Pros:
A remarkably disappointing 18-hole course with humongous safety issues.
-Amenities: Possibly the highlight of the course. Concrete pads, DISCatchers, good signs with info and map. A handful of alternate pin positions as well.
-Split Personality: As many have noted, this course has two dual personalities. Holes (1)-(8) and (16)-(18) are wide open field holes with substantial distance and a little bit of elevation in play. Holes (9)-(15) play straight through the heart of campus in short shots with man-made obstacles. I personally thought the former was much more fun.
-Practice: The (1)-(8) and (16)-(18) are ideal practice grounds. Open and mostly flat, with enough space to rip it out there and no major obstacles.
-Ace Potential: (9)-(15) are full of ace potential. Really short holes, some even puttable. Who wouldn't love to smash chains in the middle of campus?
-Shot Shaping/Gameplay: A decent variety of skills required. Long-ish drives will help at the start, in the middle some slope control will be helpful, in the heart of campus you'll have to get precise with your throwing putters, and towards the end you'll need to make decisions about how to handle sloped greens. In terms of obstacles, the (1)-(8) and (16)-(18) stretches have virtually none, except a great tree on (8), though I could see wind creeping in to the picture. In the middle of campus, most holes have a decent number of obstacles, and the shaping is actually quite good. I just wish it was around trees instead of buildings - see below.
Cons:
Um one really, really big one.
-SAFETY: The entire middle of the course is designed around university sidewalks, building, roads, lampposts, tables, and gardens. It's the least co-existent piece of disc golf design I've ever seen. A sample of the issues is below - this place would be impossible to play if there was anyone on campus, essentially.
Hole 9 - throw straight at a driveway and building less than 230' away.
Hole 10 - the fairway is a sidewalk that bends left around a bus stop and building. I didn't even play this one.
Hole 12 - play through a small field surrounded by sidewalk. If you finish inside Circle 2 on the left, you'll literally be in the outdoor dining hall seating.
Hole 13 - play blind over a hill, and also over 3 sidewalks you can't see.
Hole 14 - basket is placed in the center of ornamental bushes. It's either chains or smash the hedges.
-Navigation: First, the course is badly disjointed from (6)-(16), requiring long walks. Second, due to the hilly nature of central campus and the rarity of stairs, it's difficult to figure out how to get to the next tee, even if you can see it on satellite map.
-Interest: Beyond the novelty of throwing straight at a building, there isn't that much to keep you amused out here. No way this course would rise above a 2.0 or 2.5 even if it didn't have the other issues.
-Ugly: To put it bluntly, the open sections of the course are very ugly. Wide open field with sparse grass and trash is no pretty view.
-Parking: Not sure there's any way to park other than paying campus parking fees. I figured it out, but it was annoying.
Other Thoughts:
This campus course is half wide open and boring, half a menace to the student population via randomly dropped baskets in the heart of the college. If it was just the first, I'd be a little more generous, as these kinds of zero-obstacle courses are still serviceable. Due to the second, I can't recommend anyone play here. That said, early on a Saturday morning the central campus was empty and I was able to play all but a couple of holes. I didn't relish it, though, especially when factoring in all the extreme walks. I'll call it Passable, but it's one of the worst 18-hole courses I've been to.
~Similar Courses: For the open half - Hampton High School (Hampton, GA), Lenora Park (Snellville, GA), Columbia State (Columbia, TN). For the campus half - um, nothing this crazy, but maybe a bit of similarity to Calhoun College (Huntsville, AL) or Jefferson County Courthouse (Golden, CO).