Pros:
RoMo is a course I'd really like to visit more often but is just far and inconvenient enough that I only grab a couple of games there a year.
Robert Morris is a multi-use park with great parking, nice bathrooms, a waterfront for swimming, and playground. While at one time it appears to have included athletic fields, they seem to have been abandoned long ago and given over to space for a dedicated disc golf course. The park is nice! Every time I've visited it's been well mowed, maintained, and clean. They even have have a concession stand that sells a limited supply of discs if necessary.
Most of the holes here have character. Some unique feature or line is included on most holes. The first hole is a beast, requiring you to blast a disc through a gully that never fails to make me feel like Skywalker dropping bombs on the Death Star in a run for the basket. Ok, given that I almost always thwack a tree or ground out I suppose it's more akin to one of the rebel mooks crashing and burning in a fiery tailspin as they careen along the surface, but it really is a cool (and challenging) shot.
The front 9 continues to play through the woods. Most of the holes are interesting. There are several short ace runs buried in here, but they require some solid placement or you're very likely to either run a fast green or take a bad tree kick and end up scrambling for a tricky par.
The front 9 is fun, but for me the back 9 is where the course shines. After crossing the entrance road to the #10 tee, you're greeted with a monster of a hole. Not only does a large hill need to be surmounted with your drive, but the course designer then slapped the basket another 150'-200' to the left tucked into some woods. I have no doubt guys (and gals) with cannons for arms can skybomb some sort of huge hyzer and maybe get a peek at a bird mere mortals dare not dream of, but for my play group it's all we can do to make it to the top, then throw accurately enough to hit the basket pocket without running afoul of trees and brush or overshooting and going back down the hill.
And that's really why I enjoy the back 9. To get a good score, you not only need distance, you need enough skill to make your disc navigate some pretty dicey lines, obstacles, and lies. Hole 11 is mostly open field, sure. All you really need to worry about is getting by the old backstop and some brushy trees and hit that beautiful, wide-open airway. Thing is, you also need to park a blind basket on a small terrace on the side of the hill. Raw power to begin, finesse to finish. A lot of the holes are like that on the back.
Are there a few duds? Sure, 15 is basically a longish lawn shot. The thing is, two holes ago you shot a nasty downhill that you had to sluice your disc down between tree canopy and pine that will knock an errant disc out of the air cold in order to hit a blind basket. This was immediately followed by a fairway that requires you to shape a shot well enough that your disc had better be able to sit and shake hands on command if you're going to get by the bulbous pine that's horking up all of the real estate of any line you may feel like throwing to hit YET ANOTHER blind basket. Hole 15 isn't a boring hole, it's a breather!
Brush is forgiving enough. There is some tall grass but I've only found it meddlesome during high summer. In late August it's died down to being barely a nuisance to walk through and not something to worry about a lost disc in.
Signage is good. Benches are present here and there. Not much in the way of trashcans that I can recall.
Cons:
Robert Morris is becoming...comfortable...in its old age. I suppose my biggest gripe is simply that the fairways are all beginning to get that "fuzzy" feeling of unchecked growth. I'm never a fan of brush that begins to overtake a fairway. It doesn't feel good to get a disc knocked down by it because you hit your line and some opportunistic plant just decided to reach out a little bit further and gobble up more sunlight and space. It just needs to be refreshed and landscaped a bit to brighten up.
The concrete has also seen better days. Several pads are becoming quite weathered, leaving a rough surface. Edges are also beginning to break down. Is it a problem? Eh, not yet. But another 5 years from now maybe. Also, at least one pad was darn near buried under sand. Not "kind of dirty". Buried.
Two holes have realistic chances of hitting something on the access road and another could possible hit the county road adjacent to the park. While I will say that traffic is generally minimal, I really don't like the possibility of it. We've certainly put them across that access road before so a confluence of bad timings could lead to an accident. While I've never seen a disc thrown so badly it goes into the county road, I have seen them cruise over it and land over the fence and in the grass next to it so I have to imagine it's happened.
The park charges $5 to park. Season passes are available, but out-of-county residents pay a premium over locals. Due to COVID, there was a special for a $20 pass this year. The park attendant I talked to indicated there was interest in doing the same price for next year but we'll see. I'm thinking it was otherwise $25 for residents and $40 for non. I'm just never sure I'll get out here enough to justify the $40 pass instead of $5 a pop. Otherwise I'd say it's well worth the expense.
Other Thoughts:
I really enjoy my games here. If I were hitting parks in the area (and there are many excellent ones to chose from) I don't think you'd make a poor choice if this was one you hit. It just hits the right note on so many things. It's long enough to feel satisfying but not so long that you're exhausted at the end. It's challenging enough to be gratifying but not so much to be frustrating. It's busy enough that you'll see other players but not so much that you'll be constantly waiting at the tee pad. It's simply a nice experience.
My friend did point out to me that the course favors a RHBH thrower. Initially I thought this was quite balanced. After seeing him fight with it though I must conclude he's probably right. It's not egregious or anything, but he was definitely limping along a bit trying to force unfamiliar backhands down those difficult lines.
It's a good, fun course. Take a visit!