The last in a row of 9 hole course from the 90's . Beautiful small parks in the area look to hold bragging rights by laying claim to these older courses . Watson Trails has this course at the end of the park , to the right , look for a disc golf sign and park at the bottom lot as far to the end as you can go . Some elevation to this course . Across a cement path at the end of the driveway you will see a sign for the course and hole #1 . The tee pad , Turf , but in good condition is up to your left from the dirt pathway . It is a fairly tight drive that opens up some into a fairway where the basket is guarded by several medium sized trees . The baskets are older single chain machs that are in okay shape. There looks to be an attempt to make some pro tee pads on some of the holes . Those are marked by blue colored wood markers in the ground instead of the red . No turf for these . .Bring your map . Even THAT might be enough to navigate this course . The park itself is very picturesque with many people taking advantage of the walking trails , the large pond , that sits in the middle of the trails , small bridges . Just a great after dinner walk for you , family or pets . The pond does NOT come into play in and holes , and the creek only comes into play on 4 , a straight shot 200' into a green that has the creek flanking the back and left . Not really a challenge for a veteran player , but a right forehand newbie might have to fish for his errant drive .#9 is a good finishing hole , tight fairway to a basket up a hill in the woods , a good basket placement . The course is set up to give as much challenge through its mostly woods holes as it can within a small area . Once you are confident in your bearings , you can finish a round in about 35-40 minutes by yourself . Signature hole : 5 . playing about 300' across a small dry creek and up a little embankment .

I saw on a message sign while I was playing to play nice and respectful when here because the park board was either going to put some money into the course , or pull it altogether . Pretty extreme , either way . This course needs some help . Being a course from the mid 90's . this course should have cement tees by now . I am guessing that these have never been installed is because the park is unsure where it wants to go on disc golf . Signage ? None . You have to use the map ( not always accurate ) and look for turf . No trash cans or benches , which is okay because I never saw anyone out here while I was playing . Not a challenge to any level tournament player . I can understand not utilizing the large pond in the course since the trail and park users walk so close to it , but there is a lot of space up in the woods for a good hole or 2 . Not close to bathrooms or water . No trash cans or benches . Carry out what you carry in . Can get sloppy after a good rain .

Overall , a good park , a scenic area for disc golf . I hope the park decides to go the way of putting some funds together and making a good 9 hole course here . Why not stretch the course to 11 or even 12 holes ? Good use of space for this . The big selling point for Watson Trails is that disc golf is ever expanding and a lot of people pay attention to the year the course was installed , for both stability and historical value . This can be a great showcase for your park . Potential is here. Watson Trails park was not the easiest to find , but it was worth looking for . My Recommendation : If you can couple it with Unger Park, or Wilmore , then it could be worth your while to come here . Try this if you are in the area and want to get in a short round . Otherwise ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Watson Trails Park is a lovely, well maintained city park. The park features tennis courts, walking trails, a fairly large lake, some smaller creeks, picnic facilities and children's playground and the large wooded walking area. The course is mostly interconnected with the walking area so players will always have to be aware of walkers, joggers, etc. Another plus is the park doesn't have much underbrush so spotting those errant throws is pretty easy.

As you park in the parking lot, there is a Kiosk with some disc golf information. The tee signs are simple. They just have a hole # on them, no distance, map or par. But they do have a couple of bag holder hooks on each. The tee pads are mostly concrete now. The Discatcher baskets have the yellow band and a small number on the band.

The holes play as a straight recreational level. Holes all seem to be in the 180 to 270' length, although there are sometimes enough trees to add challenge.
# 1 and # 7 are both holes that are a little tougher.

On the other hand, # 4, by the pond, is just a short, straight 190 ACE run.

There are some fairly long walkouts after 5 and again after 6 so navigation the first time through is just a little tricky.

Better players might be bored by shorter distances and rec level challenge here. On the other hand, excellent course for beginners or less experienced players.

Overall, I enjoyed this course. I understand that it has it's issues in the past, however, I think most of them have been addressed. What's left now is a enjoyable recreational course. It's not designed for the advanced level player or maybe not even the intermediate player but it's a nice little course for a majority of the disc golfers out there. I hope the city continues to provide maintenance and upkeep.

fun little 9 hole, woody technical , signs, restrooms, soda machines, lots of ace runs, some elevation changes

no real pads, no real long holes

fun little park , nice way to warm up before goin to jefferson barracks

Watson trails is a fun little course that forces you to finesse just about all but two of your drives. LOTS of young (little thin and in the freaking way) trees abound. Hole three is a great example: 100+ feet away, looking right at it, I could just about putt it, except for the forest of skinny treelings between me and the pin.

I feel that the pars are a bit overstated. This course is no more than a par 3 from any pin.

There are a couple of stone ace runs here, there's a nice lake and you can run through nine in about an hour.
If you are on the south side, I suggest playing Paul Schroeder, Bluebird and Watson in a day. All 3 are 9 hole courses and are within 10-15 minutes of each other. They are not the pinnacles of Saint Louis Disc Golf courses, but deserve their play, so make a day of the nine's once in a while.