This course did a pretty good job using what land it had to work with, especially on the wooded holes on the back 9. The holes did not seem to favor a specific type of throw, and most holes at least had a couple of defined throwing lanes. I appreciate the use of distance on the front nine, although none of the holes would be long enough to consider being a par 4, and it was nice to have some more technical holes on the back 9. I felt like the baskets, tee pads and signs were in very good shape.

I felt like this course did get a little repetitive on the front nine with all but 1 hole basically being an open driving hole. While the course incorporated some distance (multiple holes over 300 ft), and some wooded holes (a good part of the back 9), there did not seem to be any combination of the two. There was not an excessive amount of challenge, because you either threw it fair, or threw it straight and were in good shape.

I enjoyed playing this course. Having not really played in months, I still shot a 2-under round, which easily could have been 5-under with a couple of mulligans. I did appreciate the fact that I never had any trouble finding a disc playing by myself. This is a nice course and if I lived closer, I would love to bring some of my more casual disc golfing friends to this course as opposed to Lincoln Ridge or Idlewild. Lastly this course does have some variety, in that I did have to consider distances on the short holes, where some courses, you just throw hard and then putt and approach.

Back 9 are the best for ace shots and lowering your score. It is a great course to play a quick round of DG, or just to practice in general. NOTE: Master BW before trying to lower you Idlewilde score.

Front 9 can be aggravating . Hole 4 can be rough because of the trees. I normally throw a sidearm Beast and will hopefully be guaranteed a par opportunity

Tee pads, Tee signs, Baskets, Defined fairways, Variety of holes, Water hazards, Clean, Not crowded, Parking, Restrooms, Maintained, Fun and best of all its FREE!

Short holes, Safety hazards and No practice basket (currently used on hole #5)

The course is located in a county park that is maintained by Boone County. The concrete tee pads and comprehensive tee signs mounted on 4x4 and a hanging bucket makes it easy to navigate. They are consistent throughout the course giving an easy landmark for the next hole. I was the only person playing and had no problem navigating or issues with locating the next tee or basket.
Course offers fairways that are open rolling hills with elevation changes -/+, heavily wooded tunnels, tight doglegs and water hazards. All the characteristics of a disc golf course that we look for it was there just not on a large scale. The back half of the course does have a few short holes with tee pads close to the previous baskets and close to some townhouses, but these are the technical holes. I enjoyed the time playing the course it will challenge a beginner yet satisfy the appetite for an intermediate player. It serves its purpose.
I am not from the area and had punched in the coordinates to several courses and this was the first one it led me to. It wasn't till after I played and was looking at my navigation system to take me to the next course closest to me is when I realized I was only 1.7 mi. away from Idle wild and not far away from Lincoln Ridge either. I was disappointed because it was too late to play either and surprised to have so many quality courses so close together.

-Great course to be relaxed yet still challenged.
-Great for practicing and perfecting any Disc Golf technique.
-Hole to hole you are challenged in a new way and it helps you grow in the mental aspect of disc golf.
Examples:
I. Hole 1 is a nice warm-up hole that you can approach in a variety of ways.
II. Hole 2 has slight trees in the fairway and can be easily Hyzered.
III. Hole 3 & 4 challenge you with hilly terrain and trees.
IV. Hole 5 is a bit longer and usually requires you to read the wind and throw accordingly. Many times I have thought the wind calm only to find out that 100' down the fairway your disc gets ripped to the right.

The back nine add finesse challenges with narrow passages through trees yet the course finishes off nicely with holes 16-18 being open and longer.

Only a few holes are over 300' not much of a challenge for distance.
Can get very muddy very easily!

Since the renovation in 2009 the Boone County Parks system has always been making improvements on the course. They recently added 2 bridges and have been keeping the course nice and tidy when needed. This course is well on its way to becoming a 3.5 rated course that every disc golfer should check out if possible.

Any level player can enjoy playing here, sometimes I will take only my KC Pro for 18 holes and do great!

very fun and quick course, great for beginners, the tee pads are kept in great shape and easy to see next holes. the front nine are average 300 ft. and open and the back nine are average 150 to 200 with tricky shots for good practicing

not many cons just could be bigger

This is a short course, so I can take beginner friends or my girlfriend there. Back nine is shorter than the front. Holes 3 & 4 are the hardest on the course. #4 is the only hole that COULD be considered a "par 4" by a good player. The new design of 13 is much better. A big pro for me is that I live 3 miles away.

