My first thought when I was asked if I wanted to play a middle school course was, 'You're kiddin', right?' Don't make that mistake here! This course is like no school ground course I've ever played. It's tight and open, and technical, and cool! So many great shots. This course will test your drives, upshots, trick shots and so on.

That said, on to more detailed thoughts...The first hole is rather ho-hum pedestrian - just a toss across the parking lot to a basket by itself. Not that challenging or inspiring. The next hole - once I found it! - was a lot more challenging! 275' to a gap in the woods. Then another 100' down. Now the game was on!

From here you wind up and down, in and out of the woods that back up to the school. Forgive me if I can't remember the numbers correctly, but I think #5 is a tight, uphill tunnel shot that immediately turns hard right (got to stay out of the ball field). Then another 300' rip into a gap in the woods that leads to the basket! I totally digged the hole!

I think my favorites...and I can't be sure on the number...are 10 & 11. Ten is a long, down hill turning anhyzer shot. Great for lefties, tough for righty-backhand. But very cool design. #11 is long, uphill shot to a basket that's at the top of a 30 step climb. Great visual throw!

After that you encounter a series of long grip-and-rips that are really just kinda there. Nothing great, just a place to extend your arm without hitting trees.

I think #14 is back into and out of the woods.

#18 is just freaking weird and I pitty the lefties. Tiiiight uphill, very wooded shot that has to climb a chain link fence and fall to the left. Then a short upshot to the basket.

Last two shots really don't offer all that much inspiration, though #20 gives you two uphill options that make you throw a big uphill anyhzer or a long uphill hyzer to avoid telephone poles and guidelines

Signage really needs replacing and some of the tee and hole numbers don't correlate. Got confusing a couple of times

Dirt tee pads aren't my favorite, but these were basically okay, though finding the pad took a moment as all you have are blocks in the ground that are tough to see

I think you could remove a few of the grip and rip and just make this a simple 18 hole course. The extra holes really don't do anything and you can remove them without disrupting the flow.

What a nice course considering it's location(school). Yes it could use some TLC but overall what a nice selection of challenges throughout. Once you finish chasing pars on this course it gives you 2 extra holes to make you feel better (19 & 20 wide open - practice holes I guess).
1) great range of skill shots will be required (blue tees - not sure about white).
2) Good distance on all holes.
3) Tee signage needs TLC but signage is good for keeping you on track.
4) Parking a plenty.
5) No crowds

1) Needs a little TLC on Tee signage (understandable with weather in this area though).

Thanks to those who put the effort into making sure this sport has plenty of variety in the area. Make sure to put this one on your list if your in the area.

-York Middle has a surprising fun disc golf course on campus with great variety and course seems to be close to if not finished. A good course has been issued!!
-YES! It has "Middle School" in it but the designer put real thought into this! Dual sets of tees! Short tees for the annoying little middle schoolers and long tees for advanced players! I played the longs and really enjoyed it. It had some very cool holes.
-Arrows are on the baskets that point you to the next tee! It seems after S. Cann and heelboycraig reviewed the course, some people really worked on it! Hole distances are on every long tee, I hope the tee pads will come soon.
-Plenty of really fun holes here! #5 is an awesome, downhill window shot! You throw through a seem from the long tee. #7 is a favorite on the course, it's a super fun righty flick, anhyzer shot or lhbh shot going into be woods over a small creek. It's 302' feet from the long tee but plays more like 255' due to elevation! #13 is only 367' from the long but I could tell it was a par 4. It's a super narrow wooded dogleg left. By the time you're at the landing zone, the hole gets less tricky. You will be beside the short tee by the time you are at the landing zone. A 3 is possible but it take two VERY clean, straight shots! #16 short is open all the way but #16 long is a lot more interesting! It's directly to the right of the short pad but it's in the woods but the long pad is not behind it but since it's to the right of the short pad, it's an uphill dogleg left over the sports field and requires a small hyzer over the fence. All of those holes are memorable but the shortest is the most fascinating...
-#9. Yep, this is the hole mostly talked about. It's only 157' feet long from the long and only about 115' from the short but it's up a steep hill out of the woods. I'm willing to admit I bogeyed this hole. If you don't have a straight shot up the hill, you will either roll down the hill and get lucky or land in the woods and play your second shot on the steep hill.
-This is like Tirzah here, it's secluded and since it's on campus, you can't smoke, litter or drink alcohol but usually you have the course to yourself and won't run into anyone on the next tee.
-Trash cans on campus.
-Elevation is used well on the course. A few holes have elevation changes over twenty feet! With #9 going up at least 25'. There are some fun downhill holes too with one being straight down! Elevation is something I find VERY important to a course and this place also has a great variety of shots. Whether it's open, long, wooded, short, etc. You'll be surprised because this place has great variety! Middle school courses usually are lame, flat 150' shots in a field. This is probably the best middle school course ever.
-I honestly think there could be a REAL tournament from the long tees. I'd do it for sure!
-Great 28 chain disCatchers.

