The front nine of the Energy Rotary Club course plays through some kind of experimental arboretum containing plants from all over the world. The property has a little bit of elevation while the trees/plants are scattered in some areas and more bunched up in other parts. I can't call it technical but the front nine does have lots of trees to contend with. The back 11 is mostly very open.

The baskets here are a very pretty shade of blue. They're gorgeous but I didn't think they really popped in the distance. I think Discatchers with the yellow bands would've stood out more. The tee pads are large and concrete. The tee signs are a fiberglass type which I haven't seen before. Only one sign was broken. The tee signs did show the next tee which is helpful if you can only remember to look for it.

The hole distances on the front 9 were mostly in the 250' to 400' range. The back 11 features a couple 600' plus. Quite a few previous reviewers commented that it's fairly easy to just throw a tomahawk over the trees and bushes. Unfortunately, my weiny arm doesn't reach the sky.

I did like the two gauntlet holes ( # 5 and # 12) where you're throwing down a fairway of planted trees standing maybe 25' apart. There are two benches and two garbage cans at # 5. There is a practice basket. The kiosk at the start has some information and there a lost disc return cage thing.

I'm not a fan of much of the design of the course. The trees/bushes in the arboretum are planted in such a random configuration so there aren't many fairways to hit.

The holes all have two basket placements and many have three positions. The problem is there is no way of knowing where the basket is today and the different in distance from the A to B to C positions can be as much as 200'. As many of these baskets are blind off the tee, you're forced to walk ahead to figure out where the basket is.

PPP -One of my personal pet peeves is when a pad is either slanting up or down a hill. The # 6 tee pad slopes downhill quite a bit but I like the way the # 13 pad is roughened to give more traction.

I didn't like # 13 which is the hole with the basket on the hill. It's a boring 383' open hole. Why not use the trees there to make this hole more interesting?

The back 11 is too open, too exposed to the wind and elements and basically, just mind numbingly boring.

I feel like the front 9 is probably an average 2.5. The back 11, a little lower at 2.0. I'll be generous and give the course a 2.5. This course is just a short distance off of I-90 which makes for a nice pit stop while driving through Wyoming. I'm pretty sure I'll be making this drive another time and Energy Rotary will not be on my designated stopping list. Next time, I'll check out the other Gillette course.

This course has good tee pads and nice baskets. Decent signage, the tee signs told you where to look for the next tee box. All holes had benches or picnic tables, and the course was really clean.

Holes were all set in the long position, no variation. Most drives were blind in that you had no idea where the basket was. There was no indicator whether the basket was short or long, after awhile we just figured everything was long.
The designer apparently thought he/she could make the course impossibly challenging by not using the tree lines as natural fairways, instead he just hid the baskets IN TREES/BUSHES! seriously? The course would still be challenging even if the baskets were placed a bit more in the open.
The part of the course that was a bit more wide open was made challenging not by being creative, but instead making REALLY LONG holes. I get that there needs to be some long bombs, but they weren't challenging except for the length. Overall the corse design could use some work. I get that the designers have to work within the bounds of the arboretum, but the couse could be more friendly with a few minor tweaks.

Overall, the layout of the course ruined what could be an AMAZING course. It is obvious the course is well maintained and cared for, but honestly the a cement of baskets bumped this one down to the 2 ½ disks for me.