Grand Rapids Rotary North DGC was donated by the organization that it is named for. The course is located at Grand Isle Park, which is set well back from the road and backs up to the Grand River. Currently there appears to be some construction going on next to the park, and possibly as a result of this there is no roadside sign for the course or park. Trust the GPS pin location here - the entrance is easy to miss.

The course is flat, low-lying, and mostly open. Signs throughout the course inform you that some of the areas in the rough are wetlands that you should do your part to try to preserve. The fairways are mostly cut pretty wide, so hopefully you don't have to wade into the cattails looking for discs (see Cons). Even though it's pretty open, a few well-placed trees create additional challenge and the need for shot shaping on some holes. Holes 5, 8, and especially 14 have challenging water hazards to navigate around, and water could come into play on errant throws for many other holes.

As others have said, hole 5 is probably the most memorable hole here. It's a 650' par 4 that begins with about 250' of fairway straight ahead with the wetlands on your left. Then it kinks sharply left across the wetlands on a narrow isthmus and opens back up for another 300' or so to the hole. Bigger arms could try to throw out across the marsh and clear the isthmus to land in the second fairway on their first throw.

The course appears to be well maintained. Each time I have played here, the grass had been recently mowed and the trash cans were empty. The baskets are Arroyo Vortex models that honestly look kind of ugly, but they catch well. The tee signs are quite nice, showing an accurate layout of the hole as well as hole number/par. Tee signs for holes 13 and 14 were missing when I played, but will hopefully be replaced soon. Each tee sign post has a small trash can hanging on it. There are picnic tables at or near many tee areas.

The tee pads here are made of an unusual material. I think they are large metal plates. Some are not well set into the ground so they are a little bit unstable to walk on. I also found them to be pretty slippery and stopped taking run-ups after the first couple holes. The course map shows short tees on some of the longer holes, but I did not see these at all.

The rough here can be very thick (think cattails, etc.) and lines the fairway on a majority of holes. The "water" is also covered in algae (light green and opaque) - I would not take a dip in it. Between these two factors there is a chance of losing discs on almost every hole. I would definitely not recommend this course to beginners with control issues. After a lot of rain or in the spring, this course could be pretty much flooded and unplayable.

The course is quite flat. Most fairways are wide and have only a couple of obstacles - a few have no obstacles. Other than the water hazards, thick rough, and a couple longer holes there isn't a ton of challenge here.

The tee signs and map uploaded here show a few sand traps (like you would find on a ball golf course) that are supposed to be played as OB. Unfortunately these have "grassed in" to the point that it is difficult to tell where they are on the course. On many other holes there is OB marked on tee signs, but difficult to tell where it actually is located (e.g. because you are playing through the middle of a field).

There is no practice basket here, although the course does open with an easy 300' hole that is signed as a par 4. There is a kiosk at the parking lot, but the course map uploaded here is not currently posted on it.

There are "Next Tee" signs on pieces of cement dug into the ground in many places. These are nice, but unfortunately I think they are missing from some of the holes where they are most needed. Some of them are also installed a little too far from the basket in my opinion - easy to miss. Overall, navigation isn't horrible but will be easier if you use the map here. There are a couple of places where it's difficult to determine what basket to throw at: The first basket is the one on the right of the two you see, and the third basket is not the one you can see from the tee but rather behind the hill off to the right.

A large number of waterfowl call this course home, so you will have to navigate around the droppings. Honestly this is just something you should expect playing this kind of course, in my opinion. When I played there were also some red-winged blackbirds to look out for near holes 3-5.

The course map uploaded here shows a 9-hole route where you play holes 1, 8-14, and 18. This isn't the kind of place I would come if I only had time to play 9 holes, but to each his/her own.

This course stands out as unique for the area. There aren't many 18 hole courses around West Michigan that are this open, and very few with this many water hazards. The closest comparison that comes to mind is Paw Paw Park in Holland. I think this course is less interesting/challenging than Paw Paw but the rough isn't quite as bad here.

I waffled between giving this course a 3.0 or 3.5. In the end I went with 3.0 due to the teepads and signage concerns. If those things were addressed I'd probably up my rating to 3.5. I think the designers pretty much maximized what this course can be on the land available. It's a fun round for locals, but it doesn't belong in the top tier.

