimes the fairways get confused by park non-DGers as hiking trails, give them a polite heads up and they are typically happy to obligee.

Foliage is in full bloom and it seems to get tighter every week, keep those drives in control!

Need to mention how great the BCDGA is. THANK YOU! The work that went into these new addtitions does not go unoticed. So much respect for this club. From constantly improving the course and relentlessly changing the pin positions to selling custom Tyler state park disc which a % goes back into the park. Building a lost and found locked box to get lost plastic back to their owners and all the great Charity events/ benefit events/ pro-level events you guys roc. Can not wait to see what the future has in store for this course 

Weekly summer league Wednesday 3:30-5:30 tee off

Official BCDGA monthly tags rounds between Tyler & Tamanend

Hiking Boots/shoes recommended

-May the course be with you-

High hardwood canopy makes for comfortable play on hot sunny days. Even mix of right and left hand shots...a "Technical" course that demands the best on every shot. Elevation, water, trees, out of bounds, and a few mandatories, make this one outstanding course. Bag hanger, benches, tee & directional signs are just some of the amenities that round out the experience. Score/Bulletin board is always up-to-date, with current pins and par (front, back, and total) for East & West courses. Tee signs show where pin is located and where next tee is. The top players in the disc golf world keep coming back to play this course. When all pins are in the long position - a very difficult Par 72. Boy howdy!

If your looking for a "pitch & putt"... Tyler this is not for you. A long walk which makes for great exercise. Lots of play on the weekends...so better to go early or play late in the day to avoid delays.

What a beauty! It's the hard that makes it great!

With the massive addition of 9 new holes, I think that this is truly a destination course, and the new holes added on the east course make this place all the more great. This course is thoroughly enjoyable, and will continue to grow and get better with the efforts of the determined local players

Great variety-right turn left turn s curves, this course will require every shot in your bag multiple times. Even on a good round being in the middle of the fairway most of the time there were multiple routes to the baskets and the various routes could require different types of shots that you wouldn't use on your average course. With the added 9 holes, an abundance of variety is available at this destination.

Downhill bombs and huge uphill throws are just part of why this course is in the top ten- on almost every hole there is some sort of elevation changes whether it be a slight downhill or a massive elevation rise that tequires a huge bomb to put it 350 feet up the fairway.

Water- while water is not an immediate hazard, a creek runs beside and behind several holes and if you make a bad shot (like me) you could find yourself adding a few strokes to your score. I really enjoyed the use of water on hole seven, where if you were to overshoot the basket or have an unfortunate rollaway, you could find yourself in the river.

Creative greens- greens were fair yet also made you think about whether to go for it or lay up. Rollaways are prominent bit if you execute your shots well you can stay up. I especially like 9 in c position if you run at you could end up in the water because the green drops right away and you could easily rollaway. If you lay up you can consistently get a 30 ft putt for birdie. A huge amount of work is put into this course, and dedicated locals are always adding to the intricate greens, creating tiered, and elevated baskets, which make the course that much more interesting

Risk reward shots- this course is both mentally and physically grueling in the c positions and can cause you to think if you actually can make that shot. You are rewarded if you execute well here and punished if you don't make the right choice.

Good tee signs as well as good teepads- the tee signs were not only unique, but amazing as well, and you cold tell that great effort was put into them. The concrete teepads were in good shape and provided good grip. Each teepad had a number on the concrete.

Log piles-i like the extra hazard of log piles or "bunkers" it looks pretty nice and turns a short hole easy birdie hole into a hole with multiple lines and being at different heights, the require some height to get over.i especially like the use of these on hole 17 where the teepad looks right at the basket but there is a pile of logs 20ft in front of the pin location. It fits well into this hole because it is not that narrow but the log pile and tree make you execute a variety of different lines.

The newer holes are still fairly rough around the edges, but add some variety to the course, adding OB and water that comes into play, which I felt was missing from the course in the past. I am sure that Tyler will continue to improve, and get better.

Although in my book, this course is more of a 4.75 rated course, I have no problem with bumping it up to a five, as the locals are always adding to the course and making it better. Each and every time I go, the course is getting increasingly better, and the effort of the locals is tremendous.

The course requires every kind of shot imaginable. It is a fair mix of short technical holes and long-arm field shots. There is relatively little elevation change here but where it does come into play offers a great challenge to the players. New hole # 8 runs along Neshaminy creek and brings a true water hazard into play for the first time here. The course is often kept in a mix of A, B and C positions to satisfy as many levels of player as possible at any one time. The course is set up in all C positions for approx 5 weeks each year in advance of the Yetter tournament. This is where the course really bares its teeth. It has all the amenities you could ask for on a disc golf course. Several water fountains; 4 full-service restrooms, bag hangers, benches, multiple pin positions and 1 or 2 concrete tee pads on just about every hole. It has a scoreboard in the parking lot that shows the current location of every basket on the course. All this in a beautiful public park. The disc golf here is tough and fair. You will have an excellent idea of where your game stands after playing a round here.

Due to its proximity to a local community college and the growth of disc golf in general (a good thing!) Tyler can get very crowded on weekends. There are also walking paths that run through a small portion of the course (adjacent to holes (2 thru 7) that are used by dog-walkers, joggers and bikers, but all are out of bounds and shouldn't interfere with the play. It's heavily treed - gnats can be an issue during warmer weather.

The East course is complemented by a West course. Both offer unique challenges - you will not find any repetition of shots, hole design or vibe across the two courses. This place really is as good as it sounds.

The new Tyler starts out with the east course 1-18. There is a sign in the middle of parking lot with hole info and a color map on the other side. Hole one starts on the left while hole 19 starts down to the right. There are signs everywhere saying next tee so this new layout is quite simple to navigate. What a truly pro course, lots of woods and two open holes(16 & 17). Bring your A game to Tyler and don't get upset if you hit trees all day...it happens to all of us. Huge variety of holes, none are the same...love it! The two new holes(1 & 8) are an awesome addition with 8 (Cliffhanger) being a tough par three in A and B and an even tougher par four in C. There is a lost and found box below sign as well and it's open on league night Wednesday's and during events.

No cons, this course is perfect!

Great job BCDGA!

Pro level course representing the best of what disc golf has to offer. Mostly wooded with a handful of field holes to stretch that arm a bit. Very technical requiring a full bag of shot types at your disposal. Top-notch club takes impeccable care of this place. Highly recommended.