Nice tees
Nice baskets
Good signage
Easily navigated
Well maintained
Open layout
Some long holes
Good flow
This course is situated in the low-land of a large valley. The middle of the lowland is large open field, with a river running along the west, and a massive hill to the south, a forest to the east, and old large trees along the entire perimeter of the low-land. You essentially play along this field's perimeter.
For the first 7 holes, you are throwing along the river to your right with some scattered trees at its edge as you head towards the hill. These holes are rather similar each, but the trees shape each hole to provide some variety. The embankment is rather forgiving in most spots, but the river remains a constant factor, especially on the first hole. On #1 there is NO embankment, just a sheer drop to the river some 7 feet past the basket. Don't overshoot the basket even a little, or your disc is gone.
Hole 8 is a steep uphill shot (which I really enjoyed), and 9 is awesome, the real attraction of the course. It's a great downhill shot, unique to the courses in this area. It's a fairly wide tunnel shot from the very top of the hill into the middle of the open section of the valley. There is some risk of putting your disc in the forest on either side of this fairway, but even a decent drive should put you well into the open section making the likelihood of losing a disc low. [I don't have a big arm, and I was way past the forest. I had a decent look for birdie, but missed the putt.
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For the rest of the course you are working your way back to the parking lot where you first started, but on the opposite side of the open field, so for these holes you have a forest to your right. There are two open holes that play out into the middle of the field and then back. The rest just stay to the right along the east side of the valley, along the forest. You are playing at the forest's edge, so there is some use of the trees, but most of these shots are fairly open. Take a look at the map, and this should all make sense.
With the practice basket, and cement tee set up for it, there really are 19 holes.
You're really going to have to have some distance on your drives if you want any chance of birdies. I think this is a tough course. I shot +9 my first time here.
On the whole, I enjoyed the course, but it's just not one of my favourites. No complaints, just less than spectacular. Though, I do want to come again and better my score.