Decent condition, Variety is pretty good.Rubber tees are adequate and baskets are solid.

Goose poop is everywhere. Some missing tee signs, course map was stolen, Sand traps that are listed as OB on the signs are completely covered in grass now so it's not relevant. Seems like a stupid idea anyhow. OB right next to the basket?

As of 4/27/2021, you have to turn in a driveway immediately West of a building that is under construction. Follow the gravel road to the start of the course. The normal driveway is immediately East of the new building but is currently blocked off.

Playing on an old golf course guarantees that this course will have plenty of wide open holes. Designing a course here means length had to be the most challenging factor. Obviously, you're not to going have many technical throws and this course has no elevation to work with. The water was brought into play on several holes.

I was impressed with the large disc golf course sign out on the highway. I'm seeing more and more signs like this but this was probably the biggest and the best. There is a kiosk, a porta potty and garbage can at the start. The tee pads are this rubberized material. As it was wet when I played, I was worried about these mats but they provided great traction. The baskets are Arroyo models with the center post painted orange. I actually thought they kind of ugly but who really cares, they caught everything. The tee signs were nice, colored metal. Just curious? Why did they show the distance in meters as well as feet? I loved the next tee signs that are flush with the grass so they can mowed on. Great idea!

The course is fairly lengthy as would be expected on an old ball course. Navigation was a little dicey in a couple of places, even with the on-line map. Water comes into play on 5, 13 and 14. # 14 is a challenging, as well as, a potential losing your disc hole.

Open holes with one tree to throw around like # 12. # 17' is a boring wide open throw.

Lots of places on this course to lose disc in the water or like # 8's 330' curving fairway with deep rough on both sides.

Navigation was confusing at times. I was following a player and still had to find my way around.

Some longer walkouts.

I wasn't overly impressed here. It's a solid course but lacks personality. Not the designer's fault but this was still a golf course and disc golf played on ball courses are usually just grip it and rip affairs. Not much line shaping required. Players with the big arms will appreciate this course more than the average rec player. If this flat, open course is a 4.0 then a wonderful course like Fallasburg Park DGC is a 6.0. And that must make Flip City a 7.0.

Aesthetic-- plays through an old ball golf course. Very little chance of running into non-disc golfers out there as this park is really not asthetically pleasing or a place anyone would go for recreation or really a park at all. Strip mining is going on near the course at all times and is loud.

Navigation-- pretty decent. With the bridges being closed at the present, it is super difficult to navigate 6-7 and 18 to the parking. That said, the map does a good job of illustrating where to go.

Baskets-- ARROYO VORTEX, that is all...

Risk v Reward-- super high here with the ever-present lakes and wetlands that surround this course. Big highlight on #5 here, there is a definite risky water carry here or a safe route which should include a route mando (if that's a thing) through the tree bridge.

Challenge factor-- there are a lot of things going for this course that make it challenging. There are a lot of uncontrollables that will make this course near unplayable at times however also.

Teepads-- I know they are coming and these will help to elevate this course quickly as will...

Teesigns-- the teesigns are no more than stakes at each tee with a hole # and distance. there are many places here where there are several baskets visible from a tee so it will be helpful to have teesigns to help guide.

Straightforward holes-- along with the challenging, aesthetically pleasing holes like #5, there are also a lot of plain-jane boring straight shots with NO trees or any other route deterrants. I hope this is remedied at some point.

I know this is a work in progress and I know that a lot of work has already been done here. There, however, is a lot of work to be done yet. I enjoyed my round here but there were several deterrants that, when fixed will elevate this course to a top course in GR.

- Good mixture of length
- OB to make up for some lack of difficulty
- Asthetically pleasing
- Relatively easy
- Shot shaping vs targeted lines (pro and/or con)

Most cons are only because it literally just went in

- Relatively easy (pro or con)
- Some walk ways cross other fairways
- Some of the trees that create the difficulty of the holes are already dead and will eventually fall
- No teepads yet

Good new course that the area desperately needed. Reminds me a lot of Riverside before the ash bore killed a good number of the trees. Ability to.play a variety of shot types because its so open. Nice to play a course where wind will actually effect shots.