If you want to get a bunch of birdies, but Epic is too flat, you may need to play William Yates Sprint. It has hilly runs. Short and more wooded on the front nine, and mid range and pretty open on the back nine. A novice level course with a layout that allows development of controlling accuracy, distance and playing on elevation changes. There is a small creek in play on a hole or two, and OB in several places.

I had fun playing this one once, but it won't provide any kind of challenge to an experienced player. Hole 2 was probably my favorite of the round. It's an elevated tee, playing over a fence at the bottom of the hill, then up the next slope to a basket that is protected by a thicket of trees and brush. You could probably play it to either side, it's going to take a great shot somewhere to make. a birdie on this one. Hole 4 gets into the heavier woods but the distances aren't blowing out the arm. Up and down the hillside with some directional throws until you get to the tee for 12. At that point the distances stretch a little, and the lines open up a lot. The last few holes have roads in play, which I suppose would play as OB.

Hole 6 was also kind of fun. It's downhill, and the creek runs just in front of the basket. A bit of an all or nothing tee shot. I was lucky and skipped over the creek and under the pin. Not that there was much water in it, but I was glad to stay dry.

I definitely liked the front 9 better because of the tighter lines increasing the need for precision. The back 9 is fairly wide open, with the elevation and OB keeping it from being flat out boring. It does play slightly longer as well, so the youngsters can work on the distance. It's a fast course that doesn't require the full arsenal of discs.

The tees are not terrific, nor are the signs. Photos and map posted on DGCR are out of date. Some of the tee to basket combos are not entirely clear. The signage has a lot of room for improvement.

Being on a school campus means nights or weekends only during the school year. The level of challenge is pretty low. Too many shots that play near playgrounds, roads and fences.

It is an 18 hole layout, and the terrain makes for some fun throws. I live too far away to travel here for a casual fun round. If I go back, it will only be to get some pics of the current layout and update the DGCR page. If you are a serious player, go to Wilbur Young and earn those birdies.

I was 6 under on the day here. 9 birds, 3 bogies and 6 pars. OB on the last two holes ended my day with a down note. Still had fun seeing a new course, but it isn't one to seek out when you're only out to play the best courses around town.

If you want a quick round this ia a fun short course. Easily playable with 1-3 discs. Nice use of elevation, trees and the space available.

Signs broke/missing. Basket on hole #13 was missing. Hours of availability (understandable because it is built around a school). Can be slightly confusing to navigate the first time out.

I feel that this course can be played with just a putter if you want. All that was needed for to cover every situation were a Buzzz SS, Firebird (couple of RHFH shots) and Judge.

This course has a lot of elevation present, especially considering it's on school property. It is also used with a great variety of uphill, downhill, and valley holes. 10/10

They did a great job of using the obstacles that they had in such a small area to make a good 18 hole course. They could have maybe made a 9 hole course with more length and still had junior tees that were just as short or have 3 tees, but considering the intent it's 9/10.

There is a good variety of openness on shots, holes 4-11 are through the woods, and the rest are more open, but still have enough hazards to make the holes interesting. My only complaint here is that the variety is not mixed in very well. 8/10

There is actually pretty good variety in the distances of the holes, there just aren't any long ones (except for 14 kind of). Most of the front nine is quite a bit shorter and then the back nine has a little more length. 7/10

Discs are generally pretty easy to find. The brush in the woods is a little thick in some places like hole 4 and 17, and the tree line to the right of 15 and 16 could eat discs too. 7/10

There is a good variety of shot paths required here. Holes 2, 10, and 16 are right to left, while 3, 5, 11, and 17 are left to right. 7/10

The course is mowed very well, but the tees and signs are deteriorating a bit and there has been some litter both times I've been there. 6/10 on course maintenance

Navigation between holes is okay. The third tee was a bit hard to find, and I had some trouble with 14 and 17 as well. Some are on walking path's or the asphalt playground (5, 14, and 18) which makes them a little harder to find. Overall 6/10

There are some holes that force you to make decisions about how to play them. This is more true from hole 14 on, but is present a few times on the front nine too. 6/10

I saw two posts set up for alternate hole positions, but most only have one setting. (There were also two baskets set up for 18, not sure if one was a spare in case another got damaged?) 1/10

The baskets only have the one ring of chains and the tees are small and gravel for the most part. The size isn't too bad since it's so short so you don't really need much of a run-up, but they could use some evening out. 3/10

Navigation on the holes themselves was probably good when the course was new, but now some of the tee signs are missing or the maps are illegible. On some holes it's not much of a problem, but on hole 1 for example, you can see 3 baskets from the tee that are all about the same distance away. Also I think the first time I played from the 15 tee to the 16 basket without noticing. 4/10

This course will not provide experienced players or players with any distance with a challenge, and is pretty much just good for practicing approaches for these players. It is only for beginners learning accuracy and junior players. Multiple sets of tees help a little, but even the back tees are very short. 4/10 on challenging all levels

Overall Challenge 2/10 from shorter tees, 3/10 from longer tees.

The is a good course to bring new players to to let them get a better feel for what longer courses are like without making them throw 400ft holes.

