1) Beautiful lake course with stunning views, nearby camping, roughly 35 minutes northwest of Emporia. This course is immaculately manicured, with tall grass purposefully left as clean looking OB lines (and my preferred way to use OB in open fields from a visual perspective).

2) Very clean park, free of trash and limb debris despite being pretty busy both times we visited. There are bathrooms on site and I spotted a few port-o-johns as we played along. Trash cans in a couple locations and a bench or two here and there. Not on every hole, but I never really felt like they were needed on each hole.

3) Large 4' x 8' textured concrete tee pads, new Red White and Blue Veteran baskets, and like other area course nice full color tee signs with hole map and OB information. Top notch DD course amenities as always.

4) Lightly wooded course with wonderful use of mild to moderate elevation changes. Very few purely flat holes and when there are, they are forced shot shapes with tight OB and trees.

5) Despite skirting the lake for several holes, there is no real water in play unless you heavily shank a shot in a direction way away from the intended hole design.

6) Challenging design without being overbearing on either difficultly or distance. The course smartly uses a mild challenge design that can increase severely with wind off the lake, while not being a birdie or die course when the wind is calm.

7) Mostly par 3's with 3 par 4's and 1 par 5 on the course, all varying in distance and difficultly. From a play standpoint it feels like the course gradually but fairly increases in difficulty as you progress. Plenty of birdie looks, especially early on the front 9 and give way to longer more technical holes on the back 9.

8) Very well defined holes, usually with trees lining fairways, or tall grass OB lining the intended length and direction of the hole. Makes navigation and throwing towards hidden baskets very intuitive.

9) Several memorable holes 13 (a relatively short Par 5) but uphill and extremely tight fairway with tall grass OB roughly 60 feet wide the hole way down. You tee blind up onto a hill and hope to land safe, then have to expertly navigate a spotting of trees on either side of the fairway that can block the hyzer lines from either side. All to get to a well guarded green inside a cluster of trees. Hole 16 (a risk/reward short Par 4) is reachable from the tee, but is an island green and the island is smaller than circle 1. There is a copious landing zone short of the green which will leave you a short putter approach if you aren't risking landing the green from the tee. And Hole 18, a very nice demanding finishing hole which has been described below by another reviewer.

10) I have played this course twice, both times with winds at or over 25 mph sustained. And despite that, I still had a blast at this course. A lot of people don't enjoy playing bad and then blame the course for part of it. But I still thoroughly enjoyed it and blame myself for my poor shots in the wind, not the course.

1) There are a few holes where proximity is or can be an issue, especially on windy days where discs can flip over unexpectedly. While none of the holes really share the same fairway space, there are several that run parallel and are only separated by a few small trees.

2) There are a few holes close to the road and close to places where park users may be fishing. Nothing too extreme, but it would be a good idea to keep an eye out for others using the grounds while playing your round.

3) Navigation should be intuitive for most, and there are arrows painted to help you through the more difficult to navigate parts of the wooded holes on the back 9, but there are holes where you can not see the next tee pad/basket and you may miss the next arrows. There are some pre-existing older concrete paths from whatever this was before disc golf was installed that can be confusing. Not a huge con, but just something to be aware of if you are directionally challenged.

4) The wind truly is a factor here. It is amplified by the openness of the lake and if you do not enjoy playing in high winds, this course can be extremely frustrating if you decide to visit on a rather windy day.

5) Without the wind this course offers only a small Recreational level challenge. Too much for beginners and too easy for seasoned advanced players. Not a course I would bring a new player to.

Kanza View is a very solid enjoyable disc golf course. It is a beautiful setting, has some challenging and unique shots for the area, and is a solid place to visit if you like relaxing by the lake in its own right. Had I not came back to play a Flex event I probably wouldn't have driven back here from Emporia to play this course again, but I am definitely glad that I played it at least once. This course is definitely worth at least one visit but probably not a destination course on its own.

Kanza View is in an immaculately trimmed and clean park with a beautiful view of the lake. There are 18 holes, with a nice layout that maximizes the slight to moderate elevation changes. There is no water in play, but there are a decent number of trees, some mature and some that have a lot of growing yet to do. There are also some limited rough areas of taller grass that progressively become more hazardous as the summer passes.

The tee signs are crisp and new, labeling each hole with number, par and distance. There is also a simple map of each hole. The concrete tees are completed on most of the back 9 as of the date of this review. The rest are mostly prepped, waiting for concrete to be poured. The baskets are some of the nicer looking baskets you can get in my opinion. They're yellow and black, with a disc topping each basket that has the hole number pierced into it.

Overall par is set at 58, with 4 par four holes. There are plenty of holes that can be reached for birdie looks, but there are also several that require some well controlled distance off the tee and/or really accurate approaches. Some holes have roads near the fairway that are OB.

Tee placements were selected well. Fairways are framed nicely with tree branches that defined a definite line much of the time. Pins similarly place in proximity of trees to give you something to think about on the approach. 18 was probably my favorite hole. It has a downhill slant and a cluster of tall trees to the right. The road is to the left, and if you can clear that you will have a good look at the basket down the hill a bit further. Risk being in the trees or landing OB, it takes a good drive to get a clean look at the basket on the second throw.

Tees 1-9 and 12 have foundations dug and wood forms set up, but concrete has not been poured yet. There is usually room in the adjacent grass to get off a good drive, but I would have liked the exact angles and the benefit of a smooth run-up on a few of those holes.

A couple of holes are sort of close to one another, 3 and 4 being maybe the best examples. A couple of others are sort of close to the road, like 5 and 18. Nothing that is too risky. There are some transitions on the back nine that are a little tough to follow, but I never got lost. Room for confusion once you reach some of the older, overgrown pavement, but there were arrows spray painted to lead you through the worst one.

On a windy day, this course may be hard to handle. Luckily, today it was 72 degrees and very calm.

I really liked Kanza View DGC. I will give it the four rating, even with unfinished tee pads, but it will be nice when they are completed. I probably wouldn't increase the rating to 4.5, but maybe I will make a return visit some day and give it more consideration.

What made it fun to me was the good use of available contours in the land, and the layout around the trees created different fun and interesting lines. It kind of felt like a ball golf course on a smaller scale on some holes.

I shot a 62, with my only two birdies coming on par four holes. I missed a couple of fairly easy putts, and had a couple of ridiculously bad throws in other places. I think given a few tries, I could get under par here for sure. Would love to try it anyway. This one is very much worth a visit.

Beautiful course
Good variation in length and shot type
Just enough danger and OB to make it challenging without being frustrating
Great signage
Intuitive layout makes it easy to navigate

No tee pads

Once permanent tee pads are installed this course will be next level... don't let the lack of tees discourage you in the meantime! Me and a group of friends played this course 2 times when we travelled to Kansas to play the GBO courses, and we never saw another disc golfer outside of our group... huge loss for those who won't rough it without tee pads. This course is easily 4.5 course with tee pads, and a very solid 4 without them.