Disc Golf Course Review

- Good infrastructure with baskets and navigation easy
- Lots of fun ace runs
- Some gimmicky holes but some are just straight up ace runs
- Elevation present on a putter course is nice
- 2 other big, awesome courses on site
- Amenities including a pro shop and port o potties
- Baskets in tornado bunkers, hang baskets, etc.
- Disc golf only property that I was able to reserve for the entire day!

- Really short putter only course
- Not a full gimmicky course like Armadillo sadly
- Lots of standing water and mud

Had a great time here with my buddy Aclay from here on the forums and my dad. This is a fun cool down/warm up course for the 2 fabulous big courses on site. I can't recommend this property more for a full days worth of disc golf.

-Concrete tee pads
-Tee signs on the short tees
-A few "next tee signs"
-2 pin positions for all holes, 2 tees for each hole. Allowing a great amount of variety and difficulty
-18 DD veteran baskets, 18 Innova discatcher baskets. These are used in alternating order for alternate pin positions.
-Bathrooms available, but didn't see a specific place for drinking water
-Front 9 is heavily wooded with fair but challenging lines. Most are par 3's under 350
-Back 9 is very open and much longer, with a few par 5s playing over 700
-The course upkeep is great, there are 2 unique pin positions. One is an elevated, tiered position, the other is a triple mando that is very reminiscent of USDGC.
-Tons of parking

-The front 9 seems like it has recently gone through some changes, and wayfinding is very difficult without a map or app. Very few "next tee" signs are present and would really make a difference. There are some LONG walks between holes on the back 9, and I would have been lost without GPS
-Tee signs are only present on the short tees, would love to see some on the long tees to help with wayfinding as well

This is an excellent course. The variety of wooded and open holes makes it much more interesting than just a course of one or the other. My biggest complaint is wayfinding. The signage really needs to be improved and updated, and once that is done I would easily give it a 4.5/5. I can see a lot of care has been put into this course, and I'd play it a lot if I didn't live 6 hours away...

- Lots and lots of distance to showcase the arm
- The back 9 is full of long, tight holes (giggity)
- Par 4 is the norm not the exception
- Plenty of ways to punish bad throws out here
- Trees and lots of trees!
- The front 9 is very pleasing to the eyes and camera
- I personally appreciated all of the benches - it's a big course!
- Lots of different accurate shots required out here

- Without Udisc it would be very frustrating to navigate here
- The front 9 while solid has a few questionably long, boring holes
- Lots of blind basket locations make you walk up fairways searching
- Almost a completely flat course
- NOT for n00bs!
- Hole 5 is a dangerous hole! It's a dogleg right and when finishing this hole you walk back through the fairway to the next tee pad. It's blind for you or anyone throwing so no way of telling if you're getting hit or if you're teeing off if you're going to hit someone else!

I can see how it got its name. The back 9 is a beatdown but also quite fun. I wish there were more holes like the back and less like the front to be honest, too many open bomber holes for my taste but for me 1 is too many of those haha. Yeah this is a big course made for big arms with accuracy as well. Not a baggers dream because it will take a while to play but if you're looking for quality and to be challenged look no further!

- Three tee pads per hole, most are now concrete
- Infrastructure is good, baskets, wayfinding, tee signs, benches, etc.
- Washers in the ground in the direction of next hole is genius
- Lots of different terrain including grass, dirt, rocks, etc. for upshots
- Good variety of distances from hole to hole
- Slight elevation changes add additional factors to throwing
- Lots of trees to try and avoid but many you won't
- Second course on site
- Excellent amenities including a pro shop and places to sit down and eat lunch

- Many of the holes feel and look the same
- You will throw the same discs and shots over and over again
- Feels like it favors the RHBH player slightly
- No true challenging par 4 holes, only generous par 4 holes
- Throwing off the top of the tower towards the 6 baskets stacked on top of each other isn't a hole anywhere here and needs to be an official hole 19 IMO

This course just isn't as special as the putter course on site. I think this is still a solid track but if you said you played the short course twice and went home I wouldn't have blasted you for not playing this one. If you only have time for one, play the other. Still this is worth a play but I would call it a solid/decent course not a great one. If you just want to bag it, the red tees are pretty short and can be played in under an hour.