This one was tough to review and this is why. It has many of the things that some really good course have, but on a very short and small scale. The holes are very short on many of the holes even from the long tees. They have done some great thing to this place considering the size and area. This course has woods, wide-open fairways, OB, mandos, elevation, possible water in a little creek like area, some protected pins and a couple doglegs. Many of the holes were fun to play. I enjoyed the double mandos where you had to shoot through a tree with the dual trunks in a big V shape. The wooded holes were really great. It is almost like having a pro course for little kids.

This course has limited public access due to school. At the time of this review, during school days the course is closed 9am to 4pm. So that basically leaves nights, weekends, holidays, and summer. The holes are very short from the short tees and normal short form the long tees. The long tees were put wherever they could find a spot. You will find many of them on sidewalks and one is even on a basketball court. (see pictures). You could really use a map to find the long tees. One basketball court is within the driving area of hole #14 from the long tee. The chance of hitting someone on #14 long tee should be a concern if people are present. The tee pads are a mix of cement sidewalks, asphalt, gravel, & rubber. There are some nice tee signs, but they are not all up to date as of the time of this review.

The Fun Factor here was pretty good. I really enjoyed seeing such a fun design on a small scale. This is in no way a real challenge for the average player, but it was without a doubt enjoyable. It was easy to see why there were so many 3 ratings before mine. If I rated it as a kids only course a 4 would be well deserved. We do not rate course on here as kids or adults only courses. So to give it a 4 or higher would be falsifying how it plays for most people.

Challenging shots even though they are short.
Course is clean and well taken care of.

No restroom facilities.
Course closed during school hours (understandably)

This is a quick course that provides a challenge for even skilled players. Even though the holes are not long enough to do some serious driving it provides great upshot practice and a chance to put away that driver and take out your favorite mid-range disc.

I would give this course a rating of 5 for kids and beginning players.

Course Level: Green (most suited for kids, short throwers, and players rated 775-825.)
This is an excellent Green level course. The course was mainly built for school kids, so it's most appropriate for them, and it excels for that group. This means, though, that most experienced adult males will find the course way too short, especially from the short tees.
Note: This course was hard to rate. This is the highest rating I've given to a Green level course. If I only rated this course by how enjoyable it is for the intended player level then it would easily be rated a 5. But for consistency in my rating system I consider challenge for an adult male to be an integral part of my rating, so my highest ratings are reserved for more challenging courses, and Green level courses are rated lower.

This is the best 18 hole Green level course that I've ever played! Most Green level courses are only 9 holes anyway. I saw a dad out with his 10 year old daughter and I thought that's what this course is all about. They've put in a great deal of care into the design and a lot of work and resources into the course.
Nice elevation changes! 9 are up and 9 are down. The maximum changes vary from 22 ft down to 21 ft up.
There's a good mix of wooded mixed, and open holes. (Long = 7 Wooded/ 2 Open/ 9 Mixed)
Two sets of tees on 7 holes. The longer tees give more challenge to more experienced players.
Cement Tees.
Tee signs are very good, with lengths and pictures of the holes.
Map- Online aerial map is very helpful.
There's a practice basket near 18's basket, so if no one is on hole 18 you can throw back and forth between them.

Baskets- Lightning DB-5s are a little lower quality.

My favorite hole: 6. Downhill through a tree lined fairway to an excellent green with a creek in front of it.

-By design all of the holes are short. The short tees are 17 of 98-145 ft/ 1 of 176 ft. The long tees are range from 108 to 245 ft with 12 holes in the 100-150 ft range.
-I got a kick out of a 145 ft par 4 hole.
-The school stipulated that holes 12-18 had to be more open so that they could monitor kids in PE classes. (I sure wish that I could've played disc golf during PE in elementary school!)
-Understandably, the course is closed during school hours: M-F 8 am - 4:15 pm

If you know a kid that wants to learn disc golf then by all means take them here. Even if you're an adult who is new to the game, you can still hone your game and learn the fundamentals on an easier, shorter course. I wish that my area had a Green level course like this where my kids could have learned the game on a course designed for them. John Theiss is to be highly commended for designing this great addition to the KC plethora of fine courses!

<span class="underline">A note about my rating:</span> My rating is a subjective measure of my <span class="italic">enjoyment</span> of the course, on the day I played it, and it is NOT intended to be a measure of the <span class="italic">quality</span> of the course. My Enjoyment Ratings are given "on the curve" in relation to all other courses I've played.

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Very well used space
Nice use of elevation
Nice challenging Mandos
Good variety
Requires technical accuracy
Good upshot practice (from tees)

On school grounds - so closed until after school
Short holes
Can get bottled necked if non-technical players are there...with all the obstacles

The reson I rated this kinda high for a short, little course is because it is well laid out given the space to work with...they were able to make it as fun and challenging as possible.
I've been to some courses in similiar settings that have been totally redundant and boring compared to this one.
Unfortunately, this course is "competing" with some awesome courses in the KC Metro area, so if I lived around there I would prefer to make the drive to some of the others...but if I had a restricted time schedule and just wanted to have some fun threading the needle...this course would fit the bill