• Short game practice
• Wind practice
• Quick round
• Quiet, low traffic
• Some fun lines

• Some odd layout, flow & design choices
• Almost all holes 250' & under
• Quite a few annoyances (see Other Thoughts)

I frequented this course when it was 10 holes and I lived in the area 6 years ago. This was my first time playing the new layout. This course always seems to have some decent wind so I enjoy the added challenging element for what is otherwise a simple course. Hole 1 is the only hole over 300' at 348 and slightly uphill. The pad is to the left and behind a pavilion. The pavilion isn't really in any danger unless someone really grip locks/shanks. Hole 2 is where it got odd: it plays over the 1 road that runs through the park. This road isn't busy, or never has been when I've played, but is still not ideal and an odd feature. You walk across the road to putt and then back across the road to the pad on 3. Hmm. Hole 3 and 4 are fun holes that offer elevation and really fast greens. Hole 7 is where it got odd again: after walking backwards from the basket on 6 you walk through the fairway of hole 1 to then throw towards the basket which is not too far from the pad of hole 1 and the pavilion that was mentioned. It was not a problem for me but I can foresee some errant shots that could prove harmful on a busier day. The walk from 10-11 goes through cat tails, if you're brave and squishy, or you can do a full circle and go backwards down 11s fairway to avoid surefire soaked shoes. 12 is where my biggest annoyance occurred. I hardly ever complain about rough. If you miss your line then sometimes you get punished and there are spots like this on the course. 12 frustrated me: my drive off the tee was an ace run that went through the chains and landed what looked like 8 feet behind the basket. The putting green is so overgrown that I was looking for my disc for 10 minutes that had just been an ace run. You can throw within 10 feet of the basket on this hole and be in some of the thickest bushes on the course. Putting greens should have a minimum of a 30' diameter or 15' feet on all sides unless placed near water or OB.

Fun course if you don't live too far, are a beginner, a more advanced player looking to work in putter drives or just enjoy a quieter round. The layout and flow only become issues if the park is busy. Hole 12's putting green is annoying lol. I can understand reconfiguring to try and get more holes but I enjoyed the course more when it was only 10 holes. In my opinion it offered more variety and challenge.

Course has been re-done from 10 to 13 holes.

(Hole numbers may not be accurate due to the fact that I only played the re-configure once.) Hole #1 requires you to tee off a long drive from a pad just left of the picnic pavilion.(Don't grip lock!) Hole number 2 requires you th throw across a road that runs through the park. Hole #3 requires a throw to a basket on the side of a steep hill. Roll on your approach shot and you will end up in deep, high weeds. You will not be able to see where it rolls because the basket is around the side of the hill. Hole #4 requires you tho climb the same hill up to the tee off. #4 also requires you to drive over a swamp to the basket. #7 goes over a walkway to afore mentioned pavilion.#9 goes over high weeds. The path between 10 and 11 is still a risky walk through a swamp. #12 is again over high weeds. There is no course map yet.

In my opinion, the park district course went form beginner to intermediate/advanced player. There are so may ways to lose a disc that I think that it was planned that way. Maybe at the end of the season they comb the marshes and weeds for lost discs then sell tem to benefit the park district.
If you do not throw straight and long, I would avoid this course.

Landscape used to the course's advantage.
Mixture of shots.
Fun lines and fun obstacles.
Never Crowded.
Nice Baskets.
Clean.
Maintained for the most part. Can get let go at times.
Nice pavilion to relax at.
Nice area.
You can use the landscape to make up new holes on the course by throwing from different areas.
Large field nearby to test discs.
Tucked away so not many cars driving by course.

Susceptible to flooding in areas (it is built around wetlands). Chance you'll get wet.
VERY easy to lose discs in the middle of the growing season.
Hole 10 is the last hole. Not near parking lot. It isn't a very long walk but it is about as far from the lot as you can get.
Sometimes grass can get long.
Houses nearby
Pathways where people can be walking near/on a few holes.

This is my hometown course and so I have played it a lot. It has its advantages and disadvantages.

