Zeeland Christian School is located in a town of the same name. The town motto is "Feel the Zeel!" This motto is posted everywhere on those banners that hang from streetlight poles, and I think it's on the "Welcome to Zeeland" sign as well. On your way here you will drive through a nice residential neighborhood and then alongside the school, and finally turn into what initially looks like a service drive behind the school. Trust your GPS on this one. You will see a parking lot at the top of a hill with a small pavilion next to it. The course starts behind the pavilion.

This is a short 9-hole course. The nine baskets are all present and in good shape. The course info page identifies them as DN Liberty models. I knew that they weren't DISCatchers or Chainstars.

This course has a lot of issues.

Hole 1's tee is right next to Hole 9's basket. The tees are just kick boards that are set into the grass - no pads of any kind. All of the tee boards that are present have the hole number and distance routered in, and are within 10 feet or so of the previous basket. If multiple groups were playing this course at the same time this would be a major safety concern.

Hole 1 is a 180' throw along the top of the hill, over the corner of a basketball court and near two tetherball poles. If anyone was playing basketball or tetherball this hole would be unplayable.

Hole 2 is an open 160' downhill throw, with home plate of a baseball diamond behind the pin. On your right is thick brush that marks the border of private property. If your RHBH ace attempt anhyzers out you could possibly lose a disc in here.

I couldn't find a tee board for hole 3. According to the map it plays between the baseball diamond outfield and the same thick brush/private property to the right. Depending on where you tee off from, it might be around 300' which would make it the longest hole here.

Hole 4 plays along the back of the field with more thick brush on your right, but this time a creek is hidden in the brush.

Hole 5 is similar to hole 4 but the outfield fence constricts you to the left for the entire hole, making it more likely you will end up in the brush/creek to the right. It's only 10'-15' of open space in between, curving to the left with the outfield fence. A decent disc golfer might enjoy hitting that line just right with a nice RHBH hyzer (I almost did)...but for rec level players/students this hole is not a good idea.

Hole 6 has been moved since the satellite map posted here was made - it now continues along the creek with the open lawn on your left similar to hole 4.

Hole 7 has also been moved and shortened - the basket is now near the shed/building you can see on the map in the southeast corner of the field. I could not find a tee board for this hole either. By the way, the second baseball diamond shown on the map has been removed and it's now just more grass in that area.

Hole 8 now plays straight north and uphill past a large tree with low-hanging branches. I think this tree is the only obstacle on the entire course between tee and basket that isn't man-made. It's sort of a fun throw past the tree, but the parking lot is right behind the basket.

Hole 9 may be the worst idea of all. It throws next to the parking lot and past the pavilion, around a blind corner to a basket behind the pavilion. Parked cars and any people in or near the pavilion are very much in play on this hole.

So in summary...
- Lots of safety issues
- Lots of opportunities to lose discs
- Few to no obstacles or variety on any holes other than dodging various man-made objects
- Many holes unplayable if people are using the space for other activities

Based on my two visits to this course, the number one activity here day to day seems to be jogging down the hill from the parking lot through hole 9's fairway, then back up. That will probably remain the #1 activity going forward, although the baseball diamond looks pretty nice too.

I have played and reviewed quite a few recreational 9-hole courses like this. I know some people feel differently but personally I don't ever dial back my rating just because a course has only nine holes. What makes this course worse than other 9-holers then? My answer: Not only is it boring for serious disc golfers, but it is also not a good course for the recreational players and students that it was presumably designed for. There are way too many safety issues and opportunities for lost discs.

There are many other courses within a short drive that provide a better round - regardless of whether you are an experienced player looking for challenge, or a first-timer looking for a friendly pitch and putt. Zeeland has other community amenities and attractions to offer. Feel the Zeel there - save the disc golf for somewhere else.

- Plays in and around a nice and pretty multi-use park behind a school.
- The grass is nice.
- The baskets are in great shape and seem to catch adequately.
- I kind of enjoyed the downhill shot of #2. Not very challenging but a lot of fun. Just wish it wasn't so close to the neighbors property.
- If you throw it into the baseball field at least there are some handy spots to walk through to get your disc.

...Aaaaaaand that's about it.

- Stupidly short.
- No tee pads. Just little hard to find toe-kicks. The toe kicks at one time had hole numbers and distances but a number of them are now completely wore off.
- Hole two, three and four definitely should NOT be played when there is a baseball/teeball game going on. Yikes.
- Hole one goes basically right over some basketball courts if you want to chuck the RH hyzer route. Not very often do I see basketball hoops come into play on a disc golf course.
- There is some rough here and it is ROUGH.

This is the kind of place to practice and that's it. No leagues will find their way here. No Ace Races will be held here. Definitely DO NOT try to play here when school is in session or there are baseball games going on unless you enjoy smacking random people with plastic.

