Pros:
Elmwood Park is full of activities for the community, with ball fields, a playground, a racetrack(?), picnic areas and a pretty good disc golf course too. A bit out of the way, but worth a detour if you are going to be nearby.
The course is equipped with concrete tees that have limestone posts, and Discatcher baskets. The layout makes it easy to follow and has a decent variety of hole types. 18 holes, and all of them are par 3. A couple of them are on the long side, but none are championship level difficulty.
The first hole is one of my favorites, being a long drive downhill from an elevated tee. There is one really tall tree mid fairway that will make you pick a route to the left or right side, unless you want to split the uprights and go between the fork in the trunk. Hole 2 plays up the hill in the other direction. Hole 3 is downhill again, but not as high up or long, and favoring the left to right throw off of the tee a bit. Hole 4 is under trees and has a bit of water to the left side, but nothing too dangerous.
Holes 5 and 6 are pretty open and straight forward, and 7 is a short hole in the woods. Hole 8 is a fun one with a big window on the right side that allows a line over a berm that skirts a baseball field, around many big trees, that can get you most of the way to the pin. Hole 9 tees out of the woods and over the same berm, toward a pin that is just shot of the outer railing of the racetrack.
Hole 10 plays across the racetrack, to a pin on the infield. It is pretty wide open, a bit downhill and kind of long, and it was the first time I've seen that on a disc golf course. 11 plays back across the track, over a low hill to a blind pin. 12 is another mid length over the grass, with a few tree branches hanging overhead to keep the lines a bit lower.
Hole 13 tees on top of the berm, with a line of heavy trees that line the left side of the fairway. The basket is to the left side at the bottom of the berm, protected by dense woods. I didn't notice it until I went in the woods to find my drive, but there is another tee that plays a line through trees all the way. It looked very tight and would be a much tougher drive for sure. Hole 14 tees on top of the berm again, but the basket is on the right this time. A line of regularly spaced mature trees will make it tough to get the perfect drive that lands right under the target. 15 is again long and wide open over the park grass.
16 tees next to the parking lot, under a couple of large trees, to the basket next to the outfield fence on the other ball field. I had to skip this one because a youth baseball game was going on and cars were parked all over the fairway and around the pin. 17 was open enough to play, it tees next to the road into the park under a line of mature trees. A good low drive and a nice skip can land you right under the basket, and I pulled it off to make a birdie on my round. Hole 18 is a good one, teeing from the flat area next to the first basket. It plays around a group of evergreens on the left side, and over some equipment for carnival rides to the right. The basket is up side of the slope a little bit, and is reachable from the tee with a good drive. I put it about 10 feet past the pin and made the short birdie putt coming back to finish strong.
Cons:
There are a few holes playing next to the other park amenities, being a little risky at times. 3 is very close to the pavilion, but not many people were around there. 8 and 9 are near a baseball park that was in use, and I had to wait for kids playing around the shady areas under the trees to clear out of the way. 16 was totally unplayable due to parking lot traffic near the other ball park, had to skip it.
Some of the holes were a bit bland, slightly repetitive. Holes 5, 6, 12, 15 and 17 are flat and either mostly or completely wide open. Distance varies, and 12 and 17 have some trees along side the fairways at least.
Other Thoughts:
I played Elmwood park on a road trip on the way to Colorado. The disc golf was fun, and the racetrack is a unique feature I haven't seen before. Not a top level challenge, or destination course for its scenery, but pretty good to break up a long drive and stretch the legs. We camped at Sappa State Park in Oberlin, which also had a 9 hole pitch and putt. It isn't fancy, but it's cheap at $10 per night.
I scored one under par (only 17 holes) while playing Elmwood. 3 birdies, on holes 11, 17 and 18. Missed easy putts on holes 2 and 15, giving me two bogies on the round. I enjoyed the course, but if you're planning on playing it, avoid little league game time after work on weekdays.