-24 Holes, Plenty of mix of longs, shorts, up hill, rolling hill, down hill....etc.
-plenty of parking, and starts and ends at the main entrance welcome building.
-paper maps and scorecards inside.
-concrete tees are in good shape for the most part.

-im guessing they made 18 holes (quickly), and then expanded it to 24 and really didn't make any upgrades other than teepads and baskets.
-none of the teepads have signs, so you need the map to find them.( you will look at it the whole time)
-wooded baskets are not cleared out, definitely forgotten about. (#13 has a trash bag over it with a wasps nest inside)
-im glad there is a map inside, but the scorecard is for 18 only, the old 18.

Although there are more cons than pros, I do like this course a lot. It's just an obvious add on to this resort, and not a featured thing. You have to use the map, you won't be able to navigate without it. I'd love to see teesigns and some better directions to next tees.

Lastly, the wooded holes are fun, but someones gotta tend the weeds and brush out there; otherwise it's impossible to play as a single without a spotter.

Finding this park was pretty easy . Finding all of the pads wasn't . When you pull into the park ( have your map handy or supposedly go to the office and they will give you one , or you will never find all of the tees ) you will see decent cement tee pads immediately to your right . These will be the tee pads for hole #1 . You might not need the map for the first few holes , but will later . The area was well mowed when I played and it looks like they care about the Cedar Lakes property . The baskets are in good shape , but no tee signs at any hole , so the opportunity to miss holes is there if you can't read your map . Rest rooms are located near the front of the park . No benches or trash receptacles . Cedar Lakes and the course were very clean , so so carry in and out , please . The first hole will warm you up in a hurry, a wide open 488' from the longs and 340' from the shorter tees . Hole 2 is not quite as long , but it fades a little left and into a long wise row of trees to make you prove accuracy . 3 is another open bomber hole that has easily avoidable rough on your right , and a basket sitting in an interesting spot with a small hill and brush guarding it on the left and trees behind it . Navigation skills come into play after this . The next tee pad you see and will be inclined to go to will actually be on your left and #6 . To find #4 you have to go to the other side of a pool or tennis court that sits on the other side opposite 6 . If there are kids sports going on people will park in the fairway , so you may have to tee off from the shorts and throw over a car towards the side of a 1 story building . 5 is close to it , on your right , a short throw with avoidable water on your left . Now you cross the street and go to 6 , a short drive across a road where you have to keep it low because of some trees . Time to examine the map again . Hole 7 is behind the rows of 1 story buildings on your right . Enjoy the elevation for these next 3 holes because it is all this place offers . 7 is an uphill drive with some brush and trees to your right to your immediate left is tee 8 , another uphill but 100' longer at 388' . #9 , a signature hole finalist , is a downhill drive 358' , to a basket placed on a ledge of a lake to the right and a dropoff to the left . Great hole . If you were going to throw from the shorts , there was some growth right in front of the tee that is not supposed to be there . It might affect your drive .After 9 , it's goodbye elevation . 10 short is a narrow throw next to the lake that sits away from where you just putted , on your far left . You might be able to throw over part of the lake from the longs if people aren't fishing or lounging there . #11 tee is a big question mark . It was the only hole where I couldn't find EITHER tee pad . If you look across the street into a group of trees , you will see the 11 basket . I threw from the street and went right to left for the basket .. Nice basket placement , though . 12 , 13 & 14 wrap around the buildings with mainly straight but sometimes obstruction in the fairways or on the side . #15 is my other signature nominee . a long drive with a row of trees and some brush on your left and brush, trees and a creek behind it on your right . The fairway gives you enough room that if you control your drive , and clear the treeline on your left , it opens up to a large area in which to approach/putt to an elevated tee on a mound . Great hole . #16 looks like it was just stuck in there , across the street next to the putt putt and in front of the office on their lawn . You cross the street and realize that you are throwing away from a historic bridge that should sit behind you on your drive , under a canopy of trees , with a fence and road dangerously close on the right side of the tee . #18 turns around and goes right back the other way with this bridge on your left , over 300' for shorts and over 400' for the longs , the a pond on your left just past the bridge . Very picturesque . You get to pass the pond and walk through this covered bridge after you finish #18 , a great finishing touch . A shame that so many people , even when signs are on both ends of the bridge imploring them not to , disfigure the inside of it with graffiti. there looks to be extra baskets in the back of the park where the elevation is , maybe when events are taking up some or all of 10-18 .

