Pros:
Two 12-feet long, concrete teepads per hole.
Teesign showing both tees, basket, and next tees.
Two nine-hole loops. Map, scorecards, pencils at kiosk.
Amenities less than five minutes away.
Cons:
Teepads seem a bit narrow, not quite 4-feet.
Only one sign per hole, typically located between holes, which sometimes isn't a problem, and sometimes is awkward.
Thick shule along open fairways, some quite narrow.
Lots of spiders - I think I ran into as many webs as I made putts.
Too long on short number-6 may find the walking path not too far behind the basket.
Other Thoughts:
This new course is set in a new public park at the end Fishnet Blvd. There's parking for ~60 cars, two pavilions, a port-a-john, and a large playground for younger kids. A gravel walking path meanders through the woods shared with the course, but shouldn't come into play (often).
While a few of the holes are open, they are not easy, as thick shule narrowly funnels as the fairways nears the baskets. Most of the holes play in the woods, containing variable-sized trees, thickly scattered across the rolling slopes. The most prominent features of this course are the elevation changes - I think there is only one flat hole (#12, with its trench-guarded basket). Only a few of the holes have up OR down elevation changes - most are up AND down, with valleys outnumbering humps.
Some holes are tough because they have early, sharp turns. Some holes are tough because they have a lot of random trees mid-fairway. Whether these holes are fair or not is for you to decide, but for the most part, the majority holes are achievable, but challenging. Holes of note / favourites include:
#1 Throws the gauntlet down immediately - sharp turn, thick woods, steep drop, regain of elevation to an openish fairway, flanked by thick shule.
#4 A double-jointed, 2xmild-left, with subtle up-down-up elevation changes.
#7 is similar to #4, but longer, with more severe elevation changes, but wider fairways
#13 A short right-turner (from short) or left-turner (from long) from one small rock outcropping to another.
#14 Upslope to a narrow passage through rocks, with the basket some length down the passage, sitting in a large dip.
#15 Right+upslope. Repeat. Repeat again. Eventually get to basket.
From a shot-shaping perspective, there were a few meathooks, but most turns were subtle. From the shorts, the disc I used most often was my gentle right-turning fairway driver. From the long, distance drivers and left-turns came into play more often. Overall, used a variety of discs/shots against the course.
While there are certainly some par '4's and challenging par '3's on this course, the overall par of 71 seems a bit high. As data points, I consider myself a lower Advanced player, and shot -14 from the shorts, and -6 from the longs. That said, this is not a course for recreational/lower intermediates, given the thick shule and dense trees.
A good course which should improve as it breaks in, providing yet another solid option in NoVa near I81.