Indian Riffle Park reviews
6
0
Used to be better 2+ years drive by
Reviewed:
Updated:
Played on:Aug 13, 2016
Played the course:5+ times
Pros:
Mostly nice setting.
Mix of open and technical
Mix of open and technical
Cons:
Busy park
Recent "fixes" made the course worse
Showing its age; could use a shutdown and rebuild
Recent "fixes" made the course worse
Showing its age; could use a shutdown and rebuild
Other Thoughts:
(The original review, pre-2015) Before I begin, my primary judging criteria for a course is: how far is it worth driving to get to this place? And the answer for this one is, only if you're local and looking for some variety, but it does fine for that.
This course has three distinct sections: city park (moderate trees), wooded (technical), and mostly open. It would have been nice if they had mixed it up better, but they had to use what they had. Most of the holes are decent, but not amazing. Course signage is spotty, due to the age of the course, so printing out a course map is a good idea.
They rerouted holes 5, 16, 17, and 18 to avoid conflict with pedestrians and water... the new 18 isn't bad, but 17 is all of 100', no obstacles. 16 was simply not allowed to be played the last time I was there, which means that there is essentially no elevation in the course now. 5 is now OK, but not as good as it was.
For some reason, hole 1 starts away from all the parking lots. Most people start at either 2, 3, or 6, depending on where they park. There's a long walk from 5 to 6.
Because of its age, the course seriously needs to be taken down and rebuilt. If they want to avoid conflict with the busy areas, they could probably reroute a good portion of the course through the area that's currently unused in the back part, by the woods.
Late 2017 edit: due to more changes to the course, I'm downgrading my rating. The course used to be a decent but not amazing place to come, but it's been changed over the last few years, and not for the better; keep this in mind when reading reviews from 2015 or before.
This course has three distinct sections: city park (moderate trees), wooded (technical), and mostly open. It would have been nice if they had mixed it up better, but they had to use what they had. Most of the holes are decent, but not amazing. Course signage is spotty, due to the age of the course, so printing out a course map is a good idea.
They rerouted holes 5, 16, 17, and 18 to avoid conflict with pedestrians and water... the new 18 isn't bad, but 17 is all of 100', no obstacles. 16 was simply not allowed to be played the last time I was there, which means that there is essentially no elevation in the course now. 5 is now OK, but not as good as it was.
For some reason, hole 1 starts away from all the parking lots. Most people start at either 2, 3, or 6, depending on where they park. There's a long walk from 5 to 6.
Because of its age, the course seriously needs to be taken down and rebuilt. If they want to avoid conflict with the busy areas, they could probably reroute a good portion of the course through the area that's currently unused in the back part, by the woods.
Late 2017 edit: due to more changes to the course, I'm downgrading my rating. The course used to be a decent but not amazing place to come, but it's been changed over the last few years, and not for the better; keep this in mind when reading reviews from 2015 or before.