A few interesting holes
Very nice Baskets, a few holes with 2 baskets
Few holes with alternate tee's

Tees are not marked very well yet (as of when I played it)
Other park users come into play BAD on several of the holes
Course retains water bad on hole 7. Both baskets (red and Yellow) were full of water, the worst I saw all day.

Small town course with several holes having multiple tee's and multiple baskets to shoot too. This does sort of give you an 18 hole layout if you play though twice.

Remember, small town. This is a small park that already has a playground and restroom. The first hole, both tee's use the sidewalk at a tee box.

2nd hole, is a good ace run hole, just don't overthrow it or you are in the creek.

3rd hole again uses the side walk for one of the tee's and the hole throw DOWN the path to the basket. If you look at my pic of the long hole posted, you will see I had to wait for a walker on this brisk January morning. (You can see him still in my way from the short tee too)

Hole 4 also tee's across a sidewalk and down to a basket with a wash behind it. Almost an island hole if you play sidewalk and across the creek OB.

Holes 5, 6, 7 and 8 use a section of land not used by anyone else.

Hole 5 has a red and a Yellow basket, this is a wide open hole.

Hole 6 has a long and short tee. The fairway is fully open, but there are rocks around the basket at circles edge. (BTW, I screwed up putting hole 5's pictures in, marked the hole number as 5)

Hole 7 also has 2 basket, the shot is across the creek is an area that was very wet with standing water. I played several course this day and this was the ONLY wet spot I played all day.

Hole 8 is the best hole on the course. Again, 2 basket with actual tree's to throw around.

Hole 9 again throws down the sidewalk with the restrooms behind the basket and yards to the right if you turn it over.

In general, this is your typical small town course crammed into a park that should not have disc golf in it. From what I read about this, the city actually wants to have a tournament out here to bring players to town. While if you shut the park down to other park users, I still have a hard time seeing that happen.

Would I play here again? Nope, only if I lived nearby and didn't have time to head over to one of the good courses nearby.

- So much fun you will want to empty your bag trying for aces
- Every hole is a gimmick but none more than the "gimmick hole"
- Every hole has a name and a theme
- Course infrastructure is outstanding
- Lots of sick artwork and pictures to be taken
- Another course on site to stretch out on
- Pro shop has discs, cold drinks, and snacks
- Very unique course, great idea, tons of fun

- $10 to play both courses when you can get multiple 5 star courses on the same property elsewhere for this price
- Really, really short holes, average length of 105 feet per hole

I think this course is more fun and worth it more than the bigger course on the property. With all of the fun and aces to be had it's still a very short course. This getting more than 4 stars here and something like a 4.7 on Udisc is a bit much for me. I can't see rating this similar to some of the best courses in the DFW area no matter how much fun it is. Do I think you should play it? Yes. Do I think it's worth a multiple hour drive to play it once? Yes. Should it be rated in the top 3-5 in Texas? Oh hell no.

- large concrete tees
- nice visible red-banded Innova DISCatchers
- some dips incorporated here and there
- some water potentially in play though creek was dry in April
- plays in and out of woods and incorporates obstacles
- respectable length with most holes in 200-350 ft range
- navigation is mostly straightforward
- area of park is mostly isolated for disc golf
- mix of open and more wooded holes
- well maintained and clean park
- ample parking
- bathrooms

- tee signs are very basic; no maps, could be much better
- mostly flat
- hole 7 plays too near baseball fields
- lots of road noise from I-80
- hole 9 ends incredibly far from parking lot - poor design choice
- not recommended for Saturday mornings

Lew Clarkson Park is nice 9 hole course pretty close to the better-known Walnut Ridge. The equipment here is pretty good, although the tee signs are pretty mediocre considering how nice the baskets and tees are. The arrows on the tee signs indicating the general direction of the hole are weird - the entire sign is one big arrow. I've never seen this before and really, I hope I don't again. There's so many tee sign approaches out there; this was one of the worst besides a plain post with a number. This park is clearly well kept and most of the disc golf is in its own area - though it does get near the baseball fields at one point.

The challenge here is moderate or a bit lower. Beginners certainly could come here, but there's enough going on with some wooded holes and nothing completely wide open to keep more intermediate players entertained. Hole distances are pretty average/typical, and while there isn't much elevation change, the course does throw over a creek bed multiple times and incorporate some dips.