-The tee signs now have the DISTANCES but whoever was in charge of that forgot the par on every hole. From the shorts I'll can say now are all threes but I called holes 2, 12, and 13 par 4's. I put those three down as 4's on the hole info. Just go with that or whatever you think they are.
-Dirt tee pads. I realize that dirt tee pads are pretty much all Middle School courses get but this was a real course in my opinion and it needs concrete tees because this course is very enjoyable and players are going to come and will be satisfied with concrete tees. Concrete tees are what a designer should incorporate.
-#9's hill is extremely slick after a rainfall. It has stairs and I actually fell because it's crazy slippery.
-I know it's summer but the grass needs to be cut, you may very well lose a disc if you don't have someone looking out for it. It wasn't too bad today but it's much in some places.
-On #14, it can be tough to have a natural run up as you run up down a small hill. Some of the bricks that mark the tees are missing as well.
-No affect on the course but the closest course is 8 miles from here and the nearest gas station is like three miles from here.

-Overall, York Middle School is a very fun course from the long tees. Don't let the fact that it has "Middle School" in it keep you from going here. This course was published when I was a middle schooler and If I went here in Middle School, I'd play several rounds a day after school but I'm in high school now and really wish we had a campus like this one here. It contains many fun holes, just about all of them are fun. It felt like Eastway park in Charlotte with a mix of Cornelius Rd. in Mooresville. The wooded holes felt like being at Cornelius and it had many open holes here which felt like Eastway or Winthrop in Rock Hill. This is worthy to be considered a real course. Fewell Park is not. This was much better than I expected.
-If you love this course, or at least the layout, you'll love Eastway Park in Charlotte.
-Signature hole would be #9. It's a steep uphill ace run. It's not like anyone hole on the course. It's not the only wooded hole, but it's very short and probably the most unique. #7 was my favorite though. Awesome downhill dogleg over a creek. Holes like that satisfy disc golfers.

-A surprisingly unique course for a school course.

-Great variety of shots: short shots, long shots, wide-open holes, tight wooded, etc.

-Signs are cheaply done, but they're creative. They are laminated drawings done by kids.

-Great use of the land available.

-There were quite a few holes here that would be signature holes anywhere else. It would be tough to nail down one signature hole for this course. Duvall's vision really came to life on some of these holes.

-Pretty long walk between 18 and hole 1. In fact, it's the second longest walk of any course I've played.

-Lack of amenities: no bathrooms, water fountain, benches, etc.

-Signs, although creative, did not have distances listed. The tee signs (cheaply done as they were) would be absolutely fine if only they had distances listed.

-Some tees were not clearly marked, some of the bricks were missing.

-One of the biggest cons with this course is that there were no "Next tee signs". These could be done cheaply and would make this course 10x's easier to navigate.

-Some longer walks between holes; poor transitions. I'm pretty sure these were there in order to capture the picturesque holes mentioned above.

This a very solid course, especially for a school course. I was impressed and greatly enjoyed playing this one. If this were my home course I would be perfectly happy with that.