Pros:
I came back the second day prepared to really hate this course. Instead, I found myself being throughly impressed. I had played the first nine the previous night, by myself (not a good idea). I came back the next morning and had my wife along as a spotter and we followed two locals playing the middle holes (10-18).
There are so many reasons to love this course. The amenities are first class all the way. The teepads are this composite material, resembling concrete. They're super. The tee signs are excellent colored ones showing all the needed information. The basket placement was indicated with a large binder clip snapped onto the side of the sign. Simple system as long as the vandals don't mess with them. The baskets are Discatchers, bright yellow, which makes spotting them in this harsh terrain a lot easier. The baskets have a next basket arrow set just below the chains. They much helped the navigation. The path to the next teepad has little green stakes to help you. There are these great store purchased benches on many holes. They are like 1/2 of a picnic table. I've been informed they're called "Lifetime Convertible Bench" and were purchased at Costco for $75 to & $150, depending on sale pricing. Every course should have them.
Another excellent design feature is the fact that each nine hole section loops back to the starting area This starting area contains a nice picnic shelter which would be an excellent tournament staging area, as well as restrooms and a practice basket.
The course is tournament long with mostly' guarded baskets, many of which are blind off the tee, or uphill throws, and enough smallish trees to navigate through, around and over. But there are plenty of birdie ops and a couple of ACE runs (#18 is just 267' and fairly open).
This is most definitely a course you need to play in a group or with a spotter, if you're lucky. Reviewer jasonandsharon, wrote that this is definetly a love it or leave it course. I gotta agree with him 100% on that. I was just surprised to find that I was in the "Love It" camp
Cons:
As every reviewer has stated, the biggest drawback here is the desert terrain which makes finding your discs so extremely frustrating. The thick sage brush makes spotting your discs very difficult. I couldn't how many times I almost stepped on my discs before actually seeing it. This isn't the course where you your throw your disc and the walk right up to it.
The distances and some blind basket placements are more than likely going to eliminate some recreational players.
Playing the whole 27 holes will put many players to the test. The soft sandy ground adds to your fatigue factor. There is some elevation and some deep and treacherous ravines to navigate around.
Other Thoughts:
I don't fit the target audience at all. I'm a 64 year old, out of shape, total recreational player, with a long drive barely getting out to 300'. But I really enjoyed by second round here, mostly because I had my wife serving as spotter. I was able to birdie a couple of holes and when I didn't throw well, a couple of the longer holes abused me.
Although, the course is primarily set up for the tournament crowd, a rec player can enjoy himself here. Just bring a spotter, water and a positive mind set.
I do have one suggestion for the course honcho. The clip system works fine as long as no one takes or changes the binder clips. My suggestion is you drill a small hole in the sign just to the left of the hole marker A or B. Then insert a small screw with a colored washer which indicates which placement the basket is currently set. The course honcho just has to carry wrench and maybe a screwdriver around when changing the placements. And this makes it all together difficult for any of the teen vandals to change them.