I mostly enjoyed this course; it would have been nice to incorporate the larger river beyond holes 8 and 9 for some big challenge, but the park district may not own this land - plus, you'd never get most discs out of the water. The navigation and flow here were straightforward until the end, when the course ended at about the farthest point it could have in the park from the parking lot. Admittedly, I'm not sure how much the course designers could do about this given how much of the park is taken up by baseball fields and other sports, but it was frustrating.

On the plus side, the restrooms here are very nice, and the course is a quick play if you are already stopping off at Walnut Ridge. It is close to I-80, so not out of the way, but not necessarily worth a trip all on its own. Don't expect too much nature immersion here with the noise from the interstate. I got here just in time - as I was leaving around 9:15 AM the baseball players were pouring in. If you are going to play on Saturday morning, I recommend getting here very early or the parking lot will be swamped.

Overall, this was a well-designed course except for the end location with decent flow and challenge. It was a fun enough round and probably didn't take over 30 minutes solo.

- Love the baskets with red band, easy to see through the trees
- Had a local with me but navigation didn't seem too difficult
- Concrete tee pads for both sets, though overgrown on a few
- Creek plays the whole way, sometimes it's the fairway
- Trouble off the fairway, that deep creek or nasty rough
- Really punishing in spots if offline
- Par 3 holes differ from easier to quite difficult
- When grass is cut, rollers seem like the best tee shot
- Many beautiful areas and picture opportunities
- Tree canopy must be nice on super hot summer days

- Briars, stickers, poison ivy off the fairway
- Snakes are quite common here
- Creek is so deep that landing in it is a death sentence for that disc
- Lots of mud after a heavy rain that sticks to your shoes
- Maintenance seems hit or miss
- Little elevation

I was lucky enough to hook up with PizzaGod on here for a round and this is one of his favorite courses in the area and I can see why. I highly recommend this course if you don't mind snakes and love wooded courses. We played the reds but I looked at the longer blue pads and those look more interesting in certain spots and always longer. Great course in an area filled with great courses, this is a can't miss.

- Excellent use of elevation to challenge and excite you
- Not a heavily wooded course but enough trees
- Creeks make some throws a bit scarier
- Funny triple mando
- Really challenging mix of longer par 3 holes
- A few par 4/5 holes though these are the easiest on the course by par

- Graffiti and trash are present
- The front 9 isn't nearly as good as the back
- You can throw the same disc for most holes out here
- Navigation is rough for first timers without Udisc
- A few holes play close to the road leading to the park and walking/picnic areas

Apparently, according to locals this park is getting an upgrade and disc golf isn't in the plans for the upgrade. It's tough to blame the parks department when all you see when you play here is empty beer cans, cigarette butts, and graffiti. When will disc golfers learn to take pride in their courses so they don't get pulled? I know, I know the same old line of "it's not all disc golfers" but the problem is it's generally in the disc golf area and the disc golfers aren't cleaning it up. Not sure if no one cares anymore for this course or what the deal is but the local club needs to organize some work parties and get this place into shape. It's a really nice course, design wise, it would be a shame for it to become extinct.

Well anyway I think it's a nice course that's worthy of your time and to check out if in the area.

- Well stocked pro shop on site
- Super welcoming owners
- Nice baskets in great shape
- Concrete or turf tee pads
- Some open land and enough trees as well
- Medium to long par 3 holes and a par 4 or two as well
- Multiple layouts perfect for locals familiar with the course

- Too many layouts leaves the property a confusing mess
- Snakes can be seen here from time to time
- Flat, almost zero elevation on the entire property
- A few dangerous basket locations near roads, buildings, and neighbors property lines

Getting ready to play this course I loaded up Udisc and found a dozen or so layouts for the property. I picked one of the "smart layouts" which was anything but IMO. This is a case of trying to do too much, cram in too much, and end up hurting your course that has 4 star potential. If it were my property I would make a single 15-18 hole course out and perhaps have two tee pads per holes instead of trying to have 2-12 courses on site at the exact same time. Maybe if you live close by it's fine since you play here all the time but as a first timer it was hard to follow even with Udisc.