It's short. Holes 10-17 are easily deuceable. 11, 12, 14, and 15 are really short. My girlfriend, who has played maybe 10 times, has hit the basket off the tee on 12 and 15 in the same round.

At first I didn't like the new design, but the more I play it the more I like it for what it is. You can play a round in under an hour. It doesn't let you rip it off the tee every hole, but it is good practice.

Boone Woods Park has a nice little 18 hole course that is a nice contrast to Idlewild that is about a mile away. This course is located in a great little park that has a bunch of stuff to do like tennis, soccer, horseshoes, and has a great playground with a huge fort for the kids. There are also a couple of bathrooms along/near the course that are very convenient. The course has very nice baskets, tees tee signs and garbage buckets on every sign. There is a very nice mix of open and wooded holes. Although most of the previous reviews mentioned how short a course this is there are 7 holes that are over 300 feet and let you air it out a little bit. Most of the wooded holes are very short but have little to no underbrush to worry about. On most holes there is at least a little bit of shot shaping required but still a lot of different lines to the basket. There is not a ton of elevation on this land but it was used to good effect for the course. Also you can see that this course is well maintained. The fairways were mowed and there was no trash anywhere on the course. Also there are some very nice bridges that have been built exclusively for the disc golf course. This course was a very fun play and I really enjoyed holes number 3 and 4. #3 is a 330 ft hole that weaves goes over a wooded gulley to a slightly sloped pin. This is followed by #4 which is 350ft and tees off from the open over a little creek and slightly up hill to a well protected pin.

This course is definitely not a overly challenging play, especially when compared to other courses in the area. It would be great for a beginner or intermediate player. A couple of the holes have townhouses or yards of homes near by and could come into play on a bad shot or a windy day. Holes 11, 12 and 13 felt very cramped together in the woods and the walk between 9 and 10 was a little disconnected. Holes 5, 6, 7 and 8 were very wide open and kind of boring.

This was a fun course that I think would do very well in a place where Idlewild and Banklick were not so close. Although not remarkable I would still suggest to anybody to give it a try. This would be a great park to bring your kids to so they can enjoy the sweet fort while you go discing.

There was a very bad storm the day before I played this course and quite a few trees and branches were down although not many effecting the disc golf course. Unfortunately basket #1 got dinged by a branch and while still usable it has a slight bent top that makes for a narrower entrance to the front of the basket (closest to the tee). The local public works department already had most of the debris cleared by the time we got there to play so other than the basket it should not be a factor. I never saw the practice basket that is supposed to be there so I have no idea if it survived the storm.

Challenging holes, plenty of chance to take a high score on most holes. Water comes into play on several holes and there are a couple of long holes throwing downhill. Good mix between woods and field, excellent mix of hills and flat ground, didn't really notice any elevation changes while walking.

I can't really remember any cons to the course, but it wasn't an awe-inspiring 4.5-5.0 course.

My friend who was guiding me around the course called it "Idlewild's retarded brother." We played this course on our first day at 7:30am and it was perfect. By the time we were done with the round it was time to take the hoodies off.

This course has a ton of trees once you get into the woods and a lot of the holes have a hill in play either up or down, so watch your shots and keep everything solid; one wrong kick from a tree could end up giving you 3 extra strokes on a hole.

-Every hole challenges you in a different way
-Great elevation changes
-The pin shows what hole the pin goes to by placing the hole number on top of the pin
-The practice pin allows you to practice before you get started
-It is a great beginner course
-It is taken care of pretty well

-On some of the tees the sign is gone so you dont know which pin you are going for
-Every hole is a par 3
-It doesn't have many long holes
-It doesn't really challenge you
-You have to walk through the park to get to the next hole sometimes and it can interfere with you while you are playing
-Not many people play there

This course doesn't really stand a chance, because Idlewild is right down the road and Lincoln Ridge is not too far away. So many people would rather go there than go to here. Out of all the courses that i have played this was the most moderate and didn't challenge me in different ways.

Good practice par 3 course. Brand new baskets/tee pads as of late 2009. Redesign greatly improved an aging course. Good mix of open / wooded. Beginner friendly. The bridges on the back 9 are very well built (late 2010) and new tee signs were installed as well. As the new trees and plants begin to mature, the course is becoming nicer.

Can be very crowded with casuals on evenings and weekends. Need trash cans or at least buckets on some of the holes on the back 9. Vandalism has become as issue as the basket for hole four was stolen and subsequently replaced with the practice basket. Practice basket has not yet been replaced. A lot of the open holes are pretty boring.

At times, there are "Boot Camp" style workout people running around the course oblivious to the fact that people are throwing discs all around them. Mostly evenings in the summer.

