Challenging but not overly difficult. Makes good use of trees on the course because if they didn't most holes would be too simple.

The layout is logical, there's concrete tee pads with good signs and a variety of interesting holes.

While there's no memorable holes there are a lot of strong holes that require differing kinds of shots. About half are grip it and rip it holes, while most that aren't require some skill in shaping through and around different obstacles intended to ruin your round.

I'm in the intermediate range of players and I find 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12, 14, 15, and 16 to be the best opportunities for birdies. But none of those are automatic birdies at least for me either. So the course does allow for making a decent score.

But holes that for me aren't birdie holes are really quite challenging. 1 when the long basket is set up, 4, 6, 8, 10, 17, 18 are the holes that I have not yet solved. 4 is very well protected by trees, 6 is over 300 feet and protected. 8 requires precision, and 10 is a combination of distance and trees that I haven't solved. There's opportunities to score from 11-16, but 17 is another hole well protected by trees that I've only birdied because I made a very long putt. 18 is so challenging to me that I make it a very long one from my own tee spot straight across the field instead of risking a wet landing in the lake.

The neighborhood the park is in is very picturesque, but just across the lake is a large Cargill plant that is both noisy and if the wind is right, stinky. Goose poop is a common theme in complaints about the park. Those complaints are true. There's little to block the wind basically on three sides so the course seems to be constantly windy.

This isn't a destination course, but it's solid none the less and makes for a decent challenging round. A nice warm up at Pulaski Park is nearby and is easily combined with this for a decent outing of disc golf.

A lot of people use this park completely oblivious to the strange looking basket thingys. You may at times need to get their attention.

At #2 your tee shot can easily enough land in the entrance drive to the park. Be sure to watch for cars if your throws start out right. On one occasion a truck was stopped there. I aim right at where his truck is normally, so I approached and asked him if he could pull up some. He yelled back at me "NO, You're going to have to wait". I was stunned, kind of funny because it was so irrational, but mostly irritating. Twice I've had people that have set up picnic blankets right next to baskets.

- A nice, well kept park with new equipment

- Good mix of distances ranging from 200' to 600'

- Enough trees to force some limited line shaping

- Multiple basket locations on about a third of the holes

- Almost completely flat and leans towards mostly open

- Some overlapping and overly close fairways and tees near to baskets

- Multi-use park has a few areas of potential conflict with other park users

Forsythe park exists on a narrow strip of land between Wolf Lake and heavy industrial buildings to the west and a residential neighborhood to the east. It's actually impressive the course designers managed to fit an 18 hole course in this park, though they may have been better off with fewer holes as there are multiple points of conflict between fairways, tee pads and baskets, and other park amenities. Those amenities include baseball and softball fields, tennis courts, a dog park, playground, and wind turbine. Equipment includes DISCatcher baskets, concrete tee pads that are sufficiently large, and tee signs that are simplistic but get the job done and list multiple basket locations where applicable (though the current location is not indicated).

The golf style is typical of a Chicagoland parks style course: flat with a smattering of trees and bushes. There are enough trees to actually force some line shaping and require you to hit a gap occasionally, but also plenty of mostly open fairways, some with enough length to let even the biggest arms air it out. I played on a Saturday afternoon in early November, and the course was quite busy. There were numerous occasions where I had to wait for the group in front of me to not only finish the hole I was waiting on, but also tee off or even get to the basket of the next hole as the fairways are so close together I didn't want to risk throwing into them. As others have mentioned, there are also benches in the middle of some fairways, though none were being used during my round.

This is a solid course that I enjoyed playing at the end of my mini northwest Indiana disc golf trip. There are plenty of good holes, if nothing particularly exciting. Forsythe isn't a course worth traveling much distance to, but is a great option if you are going through the area, and I'm sure much enjoyed by the locals.

• Some shot shaping required: While many Chicagoland courses vary holes merely by changing distance, the course designers make good use of the trees in this park. About half of the shots require some thought to shape the shot, while half are wide open.
• Although urban, far enough from roads
• No humanly possible way to lose a disc
• No brush, no bugs
• Played shortly after a solid rain, and no drainage issues, no swampy holes
• Clear tee signs and navigation
• Great for dogs (see con too)
• No wait times: Albeit newly built, nobody else playing on a nice summer late midweek afternoon.
• Concrete decent-length tees throughout
• Good use of space & fairways don't overlap

• Multi-use park, lots of dog walkers (see pros!)
• Multiple basket placements, but tee signs don't have a way to mark which basket is in (and a few holes are far enough, with other holes nearby, that one could easily make a mistake and throw to the wrong basket).
• Zero elevation change (as is typical for all Chicagoland places, except the Canyons and Fairfield)
• Although some trees force some shaping of shots, this is far from wooded; every drive offers lots of options for how to throw.

• Better than average Chicago-flat-land multi-use park course. Nothing super creative or interesting or scenic, yet still a nice urban course with a variety of shots and easy navigation for a quick round.
• If equidistant to Canyons (SE of Chicago) or Fairfield (North of Chicago), definitely go to one of those (albeit it'll take longer to play Canyons, as that is often crowded). Fairly similar to Katherine Legge Memorial Park.