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.

- Forsythe Park, wedged hard between heavy industry and a residential area, is a moderately-sized park. It's not anything much to look at; a windmill greets you at the first tee pad. A message of encouragement says "Excel." The course winds its way through the park, using as many of the scraps of elevation as possible; unfortunately, there just isn't much in the way of ups and downs. #'s 12-14 play down a strip of land right by a large foundry before making its way back.
- Relatively new with nice concrete tees, good signage, baskets, etc. Dual pin positions with several longer holes help this course from being the same ol' same ol' park style-y sort of course.
- Some tasty shots with the scattering of trees available. The designers did a good job working with the land on hand to squeeze out some fun shots from a reasonable (but not good) piece of land. In fact, this would be a very fun sort of course if not for...

-...the damn goose poop that's everywhere. Give credit to the geese, they've got the coverage game down. I don't think I saw a single square foot in the entire park that didn't have goose crap. It wasn't the worst I've seen, but it was bad. I understand there's not a lot that can be done with this sort of issue, but it's seriously one of my least favorite things to deal with on a course. When there's enough that you're constantly dodging it with every single step, it can't help but detract from the round.
- A few really badly placed benches. Unlucky thirteen, which plays right by the loud slightly-stinky ugly-as-hell foundry directly across the river, is the most egregious offender with a bench located directly short of the basket. It is completely hidden from the tee, faces away from the incoming hyzer line, and is directly in killzone range. I mean, who wants to sit there and revel in the joys of Whiting, Indiana's industrial zoning anyway? But there are other examples as well. Probably not gonna end in deaths, but still kinda shaky/sloppy design.
-Not a whole lot of elevation going on here to really help spice things up.

- Nothing really wrong with this course in and of itself. A solid three-discer just on merits of the course. I'd play here...if it weren't for the thin layer of chit spread throughout the course. But that's just me. You do you.
- Because of the industrial processes going on within a cancer-causing and ear-ringing radius of the park, some of the more dangerous design elements (benches, etc.), and the goose excrement, I lowered this course by a half disc. Sometimes personal aesthetic preferences can impact overall score. Forsythe is a good example of decent enough design butting heads with a few major environmental detractions.
- Leaning Tower of Birdhouses on #8.

Wide Open, you'll never lose a disc unless you really screw up and throw it in the water.

No elevation change, pretty easy and straightforward.

It's a cool bike ride down the lake from chicago, not too far.

• 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.

A well designed and groomed course flanking Wolf Lake just minutes from Chicago. This 18 basket course has concrete tees, multiple basket settings and plenty of variety from technical shots to launching a few bombs. The course winds its way around a public park with only a few pedestrians that could slow play. The front nine is more technical but has a few lengthy drives that can change as baskets are moved. Basket one at the A position is a great opportunity to ace. Two and three are lengthy drives. The next eight baskets are technical and tunnel shots that can be played with the correct shape. Twelve is behind the building and this is where the course opens up for lengthy drives. Seventeen interrupts this theme with a tee on top of a berm with choice of throwing either left or right. Eighteen finishes off the course with an open fairway that curves to the left. The course brings you back to the parking lot where washrooms and tables can be used under the pavilion.

Some players will balk at the flatness of the course. However, all the trees and bushes will require some skill to score birdies and pars. Five and six was a bit concerning because the fairways nearly criss-cross. There are a few other tight spots that will require players to be wary of others players discs. The tee near the tennis court creates a temptation to throw a hyzer over the court which might annoy those with rackets. Driving to the parking lot can be accessed only from 119th street and the parkway is one direction. Leaving the park requires players to drive to the north end and then turn back south. You can park on the street east of the park and walk over to avoid the long and winding road on the west side of the park.

While on the bike trail that lies on the west side of the park, I always thought this under utilized area could be a disc golf course. Much to my delight it is an excellent course that maximizes space well. Players will need to be prepared for windy days as there is no geography to block wind coming from the south and west. A player with serious rounding problems could lose a disc in the lake when playing the later drives. Most of the time, disc golfers will have the park to themselves, but pedestrians will wander about and therefore you should be vigilant of a fairway that was void of people can get populated quickly.