Perfect land for a disc golf course. Rolling hills, heavy woods, and the occasional creek. Great design using available space. The course is prone to roll-aways but it seems (intentional or not) that downed trees have been placed everywhere along the fairways and greens to prevent too many big skips or rolls.
The whole bags worth of shots. You need hyzers, turnovers, straight tunnel shots and like most wooded courses, a fair amount of forehands.

A couple of the fairways were a little on the tight side, with a random tree or 2 in the middle of the fairway. A couple long walks between holes but at least the course let's you know which way to go and has a map at the beginning.
Maybe a few too many uphill drives. Example is hole 6 is a slight up hill, after which you walk all the way back down to the base of the hill just to throw severely up hill again on hole 7. Although I actually really like both holes and wouldn't change them, throwing down hill is fun.

Everyone on here seems to prefer the front 9 and I'm not sure why. I guess they had big plans for the back 9 but the park wouldn't let them use all the land they wanted or something but I actually like the back 9 more. Yeah, there's a bit more hiking but I think the holes are more unique. But the walk back to the car after 18 is PRIME discin land, shame they couldn't use it if that's the case.

Met a nice gentleman today 12/7 that was removing the baskets for the winter I guess??? Needs confirmation but I thought he was just moving everything to the short positions but my buddy said he was taking out the baskets. That would be a bummer if it was closed in the winter bc I prefer to play heavily wooded courses when there's no leaves.

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So I was right and he was putting them in the shorts. I didn't mind the shorts but much prefer the longs. What would be nice is if there would be half in the shorts and half in the longs. Too many dinkers in the shorts but the longs can beat you up a little bit.

She's a dandy!

- The setting is fantastic! Wooded hills mixed with nicely mowed grass in open areas, creeks and small ravines to navigate, nice bridges and clear demonstration of upkeep (e.g. straw spread on nearly all muddy walking paths). This is exactly the type of course I enjoy, and it was a wonderful experience playing here.
- Good tee signs with all the helpful info you need.
- Turf tees were flat and even - great to throw from. And the tees were easy to find because of all the "next tee" signs.
- Fairways were challenging and demanding, but fair. And the baskets were Mach X (I believe), with placements that added to the fun of the course. The greens added to the fun, incorporating slopes, guardian trees, and tunnel approaches.
- With a mid-800s rating, I thought the design was great, requiring lots of shot types and taking advantage of the elevation changes, woods, and clearings. There are many aggressive-or-safe decisions to make, and I found myself in trouble after my bad shots (as I should). It was a great test of my skill.
- Safety of all park users was clearly considered. I believe the course avoided most multi-use and high-traffic areas, but I did see a large number of signs warning other park users of flying discs in the area. There were few completely blind shots, and tees were all well away from baskets.

- At the time of this review, it appeared that the course is not completely finished. I saw flags marking what I think will eventually be alternate tees, and (getting pretty picky) I hope that they'll do a little thinning of underbrush around the baskets on some of the back 9.
- If you're not in good hiking shape, this may not be the course for you. Bring plenty of water and be prepared for a long round. And at the end of 18, there's a long steep climb to get back to the parking lot.

Other thoughts
- My guess is that the course will be a perfect fit for intermediate level players, but I think experienced rec (probably not new players) and advanced level players will also find it worth their time. As a mid-to-upper level red player, it was an easy addition to my favorites, despite feeling my skill is not quite up to the challenge it provides.


Family Friendly Rating: 0.5
PROS: It's a safe layout, without much danger of injury or disc loss.
CONS: It's so hilly, I wouldn't even consider pushing a stroller here. Walking the course requires some reasonably good hiking ability, and most kids won't last a whole round. There are enough technical shots and roll-away potential that it would take some pretty dedicated young players to enjoy a play here without succumbing to frustration.

-Beautiful, well-cared for course playing through a lovely park
-Lots of elevation changes
-Fairway shapes require a variety of shots
-Holes range in distance from 150'-400'
-Course opens with a couple wide open, scorable holes before getting into the wooded portion
-A few ace runs through the woods
-New Mach X baskets
-Practice basket near hole 1
-A few holes have short and long teepads or basket placements, with more to come as the course continues to improve
-Straw placed in muddy areas
-Port-O-Let near first tee
-Drop zones marked for missed mandos and OB areas

-The course, especially the new back 9, can get extremely muddy. The straw definitely helps but you may want to avoid it after excessive rain.
-A couple par 4s were definitely eagle chances for someone with a big arm and control, but are likely closer to par 3s.
-A few holes play near each other. For example, a mando is in place to protect a teepad from the fairway of a different hole. The course designer did the best anyone could possibly do with the space allotted to him by the park district.
-A few holes require a long walk to the next teepad. The one that really stands out is the walk from 11 to 12 which requires a bit of backtracking and going down and then back up a hill. (11 was my favorite hole on the course so it's well worth the walk).
-Course plays near an active paved path with lots of walkers
-Limited parking, though temporary parking is clearly marked
-The basket for 18 is a long way from the parking lot

This course is a great addition to a great disc golf town. Having a full 18 definitely moves this course into a top 5 in the area for me. This is mostly a wooded course but does have plenty of holes that open up a good bit. As the course, especially the back 9, gets "broke in" I think the rough will get beat down a bit as well. The front 9 definitely felt like the scorable portion of the course, with 3 holes under 220'. The back 9 was pretty tight, with some true par 4s.
This course is well worth the trip and I can't wait to go back!