William Jewell DGC is a pretty good nine hole layout. The tees are bare earth, boxed in and fairly level. Each hole has a tee sign, and there are dual pin positions on several holes. The standard Innova disc catchers with yellow bands have red flags to help spot the location, and they're in nice condition.

Every hole is a par 3, and the length is formidable but not unreachable. The fairways are grassy, and usually have a light to moderate elevation component. Most fairways are pretty open, but there are a few trees to work around. The rough can be extremely thick, but it's not much of a factor on several holes. A stream is in play on a couple of holes.

The first hole is a good warm up, but a bit bland. Ball field to the left, road to the right, uphill drive about 325'. Hole 2 is pretty cool. 450', steady downhill shot with a tree halfway through that creates a window that can make or break a tee shot. It is a sizable gap, but the branches loom large. 3 is a basket that is amongst the trees, after a downhill drive that is mostly open. 4 is not as long, but is the steepest uphill drive on the course. Not many trees until you reach the top.

5 is probably my favorite hole, and the biggest downhill run. Not as long as 2, but more punishing rough to the right, and the creek backing the pin if you overshoot it. 6 is on fairly level ground with the thick, brushy banks of the creek to the right. There is a hard right bend, and a cluster of trees and bushes take away the far left side. 7 is a fairly plain shot, about 350', without much elevation change or many trees. 8 is a bit downhill, and plays toward the opposite bank of the creek from hole 5. Lightly wooded, but more standing around the pin. Hole 9 is 370', and has some mature trees standing to the left side of the fairway. It is a little uphill, especially as you near the basket.

The walks between tees are not the tightest linkage, but take you to prime tee placements, so I think they do the layout a service. Hole 8 and hole 9 tee back to back in opposite directions, which is weird but again is probably making for the best quality holes.

I wouldn't mind concrete tees to improve the slightly rutted, sandy boxes that are currently there.

This is a fun one, with distance and elevation that is not common for most 9 hole layouts. It really kicked my butt, and I will return and attempt to restore my dignity. No birdies, 11 over par. Uggh. Hole 6 destroyed me, I was lucky not to lose a disc in the creek.

The grounds look to be maintained impeccably from the photos. I played in January, and lingering snow was remaining in places. This spring I am going to take another go at it for sure. Plays nicely with the 9 hole course at nearby Pleasant Valley DGP.

- Very good signage
- Good baskets that are well maintained
- Two basket placements per hole
- Well maintained grounds overall
- Takes good advantage of the landscape to create variety

- Gravel teepads

I think there are only two or three truly "technical" holes. The flow for holes eight and nine are a little odd.

Beautiful piece of land. Nice tee areas. Really well placed greens! Two pin placements on every hole.

Not a lot of variety in hole lengths. Walk between some holes.

Liberty finally has a course! Liked holes 1, 2, 5, and especially 6. I think pin locations are the best thing about the course as there is trouble possible on every approach. For 350+ throwers it will be more fun but for my 270ft arm it is pretty much a bunch of threes. I would rate higher but for the walks. After 8 you turn around and walk all the way back past the pad to 9. I will play the course again for sure.

Some good use of the terrain (including man made). Road, fences around sports fields, trees, brush, and hills are all used to good effect.
Wide variety of shots needed. I used most of the discs in bag. (10 discs)
Nice tee signs.
Not crowded.
Lots of parking.
New and easily visible baskets. I loved that they all had flags on top.
Nice tee pads.
It was not hard to follow the course.
Nice map at the beginning.

Tee pads, though nice, were compacted sand and gravel mix.
No signs pointing to next tee.
No provision to have a copy of the map.

None of the negatives were all that big a deal. I did not rate the course higher because it just was not great, not because it was bad. I definitely plan to play it again some time soon when I am passing through.