This little 9 hole course plays around the baseball and soccer fields at Zeeland Christian School. The course designer did what he could with the space available. Unfortunately, the soccer and baseball fields take up most of the room here leaving the disc golf course with the scraps or this case, basically the perimeter of the school grounds. Despite what each of the previous reviewers has mentioned, you sometimes can play this course when there are activities going on. Today, there were about 30-35 soccer players having a practice. I was able to play without getting in their way.

There are no tees only kckboards, some of which have the hole # and distance routered into the board. Later holes didn't have this feature. The kickboards were a little tough to locate. The baskets are Disc Nation. They're fine for this course.

I liked # 2, the short downhill Ace Run of 165'. Everyone is correct when they write this hole would not be playable during baseball games. The next tee arrow painted on the concrete here was very helpful. # 3 had both A and B tees painted on the sidewalk. As # 3 is a tight window with woods on the right and baseball fence on the left, I personally would have shortened this hole considerable to take the woods out of play.

I did not like hole 5. It's a 218' hyser throw that mirrors the outfield fence but it's too tight for kids. Aldo, there is danger on the right side with thick rough with a creek in there. Also, # 9 was a pretty sad design. It plays along the top of the ridge 188' to a basket tucked around the small building there. Every student will hyser down the hill. I tried a tricky roller shot trying to avoid thumping anyone. It didn't work well.

Yes, there are a few. The course has lots of safety problems. Basically every hole could be hazardous to someone when there are activities going on.

I think there are some pretty tight looks for an elementary/middle school course.

Very little challenge for anyone past beginner level.

Places to lose your discs.

# 2 was a fun throw. I didn't much care for the other 8 holes. They were either standard issue or too tight or had borderline safety issues. This is a course that could always be closed or have 2-3-4 holes shut down. You wouldn't want to drive too far to play here, unless of course you are a career course bagger and then you plan accordingly and you somehow get your 9 holes in.

Easy to find the holes and navigate around the course.

has wooden boards used as teesigns/teepads.

Nice newer baskets.

Good Practice course and nice to see courses in school area to bring younger kids into the game.

Works in a multi use park(School) so it kind of plays in with baseball field / playground and other things.

All holes are pretty wide open, it was super windy when we went making it hard to play without using OS discs. Also makes for no real challenge.

This course isn't really anything special, but it's good for the growth. Some holes are a little dangerous depending on time of day.

1.4 miles down the road is a lot nicer of a course, but this would be a good warm up course, but not much besides that.

- Zeeland's 9-hole course consists of mostly short, open, beginner friendly holes that wind ridiculously through every other park activity (including basketball, tetherball, soccer, baseball bleachers, baseball, walking paths, through the soccer again, and then to top it all off, 9's the signature hole with a spike hyzer up and over the concession stand and port-a-john to a pin tucked blindly in a spike hyzer kill zone.
- A bit of elevation, albeit on very short holes (#2 plays down a slight incline with bleachers ridiculous close to the pin, and #8 plays back up the grassy berm).
- Wooden boards in ground with fairly accurate distances and hole numbers. Natural tees present no drawback in this open short setting.

- Ho boy. This course winds though every other park activity. If ANY other people are doing ANYTHING, then the course is dangerously overlapping; play pretty much halts if the park is crowded. Right off the bat, hole #1 basically threads a short putter shot through tetherball and basketball poles, for example.
- Open, short, and very easy.

- They tried, and the little bit of elevation as well as the one hole that is a bit longer (#3; around 330') save this from being a complete waste, but over all this course is a disaster from a safety standpoint. Also, anytime you have the possibility of showing up to a course and having it unplayable due to overlap with other activities, it really detracts from the overall experience.

Aesthetic--plays through a school yard, around a baseball/softball field and up and down a small hill. A LOT of other things going on here but most of the holes are set away from the other activities.

Baskets--new DN Liberty's, still not 100% on these baskets. the "curved" top annoys me for some reason.

Routing/nav--easy. the only issue could be 2 to 3, but someone has nicely painted #3 tee on the path to the 3rd tee

Challenge-not really much challenge. I mean I guess missing people, cars and school equipment could be considered a challenge.

Dangerous--in places this could be a dangerous course, but you should NOT be throwing much for drivers here in the first place.

Variety- - there really isn't any trees or anything else standing in your way. mostly flat with the exception of 2 and 8 which play down and up the hill (respectively)

Teepads--not really a huge con. The tee areas aren't rutted or anything and I doubt they will become rutted.

nice for practice or whatnot. not really for higher tier players.

-Easy to navigate
-Baskets are easy to find
-Some holes are nice and long (335 feet the longest)
-Easy course great for beginners and practice.
-Uphill shot on eight is a challenge.

-Not much room for expansion growth of course.
-Tees are boards nailed to the ground. (they do have hole # and distance however)
-Course has a few holes that are in school playground area.

Nice course in my hometown. Just wondering if its going to be opened to play during the school year as parking is in the school parking and some holes play thru the playground areas.