- This is a solid course that has a decent variety of shots considering it's on a university campus surrounded by farmland. The addition of the back nine (I guess it's been a decade now) adds some tough par 3s (#11, #12, #13, #17) that require both some distance and accuracy.

- While much of this course is designed to have raised difficulty with the wind, there are a few holes that present some challenging shots that you can attack a variety of ways. Hole #8 is a great example of this, so is hole #3 - there are aggressive lines to go over all of the trees to get a two, or you can play up the middle for a safer route. Even hole #18 does this at a micro level (245 feet) - take the high hyzer route over the trees, or sneak under the branch tp go straight up the gut.

- Signage. The tee signs are mounted on the tee pad and a couple are broken off. Directional signage would also help, especially going from #9 - #10 (go under or across the road to your left).

- There are quite a few RHBH hyzers - in fact, you could very much get away with not having a FH on this course and score well.

- While there are a number of challenging par 3s on the course, there's only one par 4 (#9). Would love to see a couple more here, especially considering the space available. And there are too many putter shots off the tee considering how wide open it is.

Parking can be a hassle with the university (sometimes they check for parking tags, sometimes not), so I recommend parking by the house next to hole 10 to be safe.

I'm grown to like this course more and more over the years. It's very easy to grab a handful of birdies, but keeping that momentum can be a real challenge, especially in the wind.

- Great layout, nice tees, nice baskets, very pretty surroundings.
- Easy to find the next tee on most holes since the next pad is usually in sight from the previous basket.
- No punishing forests along the fairways so you would have a hard time losing a disc. That makes it more enjoyable for non-die-hard players.

- Hole 8 and 10 were not easy to find at the time I played since this site had an outdated 9-hole map.

The current 18-hole map from the UIS site is now uploaded to this site and it makes navigation easy.

Lots of deer on this course.

I was very pleasantly surprised with my round at UIS. Prior to this review, UIS was rated 2.72, so upon my visit, I was expecting a rather bland, but beginner friendly 18 hole course.

Instead UIS delivered quality disc golf holes that were actually really fun to play. Here are the pros from my round:

*Awesome variety of distances. Plenty of holes that require a mid-range/putter but also a few chances for the bigger arms to strut their stuff (hole nine is over 800 feet long).

*Scenic views of the UIS campus and the surrounding area

*Low traffic. The course is strategically laid out to not interfere with campus pedestrians (I should qualify this by noting that I was around while students were on their summer break, so there wasn't much campus traffic at all. Might be worse at different times of the year)

*The course is a great place to bring someone who is new to the sport. No insanely punishing roughs, but plenty of shot variety

*Hole 3 was a great hole... 383 feet down a fairway lined on either side by evergreen trees with the pin tucked back to the right.

*Poor navigation. I actually never found hole 10, so this review is based on the assumption that hole 10 is not significantly better or worse than the other 17 holes

*Very short tee pads that do not allow for a good run-up

*With the exception of hole three, none of the holes blew my mind.

It seems that this course is a bit underrated on this site (looks like some of the ratings might be based on nine holes from back in the day)

I would definitely recommend UIS disc golf course for anyone who is with a beginner or looking for a practice round that demands a wide variety of shots off the tee without the hassle of punishing roughs.

Also, hole 9 is a great hole to throw 15 discs on

Course has everything a new person to the sport could ask for. The first 5 hole are all unique. Hole 1 is open, with just a few trees to the right front of the hole. For RHBH you will avoid them. Hole 2 has a tree that is right in front of the hole, so RHBH its shows a first challenge to the hyzer to a disc, but after the tree it is open to the basket. Hole 3 is a long alley by trees forcing a straight throw. Hole 4 has a big left turn to get to the basket. If you go for it it is easy to get into the trees. The Hole 5 is a wide open 300 ft shot.

The course is not difficult and allows plenty of opportunities to try different throws. At some point in the course you will find where it is needed and can practice.

Some of the holes are difficult to find. There are no signs are where to go, so you have to guess if it is your first time on a couple holes. Hole 10 is kind of secluded to the north east of the basket for Hole 9. Then Hole 11 is just on the other side of the trees for Hole 10, just go to the street and walk east and you will see it.