Pros:
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
Cons:
The wait times on busier days can be excruciating
Several holes play too close to walking paths
Other Thoughts:
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.