Boise, ID

Ann Morrison Park

3.085(based on 12 reviews)
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IdahoTory
Experience: 25.3 years 29 played 9 reviews
4.00 star(s)

A pleasant place to be 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:May 15, 2020 Played the course:5+ times

Pros:

Easy to park. Adjacent to downtown Boise with close access to some excellent bars and restaurants. Boise State University is just a couple of blocks to the east.

All teepads are concrete, and most holes have 3 positions.

This is a parks course and its both dog and cart friendly. In the winter, the park is designated as an off-leash area. I suspect that may go year-round eventually, but it's hard to say, there are a lot of ball sports going on at AnMo in the summer.

There is lots of shade around due to the great many trees of all varieties. The course makes good use of those tree's as well as the canals and creeks that criss cross the park. Shallow water is in play on many holes.

Most holes are 300+ and the shorter holes always offer some sort of challenge. There is also a practice area that can be used for both putting and driving.

The park is well kept. There is well-maintained grass everywhere, although it's usually soggy, even in the summer. The grass is thick in most areas, so ground play is often iffy. Rollers and skips are less of an option if that's a big part of your game.

Cons:

The course was reconfigured in 2018/2019-ish as the city created a dog park out of 7 of what I considered to be some of the best holes on the course. Signature holes were lost to Dog Island. The club added a few more holes in an adjacent area to make 18 full-length holes, but the course lost a lot of game when the city chopped it up. At one time, there were 21 holes, as well as alternate seasonal configurations and those, do not exist anymore. Its 18 permanent holes for the long haul now as far as I can tell.

Crime overall in Boise and Idaho at large is farily low, but if there were an epicenter for the state, it might arguably be within this park and a few blocks that surround it. Its not big city level, but the days of parking your car and leaving your windows down have passed. Crimes of opportunity are a real thing now as some people call this park home. Easy enough, all you have to do is lock your car doors.

As I said, there is lots of water, bring a retriever. It's usually an easy pick. You will quickly regret wading into any of the water to retrieve a disc by hand.

Other Thoughts:

If you visit Boise or live in the Treasure Valley, this should be the first course you play. To poach a word from another review... The course is vibrant. There are lots of regular players and a good club scene from what I understand. People are friendly, and are eager to let you play through if thats the case. To sum it up, its just a pleasant place to be.
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