Pros:
(2.067 Rating) Not a terrible course but the 'White' course doesn't really signal excellence any aspects.
- FORGIVENESS - The lines are mostly forgiving, although not the best on a few water holes. Not much in the way of overgrowth, so no searching for your disc except for the ones that find the water. The moderate tree coverage allows for good recovery looks after an errant throw.
- CHALLENGING - About average with all the ob water, roads and fences. Holes (15) and (16) require a 400 foot arm with the precision to hit a 10 foot gap at 150 feet down fairway. Hole (12) is a 450 foot open par 3 with right flanking water for the first 375 feet. This stated, there are also a bunch of easier sub 250 foot ace runs as well along the layout.
- SKILL LEVEL FRIENDLY - Being a middle of the road difficulty course, the one set of tees here is going to play good for a wide swath of players. However, the average advanced players will not be challenged on most holes.
- QUICK PLAY - A quicker than normal round of 18. Groups of 4 probably would finish in about an hour and 45 minutes.
- EXPANDING THE GAME - No doubt will this course aid in introducing the sport by offering students easy access to learn the game at a skill level friendly course, on school grounds.
Cons:
A near impossible layout to follow, along with a myriad of other issues.
- SAFETY HAZARDS - Rarely do I care about playing next to roads or paths. However, several holes on the White course play along a major road, as in a 5 lane major road. Thankfully I waited on tee (6) because I grip locked one across all 5 lanes.
- NAVIGATION - Wow, where to begin. First, take a picture of the course map at the community board or plan to be lost. The white course is missing directional ques in general. It's also missing both marked tee-lines and signs on (11 thru 13) so I had to play according to the map location. The flow of the holes goes all over the place but most closely follows a figure 8 pattern with double backs in spots. The hole data on DGCR is not accurate. I normally like to add this when its missing but without signs, that endeavor is fruitless for a one-timer like me. There are also a fee long walks between holes, most notably (12) to (13).
- TEE SURFACE - A mixed assortment. There are a couple concrete tees, but they are also paver tees that were built poorly, carpet tees, and no tee for (13). The basket for (13) is roughly where the map indicates so just tee wherever I guess. I played from 12 feet away. Ace! just kidding, chain out.
- CHARACTER - In addition to poor tees, not to many other extras. No practice basket, no extra tees, no multi basket locations, very little seating, and as stated above, few signs. There is a community board, with posted course map , but it's on an 8 1/2 x11 sheet of paper. to finish on a positive note, there's a disc return box.
- CHAINS - At saw at least two different basket types, maybe 3 on this course. Some were pretty beat up, probably from the original 9.
- ELEVATION - Just about none. A few of the water holes may have elevation changes of 8 or 10 feet, but that's about it.
- UNIQUENESS - Below average. In addition to no elevation, there are no dog legs, no par 5s, no tunnel shots, pocket shots are not well defined and guarding is weak on many holes. There are two listed par 4s, but I'm not sure which holes with the DGCR data being outdated and no course signage. Plus they all felt like par 3's. There's a good opportunity to air one out for most players on (12) being at 450 feet. Other pluses are the parallel water plays, and a water clear on (17)
- SPACING - Slightly below average. If the course was full there would be a few unprotected tees in close proximity of other baskets. There are also a few fairways that feel partially shared.
- MAINTENANCE - 90% really good. However, there is a bunch of broken sports equipment littered about just south of the baseball diamond and it looks like they've been there for some time. There was also a bit more trash than I would have expected for a religious college campus.
Other Thoughts:
An adequate course for the locals but not a destination course. There's another course adjacent to this one (Red Course) that actually partially reuses 9 of the holes on the white course. I did not have time to play the Red layout so maybe next time.