Pros:
Tee signs were all in place
Baskets were all there and standing
Good use of the elevation
Cons:
Only try to play when no summer camps are going on.
Baskets are DB5's except one hole.
Hole 18 is horrible, even when camp is not in session.
Other Thoughts:
the tail of two 9's.
Make sure you check in, they don't mind you playing the course as long as you check in with the desk so they know who is on the property. There is a donation box for the camp in the lobby, I threw $10 donation because I appreciate being allowed to play and wanted to contribute.
The front 9 holes start from near the office and throw around the different camp amenities they have.
These are what you would expect to see when playing a church camp course. Unfortunately, several of the holes come awfully close to other camp amenities. If they are in use, that holes is unplayable. But playing on a week day during school, I had the whole place to myself.
Most of the front 9 where pitch and putt holes with some fun ace runs.
Hole 9 does finish behind the main camp buildings. You could stop here for a simple 9 hole course. The back 9 plays totally different.
The back 9 is more open and uses the hills behind the main buildings. Some of the fairways on these holes are mowed with defined fairways. These holes also tend to be longer. I pulled out my drivers for these.
I think I got surprised when I got to hole 13 and it was over 400ft. it was downhill and other than a couple of tree's early on the hole, wide open. I actually got a good rip on this one and had a putt on my drive.
14 is a blind hole throwing over the hill. Tough to play the first time because you have no idea where to throw and you don't want to land in the high grass because you will be looking forever for your disc.
And for the best hole on the course and just flat out good hole for any course. Hole 16 is a fantastic disc golf hole. You tee off from the top of the hill with a few maintenance buildings on the right and the hill sloping down on your left. This one also clocks in at 435ft but the fairway is a lot harder to judge with several smaller trees and the sideways slope. This hole is also the only hole with a newer, heavy duty basket. You do not want to be left down the hill, the rough looked thick. GREAT risk reward hole.
Then there is hole 18. The sign lists this as over 300ft, but it looked like they may have moved the basket closer. It's still a crazy shot down the road. Cut it too tight or skip too far left and your in the thick brush or down the hill. I simply laid up across the road and then threw an upshot to the basket. Hard to throw a blind hole like this blind.
Would I play here again? Actually yes. It's a decent camp course that I actually had fun throwing. It has several technical short shots and a few bombers thrown in. For a player like me, I enjoyed my round. Of course I wish there were tee pads and better baskets. But I did have fun throwing for aces.
That is why the 3 1/2 stars. It's not a 4 star course. but it's better than you would expect.