Short, open holes with heavily wooded holes

Wooded holes are not marked. When the park is busy, you may have to wait to throw.

If the wooded holes were marked it would make life way easier.

~ A great course for the moderately skilled who want a challenge
~ If you stay out of the woods, it is also beginner friendly, which if you skip from 4 to 14 (walk over the hill in the clockwise direction around the pond) you could play a more beginner friendly 9 hole course
~ Great diversity, shorter to long drives, mild to thick trees, slow hills to very hilly, fair amount of straight, left, and right approaches
~ Half is well maintained grassy park surrounding a pond, the other half is dense woods
~ Little trash, generally clean
~ Not Claustrophobic, plenty of room to breathe from group to group
~ Around the pond all the tees box are leveled flat concrete surrounded by landscape bricks, also including a nice granite pillar having the par, hole number, and maps for each hole engraved into it
~ The wooded areas are maintained to a decent level
~ Plenty of parking right off the road that circles the pond, in which the disc golf course also circles, just pick a parking area that suits you, look for a near by basket, look then for the next tee in a clockwise direction around the pond and you could take off
~ Located right off North Kingshighway in Cape Girardeau, which is conveniently just south of I-55 exit 99, for those coming from out of town. Out of the way of most of the City, but not far from some food, convenience stores and other entertainment
~ Pavilions, water spickets, and bathrooms located throughout the course

~ Lacks a full map
~ Lacks Granite markers and (in a few cases) concrete tees in the woods
~ Without someone showing you the way the first time, you could become lost
~ The woods can swallow discs, and will if you are not careful, hit your marks
~ Watch the brush in the woods, ivy exists in these woods

~ In the woods, I recommend having a friend spot your disc half way between the tee and basket, or use a bright colored disc you can find, or just hit the fairway and use a landmark to reference where it landed
~ A couple signs around the pond indicating where a couple key holes are, at least hole 1, would be great, when you are about to Melania's Playland, watch closely, you will see the granite marker for hole 3 on your right, and then next hole 1 on the left (Far NW corner of the park)

This course plays about half in the woods and half out in the open. The wooded holes (4 - 14) are tight and feature significant elevation, while the open holes are over flatter ground with a couple bringing the lake into play.

Holes lengths range from 153' to 438', with the shortest holes being in tight, sloping woods. The longer holes are out in mostly open areas.

Good variety of straight, curving, and doglegged holes. My favorite holes were Hole 12 which is a big, downhill sweeping to the right, and Hole 14 which features a low-ceiling drive and a hard dogleg left.

Orange Mach V baskets look good and catch well. Many baskets are set on sloping ground to add challenge.

Several of the tees are very well constructed with paving stones surrounded by short walls when necessary. Those tees have well done granite tee signs with the hole information and diagram sandblasted into them and then painted. They are unique among the 200+ courses I have played.

There are several parking areas around the lake which allow you to start your round from three different places.

While some of the holes offered very nice tees and tee signs, many had no sign at all, with tees that were already starting to erode badly.

There is a walking path that winds throughout the course, with Holes 1, 2, 16, 17 and 18 playing over and adjacent to the path.

If all of the tees and signs could be brought up to the standard of the "good" ones, I would likely bump this to a 3.5.

Beautiful Granite Tee signs on many of the holes around the pond. Those are the nicest tee signs I have ever seen!!

Nice Tee Pads on all holes. Has a good mix of holes. Baskets are visible on every hole except two. I liked the elevation changes, made for a workout besides the throwing of plastic. 4-5 ace runs. many birdie opportunities.

All the baskets are in good repair. I want to come back lot of FUN.

Nothing major some holes are missing tee signs, a few times not sure which way to go, 10 and 11 loop back up to where 12 was visible after 9. Need a sign there.

Incredible course, just needs a few minor things to make it one of the best. Long course make sure to bring water. A little long for little ones. I took 12-14 year olds and they were dragging toward the end. But theres a awesome park right across the street if you bring a sitter for them to play in.

The first four holes and the last four holes are spectacular. A great balance of short demanding holes and long winding holes.

The middle of the course is horrible. Not marked at all, giant tree down in the middle of bottleneck fairway, teepads that range from dirt and logs to shabby concrete poured into forms that were not well set.

This could be an amazing course. It has a great flow to it, once you know where you are shooting, Sadly it is not well kept by the park and the tees and starting point are not easy to locate if you don't know where you are headed.

