Marshall, MO

Indian Foothills Park - South

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3.635(based on 8 reviews)
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david W
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Experience: 16.9 years 493 played 28 reviews
2.00 star(s)

Disappointing 2+ years

Reviewed: Played on:Feb 4, 2020 Played the course:once

Pros:

Teepads are in great shape

Nice Park (hidden gym for a small town like Marshall)

Several good lines/fairways

Cons:

The course start is only findable if you finish the North Course. Its basically hidden down a path with a very small sign.

Tee signs are terrible. Laminated sheets of paper with hole number and hole distance (which was wrong on several holes). I expect much better (hole diagrams, better material, etc).

Hole design on several holes is not the best, some of the lines left me scratching my head and asking why would you design this hole this way.

Baskets are very hard to pick out in the woods as they are a dark purplish/blue and blend in with the dark hardwoods.

The course needs serious maintenance in the trimming brush and trees department. Several greens are just messy and unkempt. There are fairways where it is almost hard to even see which direction you are supposed to throw. This is even more frustrating since several holes are blind where you cant see the already hard to see basket from the tee.

Overall I was very unimpressed with this course. At the time of this review, this course is rated 4.2 stars making it easily one of the worst 4+ star courses I have ever played. If this course was in my home town it would probably be rated 2-2.5 stars.

If this course were kept up and had better tee signs and baskets I could see it being a solid 3.5 star course but unfortunately it is a LONG way from getting to that level of rating from me.

ALL Bathrooms closed in Winter. Im sorry but how can a public park close every...single...bathroom for the winter? Do they think people aren't using the park during that time of year? Is the park staff too busy checking empty trashcans to maintain a few toilets. This is a huge pet peeve, especially when you've got to take the Browns to the Super Bowl. In the words of Randy Moss, "C'mon Man!"

Other Thoughts:

I love traveling to places that have multiple courses on the same property especially when they are both highly rated. While the North Course showed some good potential and was pretty fun, the South Course was really disappointing. Hopefully this course improves in the near future since this property is apparently being used for Masters Worlds.
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