Pros:
Palmer Park is a 9 hole course with DISCatcher Baskets, natural tees, and numbered tee signs.Due to the more open nature of the course, it would be a great course for beginners who are learning how to play the game. For a more experienced player a midrange and a putter is all that will likely be needed. When I played the grass was nicely maintained.
Given how small the park is, the amount of variety here is pretty surprising. The holes range between 110 feet and 427 feet in length. There are uphill, downhill, and flat shots. The Par 4s actually feel like adequate Par 4s for the skill level the course is designed for. While they might be eagle-able, they felt like placement shots.
Hole 4 was a fun, blind, uphill shot from the tee. Holes 6, 7, & 8 were all longer holes that required more thought to scoring. Hole 8 in particular required a technical shot through some trees, over an offshoot of the creek, to access the green.
There are navigational signs pointing you to the next tee multiple times throughout the course.
Cons:
At first the flow of the course felt a bit unintuitive. This is likely due to the tee signs being bare bones, and multiple baskets being in view from the tee. Around Hole 4, this issue subsides for the most part, as players will have gotten their bearings on the layout.
The course interacts with other parts of the tiny park. Hole 2 basically throws over the basketball courts and Hole 6 throws over a walking path. If this park was ever even slightly busy, this could be a pretty big issue. Especially with Holes 2, 6, & 7 having blind tee shots. Luckily when I played, on a sunny, summer, Saturday- I only saw one other person in the park, shooting hoops at the Basketball courts. He arrived when I did, and left before I finished Hole 3. He seemed surprised I was playing disc golf. I am not sure how much the course gets played.
The rough seems pretty thick. While it likely won't be an issue for most players, I imagine it would be fairly frustrating for a beginner.
Very limited parking. I couldn't tell if any of the spots were actually designated for the park, or if they were all meant to be for the apartment complex. Luckily the sign said cars would be towed for cars left overnight, so I took my chances. There was also another tiny lot of maybe 4-5 spaces near Hole 1's basket, on the other side of the park. Again near another apartment complex.
Other Thoughts:
I'm giving Palmer Park DGC a 1.5 rating. I still find it surprising that 9 holes fit into such a small park. Although the course likely sees very limited use, it was still nice to see a course here that attempted to be a bit more than a stale pitch-and-putt of holes maxing out around 200 feet. It was also nice to see it well maintained. If I lived in the neighboring apartments, it would be a fun place to unwind at the end of the day.
Favorite Hole: 8