- tee markers, Discatcher baskets
- decent course flow, some reasonable challenge given such a small course (in other words, not a pitch and putt)
- simple holes and lack of rough make the course beginner friendly
- good grassy surfaces
- restrooms on site, lots of parking and easy access

- no concrete tees, poor tee areas
- path/hole interactions

This was a quick jog off of I-64, and little courses like this are becoming almost as essential to my road trips as food, gas, and restrooms. I made use of the facilities here before a quick round and then getting back on the road. The course was easy to find (Google Veteran's Memorial Park in Mt. Vernon, IL; head to the left, or north, side of the parking lot to the side of the big community building) and also easy to follow overall. Some tee signs were missing, but most of the poles (that used to hold signs) were in place and I didn't have problems finding tees. There weren't real tees to speak of, but I found most of the blocks marking the front of tee areas.

It was a reasonable city park course. There aren't particularly defined fairways, but I did find the trees (and pathway OB) to provide some decent challenge and line restriction. More experienced golfers should be able to finish under par, since errant tee shots will still have a fairly simple up and down for par, and it should be simple to get a few birdies. That said, it's the kind of simple and relaxed play that I enjoy balancing with more challenging courses, especially to practice putting and my mid/putter game. I'd definitely be back here frequently with a small bag and extra putters/mids if I lived in this area.

I played on a Saturday afternoon. There were surprisingly few people walking on the path, but there was a busy birthday party at one of the park's gazebos. I simply chose a shot with no chance of errantly heading that direction. I encountered no significant safety issues.

Rating: 2.0 (reasonable) is about right to me. It ain't fancy or super special, but it's a nice play with what I find essential, i.e. baskets, tee locations, simple course flow, and some lines to hit.

Great Dispatcher baskets!

Disc Golf!

In my eyes, this course is the stereotypical 2.0 course. Nine very similar holes in a small public park in a small little city.

The design is very plain, the landscape/terrain is very plain, the whole park/course is very plain.

This course offers you standard, vanilla disc golf. No hole will "wow" you and nothing stands out as special in a good way or a bad way. If this course was a high school girl, it'd be that plain, average looking girl who does some average activity (like band), but doesn't stand out as being great or bad. Just completely unmemorable.

I don't know what else to say. I've been reviewing courses for over five years and not a single thing struck me as worth mentioning. This truly is your average joe course.

Going here instead of Centralia is a decision I will probably regret for the rest of my life.

There's a course in Mt. Vernon, so that's a pro. The course is laid out in a fairly simple way to figure out where to head. I hear they're moving this up from 7 to 9 holes soon, so that's a pro as well.

The course is really easy. The holes are fairly short and they have so many lines of attack that it'll be a huge ego boost for anyone playing this course for the first time. I think I shot a -3 the first time I played the course--and that was from the "pro" tees. I'm not a pro, but it seems like a super easy course. Also, some of the shots go over walking paths and there are very often pedestrians on them. It's a little dangerous--especially considering most of the people walking the path have no idea what you're doing.

Overall it's a nice way to spend about 30 minutes, but it could really use some reshaping for a little more challenge on the course.