Great Layout, visible baskets, mixture of challenging holes, variety of terrain, 18 holes, great upkeep, good scenery, and good tee pads.

it is easy to lose a disc in the woods if you make on e bad mistake but overall great course.

It has been a mission for the Missouri Conservation dept. to really keep the course clean and tidy and that is exactly what they have done and it's just a joy to play this course.

Beautiful setting near community lake. Pave stove tee boxes. Granite Hole Monuments that include arrow showing direction of next hole. No big arms required. Nice variety of holes. Wide open, slightly wooded, heavily wooded and dog legs.

A couple of the holes are still under construction in the wooded area and are not easy to find or play. If you skip them there are still 12 holes left. Lots of grade changes (hills) that can wear you out.

About 6 holes are wide open.
another 5 hug the woods line.
the other 7 are through the woods and under construction.

All par 3 holes. Restrooms on site.

1. Really nice concrete tee pads with granite tee signs
2. Chances for birdies and outside chance of aces on first few holes
3. Great variety of wooded holes after their first stretch of open holes
4. Course flow is overall very good
5. Great use of terrain and elevation changes
6. good risk reward shots
7. options to play different types of shots on the same hole from the same layout.
8. great use of distance and par's even though they are all 3 there are some easy ones some middle ones and some hard ones but yet all are parable if you make good shots.
9. very cool holes with many signature holes. for awile you go from one great hole to the next without any wasted holes
10. super nice park
11. not many spots to lose discs even though its a challenging couse
12. great mix of all different kinds of shots and a chance to lose alot of discs in your bag

Man i really cant think of any. maybe that its on the opposite side of where most of the stuff is at in the town lol

This course has it all! This is a course everyone will love no matter whether your a rookie or a novice or a pro. It's one of my favorites. I travel from about an hour away and try to play it atleast every month or two.

this is good course that is forgiving with throws. great layout with a lot of open space. t pads are nice with good visuals. the park was utilized well.

during summer days it can be hot, so stock up on water. little shade to hide from the sun.

This course is long and fun.
lots of elevation.

Back section is overgrown.
Needs a posted map for first timers.

This course is fun long and never crowded. Finding the holes the first time around is not as strait forward as o would have liked.

Brand new course in Southeast MO. It is very aesthetically pleasing, the surrounding park is gorgeous and the tee pads are as well. There are brand new Mach 5 pins that are extremely visible. There are a lot of hard dog legs (L&R), but still some straight shooters. Don't worry because there are still obstacles on these holes. The flow of the course is fairly simple to follow, I didn't get lost my first time playing it. The fact that it is in a county park ensures it will be well maintained at all times (shouldn't ever be tall grass!). It is a challenging course. (which is always good!)

Currently there are only 12 holes. The existing holes are mainly out in the open, and in Southeast MO it gets quite hot during the summer (bring a lot of water). The use of pave-stones on the tee pads COULD be horrible for wet conditions (I didn't go as far as to pour my water bottle out on one to test them.). I do not believe there are more than one pin placement for each hole ( the course is brand new though so I am sure they will be figured out in the future.).

I am not sure the pave-stones are slick when wet, I am just assuming they would be due to their texture, and we all know what happens when one assumes. Cape Girardeau is where I grew up, and I started playing disc when I moved to Columbia for college. So, it is nice to see something like this finally in my hometown (It should have happened a long time ago.) Once the course is completed I will return and re-review it (and see if the pave-stones are slick when wet.). Overall I think this could be one of the nicest courses in Missouri. I plan on playing a lot of other courses in MO this summer, but I think it will be hard to beat this one.

Played it again 1-26-13. I was excited to play the full 18. To my frustration, it was still only 12 holes.

Course is pretty well spaced out and lay of the land is used well. (Photos give good idea of terrain) The County Park's Commissioner took this project on and sees that it is well maintained including keeping maps and score cards readily available.

Lots of poison ivy if you go into the wood line which can tend to be thick and brushy. (They are working on thinning it out) Sometimes wild geese factor into the equation.

UPDATE!!! This course was to undergo upgrades bringing it to a full 18 hole course while it was closed for the holiday season. This did not, however, happen. During this time period the park as changed commissioners where the former commissioner was VERY supportive of the course, and the new one has yet to show the same enthusiasm. I know the local DG club is trying to generate as much support as it can, but only time will tell what the outcome will be.--I'm very disappointed.