Great mix of long and short holes. Bring your "A" game. Water hazard on the first hole gives a clue of the tough 23 holes remaining.

It is a haul to get there. Tall grass is a problem.

Improved flow from the original 18 hole design. Hosted the 1992 Worlds.

Extremely challenging during the full foilage period. The Oaks will do it's best to keep your game and ego in check.

1. Finally, concrete tee pads are in. Nice placement and unique shape. No more twisting ankles or slipping on mud.

2. Length. Woods aside, Addison gives you a chance to huk it for some nice D. No pitch and putt here.

3. Variety of shots needed. It has tight tunnel shots through overgrown woods and brush. Multiple over-the-water/swamp shots with disc swatting trees protecting the baskets. Beautiful rolling fairways carved out along the park. Open fields with waist high grass punishing errant tee shots. Heavily guarded baskets that make you think twice about taking a run at them.

4. Well maintained course. The grass is cut regularly making well defined fairways. Garbage cans and picnic tables on almost every hole. Tee signs (w/o pics) marking hole # and distance to basket. No trash lying around, but there is some grafetti here and there (which was in the process of being painted over.)

5. Crowd control. It never gets the ridiculous traffic other area courses seem to attract. Course difficulty, higher park entry fee, and middle-of-nowhere location, help keep the clowns off the course.

6. No extra fee to play DG. Just pay the $5/$10 daily fee to access the entire park. Buy at the Valero during the off-season or at the booth late May thru September.

No major cons now that the teepads are almost finshed. Just a couple things to keep in mind with a course like this.

1. OB is definately OB. The shule is thick and poison ivy/oak is hidden everywhere. You MUST keep it in the fairway if you want to escape unscathed. Addison WILL punish those bad shots via lost disc(s) in the swamps, tall grass, or super thick brush.

2. Bring the bug spray! This is not a city park by any means. It's a breeding ground for all kinds of nature. Standing water/nasty swamps surround the entire park. These little pests live to mess with the DGers.

3. Baskets. Not really a con here (they're all in great shape with double chains) but there is a mixture of Mach 3 and Mach 5/Chainstar type baskets. Some catch & deflect differently, so putt according to the basket type.

4. Course Flow. It really flows quite nice if you know the course and which way to the next tee. First-timers should grab a map/scorecard to find the basket placements and tees. Some require a little hiking but nothing major.

5. LARGE FINE FOR NO PARK PASS. Put that in all caps because the fine is no joke. We played here once during the off season and didn't get the pass. Big mistake because it was a $65 FINE PER CAR. So $65 times four cars full of friends = $260 for one round of DG. OUCH!!!!!
Just get the park pass because the Oakland County Sherriff patrols and checks EVERY CAR in the lot, EVERYDAY!

6. Holes in Large Field ~ These are probably the least liked holes on the course. You can get your D on since there are no trees, just 5' tall grass outside the fairways. Better than nothing but not real exciting. As a course designer myself, I know that we can't be too picky on land available and have to make due but If we're short on time or daylight, this would be the spot to pass over.

It used to be even better before the campgrounds expanded into the old course causing a redesign. It still is a good time though. Just remember to bring
1)Extra discs
2)Bug Spray
3)Park Pass

--Addison Oaks is owned and maintained by Oakland County Parks, the course gets taken care of very well. Alot of holes have trash cans and picnic tables. Also there's maps/scorecards and pencils at hole #1. The map itself really isn't even needed though, the course flows really well. After every hole there is a "next tee" sign pointing you in the right direction.

--There's a really good variety of holes here, nice mix of technical and bombers. Good use of woods and a HUGE field. Decent elevation on some holes too.

--A couple cons, first of all the tees are gravel/rock, theres a couple holes where you really wish they were concrete. Also no visual signs, only poles with hole number and distance, and a few holes are missing the info on the poles.

-Update-(4/14/11)-
About half the tees are concrete now. Once the other half are in, I will take this out of the "cons" section.

--There's some disc eating hazards at this course that add to the challenge. Water can be a big factor on some holes, especially in spring. There's one signature hole over a big swamp that you'll never forget, it's only 265 ft. down hill, but you can lose your disc if you hit one of the trees growing out of it. Also during the summer time the rough can be thick in the woods, and along the far sides of the rough in the big field.

--Even though it's is about 30 minutes away from my house, this is still my most played course. Overall Addison Oaks is a very solid course. The addition of concrete tees have changed my rating from a 3.5 to a 4 rating. Better hole signage on top of that could make it a 4.5.

--This is the premier course that held the 1992 Pro Worlds.

--High Task Force

very challenging for beginners and seasoned players. variety of shots including woods, water, and open holes so you have the best of all worlds.

pretty much all the holes you need to be accurate or chance loosing a disc. even when the field isnt mowed you have a chance of loosing it in tall grass. its out in the middle of no where so you gotta be willing to drive a little

if you are in the mood to spend a whole day out in the park and play some disc golf this is the place for you. its got stuff for kids to do and they keep it clean.

Tough course with lots of risk reward type shots, 2 signature holes add to the appeal of the course. Water on multiple holes, mostly in the trees, with a couple of field holes for big arm fun.

Would be rated higher but the park entry fee is high if your not a resident, dirt/slag tee pads, only some tee signs

Drinking water availabe and cops ride horses right down some of the fairways helping to keep vandalism down.