Every amenity you could ask for...and some you didn't even know you wanted:
- 3 well marked tees
- tee signs at all tees
- next tee arrows everywhere
- distance marker stakes at 50, 100, 150
- rope on each pole to measure 10m circle
- pro shop, lounge, bathrooms, etc.
- benches at each tee of each hole!?!
- intuitive course flow

The owners are awesome.

Even on a beautiful sunday morning there was relatively little DG traffic, which surprised me.

With all holes in the woods there is great shade for a hot summer day round.

Golf wise:
- Great mix of a few straight shots and a nice balance of R>L and L>R shots. I didn't count em but I threw a ton of FH shots.
- Unlike many tight, technical courses there are well defined fairways with real golf lines (with a few exceptions in the cons).
- Great use of the pond. The first pond shot is a L>R where I threw a flick out over the pond and prayed it faded in safely. Likely only a lost disc if you are short, turn it over, or greatly offline.
- The 2nd pond hole is an evil risk/reward pucker factor. Its a short hyzer that is pretty open on the right with the pin tucked against the pond maybe ~3' from the edge. To add more fun it is hard pan with no grass....so your gently hyzer is going to skip/slide towards the ob. But......if you leave it out wider and safer, then you have a pucker factor death putt that just may put your favorite putter in the drink if you air mail it.

Not really a con for me as it is WELL worth it - but I'm listing it here as it may be a con for others - PTP at $3 a round or $5 a day.

Leave your drivers at home as they won't get used. All holes are <300'

3 holes that made we scratch my head:
#7: 87/112/143' and super tight, dead straight but needing to shape a bit at the end as the pin is tucked behind a few trees.
#12: 203/246/286. This one is a huge U shape to the left. I emptied my bag from the blue and white and just couldn't find a way through. Too long...too short...looks like the line...smack...didn't see that tree. I can't imagine there are many 2s here and figure its basically a layup, layup, drop in....or try it....scramble...hope to hit a funky putt. I'm sure there is a way somewhere in there but it just couldn't get it once, let alone repeat it.
#17: 128/164/180' dead straight but there is a 4' gap about mid fairway (from the blues). So...hit a 4' gap 90' out? Ouch. Enough small trees around the sides to take out any other options as well. From the white there is a creative OH route available but nothing I could see from the blue. That gap just seems WAY too tight and when I do make it it seemed more like luck than skill. If you catch a tree...its just and easy 90' up and drop in putt. Boring.

Teepads are gravel and in decent shape, but small. It generally isn't a problem as you don't need a huge pad for a 180' shot but it definitely could throw some people off.

One thing that I didn't know where to list (pros vs. cons) was the "greens". Most of the holes have from some to a LOT of vegetation (from overhanging branches to saplings to 4' diameter trees) all through the circle. To some degree I liked it as it forced me to putt from multiple stances and use different lines....for a few holes. But when you have to layup a 15' putt under the basket to drop in a 3 because there is literally NO way to get even a lucky putt there. At that point, you get a bit frustrated.

I changed my rating on this one several times before settling at a 3. If I were rating amenities - it is a 4.5/5 - only missing 5/5 due to the pads. If I were rating the atmosphere - easy 5/5. But the bottom line for me and my ratings scale is where do I want to play a round and because the course is 100% tight and technical it takes a hit. Don't get me wrong - it does tight and technical VERY well, but even though I like tight & technical, I don't want 18 holes of it.


I think this is a great course to play and learn at. You will have to develop a variety of shot shapes. You will be forced to learn accuracy. You will get comfortable making putts from weird places with obstacles. All of these things will make you a better player. BUT....

With all of these things and looking back at my rounds I kept feeling that luck really factored into my score. This didn't bother me much for a casual round but would drive me bonkers in a competitive round. I'm not talking about getting lucky hitting a line...I'm talking about throwing 2 drives and having them land 1' apart and one sliding slightly left and being under the pin and another clipping a root or stone and sliding right to leave you 15' out with no way to get a 2. Landing 1' apart (both still mid fairway) after hitting exactly your line and having a different score as a result is frustrating in a competitive setting.

edit...typo fixed.

The course has all the little bells and whistles that a course could have such as stakes with distance to the pin, 10 meter ropes at each hole, etc. The tee pads were nice and level gravel pads. Anytime there was low laying water on the course there was a foot bridge over top of it. Tight and technical course. The tee signs were very descriptive and navigation was a cinch because of the numerous arrows to the next tee found around the course. Course is maintained very well.

The course was short, very short. Not one hole was over 300ft and I didn't bring out any of my drivers once. The fairways though defined were almost too tight. I played by myself and finished a round in under an hour. The course is very repetitive, I didn't really see one hole that stood out amongst the rest as being different.

All said and done it's your typical course that is maintained well. The course also has a pro shop on site that carries Innova, Discraft, and Vibram. The course owner, Doug is great and will help you with any problems you may encounter on the course and he will drop everything he may be doing to help you. Very friendly guy.