Pros:
A real jewel of a short 9 hole course. Great place for practicing your control game. If you are used to playing from the Am tees on longer courses, the distances here will feel just right. Very well maintained park facilities provided by city of Lacey. Ample paved parking, clean restrooms, etc. Near to city of Lacey's urban center - makes it very easy to do 9 or even 18 holes on lunch hours during the week - I play at midday every day Monday through Friday. Aside from hole #1 when it's in the long position, big arms are not required to par this course. The course planners did a really great job of cramming 9 fun holes into a very small space. The densely wooded rough along both sides of most holes really belies the fact that opposing fairways are literally just a few meters apart. Course is bounded on one side by protected wetland, lots of wildlife to enjoy with squirrels, rabbits, just to name a few.
Cons:
If you crave long courses to flex your big arms, you might not like it here, it's short and tight. The constraining space that made the planners be so creative with their hole layout is also the thing that seems to preclude any more development of this course. The addition of multiple tee pads at different angles of approach to the pin is what makes many a 9 hole course play like 18, but I don't see how this would be possible here, everything is already maxed out. And as I said before, the tee pads are already set at what I consider to be Amature length, so just adding shorter distance teepads as many long courses have would not make much sense here either.
Other Thoughts:
Very clean course - almost no litter to speak of. Major Kudos to local players who pick up after themselves and pack out the occasional found piece of garbage. I frequently play this course with nothing more than an Aviar Putt & Approach and a marker disc. Park is multi-use, please be aware and courteous of people other than disc golfers who are just out for a walk in the park, whether it be stay at home moms with strollers and toddlers or retirees walking their dogs on the wooded trails that some of the holes crisscross.
P.S. - In lieu of alternate tee pads, it would be awesome if an additional 9 baskets were permanently placed at the alternate pin locations, then this short 9 holer could play like a short 18.