This is the park where I started disc golfing. I used to come out here 2-3 times a week when I first started because it was close and I could bust through a round in 45 minutes or so. The course started to get pretty beat up through the years. The redesign couldn't have come at a better time and drastically improved the course.

Good par 3 course for a quick casual round. The front 9 is mostly wide open. The back 9 is short, but you get a good dose of fun woods holes with some cool tunnel shots. Nothing spectacular, but worth the stop as a warm up for Idlewild right down the road.

(7/3/2011 update) A few holes have been redesigned since the original 2009 redesign. #3 now plays a little longer since the basket was moved about 40' farther up the hill. #6 basket was moved a bit to the left to help keep errant throws from going into people's yards. They also planted 2 trees in front of the new basket location that should add some difficulty in the years to come. #13 was completely redesigned, moving the teepad back and closer to the park boundary and the basket farther away and also closer to the boundary. Makes this hole much longer than before with a challenging shot through a tight line to the basket. The pad for #14 was moved forward about 30' and to the left just a bit, with the basket moving left as well. #17's basket was moved out of the reclaimed nature area and to the right making it a little shorter but not terribly different than before. For the most part all changes were for the better, but I'd still rate the course a 3.

Nice park with tennis, basketball, volleyball, soccer, bocce, horseshoes, playgrounds, and a cool fort for the kids to play in.

-Great Beginner/Intermediate Course.
-Good Mix of Wooded and Open holes.
-The Holes that had hole numbers/signs were helpful and gave you an idea of where the next hole was.
-Concrete Tee Pads.
- Nice (New?) Baskets.
-Area with a Practice Basket.

-There are boards for hole numbers but the majority of the front 9 had no hole numbers.
-No Course Map onsite (See the one online).
-First Timers will need a map or will have to look at the baskets to find most hole numbers.
- Hole 14's hill is pretty steep and needs a bridge or steps.
-There were picnic tables that were right in the way of a hole or two. So, people could be in the way of drives.
-For experienced players no holes over 350 plus feet.

-Part of the front 9 was under construction but it did not interfere with our game.
-Great Beginner, Intermediate, & Family Disc Golf Course.
-The course has a good mix of short and long holes.
-Make sure you print off a map if you are unfamiliar with the course.
-A Great Park in-general and had plenty of things to do besides disc golf. Plus, Had some Bocce Ball areas!

-Here is a link to a map of the course: http://www.cincinnatidiscgolf...ds_Map_09.pdf

Really fun Putt & Approach practice course. Begginer and child friendly. A really good course to get your children started in the sport. Played through out a rec park.

The chains were at best sub-par. It seemed as though they were hand crafted. Not terrible, but definately a factor in it's low rating.

If you don't ive in the area, i wouldn't reccomend traveling to play it. Unless you are planning a trip to play the tough and great Idlewild course only a few miles away. This course would definately serve as a good practice or warm up for others.

The new baskets and teepads as well as new desing is a major improvement. I still do not think this course is any better than a typical course. It was desinged to be a beginner course and seperate itself from its neighbors and it accomplished that greatly.

**could be rated 3 disc if small improvements are made especially to short holes**


Great Ace Race course
Practice green! Seems simple but is a major plus
Lots of restrooms
Great Beginner course
New Design uses elevation change and trees to add difficulty
2 very memorable holes in #3 and #4
Lots of other family activities present

Several holes that put you in dangerous positions due to the tee pad placement or intersecting fairways.
This is still a sub par course for what is located in the Cincy/Nky area
Not very challenging for the INT-OPEN player possibly shooting -11 or more
Fairly short compared to its neighboring courses
Lots of construction
Frequently muddy
Highly played which at times can be a con because of the new players or players not following the course layout

****Hole by hole description and other thoughts below*****

If I had to guess locals might slam this review, however please look at my other reviews and try to understand why I rate this as low as I do.