Okay . several gripes . #1 . No signs , either telling you the layout of your throws with distance and par , or NEXT TEE signs to direct you to your next tee pad . My only guess would be that these tees are flush with the ground and make it easy to cut the grass . I did see 2 people on large mowers cutting while I was playing . If you do not have a map , GOOD LUCK . You will be so confused , especially after 3 , that you might want to give up . There is a good map on DGR , or their office but you will have to use it a bunch . This layout would confound Lewis & Clark . #2 where was the tee pad to 11 ? #3 no real gripe to me , but no benches and no trash cans around the course . Carry in and carry out . #3 . cars can park either on the fairways or possibly on the tees , especially in places like #4 , #10 , #12 . you might have to safari a hole or 2 . #4 . Lots of People use this park . You might have people fishing or wandering on and off the fairways . Please be careful and conscientious when throwing in these areas , especially 4,5,6,9,10,11,12,16,17,& 18 . #5. lots of roads either right next to the tee pad , or throwing across the street could cause a drive to hit a car , #6 some filler holes, maybe fun for families or newbies , but not for discers that play a lot . Maybe some of these holes are for campers and Cedar Lakes wants the casual players and not the seasoned ones ( why the longer tee pads , then ? ) . #7 buildings can come into play and hit from a slightly wayward drive on some of the holes . #8 , some of the flat parts of the park may accumulate water and saturate fairways after a rain .

The park staff is friendly , this area is very popular with the locals , as I saw birthday parties and family gatherings and even some older gentleman displaying his 1924 ford , driving it around and promoting some type of car show or assembly ( NICE CAR ) . This would be more of a course for the locals , but a decent one . I don't know how much property that Cedar Lakes extends to in the back , but the could have let Johnny Sias , the course designer work some of his magic with the elevation and water near #9 . This is definitely not a destination course , but still a fun stop if you are in the Ripley area and have a couple of hours to kill . At least play 15 , 16 , 17 & 18 just so you can walk that cool covered bridge . Not a must play , but a MAYBE PLAY .

Two teepads per hole, flush with the ground. Distance painted onto teepad.

No signs at teepads, so difficult to find - MUST have the map. A few baskets play close to walking paths, parking lot (long tee #10 is in the middle of a parking lot!), fishing pond, outdoor meeting area, buildings, road, etc.

Most of the course plays along the outer edge of the property forming the Cedar Lakes Convention Center, "composed of a large variety of guest lodging styles with indoor meeting spaces. Cedar Lakes Conference Center provides year-round facilities in a natural setting that enhances any type of program - educational, inspirational, or recreational" , although some the middle holes play near buildings and other parts of the facility.

Other than up-slope on #7, up-n-over slope on #8, and then downhill/across field on #9, the course is quite flat. From the short tees, the distances range from 200'-350', averaging about 250', while from the long tees, which, well, mostly just add length (on only about four holes do the long tees also change the look angle), the distances range from 225'- nearly 500', averaging about 330'. Never did find tee #11 - used the manhole cover for the long tee, and from a gap in the fence near the water for the short tee. The long tee for #16 is behind the CEDAR LAKES sign. Fair blend of left/straight/right shots needed off the tee, with more rights early, and the lefts more prevalent toward the end. #13 is a classic either/or - basket about 225', clump of trees 50' in front of basket.

Favourite holes: #15 is a long, slow left-turner, with a tree-lined river to your right, and a line of flowering trees to your left. While the fairway on #18 is big, flat, and wide, the left turn at the end places the basket near a small amount of water, and a red-painted covered-bridge behind and to the right - very picturesque!

Suitable for a wide range of players, from beginners (hopefully avoiding people and water) to advanced (plenty of birdie opportunities from the short tees, plenty of challenging shots from the longs)

The title? The distance on every hole ends with an '8'!