(2.336 Rating) A park style layout that will be appreciated by the locals.
- RECREATIONAL FRIENDLY - IMO this is a near ideal club course and I feel I've played many courses just like this one. It's your typical park set-up with a light to moderate tree canopy of mixed species. The lines and par structure are geared for 825 to 875 rated players. A player with about 325 foot power off the tee should be able to birdie them all at some point. The lines are fair and require maneuvering around at least one or two tree obstacles on most holes. It can be a laid back fun round for a group or a quickie solo practice course during a lunch-break or after a day's work. Not a true beginners course, but fair enough on a vast majority of the holes for them to have good time as well.
- THE BASICS - The tees, baskets and navigation are all adequate. The tees are concrete and measure 4 feet by 10 feet. The baskets are MachVs.
- NAVIGATION - There is a small course map located by tee (1). Although it only shows a nine hole layout, finding the alternate tee is fairly easy in most instances. The one exception is tee (11, alt tee 2) which is tucked into a wood pocket back and right of tee (2). The tee signage is adequate, being the typical decal type with metal frame.
- QUICK PLAY - I played all 18 holes in well under an hour. Players on an empty course will have the option to play both tees right away in stead of doing two loops to complete 18.
- MAINTENANCE - The park was in great shape on my appearance. Mowed, little tree debris and no trash.

An everyday local course that lacks complexity to draw in travelers beyond a 50-mile radius.
- 9 BASKETS - This is not a true 18 hole course, as there are two tees to each of the 9 baskets. The tee signage is listed (1) and (10) to the first basket, (2) and (11) to the second basket and so on. Not all of the front nine listed tees are the long tees, but rather it's a mix between the two nines.
- LACK OF DIFFICULTY - Recreational challenges in both power and technique. Lots of holes can be attached from multiple angles. The three listed par 4s and one par 5 would play as par 3s and maybe one lone par 4 on (3) to an Advanced player. Honestly, hole (3) should be listed a par 4 for rec players too. An even par 59 might only bring an 850 rated round in tournaments unless unnecessary OB is added everywhere.
- UNIQUENESS - Not much for the course designers to work with. Flat terrain, lightly wooded and little usable acreage. I liked (11) coming out of a shoot, but too many seemed like run-of-the-mill shots. The Rock River is along holes (8/17) and sort-of comes into play on bad shots. I wish that element was more gracefully intertwined.
- SPACING - Lots of walking paths and park roads come into play. There were numerous walkers in the park already when I showed up at 6:30 in the morning. Players will have to wait occasionally for these users.

Horicon is fine league and local everyday course. Clearly the best course in town as the nearby high school course is a complete dud and waste of time. That stated, there is really not enough here to entice players outside 45 minutes to throw here. Anyone who's played 8 or 9 courses has likely already thrown a course just like this one. Overall, it fell like a low 2.5 course compared to 398 courses I've played as of this review. There are some things they could do for me to consider me to raise the score up to the 2.75 range, but it would take some money and a small tweaking of the layout. Regardless, still a nice spin and I had a good time.
- RAW BEAUTY - I scored the course average. I was honestly a bit surprised that the park was as nice as it was considering that its in a small rural town. The park is in the flood plane of the slow moving Rock River. Other than the constant view of park structures and roads, the park is well separated from the surrounding community. Lots of tree species to weave shots around and a couple views of the river. Too park style, lightly wooded and the lack of wow tee shots is why scored the course around average among all courses I've played to date.

Decent 9 hole course next to a boat landing in a city park.

Nice concrete tee pads (2 on each hole). They are all in great shape, although at 10', they feel a bit short to me. Each tee pad offered a different look on almost every hole, which really makes it feel more like an 18 hole course.

Good baskets (DGA, I believe), all in good repair and good catchers.

A good amount of mature trees create a lot of nice obstacles.

Decent variation in hole distance, even though the bell curve leans toward the shorter side.

Tee signs at every tee pad, with hole number and distance.

Distinct lack of elevation here. There's really only one hole with any sort of elevation (#11), and even that's not too much of a difference.

Outside of some trees, there's not much in the way of obstacles here.

A decent job is done here with what's available. It's 9 baskets, with two tees at each, numbered 1 through 18.

It would have been cool to use some more of the land in this park, but they weren't able to due to city restrictions, so this is what they ended up with. It's not bad, it's not great...but it's quite serviceable.

Worth a spin if you're in the area. Nothing that will knock your socks off, but definitely an enjoyable round of golf.

There are 9 nice Mach 5 baskets here. All were in great shape and caught well. There are now 2 sets of nice, level and grippy concrete pads on each hole. The signs are basic but all were present and they have the hole #, par, distance and basic hole layout. These weren't the best but they are way better than none at all. There are numerous trees throughout the course adding the majority of the challenge here. Wind also can be a factor. There is a restroom right after hole 2/11, which is nice. The course was very clean, well mowed and wouldn't seem to ever be too busy. The course is free to play.

Not much difference between the new 9 tees and the old ones on most holes. It's set up as the original 9 holes with the new tees starting with number 10 throwing at 1's basket, 11 at 2's etc. Course is mostly flat and there are a few longer walks between holes. It was a little confusing at first but I've seen way worse. A few next tee signs for the longer walks would be great though.

This is your typical city park course. It's still a lot better with the two sets of tees. With just one set this would be a really bland course. Not really worth driving any distance to play but there are numerous other nearby courses that could make for a solid day of discing.