18 holes with most of the fairways consisting of well maintained lawns. They're usually lightly wooded, but a few (5-8, 17 & 18) have dense growth and slight elevation change. There is a small creek that was flowing after significant rains the day before, it's in play on 9 and 13. The tees are concrete and very roomy, with decent signage. There is also another full 18 course in the same park. There are 4 par 4's that allow for bombs.

The wooded areas are pretty thick, and not as long as the open holes. The slight rises and drops in elevation are mostly found in these areas. I tended to favor these holes, but the open ones did try to use the sparse mature trees to create some shot shaping or obstacles to approach and putting.

I'd say about half of the holes are interesting, and the rest are average. Hole 3 plays into a pocket on the fringes of some thick trees after a lengthy tee and approach. 4 is out of the thicket curving right along the edge. Hole 5 is slightly uphill and has a left to right line with defined by trees. Hole 6 drops back down and is right to left fairly short. 7 and 8 are less woodsy and less curvy, but do have defined lines over level ground. 9 tees on top of the ridge, and had two baskets in play when I was there. Short is readily visible in the flat in front of a restroom and a small fenced in electrical installation. To reach the long you have to pick a route around the outhouse and utility pen, the right is easier in my experience. The creek lines the left side with trees standing on the bank, and trees line the right as well forming an alley to the pin. I smacked the restroom hard enough to scare a fart out of someone if it had been occupied. Not optimal. 13 plays the tree line to a narrow gap where you have to cross the creek. Tough placement shot on the drive. 17 tees next to the parking lot restroom, open at first and down the gentlest of slopes, into some tight gaps in the woods. Not long but a challenging entry. 18 is another good one through the trees and back to the parking lot.

As mentioned above, half of the holes are fairly bland, flat with minimal trees. Well maintained and equipped but sort of meh. The rains had left the area around the pin on 3 muddy and slick, but ok to play.

Hole one plays next to the baseball diamond so there is OB, but it's not too hard to avoid. The enclosure on hole 9 is small but fierce with barbed wire on top if I remember right, I wouldn't want to end up in there.

I enjoyed Ft. Buhlow, but it's not a destination I would go out of the way to play again. 36 holes with 18 good ones, but none I would say are spectacular. Shade is limited, and the sun hits hard much of the time. It was in fairly good shape despite heavy rains the day prior. Mud on 5 holes, but not the sticky, sloppy variety. I didn't land one in an area that required trudging through the worst of it, and picked my way around without having to hose down discs or shoes.

If I had to choose one I would have played the purple over the gold, but they're pretty balanced as far as quality is concerned. I was way over par on the gold, and one under on the purple, but some of the layout was altered so I might not have the correct info.