Pros:
(0.106 Rating) A field with 3 baskets.
- PRACTICE - Someone in town could hypothetically show up here with discs and get decent field practice in rotating around the three baskets.
- CHAINS - The baskets are still in ok shape.
- PARTIAL MAINTENANCE - The grass field between two of the three baskets was mowed.
Cons:
Too many major issues.
- NO TEES - An important element in every course is an indication on where to throw from. In its rawest form, this is a numbered wood post or numbered rock. The Adventist course unfortunately has deteriorated to just rotting 4x4s on the ground in two locations, and they have no markings. By reading the past reviews, there use to be nine tees. Three tees to each basket.
- UNDEFINED CHALLENGE - With no layout to follow, rating the difficulty is pretty much impossible. Creating your own layout is the only option currently.
- OVERGROWTH - One of the three baskets is engulfed by 3 foot tall grasses.
- UNIQUENESS - The disc golf area is less than 4 acres so naturally the elements available to use was limited. The southern portion is a large open mowed field with a gentle slope down to the north. The northern portion has a moderate 20 foot drop off and has a couple of very large trees.
- NATURAL BEAUTY - The land is not an eyesore by any means, but since I grade this category on a curve it didn't fair well. Bottom 10% IMO.
Other Thoughts:
Is it still a course? I say no. Three baskets in a non-descript field, with no logical flow, is not a course. I re-listed the course as a practice area. In it's heyday, I think I would have given Adventist a 1.0 rating. Going forward, I do think it's possible to reincarnate the course. It seems like there might even be enough room here to add 3 more baskets and make a safe 6 hole loop with holes ranging from 150 to 250 feet. If something changes with this place, please pm me and I will re-evaluate the score. For the time being, I'm going with a Zero.