Pros:
-Very short 9-holer located in a tiny and tidy park in the affluent suburb of Glencoe
-Trees on this course are great. Pretty much every hole has large mature trees that come into play and force line sculpting. While "cheater" hyzer lines can be found on every hole, the trees allow for practice of every type of shot (straight, low ceiling, flicks, anhyzers etc). Add challenge by making mandos around trees. For example: out to the left to the on 4, and up the middle on 6 and 7.
-Excellent beginner course. Holes are short, nothing over 260, there are no hazards to lose discs, and trees provide sufficient obstacles to make holes fun, but never frustrating.
-Great course if you trying to throw an ace, every hole is gettable. If you empty your bag on #8 (straight open hole that can't be over 180ft, though its listed as 225) you will be disappointed if you don't draw metal
-Course designer did good job with what they had, fitting 9 holes into a park this small and making them all somewhat interesting (except for 8) was a feat
-Hole 9 is a good finishing hole, hyzer up a small sledhill with a large branch obstructing the fairway
-If you are looking for more distance you can easily make safari holes with the tees and baskets of the back part of the course (3-7)
-Course has good flow. Hole 1 is missing its tee sign but the rest have nice hand made signs and the baskets have numbers on them. No course map, but none is needed. Its impossible to lose your way on this course.
-Baskets are in pretty good shape and catch well, astroturf tee pads do the job (can be a little slick when wet), no power shots out here so you wont need big run ups or super grippy pads anyway
-Located right off the edens for people coming from the northside of the city
Cons:
-Very short holes, all under 260. You won't need a driver out here unless you are going for a big spike hyzer.
-Nothing really memorable, unless you come home with an ace
-No challenging holes for advanced players
-Can get repetitive without playing mandos, a standard hyzer line is there on pretty much every hole if you are looking for it (except 1).
-Course plays dangerously close to roads, which can come into play on 1, 4, 5, and 6. Its especially bad on 1, which requires a straight shot and anything finishing left can easily land on the road. To add to the problem cars are often parked lining the street just waiting to be dented by stray discs.
-Heavy pedestrian use in the park to watch out for. And while the baseball field itself doesn't really come into play, spectators do on 3 and 7 when there are games going.
-Pads can be slick when wet, and there are big puddles after rain, especially by the basket for 1.
-Sometimes can get crowded. Groups of grade and high school kids will come out after school and play in groups of 10+ which can really slow down a round. This is not a big problem for me, as I am happy to see more kids playing
Other Thoughts:
-The tee for hole one is located just west of Randolph St. next to the tennis courts. Parking is available on the East side of Randolph
-This is a great course to get started on and to hone those 200-260ft midrange shots.
-Its cool that this park gets so much use in an area (the north shore) where disc golf isn't particularly popular.