Hole 1. (325) A decently long hole that plays as a RH small anhyzer or an easy LH drive, play the parking lot OB to add difficulty
Hole 2. (275) A RH hyzer approach that has a bench and trees to lookout for which add some mental difficulty
Hole 3. (330) An Amazing Hole! Your drive has to make it through a tunnel created by trees off of the teepad, clear an uphill slope then cross a creek and miss several trees to land for even a look at the basket. For some this hole might make your trip.
Hole 4. (350) Another great hole. This hole is very similar to the holes you will find at Lincoln or Idlewild. Heavily wooded but provides lines for the RH and LH thrower.
Hole 5. (320) Mostly wide open with some trees guarding the basket, plays a little longer than it says.
Hole 6. (295) Wide open downhill hole.
Hole 7. (340) A long challenging uphill hole that plays as a RH anhyzer bomb with a solo tree near basket
Hole 8. (200) A short downhill ace run with a tree that will cause some line planning
Hole 9. (295) Another decently long open hole with good use of a hill causing a blind shot, the creek and tree line should not come into play unless you messup
Hole 10. If you can throw straight to 300' your gonna park this, hillside does not prevent much difficulty.
Holes 11-13 are 185', 165', and 130' respectively. They are very close together and can provide some hazards to players. Trees cause some issues but do not really challenge you.
Hole 14-15 are 180' and 185' and play as tunnel shots but are pretty simple deuce opportunities.
Hole 16. (215) Another wide-open hole with a hillside to the right of the basket that causes a RH to use some thought as to their approach.
Hole 17. (255) Downhill hole with some trees guarding the basket not much difficulty here either. Play's like a wide open hole however big arms do need to scale back or will over shoot the hole.
Hole 18. (350) A good hole that provides challenge to both the RH and LH player, the tennis courts and line of trees to the right and left of the fairway will add some thought to your line.

It's a total redesign of a course that had seen better days. All the old baskets were pulled and new DISCatchers installed. All the old concrete teepads were torn out and the new concrete teepads were installed pointing to completely different holes. In fact, the land where the original 18 was...is now only the Front 9 holes. An additional area of the park that is wooded was brought into play for the Back 9 holes.

Before, this course had a few sparse trees but they only came into play on very few holes. Now, almost every basket has a tree nearby. No, no trees were planted...just a better overall design to bring nature into play.

7 holes over 300ft with 2 at around 295ft. Two holes around 350 feet. However, the wooded holes are short so it allows new players not to get frustrated as they develop. With 7 holes 215ft or less it is beginner friendly...however...most of these holes are wooded and create fun shots. This gives several ace run opportunities.

Some of the wooded holes were originally supposed to be longer...and in the future a few of them might be lengthened. One of these is #15 which could be pulled to the left and stretched out another 100feet...taking it away from the playground area. A few of the wooded holes have tight basket to next teepad area....for a new course that is....and #11 and #12 may interfere with each other if the course is packed.

The course is still going thru some construction, thus...will get muddy after rain.

This was a heavily played course...and I expect it to be even more played now. The upgraded course design makes it a totally different course sharing no characteristics with the course that was there before. It is a breath of fresh air. It retains the needed element of giving new players a place to develop but with a hint of larger holes to practice on distance with control. #4 being slightly uphill and tightly wooded at around 350feet is a tough hole....

If you don't get your birdies early...don't worry..you should get them late. Most players should get 1-2 birds on the front...and about 5-7 of the back 9.

This course has been upgraded with nice baskets, tee pads and a new configuration They utilized more of the park making it more spread out. They took the course back into the woods behind the playground. These are short holes though but most are tunnel shots and definitely could be called ace run alley. I don't believe it has a hole over the 350' mark but still has some challenging holes and a few blind shot holes. It's still a beginner course but even some of the better players during the ace race and day glow liked the new layout. The course was payed for with the grant money for the drainage restoration project going on. If you go play now the place is still a mess from this project. I don't see it really being back to normal until next summer.
This adds a new course to the idlewild/lincoln ridge area that makes it that much more of a disc golf destination.

4 short holes but really about the best they could do with the land provided and I also heard that they will be adding multiple baskets to these holes eventually. One hole that comes close to the play ground and another close to the road/parking lot.

Overall a major upgrade to this course that was sorely needed. I feel really lucky to have idlewild, lincoln ridge and now boone woods all within a 15 minute ride from my house.
If you venture out to this course in the upcomming weeks and months just remember that a mjor project is still in progress most if not all the teepads and baskets need landscape work done to them but I think in the end this will be a course that you will want to visit.

New baskets in ground on a different reconfigured course. The front nine holes are in the area where the original 18 holes were located. The back nine is in an area not previously used for disc golf. The front nine has some nice 350 ft holes that have the baskets surrounded by trees and a few of the holes have tee shots that the basket is out of view due to being over a hill or a blind.shot. The course is set on a ridge where the wind is a big factor and adds to the challenge.

The back nine has 3 or 4 holes less than 200 feet but with the land that was available, the parks did the best they could do in putting these nine holes on the limited property.

The new baskets are a big improvement and new teepads have upgraded this course. If you have not been to Boone Woods lately, check it out.