Hole 1: Nice open shot with the hole sitting up on a little hill in between 2 large trees. There is a path cutting across the middle of this hole and you have to watch out for people. But, it really isn't very busy and so it isn't much of an issue. Great hole to test out discs. Be careful not to throw too far right or you will get stuck in a line of large pine trees. Overall, one of my favorite holes.

Hole 2: Great long distance shot downhill with an s-curved fairway. Very Fun! HOWEVER, do not throw too far right or you will be in backyards or tall wetlands. This hole faces north. When the wind is out of the north, your disc will be very affected at this hole because of elevation and lack of natural wind stops. As a RHBH, I tend to turn my discs over and end in the yards to the right. BUT, what is worse, if you under compensate, you will end in very tall grass and wetlands too the left. It can get wet in this area and be very difficult to find discs. Also, at the bottom of the hill, at the beginning of the fairway, water sits right in the fairway. So, after a lot of rain, it is advised to work your way to the right of that area.

Hole 3: Fun little par 3. New trees were recently planted and wild trees are now growing 10 or so yards in front of the teepads. This is a good thing. The hole is now more difficult. As a RHBH, I must throw something with anhyzer to the left of the wild trees, curve back right around the pine trees, and then fade left on the hole. Do not throw too far left or you will hit a rocky bike path and chunk up your disc.

Hole 4: Very long range hole. The park district dumps it's dead branches and trees here, and turns them in to mulch, so it is kind of muddy and ugly. If you really shank one to the left, you can end in that tall grass again. But you must REALLY shank it. Shank to the right, and you will hit a road (Don't worry, no one will drive by and run it over. Not a busy road). Also, a pathway borders two sides of this shot. Again, it isn't very crowded, so you don't have to wait for people walking too often. Fun hole to try and test your distance.

Hole 5: Short par 3. But, there is a hill to your right that you must avoid. I use a turnover shot with a mid or putter and fade right on the hole (RHBH).

Hole 6. This hole is great. You have 3 options. lay up, go around the left side of the pond and tree line, or go straight through wetland/pond area. To do that you must throw it straight enough to avoid new little trees on fairway, a big willow tree on your right, a tree line on your left, and low enough to not hit the oak branches, which hang out over the line to the hole. When the water is low/gone, I tend to try and make that shot. When the pond is full, I lay it up or go around to the left. Basket sits in a little 3 or 4 oak tree grove. Pretty. But, there are houses to your left. Be warned, you might lose a disc.

Hole 7: This hole forces you to throw back over the pond into a little oak grove. Don't worry, even the noodle armers can clear it. However, don't throw too low, or a cattail might knock your disc down in to the water. Also, you must thread a semi-large gap that has a Willow to your right and a tree line to your left. If you miss, you may be looking for a disc in the tall grass or thorns.

Hole 8: Another short 3. Nothing special but aceable. Tree line to your left, road to your right. But you'd have to shank hard to hit the road.

Hole 8: This is the hole of holes. Big Willow to your right. Big Willow farther and too your left. Throw a Tern, or Katana, type disc, and s-curve your way through. Very difficult shot to pull off. Very fun though. HOWEVER, miss to the left and you are in tall grass that may never give your disc back. Miss right and you are in tall grass/wetlands. Those wetlands have eaten many discs.

Hole 9: Disc eater. S-curved fairway with wetlands/tall grass on both sides. Clear it and you are fine. Too far right, your disc is gone. Too far left, your disc is gone.

Overall: Fun little course. But, I refuse to play holes 9-10 from mid-June to Early October. When I do play that time of year, hole 2 always has me looking for discs.

Updated for new 13 basket layout
Beginner/Intermediate. Course was redone in 2018 because of changes in park land usage. Reversed flow, with only 1 of the original 10 holes are the same. Less throws into tall weeds. Mosquito's are not often a problem on this course.

Short Course, 13 baskets, no Par 4's, might be considered cramped. Fun but not extremely challenging to more experienced players.

This redesign course was designed for a beginner player and casual round in mind. New players might skip holes #10 and #11, those still throw over tall weeds and lost discs are possible, experience players won't have any problems with these holes.