Pros:
- Course is set on the back side of a high school, which has PLENTY of room to spare. There are some houses in the distance, but otherwise the area is free and clear for disc golf.
- There are a few patches of forest that are in play here, with a handful of holes completely enclosed by the woods. #3 is a wooded RHFH hyzer, #4 is a slightly downhill wooded RHBH hyzer, and #5 is a dogleg left that has the second leg almost 5x longer than the first (kind of odd, truthfully). #13 is in a different section, a very skinny, long LHBH flex shot with lots of jail on either side. There aren't too many wooded holes, so they are tighter/tougher.
- Some other holes have the odd patch of forest/rough that gets in the way, or provides trouble to get into. #6 starts open, but the basket is tucked through a very tight gap, located on the left side of the fairway, with the basket on the right. #10 is a long hole with nasty rough on the left, and a patch of guardian trees with rough behind the basket. #13 also starts in the open, with a small gap into the forest well off the tee. Very important to hit the gap or at least have a good look at it. #15 has an interesting tee shot through a gap, and over a small valley of shrubbery.
- The rest of the holes are set in the prairie, with tall grass being the only real obstacle and source of punishment. To make up for it, the holes are brutal. Long and grassy. #1 is a pretty easy uphill, and #2 is a fun downhill, #8 is a shorter uphill shot, and #16 isn't too bad with an open uphill shot. Then you have holes like #7 at 815' and #18 at 729'. #10 is a huge hyzer around the grass at 435', an anny around the hill on #9 at 430'. #17 is a blind dogleg left at 600', these are big boy holes for big boy arms.
- Some hazardous areas here, on top of some gnarly rough and nasty tall grass. There is also water behind #12's basket (easily reachable with an overshoot), and to the left of #13, and maybe even way left of #14. Definitely something to worry about.
- Very nice brick teepads, great baskets, good signage with basic ones at the longs and detailed ones at the shorts. Navigation signs also present, the only tricky spot might be finding #15. Not too bad at all getting around.
Cons:
- While the prairie holes are nothing to sneeze at, they are pretty wide open. Any kind of shot that lands in the open is fine, no line shaping needed with a few exceptions. A lot of nasty spots to search through on shots that are marginally off the fairway as well.
- Pretty minor elevation changes here; the first basket and second tee are located on a hill, but everything else is pretty much gradual. Though #18 feels pretty far uphill after a full round here.
Other Thoughts:
- How 'bout those long pads! This course is a monster at 8354', with forgiving fairways but brutal rough in the warmer months. Some mega-bombers out here, some with tough hazards to worry about. The forest holes do provide challenge as well; two are shorter, while the other two are long and much tougher. Even from the short pads, it is tough to score well out here. Beginners might want to steer clear for a while, everyone else should enjoy a championship-length course.