Pros:
Ball type course in a large, county park offering lots of activities and amenities.
• Disc Play: Great overall, with a nice mix of open and wooded shots that work pretty much your entire arsenal over 18 holes. Challenging without being exceedingly so, the ICC features several holes that are open to semi open off the tee, playing to fairways that get pretty well wooded as they near the green. Several pin placements that are well-guarded or nicely tucked away. Elevation is substantial and well-utilized throughout. Some fairways have large changes from tee to green, while others are more subtle but still have enough net change to make holes plays longer or shorter. Some pins placed on or near slopes or steep drop-offs make you think twice about running the basket. Distances range from short to long, complimenting a nice array of fairway shapes - will have you throwing discs of all stabilities and speeds.
• Dual tees and multiple pin locations only enhance a solid design.
• Several holes favor distance over placement, but that's certainly not the case for the entire course, nor did I think it was decidedly so - you still need to place long tee shots well to set up the next shot, as well as hit the fairways or take the stroke for going OB. You can score well if you're only capable of 300 ft drives, but if you can keep it in the fairway from for 350 - 400 ft, you might get some birdie looks noodle arms won't.
• Equipment: Excellent! Nice sized, grippy concrete tees for shorts and longs, with quality signage at all tees. Orange powder coated DGA's pop out in the distance. Scorecards w/good map.
• Routing/Nav: Flows well from hole to hole, and the nice signs are easy to spot if you look around. The map should help you out with any trouble spots.
• Aesthetics: Somewhere between park style and that away from it all feel. Nice treatment of tees dresses them up and retains soil around the tees to combat erosion. Very nice course on the whole.
• This section of the park seems dedicated to the course - not likely you'll run into many non-players.
• Excellent course for tournament play.
Cons:
Things are pretty good if these are my complaints:
• Quite a few holes feel similar off the tee.
• Hole #'s on baskets facing the wrong way - hopefully, they get it right when they rotate placements. Judging from some of the other reviews, seems it's been an issue for the past 10 months or so... either that, or the person moving the baskets ain't the sharpest tool in the shed.
• Park road goes one direction, and the drive to the course at the posted speed feels like watching paint dry.
Other Thoughts:
If you're an avid player, you'll love playing here. Pairs very well with Quail Ridge for a great day's discing: they have decidedly different personalities and feel completely different.
Wind is likely to be a big factor during your round. Seems to swirl and change direction with no rhyme or reason. Watching someone else's shot may not help at all as the wind seems to literally change from player to player - that's what our group experienced.
Not a fan of tall, prairie grass lining holes - doesn't really change your shot, and makes finding discs very difficult. Normally, I'd consider it a con, but at ICC, holes flanked with tall grass, the grass is defined as OB, forcing you hold the fairway on long drives, so it's definitely a factor in play. It was wonderfully trimmed for my round, but I can't say what it's like on an ongoing basis, so I can't really say it's a con, so I'll mention it here. That said, if you happen to catch it when it's high, just before they mow, I can see it being a major pain, but it clearly defines the fairway... which after all, is where you're supposed to put your disc.