Hollywoods DGC is a large 24-hole course tucked away inside Holly State Recreation Area. The course is mostly hilly with holes darting in and out of the woods. It is a very popular course in the area and is heavily used.

A nicely designed course with a good scoring spread, especially in the longer 6 holes toward the back of the course. Definitely a must-play if you're in the area. I'd play there more often if I didn't live over an hour away. Options for 9, 18, or 24 hole play.

The course is probably closer to a 4.25 at the moment, but I can see it being 4.5 too. We always had a good time, even with my bad score days. Here are a few things that stood out when we play there...

PROS:
Quality of Land ~ The beautiful land dedicated to the DG course reminds me of some of the nice courses we have in up-north MI. There's tons of wildlife and woodland that is pleasant to the eyes. This is some prime DG real estate that you can't always find at the courses near the city! The course has pretty much the whole area to itself with 60+ parking spots and a pavilion nearby. There is good use of elevation throughout the course. The course doesn't appear to have any user-conflicts with the nearby hunting area. It actually feels like a disc golf course, not just a bunch of baskets around the playgrounds and walking paths.

Difficulty ~ While there are a handful of birdie opportunities, many baskets are near sloping terrain which adds some pressure to putting. They added 6 monster holes a few years back that many people seem to skip. They are the best holes on the course and give it a good ratings bump. I've played DG for many years and yet this course kicks my behind every time.

Maintenance ~ Course is pretty clean for as much use as it gets. Fairways were mowed and most of the fallen trees cleaned up. Rough is not too bad unless your way off course. All the baskets were in great shape.

Variety ~ Nicely designed with a good mixture of holes gives Hollywoods a high replay value. I used BH and FH shots pretty evenly off the tee's with some OH when possible to get me out of trouble. The wooded holes are unique and don't get repetitive. The more open holes are fairly mixed for LH and RH players. There are a few areas where water/swamp might come into play along the fairways on some bad shots. Otherwise, pretty much everything you could want in a course is there.

CONS:

Tee Areas ~ Although concrete, the original teepads are on the smaller side and might alter your timing or x-step. The newer 6 holes have the longer and nicer tees. Also a couple of tee areas are a little too close to previous baskets. On the busier days, it's best to keep an eye open for drives from the group behind you.

Navigation ~ A little tricky from the start. It's a state park so you need the park sticker on your license plate or you could be fined. Go straight after the info booth and go ¼ mile up and around until you see a large yellow gate. Keep going past the gate and down the hill and to the right and over the bridge. Then, to get to the spot where the course is at, you have to take another long road 1 mile or so that circles around some lakes and over wooded hillsides to one of two smaller roads that lead up to the course parking lot. Confused yet? While it's scenic and all, it can be frustrating for first-timers looking for the course, ESPECIALLY IN THE WINTER when there is a locked gate blocking the entrance to the ONLY road to the course. You can pay a couple bucks to park at businesses off Dixie Rd and cross over the busy HWY to get to holes 6-7, but it's kind of a hassle. The state troopers will FINE you if you park off on the shoulder near the shortcut to the course.

Tee Signs ~ There IS a nice course sign/map with scorecards near the parking lots, but some of the tee signs are either vandalized or missing. The ones that remained were not the best at describing the hole very well. They did have some cool tidbits about MI wildlife but that didn't really help my disc golf game. The course deserves better signage but I doubt they'd put new ones up if they'll just get destroyed. Hopefully it gets better if has not already.

Hollywoods is one of those courses you'll want to stop in and play whenever you get the chance. It might be short of the 5.0 rating now, but it has potential to achieve it if given the chance and respect it deserves. Check it out sometime. You'll like it.

this was one of the best courses ive ever played, nice layout, baskets were great. Tee signs on every hole, very clean throughout the course.

dnt have any, had a great day playing

will return to play this course again, wish it was my home course

Whoa. This is quite a course. Not too many open holes... at all. Take your birdies where you can on the short and open holes, because some of the longer ones will surely tack a couple points to your score. Not to mention the nearly guaranteed tree contact you will be making at some point, and subsequent likelihood that your disc will carom in a random direction.

The course starts from a cool vantage point on a bluff up high above a lake. In general this course is situated on a beautiful piece of dedicated land. I always love a disc golf course with its own dedicated parking lot and starting area... no random families getting lost on the course here. While many of the early holes are pretty wide open and short, they generally have enough features to keep them interesting. Some are downright pretty and very fun to throw.

But what might have been a somewhat ordinary 18 hole course really tests your limits with inclusion of the newer back 6 holes. These back 6 undulate up, down and over some serious hills, with some tee and approach shots across deep ravines and valleys. In addition to the extreme elevation changes, there is a thick grid of trees to contend with, though the fairways are pretty well defined. And oh yeah, four of them span distances of 544', 486', 454' and 424'... back to back. Phew! Very hard not to rack up a few 4s and 5s through the lot of them. But the scenic beauty and epic-hole factor are high here, with 3 holes playing around a large marshy pond. I got worked over pretty good by a couple of them, and loved every minute of it.

In general the course is in great shape. Great baskets, sucked up lots of long putts.

Course starts pretty dull with 3 wide open ~300' holes. Perhaps in a couple years the designers can take a look at some simple course flow and hole revisions to sharpen it up a little bit.

Stupid kids have destroyed several of the signs and benches.... why, people. Learn to respect things or stay home.

Yes, there are some stumps and ankle twisters on this course, but no more than any other recently added forest holes in Michigan, that's just how it goes. Keep your eyes on the ground and wear sturdy footwear just in case! Also, the rough has plenty of thorns. Typical stuff.

Several of the tee pads are too small, but the dirt is hard and level around most of them, so you can still play comfortably.

After playing all 26 holes (including the # 8 and 9 alternates that head back to the parking lot, just for fun), my buddy and I still had some daylight to work with. We jogged back over to hole 8 to play the final 17 again. I was pretty beat by the time we were emerging back out of the deep 6! This course is not a casual play, and that's a great thing, in my book. Our day of play was very cloudy but also warm and pretty calm, unusually nice for late November in Michigan. And yet, there were only 4 other cars in the parking lot the whole time.

While my 2010 disc golf season may be over now until the grasses emerge in April, I am already looking forward to returning to this course. It was a blast. The hour drive from Ann Arbor seemed a little further than I'm used to for disc golf, but it was so worth it.

-Nice Tee Pads. They even started putting tee pads on the back 6 so i can't even put that in the cons section.
-Nice Layout. Opportunities for a wide variety of shots. Be sure to bring your brain, because you will need to use some real skill at many different occasions.
-Great Location. The park itself is huge and has tons of different things to do. Trails, great fishing, etc. You can play a round, head out to the beach for a picnic, and then go right back a play another round!
-FREE!!! Other than the park fee of $6 daily. I would suggest the $24 annual pass. Its good in every Michigan State Park.
-Good People. I have never ran into anyone causing problems out there. Nothing but good people. Call backs on discs!
-Great terrain for a workout. The course has open fields and meanders through woods. Also has a good number of hills. I suggest a good sturdy pair of shoes.
-Information. The scorecards have instructions for the newbies. The course also has a Bulletin Board with proper etiquette for the game posted as well as upcoming events and information.
-Baskets. Chainstars are where its at!

-Stumps. Stumps everywhere. Watch your step. They like to hide from you.
-Trees. There are a ton of trees. Some unnecessary and some just aggravating.
-Signs. The course has signs at most of the holes, but only with information about the wildlife you may see throughout the course. It would be nice to have new signs with the hole layout as well as the nature info.
-Upkeep. I can say they have been doing better with maintaining the course, however there are some spots that need to be maintained a little better.

All in all, a great course. I would highly recommend making a trip if you've never been. This course has a great landscape and a good atmosphere. A great new challenge for beginners.

This course seemed like it had a nice flow to it. I like the layout very much. Was real easy to navigate through. Was clearly marked which way to go (wheather you want to play 9 or the whole 24). Really good signs with the distances clearly marked.

The new holes dont have concrete pads yet, but that is to be expected with new holes. The score cards that i seen didn't have the new holes on them yet, so we got a lil confused being our first time. Lots of hungry mosquitos, so bring some bug spray. Also seen a few signs prohibiting alcohol.

I really enjoyed this course, got a lil backed up near the end, but the group of people in front of us were real nice and let us through. I really liked the hole #9 on the 18 hole part, was a real fun par 4 with many trees. Another one of my favorites was hole #17 that went down and up a pretty big hill. This course was real fun and is a "MUST PLAY"

Now that the course has been mowed it's excellent. I have hooked a few friends on this sport after playing here. This course gives you the opportunity to use all types of shots. This is not a "Professional" type course.

2 holes are riddled with tree's. I mean an excessive amount. Only luck will get you through them. (DNR please cut some down!!!)

This course isn't over populated yet.. Thank god